Bear Family Records BCD 15720 JL - Released April 16, 1996
Songs For Political Action may well be the most important collection of political folk music ever assembled. The 10 compact disc box set, assembled by folk song authorities Ron Cohen and Dave Samuelson, contains nearly 300 songs recorded from 1926 to 1953. The complete works of the Almanac Singers, and many rare and unissued tracks of Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Earl Robinson and other legendary Peoples Songsters are among the many highlights of this comprehensive set. From the only known recordings of Charles and Ruth Seeger to soundtruck recordings made for the 1948 Henry Wallace presidential campaign, this collection will be the definitive reference for this era in folk music history. A beautifully done hard bound book, with photos and lyrics for all the songs accompanies the 10 disc set. The price for the disc and book set is $215 postpaid from Puritan Records, Box 44, Battle Ground IN 47920. For further information, please contact Ron Cohen.
| DISC 1 | |||||
| 1. | Boll Weevil | 19. | Hootenanny Song (From Aunt Jenny's Strawberry Festival) | ||
| 2. | Patriotic Diggers | 20. | Bank Failures | ||
| 3. | London's Bridge Is Falling Down | 21. | Rich Man and the Poor Man | ||
| 4. | Risselty Rosselty | 22. | Poor Forgotten Man | ||
| 5. | Old Grey Mare | 23. | Soup Song | ||
| 6. | Hands | 24. | Internationale | ||
| 7. | Ragged Hungry Blues, Pt.1 | 25. | Rise up (Comintern) | ||
| 8. | Ragged Hungry Blues, Pt.2 | 26. | United Front | ||
| 9. | I'm Going to Organize, Baby Mine | 27. | Forward, We've Not Forgotten | ||
| 10. | I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister | 28. | In Praise of Learning | ||
| 11. | Raggedy, Raggedy | 29. | On the Picket Line | ||
| 12. | No More Mourning | 30. | Hold the Fort | ||
| 13. | Join the Union Tonight | 31. | Casey Jones | ||
| 14. | We're Going to Roll the Union On | 32. | Sit Down | ||
| 15. | There Is Mean Things Happening in This Land | 33. | Write out My Union Card | ||
| 16. | Farmer's Letter to the President | 34. | We Shall Not Be Moved | ||
| 17. | Farm Relief Blues | 35. | Join the Union | ||
| 18. | 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat | 36. | Solidarity Forever | ||
| DISC 2 | |||||
| 1. | Strange Funeral in Braddock | 12. | Trouble | ||
| 2. | Abraham Lincoln, Pt.1 & 2 | 13. | Goin' Home Boys | ||
| 3. | Joe Hill | 14. | Cryin' Who? Cryin' You!, Pt.1 & 2 | ||
| 4. | Spring Song | 15. | Told My Captain | ||
| 5. | Old Chisholm Trail | 16. | Jerry | ||
| 6. | Old Paint (The Horse with the Union Label) | 17. | Southern Exposure | ||
| 7. | Capitalistic Boss, Pt.1 & 2 | 18. | Uncle Sam Says | ||
| 8. | Little Theater on the Right | 19. | Jim Crow Train | ||
| 9. | Little Theater on the Left | 20. | Bad Housing Blues | ||
| 10. | Nine Foot Shovel | 21. | Hard Times Blues | ||
| 11. | Chain Gang Boun' | 22. | Defense Factory Blues | ||
| DISC 3 | |||||
| 1. | Strange Death of John Doe | 16. | Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho | ||
| 2. | Billy Boy | 17. | Haul Away, Joe | ||
| 3. | 'C' for Conscription | 18. | Blow the Man Down | ||
| 4. | Washington Breakdown | 19. | Golden Vanity | ||
| 5. | Lisa Jane | 20. | Away, Rio | ||
| 6. | Ballad of October 16th | 21. | Coast of High Barbary | ||
| 7. | Plow Under | 22. | Greenland Fishing | ||
| 8. | Talking Union | 23. | Dodger Song | ||
| 9. | Union Train | 24. | Ground Hog | ||
| 10. | Which Side Are You On? | 25. | State of Arkansas | ||
| 11. | Get Thee Behind Me, Satan | 26. | Hard, Ain't It Hard | ||
| 12. | Union Maid | 27. | I Ride an Old Paint | ||
| 13. | All I Want | 28. | House of the Rising Sun | ||
| 14. | Songs for Bridges | 29. | Weaver's Song | ||
| 15. | Babe O'Mine | ||||
| DISC 4 | |||||
| 1. | Dear Mr. President | 15. | Jarama Valley | ||
| 2. | Belt Line Girl | 16. | Spanish Marching Song | ||
| 3. | Round, Round Hitler's Grave | 17. | Cook House/The Young Man from Alcala | ||
| 4. | Side by Side | 18. | Quinte Regimento | ||
| 5. | Deliver the Goods | 19. | Quarter Master Song | ||
| 6. | Reuben James | 20. | Little Man on a Fence | ||
| 7. | Boomtown Bill | 21. | Jim Crow | ||
| 8. | Keep That Oil A-Rollin' | 22. | You Better Get Ready | ||
| 9. | I'm Looking for a Home (Housing Song) | 23. | Hold the Fort/We Shall Not Be Moved | ||
| 10. | Amsterdam Maid | 24. | U.A.W.-C.I.O. | ||
| 11. | Song of the Free | 25. | Hold On | ||
| 12. | In Washington | 26. | Solidarity Forever | ||
| 13. | Overtime Pay | 27. | Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore | ||
| 14. | Quinte Brigada | ||||
| DISC 5 | |||||
| 1. | Horace Greeley | 15. | U.A.W.Train | ||
| 2. | Kevin Barry | 16. | Susan's in the Union | ||
| 3. | House I Live In | 17. | Rollback Blues | ||
| 4. | Man's a Man for A' That | 18. | Mama Don't Allow | ||
| 5. | Drill Ye Tarriers Drill | 19. | Farmer-Labor Train | ||
| 6. | Frozen Logger | 20. | So Long, It's Been Good to Know You | ||
| 7. | Jefferson and Liberty | 21. | Talking Sailor | ||
| 8. | Sweet Betsy from Pike/Dirty Miner | 22. | Sally, Don't You Grieve | ||
| 9. | Grand Coolee Dam | 23. | Citizen C.I.O. | ||
| 10. | Free and Equal Blues, Pt.1 & 2 | 24. | No More Blues | ||
| 11. | Century of the Common Man | 25. | We've Got a Plan | ||
| 12. | I'm a Native American Nazi | 26. | Social Worker's Talking Blues | ||
| 13. | Join the U.A.W.-C.I.O. | 27. | I'm Gonna Put My Name Down | ||
| 14. | Keeping Score for '44 | 28. | Freedom Road | ||
| DISC 6 | |||||
| 1. | Landlord | 16. | Mad as I Can Be | ||
| 2. | Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier | 17. | Jackie Robinson | ||
| 3. | Beloved Comrade | 18. | High Price Blues | ||
| 4. | Man Who Couldn't Walk Around | 19. | Black, Brown & White | ||
| 5. | I'm the Guy | 20. | Nix on Mundt/Nixon | ||
| 6. | Little Man Sitting on a Fence | 21. | Daily Worker's Song | ||
| 7. | When the Country Is Broke | 22. | Taft-Harrley Blues | ||
| 8. | Money in the Pocket | 23. | Parnell Thomas Blues | ||
| 9. | Our Fight Is Yours | 24. | Turn Me Loose | ||
| 10. | Moses Green | 25. | Snowball | ||
| 11. | Rankin Tree | 26. | Swingin' on a Scab | ||
| 12. | Talking Bilbo | 27. | On to Sacramento | ||
| 13. | This Old World | 28. | Atomic Talking Blues | ||
| 14. | No.1 Stooge | 29. | Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People | ||
| 15. | Song of My Hands | 30. | Passing Through | ||
| DISC 7 | |||||
| 1. | Listen Mr. Bilbo | 16. | Talking Union | ||
| 2. | Joe Hill | 17. | Preacher and the Slave | ||
| 3. | O.P.A. Shout | 18. | Which Side Are You On? | ||
| 4. | Voting Union | 19. | Solidarity Forever | ||
| 5. | Get out the Vote | 20. | Whole Wide World Around | ||
| 6. | Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore | 21. | Hold the Fort/Conclusion | ||
| 7. | Dollar for P.A.C. | 22. | Talking P.A.C. | ||
| 8. | Oh, What Congress Done to Me | 23. | Conversation with a Mule | ||
| 9. | Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes | 24. | Farmer Is the Man | ||
| 10. | D.D.T. | 25. | Join the Farmer's Union | ||
| 11. | Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman | 26. | Talking Atom | ||
| 12. | No, No, No Discrimination | 27. | Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People | ||
| 13. | Voter, Oh Voter | 28. | Skillet Good and Greasy | ||
| 14. | Intro/Commonwealth of Toil | 29. | T for Texas | ||
| 15. | We've Got Our Eyes on You | 30. | Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase | ||
| DISC 8 | |||||
| 1. | Walk in Peace, Pt.1 | 15. | Black, Brown & White Blues | ||
| 2. | Walk in Peace, Pt.2 | 16. | Death of Harry Simms | ||
| 3. | Atomic Energy | 17. | Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues | ||
| 4. | Old Lady with a Rolling Pin | 18. | No Irish Need Apply | ||
| 5. | Red Boogie | 19. | Unemployment Compensation Blues | ||
| 6. | Unity Rhumba | 20. | Fireship | ||
| 7. | Elephant and the Ass | 21. | Johnny, I Hardly Knew You | ||
| 8. | Hungry Rhapsody | 22. | Peekskill Story | ||
| 9. | Housing | 23. | Wasn't That a Time | ||
| 10. | Ballad of F.D.R. | 24. | Dig My Grave | ||
| 11. | Jim Crow | 25. | Freight Train Blues | ||
| 12. | Mein Shtelele Belz | 26. | Love Song Blues | ||
| 13. | Zhonkoye | 27. | Hammer Song | ||
| 14. | Travelin' | ||||
| DISC 9 | |||||
| 1. | We're Keeping Score '44 | 19. | Wallace Button/Goodbye, Harry | ||
| 2. | No More Blues | 20. | Henry Wallace | ||
| 3. | Lay That Ballot Down, Pt.1 & 2 | 21. | We Can Win with Wallace | ||
| 4. | Fertilizer Song | 22. | Work with Wallace | ||
| 5. | Talking E.T.A. | 23. | Century of the Common Man | ||
| 6. | Kiss the Boys Goodbye | 24. | Wallace Is the Man for Me | ||
| 7. | Round and Round the Canneries | 25. | Yankee Doodle, Tell the Boss | ||
| 8. | My Name Is Cannery Bill | 26. | Intro/New York City | ||
| 9. | Bosses' Gang | 27. | Marcantonio for Me | ||
| 10. | Bye, Bye Bosses | 28. | Skip to the Polls | ||
| 11. | New Walls of Jericho (Wallace Fit the Battle of America) | 29. | Marcantonio for Mayor | ||
| 12. | Henry Wallace Is the Man | 30. | Now, Right Now | ||
| 13. | Corrido to Wallace and Taylor | 31. | We Shall Not Be Moved | ||
| 14. | Second Corrido to Wallace and Taylor | 32. | Oh, Freedom | ||
| 15. | Battle Hym of '48 | 33. | Ben Davis | ||
| 16. | Same Old Merry Go-Round | 34. | M.T.A. | ||
| 17. | I've Got a Ballot | 35. | People's Choice | ||
| 18. | Great Day | 36. | Keep A-Goin' and A-Growin' | ||
| DISC 10 | |||||
| 1. | Riddle of Thurman Towns | 17. | I've Got a Right | ||
| 2. | Grapes to Pick | 18. | We Shall Overcome | ||
| 3. | Medley: I Don't Want to Get Adjusted/Stand up and Be Counted | 19. | Talking Un-American Blues | ||
| 4. | Pity the Downtrodden Landlord | 20. | Old Bolshevik Son | ||
| 5. | Hammer Song | 21. | Cloakmaker's Union | ||
| 6. | Banks of Marble | 22. | Land of the Daily Worker | ||
| 7. | Spring Song | 23. | Our Line's Been Changed Again | ||
| 8. | Songs of My Hands | 24. | In Old Moscow | ||
| 9. | My Old Man | 25. | Unite for Unity | ||
| 10. | I'm on My Way | 26. | Bill Bailey | ||
| 11. | In Contempt | 27. | Last International | ||
| 12. | Die Gedanken Sind Frei | 28. | Giveaway Boys in Washington | ||
| 13. | Walk Along Together | 29. | Joe McCarthy's Band | ||
| 14. | Put My Name Down | 30. | I've Got to Know | ||
| 15. | Hold On | 31. | This Land Is Your Land | ||
| 16. | Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel | ||||