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- Date Released: January 1, 1957
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Label: Smithsonian Folkways
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We Say...
Recorded just as McCarthyism delivered the coup de grace to the American labor movement that had thrived during the Depression and World War II, American Industrial Ballads takes Pete's usual broad view of the theme: "Buffalo Skinners" isn't the story of industrial workers, for instance, and tunes like "The Blind Fiddler" probably originated in the British Isles. But this is a remarkable collection, a journey through North American working class history, from the fight for the eight-hour day in the late 1800s to the fights to organize cotton mills, coal mines, and other crucial industrial sites in the mid-20th century. You don't know most of the songs here. You should.
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They Say...
This colection demonstrates Seeger's interest in and respect for workers of all stripes. It's a wonderful record.
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| 01. |  |
Peg and Awl |
2:29 |
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| 02. | |
The Blind Fiddler |
1:17 |
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| 03. | |
Buffalo Skinners |
2:44 |
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| 04. | |
Eight-Hour Day |
1:00 |
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| 05. | |
Hard Times in the Mill |
2:15 |
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| 06. | |
Roll Down the Line |
3:15 |
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| 07. | |
Hayseed Like Me, A |
1:16 |
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| 08. | |
Farmer is the Man, The (Who Feeds Us All) |
1:43 |
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| 09. | |
Come All You Hardy Miners |
2:00 |
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| 10. | |
He Lies in the American Land |
2:01 |
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| 11. | |
Casey Jones (The Union Scab) |
2:20 |
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| 12. | |
Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine |
3:41 |
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| 13. | |
Cotton Mill Colic |
1:40 |
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| 14. | |
Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat |
1:58 |
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| 15. | |
Mill Mother's Lament |
1:37 |
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| 16. | |
Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch |
2:11 |
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| 17. | |
Beans, Bacon, and Gravy |
2:56 |
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| 18. | |
The Death of Harry Simms |
2:14 |
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| 19. | |
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues |
1:09 |
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| 20. | |
The Ballad of Barney Graham |
1:48 |
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| 21. | |
My Children are Seven in Number |
3:59 |
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| 22. | |
Raggedy |
2:32 |
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| 23. | |
Pittsburgh Town |
1:30 |
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| 24. | |
Sixty Percent |
1:00 |
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24 Total Tracks, 50:35 Total Length
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- Pete Seeger - Banjo // Pete Seeger - Banjo // Pete Seeger - Guitar // Pete Seeger - Guitar // Pete Seeger - Vocals // Pete Seeger - Vocals // Pete Seeger - Main Performer // Pete Seeger - Main Performer // Alan Yoshida - Remastering // Anthony Seeger - Reissue Supervisor // Carol Hardy - Cover Design // Irwin Silber - Liner Notes // Irwin Silber - Reissue Editor
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