Malvina Reynolds - Malvina Reynolds (2007)

This reissue of Malvina Reynolds' self-titled 1971 album for the Century City label adds a dozen bonus tracks of non-album singles, previously unreleased recordings, and alternate takes. Reynolds was a remarkable lady — 71-years-old at the time this album was released, and full of the passion and sense of outrage that supposedly drains out of people as they get older. Her protest songs attack racism, Governor Ronald Reagan, pollution, war, the Rand Corporation, and sundry injustices large and small. She even wrote hit songs now and then, like "Little Boxes" (not included) and "Morningtown Ride." Her politics and songwriting made her an accidental hipster, and members of the Byrds, the Dillards, and the Sunshine Company backed her on many of the cuts here. Her quavering voice only adds to the appeal and mystique of the granny who cared enough about current events to pick up a guitar and have her say. She was also surprisingly contemporary sounding on record; these aren't spartan folk recordings for musicologists, but folk-country-rock performances of songs that pull no punches. Omni obtained the original master tapes from Reynolds' daughter for the production of this CD. ~ Greg Adams

Tracklist:
1.01 - Malvina Reynolds - The World's Gone Beautiful (2:50)
1.02 - Malvina Reynolds - Daddy's In The Jail (3:12)
1.03 - Malvina Reynolds - It Isn't Nice (2:20)
1.04 - Malvina Reynolds - Boraxo (2:47)
1.05 - Malvina Reynolds - We Hate To See Them Go (2:36)
1.06 - Malvina Reynolds - There'll Come A Time (2:48)
1.07 - Malvina Reynolds - From Way Up Here (2:48)
1.08 - Malvina Reynolds - The Desert (2:15)
1.09 - Malvina Reynolds - D.D.T. (2:38)
1.10 - Malvina Reynolds - Let It Be (2:14)
1.11 - Malvina Reynolds - Morningtown Ride (2:14)
1.12 - Malvina Reynolds - No Hole In My Head (2:26)
1.13 - Malvina Reynolds - Alcatraz (Pelican Island) (only issued previously on 45) (3:04)
1.14 - Malvina Reynolds - Like The Miller Grinds The Wheat (only issued previously on 45) (2:12)
1.15 - Malvina Reynolds - The Rand Hymn (previously unreleased) (2:20)
1.16 - Malvina Reynolds - Plutonium (previously unreleased) (3:13)
1.17 - Malvina Reynolds - Tungsten (only issued previously on 45) (3:36)
1.18 - Malvina Reynolds - Cement Octopus (only issued previously on 45) (2:57)
1.19 - Malvina Reynolds - The Albatross (only issued previously on 45) (3:24)
1.20 - Malvina Reynolds - Buying The Package (previously unreleased) (4:26)
1.21 - Malvina Reynolds - Overtime (previously unreleased) (4:03)
1.22 - Malvina Reynolds - Nancy Newman (previously unreleased) (6:51)
1.23 - Malvina Reynolds - There'll Come A Time (Alt - previously unreleased) (3:24)
1.24 - Malvina Reynolds - It Isn't Nice (Alt - only issued previously on 45) (2:20)