Songs of Protest

by The Almanac Singers

Songs of Protest cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 23 August 2001
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.49/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Millard Lampell, Bess Hawes, Eric Bernay, Alan Lomax, Arthur Stern, Peter Hawes, Sis Cunningham, Glenn Gretlund, Josh White, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Woody Guthrie

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection of the Almanac Singers' early-1940s recordings, the group of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays and Millard Lampell that founded American protest folk. Their union and anti-fascist songs were recorded for small labels under wartime pressure.

Genres

Descriptors: protest, political, compilation, acoustic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. I Ride An Old Paint
  2. The Dodger Song
  3. The 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. The Coast Of High Barbary
  11. Hard, Ain't It Hard
  12. Away, Rio
  13. Billy Boy
  14. Ballad Of October 16
  15. Blow Under
  16. Get Thee Behind Me Satan
  17. The Strange Death Of John Doe
  18. Round And Round Hitler's Grave
  19. The 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)

Credits

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