We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 2006)

Even had the Lyrics booklet with the CD.

Good Ebay person. Shipped quickly and arrived well cared for.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DVD/CD I HAVE EVER PURCHASED...BEING AN AVID SPRINGSTEEN FAN, I DECIDED TO SEE WHAT HIS TALENT BROUGHT TO THE " OLD SCHOOL" STYLE OF MUSIC, AND WAS I EVER SURPRISED!!! THIS DVD/CD IS FOR THE PERSON WHO WANTS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED..HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...

I own this CD and I love it...in fact I have practically worn it out..lol
I bought this CD for my Mom, whom I KNOW will enjoy the mix of gospel tunes as well as old time folk songs! The PBS show/concert caught my eye..and especially the song "Pay me my money Down" grabbed me and ..that's all she wrote! Most excellent CD all the way around!

I heard Bruce Springsteen's song, Pay Me My Money Down, on the radio recently. I just absolutely loved it. To me it was a mix of folk, country and a little Polish polka mixed in. I just had to have it. I searched Half.com, found the song, bought the CD and I listen to it everyday. It's foot stomping, hip swaying, body gyrating music to me. It uplifts my mood and spirit and keeps me singing all day. His voice so fits all the songs on this album. I can get so many of his albums on half.com for a fraction of the cost. I'm now a Springsteen fan and at age 65 I LOVE IT!
Geri Sofia

This contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD
Bruce honors the great folk music singer Pete Seeger!
Pete is famous for performing the Anti War song “Were Have All The Flowers Gone “ and Perhaps the most important Political protest song ever “We Shall Overcome”
Bruce takes this classic of traditional American music and makes them his own.
Bruce has not overly produced them and this gives them a earthy reality .
A+A+A+ CD Hopefully this CD will inspire you to explore the music of Pete Seeger on your own!
You will be not be disappointed!

This performance was Springsteen at his best. The CD selections were varied and performed with great instrumental fullness. The DVD was a bonus, and very enjoyable to watch inside a recording session.

Are you kidding? What's NOT to like about this one. Great, legendary artists and performances. Bruce sure has it all together. Great quality, great price, worthy of note.

I received the disc in what appeared to be excellent condition but it would not play in my CD player. I returned the CD for a refund or change of disc but NEVER RECEIVED EITHER. Now I am out the $ for the CD and the CD itself. I have bought several CD's through Half.Com and this is my first bad experience with a transaction

No electricity needed. Bruce and the crew provide it all. Great folksy feel and great musicianship by all involved.

I liked the interpretaion of the folk songs by Springsteen which is the reason I bought it at a good price.

I bought it when I had seen the show on Swedish television. Have always been a fan of country and folk music, and Springsteen. When I realized he had done something this great I just knew that I had to have it.
The reason i looked for it at ebay was that you couldn´t get a hold of it in Sweden at the time, now its on the charts here as well... :-) But I had it before that.... The record itself is very good and even with a nice compilation of tracks. I also like the fact that it´s a double disc so that you have the DVD features as well.. If you want to have something before everyone else in Scandinavia, get it at EBAY!! Regards! / Göran

A great Dual Disc CD with a very different sound that keeps an old timey American Mountain Valley type of music alive. Good mix of instruments with words you don't hear to often, live or recorded.

Bruce Springsteen really sounds great. He has the voice for this type of music. You can't get any better than this. Buy the cd.

To the uninitiated, some song titles may seem irrelevant. We sang them as kids, unmindful of their history. This collection changes all that.

In Springsteen's evolutionary hands this tribute to Pete Seeger's work springs from deep wells of the long struggles of American life, the noble heritage of the common working man and woman. From the stevedores on the docks to the men who walked hundreds of miles pulling barges downriver, to the sailor maimed at sea to the civil rights marchers, Springsteen and his well chosen, excellent band have taken these humble songs about simple people and made their stories our own in a way that few, if any, could have achieved.

And these folks had a blast doing it, too.

The collection has heart, it has soul, it uplifts, illumines, weeps, rejoices. And it astonishingly ROCKS! It is impossible to sit still during "O, Mary, Don't You Weep" or "Pay Me My Money Down". Infused with Springsteen's meticulous craftsmanship with arrangements, a complete resurrection of this nearly lost music is beautifully accomplished.

Recorded nearly spontaneously devoid of electronic distortions, in his family farmhouse, the band of close knit friends brought the music back to its pure essence of mobility and immediacy. It is not merely a novel idea. Although it may seem a radical departure from previous big budget rock productions, thrift certainly wasn't the aim here, rather a genuine intimacy of creating undiluted music, playing these songs the way they were meant to be played.

Springsteen's recurrent themes of disillusionments and redemptions, his role as political activist and historian are well served with these selections. Delivered with trademark passion and tenderness, it is infused with energy and reverence for those who came before.


Exposing this music to newer and larger audiences, the video was premiered on the Country Music Channel, but it would be hard to classify it as "country music" or "folk" or "spiritual". It is hard to classify it at all and that may be the point. I've seen people who hadn't liked Springsteen prior to this CD become so enamored of it, guys in their twenties rockin' to it and honest-to-God even nursing home residents wanting it played over and over!

Personally, I believe that this work is one of his very best. It is not merely another CD to add to the pile, but an important contribution to the history of American music. It reawakens a spirit, a strength, that we desperately need. A revisiting of who we are and where we come from. As individuals and as a nation it seems imperative in these murky days.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Bruce had come up with a whold new sound for these solid classics. Listen and learn.

I saw a program on PBS that featured Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band playing what they billed as The Seeger Sessions. I was carried away by the excellent job they did with the old folk songs that were a apart of the Pete Seeger collection. What really impressed me was the total jump from the typical music of Bruce Springsteen. His voice is perfect for these great old songs! I looked right away on Ebay for a CD that would match up with the PBS special and found the "We Shall Overcome" Seeger Sessions dual disc CD. Love it, love it, love it! The flip side of the CD is a DVD with video of the recording sessions to put this CD together. What fun! If you are interested in seeing Bruce Springsteen in a private personal setting in action working out and recording, you must get this CD. It's a grass roots look at a grass roots work. You will love it too! The music is phenomenal!

I first heard tracks from this album on BBC Radio 3 (Late Junction show presented by Verity Sharp) and was knocked out. This is the only Bruce Springsteen CD I have bought; I can wholeheartedly say it is excellent value for money. Not only does it come backed with a DVD of the making of the album, also a booklet with complete lyrics and credits, and with lovely captions describing the historical contexts of each anthem.
Basically divided in two parts: the crowd arousing sing-a-long songs on the one hand, and the slower more introspective and cerebral re-workings on the other. The playing is virtuoso from start to finish, reminding our musical memories that these songs are interlaced in this country's historical musical fabric.
If you take an interest in the history of North America, based on that reason alone this album is worth investing in.
Certainly these songs have their roots in history and thanks to the astonishingly good musicianship of Bruce and his band, these songs are reborn and live again, as they now take root in the gardens of our souls.

Springsteen has put a great band together for this disc. Good musicians having a great time playing together and it shows in the music. Pete Seeger for a new generation.

I like Bruce and the sessions band covers of these fine old folk standards...some dating back to the 1700's. My son let me listen to his copy; instantly knew I needed my own copy...speaking of copies...anti piracy prevents you from making your own...trust me, I tryed!...besides the DVD is worth the cost of admission...I wish it were longer.

I love Pete Seeger & I love this cd. I have a lot of music, but I've been listening to this over & over--it's my new favorite.

I loved the fact tha Bruce Springsteen can take another mans songs and turn them in tohis owne. His singing was on top, his ability to turn a old gridy song into something special is great.I decided to by this becuse my wife who is a distant cousin to Bruce springsteen , buy marriages long ago, she does genealogy on her family andthe sprinsteens tye in, and she is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, I made her happy by buying this for her she listens to alot.My only disapointment was not seeing any of the E-Street band, otherwise this disk was incredible.

Very unimpressed with CD.

The effort to sound folksy, and deep husky by Springsteen is totally false, and comes off as trying too hard.

The whole CD was a waste of money.

Go buy Pete Seeger CD's.

I can't rate it because I have not received it. If you see it , play the cd and tell mw all about it.Since 6/29 it has been on the loose.

Only replying to this because I am unable to leave feedback. This seller has evidently scammed quite a bit of people, including me.

Otherwise, I had ordered it because I saw this item on a local tv station and loved it, but in order to get it I would have had to spend $90 in a donation to the show; so I found it on ebay and thought it'd be a much cheaper way to go. Turns out I got scammed out of over $15.00.