The Early Years

Artist - Phil Ochs ... [Goo?] [Posters] [Scores]

This Audio CD Music item from Vanguard Records was reviewed on 27-Oct-2008.

The Early Years Reference Music. Classifications : Country General Compilations Live Albums Alt-Country & Americana Bluegrass Cajun & Zydeco Christian Country Classic Country Comedy Cowboy Instrumental Neotradtional Outlaw Country Roadhouse Country Si . Click the following link to view the cover of The Early Years.

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1) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. This is classic Phil Ochs - polititcal songs, philosophical songs and humorous songs. I particularly enjoyed "Draft Dodger Rag" and the "Airplane" song. A number of songs here are included on other CD´s but they are more acoustic versions. Although I thought I knew all of Phil´s material, there were some songs that I had not heard before.¤

2) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. Amazing album. Phil Ochs is truly one of the most important musicians of all time- his talent for playing the guitar pailed in comparison to his talent for writing eloquent, meaningful, hard-hitting topical songs. Despite being effectively black-balled by the entertainment industry/socio-political powers that were, Ochs´ songs, whether political, social, or personal, have deeply influenced all those who listen to his music and take his words to heart.¤

3) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. The non concert tracks sees Phil at his quietly persuasive in addressing the civil rights causes of the day, an early cut of ´There but for Fortune´,Phil´s equal exercise in universality to Dylan´s ´Blowing in the wind´ plus his totally hilarious standout studio cut ´Talking Airplane Disaster.´The 1963/1964 appearances at Newport show slightly different words to studio songs which flower in the rapturous applause building up by ´Links on the Chain.´With one exception, you see Phil in 1966 preview in acoustic form much more personal songs later cut in ´Pleasures from the Harbour´.They are valid alternatives in acoustic setting,and ´Cross my Heart´ gains from this setting.¤

4) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. This recording is a pretty good compilation of Phil Ochs´early recordings. Although I was disappointed at the short, live version of "I Ain´t Marching Anymore" this is a CD worth having for anyone who wants a sample of his early works and doesn´t want to pay for a multiple-CD set.

I´ll admit that I only starting listening to Ochs after 1966 and was somewhat unfamiliar with his earlier works. This CD gave me an appreciation for the breadth of his songs. Of course, it was good nostalgia, too.¤

5) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. Phil Ochs eventually committed suicide, but he left us behind some masterful works of social commentary. Track 11 of these "Early Years" - "Power and Glory" is my favorite:
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Come on, and take a walk with me, through this green and growin´ land
walk through the meadows and the mountains and the sand
walk through the valleys and the rivers and the plains
walk through the sun and walk through the rain [refrain]
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From Colorado, Kansas, and the Carolinas, too
Virginia and Alaska from the old and to the new
Texas and Ohio and the California shore
Tell me - who could ask for more? [refrain]
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Oh she´s only as rich as the poorest of the poor
Only as free as a padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand. [refrain]
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{Repeat first verse]
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[Refrain]
Here is a land full of power and glory, beauty that words cannot recall
Oh her power shall rest on the strength of her freedom
Glory shall rest on us all - on us all.¤

6) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. The earliest Vanguard recordings by this beloved Dylan contemporary plus live performances from the Newport Folk Festival and the unreleased tracks, ´Davey Moore´ & ´How Long´. This CD release contains 21 tracks of Phil´s early material.¤

7) Audio CD Music The Early Years by Vanguard Records. It was Phil Ochs´s burden to have emerged just as Bob Dylan was hitting his stride. It seemed that Ochs was constantly playing catch-up, if not in his own mind, certainly in the consciousness of 1960s folk fans. Vanguard´s 20-song Early Years collection offers seven tracks recorded in the early-60s for their Original New Folks anthology series while the remainder come from Newport Folk Festival performances from the mid-1960s. (Two previously unreleased tracks from the New Folks sessions, including "Davey Moore," surface here; interestingly enough, the ill-fated boxer chronicled in Ochs´s song was also the subject of a Dylan tune.) Ochs, like Dylan, would become more introspective with the changing times, but this set captures the Texas-born firebrand at his most idealistic and topical, as he rails against war ("Draft Dodger Rag," "What Are You Fighting For") and oppression ("Ballad of Medgar Evers," "Talking Birmingham Jam"). The from-the-headlines tirades that dominate The Early Years may be dated, but Ochs sings them with such rousing conviction that a strange sense of immediacy seeps through. --Steven Stolder¤

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