Songs Of Civil Rights & Protest / Various [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

Songs Of Civil Rights & Protest / Various [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

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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.

Tracklist:

  1. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
  2. Southern Sons - Go Down Moses
  3. Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues
  4. Josh White - Uncle Sam Says
  5. Paul Robeson - Song Of Freedom
  6. Pete Seeger ; The Almanac Singers - Dear Mr. President
  7. Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
  8. Tom Glazer - We've Got A Plan (G.I. Joe And The C.I.O.)
  9. Sir Lancelot - Atomic Energy
  10. Mahalia Jackson - Amazing Grace
  11. Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Coyal McMahan - I Shall Not Be Moved
  12. Big Bill Broonzy - When Do I Get to Be Called a Man?
  13. The Ramparts - The Death of Emmett Till Parts 1 ; 2
  14. The Weavers - Which Side Are You On
  15. Cisco Houston - The Great American Bum
  16. Brother Will Hairston (Hurricane Of The Motor City) - The Alabama Bus Parts 1 ; 2
  17. Nat King Cole - We Are Americans Too
  18. Odetta - Spiritual Trilogy: Oh, Freedom, Come and Go With Me, I'm on My Way
  19. The Caravans - We Are Soldiers In The Army
  20. Oscar Brand - Fair And Free Elections
  21. Joan Baez - All My Trials
  22. Harry Belafonte - Oh Freedom
  23. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Little Light Of Mine
  24. Soul Stirrers - Free At Last
  25. Bob Dylan - The Gospel Plow
  26. Bob Miller - The Rich Man And The Poor Man
  27. Paul Robeson - Joe Hill
  28. Josh White - Defense Factory Blues
  29. Dave McCarn - Cotton Mill Colic
  30. Bob Hill - Pity The Downtrodden Landlord
  31. Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues
  32. Big Bill Broonzy - Black, Brown And White
  33. Southern Sons - Lift Every Voice And Sing
  34. Laura Duncan - I've Got A Right
  35. Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Leadbelly, Sonny Terry - We Shall Be Free
  36. Almanac Singers - We Shall Not Be Moved
  37. Earl Robinson - The House I Live In
  38. Pete Seeger - Talking Atom
  39. Nina Simone - Brown Baby
  40. Staple Singers - I've Been Scorned
  41. Cisco Houston - Soup Song
  42. Dave Van Ronk - Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Dave Van Ronk
  43. Mahalia Jackson - Go Tell It On The Mountain
  44. Sam Cooke - Steal Away
  45. Odetta - If I Had A Hammer
  46. Judy Collins - Wars of Germany
  47. The Weavers - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
  48. Kingston Trio - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
  49. Bob Dylan - Song To Woody
  50. Guy Carawan - We Shall Overcome

UPC: 824046343422
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 8.5.22
Format: CD

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