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Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963
In 1963, folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger embarked on a 10-month world tour. Blacklisted from American television for his anti-McCarthyism, pro-change views, he was welcomed in Australia with open arms and sold-out performances. This DVD presents a historic full concert filmed in Melbourne plus 55 minutes of bonus footage from other Australian TV appearances. Songs include "If I Had a Hammer" and "Goodnight Irene." Comes with a 16-page booklet.

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Features Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Natalie Maines, Tom Paxton, Bonnie Raitt, Toshi Seeger, Tommy Smothers, Bruce Springsteen, Mary Travers, and Peter Yarrow. Plus, rarely-seen clips, personal footage from a 1960s Around-The-World Tour, and numerous classic songs. As early as August 18, 1955, folk singer Pete Seeger set himself apart as a "true American" when he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee and refused to name names, stating, "I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this." As a target of the communist witch hunt of the 1950s, Seeger was picketed, protested, blacklisted and, in spite of his enormous popularity, banned from American commercial television for more than 17 years. Throughout his ordeal, and his life, he never stopped singing out - and speaking up. "I look upon myself as a planter of seeds," the legendary artist and political activist says.

Disc 1 "Pete Seeger: The Power of Song"
Bonus Features
Strawberry festival - 2:14
Pete Making a Salad - 2:05
How to Play the 5 String Banjo. A Film by Pete and Toshi Seeger - 2:51
Guantanamera - 3:54

Disc 2 MUSIC FROM PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG Vol. 1
1. Union Train - The Almanac Singers (2:17)
2. Round And Round Hitler's Grave - The Almanac Singers (1:08)
3. Tzena Tzena - The Weavers (1:12)
4. Goodnight Irene - The Weavers (3:32)
5. (I Dreamed I Saw) Joe Hill - Paul Robeson (2:40)
6. Jacob's Ladder - Pete Seeger (3:28)
7. Pretty Polly - Pete Seeger (3:38)
8. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Pete Seeger (:59)
9. Union Maid - Pete Seeger (2:14)
10. Passing Through - Pete Seeger (2:49)
11. This Land Is Your Land - Pete Seeger (2:47)
12. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Pete Seeger (3:44)
13. Little Boxes - Pete Seeger (1:49)
14. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? - Pete Seeger (2:03)
15. We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger (4:41)
16. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - Pete Seeger (3:33)
17. Cindy - Pete Seeger, Brownie McGhee, & Sonny Terry (3:38)
18. Waist Deep In The Big Muddy - Pete Seeger (2:55)
19. My Dirty Stream - Pete Seeger (2:29)
20. The Water Is Wide - Pete Seeger (6:14)
21. To My Old Brown Earth - Pete Seeger (4:08)
22. Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam) - Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco & Steve Earle (3:45)
23. Bring Em Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam) (Live 1970 )- Pete Seeger (3:13)

The Essential Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger is the sort of person who has become the stuff of legend for all the best reasons. As a musicologist, he's been a passionate archivist of folk songs of all sorts from around the world for most of his life, and thousands of people (perhaps millions) would not have heard songs such as "Goodnight Irene," "This Land Is Your Land" and "Wimoweh" (aka "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") had he not championed them. As a songwriter, any man with "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "I Come and Stand at Every Door" and "Turn, Turn Turn" in his catalog (among many, many others) has created a truly impressive repertoire. As a musician, it's hard to count how many people picked up the guitar or banjo from his example, and he's always been a pithy and compelling player. And as an activist, Seeger has bravely put his ideals of peace, justice and equality ahead of his career in a manner few musicians of any stature have ever dared or even imagined. However, since Seeger is as influential as any figure in the history of American folk music, and has been recording since the 1940s, the question is -- can this man's life in music be accurately summed up on a single CD? That more than anything is the rub with The Essential Pete Seeger, a compilation which focuses primarily on Seeger's recordings for Columbia from the 1950s and '60s. Assembled by Nedra Olds-Neal, The Essential Pete Seeger does make some important gestures towards being career-inclusive -- it includes the 1950 hit recording of "Goodnight Irene" with the Weavers, as well as Seeger's 1941 version of "Talking Union" and a few other tracks licensed from Smithsonian Folkways (who issued the majority of Seeger's catalog). Many of the songs most closely associated with Seeger are included (if not always in their definitive recordings), and all these performances (especially the ones recorded before a live audience) are impassioned, powerful and direct from the heart, especially "Guantanamera" and "We Shall Overcome" (the understated force of the latter is still remarkably moving more than forty years after it was recorded). But this man has made far too much important music for a single disc to hold all that is "essential." The Essential Pete Seeger is a fine introduction to his work as a musician, and includes an excellent liner essay by Dave Marsh, as well as testimonials from Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, Roger McGuinn, Bruce Cockburn and many others on the lasting importance of these songs and this artist.

1 If I Had a Hammer 1:54
2 Goodnight Irene / The Weavers 3:23
3 Barbara Allen Live 4:30
4 Talking Union / Almanac Singers 2:59
5 Wimoweh (Mbube) Live 1:47
6 John Henry Live 4:11
7 Little Boxes Live 1:53
8 Michael Row the Boat Ashore Live 2:15
9 This Land Is Your Land Live 3:01
10 Guantanamera Live 4:39
11 Where Have All the Flowers Gone 2:03
12 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) Live 3:11
13 The Bells of Rhymney Live 5:13
14 Waist Deep in the Big Muddy 2:55
15 We Shall Overcome Live 4:40