I don't remember Phil Ochs, Dylan etc the first time round: I hadn't arrived! But listening to his recordings now, his material still sounds fresh and relevant as it must have done in the 60's. Perhaps the humour keeps it that way rather like that of Woody Guthrie a generation earlier. So much better than Dylan in my view, who just sounds too whingey to me. Phil Ochs's first two albums should be available on CD: 'All the News that's Fit to Sing' and 'I Ain't Marching Anymore'. The later ones for me have lost it. There's also a couple of retrospective CD's I found a few years ago: 'The Broadside Tapes l' and 'A Toast to Those Who Are Gone'. Perhaps some of the songs needs a bit of fine tuning but wonderful material none the less. Yes, he managed that difficult and often unsatisfactory task of putting poems to music. Wish he were still here singing about Bush and Iraq etc.
Janine