Broadside ballads. Vol. 1 sound recording

Smithsonian Collections

Description: Program notes by Gordon Friesen and song lyrics (8 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Track information: 101. Blowing in the Wind / New World Singers, Gil Turner and Happy Traum; 102. The Story of Old Monroe / Pete Seeger; 103. John Brown / Blind Boy Grunt and Bob Dylan; 104. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow / Peter La Farge; 105. The Ballad of William Worthy / Phil Ochs; 106. Benny Kid Paret / Gil Turner; 201. Faubus' Follies / Peter La Farge and Pete Seeger; 202. I Will Not Go Down Under the Ground (Let Me Die in My Footsteps) / Happy Traum and Bob Dylan; 203. Only a Hobo / Blind Boy Grunt and Bob Dylan; 203. Talking Devil / Blind Boy Grunt and Bob Dylan; 204. Ain't Gonna Let Segregation Turn Us Around / The Freedom Singers, Cordell Hull Reagon and Rutha Harris; 205. Go Limp / Matt McGinn; 206. Bizzness Ain't Dead / New World Singers, Gil Turner and Happy Traum; 207. The Civil Defense Sign / Mark Spoelstra; 208. I Can See a New Day / New World Singers, Gil Turner and Happy Traum
Publisher number: BR 301 Broadside Records; 5301 Folkways
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu

commentator: Friesen, Gordon 1909-1996
performer: Turner, Gil 1933-1974; Traum, Happy; Seeger, Pete 1919-2014; Dylan, Bob 1941-; La Farge, Peter 1931-1965; Ochs, Phil; Reagon, Cordell Hull 1943-1996; McGinn, Matt 1928-1977; Spoelstra, Mark; New World Singers; Freedom Singers

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