| If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle | |
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| Released | May 19, 1998 |
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| Length | 1:09:36 |
| Label | Smithsonian Folkways |
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If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle is a 1998 compilation album by Pete Seeger and was released on Smithsonian Folkways as SFW40096.
This collection is a compilation of 24 songs selected from hundreds released on Folkways Records in the late 1950s and 1960s and two new songs recorded especially for this collection. Pete plays the 5-string banjo and the 12-string guitar and appears on some tracks with Almanac Singers and his grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger. The booklet contains detailed notes by Mark Greenberg explaining the origins of each song, as well as how their structures have evolved over the years. [2]
The album is divided into segments addressing "unions and labor," "peace," "civil rights," and "hope." [3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | " If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song)" | 1:56 |
| 2. | "Banks of Marble" | 3:17 |
| 3. | " Which Side Are You On?" | 2:09 |
| 4. | "Casey Jones (The Union Scab)" | 1:58 |
| 5. | " Talking Union" | 3:05 |
| 6. | "Joe Hill" | 2:32 |
| 7. | " Union Maid" | 2:16 |
| 8. | "Step by Step" | 1:37 |
| 9. | " Solidarity Forever" | 2:54 |
| 10. | " Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | 2:05 |
| 11. | "Talking Atom (Old Man Atom)" | 2:29 |
| 12. | "Crow on the Cradle" | 2:25 |
| 13. | " Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" | 2:30 |
| 14. | "Study War No More (Down by the Riverside)" | 3:12 |
| 15. | " Bourgeois Blues" | 2:07 |
| 16. | "River of My People" | 3:06 |
| 17. | "Hold On (Keep Your Hand on the Plow)" | 3:21 |
| 18. | " We Shall Overcome" | 4:42 |
| 19. | "He Lies in the American Land" | 2:01 |
| 20. | "Well May the World Go" | 2:40 |
| 21. | " Turn, Turn, Turn" | 2:46 |
| 22. | "Tomorrow is a Highway" | 3:32 |
| 23. | "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" | 3:29 |
| 24. | "We'll All Be A-Doubling" | 1:58 |
| 25. | "Arrange and Rearrange" | 4:52 |
| 26. | "If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song)" | 2:10 |
| Total length: | 1:09:36 | |
Notes
- I'd Hammer In The Morning (Introduction): Track 1
- Solidarity Forever (Unions And Labor): Tracks 2-9
- Study War No More (Peace): Tracks 10-14
- We Shall Overcome (Civil Rights): Tracks 15-18
- I'd Hammer In The Evening (Hope): Tracks 19-26
References
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Pete Seeger - If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ^ "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Music catalog entry).
- ^ "Pete Seeger - If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle". Discogs.