Cover Image

Track List

1.	The Strange Death Of John Doe
2.	Plow Under
3.	Ballard Of October 16th
4.	Liza Jane
5.	Billy Boy
6.	C For Conscription
7.	Washington Breakdown
8.	Talking Union
9.	Union Train
10.	Which Side Are You On
11.	Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
12.	Union Maid
13.	All I Want
14.	Song For Bridges
15.	Babe O' Mine
16.	Dear Mr President
17.	Belt-Line Girl
18.	Round And Round Hitler's Grave
19.	Side By Side
20.	Deliver The Good
21.	The Sinking Of The Reuben James

Details

Released	2001
No of Discs	1
Label	Naxos

Description

Hats off to the Naxos label for bringing out this cd, one of the finest recordings on our site. The Almanac Singers were formed in 1940 by Pete Seeger, playwright Lee Hays, actor Millard Lampell and featured Woody Guthrie at times. Their songs were a celebration of peace and pacifism, workers in struggle, and the whole recording is imbued with decency.



A strong sense of history shines out from the 21 tracks, interesting to note the change of attitude from pacifism to the backing of the war against nazi Germany once Hitler invaded Russia ( see Dear Mr President and Round And Round Hitler’s Grave).



This cd contains some of the very finest protest songs ever written and recorded, Talking Union and ‘C’ For Conscription being amongst our favourites. The music is a mix of folk and early country, the singing and performing always of the highest calibre, but the Almanac Singers never took themselves too seriously, great warmth and humour are very evident.



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Price: £5.99