Don't Mourn-Organize Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill (Very Rare Vinyl)
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Don't Mourn-Organize Songs of Labor Songwriter Joe Hill Various Artists 1990
Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
1. Billy Bragg - Joe Hill 8:26
2. Utah Phillips - Joe Hill's Last Will 3:15
3. Mark Levy - Joe Hill's Ashes 3:22
4. Mac McClintock - Preacher and the Slave 3:39
5. Paul Robeson - Joe Hill 2:57
6. Si Kahn - Paper Heart 2:21
7. Pete Seeger / The Song Swappers - Casey Jones 2:58
8. Mats Paulson - Mr. Block 3:00
9. Joe Glazer - Joe Hill Listens to the Praying 7:20
10. Cisco Houston - Tramp 3:30
11. Earl Robinson - Joe Hill 2:33
12. Alfred Esteban Cortez - White Slave 3:27
13. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn - Narrative 1:06
14. Hazel Dickens - Rebel Girl 3:01
15. Entertainment Workers IU 630 / I.W.W - There Is Power in a Union 3:16
The inclusion of Joan Baez's version of "Joe Hill" on the Woodstock album has been single-handedly responsible for keeping Joe Hill in the public consciousness. Sad but true, for Joe Hill, poet, songwriter, and organizer, was the most popular intentionally proletarian artist in American culture. Not an easy feat, especially considering how many people have tried to be popular proletarian artists. This album, named after Joe Hill's famous last words before he was executed by the State of Utah, is a testament to Hill's power as a musical and cultural figure. It also attempts to secure his place in our memory; Baez won't last forever, of course. The album consists of two elements, Hill songs performed by important interpreters and songs about Hill, again in historically important performances. Among the former, number Harry McClintock singing "The Preacher and the Slave," Pete Seeger doing "Casey Jones (The Union Scab)," and Cisco Houston's version of "The Tramp." The latter category contains the more varied and more interesting contributions. Among these are poet Kenneth Patchen's spoken word piece "Joe Hill Listens to the Praying," Billy Bragg singing Phil Ochs' "Joe Hill," and both Paul Robeson and Earl Robinson performing the Robinson-penned number Baez made her own, "Joe Hill," with its classic line, "I never died said he." Excellent as an album and as a cultural document, hopefully this album will not let us forget the important legacy, a sense of purpose, Joe Hill bequeathed to our culture. ~ Brian Whitener
This Is a Extremely Rare Vinyl Copy with Insert
You Really Don't See This Format Very Often At All,This Is A Lovely Copy.
I Never grade used records as MINT
Cover EX
Disc EX
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