Radio Station WNEW's Story Of Selma

Folkways Records - FH 5595

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1965
Genre: Non-Music, Folk, World, & Country
Style: African American Spoken, American History, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Hold On: The Freedom Voices & Pete Seeger (2:55)
A2 We've Got A Rope That's A Berlin Wall: The Freedom Voices (2:10)
A3 I Love Everybody: The Freedom Voices & Pete Seeger (3:32)
A4 Pick 'Em Up And Lay 'Em Down : The Freedom Voices & Len Chandler (3:27)
A5 If You Want To Get Your Freedom : The Freedom Voices & Pete Seeger (1:05)
A6 Yankee Doodle (Wallace Said We Couldn't March): The Freedom Voices & Len Chandler (0:41)
A7 Oh Wallace: The Freedom Voices & Pete Seeger (2:52)
A8 Which Side Are You On?: The Freedom Voices & Len Chandler (4:21)
B1 Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Freedom Voices & Pete Seeger (1:30)
B2 Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round (Chorus): The Freedom Voices (4:34)
B3 Do What The Spirits Say Do: The Freedom Voices & Len Chandler (2:26)
B4 Do What The Spirits Say Do (At Montgomery): The Freedom Voices & Len Chandler (5:14)
B5 Chant For Freedom: Len Chandler & Pete Seeger (1:33)
B6 Murder On The Roads Of Alabama: Len Chandler (4:02)
[Notes]
Starting with 3200 people in Selma, Alabama and ending in Montgomery, Alabama with 25,000, the Selma-to-Montgomery March is considered to have "...represented the political and emotional peak of the modern civil rights movement." For some, "...the best and most lasting evidence of [the spirit of the event] was to be found in the songs that evolved from the march." This collection of songs was compiled by Pete Seeger, Len Chandler, and the Freedom Voices. It represents one of the most powerful tools behind this movement-song.

Step By Step: Lesley Riddle

Rounder ROUCD 0299

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Country Blues
[Tracklist]
01 Little School Girl (2:25)
02 Frisco Blues (2:35)
03 Broke And Weary Blues (3:00)
04 Hilltop Blues (2:05)
05 Motherless Children (2:40)
06 Titanic (3:00)
07 I'm Out On The Ocean A-Sailing (2:51)
08 I'm Working On A Building (2:05)
09 I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome (3:45)
10 Red River Blues (3:20)
11 One Kind Favor (3:55)
12 If You See My Saviour (2:35)
13 The Cannon Ball (2:40)
14 Step By Step (3:18)
[Credits]
Lesley Riddle (guitar/piano/vocals) Mike Seeger (autoharp – tracks: 14)
Liner Notes: Barry O'Connell, Recorder and Editor: Mike Seeger
[Notes]
AllMusic Review by Thom Owens: "Step by Step" Lesley Riddle Meets the Carter Family: Blues, Country and Sacred Songs contains several field recordings Mike Seeger made of guitarist/vocalist Lesley Riddle between 1965 and 1978. The music on the disc not only showcases Riddle's considerable talent, it also demonstrates that there wasn't much of a gap between blues, folk, country and mountain music.