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(See also Complete Discography of The Limeliters (original group only). 

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With Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough:

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  • The Limeliters - Their First Historic Album - The Hammer Song, Battle of Gandesse (Si Me Quieres Escribir), Charlie The Midnight Marauder, When I first Came to This Land, Lonesome Traveler, Malaguena Salerosa, The Bear Chase, The Burro, John Henry The Steel Driving Man, and Zhankoye. [The original also had Gari Gari, but that song is not on this re-release.]   
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The Limeliters: Folk Matinee 1962 RCA Victor Release 


TRACKS: Sing Hallelujah, Sweet Water Rolling, Funk, Blue Mountain Lake, Tamborito, Uncle Benny's Celebration, Wake Up Dunia, Die Gedanken Sind Frei, To Everything There Is a Season (Turn! Turn! Turn!), Reedy River, Those Were the Days, and The Minstrel Boy.
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Tonight: In Person - Live Recording from the Ash Grove in Hollywood, Friday,July 29, 1960: 
There's a Meetin' Here Tonight, Molly Malone, The Monks of St. Bernard (Les Moines de Saint Bernardin), Seven Daffodils, Hey Li Lee Li Le, Headin' for the Hills, The Far Side of the Hill, Rumania Rumania, Have Some Madeira, M'Dear, and Proschai  


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More of Everything - 1964 - 
There's Many a River, The Best ls Yet to Come, Cashinha Pequenina (Little House), Last Class Seaman, The Wild Colonial Boy, Remember Me (When the Candelights Are Gleaming), Minneapolis - St. Paul, Willow Tree, Why Don't You Come Home, La Llorona,  Bring Me a Rose, No Man ls an lsland.

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Leave it to the Limeliters - 1964

Tani, The Lady Bullfighter, Port Au Prince, Inspection Time, Johnny Todd, When I Was a Cowboy (Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea), Sportin' Bachelors, My Love Doth Walk the Picket Line, A Man Leaves Home in the Mornin', Spanish Lady, The 8th Day of the Week, When Love Is New (C'est L'Aviron).




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The Limeliters Look at Love in Depth (1965)

Love Is, Old Cur, Oberlin River, Fellowman, Buddy Bike, Ties That Bind, The Trouble With You, Fred, Come a-Bed, John, I Love That Man, Love Is a Sheltering Harbor, Billy Bean, Green Grow the Rushes
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Time to Gather Seeds (1968 - re-released in 2007)

Tracks: Importance of the Rose, (Where Do I Begin) Love Story, Only 18, L.A. in the Summer, Cold December (In Your Heart), Goodtime Women, Time to Gather Seeds, Do You Remember, Were You in Berlin, General, Hundred Men 
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  •  Sing Out! - Jehosophat, Everywhere I Look This Mornin', Pretty Far Out, The Lion and the Lamb, Golden Bell, A Wayfaring Stranger, Charmin' Betsy, Gilgarry Mountain (Darlin' Sportin' Jenny), Marvin, The Little Land, Joy Across the Land, and Gotta Travel On.
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  • The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters - Western Wind, Medley: Hard Travelin' and Mount Zion, Lass from the Low Country, Gunslinger, Curimao, Vikki Dougan, Aravan Aravan, Whistling Gypsy, The Time of Man, Harry Pollitt, Hard Ain't it Hard, and Mama Don't 'Low.
Reunion - Glenn Yarbrough and the Limeliters (West Knoll, 1989, re-issue of Stax 1974) - Featuring the 1973 Reunion concert at Chicago's Orchestra Hall
- Introduction, Joy Across The Land, Acres Of Limeliters, That's The Way It's Gonna Be, Easy Now, Consider It Done, One Brief Moment, Lonesome Traveler, Wonderful World Of Sex, White House Song, Political Science, Curima, Question And Answer, Old Fashioned Remedy, Introduction, Joy Across The Land, Acres Of Limeliters, That's The Way It's Gonna Be, Easy Now, Consider it Done, One Brief Moment, Lonesome Traveler, Wonderful World of Sex, White House Song, Political Science, Curimao, Question and Answer (Rap), Old Fashioned Remedy 

The Limeliters Reunion - Volume 1 - These two volume "Limeliters Reunion" album (not to be confused with the album "Reunion" although there is some overlap), features many of the same songs found on other albums, but has a more extensive cut of Lou Gottlieb's comedic introductions. 
Let's Have A Good Time, City of New Orleans, Que Viva Espana, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Grandma's Letter, Redwood Forest, Gari Gari, Let Me Choose Life, Thank You Lord, Old Fashioned Remedy 

The Limeliters Reunion - Volume 2 
Joy Across the Land, Acres of Limeliters, Funky in the Country, Minstrel Boy, Risin' of the Moon, Whistlin' Gypsy, Gil Garry Mountain (Darlin' Sportin' Jenny), Meetin' Here Tonight, The Boxer, John Henry, Have Some Madeira, M'Dear, Hard Travelin'/ Mount Zion, Wayfarin' Stranger, Lonesome Traveler 


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Joy Across The Land by Glenn Yarbrough & The Limeliters (GNP Crescendo) Joy Across the Land - Featuring the best moments from the Glenn Yarbrough and The Limeliters Reunion Tours - a 1973 date at Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and a 1976 concert in the Seattle Opera House: 
Let's Have a Good Time, Living Legend, City of New Orleans, Que Viva Espana, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Grandma's Letter, Joy Across the Land, Acres of Limeliters, Whistling Gypsy, Whiskey in the Jar (Gilgarry Mountain), Curimao, Dueling Banjos, The Wabash Cannonball, I Don't Want to Hear the Bugles, A time of Peace, If I Had a Hammer, Friend of Jesus, Baby, The Rain Must Fall, Thank you Lord, Old Fashioned Remedy, Our Last Song Together 
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Through Children's Eyes - Live Recording of at the Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, California, on the afternoon of December 29, 1961. A benefit for the Music Department of the Berkeley school system, this album features the irresistable appeal of children's voices combined with The Limeliters! 
Includes: This Train, Marty Hey Jimmy Joe John Jack, The Whale, Grace Darling, Morningtown Ride, Join Into The Game, I Had A Mule, Lollipop Tree, Run Little Donkey, The Riddle Song, Stay On The Sunny Side, B-A Bay, America The Beautiful, This Land Is Your Land. 
36 All Time Greatest  Hits - The Limeliters
36 All-Time Greatest Hits - 3 CD Set: 
Vol. 1: There's a Meetin' Here Tonight, The Hammer Song, Lonesome Traveler, John Henry, the Steel Driving Man, The Wabash Cannonball, Molly Malone, Hard, Ain't It hard, By the Risin' of the Moon, The Far Side of the Hill, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Those Were the Days, Morningtown Ride 
Vol. 2: Mama Don't 'Low, Gambler's Blues, Sweet Betsy from Pike, Betty and Dupree, Whistling Gypsy, The Wild Colonial Boy, John Riley, Gilgarry Mountain, Have Some Madeira, M'Dear, Spanish is the Loving Tongue, Fare Thee Well, Blow the Candles Out 
Vol. 3: This Train, The Midnight Special, Hangman, Hangman, Green Grow the Rushes, No More Cane, Drill Ye Terriers, Wayfaring Stranger, Gotta Travel On, Medley- America the Beautiful/This Land is Your Land, Sing Hallelujah, Amazing Grace, We Will Overcome
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The Complete RCA Singles Collection - 
A Dollar Down, When Twice The Moon Has Come And Gone, A Hundred Years, Paco Peco, Red Roses And White Wine, Milk And Honey, Just An Honest Mistake, Jonah, I Had A Mule, The Riddle Song, Who Will Buy?, Funk, McLintock's Theme (Love In The Country), The Midnight Special, A Casinha-Pequenina, No Man Is An Island, Rose, Seventeen Wives. 

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Two Classic Albums: Our Men in San Francisco and The London Concert - Collector's Choice Music (BMG distributing) has re-released these two classic albums on compact disk. 

Disc One: The Wabash Cannonball, Max Goolis, I'm Goin' Back, Corn Whiskey, Civil War Medley (Bright Golden Butttons, The First Battallion, Yes I see, Two Brothers), By the Risin' of the Moon, Yerakina, The Lute Player, The Jam on Jerry's Rock, Sleep Soft, Medley: Goodnight Ladies/Leaving a Song. 

Disk Two: John Henry, The Steel Driving Man, Zhankoye, The Wabash Cannonball, When I First Came To This Land, The Hammer Song, The Far Side Of The Hill, Hard Ain't It Hard, Lonesome Traveler, The Little Burro, Hey Li Lee Li Lee [Note: the Collector's Choice CD version of this song has been edited from over 10 minutes to just 6:39 minutes.  A YouTube version from the original vinyl album has the full 10 minutes.]
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The Chicago Tapes - First Set August 13, 1976 Concert (Folk Era, Released 2000) - 

That's the Way It's Gonna Be, Grandma's Letter, The Honey Wind Blows, Love's Been Good To Me, Funky in The Country, Joy Across the Land, There Are Good Vibes, The Boxer, Montana Coyotes, John Henry, total Approval, Have Some Madiera M'Dear, Que Viva Espana, Medley: Hard Travelin'/Mount Zion/Wayfaring Stranger/Lonesome Traveller 
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The Chicago Tapes - Second Set August 14, 1976 Concert (Folk Era, Released 2000) 

I Come For To Sing, Meeting Here Tonight, Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, Easy Now, Irish Medley: Minstrel Boy; Rising Of The Moon; Gypsy Rover; Whiskey In The Jar, Heaven Help Me For The Way I Am, Handcuffs Of My Heart, The City Of New Orleans, Gari Gari, Thank You Lord, Be Happy, Our Last Song Together

With Red Grammer, Lou Gottlieb, and Alex Hassilev:

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Alive! In Concert by Limeliters (GNP Crescendo) Alive! In Concert - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Recorded Live At Banks and Shane in November 1985: 
Shine On Me, John Henry, Vasectomy, Maleguena Salerosa, That's Just The Way It Goes, Harmony, Irish Medley: Odonnell A Boo By The Risin' Of The Moon Danny Boy Whiskey In The Jar, Circles, That's How I Remember Yesterday, South Bound Passenger Train, Streamlined Cannonball, Hard Travelin' Mount Zion, Wayfarin' Stranger, Lonesome Traveler, Hard Way To Make An Easy Living, Beautiful Fantasy, Million A Day, A Hundred Men Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream, America The Beautiful, This Land Is Your Land. 

Harmony - Recorded live 1987: 
The Power and the Glory, There's a Meetin' Here Tonight, City of New Orleans Harmony, Malaguena Salerosa, Have Some Madeira, M'Dear Streamlined Cannonball, Gari Gari, World's Last Truck Drivin' Man, The Risin' of the Moon, Danny Boy, Whiskey in the Jar, Oklahoma City Times, Lonesome Traveler, Place in the Choir, Zhankoye, Strangest Dream, America/This Land is Your Land, Circles 

Potpourri - a collection of Live Recordings at various locations between 1981 and 1989: 
Singing for the Fun, Forever Young, Country Medley Oops#1, Champagne for Breakfast, God's Gift to Women, Don't Turn Me on, Vikki Dougan, What Have They Got That I haven't Got?, Begin the Beguine, High Standard of Loving Oops#2, Fill My life, Take the "L" Out of Lover, Different Ways, Angeline, Zen Gospel Singing, She, One Family, Why Don't we Join Hands?, White Squall, We're Here to Love. 

Singing For The Fun by Limeliters (GNP Crescendo) Singing for the Fun - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 
Singing for the Fun, Country Musics Got a Way of Making Me Feel Free, He'll have to Go, Thirty Nine and Holdin', Crying, Country Musics Got a Way of Making Me Feel Free- Reprise, Vasectomy, Beautiful Fantasy, Zen Gospel Singing, That's How I remember Yesterday, One Family, A Million a Day, Older Women, Shine on Me, South Bound Passenger Train, She, We're Here to Love, Begin the Beguine, Take the "L" Out of Lover, Heart Full of Love, Right From the Start, Different Ways, Don't Turn Me On, American Tour, Thank You Lord 

A Mighty Day! - A Mighty Day (with Rick Dougherty), The Power and the Glory, City of New Orleans, Circles, Place in the Choir, Southbound Passenger Train, Lonesome Traveller, The Risin' of the Moon, Danny Boy, Whiskey in the Jar, Malaguena Salerosa, The Strangest Dream, America the Beautiful, This Land is Your Land 

With Rick Dougherty, Alex Hassilev, and Bill Zorn:

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Until We Get it Right  (1999)
Generic Uptempo Folk Song, Folk Rap, Global Carnival, Harmony , Columbus Stockade Blues, Gods Gift to Women, Use it Up, Zen Gospel Singing, White Squall, The 40 Year Old Waltz, Until We Get It Right, A Better World, A Place in the Choir, The Power and the Glory, The Strangest Dream, Circle. 
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With Alex Hassilev, Mack Bailey and Andy Corwin:

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Live in Paradise  (2004) 

Recorded at a live concert in Paradise, California, on March 12, 2004 - 

Folk Medley (Hard Traveling, Mount Zion, Wayfaring Stranger, Lonesome Traveler), Generic Uptempo Folk Song, There's A Meeting Here Tonight, John Henry, Things Go Better With Coke, City of New Orleans, Harmony, Irish Medley (O'Donnell Aboo, The Rising Of The Moon, Danny Boy, Whiskey In The Jar), Gari, Gari (Burn, Burn, Gypsy Love), Power and Glory, The Strangest Dream, America The Beautiful / This Land Is Your Land, Circle.

With Mack Bailey, Andy Corwin and Gaylan Taylor:

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Right from the Start (2007)

Right From The Start, Power and the Glory, Those Crazy Days, Zhankoye, Rock Me Grandpa, There's a Meetin' Here Tonight, Puerto Vallarta, That's My Toy, Mwa Uka, Cutting Edge of Passe' , Harry Pollitt, 40 Year Old Waltz, Have Some Madeira M'dear, Stewball. 
- Last four tracks are live, and include Alex Hassilev on guitar, banjo and bass vocals. 

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Right From the Start

With Gaylan Taylor, Andy Corwin, and Don Marovich:
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Pass the Music On (2013)




Pass the Music On, The Generic Up (Tempo Folk Song), There's a Meeting Here Tonight, Lonesome Traveler, The 40 Year Old Waltz, City of New Orleans, Whiskey in the Jar, Zhankoye, Have Some Madeira M'dear (Live),
John Henry,The Power and Glory, Circle
With Andy Corwin, Steve Brooks, Daniel Boling: 
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The Cutting Edge of Passé  (2022)

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​​1. Folk Medley
2. Seven Daffodils (LIVE)
3. Dad's Garage
4. Those Were the Days (LIVE)
5. Single New Star
6. The Cutting Edge of Passé
7. Take My True Love By Her Hand (LIVE)
8. As Young as Your Kiss
9. You Might Be a Baby Boomer If
10. Wabash Cannonball (LIVE)
11. Mountain
12. Charlie and the TSA
13. The 40 Year Old Waltz (LIVE)
14. America / This Land is Your Land (LIVE)

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Other Appearances:

We the People - A Bicentennial Celebration of the U.S. Constitution (1987, remastered 2003) -  Recorded to honor the bicentennial of our Constitution, this 1987 LP features narration by Johnny Cash. The Limeliters perform two songs on this album: "The Power and the Glory" and "America the Beautiful." Also appearing are Kingston Trio (The Sinking of the Reuben James ), Mickey Newbury ( American Trilogy ), Bob Gibson ( Let the Band Play Dixie ), John Stewart (The Last Campaign, Armstrong), The Shaw Brothers (We the People, The Immigrant, The Day the Tall Ships Came, Lady of the Harbor), The Tarriers (Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill) and four songs by Johnny Cash: Battle of New Orleans, Remember the Alamo, The Ballad of Ira Hayes, Ragged Old Flag). 

An Evening with the Chad Mitchell Trio and Friends 
- Includes three songs from The Limeliters - ("Lonesome Traveler, The 40-Year Old Waltz", and "Until we Get it Right" as well as Lou Gottlieb's comedic introductions. 

Time Life Treasury of Folk Music 
includes "A Dollar Down" (Vol. 1), and "There's a Meetin Here Tonight" (Vol. 2). 

The Kingston Trio 45th Anniversary Tribute CD, Video and DVD , containing highlights of the April 19 & 20, 2002 Tribute to the Kingston Trio includes 10 minutes of the Limeliters.sss It includes the "Hard Traveling/Wayfaring Stranger/Lonesome Traveler" medley and Generic Uptempo Folksong.

This Land Is Your Land - The Folk Years  - 2002 PBS Special - DVD and CD available. The Limeliters perform "There's a Meeting Here tonight" in combination with Glenn Yarbrough, and "Generic Uptempo Folksong" on their own. They also perform their infamous "Folk Rap" on the companion CD.
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