This reissue combines two early 1950s lps that highlight the instrumental virtuosity of Pete Seeger. In Darling Corey, he paid homage to the mountain musicians whose banjo styles he adopted; in Goofing-Off Suite, he took the banjo into new musical territory and blazed a trail many have followed. 30 tracks of brilliant musicianship. "Originally released as 10-inch albums...Corey and Goofing-Off Suite helped launch a generation of pickers and singers.... Grand testimony to the breadth and variety of American folk song and style.... Wonderful vintage examples of that curious mix of casual personability and determined virtuosity that have made Pete Seeger our most respected and best liked folk personality for over half a century." New England Folk Almanac

1. John Riley
   
2. Risselty-Rosselty
   
3. Devilish Mary
   
4. Come All You Fair and Tender Maids
   
5. East Virginia
   
6. I Had a Wife
   
7. Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
   
8. Darling Corey
   
9. Four Banjo Pieces: Fly Around My Blue Eyed Girl / Cripple Creek / Ida Red / Old Joe Clark (medley)
   
10. Jam on Jerry's Rock
    
11. Penny's Farm
    
12. Danville Girl
    
13. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies
    
14. Goofing-Off Suite: Opening Theme
    
15. Cindy
    
16. Blue Skies
    
17. The Girl I Left Behind Me
    
18. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
    
19. Duet from Beethoven's Symphony no. 7
    
20. Chorale from Beethoven's Symphony no. 9
    
21. Russian Folk Themes and Yodel
    
22. Anitra's Dance / Brandy Leave Me Alone (medley)
    
23. Opening Theme (Reprise)
    
24. The Mexican Blues
    
25. Time's A-Getting Hard
    
26. Empty Pocket Blues (Barrel of Money Blues)
    
27. Sally My Dear
    
28. Oh, Liza, Poor Gal
    
29. Sally Ann
    
30. Woody's Rag