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  • An MVD Exclusive
  • SKU: BCD15720
  • Format: CD
  • UPC: 4000127157201
  • Street Date: 01/02/07
  • PreBook Date: 01/01/01
  • Label: Bear Family Records »
  • Genre: Folk
  • Run Time: 752 mins
  • Number of Discs: 10
  • Year of Production: 2007
  • Box Lot: 25
  • Territory: NORTH AMERICA

 

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Songs For Political Action

10-CD box (LP-size) with 216-page hardcover book, 296 tracks. Playing time approx. 752 mns

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Maybe it didn't bring about the social and economic equality that it strove for, but the American Left of the 1930s and 1940s did leave one lasting legacy: the urban folk song revival. The energetic, politically daring music of the Almanac Singers and its predecessors, contemporaries and successors continue to resonate through today's singer-songwriters. Spanning the years 1926 to 1953, this set features nearly 300 extremely rare recordings on 10 compact discs.
The songs offer a comprehensive overview of this enduring music, from the labor choruses and New York's socially conscious theatrical scene of the 1930s, to the Almanac Singers' influential, ground-breaking recordings. It continues through the war years and the postwar idealism of People's Songs and ends with the disturbing anti-Communist hysteria of the McCarthy era that silenced many of these talented, dedicated performers. This set includes a hardcover book documenting the era and the recordings it produced.

Track Listing

Disc 1:
  • Sandburg, Carl - The Boll Weevil
  • Allison, John - Patriotic Diggers
  • Seeger, Charles - London's Bridge Is Falling Down
  • Seeger, Charles & R. Crawford - Risselty Rosselty
  • Seeger, Ruth Crawford - Old Grey Mare
  • Seeger, Charles - Hands
  • Jackson, Aunt Molly - Ragged Hungry Blues (part 1)
  • Jackson, Aunt Molly - Ragged Hungry Blues (part 2)
  • Gunning, Sara Ogan - I'm Going To Organize, Baby Mine
  • Tillman Cadle - I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister
  • Handcox, John - Raggedy, Raggedy
  • Handcox, John - No More Mourning
  • Handcox, John - Join The Union Tonight
  • Handcox, John - We're Going To Roll The Union On
  • Handcox, John - There Is Mean Things Happening In This Land
  • Ferguson (Bob Miller), Bob - Farmer's Letter To The President
  • Miller, Bob - Farm Relief Blues
  • Bob's Boys (Bob Miller) - 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat
  • Miller's Bullfrog Entertainers - The Hootenanny Song
  • Ferguson, Bob & Scalawaggers - Bank Failures
  • Miller, Bob - The Rich Man And The Poor Man
  • Palmer (Bob Miller), Bill - The Poor Forgotten Man
  • New Singers - The Soup Song
  • New Singers - The Internationale
  • New Singers - Rise Up
  • New Singers - United Front
  • New Singers - Forward, We've Not Forgotten
  • New Singers - In Praise Of Learning
  • Manhattan Chorus - On The Picket Line
  • Manhattan Chorus - Hold The Fort
  • Manhattan Chorus - Casey Jones
  • Manhattan Chorus - Sit Down
  • Manhattan Chorus - Write Me Out My Union Card
  • Manhattan Chorus - We Shall Not Be Moved
  • Manhattan Chorus - Join The Union
  • Disc 2:
    • Baumann, M. & Elie Siegmeister - The Strange Funeral In Braddock
    • Robinson, Earl - Abraham Lincoln (parts 1 & 2)
    • Robinson, Earl - Joe Hill
    • Robinson, Earl - Spring Song
    • Kraber, Tony - The Old Chisholm Trail
    • Aarons, Saul - Old Paint (The Horse With The Union Label)
    • Aarons, Saul - Capitalistic Boss (part 1 & 2)
    • Dowd, Harrison - Little Theater On The Right
    • Dowd, Harrison - Little Theater On The Left
    • White, Josh - Nine Foot Shovel
    • White, Josh - Chain Gang Boun'
    • White, Josh - Trouble
    • White, Josh - Goin' Home Boys
    • White, Josh - Cryin' Who' Cryin' You! (parts 1 & 2)
    • White, Josh - Told My Captain
    • White, Josh - Jerry
    • White, Josh - Southern Exposure
    • White, Josh - Uncle Sam Says
    • White, Josh - Jim Crow Train
    • White, Josh - Bad Housing Blues
    • White, Josh - Hard Times Blues
    • Disc 3:
      • Almanac Singers - The Strange Death Of John Doe
      • Almanac Singers - Billy Boy
      • Almanac Singers - `C' For Conscription
      • Almanac Singers - Washington Breakdown
      • Almanac Singers - Lisa Jane
      • Almanac Singers - Ballad Of October 16th
      • Almanac Singers - Plow Under
      • Almanac Singers - Talking Union
      • Almanac Singers - Union Train
      • Almanac Singers - Which Side Are You On'
      • Almanac Singers - Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
      • Almanac Singers - Union Maid
      • Almanac Singers - All I Want
      • Almanac Singers - Songs For Bridges
      • Guthrie, Woody - Babe O' Mine
      • Almanac Singers - Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho
      • Almanac Singers - Haul Away, Joe
      • Almanac Singers - Blow The Man Down
      • Almanac Singers - The Golden Vanity
      • Almanac Singers - Away, Rio
      • Almanac Singers - The Coast Of High Barbary
      • Almanac Singers - Greenland Fishing
      • Almanac Singers - The Dodger Song
      • Almanac Singers - Ground Hog
      • Almanac Singers - State Of Arkansas
      • Almanac Singers - Hard, Ain't It Hard
      • Almanac Singers - I Ride An Old Paint
      • Almanac Singers - House Of The Rising Sun
      • Disc 4:
        • Almanac Singers - Dear Mr. President
        • Almanac Singers - Belt Line Girl
        • Almanac Singers - Round, Round Hitler's Grave
        • Almanac Singers - Side By Side
        • Almanac Singers - Deliver The Goods
        • Almanac Singers - Reuben James
        • Almanac Singers - Boomtown Bill
        • Almanac Singers - Keep That Oil A Rollin'
        • Priority Ramblers - I'm Looking For A Home (Housing Song)
        • Priority Ramblers - Amsterdam Maid
        • Priority Ramblers - Song Of The Free
        • Priority Ramblers - In Washington
        • Priority Ramblers - Overtime Pay
        • Seeger & Glazer & Hawes &Lomax - Quinte Brigada
        • Glazer, T. & B. Hawes & Lomax - Jarama Valley
        • Seeger & Glazer & Hawes &Lomax - Spanish Marching Song
        • Seeger & Glazer & Hawes &Lomax - Cook House/The Young Man From Alcala
        • Seeger & Glazer & Hawes &Lomax - Quinte Regimento
        • Seeger & Glazer & Hawes &Lomax - Quarter Master Song
        • White, Josh & The Boys - Little Man On A Fence
        • Union Boys - Jim Crow
        • Union Boys - You Better Get Ready
        • Union Boys - Hold The Fort/We Shall Not Be Moved
        • Union Boys - U.A.W.-C.I.O.
        • Union Boys - Hold On
        • Ives, Burl & The Boys - Solidarity Forever
        • Disc 5:
          • Robinson, Earl - Horace Greeley
          • Robinson, Earl - Kevin Barry
          • Robinson, Earl - The House I Live In
          • Robinson, Earl - A Man's A Man For A'That
          • Robinson, Earl - Drill Ye Tarriers Drill
          • Robinson, Earl - The Frozen Logger
          • Robinson, Earl - Jefferson And Liberty
          • Robinson, Earl - Sweet Betsy From Pike/Dirty Miner
          • Robinson, Earl - Grand Coolee Dam
          • Robinson, Earl & D. Wilson - Free And Equal Blues (parts 1 & 2)
          • Sir Lancelot - The Century Of The Common Man
          • Partlow, Vern - I'm A Native American Nazi
          • Partlow, Vern - Join The U.A.W.-C.I.O.
          • Partlow, Vern - Keeping Score For '44
          • Partlow, Vern - The U.A.W. Train
          • Partlow, Vern - Susan's In The Union
          • Partlow, Vern - The Rollback Blues
          • Partlow, Vern - Mama Don't Allow
          • Guthrie, Woody - Farmer-Labor Train
          • Guthrie, Woody - So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
          • Guthrie, Woody - Talking Sailor
          • Guthrie, Woody - Sally, Don't You Grieve
          • Glazer, Tom & Josh White - Citizen C.I.O.
          • White, Josh - No More Blues
          • Glazer, Tom - We've Got A Plan
          • Glazer, Tom - Social Worker's Talking Blues
          • Glazer, Tom - I'm Gonna Put My Name Down
          • Disc 6:
            • White, Josh - Landlord
            • White, Josh - Beloved Comrade
            • White, Josh - Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
            • White, Josh - The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
            • White, Josh - I'm The Guy
            • White, Josh - Little Man Sitting On A Fence
            • Glazer, Tom - When The Country Is Broke
            • Glazer, Tom - Money In The Pocket
            • Glazer, Tom - Our Fight Is Yours
            • Hays, Lee - Moses Green
            • Hays, Lee - The Rankin Tree
            • Hays, Lee - Talking Bilbo
            • Hays, Lee - This Old World
            • Claiborne, Bob - No One Stooge
            • Asbel, Bernie - Song Of My Hands
            • Asbel, Bernie & Pete Seeger - Mad As I Can Be
            • Lord Invader - Jackie Robinson
            • Mcghee, Brownie - High Price Blues
            • Mcghee, Brownie - Black, Brown & White
            • Beyer, Anna - Nix On Mundt/Nixon
            • Levine, George - The Daily Worker's Song
            • Unidentified Vocalist - Taft-Hartley Blues
            • Sis Cunningham - Parnell Thomas Blues
            • Reynolds, Malvina & B. Oliver - Turn Me Loose
            • Berries - Snowball
            • Berries - Swingin' On A Scab
            • Casetta, Mario - On To Sacramento
            • Partlow, Vern - Atomic Talking Blues
            • Partlow, Vern - Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People
            • Disc 7:
              • Seeger & Hawes & Hays & Wood - Listen Mr. Bilbo
              • Seeger, Pete & Bob Clairborne - O.P.A. Shout
              • Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood - Voting Union
              • Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood - Get Out The Vote
              • Glazer, Tom - A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore
              • Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood - A Dollar For P.A.C.
              • Hays & Seeger & Glazer & Wood - Oh, What Congress Done To Me
              • Glazer & Seeger & Wood - Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes
              • Hays & Seeger & Glazer & Wood - D.D.T.
              • Seeger & Glazer & Wood & Hays - Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman
              • Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood - No, No, No Discrimination
              • Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood - Voter, Oh Voter
              • Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert - Intro/Commonwealth Of Toil
              • Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert - We've Got Our Eyes On You
              • Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert - The Preacher And The Slave
              • Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert - Which Side Are You One'
              • Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert - The Whole Wide World Around
              • Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert - Hold The Fort/Conclusion
              • Seeger, Pete - Talking P.A.C.
              • Seeger, Pete - Conversation With A Mule
              • Seeger, Pete - The Farmer Is The Man
              • Seeger, Pete - Join The Farmer's Union
              • Seeger, Pete - Talking Atom
              • Seeger, Pete - Skillet Good And Greasy
              • Seeger, Pete - T For Texas
              • Disc 8:
                • Sir Lancelot - Walk In Peace (part 1)
                • Sir Lancelot - Walk In Peace (part 2)
                • Sir Lancelot - Atomic Energy
                • Sir Lancelot - Old Lady With A Rolling Pin
                • Goodson & Vale - Red Boogie
                • Goodson & Vale - Unity Rhumba
                • Goodson & Vale - Elephant And The Ass
                • Goodson & Vale - Hungry Rhapsody
                • Goodson & Vale - Housing
                • Goodson & Vale - People's Songs Chorus Ballad Of F.D.R.
                • Berries - Mein Shtele Belz
                • Berries & Pete Seeger - Zhonkoye
                • Seeger, Pete - Travelin'
                • Seeger, Pete - Black, Brown & White Blues
                • Seeger, Pete - The Death Of Harry Simms
                • Seeger, Pete - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
                • Seeger, Pete - No Irish Need Apply
                • Casetta, Mario - Unemployment Compensation Blues
                • Sanders, Betty - The Fireship
                • Sanders, Betty - Johnny, I Hardly Knew You
                • Weavers & Howard Fast - The Peekskill Story (parts 1 & 2)
                • Weavers - Wasn't That A Time
                • Weavers - Dig My Grave
                • Weavers - Freight Train Blues
                • Weavers - Love Song Blues
                • Disc 9:
                  • Robinson, Earl - We're Keeping Score In '44
                  • Oliver, Bill - Lay That Ballot Down (part 1 & 2)
                  • Partlow, Vern - The Fertilizer Song
                  • Partlow, Vern - Talking F.T.A.
                  • Partlow, Vern - Kiss The Boys Goodbye
                  • Partlow, Vern - Round And Round The Canneries
                  • Partlow, Vern - My Name Is Cannery Bill
                  • Alexander, Mara & Others - The Bosses' Gang
                  • Alexander, Mara - Bye, Bye Bosses
                  • Huey, Richard - The New Walls Of Jericho
                  • Royal Harmonaires - Henry Wallace Is The Man
                  • Alvarez, Abigail - A Corrido To Wallace And Taylor
                  • Alvarez, Abigail - Second Corrido To Wallace And Taylor
                  • Robeson, Paul - The Battle Hymn Of '48
                  • Loring, Michael - The Same Old Merry-Go-Round
                  • Loring, Michael - I've Got A Ballot
                  • Loring, Michael - Great Day
                  • Levine, George - Wallace Button/Goodbye, Harry
                  • Cunningham, Sis - Henry Wallace
                  • Oliver, Bill - We Can Win With Wallace
                  • Reynolds, Malvina - Work With Wallace
                  • Sir Lancelot - Wallace Is The Man For Me
                  • Loring, Michael & Alan Lomax - Yankee Doodle, Tell The Boss
                  • Weavers - Intro/New York City
                  • Hellerman, Fred - Marcantonio For Me
                  • Weavers & Hope Foye - Skip To The Polls
                  • Hellerman, Fred - Marcantonio For Major
                  • Duncan, Laura - Now, Right Now
                  • Seeger, Pete & Hope Foye - Oh, Freedom
                  • Seeger, Pete - Ben Davis
                  • Unidentified Vocalist - M.T.A.
                  • Unidentified - The People's Choice
                  • Disc 10:
                    • Decormier & Bernardi & Booth - The Riddle Of Thurman Towns
                    • Gallant, Gerald - Grapes To Pick
                    • Hellerman, Fred - Medley: I Don't Want To Adjusted/Stand Up And
                    • Various - History - Be Counted/We Will Overcome/The Progressive
                    • Various - History - Party Is Here To Stay
                    • Hill, Bob - Pity The Downtrodden Landlord
                    • Weavers - The Hammer Song
                    • Weavers - Banks Of Marble
                    • Lieberman, Ernie - Songs Of My Hands
                    • Lieberman, Ernie - My Old Man
                    • Lieberman, Ernie - I'm On My Way
                    • Lieberman & Duncan & Smith - In Contempt
                    • Lieberman & Duncan & Smith - Die Gedanken sind frei
                    • Lieberman & Duncan & Smith - Walk Along Together
                    • Lieberman & Duncan & Smith - Put My Name Down
                    • Smith, Osborne - Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
                    • Duncan, Laura - I've Got A Right
                    • Jewish Young Folksingers - We Shall Overcome
                    • Sanders, Betty - Talking Un-American Blues
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - Old Bolshevik Song
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - The Cloakmaker's Union
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - Land Of The Daily Worker
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - Our Line's Been Changed Again
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - In Old Moscow
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - Unite For Unity
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - Bill Bailey
                    • Glazer, Joe & Bill Friedland - The Last Internationale
                    • Glazer, Joe - The Giveaway Boys In Washington
                    • Glazer, Joe - Joe McCarthy's Band
                    • Guthrie, Woody - I've Got To Know
                    • Guthrie, Woody - This Land Is Your Land
  

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