Steal This Record: songs Of Protest A (2004)

Artist: Various Artists
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Label: Koch Entertainment
UPC: 00099923965824
Release Date: 10/19/2004
Buy.com Sku: 63657335
Item#: MC62HG
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Five Of Destruction - Barry McGuire ~ Various Artists
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye ~ Various Artists
3. War - Edwin Starr ~ Various Artists
4. Save The Country - Brian Auger/Julie Driscoll ~ Various Artists
5. Street Fighting Man - Rod Stewart ~ Various Artists
6. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals ~ Various Artists
7. Abraham, Martin And John - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ~ Various Artists
8. Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations ~ Various Artists
9. Handsome Johnny - Richie Havens ~ Various Artists
10. Maggie's Farm - Richie Havens ~ Various Artists
11. Let Me Be - P.F. Sloan ~ Various Artists
12. High Flying Bird - We Five ~ Various Artists
13. Get Up Stand Up - Toots & The Maytals ~ Various Artists



 
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There is a fascinating album to be compiled from the dozens of politically and socially oriented songs (both sincere and contrived) that made the charts and otherwise gained public currency during the 1960s and 70s. Steal This Record: A Collection of Songs of Protest, however, isn't quite that album. Featuring 13 familiar tunes, Steal This Record unfortunately doesn't present all of them in their definitive recordings, so instead of Laura Nyro or the Fifth Dimension's versions of "Save the Country," we get one from Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll; Dion's classic take of "Abraham, Martin and John" is replaced by a showy cover from Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, and Bob Marley's epochal "Get Up, Stand Up" is represented by a very different arrangement from Toots & the Maytals. Even when we get the appropriate recordings, the collection doesn't seem to offer an especially clear focus, either; rather than focusing on songs about war, civil rights, racism, or a specific political or social ill, this set offers a grab bag, which might be appropriate for the period covered but doesn't make for as coherent a listening experience. The album also would have been stronger if it had thrown in a few less radio-friendly tunes of the era, and while this isn't exactly a popular opinion, it really is hard to know exactly what it was Bob Dylan was "protesting" on "Maggie's Farm," beyond the presence of a bunch of folks he didn't like. Steal This Record isn't too bad as background listening, but it's hardly the fitting soundtrack for your next revolution. ~ Mark Deming

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 10/19/2004
Original Release Date : 2004
Catalog ID : 9658
Label : Koch Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00099923965824

  
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