San Francisco’s Tompkins Square label will release Caffé Lena: Music From America’s Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013 on September 24. The 3-CD box set features unreleased recordings of performances by Dave Van Ronk, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Kate McGarrigle, Rick Danko, Arlo Guthrie, Anais Mitchell, Sleepy John Estes, Sarah Lee Guthrie and more.
All of the performances on the box set were recorded at Saratoga Springs, NY’s Caffé Lena, the longest continuously operating folk coffeehouse in the US. The new set contains 47 previously unreleased tracks alongside previously unpublished photographs, with plenty of images from the archive of renowned folk-era photographer Joe Alper.
Caffé Lena: Music From America’s Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013 tracklist:
*Disc 1*
01 Intro by Lena Spencer / Guy Carawan “Cripple Creek” 1970
02 Hedy West “Shady Grove“ 1968
03 Intro by Lena Spencer / Sleepy John Estes “Holy Spirit“ 1974
04 Frank Wakefield and Friends “Will The Circle Be Unbroken“ 1971
05 Jean Ritchie “West Virginia Mine Disaster“ 1969
06 Billy Faier “Hunt The Wren“ 1967
07 Greenbriar Boys “Hit Parade of Love“ 1968
08 Mike Seeger “O Death“ 1971
09 Jacqui and Bridie “Hello Friend“ 1974
10 Tom Paxton “Morning Again“ 1968
11 David Amram “Little Mama“ 1974
12 Patrick Sky “Reality Is Bad Enough“ 1971
13 Rosalie Sorrels “Travelin’ Lady“ 1974
14 Smoke Dawson “Devil’s Dream“ 1968
15 Utah Phillips “The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia“ 1974
16 Michael Cooney “Thyme It Is A Precious Thing“ 1974
17 Kate McGarrigle and Roma Baran “Caffè Lena“ 1972
Disc 2
01 Intro by Lena Spencer / Dave Van Ronk “Gaslight Rag“ 1974
02 Jerry Jeff Walker “Mr. Bojangles“ 1968
03 Barbara Dane “Mama Yancey’s Advice / Love With a Feeling“ 1968
04 Roy Book Binder “Ain’t Nobody Home But Me“ 1974
05 Intro by Lena Spencer / David Bromberg “The Holdup“ 1972
06 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott “Pretty Boy Floyd“ 1992
07 Arlo Guthrie “City of New Orleans“ 2010
08 Aztec Two Step “The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty“ 1989
09 Happy And Artie Traum “Trials Of Jonathan“ 1974
10 Rick Danko “It Makes No Difference“ 1988
11 Paul Geremia “Something’s Gotta Be Arranged“ 1989
12 Robin and Linda Williams “S-A-V-E-D“ 1987
13 John Herald “Ramblin’ Jack Elliott“ 1991
14 Pete Seeger “Somos El Barco (We Are the Boat)“ 1985
Disc 3
01 Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion “Folksong“ 2013
02 Anais Mitchell “Wedding Song” 2013
03 Bill Morrissey “The Last Day Of The Furlough“ 1990
04 Patty Larkin “Island Of Time“ 1992
05 Greg Brown “Flat Stuff“ 1989
06 Mary Gauthier “I Drink“ 2013
07 Sean Rowe “Old Black Dodge“ 2013
08 Tom Chapin “Cats In The Cradle“ 1987
09 Intro by Lena Spencer / Christine Lavin “It’s A Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind“ 1987
10 Bill Staines Sweet “Wyoming Home“ 1990
11 Bucky and John Pizzarelli “I Like Jersey Best“ 1989
12 Rory Block “That’s No Way To Get Along“ 1989
13 Chris Smither “Killing The Blues“ 1989
14 Tift Merritt “Traveling Alone“ 2013
15 John Gorka “Down In The Milltown“ 1990
16 Lena Spencer “Dear Little Cafe“ 1972
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