The Best of the Vanguard Years is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 1999.

The focus of the material is the music Odetta performed when recording for the Vanguard label.

The recordings come from three albums, One Grain of Sand, My Eyes Have Seen and Odetta at Carnegie Hall.

The last 4 selections are previously unreleased tracks from Vanguard vaults.

The recording dates of previously unreleased tracks were not reported in the liner notes.