Phil Ochs – The Best Of The Rest: Rare And Unreleased Recordings LP*

Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter, but his talents extend far beyond that to short stories, poetry and satire. More than a torrent, less than a flood, the songs poured out of Phil so quickly that not all were able to find their place on his albums, with some of those songs only emerging decades later. The Warner/Chappell demos, which make up the main portion of this, release represent a period spanning Ochs' last two albums for Elektra, when he was finding his full strength as a songwriter and moving to include the lyrical in his repertoire, alongside the topical and satirical. 2,500

Label: Liberation Hall – LIB-5130
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Record Store Day
Country: US
Released: Apr 22, 2023
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk

Tracklist

Warner/Chappell Demos (Circa 1964-1965)
A1 In The Heat Of The Summer 3:01
A2 That's What I Want To Hear 3:04
A3 The Men Behind The Guns 2:59
A4 Days Of Decision 3:07
A5 Here's To The State Of Mississippi 5:47
B1 Sailors And Soldiers 2:35
B2 City Boy 2:17
B3 I'm Tired 2:28
B4 I Wish I Could Have Been Along 3:03
B5 I'm Gonna Say It Now 2:44
B6 Canons Of Christianity 3:40
C1 Song Of A Soldier 4:01
C2 Colored Town 3:06
C3 The Confession 3:23
C4 Love Me, I'm A Liberal 3:27
C5 Take It Out Of My Youth 4:08
D1 Bracero 2:28
Bonus Tracks
D2 The War Is Over (WBAI Broadcast) 7:30
D3 All Quiet On The Western Front 2:48
D4 No More Songs (Rehearsal Take) 5:30