Call of Freedom

Folkways Records - FC 7566

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Tracklist]
A01 We Shall Overcome (03:08)
A02 Oh Mary (03:33)
A03 No More Auction Block (01:43)
A04 The Gettysburg Address (04:35)
A05 Oh Freedom (01:26)
A06 The Ink is Black (02:18)
A07 We Shall Overcome (01:28)
B01 We Shall Overcome (01:39)
B02 Yankee Doodle (01:36)
B03 Wearing of the Green (01:56)
B04 Star Spangled Banner (01:40)
B05 Happiness Song (American Indian) (01:09)
B06 French Partisan Song (FFI) (01:29)
B07 Israeli War of Independence Song (02:36)
B08 Algerian Freedom Song (FLN) (02:15)
B09 Somalian Freedom Song, Alankan (01:53)
B10 Somalian Freedom Song, Dulkaga (02:36)
B11 Angola Freedom Song (01:00)
B12 Angola Soldiers Song (01:18)
[Credits]
The Pupils of Mrs. Thelma Patel's 6th Grade Class (chorus) Cinnabelle Morris (piano)
Provider and Liner Notes: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
During the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s, sixth-grade students at Woodmere Elementary School in Woodmere, NY, recorded a collection of freedom songs and readings from America and foreign lands. Among the tracks are the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner," a recitation of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Free French Partisan song from World War II, and the "Finjan" (Israeli song of independence from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War). The liner notes, introduced by Folkways Records founder Moses Asch, provide song lyrics and the script of the dramatic readings.