The Best of Broadside 1962-1988

Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW CD 40130

Format: 5 x CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2000
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Struggle & Protest
[Disk One}
01 Links on the Chain: The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs (4:15)
02 Blowin' in the Wind: The New World Singers (2:32)
03 Paths of Victory: The Broadside Singers (1:38)
04 The Ballad of Ira Hayes: Peter La Farge (3:35)
05 Ain't That News?: The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton (1:40)
06 The Times I've Had: The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs (2:53)
07 Go Limp: Matt McGinn (2:33)
08 Ding Dong Dollar: The Glasgow Song Guild (1:58)
09 Mack the Bomb: Pete Seeger (2:40)
10 The Civil Defense Sign: Mark Spoelstra (3:50)
11 Let Me Die in My Footsteps: Happy Traum and Bob Dylan (3:42)
12 Hiroshima, Nagasaki Russian Roulette: Jim Page (4:52)
13 What Have They Done to the Rain?: Malvina Reynolds (2:18)
14 Ballad of William Worthy: Phil Ochs (2:09)
15 Train for Auschwitz: Tom Paxton (3:50)
16 Do as the Doukhobors Do: Pete Seeger (2:12)
17 Christine: The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton (2:21)
18 As Long as the Grass Shall Grow: Peter La Farge (5:06)
[Disk Two]
01 John Brown: Bob Dylan (4:19)
02 Take Me for a Walk (Morning Dew): Bonnie Dobson (4:19)
03 The Willing Conscript: Pete Seeger (2:16)
04 Kill for Peace: The Fugs (2:12)
05 Plains of Nebrasky-o: Eric Andersen and Phil Ochs (2:50)
06 Benny Kid Paret: Gil Turner (3:44)
07 What Did You Learn in School Today?: Tom Paxton (2:01)
08 Changin' Hands: The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs (2:40)
09 Welcome, Welcome Emigranté: The Broadside Singers with Buffy Sainte-Marie (2:06)
10 Shady Acres: Janis Ian (3:24)
11 Lord, Hold Back the Waters: Will McLean (3:50)
12 Ballad of Donald White: Bob Dylan (4:31)
13 Song for Patty: Sammy Walker (5:54)
14 A Very Close Friend of Mine: Richard Black (2:35)
15 Long Time Troubled Road: Eric Andersen (3:22)
16 Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall: Pete Seeger (5:19)
[Disk Three]
01 Mississippi Goddam: Nina Simone (4:59)
02 We'll Never Turn Back: The Freedom Singers (3:34)
03 Freedom Riders: Phil Ochs (2:15)
04 Father's Grave (for Cordell Reagon): The Broadside Singers with Len Chandler (3:49)
05 Baby, I've Been Thinking (Society's Child): Janis Ian (2:44)
06 I'm Going To Get My Baby Out Of Jail: Len Chandler and Bernice Johnson Reagon (5:03)
07 The Ballad Of Martin Luther King: Mike Millius (2:57)
08 Carry It On: The Broadside Singers with Len Chandler (3:17)
09 Birmingham Sunday: Richard Fariña (4:01)
10 The Migrant's Song: Danny Valdez and Augustin Lira (5:08)
11 El Picket Sign: El Teatro Campesino (3:15)
12 La Lucha Continuará: Danny and Judy Rose-Redwood (5:26)
13 Contra La Por (Against Fear): Raimon (1:55)
14 Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter: Pete Seeger (2:23)
15 If It Wasn't For The Union: Matt McGinn (2:57)
16 More Good Men Going Down: The Broadside Singers with David Blue (3:00)
17 Sundown: Sis Cunningham (5:56)
18 My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed Away): Sis Cunningham (5:01)
19 Draglines: Deborah Silverstein & The New Harmony Sisterhood Band (3:22)
320 My Father's Mansion's Many Rooms: Pete Seeger (2:05)
[Disk Four]
01 Pinkville Helicopter: Thom Parrott (3:50)
02 Hell No, I Ain't Gonna Go: Matt Jones and Elaine Laron (3:28)
03 We Seek No Wider War: Phil Ochs (4:19)
04 Waist Deep In The Big Muddy: Pete Seeger (3:03)
05 Vietnam: Paul Kaplan (5:45)
06 Hole In The Ground: Thom Parrott (3:53)
07 To Be A Killer: Wes Houston (1:51)
08 New York J-D Blues: Pete Seeger (6:00)
09 Little Boxes: Malvina Reynolds (2:11)
10 Not Enough To Live On But A Little Too Much To Die: Mike Millius (2:21)
11 The Faucets Are Dripping: Malvina Reynolds (3:51)
12 Bizzness Ain't Dead: The New World Singers (2:31)
13 Business: Pete Seeger (2:07)
14 Legal-Illegal: Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger (4:10)
15 Brown Water And Blood: Jeff Ampolsk (3:50)
16 The Aberfan Coal Tip Tragedy: Thom Parrott (5:11)
17 Lafayette: Lucinda Williams (3:48)
18 The Ballad Of Earl Durand: Charlie Brown (7:23)
19 Plastic Jesus: Ernie Marrs, Bud Foote, Eleanor Walden, and Danny Smith (3:40)
[Disk Five]
01 Burn, Baby, Burn: Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (4:16)
02 The Cities Are Burning: Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (3:45)
03 Nothing But His Blood: Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (2:56)
04 You're Just A Laughing Fool: Jimmy Collier and Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (3:26)
05 Time Is Running Out: Wendy Smith (2:56)
06 But If I Ask Them: Sis Cunningham (4:49)
07 Ragamuffin Minstrel Boy: Sammy Walker (2:47)
08 Changes: Phil Ochs (4:19)
09 Bound For Glory: Sammy Walker and Phil Ochs (4:06)
10 Victor Jara: Arlo Guthrie (4:20)
11 We Will Never Give Up: Kristin Lems (3:49)
12 Inez: Bev Grant and the Human Condition (3:00)
13 Gonna Be An Engineer: Peggy Seeger (4:32)
14 Don't Talk To Strangers: Chris Gaylord (7:34)
15 Catcher In The Rye: Sammy Walker (4:40)
16 The Time Will Come: Elaine White (4:51)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Ronald D. Cohen and Jeff Place, Liner Notes: Anthony Seeger, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
The Best of Broadside, Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine. Eighty-nine songs, including some never commercially released. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Ronald D. Cohen. A five CD boxed set. Broadside was a small underground magazine smuggled out of a New York City housing project in a baby carriage, filled with new songs by artists who were too creative for the folkies and too radical for the establishment. A still-underground Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Phil Ochs, Malvina Reynolds, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Pete Seeger, and dozens of others first published songs like "Blowin' in the Wind," "Little Boxes," and "Society's Child," in Broadside. The Best of Broadside features 89 songs from the Folkways collection, tapes from the Broadside magazine office, and some tracks released on other labels. The set contains a variety of performers, topics, and musical styles that tell tales spanning the 25 years of the Broadside era (1962-1988), but many of them address contemporary issues as well, since the new millennium has not see the end of warfare, nuclear threat, ethnic conflict, immigrants' suffering, women's unequal rights, ecological devastation, and social injustice. This is the underground music that fueled the innocent-sounding Folk Revival on the one hand and the explosions of angry rock and rap on the other. The Best of Broadside brings an era, its musicians, and its many stories to a new audience. The extensive notes feature the graphics of the original Broadside magazine and provide information on the careers of its many musicians with extensive discographies, the stories behind most of the songs as well as their full texts. They also describe the dramatic history of the magazine itself—a remarkable achievement of dedicated musicians and social activists.

Arlo Guthrie: Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

Reprise Records MS-2142

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Farrell O'Gara (2:48)
A2 Gypsy Davy (3:43)
A3 This Troubled Mind Of Mine (2:26)
A4 Week On The Rag (2:21)
A5 Miss The Mississippi & You (2:54)
A6 Lovesick Blues (2:33)
A7 Uncle Jeff (0:53)
B1 Gates Of Eden (5:14)
B2 Last Train (3:05)
B3 Cowboy Song (3:36)
B4 Sailor's Bonnett (1:22)
B5 Cooper's Lament (2:46)
B6 Ramblin' Round (3:14)
[Credits]
Arlo Guthrie (guitar/banjo/piano/harmonica/vocals) Jessica Smith (vocals) Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Gene Merlino, Thurl Ravenscroft & Jesse Smith Robert Tebow (chorus) Kevin Burke, Don Rich & Gib Guilbeau (fiddle) Doug Dillard (banjo) Clarence White, Ry Cooder, Jesse Ed Davis, Grady Martin, Buddy Alan, Jerry Brightman, John Pilla & Bob Morris (guitar) Jim Gordon (piano) Stan Free (piano/harpsichord) Jim Shaw (organ/piano) Mike Utley (organ) George Bohanon, Dick Hyde & Gene Coe (horn) William Green (oboe) Ernie Watts (flute) Buddy Collette (clarinet) Richard Hyde (trombone) Donald Christlieb (woodwind) Nick DeCaro (accordion) Gene Parsons, Jim Keltner, Richard Hayward, Ed Shaughnessy & Jerry Wiggins (drums) Chuck Rainey, Bob Arkin, Bob Glaub, Thad Maxwell, Doyle Curtsinger & Leland Sklar (bass)
Producer: John Pilla & Lenny Waronker, Art Director: Ed Thrasher, Designer: John And Barbara Casado, Photographer: Marty Evans, Engineer: Bobby Hata, Donn Landee, Lee Herschberg & Terry Geiser
[Notes]
In the midst of the singer/songwriter era, Arlo Guthrie chose to become his generation's true folk singer, closer in spirit to Pete Seeger than to James Taylor, more an interpreter than a prolific songwriter. In this role, he kept songs alive that may have been forgotten or were never known, and recorded songs from the pens of his contemporary peers. Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys follows a formula similar to its predecessor, Hobo's Lullaby, with one exception -- there is no hit single à la "City of New Orleans." However, this release has some very strong material woven into its mix. Guthrie gives his father's "Gypsy Davy" a bouncy Caribbean feel, breathing new life into this tale of wanderlust in a way probably not envisioned by Woody Guthrie. He also pays tribute to Hank Williams with a yodeling rendition of "Lovesick Blues," and delivers his customary Dylan song. This time it's "Gates of Eden," featuring the fingerpicked electric guitars of Clarence White and the bottleneck slide of Ry Cooder. The album also contains two of Guthrie's finest original songs, "Last Train" and "Cooper's Lament." (AllMusic Review by Jim Newsom)

Earl Scruggs: I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends

Columbia KC-31354

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Lonesome And A Long Way From Home: Earl Scruggs Revue (2:33)
A2 Silver Wings: Linda Ronstadt (3:25)
A3 It's A Picture From Life's Other Side: Arlo Guthrie (3:36)
A4 Motherless Child Blues: Tracy Nelson (4:29)
A5 Some Of Shelley's Blues: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (2:44)
B1 Never Ending Song Of Love: Earl Scruggs Revue (2:44)
B2 Rock Salt And Nails: Linda Ronstadt & Tracy Nelson (3:20)
B3 The Banks Of The Ohio: Arlo Guthrie (3:25)
B4 Ring Of Fire: Linda Ronstadt (2:11)
B5 Propinquity: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (2:17)
B6 I Saw The Light: Guest Artists (3:43)
[Credits]
Earl Scruggs (banjo) Linda Ronstadt, Arlo Guthrie, Tracy Nelson, Gary Scruggs, Jeff Hanna (lead vocals) Norman Blake (dobro) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Les Thompson (mandolin) Bob & Pauline Wilson (piano) Jody Maphis, Karl Himmel (drums) The Earl Scruggs Revue, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Stacey Belson & Arloff Boguslavaki
Producer: Don Law, Designer: Bill Barnes, Photographer: Slick Lawson, Engineer: Charlie Bragg
[Notes]
When Earl Scruggs split with longtime collaborator and fellow Foggy Mountain Boy Lester Flatt in 1969, it was evident who of the pair had the more commercial aspirations. While Flatt remained firmly rooted in the bluegrass tradition, Scruggs, much like similar-minded artists such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Darrell, and the Dillards, sought to bridge the gap between pop, folk, and the old-timey sounds of yesteryear. I Saw the Light With Some Help from My Friends may sound like it was culled from the buckle of the "Bible Belt" (there are indeed a few spirituals), but the "friends" referenced in the title are merely saviors of the late-'60s/early-'70s country-folk movement. Scruggs gathered both family -- sons Gary, Randy, and Steve -- and contemporaries like Linda Ronstadt, Arlo Guthrie, Vassar Clements, Tracy Nelson, Norman Blake, and the aforementioned Dirt Band, to flesh out an album of covers both sublime (Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings") and surprising (Monkee Michael Nesmith's "Some of Shelley's Blues"). The musicianship is top-notch and the vocals, especially Ronstadt and Nelson -- Arlo Guthrie will always be an acquired taste for some -- are warm and soulful, resulting in one of the more lucid and enjoyable examples of the crossover genre. (by James Christopher Monger)

Amigo: Arlo Guthrie

Reprise Records MS-2239

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: Jun 28, 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Guabi, Guabi (2:27)
A2 Darkest Hour (4:04)
A3 Massachusetts (3:12)
A4 Victor Jara (4:18)
A5 Patriots' Dream (2:51)
B1 Grocery Blues (2:08)
B2 Walking Song (3:13)
B3 My Love (2:41)
B4 Manzanillo Bay (4:24)
B5 Ocean Crossing (3:23)
B6 Connection (2:40)
[Credits]
Arlo Guthrie (guitar/vocals) Bob Glaub (bass) Nick DeCaro (strings/accordion) Bill Green (guitar) Milt Holland (percussion) Dr. Rick Jaeger (drums) Leah Kunkel (keyboards/piano/vocals) Russ Kunkel (percussion/drums) Gayle LeVant (harp/harmonica) Linda Ronstadt (vocals) Dan Velika (bass) Waddy Wachtel (guitar) Jai Winding (keyboards)
Producer: John Pilla, Engineer: Donn Landee
[Notes]
With Amigo, Arlo Guthrie's ninth album, he cemented his place as an important artist in his own right. Like Woody, Arlo has always tempered his sense of tradition and what's important, with a playfulness and sense of humor.

Arlo Guthrie

Reprise Records MS-2183

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition
Country: US
Released: 1974
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Won't Be Long (2:38)
A2 Presidential Rag (4:26)
A3 Deportees (3:48)
A4 Children Of Abraham (2:24)
A5 Nostalgia Rag (2:50)
B1 When The Cactus Is In Bloom (2:20)
B2 Me And My Goose (1:58)
B3 Bling Blang (2:46)
B4 Go Down Moses (2:36)
B5 Hard Times (2:40)
B6 Last To Leave (2:42)
[Credits]
Arlo Guthrie (guitar/vocals) Byron Berline (fiddle) Ry Cooder (guitar) Jesse Ed Davis (guitar) John Pilla (guitar) Nick DeCaro (accordion/strings) Doug Dillard (banjo) Buddy Emmons (pedal steel guitar) Chris Ethridge (bass) Jim Gordon (drums) Jim Keltner (drums) Spooner Oldham (keyboards) Clydie King (vocals) Jessica Smith (vocals)
Design: Bob Cato, Photography: John Pilla, Producer: John Pilla & Lenny Waronker, Engineer: Donn Landee & Lee Herschberg

[Notes]
This is a Club Edition as stated on record label. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Warner Bros. Studios, N. Hollywood. The pictures of this release do NOT depict the first pressing of this release: First pressing of 1974 come with the text "STEREO" at bottom of the label.

BBC Arena - Woody Guthrie (1988)

BBC Arena - Woody Guthrie (1988) from The Hammer Works on Vimeo. 1:07:20

New York City 1943

First transmitted in 1988, Arena presents a documentary programme exploring the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling American singer-songwriter who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

Born in Okemah, Oklahoma in 1912, Guthrie became a spokesman for a whole generation of downtrodden Americans during the 1930s, with poignant songs like Vigilante Man, Pastures of Plenty and the anthemic, This Land is Your Land.

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly 1988

Columbia C-44034 AL-44034

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Sylvie (Lead Belly): Sweet Honey in the Rock (2:01)
A2 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie): Bob Dylan (4:34)
A3 Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie): John Mellencamp (3:23)
A4 I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie): Bruce Springsteen (3:40)
A5 Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie): U2 (3:13)
A6 Rock Island Line (Lead Belly): Little Richard with Fishbone (2:32)
A7 East Texas Red (Woody Guthrie): Arlo Guthrie (5:34)
B1 Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie): Willie Nelson (2:59)
B2 Hobo's Lullaby (Goebel Reeves; performed by Woody Guthrie): Emmylou Harris (2:41)
B3 The Bourgeois Blues (Lead Belly): Taj Mahal (2:43)
B4 Grey Goose (traditional; performed by Lead Belly): Sweet Honey in the Rock (2:07)
B5 Goodnight, Irene (Lead Belly): Brian Wilson (2:38)
B6 Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie): Bruce Springsteen (4:09)
B7 This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie): Pete Seeger with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Doc Watson & The Little Red School House Chorus (3:45)

[Notes]
This is a solid collection of alternately exuberant and faithful covers of the songs of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. Great cuts are Little Richard's fuel-injected "Rock Island Line," and Springsteen's "Vigilante Man." Bob Dylan does "Pretty Boy Floyd."

Together In Concert: Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie

Warner Bros. Records 2R-2214

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Way Out There (3:23)
A2 Yodeling (1:04)
A3 Roving Gambler (2:03)
A4 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 2:56
A5 Declaration Of Independence (2:27)
A6 Get Up And Go (2:24)
A7 City Of New Orleans (4:22)
B1 Estadio Chile (3:26)
B2 Guantanamera (3:50)
B3 On A Monday (2:13)
B4 Presidential Rag (3:28)
B5 Walkin' Down The Line (4:26)
C1 Well May The World Go (2:06)
C2 Henry My Son (1:55)
C3 Mother, The Queen Of My Heart (3:10)
C4 Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) (3:46)
C5 Joe Hill (3:01)
C6 May There Always Be Sunshine (1:21)
C7 Three Rules Of Discipline And The Eight Rules Of Attention (1:41)
D1 Stealin' (2:17)
D2 Golden Vanity 3:57
D3 Lonesome Valley (4:07)
D4 Quite Early Morning (3:28)
D5 Sweet Rosyanne (5:54)
[Credits]
Pete Seeger (banjo/vocals) Arlo Guthrie (guitar/piano/vocals)
Producer: John Pilla, Co-producer: Russ Titelman, Engineer: Bobby Hata, Photographer: David Gahr, Designer: Mike Salisbury
[Notes]
Recorded on live concerts in Chicago, Opera House (A1, A3, A4, B1, C2 to C5, D4), in New York, Carnegie Hall (A2, A5, A6, C1, D1, D2), in Boston, Music Hall (A7, B2, B3, B4, D3, D5) and in Montreal, Place des Arts (B5, C6, C7).

Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant

Reprise Records RS-6267

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1967
Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk
Style: Folk Rock
[Tracklist]
A1 Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:20)
B1 Chilling Of The Evening (3:01)
B2 Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag (2:10)
B3 Now And Then (2:15)
B4 I'm Going Home (3:12)
B5 The Motorcycle Song (2:58)
B6 Highway In The Wind (2:40)
[Credits]
Producer: Fred Hellerman, Art Direction: Ed Thrasher, Artwork: Richard Chalfin, Liner Notes: Harold Leventhal
[Notes]
Alice's Restaurant is the debut album by Arlo Guthrie released in September 1967 by Reprise Records. It features one of his most famous songs, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". A steady seller, the album peaked at #63 on the Billboard 200 album chart two years later on the week of December 27, 1969.

Jean Ritchie 1998 Folk Alliance International Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Jean Ritchie: Mountain Born

Jean Ritchie with dulcimer 1976

Jean Ritchie was known as "The Mother of Folk". As well as work songs and ballads, Ritchie knew hymns from the "Old Regular Baptist" church she attended in Jeff, Kentucky. These were sung as "lining out" songs, in a lingering soulful way. One of the songs they sang was "Amazing Grace". She wrote some songs, including one on the effects of strip mining in Kentucky. (Some of Ritchie's late 1950s/early 1960s songs on mining she published under the pseudonym "'Than Hall" to avoid troubling her non-political mother, and believing they might be better received if attributed to a man.) "My Dear Companion" appeared on the album Trio recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Emmylou Harris. Judy Collins not only recorded some of Ritchie's traditional songs, "Tender Ladies" and "Pretty Saro", but used a photograph by George Pickow on the front of her album Golden Apples of the Sun (1962). Ritchie's 50th anniversary album was Mountain Born (1995), which features her two sons, Peter and Jonathan Pickow. In 1954 Ritchie and George Pickow released some of their UK recordings under the name Field Trip. It was re-issued in 2001 on the Greenhays label. It has recordings by Elizabeth Cronin, Seamus Ennis, and others, side by side with Ritchie family versions of the same songs. (via Folk Alliance International on YouTube)