Peter, Paul and Mary

Around the Campfire

by Jason Ankeny review

Including four new tracks, the two-disc set Around the Campfire is an excellent overview of Peter, Paul & Mary's career as it nears the four-decade mark. As indicated by the title, the focus of the collection is to shine a spotlight on songs that express ideals of community, tunes commonly sung in schools and churches as well as at more intimate gatherings; toward that aim, the trio offers newly recorded renditions of such perennials as "Kumbaya," "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore," "Down by the Riverside," and "Goodnight Irene." The inclusion of such longtime favorites as "Puff (The Magic Dragon)," "If I Had a Hammer," "Blowin' in the Wind," and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" solidifies Around the Campfire as a superior retrospective of Peter, Paul & Mary's music, one particularly ideal for younger listeners.

disc 1

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie	2:25
2.	Garden Song David Mallett	4:04
3.	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Paul Campbell / Huddie Ledbetter / Joel Newman	3:04
4.	It's Raining Naomi Neville / Noel Paul Stookey	4:06
5.	Somos el Barco Lorre Wyatt	3:56
6.	If I Had a Hammer Pete Seeger / Lee Hays / Mark Eitzel	2:10
7.	River of Jordan Peter Yarrow	4:41
8.	Light One Candle Peter Yarrow	3:15
9.	Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Pete Seeger	3:53
10.	Inside Noel Paul Stookey / Ian Anderson / Dennis Morgan / Kye Fleming / Matthew Winegar / Marie Tomlinson / Mike Reid	4:38
11.	The Marvelous Toy Tom Paxton	3:07
12.	Right Field Willy Welch / Welch	3:51

disc 2

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	Kumbaya Traditional / Otto Zucker	2:58
2.	Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Ronnie Gilbert / Traditional / Fred Hellerman / Lee Hays / Pete Seeger	2:43
3.	Down by the Riverside (Study War No More) Traditional	2:38
4.	Puff (The Magic Dragon) Leonard Lipton / Peter Yarrow	4:18
5.	500 Miles Hedy West	2:42
6.	Stewball Noel Paul Stookey / John Herald / Mary Travers / Bob Yellin / Huddie Ledbetter / Ralph Rinzler / Milton Okun / Elena Mezzetti	3:10
7.	Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan	2:56
8.	We Shall Overcome Zilphia Horton / Arthur Hamilton / Pete Seeger / Frank Hamilton / Guy Carawan	4:04
9.	All My Trials Noel Paul Stookey / Peter Yarrow / Milton Okun / Traditional	3:17
10.	Weave Me the Sunshine Peter Yarrow	3:42
11.	Day Is Done Gary Nicholson / John Prine / Peter Yarrow	3:29
12.	Leaving on a Jet Plane John Denver	3:27
13.	Goodnight Irene Leadbelly / John A. Lomax	3:22