Vielleicht hat sie die soziale und wirtschaftliche Gleichberechtigung nicht rüber gebracht, für die sie kämpfte aber die Amerikanische Linke der 30er und 40er Jahre hinterließ ein dauerhaftes Erbe: das Revival des städtischen Folk Songs.

Die energiegeladene, politische Musik der Alamanc Singers und deren Vorgängern, den Zeitgenossen und Nachfolgern klingt bei den heutigen Sänger – Songschreibern immer noch durch. Dieser CD – Box enthält beinahe 300 extrem seltener Aufnahmen auf 10 CDs und umspannt die Jahre von 1926 bis 1953. Die Songs bieten einen verständlichen Überblick dieser zeitlosen Musik, von den Arbeiter Chören und der sozial engagierten Theater Szene des New York der 30er zu den bahnbrechenden und einfluáreichen Aufnahmen der Almanac Singers. Sie setzen sich fort über die Kriegsjahre und den Idealismus der Nachkriegsjahre von Pepoples Songs und endet mit der verwirrenden anti-kommunistischen Hysterie der McCarthy Ära, die viele dieser talentierten, engagierten Künstler zum Schweigen zwang. Dieser Set enthält ein Hardcover Buch, das diese Ära und die Aufnahmen, die sie hervorbrachte, dokumentiert.

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CD 1
01. The Boll Weevil (Carl Sandburg)
02. Patriotic Diggers (John Allison)
03. London’s Bridge Is Falling Down (Charles Seeger)
04. Risselty Rosselty (Charles Seeger & R. Crawford)
05. Old Grey Mare (Charles Seeger & Ruth Crawford)
06. Hands (Charles Seeger)
07. Ragged Hungry Blues (part 1) (Aunt Molly Jackson)
08. Ragged Hungry Blues (part 2) Aunt Molly Jackson)
09. I’m Going To Organize, Baby Mine (Sara Ogan Gunning)
10. I Don’t Want Your Millions, Mister (Tillman Cadle)
11. Raggedy, Raggedy (John Handcox)
12. No More Mourning (John Handcox)
13. Join The Union Tonight (John Handcox)
14. We’re Going To Roll The Union On (John Handcox)
15. There Is Mean Things Happening In This Land (John Handcox)
16. Farmer’s Letter To The President (Bob Ferguson (Bob Miller))
17. Farm Relief Blues (Bob Miller)
18. 11 Cent Cotton, 40 Cent Meat (Bob`s Boys (Bob Miller))
19. The Hootenanny Song (Miller`s Bullfrog Entertainers)
20. Bank Failures (Bob Ferguson & Scalawaggers)
21. The Rich Man And The Poor Man (Bob Miller)
22. The Poor Forgotten Man (Bob Miller)
23. The Soup Song (New Singers)
24. The Internationale (New Singers)
25. Rise Up (New Singers)
26. United Front (New Singers)
27. Forward, We’ve Not Forgotten (New Singers)
28. In Praise Of Learning (New Singers)
29. On The Picket Line (Manhattan Chorus)
30. Hold The Fort (Manhattan Chorus)
31. Casey Jones (Manhattan Chorus)
32. Sit Down (Manhattan Chorus)
33. Write Me Out My Union Card (Manhattan Chorus)
34. We Shall Not Be Moved (Manhattan Chorus)
35. Join The Union (Manhattan Chorus)
36. Solidarity Forever (Manhattan Chorus)
CD-2
01. The Strange Funeral In Braddock (M.Baumann & Elie Siegmeister)
02. Abraham Lincoln (parts 1 & 2) (Earl Robinson)
03. Joe Hill (Earl Robinson)
04. Spring Song (Earl Robinson)
05. The Old Chisholm Trail (Tony Kraber)
06. Old Paint (The Horse With The Union Label) (Saul Aarons)
07. Capitalistic Boss (part 1 & 2) (Saul Aarons)
08. Little Theater On The Right (Harrison Dowd)
09. Little Theater On The Left (Harrison Dowd)
10. Nine Foot Shovel (Josh White)
11. Chain Gang Boun’ (Josh White)
12. Trouble (Josh White)
13. Goin’ Home Boys (Josh White)
14. Cryin’ Who? Cryin’ You! (parts 1 & 2) (Josh White)
15. Told My Captain (Josh White)
16. Jerry (Josh White)
17. Southern Exposure (Josh White)
18. Uncle Sam Says (Josh White)
19. Jim Crow Train (Josh White)
20. Bad Housing Blues (Josh White)
21. Hard Times Blues (Josh White)
22. Defense Factory Blues (Josh White)
CD-3
01. The Strange Death Of John Doe (Almanac Singers)
02. Billy Boy (Almanac Singers)
03. `C` For Conscription (Almanac Singers)
04. Washington Breakdown (Almanac Singers)
05. Lisa Jane (Almanac Singers)
06. Ballad Of October 16th (Almanac Singers)
07. Plow Under (Almanac Singers)
08. Talking Union (Almanac Singers)
09. Union Train (Almanac Singers)
10. Which Side Are You On? (Almanac Singers)
11. Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (Almanac Singers)
12. Union Maid (Almanac Singers)
13. All I Want (Almanac Singers)
14. Songs For Bridges (Almanac Singers)
15. Babe O’ Mine (Woody Guthrie)
16. Blow Ye Winds, Heigh Ho (Almanac Singers)
17. Haul Away, Joe (Almanac Singers)
18. Blow The Man Down (Almanac Singers)
19. The Golden Vanity (Almanac Singers)
20. Away, Rio (Almanac Singers)
21. The Coast Of High Barbary (Almanac Singers)
22. Greenland Fishing (Almanac Singers)
23. The Dodger Song (Almanac Singers)
24. Ground Hog (Almanac Singers)
25. State Of Arkansas (Almanac Singers)
26. Hard, Ain’t It Hard (Almanac Singers)
27. I Ride An Old Paint (Almanac Singers)
28. House Of The Rising Sun (Almanac Singers)
29. The Weaver’s Song (Almanac Singers)
CD-4
01. Dear Mr. President (Almanac Singers)
02. Belt Line Girl (Almanac Singers)
03. Round, Round Hitler’s Grave (Almanac Singers)
04. Side By Side (Almanac Singers)
05. Deliver The Goods (Almanac Singers)
06. Reuben James (Almanac Singers)
07. Boomtown Bill (Almanac Singers)
08. Keep That Oil A Rollin’ (Almanac Singers)
09. I’m Looking For A Home (Housing Song) (Priority Ramblers)
10. Amsterdam Maid (Priority Ramblers)
11. Song Of The Free (Priority Ramblers)
12. In Washington (Priority Ramblers)
13. Overtime Pay (Priority Ramblers)
14. Quinte Brigada (Seeger & Glazer & Hawes & Lomax)
15. Jarama Valley (T.Glazer & B. Hawes & Lomax)
16. Spanish Marching Song (Seeger & Glazer & Hawes & Lomax)
17. Cook House/The Young Man From Alcala (Seeger & Glazer & Hawes & Lomax)
18. Quinte Regimento (Seeger & Glazer & Hawes & Lomax)
19. Quarter Master Song (Seeger & Glazer & Hawes & Lomax)
20. Little Man On A Fence (Josh White & The Boys)
21. Jim Crow (Union Boys)
22. You Better Get Ready (Union Boys)
23. Hold The Fort/We Shall Not Be Moved (Union Boys)
24. U.A.W.-C.I.O. (Union Boys)
25. Hold On (Union Boys)
26. Solidarity Forever (Burl Ives & The Boys)
27. A Dollar Ain’t A Dollar Anymore (Union Boys)
CD-5
01. Horace Greeley (Earl Robinson)
02. Kevin Barry (Earl Robinson)
03. The House I Live In (Earl Robinson)
04. A Man’s A Man For A’That (Earl Robinson)
05. Drill Ye Tarriers Drill (Earl Robinson)
06. The Frozen Logger (Earl Robinson)
07. Jefferson And Liberty (Earl Robinson)
08. Sweet Betsy From Pike/Dirty Miner (Earl Robinson)
09. Grand Coolee Dam (Earl Robinson)
10. Free And Equal Blues (parts 1 & 2)(Earl Robinson & D.Wilson))
11. The Century Of The Common Man (Sir Lancelot)
12. I’m A Native American Nazi (Vern Partlow)
13. Join The U.A.W.-C.I.O. (Vern Partlow)
14. Keeping Score For ’44 (Vern Partlow)
15. The U.A.W. Train (Vern Partlow)
16. Susan’s In The Union (Vern Partlow)
17. The Rollback Blues (Vern Partlow)
18. Mama Don’t Allow (Vern Partlow)
19. Farmer-Labor Train (Woody Guthrie)
20. So Long, It’s Been Good To Know You (Woody Guthrie)
21. Talking Sailor (Woody Guthrie)
22. Sally, Don’t You Grieve (Woody Guthrie)
23. Citizen C.I.O. (Tom Glazer & Josh White)
24. No More Blues (Josh White)
25. We’ve Got A Plan (Tom Glazer)
26. Social Worker’s Talking Blues (Tom Glazer)
27. I’m Gonna Put My Name Down (Tom Glazer)
28. Freedom Road (Josh White)
CD 6
01. Landlord (Josh White)
02. Beloved Comrade (Josh White)
03. Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier (Josh White)
04. Beloved Comrade (Josh White)
05. The Man Who Couldn’t Walk Around (Josh White)
06. I’m The Guy (Josh White)
07. Little Man Sitting On A Fence (Josh White)
08. When The Country Is Broke (Tom Glazer)
09. Money In The Pocket (Tom Glazer)
10. Our Fight Is Yours (Tom Glazer)
11. Moses Green (Lee Hays)
12. The Rankin Tree (Lee Hays)
13. Talking Bilbo (Lee Hays)
14. This Old World (Lee Hays)
15. No One Stooge (Bob Claiborne)
16. Song Of My Hands (Bernie Asbel)
17. Mad As I Can Be (Bernie Asbel & Pete Seeger)
18. Jackie Robinson (Lord Invader)
19. High Price Blues (Brownie McGhee)
20. Black, Brown & White (Brownie McGhee)
21. Nix On Mundt/Nixon (Anna Beyer)
22. The Daily Worker’s Song (Georg Levine)
23. Taft-Hartley Blues (Unidentified Vocalist)
24. Parnell Thomas Blues (Sis Cunningham)
25. Turn Me Loose (Malvina Reynolds & B.Oliver)
26. Snowball (Berries)
27. Swingin’ On A Scab (Berries)
28. On To Sacramento (Mario Casetta)
29. Atomic Talking Blues (Vern Partlow)
30. Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People (Vern Partlow)
31. Passing Through (Dick Blakeslee)
CD 7
01. Listen Mr. Bilbo (Seeger & Hawes & Hays & Wood)
02. Joe Hill (Seeger & Hawes & Hays & Wood)
03. O.P.A. Shout (Pete Seeger & Bob Clairborne)
04. Voting Union (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
05. Get Out The Vote (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
06. A Dollar Ain’t A Dollar Anymore (Tom Glazer)
07. A Dollar For P.A.C. (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
08. Oh, What Congress Done To Me (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
09. Four P.A.C. Nursery Rhymes (Glazer & Seeger & Wood)
10. D.D.T. (Hays & Seeger & Glazer & Wood)
11. Fare Ye Well, Bad Congressman (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
12. No, No, No Discrimination (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
13. Voter, Oh Voter (Seeger & Glazer & Hays & Wood)
14. Intro/Commonwealth Of Toil (Seeger & Glazer & Gilbert & Wood)
15. We’ve Got Our Eyes On You (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
16. Talking Union (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
17. The Preacher And The Slave (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
18. Which Side Are You One? (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
19. Solidarity Forever (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
20. The Whole Wide World Around (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
21. Hold The Fort/Conclusion (Seeger & Glazer, Wood, Gilbert)
22. Talking P.A.C. (Pete Seeger)
23. Conversation With A Mule (Pete Seeger)
24. The Farmer Is The Man (Pete Seeger)
25. Join The Farmer’s Union (Pete Seeger)
26. Talking Atom (Pete Seeger)
27. Newspapermen Meet Such Interesting People (Pete Seeger)
28. Skillet Good And Greasy (Pete Seeger)
29. T For Texas (Pete Seeger)
30. Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase (Pete Seeger)
CD 8
01. Walk In Peace (part 1) (Sir Lancelot)
02. Walk In Peace (part 2) (Sir Lancelot)
03. Atomic Energy (Sir Lancelot)
04. Old Lady With A Rolling Pin (Sir Lancelot)
05. Red Boogie (Goodson & Vale)
06. Unity Rhumba (Goodson & Vale)
07. Elephant And The Ass (Goodson & Vale)
08. Hungry Rhapsody (Goodson & Vale)
09. Housing (Goodson & Vale)
10. People’s Songs Chorus Ballad Of F.D.R. (Goodson & Vale)
11. Jim Crow (Goodson & Vale)
12. Mein Shtele Belz (Berries)
13. Zhonkoye (Berries)
14. Travelin’ (Pete Seeger)
15. Black, Brown & White Blues (Pete Seeger)
16. The Death Of Harry Simms (Pete Seeger)
17. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (Pete Seeger)
18. No Irish Need Apply (Pete Seeger)
19. Unemployment Compensation Blues (Mario Casetta)
20. The Fireship (Betty Sanders)
21. Johnny, I Hardly Knew You (Betty Sanders)
22. The Peekskill Story (parts 1 & 2) (Weavers & Howard Fast)
23. Wasn’t That A Time (Weavers)
24. Dig My Grave (Weavers)
25. Freight Train Blues (Weavers)
26. Love Song Blues (Weavers)
27. The Hammers Song (Weavers)
CD 9
01. We’re Keeping Score In ’44 (Earl Robinson)
02. No More Blues (Josh White)
03. Lay That Ballot Down (part 1 & 2) (Oliver Bill)
04. The Fertilizer Song (Vern Partlow)
05. Talking F.T.A. (Vern Partlow)
06. Kiss The Boys Goodbye (Vern Partlow)
07. Round And Round The Canneries (Vern Partlow)
08. My Name Is Cannery Bill (Vern Partlow)
09. The Bosses’ Gang (Mara Alexander & Others)
10. Bye, Bye Bosses (Mara Alexander)
11. The New Walls Of Jericho (Richard Huey)
12. Henry Wallace Is The Man (Royal Harmonaires)
13. A Corrido To Wallace And Taylor (Abigail Alvarez)
14. Second Corrido To Wallace And Taylor (Abigail Alvarez)
15. The Battle Hymn Of ’48 (Paul Robeson)
16. The Same Old Merry-Go-Round (Michael Loring)
17. I’ve Got A Ballot (Michael Loring)
18. Great Day (Michael Loring)
19. Wallace Button/Goodbye, Harry (George Levine)
20. Henry Wallace (Sis Cunningham)
21. We Can Win With Wallace (Bill Oliver)
22. Work With Wallace (Malvina Reynolds)
23. The Century Of The Common Man (Sir Lancelot)
24. Wallace Is The Man For Me (Sir Lancelot)
25. Yankee Doodle, Tell The Boss (Michael Loring & Alan Lomax)
26. Intro/New York City (Weavers)
27. Marcantonio For Me (Fred Hellerman)
28. Skip To The Polls (Weavers & Hope Foye)
29. Marcantonio For Major (Fred Hellerman)
30. Now, Right Now (Laura Duncan)
31. We Shall Not Be Moved (Weavers)
32. Oh, Freedom (Pete Seeger & Hope Foye)
33. Ben Davis (Pete Seeger)
34. M.T.A. (Unidentified Vocalist)
35. The People’s Choice (Unidentified)
36. Keep A-Goin’ And A-Growin’ (Fred Hellerman)
CD 10
01. The Riddle Of Thurman Towns (DeCormier & Bernardi & Booth)
02. Grapes To Pick (Gerald Gallant)
03. Medley: I Don’t Want To Adjusted/Stand Up And/Be Counted/We Will Overcome/The Progressive/Party Is Here To Stay (Fred Hellerman)
04. Pity The Downtrodden Landlord (Bob Hill)
05. The Hammer Song (Weavers)
06. Banks Of Marble (Weavers)
07. Spring Song (Ernie Lieberman & Hope Foye)
08. Songs Of My Hands (Ernie Lieberman)
09. My Old Man (Ernie Lieberman)
10. I’m On My Way (Ernie Lieberman)
11. In Contempt (Lieberman & Duncan & Smith)
12. Die Gedanken sind frei (Lieberman & Duncan & Smith)
13. Walk Along Together (Lieberman & Duncan & Smith)
14. Put My Name Down (Lieberman & Duncan & Smith)
15. Hold On (Lieberman & Duncan & Smith)
16. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel (Osborn Smith)
17. I’ve Got A Right (Laura Duncan)
18. We Shall Overcome (Jewish Young Folksingers)
19. Talking Un-American Blues (Betty Sanders)
20. Old Bolshevik Song (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
21. The Cloakmaker’s Union (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
22. Land Of The Daily Worker (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
23. Our Line’s Been Changed Again (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
24. In Old Moscow (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
25. Unite For Unity (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
26. Bill Bailey (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
27. The Last Internationale (Joe Glazer & Bill Friedland)
28. The Giveaway Boys In Washington (Joe Glazer)
29. Joe McCarthy’s Band (Joe Glazer)
30. I’ve Got To Know (Woody Guthrie)
31. This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)