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Songs Of Civil Rights & Protest
Songs Of Civil Rights & Protest
A significant strand of American music, especially in the folk and blues arenas, relates to what came to be known as protest songs when opinions on a number of key social and political issues during the post-war era - civil rights, nuclear disarmament, industrial justice and more - found a unified voice in the musical protest movement. However, this was nothing new, and many of the songs associated with this era came from earlier decades, as blues singers chronicled experiences of racial prejudice, poor rural folk sang about the privations of the Depression, industrial workers railed against exploitation, and gospel singers sought solace in spirituals. This 50-track 2-CD set brings together a selection of recordings which, one way or another, relate to the idea of songs as a medium of protest and social and political commentary, with the later incarnations representing the early stirrings of the classic folk protest movement which crystallised in the early '60s in the hands of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and others - one or two of their early recordings are included here. Many of the noted voices of protest are featured here - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson, Josh White - along with folk artists who embraced the cause like Odetta, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte and many more, plus some of the more obscure but no less important recordings that set the tone and led the way for later artists. It's a fascinating and we hope inspiring collection, which tells many a story.
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Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | July 22, 2022 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046343422 |
Label | ACROBAT ADDCD3434 |
Genre | Folk |
Dimensions | 126 × 143 × 10 mm · 216 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (Commodore 526) 1939
- Go Down Moses - Southern Sons (Bluebird 8808) 1941
- The Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly (Folkways 2034) 1944
- Uncle Sam Says - Josh White (Keynote K514) 1941
- Song of Freedom - Paul Robeson (Hmv B.8482) 1936
- Dear Mr. President - Pete Seeger & the Almanac Singers (Keyn
- This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie (Asch Recordings Apr.
- We've Got a Plan (G.i. Joe and the C.i.o.) - Tom Glazer (Asc
- Atomic Energy - Sir Lancelot (Charter 102) 1947
- Amazing Grace - Mahalia Jackson (Apollo 194) 1948
- I Shall Not Be Moved - Brownie Mcghee, Sonny Terry, Coyal MC
- When Do I Get to Be Called a Man? - Big Bill Broonzy (Pye Ni
- The Death of Emmett Till Parts 1 & 2 - the Ramparts (Dootone
- Which Side Are You on - the Weavers (Vanguard Vrs9100) 1962
- The Great American Bum - Cisco Houston (Folkways Fp13) 1954
- The Alabama Bus Parts 1 & 2 - Brother Will Hairston (Hurrica
- We Are Americans Too - Nat King Cole (Capitol 15426) 1956
- Spiritual Trilogy: Oh, Freedom, Come and Go with Me, I'm on
- We Are Soldiers in the Army - the Caravans ( ) 1957
- Fair and Free Elections - Oscar Brand (Folkways Fw05280) 196
- All My Trials - Joan Baez (Vanguard Vsd2077) 1959
- Oh Freedom - Harry Belafonte (Rca 47-7681) 1960
- This Little Light of Mine - Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Live at T
- Free at Last - Soul Stirrers (Sar Lpm504) 1962
- The Gospel Plow - Bob Dylan (Columbia Cs8579) 1962
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2. CD
- The Rich Man and the Poor Man - Bob Miller (Victor 23719) 19
- Joe Hill - Paul Robeson (Columbia Masterworks M534) 1943
- Defense Factory Blues - Josh White (Keynote 107) 1941
- Cotton Mill Colic - Dave Mccarn (Victor V40274) 1930
- Pity the Downtrodden Landlord - Bob Hill (Jubilee 4005) 1950
- Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis (Victor V38506) 1928
- Black, Brown and White - Big Bill Broonzy (Vogue V2077) 1951
- Lift Every Voice and Sing - Southern Sons (Bluebird 30-0806)
- I've Got a Right - Laura Duncan (Hootenanny 105) 1952
- We Shall Be Free - Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Leadbelly,
- We Shall Not Be Moved - Almanac Singers (Folkways Fp-85) 195
- The House I Live in - Earl Robinson (Folkways Fa2324) 1957
- Talking Atom - Pete Seeger (Folkways Fn2501) 1958
- Brown Baby - Nina Simone (Colpix Scp421) 1962
- I've Been Scorned - Staple Singers (Vee Jay 902) 1961
- Soup Song - Cisco Houston (Folkways Fa2480) 1960
- Please See That My Grave is Kept Clean Dave Van Ronk - Dave
- Go Tell It on the Mountain - Mahalia Jackson (Apollo 235) 19
- Steal Away - Sam Cooke (Keen 8-2118) 1960
- If I Had a Hammer - Odetta (Vanguard Vsd2072) 1960
- Wars of Germany - Judy Collins (Elektra E Ks7209) 1961
- Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream - the Weavers (Vanguard
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - Kingston Trio (Capitol F4
- Song to Woody - Bob Dylan (Columbia Cs8579) 1962
- We Shall Overcome - Guy Carawan (Folkways Fa2432) 1961