August 11, 2021

Broadside Ballads Vol. 6: Broadside Reunion

Broadside Records – BR 315
Broadside Records – BR 315

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Long Time Troubled Road: Eric Andersen (3:30)
A02 Train A-Travelin': Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) (2:04)
A03 Only Time Will Tell: Bobby Donaghey (1:58)
A04 Dreadful Day: Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) (1:04)
A05 I'm Goin' to Get My Baby Outa Jail: Len Chandler (5:05)
A06 Tate's Hell: Will McLean (2:52)
A07 A Very Close Friend of Mine: Richard Black (2:39)
A08 Moon Song: Mike Millius (1:48)
A09 Train for Auschwitz: Tom Paxton (3:53)
A10 Hunger and Cold: Phil Ochs (2:31)
B01 Changing Hands: Phil Ochs (2:43)
B02 Drums: Peter La Farge (7:59)
B03 The Ballad of Emmett Till: Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) (4:40)
B04 The Ballad of Donald White: Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan) (4:32)
B05 Ballad of Jesse James: Sis Cunningham, Mike Millius, Wesley Houston and Friends (3:51)
[Credits]
Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: Diana Davies
[Notes]
Released in 1972, after many of its artists had risen to international acclaim, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 6 contains previously unreleased songs that appeared in the folk publication Broadside Magazine, founded in 1962. With a lineup that includes Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan), Peter La Farge, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 6, is unique not only for its varied talent but also because of its source—the songs were mainly recorded during impromptu performances at Broadside's New York apartment throughout the 1960s with little more than guitar and vocals. One of the exceptions is "Drums," Peter La Farge's last public performance in Greenwich Village before his death in 1965.

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