Audio CD review:
Phil Ochs - American Troubadour

Phil Ochs - American Troubadour

Band: Phil Ochs Title: American Troubadour Rating: Release Date: 01 August, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Cross My Heart 2: Flower Lady 3: Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends 4: Pleasures Of The Harbor (Live) 5: The 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 & 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 16: I Kill Therefore I Am 17: The Bells 18: The Highwayman 19: Another Age 20: There But For Fortune 21: One Way Ticket Home 22: Jim Dean Of Indiana 23: My Kingdom For A Car 24: Gas Station Women 25: Chords Of Fame 26: No More Songs 27: Mona Lisa (Live) 28: I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (Live) 29: School Days (Live) 30: Power And The Glory 31: Kansas City Bomber 32: Bwatue 33: Niko Mchumba Ngobe 34: Changes

Customer Reviews Great collection However the version of changes is not from chile as the long winded but rather trite liner notes say, because on the inside of the jewel case they say where the songs are from and that song they say is indeed from the Vancuver album. This is a great collection, as any phil ochs collection would be. A Good Companion to the Box Set The two tracks that were recorded in South Africa are rather enjoyable, too, and one wonders if Ochs' folk compatriot, Paul Simon, was influenced by them (Ochs recorded them more than a decade before Simon's "Graceland"). You'll find several tracks on this CD that are NOT on any USA-released CD, including the studio version of "Cross My Heart" and some cuts from the notorious "Gunfight at Carnegie Hall" shows. One gripe--the sound quality is OK, but it's patently inferior to the USA CDs, including the box set. Better than Farewells & Fantasies The version of Changes is supposedly from Chile, but sounds suspiciously like the version on There & Now. This CD has several rarities unavailable elsewhere (including the two African releases) but could have had even more unreleased gems. School Days is a great addition, too. Here's hoping for a release of the many other unreleased Phil Ochs songs!. . You can see a complete list of all Phil Ochs discography, or go back to the Phil Ochs tabs