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August 28, 2023

20,000 vinyl LPs 333: We Shall Overcome! (Documentary Of The March On Washington)

Various ~ We Shall Overcome

vinyl LP front cover

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It was sixty years ago today, August 28, 1963, that the March on Washington took place and hundreds of thousands of people converged on Washington, D.C. The march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history.

March on Washington = August 28, 1963

US Government photo

This album is an audio document of that momentous day and includes the famous speech, "I Have a Dream", by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, the song, We Shall Overcome!, made famous by Joan Baez, Marian Anderson singing He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Odetta with Oh! Freedom, Bob Dylan with his version of the Ballad Of Medgar Evers which was written by Reverend Matthew A. Jones, Sr., a SNCC field organizer who modeled its cadences on the folk song The Ballad of Jesse James. The version Dylan sings was written by Phil Ochs under the title, Too Many Martyrs.

Various ~ We Shall Overcome

vinyl LP back cover

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The order of the speakers was as follows:

1. A. Philip Randolph – March Director
2. Walter Reuther – UAW, AFL–CIO
3. Roy Wilkins – NAACP
4. John Lewis – Chair, SNCC
5. Daisy Bates – Little Rock, Arkansas
6. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake – United Presbyterian Church and the National Council of Churches
7. Floyd McKissick – CORE
8. Whitney Young – National Urban League
9. Several smaller speeches were made, including by Rabbi Joachim Prinz – American Jewish Congress, Mathew Ahmann – National Catholic Conference, and Josephine Baker – dancer and actress
10. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – SCLC. His "I Have a Dream" speech has become celebrated for its vision and eloquence.

Closing remarks were made by A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, March Organizers, leading with The Pledge and a list of demands.

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Joan Baez – "We Shall Overcome"
A2 - President Kennedy* - Press Conference
A3 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Complete Speech (I Have A Dream)
A4 - Marian Anderson - "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands"

Side 2:

B1 - Odetta - "Oh! Freedom"
B2 - Rabbi Joachim Prinz - Complete Speech
B3 - Bob Dylan - "Ballad Of Medgar Evers"
B4 - James Farmer - (Speech)
B5 - Whitney M. Young Jr. - (Speech)
B6 - John Lewis (10) - (Speech)
B7 - Roy Wilkins - (Speech)
B8 - Walter Reuther - (Speech)
B9 - Peter, Paul & Mary - "Hammer Song"
B10 - Bayard Rustin - The Demands
B11 - A. Phillip Randolph - he Pledge

Credits:

    Design – Ronald Clyne
    Engineer – Ray Hagerty
    Producer – Martin L. Schneider

Notes:

Descriptive notes are inside pocket
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: R68-463

(c) 1964 Folkways Records and Service Corp.
43 W. 61st St., N.Y.C., U.S.A. 10023

Notes from the sleeve:

The Council for United Civil Rights Leadership is greatful to the Educational Radio Network for making its tape recordings available, and Joan Baez (Vanguard), Marian Anderson (RCA Victor), Odetta (RCA Victor), Bob Dylan (Columbia) and Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.) for their cooperation and support.

Participating Organizations:

- National Association For The Advancement Of Color People.
- National Urban League.
- National Council Of Negro Women.
- N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defence and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Congress of Racial Equality.
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
- Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Side A): FH 5592 AAX
    Matrix / Runout (Side B): FH 5592 BBX

Viewfinder links:

Marian Anderson

Joan Baez

Bob Dylan

Martin Luther King Jr.

Phil Ochs

Odetta

Net links:

CBS News ~ Rita Moreno recounts attending the March on Washington

CNN ~ Sixty years after the March

Don Gayhardt ~ 3 Most Well-Known Songs about Medgar Evers

NAACP ~ The 1963 March on Washington

NBC ~ A look back at the March on Washington in pictures

PBS ~ Where race issues stand 60 years after March on Washington

YouTube links:

Marian Anderson ~ Oh! Freedom

Joan Baez ~ We Shall Overcome!

Bob Dylan ~ March on Washington

Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have a Dream

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January 9, 2022

20,000 vinyl LPs 325: Silent Running & Joan Baez

Peter Schickele ~ Silent_Running

vinyl LP front cover

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Today is the birthday of singer, songwriter, musician, and political activist Joan Baez who was born on January 9, 1941. She has dozens of great albums and songs to use but after mulling them over, I settled on my favorite song by her, Rejoice In the Sun, to use as my tribute to her. The song is not only one of the most beautiful she has sung but one of the most beautiful songs, period.

I used Rejoice In the Sun for the finale of the Tom White ButohPhoto performance at the Gray Loft Gallery in 2015 (link below).

Baez worked with composer Peter Schickele who orchestrated and arranged three of her albums, Noël (1966), Joan (1967), and Baptism (1968). In 1971, Baez reunited with Schickele to record two tracks, Rejoice In the Sun and Silent Running for the science-fiction film Silent Running.

The lyrics for Rejoice In the Sun are few but carry a strong message:

Heels of children running wild in the sun
like a forest is your child growing wild in the sun
Doomed in his innocence in the sun.

Gather your children to your side in the sun
tell them all they love will die, tell them why, in the sun
tell them it's not too late for today one by one
tell them to harvest and rejoice --- in the sun.

The two songs were issued as a single on Decca (32890). In addition to this, another LP was released on Decca (DL 7-9188) and was later reissued by Varèse Sarabande on black (STV-81072) and green (VC-81072) vinyl, this recording.

Peter Schickele ~ Silent_Running

vinyl LP, side 1

photo by Styrous®

The soundtrack for the film was written by bassoonist and P. D. Q. Bach creator Peter Schickele. Rejoice in the Sun was written by Schickele and Diane Lampert.

Silent Running movie poster

Silent Running is one of the most moving, achingly heartbreaking and poignant environmental films ever made; it is at the top of the list of great Sci-Fi films and it is also one of the best roles Bruce Dern has ever had. It was directed by Douglas Trumbull who also involved in one way or another with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, The Andromeda Strain and The Tree of Life, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm

Peter Schickele ~ Silent_Running

vinyl LP, side 1

photo by Styrous®

In a nutshell, the story line is of a future in which all plant life on Earth is becoming extinct. As many specimens as possible have been preserved in a series of enormous greenhouse-like geodesic domes, attached to large spaceships, the domes are akin to Noah's Ark.

Edward Hicks ~ Noah's Ark - 1846

Because the domes have been deemed too expensive to operate the crew receives orders to jettison and destroy them and return the freighters to commercial service. After four of the six domes are jettisoned and blown up, Lowell (Bruce Dern) rebels and opts instead to save the plants and animals on his ship. He kills his crew-mates but when another space freighter comes to investigate, Lowell knows his crimes will be discovered and in an effort to save the last forest before the freighter arrives, Lowell jettisons the dome to safety then detonates nuclear charges, destroying his ship and himself. The final scene is of the forest greenhouse drifting into deep space (links to cast and complete plot below).

Peter Schickele ~ Silent_Running

vinyl LP, side 1 & 2

photos by Styrous®

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Joan Baez – Rejoice In The Sun, Lyrics By Diane Lampert - 2:10
A2 - Peter Schickele - The Space Fleet - 3:28
A3 - Peter Schickele - Rejoice In The Sun (Instrumental) - 1:58
A4 - Peter Schickele - No Turning Back - 2:50
A5 - Peter Schickele - Driving Crazy - 2:26
A6 - Peter Schickele - Drifting - 2:08

Side 2:

B1 - Joan Baez - Silent Running, Lyrics By Diane Lampert - 2:01
B2 - Peter Schickele - The Dying Forest - 2:24
B3 - Peter Schickele - Tending To Huey - 2:55
B4 - Peter Schickele - Saturn - 4:09
B5 - Peter Schickele - Getting Ready - 1:45
B6 - Joan Baez - Rejoice In The Sun (Reprise), Lyrics By Diane Lampert - 1:30

Companies, etc.

    Licensed Through – MCA Records, Inc.
    Manufactured By – Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.
    Copyright © – Varèse International
    Published By – Leeds Music Corp.
    Remastered At – KM Records Inc.
    Pressed By – KM Records Inc.

Credits:

    Composed By, Music By, Arranged By, Producer – Peter Schickele
    Engineer [Tape] – Larry Boden
    Executive Producer – Gil Rodin
    Remastered By – Dub Taylor (3)
    Vocals [Sung By] – Joan Baez (tracks: A1,B1,B6)

Notes:

Previously Released as Decca DL 7-9188

Reissued on green vinyl.

Two other reissue versions were also released within the same year.
One on black vinyl, and another one on green vinyl but with a
different prefix on the catalog # - VC 81072 ( DB id # 3860981 )

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Variant 1): VC 81072-A △ 23669 ①
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Variant 1): VC 81072-B RE-1 △ 23669-X ②
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout, Variant 2): VC81072A RE1 + (stamp) SLM + △167
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout, Variant 2): VC81072B RE2 + (stamp) SLM + △167-X
    Rights Society: ASCAP

Peter Schickele Featuring Joan Baez – Silent Running (Original Soundtrack Album)
Label: Varèse Sarabande – STV-81072
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Green Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Classical, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Classical, Folk

Viewfinder links:

The Andromeda Strain

Joan Baez

butohPhoto performance

Bruce Dern

Gray Loft Gallery

Peter Schickele

Douglas Trumbull

Tom White

Net links:

BBC ~ Silent Running: The sci-fi that predicted modern crises

Gone With the Twins ~ Review

Retro Trap ~ Review

Rotten Tomatoes ~ Review

Silent Running ~

Cast

Plot

Spirituality & Practice ~ Review

YouTube links:

Joan Baez ~

Rejoice in the Sun

Silent Running

Silent Running Trailer

Silent Running Intro

Silent Running opening prayer

Silent Running Robots Play Poker

Silent Running Running Over Huey

Silent Running Robotic Surgery

Silent Running Through Saturn's Rings

Silent Running Killing the Crew

Silent Running Burying the Body

Silent Running Saving the Forest

Silent Running Saying Goodbye

Silent Running Final Scene

Edgar Wright ~ Silent Running (review)

The Unapologetic Geek ~ Silent Running (review)

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Peter Schickele articles/mentions

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Joan Baez ~ Joan

Silent Running & Joan Baez

Peter Schickele (aka P. D. Q. Bach) - 1980

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Music People

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January 1, 2022

Bruce Dern articles/mentions

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Saturday Night Fever ~ Disco Daze 2
Silent Running & Joan Baez

Bruce Dern - 1964

20th Century Fox publicity photo

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October 11, 2021

Billy Preston articles/mentions

Joan Baez ~ Come From the Shadows

NBC's Saturday Night Live ~ Live!

Stephen Stills ~ 2 (Two)

Billy Preston - 1974

photo by David Hume Kennerly

Music People

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May 11, 2021

Ronnie Wood articles/mentions

The Rolling Stones ~

Beggar's Banquet R 2 R tape

Beggar's Banquet vinyl LP

Exile on Main St.

Some Girls lyrics

Some Girls Miss You

Sticky Fingers

Their Satanic Majesties Request

mentions:

Joan Baez ~ Blessed Are . .

The Beatles ~ Magical Mystery Tour

Ronnie Wood

date & photographer unknown

Music People

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Charlie Watts articles/mentions

Joan Baez ~ Blessed Are . .

The Beatles ~ Magical Mystery Tour

The Rolling Stones ~

Beggar's Banquet R 2 R tape

Beggar's Banquet vinyl LP

Exile on Main St.

Some Girls lyrics

Some Girls Miss You
Sticky Fingers

Their Satanic Majesties Request

Charlie Watts - 1968

photo by Michael Cooper

Music People

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Keith Richards articles/mentions

Joan Baez ~ Blessed Are . .

The Beatles ~ Magical Mystery Tour

The Rolling Stones ~

Beggar's Banquet R 2 R tape

Beggar's Banquet vinyl LP

Exile on Main St.

Some Girls lyrics

Some Girls Miss You
Sticky Fingers

Their Satanic Majesties Request

Keith Richards - June 25, 1965

photographer unknown

Music People

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May 3, 2021

Richard Avedon articles/mentions

Joan Baez ~ Farewell, Angelina
Cher ~ Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves

James Galanos, Cartier & me

Mike Nichols and Elaine May

Richard Avedon - 1963

self portrait

Photography

Photographers

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February 7, 2021

Oscar Brand ~ A man of varied tastes

Oscar Brand - ca. late 70’s - early 80’s

photo by Nicole Bengiveno /New York Times

Today is the birthday of Oscar Brand, a Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and author with a career spanning 70 years. He composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums, among them Canadian and American patriotic songs. Brand's music ran the gamut from novelty songs to serious social commentary and spanned a number of genres from folk music to Doris Day to Ella Fitzgerald.

His music was not for everyone. You had to be a person who loved the rich variety of the music traditions, history, language and sounds of different cultures and countries from Appalachia to Zimbabwe. He was known for composing catchy and themed folk songs.

Brand also wrote a number of short stories. And for 70 years, he was the host of a weekly folk music show on WNYC Radio in New York City, which is credited as the longest running radio show with only one host in broadcasting history.

Oscar Brand - 1960

WNYC Radio in New York City

photographer unknown

He hosted the radio show Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival on Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. on WNYC-AM 820 in New York City, which ran into its 70th year. The show ran more or less continuously since its debut on December 10, 1945, making it the longest-running radio show with the same host, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Over its run it introduced such talents to the world as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Huddie Ledbetter, Joni Mitchell, Peter, Paul & Mary, Judy Collins, the Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger and the Weavers. In order to make sure that his radio program could not be censored he refused to be paid by WNYC for the next 70 years.

Judy Collins, Oscar Brand & Gordon Lightfoot

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He played with such legends of folk music as Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Josh White, Jean Ritchie, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. He wrote various books on the folk song and folk song collections, including The Ballad Mongers: Rise of the American Folk Song, Songs Of '76: A Folksinger's History Of The Revolution and Bawdy Songs & Backroom Ballads, the latter comprising four volumes (link below).

Oscar Brand
date & photographer unknown

He wrote the lyrics to the song A Guy is a Guy, which was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1951 and became a hit for Doris Day in (1952). His score for the 1968 Off-Broadway show, How to Steal An Election sent up the current belief that charisma would help a candidate win. You think?

Oscar Brand

date & photographer unknown

Oscar Brand was born to a Jewish family in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His father was a Romanian-born flooring contractor, Isidore Brand. His mother was named Beatrice. In 1927, the family moved to Minneapolis, then to Chicago and ultimately to New York City. As a young man, Brand lived in Borough Park, Brooklyn and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School and later from Brooklyn College with a BS in psychology.

Although Brand was anti-Stalinist and was never a member of any Communist party, the House Committee on Un-American Activities referred to his show as a "pipeline of communism", because of his belief in the rights under the First Amendment of blacklisted artists to have a platform to reach the public. Accordingly, in June 1950, Brand was named in the premier issue of Red Channels as a Communist sympathizer, along with Paul Robeson, Josh White and Pete Seeger. A few years before Mr. Brand was targeted by Red Channels, he had been accused of playing Nazi music by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, whose third and last term was ending around the time Brand’s radio career was beginning. Called to the mayor’s office, Brand explained that the German songs he had played were actually centuries old. As pleased as the mayor was to hear that Nazis had not infiltrated the municipal radio station, he was even more delighted to learn that Mr. Brand worked without pay.

While Brand was not as well-known or radical an activist as some of his contemporaries, he was a long-standing supporter of civil rights. He told stories of buying food for Leadbelly when the two traveled together in segregated areas, and participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.

Brand was given the Peabody Award for broadcast excellence in 1982 for his broadcast The Sunday Show on National Public Radio, and was awarded the Personal Peabody Award in 1995 which he shared with Oprah Winfrey.

On February 7, 2010, CBC Radio Sunday Edition celebrated Brand's life on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Oscar Brand died of pneumonia on September 30, 2016, at his home in Great Neck, New York. He was 96 years old.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Brand among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire (link below).

Viewfinder links:

2008 Universal fire

Joan Baez

Bawdy Songs & Backroom Ballads Vol 2

Oscar Brand

Judy Collins

Doris Day

Ella Fitzgerald

Woody Guthrie

The Kingston Trio

Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter)

Joni Mitchell