Object Details
Producer
Asch, Moses
Recorder
Asch, Moses
Performer
Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
Recorder
Place, Jeffrey
Samuelson, Dave
Performer
McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
Terry, Sonny
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
White, Josh
House, Wallace
Hawes, Butch, 1919-1971
Faulk, John Henry
Union Boys
Collection Creator
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
Collection Citation
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
1. ACT-763 Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry and the Union Boys "Move Into Germany" 2. ACT-2880-101 Pete Seeger and the Union Boys "Martins and Coys" 3. ACT-2880-102 Brownie McGhee and the Union Boys "All You Fascists Bound to Lose" 4. ACT-3704 Josh White "Beloved Comrade" 5. ACT-741 Union Boys? "Quartermaster's Store/ Maggie May/ When the War is Over" 6. ACT-492 Pete Seeger "It's Hard on the Poor Farmer" 7. ACT-3309 unknown- People's Songs "Let's March on to Victory" 8. ACT-617 Butch Hawes "Arthritis Blues" 9. ACT-487 Pete Seeger "Island Commander" 10. ACT-422-101 Pete Seeger "Tin Can" 11. ACT-422-102 Pete Seeger "The Chief" 12. ACT-424 John Henry Faulk "Atomic Bomb Skit" 13. ACT-799 Pete Seeger "He'll Go Back to Selling Shoes" 14. ACT-657 Lee Hays "The Rankin Tree" 15. ACT-816-101 Lee Hays "The Rankin Tree" 16. ACT-816-201 Pete Seeger "Looking for a Home" 17. ACT-816-202 Pete Seeger "Looking for a Home" 18. ACT-924-101 Pete Seeger "Put it in the Ground" 19. ACT-924-102 Lee Hays and Group "Lonesome Traveler (This Whole World's in a Sad Condition)" (2 takes) 21.ACT-488 Pete Seeger "Joe Hill" (2 takes) 23. ACT-488 Pete Seeger and group "Roll the Union On" (2 takes)
Track Information
101 Move into Germany (ACT-763) / Union Boys, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry. Guitar,Harmonica.
102 Martins and Coys (ACT-2880) / Union Boys, Pete Seeger. Guitar.
103 You Fascists Bound to Lose (ACT-2880) / Union Boys, Brownie McGhee. Guitar.
104 Beloved Comrade (ACT-3704) / Josh White. Guitar.
105 Quartermaster's Store (ACT-741) / Union Boys. Guitar.
105 Maggie May (ACT-741) / Wallace House. Guitar.
105 When the War is Over (ACT-741) / Wallace House. Guitar.
106 It's Hard on the Poor Farmer (ACT-492) / Pete Seeger. Guitar.
107 Let's March to Victory (ACT-3309) demo to Peoples Songs / Guitar.
108 Arthritis Blues (ACT-617) / Butch Hawes. Guitar.
110 Glory, Glory What a Helluva Way to Live (ACT-422) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
111 Chief, The (ACT-422) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
112 Atomic Bomb Skit (fragment)(ACT-424) / John Henry Faulk.
113 Now That's It's All Over (He'll Go Back to Selling Shoes)(AC T-799) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
109 Island Commander (ACT-487) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
114 Rankin Tree (ACT-657,816) / Lee Hays. Guitar.
116 Looking for a Home (ACT-816) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
118 Put it on the Ground (ACT-924) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
119 Lonesome Traveler (This Whole World's in a Sad Condition) (A CT-924) / Lee Hays. Guitar.
121 Joe Hill (ACT-488) / Pete Seeger. Banjo.
123 Roll the Union On (ACT-488) / Pete Seeger, Lee Hays. Banjo.
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Local Numbers
FP-CDR-0015
FLP.80813
Place
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
United States
New York
Topic
Folksong revival
Topical songs
Wit and humor
Political ballads and songs
Guitar
Harmonica
Banjo
World War, 1939-1945
Agriculture
Nuclear weapons
Labor
African Americans
Producer
Asch, Moses
Recorder
Asch, Moses
Performer
Hays, Lee, 1914-1981
Recorder
Place, Jeffrey
Samuelson, Dave
Performer
McGhee, Brownie, 1915-1996
Terry, Sonny
Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014
White, Josh
House, Wallace
Hawes, Butch, 1919-1971
Faulk, John Henry
Union Boys
Culture
Americans
Anglo-American
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Function
Labor unions
Labor unions
Extent
1 Sound disc (digital, 4 3/4 in.)
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.ASCH, Item FP-CDR-0015
Type
Archival materials
Sound discs
Collection Rights
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Restrictions
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Record ID
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