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Thread #118908 Message #1188709
Posted By: Joe Offer
19-May-04 - 03:00 PM
Thread Name: Looking for info on The Almanac Singers
Subject: Almanac Singers Recordings
Amazon has an import CD on the Prism label for $13.49 called Songs of Protest Here's the track listing:
1. I Ride an Old Paint
2. Dodger Song
3. Golden Vanity
4. House of the Rising Sun
5. Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho
6. Haul Away, Joe
7. Blow the Man Down
8. Ground Hog
9. State of Arkansas
10. Coast of High Barbary
11. Hard, Ain't It Hard
12. Away, Rio
13. Billy Boy
14. Ballad of October 16
15. Plow Under
16. Get Thee Behind Me Satan
17. Strange Death of John Doe
18. Round and Round Hitler's Grave
19. Sinking of the Reuben James
20. Liza Jane
21. All I Want
22. Union Maid
23. Talking Union
24. Which Side Are You On?
25. Deliver the Goods
26. 'C' for Conscription
27. Washington Breakdown
28. Dear Mr. President
29. Round and Round Hitler's Grave [Radio Broadcast]
There's another Almanac Singers CD on MCA called Their Complete General Recordings. It doesn't contain any political songs, which seems really strange for an Almanac Singers recording. Here's the track list:
1. Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho
2. Away Rio
3. Blow the Man Down
4. House of the Rising Sun
5. Ground Hog
6. State of Arkansas
7. Weaver's Song
8. I Ride an Old Paint
9. Hard, Ain't It Hard
10. Dodger Song
11. Greenland Fishing
12. Golden Vanity
13. Coast of High Barbary
14. Haul Away Joe
The two Naxos CD's are Talkin Union, Vol 1 (21 cuts) and The Sea,The Soil, The Struggle, vol 2 (20 cuts). The Bear Family Songs for Political Action box set has 37 cuts from the Almanac Singers, enough to keep me happy. Oh, it also has six cuts by Seeger/Glazer/Hawes that are identified as "Almanac Singers" on Sea/Soil/Struggle, so I guess I have the entire Almanac collection.
-Joe Offer-