September 30, 2018

Woody Guthrie: Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti

Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40060

Format: CD, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 1996
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 The Flood And The Storm (3:38)
02 Two Good Men (3:47)
03 I Just Want To Sing Your Name (2:39)
04 Red Wine (3:57)
05 Suassos Lane (3:29)
06 You Souls Of Boston (4:14)
07 Old Judge Thayer (4:16)
08 Vanzetti's Rock (3:30)
09 Vanzetti's Letter (7:50)
10 Root Hog And Die (3:39)
11 We Welcome To Heaven (3:48)
12 Sacco's Letter To His Son (3:21)
[Credits]
Woody Guthrie (guitar/vocals) Pete Seeger (tracks:12/banjo/vocals)
Recorder and Producer: Moses Asch, Producer: Jeff Plac, Producer and Liner Notes: Anthony Seeger, Designer: Visual Dialogue
[Notes]
Recorded between 1946 and 1947. Woody Guthrie was one of the twentieth century's greatest poets and songwriters, and his songs about Sacco and Vanzetti include some of his best songs. The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was one of this century's most controversial. Sacco and Vanzetti's story was dramatic; their front-page trial was filled with dubious procedures; and the years of appeals and their eventual execution led to protests around the world. These songs, written and recorded nearly twenty years later, have been carefully remastered from the original acetate discs and are presented with a previously unpublished letter by Guthrie to the judge in the case. Produced by Moses Asch. Reissue compiled by Anthony Seeger and Jeff Place.

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