Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1

First released in 1963, and later reissued by Smithsonian Folkways to commemorate the folk publication Broadside Magazine, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 features artists such as Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan), Peter La Farge, Phil Ochs, and Pete Seeger. With topical songs that vary in subject from civil rights to Vietnam and the nuclear arms race, Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 is at once a staunch and elucidating account of a generation at odds with the world around it. Recorded in Broadside’s cramped New York apartment, the album is spontaneous and intimate in approach and remains an important document of the Folk Revival.

Liner notes include lyrics, photos, newspaper articles, sheet music, and writing by Gordon Friesen.

Track Listing

101	Blowing in the Wind	The New World Singers	02:33
102	Ballad of Old Monroe	Pete Seeger	05:15
103	John Brown	Blind Boy Grunt	04:24
104	As Long as the Grass Shall Grow	Peter La Farge	05:10
105	William Worthy	Phil Ochs	02:11
106	Benny Kid Paret	Gil Turner	03:45
201	Faubus' Foibles	Peter La Farge	01:49
202	I Will Not Go Down Under the Ground	Happy Traum	03:42
203	Only a Hobo	Blind Boy Grunt	02:01
204	Talkin' Devil	Blind Boy Grunt	00:53
205	Ain't Gonna Let Segregation Turn Us Around	The Freedom Singers	02:36
206	Go Limp	Matt McGinn	02:32
207	Bizzness Ain't Dead	The New World Singers	02:32
208	The Civil Defense Sign	Mark Spoelstra	03:53
209	I Can See a New Day	The New World Singers	04:00