Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti

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Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti
Studio album by Woody Guthrie
Recorded	1946 & 1947
Genre	Folk
Producer	Moe Asch
Woody Guthrie chronology
The Asch Recordings (1944, 1945) Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti (1947) Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child (1947)

Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti is a set of ballad songs related to the trial, conviction and execution of Sacco and Vanzetti by Woody Guthrie. The series was commissioned by Moe Asch in 1945 and recorded in 1946 and 1947. Guthrie never completed the project and was unsatisfied by the result.^[1] The project was released later in it's abandoned form by Asch.

[edit] Track Listing

1. The Flood and the Storm
2. I Just Want to Sing Your Name
3. Old Judge Thayer
4. Red Wine
5. Root Hog and Die
6. Suassos Lane
7. Two Good Men
8. Vanzetti's Letter
9. Vanzetti's Rock
10. We Welcome to Heaven
11. You Souls Of Boston

An Unreleased Track, Sacco's Letters to His Son was recorded by Pete Seeger for the project.

[edit] References

v • d • e Woody Guthrie Discography Library of Congress Recordings · Dust Bowl Ballads · The Columbia River Collection · The Asch Recordings · Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti · Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child · Nursery Days · The Live Wire Almanac Singers Talking Union & Other Union Songs · Deep Sea Chanteys And Whaling Ballads · Sod Buster Ballads · Dear Mr. President Legacy People's Songs · Woody Guthrie Foundation · Woody Guthrie Folk Festival See Also Bound For Glory · List of albums by Woody Guthrie · List of songs by Woody Guthrie