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1963 live album by Pete Seeger
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[1]
We Shall Overcome is a 1963
album by
Pete Seeger . It was
recorded live at his concert at
Carnegie Hall ,
New York City , on June 8, 1963, and was released by
Columbia Records .
The concert would later be described by
Ed Vulliamy of
The Observer as "a launch event for the entwining of the music and politics of the 1960s".
[2] Reviewer Stewart Mason at
Allmusic criticised some of the songs as "trite", but wrote that "the second half of the concert, climaxing in the definitive version of "
Guantanamera ," is protest folk at its finest."
[3] It was added to the
National Recording Registry by the
Library of Congress in 2006, calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The album was reissued in an expanded 2-CD version in 1989, as We Shall Overcome - The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert .
[4]
Track listing
Original LP
Side 1:
"
If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus " (Traditional) 2:09
"
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize " (Traditional, Alice Wine) 2:00
"I Ain't Scared of Your Jail" (Pete Seeger) 1:33
"
Oh Freedom " (Traditional) 3:12
"What Did You Learn in School Today" (
Tom Paxton ) 1:40
"
Little Boxes " (
Malvina Reynolds ) 1:52
"Who Killed
Norma Jean ?" (Pete Seeger) 2:21
[5]
"
Who Killed Davey Moore? " (
Bob Dylan ) 2:20
Side 2:
"
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall " (Bob Dylan) 5:35
"Mail Myself to You" (
Woody Guthrie ) 1:11
"
Guantanamera " (Héctor Angulo, Joseíto Fernandez,
José Martí ,
Julián Orbón , Pete Seeger) 4:37
"
Tshotsholosa " (
Todd Matshikiza / Pat Williams) 1:27
"
We Shall Overcome " (
Guy Carawan ,
Frank Hamilton ,
Zilphia Horton , Pete Seeger) 5:58
Expanded CD
Disc 1:
"Audience" 1:07
Banjo Medley: "
Cripple Creek /
Old Joe Clark /Leather Britches" (Traditional) 2:20
"
Lady Margaret " (Traditional) 3:30
"
Mrs. McGrath " (Traditional) 4:01
"Mail Myself to You" (Woody Guthrie) 1:36
"My Rambling Boy" (Tom Paxton) 5:20
"A Little Brand New Baby" (Tom Paxton) 1:21
"What Did You Learn In School Today?" (Tom Paxton) 2:04
"Little Boxes" (Malvina Reynolds) 3:02
"Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter" (Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger) 3:31
"Who Killed Norma Jean?" (Pete Seeger) 2:51
"Who Killed Davey Moore?" (Bob Dylan) 3:11
"
Farewell (Fare Thee Well) " (Bob Dylan) 3:10
"
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall " (Bob Dylan) 6:07
"Didn't He Ramble" (Traditional) 1:22
"Keep Your Eyes On The Prize" (Traditional) 3:26
"If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus" (Pete Seeger) 2:41
"I Ain't Scared of Your Jail" (Pete Seeger) 1:55
"Oh, Freedom" (Traditional) 5:25
Disc 2:
"Audience" 0:58
"
Skip to My Lou " (Traditional) 2:06
"Sweet Potatoes" (Traditional) 2:51
"Deep Blue Sea" (Traditional) 2:32
"Sea of Misery" (Traditional) 0:59
"Oh Louisiana" (Steve Howell) 2:19
"Johnny Give Me" (Steve Howell) 2:27
"Oh, What a Beautiful City!" (
Marion Hicks ) 3:01
"Lua de Sertao (Moon of the Backland)" (Traditional) 2:47
"
Misirlou " (Traditional) 2:12
"
Polyushke Polye (Meadowlands)" (Traditional) 1:25
"Genbaku O Yurusumagi (Never Again The A Bomb)" (Pete Seeger) 2:44
"
Schtille Di Nacht (Quiet is the Night)" (Pete Seeger) 3:47
"Viva la Quince Brigada (Long Live The Fifteenth Brigade)" (Pete Seeger) 3:55
"Tshotsholosa (Road Song)" (Todd Matshikiza, P. Williams) 2:43
"
This Land Is Your Land " (
Woody Guthrie ) 3:31
"From Way Up Here" (Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger) 2:37
"We Shall Overcome" (Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger) 8:14
"Mister Tom Hughes' Town" (
Lead Belly ) 1:42
"Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvy" (Lead Belly) 3:48
"Guantanamera" (Héctor Angulo, Joseíto Fernandez, José Martí, Julián Orbón, Pete Seeger) 7:07
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