What Now People? Vol. 1

Paredon Records P-2001

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A1 Multinational Corporation of Man: Bill Horowitz (3:16)
A2 It Could Have Been Me: Holly Near (5:41)
A3 Red Dawn: The Covered Wagon Musicians (5:14)
A4 Play Your Guitars, American Friends: Alfonso Ray Riate (1:47)
A5 A Very Nice Country: Oscar Brand (4:07)
A6 Inez Garcia: Bev Grant and the Human Condition (3:02)
B1 We've Come a Long Way to Be Together: Bernice Johnson Reagon (3:52)
B2 How About You?: Pete Seeger (3:31)
B3 The Allen-Bradley Clock: Redwing (2:57)
B4 Here's a Gift from Rocky: Charlie King (5:38)
B5 Ballad of the Unknown Soldier: Barbara Dane (4:30)
B6 Song to a Child: Chris Iijima (2:51)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Barbara Dane, Liner Notes: Irwin Silber
[Notes]
This album is the inaugural edition of "What Now, People?" Issued in 1975, this "song magazine on a record" used music to communicate social commentary and truths to its listeners. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Holly Near, and others, the album focuses on social justice, war, pain, love, and hope in a dangerous world. Liner notes include bios, lyrics, and background information on tracks, as well an introduction and statement of purpose: "a distaste for the brand of imperialism, racism and sexism that is identified by liberation forces everywhere as American."