Product Description

Featuring nearly 300 extremely rare recordings on 10 CD's plus hardcover book including Carl Sandburg, John Allison, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, The Union Boys, The Weavers, Earl Robinson, Almanac Singers, Laura Duncan, and many others.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Boll Weevil - Carl Sandburg
2. Patriotic Diggers - John Allison
3. London's Bridge Is Falling Down - Charles Seeger
4. Risselty Rosselty - Ruth Crawford Seeger, Charles Seeger
5. Old Grey Mare - Ruth Crawford Seeger
6. Hands - Charles Seeger
7. Ragged Hungry Blues, Pt. 1 - Aunt Molly Jackson
8. Ragged Hungry Blues, Pt. 2 - Aunt Molly Jackson
9. I'm Going to Organize, Baby Mine - Sarah Ogan Gunning
10. I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Tillman Cadle
11. Raggedy, Raggedy - John Handcox
12. No More Mourning (Oh Freedom) - John Handcox
13. Join the Union Tonight - John Handcox
14. We're Going to Roll the Union On - John Handcox
15. There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land - John Handcox
16. Farmer's Letter to the President - Bob Ferguson, , Bobby Miller
17. Farm Relief Blues - Bobby Miller
18. 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat - Bobby Miller
19. Hootenanny Song (From Aunt Jenny's Strawberry Festival) - Miller's Bullfrog Entertainers
20. Bank Failures - Bob Ferguson And His Scalawaggers
21. Rich Man and the Poor Man - Bobby Miller
22. Poor Forgotten Man - Bobby Miller, Bill Palmer
23. Soup Song - New Singers
24. Internationale - New Singers
25. Rise up (Comintern) - New Singers
26. United Front - New Singers
27. Forward, We've Not Forgotten - New Singers
28. In Praise of Learning - New Singers
29. On the Picket Line - Manhattan Chorus
30. Hold the Fort - Manhattan Chorus
31. Casey Jones - Manhattan Chorus
32. Sit Down - Manhattan Chorus
33. Write Out My Union Card - Manhattan Chorus
34. We Shall Not Be Moved - Manhattan Chorus
35. Join the Union - Manhattan Chorus
36. Solidarity Forever - Manhattan Chorus

Disc 2:

1. Strange Funeral in Braddock - Mordecai Bauman, Elie Siegmeister
2. Abraham Lincoln, Pt. 1 & 2 - Earl Robinson
3. Joe Hill - Earl Robinson
4. Spring Song - Paul Robeson
5. Old Chisholm Trail - Tony Kraber
6. Old Paint (The Horse With the Union Label) - Saul Aarons
7. Capitalistic Boss, Pt. 1 & 2 - Saul Aarons
8. Little Theater on the Right - Harrison Dowd
9. Little Theater on the Left - Harrison Dowd
10. Nine Foot Shovel - Josh White
11. Chain Gang Boun' - Josh White
12. Trouble - Josh White
13. Goin' Home Boys - Josh White
14. Cryin' Who? Cryin' You!, Pt. 1 & 2 - Josh White
15. Told My Captain - Josh White
16. Jerry - Josh White
17. Southern Exposure - Josh White
18. Uncle Sam Says - Josh White
19. Jim Crow Train - Josh White
20. Bad Housing Blues - Josh White
21. Hard Time Blues - Josh White
22. Defense Factory Blues - Josh White

Disc 3:

1. Strange Death of John Doe - Almanac Singers
2. Billy Boy - Almanac Singers
3. C for Conscription - Almanac Singers
4. Washington Breakdown - Almanac Singers
5. Lisa Jane - Almanac Singers
6. Ballad of October 16th - Almanac Singers
7. Plow Under - Almanac Singers
8. Talking Union - Almanac Singers
9. Union Train - Almanac Singers
10. Which Side Are You On? - Almanac Singers
11. Get Thee Behind Me Satan - Almanac Singers
12. Union Maid - Almanac Singers
13. All I Want - Almanac Singers
14. Songs for Bridges - Almanac Singers
15. Babe O'Mine - Woody Guthrie
16. Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho - Almanac Singers
17. Haul Away Joe - Almanac Singers
18. Blow the Man Down - Almanac Singers
19. Golden Vanity - Almanac Singers
20. Away Rio - Almanac Singers
21. Coast of High Barbary - Almanac Singers
22. Greenland Fishing - Almanac Singers
23. Dodger Song - Almanac Singers
24. Ground Hog - Almanac Singers
25. State of Arkansas - Almanac Singers
26. Hard, Ain't It Hard - Almanac Singers
27. I Ride an Old Paint - Almanac Singers
28. House of the Rising Sun - Almanac Singers
29. Weaver's Song - Almanac Singers

Disc 4:

1. Dear Mr. President - Almanac Singers
2. Belt Line Girl - Almanac Singers
3. Round and Round Hitler's Grave - Almanac Singers
4. Side by Side - Almanac Singers
5. Deliver the Goods - Almanac Singers
6. Reuben James - Almanac Singers
7. Boomtown Bill - Almanac Singers
8. Keep That Oil A-Rollin' - Almanac Singers
9. I'm Looking for a Home (Housing Song) - The Priority Ramblers,
10. Amsterdam Maid - The Priority Ramblers
11. Song of the Free - The Priority Ramblers
12. In Washington - The Priority Ramblers
13. Overtime Pay - The Priority Ramblers
14. Quinte Brigada - Pete Seeger
15. Jarama Valley - Tom Glazer, Baldwin Hawes, Bees Lomax
16. Spanish Marching Song - Tom Glazer, Baldwin Hawes, Pete Seeger
17. Cook House/The Young Man from Alcala - Tom Glazer, Baldwin Hawes, Bees Lomax, Pete Seeger
18. Quinte Regimento - Tom Glazer, Baldwin Hawes, Bees Lomax, Pete Seeger
19. Quarter Master Song - Tom Glazer, Baldwin Hawes, Bees Lomax, Pete Seeger
20. Little Man on a Fence - Union Boys, Josh White
21. Jim Crow - Union Boys
22. You Better Get Ready - Union Boys
23. Hold the Fort/We Shall Not Be Moved - Union Boys
24. U.A.W. -C.I.O. - Union Boys
25. Hold On - Union Boys
26. Solidarity Forever - Burl Ives, Union Boys
27. Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore - Union Boys

Disc 5:

1. Horace Greeley - Earl Robinson
2. Kevin Barry - Earl Robinson
3. House I Live In - Earl Robinson
4. Man's a Man for A' That - Earl Robinson
5. Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill - Earl Robinson
6. Frozen Logger - Earl Robinson
7. Jefferson and Liberty - Earl Robinson
8. Sweet Betsy from Pike/Dirty Miner - Earl Robinson
9. Grand Coolee Dam - Earl Robinson
10. Free and Equal Blues, Pt. 1 & 2 - Earl Robinson, Arthur "Dooley" Wilson
11. Century of the Common Man - Sir Lancelot
12. I'm a Native American Nazi - Vern Partlow
13. Join the U.A.W. -C.I.O. - Vern Partlow
14. Keeping Score for '44 - Vern Partlow
15. U.A.W. Train - Vern Partlow
16. Susan's in the Union - Vern Partlow
17. Rollback Blues - Vern Partlow
18. Mama Don't Allow - Vern Partlow
19. Farmer-Labor Train - Woody Guthrie
20. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) - Woody Guthrie
21. Talking Sailor Blues - Woody Guthrie
22. Sally Don't You Grieve - Woody Guthrie
23. Citizen C.I.O. - Tom Glazer, Josh White
24. No More Blues - Josh White
25. We've Got a Plan - Tom Glazer
26. Social Worker's Talking Blues - Tom Glazer
27. I'm Gonna Put My Name Down - Tom Glazer
28. Freedom Road - Josh White

Disc 6:

1. Landlord - Josh White
2. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier - Josh White
3. Beloved Comrade - Josh White
4. Man Who Couldn't Walk Around - Josh White
5. I'm the Guy - Josh White
6. Little Man Sitting on a Fence - Josh White
7. When the Country Is Broke - Tom Glazer
8. Money in the Pocket - Tom Glazer
9. Our Fight Is Yours - Tom Glazer
10. Moses Green - Lee Hays
11. Rankin Tree - Lee Hays
12. Talking Bilbo - Lee Hays
13. This Old World - Lee Hays
14. No. 1 Stooge - Bob Claiborne
15. Song of My Hands - Bernie Asbel
16. Mad as I Can Be - Bernie Asbel, Pete Seeger
17. Jackie Robinson - Lord Invader
18. High Price Blues - Brownie McGhee
19. Black, Brown and White - Brownie McGhee
20. Nix on Mundt/Nixon - Anna Beyer
21. Daily Worker's Song - George Levine
22. Taft-Hartley Blues
23. Parnell Thomas Blues - Sis Cunningham
24. Turn Me Loose - Malvina Reynolds
25. Snowball - Berries
26. Swingin' on a Scab - Berries
27. On to Sacramento - Mario Casetta
28. Atomic Talking Blues - Vern Partlow
29. Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People - Vern Partlow
30. Passing Through - Dick Blakeslee

Disc 7:

1. Listen Mr. Bilbo - Hawes, , , Lee Hays, Kleinman, Pete Seeger,
2. Joe Hill - Hawes, , Lee Hays, Kleinman, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
3. O.P.A. Shout - Bob Claiborne, Pete Seeger
4. Voting Union - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
5. Get Out the Vote - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
6. Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
7. Dollar for P.A.C. - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
8. Oh, What Congress Done to Me - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
9. Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
10. D.D.T. - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
11. Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman - Joe Glazer, , Lee Hays, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
12. No, No, No Discrimination - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
13. Voter, Oh Voter - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
14. Intro/Commonwealth of Toil - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
15. We've Got Our Eyes on You - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
16. Talking Union - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
17. Preacher and the Slave - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
18. Which Side Are You On - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
19. Solidarity Forever - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
20. Whole Wide World Around - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
21. Hold the Fort/Conclusion - Gilbert, Ronnie Gilbert, , Joe Glazer, Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Wood
22. Talking P.A.C. - Pete Seeger
23. Conversation With a Mule - Pete Seeger
24. Farmer Is the Man - Pete Seeger
25. Join the Farmer's Union - Pete Seeger
26. Talking Atom - Vern Partlow
27. Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People - Pete Seeger
28. Skillet Good and Greasy - Pete Seeger
29. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) - Pete Seeger
30. Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase - Pete Seeger

Disc 8:

1. Walk in Peace, Pt.1 - Sir Lancelot
2. Walk in Peace, Pt.2 - Sir Lancelot
3. Atomic Energy - Sir Lancelot
4. Old Lady With a Rolling Pin - Sir Lancelot
5. Red Boogie - Morry Goodson, , Sonny Vale
6. Unity Rhumba - Morry Goodson, , Sonny Vale
7. Elephant and the Ass - Morry Goodson, , Sonny Vale
8. Hungry Rhapsody - Morry Goodson, , Sonny Vale
9. Housing - Morry Goodson, , Sonny Vale
10. Ballad of F.D.R. - People's Songs Chorus
11. Jim Crow - People's Songs Chorus
12. Mein Shtetele Belz [My Little Town Belz] - Berries
13. Zhonkoye - Berries, Pete Seeger
14. Travelin' - Pete Seeger
15. Black, Brown and White (Blues) - Pete Seeger
16. Death of Harry Simms - Pete Seeger
17. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues - Pete Seeger
18. No Irish Need Apply - Pete Seeger
19. Unemployment Compensation Blues - Mario Casetta
20. Fireship - Betty Sanders
21. Johnny I Hardly Knew You - Betty Sanders
22. Peekskill Story [Including Hold the Line, Pts. 1 & 2] - The Weavers
23. Wasn't That a Time - The Weavers
24. Dig My Grave - The Weavers
25. Freight Train Blues - The Weavers
26. Love Song Blues - The Weavers
27. If I Had a Hammer - The Weavers

Disc 9:

1. We're Keeping Score '44 - Earl Robinson
2. No More Blues - Josh White
3. Lay That Ballot Down, Pt. 1 & 2 - Bill Oliver
4. Fertilizer Song - Vern Partlow
5. Talking E.T.A. - Vern Partlow
6. Kiss the Boys Goodbye - Vern Partlow
7. Round and Round the Canneries - Vern Partlow
8. My Name Is Cannery Bill - Vern Partlow
9. Bosses' Gang - Maria Alexander
10. Bye, Bye Bosses - Maria Alexander
11. New Walls of Jericho (Wallace Fit the Battle of America) - Richard Huey
12. Henry Wallace Is the Man - Royal Harmonaires
13. Corrido to Wallace and Taylor - Abigail Alvarez
14. Second Corrido to Wallace and Taylor - Abigail Alvarez
15. Battle Hym of '48 - Paul Robeson
16. Same Old Merry Go-Round - Michael Loring
17. I've Got a Ballot - Michael Loring
18. Great Day - Michael Loring
19. Wallace Button/Goodbye, Harry - George Levine
20. Henry Wallace - Sis Cunningham
21. We Can Win With Wallace - Bill Oliver
22. Work With Wallace - Malvina Reynolds
23. Century of the Common Man - Sir Lancelot
24. Wallace Is the Man for Me - Sir Lancelot
25. Yankee Doodle, Tell the Boss - Alan Lomax, Michael Loring
26. Intro/New York City - The Weavers
27. Marcantaonio for Me - Fred Hellerman
28. Skip to the Polls - Hope Foye, The Weavers
29. Marc Antonio for Mayor - Fred Hellerman
30. Now, Right Now - Duncan, Laura
31. We Shall Not Be Moved - The Weavers
32. Oh, Freedom - Hope Foye, Pete Seeger
33. Ben Davis - Pete Seeger
34. M.T.A.
35. People's Choice
36. Keep A-Goin' and A-Growin' - Fred Hellerman

Disc 10:

1. Riddle of Thurman Towns - Bernardi, Booth, DeCormier
2. Grapes to Pick - Gerald Gallant
3. Medley: I Don't Want to Get Adjusted/Stand up and Be Counted/ We ... - Fred Hellerman
4. Pity the Downtrodden Landlord - Fred Hellerman, Bob Hill
5. If I Had a Hammer - The Weavers
6. Banks of Marble - The Weavers
7. Spring Song - Hope Foye, Ernie Lieberman
8. Songs of My Hands - Ernie Lieberman
9. My Old Man - Ernie Lieberman
10. I'm on My Way - Ernie Lieberman
11. In Contempt - Duncan, , Ernie Lieberman, Sanders,
12. Die Gedanken Sind Frei - Duncan Lieberman, Sanders,
13. Walk Along Together - Duncan, , Ernie Lieberman, Sanders,
14. Put My Name Down - Duncan, , Ernie Lieberman, Sanders,
15. Hold On - Duncan, , Ernie Lieberman, Blu Sanders, Smith & Mighty
16. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? - Osborne Smith
17. I've Got a Right - Duncan, Laura
18. We Shall Overcome - Jewish Young Folk Singers
19. Talking un-American Blues - Betty Sanders
20. Old Bolshevik Son - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
21. Cloakmaker's Union - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
22. Land of the Daily Worker - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
23. Our Line's Been Changed Again - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
24. In Old Moscow - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
25. Unite for Unity - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
26. Bill Bailey - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
27. Last International - Bill Friedland, Joe Glazer
28. Giveaway Boys in Washington - Joe Glazer
29. Joe McCarthy's Band - Joe Glazer
30. I've Got to Know - Woody Guthrie
31. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #226238 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-25
• Number of discs: 10
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: 6.26 pounds

Customer Reviews

Amazing collection of rare political songs
This 10 CD set includes some very rare political songs. Many can be considered "folk songs" although there are also some rarities like classical-oriented Communist Party songs. If one is interested in the Almanac Singers, the early recordings of Josh White, or Peekskill, this is a must have. The book which accompanies the collection is very informative. I only give the collection 4 stars instead of 5 since there are some songs which do not hold up so well after so many years, but overall this is fantastic compilation.