-Bear Family Recordsr presents with 'Sea Conditions' a musical journey through time and across the sea. -32 Songs, all dealing with the elemental forces of the oceans and our longing, but also our concerns and respect. -Stylistically we encounter on our journey shanties (just can't be missing!), folk songs, wonderfully kitschy tunes from the tiki drawer, the singing of beguiling sirens and mambo grooves, country and pop hits and much more! -Petula Clark, the Kingston Trio, Pee Wee King, Hank Snow, the Easy Riders and many many others accompany us musically on our wild cruise - they all have plenty to tell about the hazards, the adventures and the glorious triumphs on the seven seas. -Producer Marc Mittelalcher has compiled relevant information about each song for the illustrated booklet. The recordings were assembled from the best possible sources and carefully edited. Mankind has always been mesmerized by the ocean - by water in general - sensing that all life came from the sea, even before contemporary science came up with a proof. And yes, life as we cherish it is often at stake when gigantic waves interfere with our little whimsy dreams, plans, and pursuits. Nevertheless, the ocean's fluidity, depth, vastness, and sheer power have inspired humankind to create great poetry, mythologize the vast waters, and build religions and pantheons of heroes around them. Before mankind could fly, before there was outer space, and our kind had the technology to launch our mortal shell into the realms beyond, there was the lure of the seven seas. Polynesians, Vikings, Phoenicians, and many other peoples traveled the daring deserts of water to explore, trade, dominate and answer our ever-present need for change. It is no wonder that man tried to portray the miracles, adventures, horrors, and beauty in song - to get a grasp, brag, immortalize, enjoy, and entertain.

Tracklist:

The Four Lads - Blue Tattoo
Fletcher Henderson ; His Orchestra - Tidal Wave
The Roger Wagner Chorale - Earlye in the Morning (Drunken Sailor)
The Kingston Trio - the Tattooed Lady
Jimmie Driftwood - Driftwood at Sea
Pee Wee King ; His Golden West Cowboys - Fisher's Hornpipe
Terry Gilkyson with the Mello Men - Mackerel Fleet
The Kingston Trio - Blow Ye Winds
The Roger Wagner Chorale with Harve Presnell - Fifteen Men on Dead Man's Chest
Jimmie Driftwood - Santy Anny-O
Hank Snow - la Paloma
Petula Clark - Sailor
The Easy Riders - Life on the Ocean Waves
The Kingston Trio - Bonny Hielan' Laddie
Charles Trenet - la Mer
The Easy Riders - the Sea Is Green
Jimmie Driftwood - Sailing Away on the Ocean
Martin Denny - the Enchanted Sea
Gary Mills - Treasure Island
The Kingston Trio - Coast of California
Jimmie Driftwood - Sailor, Sailor Marry Me
The Roger Wagner Chorale - Sailing, Sailing
The Easy Riders - Rollin' Home
The Kingston Trio - Blow the Candle Out
Jimmie Driftwood - the Ship That Never Returned
The Easy Riders - Windjammer
The Roger Wagner Chorale - Erie Canal
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
The Kingston Trio - Haul Away
The Easy Riders - Eddystone Light
The Kingston Trio - with You My Johnny
Leonard Warren - the Drunken Sailor

UPC: 4000127175632
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 9.30.22
Format: CD

Sea Conditions: Swell Songs And Shanties / Various - Sea Conditions: Swell Songs And Shanties / Various (CD)