Let Freedom Ring-This Land Is Your La (Live) (2003)

Product Summary Label: Vanguard Records UPC: 00015707973120 Release Date: 4/8/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60594871 Item#: MJ4XXX Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs ~ Various Artists 2. There But For Fortune - Phil OChs ~ Various Artists 3. Playboys And Playgirls - Bob Dylan/Pete Seeger ~ Various Artists 4. Blowing In The Wind - Bob Dylan ~ Various Artists 5. Oh Freedom - Joan Baez ~ Various Artists 6. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, A - Joan Baez ~ Various Artists 7. Which Side Are You On? - The Weavers ~ Various Artists 8. Miner's Life - The Weavers ~ Various Artists 9. Ballad Of Ira Hayes - Patrick Sky ~ Various Artists 10. Thirsty Boots - Eric Andersen ~ Various Artists 11. Carry It On - Judy Collins ~ Various Artists 12. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream - Mimi & Richard Farina ~ Various Artists 13. Death Of Stephen Biko, The - Tom Paxton ~ Various Artists 14. John Birch Society, The - Chad Mitchell Trio ~ Various Artists 15. Now That the Buffalo's Gone - Buffy Sainte-Marie ~ Various Artists 16. 1913 Massacre - Ramblin' Jack Elliott ~ Various Artists 17. Deportee - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists 18. No More Auction Block For Me - Odetta ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Tom Vickers, Billy Altman. Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival. While everyone doesn't agree on what patriotism means, even left-leaning folksingers celebrate the promises of America. Promises, however, sometimes fall short. So if singers like Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, and Cisco Houston point out America's shortcomings in protest songs, they don't consider themselves unpatriotic: they're only reminding Americans of their original principals. Let Freedom Sing travels back to the early-to-mid '60s, the golden age of the protest song, for the majority of its material. Since Vanguard signed so many top folk acts during the time, the major voices from the era are represented here. There's a live take of Dylan singing "Playboys and Playgirls" with Pete Seeger and a live, acapella version of Baez singing "Oh Freedom." Patrick Sky and Buffy Sainte-Marie weigh in on Native-American rights on the "Ballad of Ira Hayes" and "Now That the Buffalo's Gone" respectively. While most of this collection is rather somber, Mimi & Richard Farina's "House Un-American Blues Activity Dream" and the Chad Mitchell Trio's "The John Birch Society" offer a slight reprieve. Two Woody Guthrie classics get overhauled by Houston ("Deportee") and Ramblin' Jack Elliott ("1913 Massacre"), while the Weavers sing the rousing "Which Side Are You On?" This is an excellent collection that entertains while reminding Americans that there are many types of patriotism. ~ sql=Ack9ks32wa3xg   Technical Info Release Date : 04/08/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 9731 Label : Vanguard Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Live Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00015707973120    Product Image