Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 1)

Fast Folk Musical Magazine debuted in January 1984 as the successor to The CooP folk music magazine. The editorial goal of Fast Folk was to promote the performance of "noncommercial artistic music," also known as American folk music. This collection of includes performances by veteran folk singer Eric Anderson ("The Girls of Denmark") and emerging singer-songwriters Christine Lavin (the witty "Don’t Ever Call Your Sweetheart By His Name") and Suzanne Vega ("Tom's Diner"). Itinerant street performer Baby Gramps contributes "Don't Play No Andrews Sisters," longtime folk singer Jim Glover performs "Rain," and Left Field, formed during the 1981 baseball strike, adds their political song "A Big Mistake" to the mix. A 20-page copy of the magazine accompanies the music.

Track Listing

101	Drummer Boy	David Indian and Mark Dann	06:26
102	Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart by His Name	Christine Lavin and Mark Dann	02:21
103	The Girls of Denmark	Eric Andersen	05:08
104	Ottomanelli	Germana Pucci, Jill Burkee, Peter Lewy, and Mark Dann	04:26
105	Indiana	Tom McGhee and Mark Dann	03:34
106	Tom's Diner	Suzanne Vega	02:15
201	So Long to Love	Brian Rose, Mark Dann, Christine Lavin, and Jack Hardy	03:22
202	I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair	John Gorka and Mark Dann	03:36
203	Big Mistake, As performed by Left Field	Left Field	02:31
204	Rain	Jim Glover, Ned Treanor, M.G. Ivice, and Mark Dann	02:42
205	Don't Play No Andrews Sisters	Baby Gramps	02:36
206	Don't Slip Away	Cyrus Clarke	04:05