Recorded in the eighties

Review Score: (10/10)
I did not expect to find a choir and orchestra on an album by Peter Paul and Mary, but that's what you get here. It's pleasant enough but I would have preferred them to stick to their folk-pop roots. The other notable feature of this album is that although they have recorded many traditional songs, they have added new words and / or music to many of them (presumably so that they can get royalties) although some of the differences seem small though the new music for 'Twas the night before Christmas is certainly noticeable.

Once you accept it for what it is, this album is rather good. It includes some original songs (The Magi, Light one candle), some rarely heard traditional songs (The friendly beasts, Cherry tree carol) and a couple of re-recordings of songs from their sixties repertoire (A-soalin', Blowing in the wind).

This is a fine album but I would have liked it better if they had recorded a folk-pop album.

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