Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs was under-appreciated during his lifetime but, over 30 years since his death, he is still cited by many as being an influence on their music, their politics and their careers. A contemporary and friend of Bob Dylan, although Phil never achieved the commercial success he craved, he led a generation through probably the most politically turbulent decade the world has ever seen.

Ultimately, Phil's internal turbulence proved too much for him, but he left us with a legacy of songs which are as relevant today, as they were when they were first written, 45 years ago.

For more information about Phil, please read the biography.

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American Troubadour

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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.


Track listing

Disc One

  • All songs by Phil Ochs.
  1. Cross My Heart
  2. Flower Lady
  3. Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
  4. Pleasures of the Harbor (live)
  5. Crucifixion
  6. Tape From California
  7. White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land
  8. Half A Century High
  9. Joe Hill
  10. The War Is Over
  11. William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed
  12. Here's to the State of Richard Nixon (live)
  13. The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns
  14. Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore
  15. Rehearsals for Retirement

Disc Two

  • All songs by Phil Ochs, except where noted.
  1. I Kill Therefore I Am
  2. The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe and Phil Ochs)
  3. The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes and Phil Ochs)
  4. Another Age
  5. There But For Fortune
  6. One Way Ticket Home
  7. Jim Dean of Indiana
  8. My Kingdom For A Car
  9. Gas Station Women
  10. Chords of Fame
  11. No More Songs
  12. Mona Lisa (live) (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans)
  13. I Ain't Marching Anymore (live)
  14. School Days (live) (Chuck Berry)
  15. The Power and the Glory
  16. Kansas City Bomber
  17. Bwatue (Phil Ochs and Dijiba-Bukasa)
  18. Niko Mchumba Ngombe (Phil Ochs and Dijiba-Bukasa)
  19. Changes (live)

Sources

Disc One

  • 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