What Now People? Vol. 1

Various Artists

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This album is the inaugural edition of “What Now, People?” Issued in 1975, this “song magazine on a record” used music to communicate social commentary and truths to its listeners. With songs by Pete Seeger, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Holly Near, and others, the album focuses on social justice, war, pain, love, and hope in a dangerous world. Liner notes include bios, lyrics, and background information on tracks, as well an introduction and statement of purpose: “a distaste for the brand of imperialism, racism and sexism that is identified by liberation forces everywhere as American.”

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101	Multinational Corporation of Man	Bill Horowitz	3:16
102	It Could Have Been Me	Holly Near	5:41
103	Red Dawn	The Covered Wagon Musicians	5:14
104	Play Your Guitars, American Friends	Alfonso Ray Riate	1:47
105	A Very Nice Country	Oscar Brand	4:07
106	Inez Garcia	Bev Grant and the Human Condition	3:02
201	We've Come a Long Way to Be Together	Bernice Johnson Reagon	3:52
202	How About You?	Pete Seeger	3:31
203	The Allen-Bradley Clock	Redwing	2:57
204	Here's a Gift from Rocky	Charlie King	5:38
205	Ballad of the Unknown Soldier	Barbara Dane	4:30
206	Song to a Child	Chris Iijima	2:51

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