Camp Favorites

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Camp Favorites
Camp Favorites cover
Children's album by Phil Ochs (made anonymously)
Released 1962-63
Recorded 1962-63
Genre Folk

Camp Favorites, by "The Campers", is the first known commercial record made by Phil Ochs. It was released by Cameo Records in 1962 or 1963.

Contents

"The Campers" consist of Phil Ochs (who is not credited on the record), an unknown female vocalist, and a group of young singers, accompanied by Dick Weissman on banjo.

The tracks on Camp Favorites are traditional songs that children might sing at summer camp, and the record sleeve is illustrated with a group of youngsters singing around a campfire.

Camp Favorites was unknown among Phil Ochs fans until 2000, when David Cohen prepared his comprehensive catalog of Ochs' works (Phil Ochs: A Bio-Bibliography, ISBN 0-313-31029-7). Michael Ochs, Ochs' brother and former manager, told Cohen that Phil had recorded a record of campfire songs but that his name was not used on the album. Nobody in the Ochs family had ever seen a copy of the album. After considerable research, Cohen was able to identify Camp Favorites and locate a copy.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "The Welcome Song" (Traditional – 1:46)
  2. "We'll Build a Bungalow" (Traditional – 2:02)
  3. "Polly Wolly Doodle" (Traditional – 2:08)
  4. "Gee Mom" (Traditional – 2:13)
  5. "Patsy Ory Ory Aye" (Traditional – 2:11)
  6. "Cannibal King" (Traditional – 2:21)

[edit] Side two

  1. "Hambone" (Traditional – 3:11)
  2. "Friends Friends Friends" (Traditional – 1:49)
  3. "I've Got Sixpence" (Traditional – 2:00)
  4. "A Thousand Years Ago" (Traditional – 2:10)
  5. "Adam and Eve" (Traditional – 2:05)
  6. "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane" (Traditional – 2:01)

[edit] Participants

  • Phil Ochs - vocals
  • Other unknown vocalists
  • Dick Weissman - banjo

[edit] Further reading

Phil Ochs
Discography
Studio albums: All the News That's Fit to Sing • I Ain't Marching Anymore • Pleasures of the Harbor • Tape from California • Rehearsals for Retirement • Greatest Hits
Live albums: Phil Ochs in Concert • Gunfight at Carnegie Hall • There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 • Live at Newport
Other albums: The Campers: Camp Favorites • Interviews with Phil Ochs
Posthumous releases: Songs for Broadside • The Broadside Tapes 1 • A Toast to Those Who Are Gone • The Early Years
Posthumous compilations: Chords of Fame • The War Is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs • There But for Fortune • Farewells & Fantasies • American Troubadour • 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Phil Ochs • Cross My Heart: An Introduction to Phil Ochs
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