American Troubadour is a 1997 British 2-CD set that presented a portrait of singer-songwriter Phil Ochs' later career, featuring selections from each of the five albums he recorded for A&M Records, from various non-album single sides and from a performance Ochs gave on March 13, 1969, in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is notable for the inclusion of Ochs' post-1970 single sides, otherwise unavailable on compact disc and for the inclusion of a cover of Chuck Berry's "School Days", a previously unavailable outtake from Ochs' infamous March 27, 1970, concert at Carnegie Hall.
American Troubadour | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1967–1974 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 141:37 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Larry Marks, Van Dyke Parks, Arthur Gorson and Phil Ochs | |||
Phil Ochs chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Uncut | [2] |
Track listing
editDisc One
edit- All songs by Phil Ochs.
- Cross My Heart
- Flower Lady
- Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
- Pleasures of the Harbor (live)
- Crucifixion
- Tape From California
- White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land
- Half A Century High
- Joe Hill
- The War Is Over
- William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed
- Here's to the State of Richard Nixon (live)
- The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns
- Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore
- Rehearsals for Retirement
Disc Two
edit- All songs by Phil Ochs, except where noted.
- I Kill Therefore I Am
- The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe and Phil Ochs)
- The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes and Phil Ochs)
- Another Age
- There But For Fortune
- One Way Ticket Home
- Jim Dean of Indiana
- My Kingdom For A Car
- Gas Station Women
- Chords of Fame
- No More Songs
- Mona Lisa (live) (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans)
- I Ain't Marching Anymore (live)
- School Days (live) (Chuck Berry)
- The Power and the Glory
- Kansas City Bomber
- Bwatue (Phil Ochs and Dijiba-Bukasa)
- Niko Mchumba Ngombe (Phil Ochs and Dijiba-Bukasa)
- Changes (live)
Sources
editDisc One
edit- Tracks 1–3 and 5 from Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)
- Track 4 from Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (recorded 1970, released 1975)
- Tracks 6–10 from Tape from California (1968)
- Tracks 11 and 13–15 from Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)
- Track 12 from the 1974 single.
Disc Two
edit- Track 1 from Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)
- Tracks 2–5 and 19 from There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (sic) (recorded March 13, 1969, released 1991)
- Tracks 6–11 from Greatest Hits (1970)
- Tracks 12–13 from Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (recorded 1970, released 1975)
- Track 14 previously unreleased.
- Track 15 from the 1974 single.
- Track 16 from the 1973 single.
- Tracks 17–18 from the 1973 single.
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Hogan, Peter (October 1997). "Lost poet". Uncut. No. 5. p. 90.