There but for Fortune

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There but for Fortune
There but for Fortune cover
Compilation album by Phil Ochs
Released 1989
Recorded 1964-1966
Genre Folk

There But for Fortune was a 1989 compilation that summed up the three albums that Phil Ochs recorded for Elektra Records between 1964 and 1966. Drawing heavily from the third, presenting ten of its eleven tracks, and presenting six and five respectively from the first and second, it summed up Ochs' folkie days in one succinct swoop.

The compact disc edition omits three tracks, two from the first album and one from the second. Both editions lop off a few introductions on the "In Concert" album.

A cover version of "There But For Fortune" by Joan Baez became a top-ten hit in the UK in 1965. Somewhat irritated by her greater success with the song, Ochs sometimes introduced it as "by Joan Baez" in his live performances.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "What's That I Hear?" (P. Ochs, – 2:01)
  2. "One More Parade" (P. Ochs and B. Gibson, – 3:18)
  3. "Too Many Martyrs" (P. Ochs, – 2:48)
  4. "The Bells" (E. A. Poe with musical interpretation by P. Ochs, – 3:00) +
  5. "Bound for Glory" (P. Ochs, – 3:15) +
  6. "The Power and the Glory" (P. Ochs, – 2:16)
  7. "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore" (P. Ochs, – 2:34)
  8. "Draft Dodger Rag" (P. Ochs, – 2:10)
  9. "In the Heat of the Summer" (P. Ochs, – 3:01) +
  10. "The Highwayman" (A. Noyes with musical interpretation by P. Ochs, – 5:39)
  11. "Here's to the State of Mississippi" (P. Ochs, – 5:53)
  12. "There But for Fortune" (P. Ochs, – 2:45)
  13. "I'm Going to Say It Now" (P. Ochs, – 2:54)
  14. "Is There Anybody Here" (P. Ochs, – 3:28)
  15. "Cops of the World" (P. Ochs, – 5:04)
  16. "Ringing of Revolution" (P. Ochs, – 7:13)
  17. "Santo Domingo" (P. Ochs, – 5:59)
  18. "Bracero" (P. Ochs, – 4:10)
  19. "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" (P. Ochs, – 4:35)
  20. "Changes" (P. Ochs, – 4:40)
  21. "When I'm Gone" (P. Ochs, – 4:13)

+=omitted from CD edition.

[edit] Participants

  • Phil Ochs - guitar, vocals
  • Danny Kalb - guitar (1-6 only)
  • Jac Holzman - producer
  • Paul A. Rothchild - recording supervisor (1-11 only)
  • Mark Abramson - producer (12-21 only)

[edit] Source listing

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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