Artist: Various

Title: Classic Labor Songs

Genre: Folk/Folk Rock

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Classic Labour Songs CD by various artists - Click to Zoom

Track List

1. Joe Hill - Paul Robeson
2. Bread And Roses - Bobbie McGee
3. Casey Jones (Union Scab) - Pete Singer And The Almanac SIngers
4. We Shall Not Be Moved/Roll The Union On - Joe Glazer
5. Roll The Union On - John Handcox
6. Cotton Mill Colic - Mike Seeger
7. The Mill Was Made Of Marble - Joe Glazer
8. Aragon Mill - Peggy Mill
9. Talking Union - Almanac Singers
10. 1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie
11. The Preacher And The Slave - Utah Phillips
12. Which Side Are You On - Florence Reece/Almanac Singers
13. Hold The Fort - Joe Uehlein
14. Union Maid - New Harmony Sisterhood Band
15. Too Old To Work - Joe Glazer
16. Black Lung - Hazel Dickens
17. Been Rolling So Long - Larry Penn
18. VDT - Tom Juravich
19. Automation - Joe Glazer
20. I'm Union And I'm Proud - Eddie Starr
21. I'm A Union Card - Kenny Winfree
22. Carpal Tunnel - John O'Connor
23. We Just Come To Work, We Don't Come To Die - Anne Feeney
24. One Day More - Elaine Purkey
25. We Do The Work - Jon Fromer
26. De Colores - Baldemar Velasquez and Aquila Negra
27. Solidarity Forever - Joe Glazer

Details

Released2006
No of Discs1
LabelSmithsonian Folkways

Description

'Songs of the American labor movement over the 20th century called for just wages, dignity and a fair shake.  They voiced grievances, affirmed the value of the worker to society, and expresed hope for a life in a more just world.  Classic Labor Songs is a collage of these voices....'


Featuring Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joe Glazer, New Harmony Sisterhood Band, Utah Phillips, Anne Feeney and many more.  27 tracks in all, 76 minutes in total and comes with a 26 page booklet.


A top album.


Price: £12.45

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