American History in Ballad and Song Vol.2

Junior High School Social Studies prepared by Albert Barouh and Theodore O. Cron

Folkways Records – FH 5802

Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 Skada In America: Gene Bluestein (02:13)
A02 Bragg Talk: Harry Jackson (01:34)
A03 Immigrant Worker: Michael Quill (00:45)
A04 He Lies in The American Land: Pete Seeger (01:59)
A05 German-American Loyalty: James Watson Gerard (02:49)
A06 American Indian Loyalty Oath: John Oberly (01:03)
A07 Two Good Men: (03:15)
A08 Ballad of Sherman Wu: Pete Seeger (02:07)
A09 Immortality: Williams Jennings Bryan (02:09)
A10 The Lord's Prayer: Dora Bliggen (02:06)
B01 F.D.R's Back Again: The New Lost City Ramblers (02:20)
B02 Then And Now: Oscar Brand (02:45)
B03 Puerto Ricans in New York: Tony Schwartz (02:43)
B04 Roll On Columbia: Pete Seeger (03:35)
B05 Conestoga Wagoner's Complaint: Vivien Richman (01:46)
B06 Trusts: William Howard Taft (01:54)
B07 Banks of Marble: Pete Seeger (03:11)
B08 The Farmer: Theodore Roosevelt (01:35)
B09 The Farmer is the Man : Gene Bluestein (01:37)
C01 One-Third Of a Nation: Franklin D. Roosevelt (01:56)
C02 Pastures of Plenty: Woody Guthrie (02:07)
C03 Labor Strife: Aunt Molly Jackson (04:48)
C04 Ludlow Massacre: Woody Guthrie (03:28)
C05 Money, Money, Money: Tony Schwartz (01:42)
C06 Too Old to Work: John Greenway (02:04)
C07 Corruption: Broadcast (00:32)
C08 Teacher's Blues: Pete Seeger (02:16)
C09 The Taxation Tyranny: Elizabeth Knight (01:42)
D01 Van Buren: Oscar Brand (00:44)
D02 The Political Smear: Broadcast (03:04)
D03 If He's Good Enough For Lindy: Oscar Brand (02:00)
D04 I'm a Migrant: Will Geer (00:51)
D05 Keep Moving: The New Lost City Ramblers (02:12)
D06 Too Many Bookmakers: Broadcast (01:43)
D07 The Delinquent: Malvina Reynolds (04:12)
D08 Let's Move It: Frederic Ramsey, Jr. (01:22)
D09 The Negro Voter: Martin Luther King, Jr. (00:25)
D10 Desegregation at Little Rock: Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus (00:42)
D11 The State of Arkansas: Pete Seeger (02:01)
D12 The Supreme Court: Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus (01:14)
D13 The Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan: Freedom Riders (00:18)
D14 They Go Wild Over Me: The Freedom Riders (01:42)
E01 First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments: Broadcast (02:51)
E02 The Communist 11: Vito Marcantonio (00:54)
E03 Land of the Daily Worker: Joe Glazer (00:58)
E04 Landing of the A.E.F: General John Pershing (01:32)
E05 Let's Bury the Hatchet: Ernest Hemingway (00:55)
E06 The Spanish Civil War: Woody Guthrie (01:47)
E07 Valley of Jarama (Jarama Valley): Woody Guthrie (02:54)
E08 Isolationism: Charles A. Lindberg (01:09)
E09 Quarantine Speech: Franklin D. Roosevelt (02:01)
E10 The Sinking of the Reuben James: Woody Guthrie (02:54)
F01 The League of Nations: Franklin D. Roosevelt (01:15)
F02 The United Nations: Franklin D. Roosevelt (01:21)
F03 The Marshall Plan: Robert A. Taft (00:44)
F04 Isolationism: Robert A. Taft (01:09)
F05 The Red Issue: Henry Wallace (02:13)
F06 Little Joe the Rustler: Joe Glazer (02:26)
F07 The Baruch Plan: Bernard Baruch (00:27)
F08 Strontium 90: Bann the Bomb Recording (2:50)
F09 Nuclear Control: John F. Kennedy (00:45)
F10 Doomsday Blues: Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus (02:47)
F11 Inagural Address: John F. Kennedy (02:12)
F12 Then We'll Have Peace: Pete Seeger (01:52)
[Credits]
Producer: Moses Asch, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Originally intended as a teaching aid for senior high school social studies and covering a broad scope of civic, government, economic, citizenship and immigration issues, this compilation provides a provocative mid-century impression of America culled from witnesses to the first half of the twentieth century. We are treated to songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds; speeches from Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Williams Jennings Bryan; so-called "brag talk" by cowboys; and pronouncement of an oath of loyalty by Chief John Oberly of the "Osage Tribe of Indians" affirming that he will not conspire with any political parties to overthrow the US government.

Tony Schwartz: Millions of Musicians

Folkways Records – FP 5560

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Documentary
[Tracklist]
A1 Introduction (01:08)
A2 Music in Speech (01:36)
A3 Rhythm of Words (04:15)
A4 Calls and Whistles (02:20)
A5 Rhythm and Motion (01:59)
B1 Rhythm and Work (03:09)
B2 City Pitchmen (04:40)
B3 Country Auctioneers (01:35)
B4 Improvisation of Instruments (07:49)
B5 Improvisation of Instruments (continued) (04:26)
B6 Imagination and Music (02:31)
[Credits]
Producer, Recorder and Narrater: Tony Schwartz, Cover Artwork: Joseph Carpini
[Notes]
This 1954 release documents the musicality that surrounds us in everyday life―calls and whistles, a toddler's speech, a jump rope rhyme, an auctioneer selling vegetables, and much more. Tony Schwartz captures such sounds on a portable recorder as he goes about his day. Schwartz includes commentary between tracks to create an awareness of the musical nuances in each recording. Liner notes include an introduction by Schwartz and descriptions of the various sounds on each track.

Music in the Streets: Tony Schwartz

Folkways Records FD-5581

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Calypso, Bluegrass, Gospel, Religious
[Tracklist]
Side I, Part I: Street Musician (13:31)
A1.1 Untitled (Street Saxophone): Unknown Artist
A1.2 Untitled (Glass Bowls): Unknown Artist
A1.3 Bongo Boys: Unknown Artist
A1.4 The Carnegie Hall Fiddler: Guisseppi Ravita
A1.5 Untitled (Guitar): Rev. Gary Davis
A1.6 Untitled (Time Square Accordion): Unknown Artist
A1.7 Moondog: Moondog
Side I, Part II: Washington Square (12:22)
A2.1 Untitled (Banjo And Bass): Unknown Artist
A2.2 Rambling Around: The Kosoy Twins
A2.3 King Edward: Ralph Rinzler, The Kosoy Twins
A2.4 When The Saints Go Marching In: Unknown Artist
A2.5 Met A Little Gipsy: John Gibbons
A2.6 Deep Blue Sea: Jane Soyer
A2.7 Another Man Done Gone: Fred Gerlach
Side II, Part I: Religious Music (7:24)
B1.1 Untitled (Church Bells): Unknown Artist
B1.2 Untitled (Salvation Army Group): Unknown Artist
B1.3 Untitled (Salvation Army Christmas Band): Unknown Artist
B1.4 Untitled (Puerto Rican Street Gospel Group): Unknown Artist
B1.5 Just A Closer Walk With Thee: Church Unknown Artist
Side II, Part II: Street Festival (9:05)
B2.1 Untitled (Jazz Group): Unknown Artist
B2.2 Untitled (Band): Unknown Artist
B2.3 Untitled (Parade): Unknown Artist
B2.4 Untitled (Song): Unknown Artist
Side II, Part III: Parades (6:15)
B3.1 Untitled (Montage Of City Parades): Unknown Artist
[Credits]
Artist and Producer: Tony Schwartz, Cover Artwork: Don Freeman
[Notes]
From the streets of New York City comes a medley of musical styles that represents the cultural and musical diversity of the Big Apple. Recorded between the spring of 1950 and fall of 1957 by famed sound archivist Tony Schwartz, Music in the Streets attests to the view that music is a matter of "necessity inclination". The selections here include not only that of street performers and musicians but also of street festivals, parades, and religious groups. Liner notes include photographs of street musicians in New York City, an introduction by Schwartz, and track notes.