December 5, 2024

Original Folk: Contemporary American Songs Performed by the Writers

Folkways Records – FD 5565

Format: Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1986
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Liberty: Steve Strauss (02:49)
A2 Bag Lady: Pat Wynne (04:27)
A3 The Well Adjusted Man: Marc Winokur (03:06)
A4 Love Logic: Julie Sullivan (04:15)
A5 Trainsong: John Fizer (02:34)
B1 The Ballad of Mexican Joe: Cris Plata (03:48)
B2 Living Alone: Keith Nichols (02:43)
B3 I Never Had a Love Like This Before: Mary Jean Batten (03:20)
B4 How Blue Can You Get?: Allen Schwartz (03:10)
B5 Hiroshima: Jim Wachtendonk (02:31)
[Credits]
Producer: Marc Winokur, Designer: Alex Pieterson, Engineer: Emile Zoghby
[Notes]
Ten singer-songwriters from across America perform one of their own compositions on this compilation, originally released in 1986. The songs were gathered by producer Marc Winokur during travels across the United States in 1985. Song range from themes of love to a commentary on "The Well Adjusted Man," trains, horses, getting the blues, and the Atomic bomb ("Hiroshima").

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