Phil Ochs Discography (original) (raw)
Record companies
Three of Phil's labels are online:Elektra,A&M,Folkways(by way of the Smithsonian) andRhino Records.
"Studio" releases
These are the albums which Phil Ochs released while he was alive (two of them were live recordings, so the term ``studio'' here is used loosely).
- All The News That's Fit To Sing
- I Ain't Marching Anymore
- Phil Ochs in Concert
- Pleasures of the Harbor
- Tape From California
- Rehearsals For Retirement
- Phil Ochs' Greatest Hits
- Gunfight At Carnegie Hall
Singles
- I Ain't Marchin' Anymore/That Was The President (1966)
- Cross My Heart/Flower Lady (A&M 881)
- Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends/Miranda (A&M 891)
- The War Is Over/The Harder They Fall (A&M 932)
- The World Began In Eden And Ended in Los Angeles/My Life (This isn't listed in discographies, but several people have confirmed it's existence: A&M 1070)
- One-Way Ticket Home/My Kingdom For A Car (A&M 1180)
- Kansas City Bomber/Gas Station Women (1973, A&M 1376)
- Bwatue/Niko Mchumba Ngombe. Recorded in Kenya, released in Africa only. (1973)
- The Power And The Glory/Here's to the State of Richard Nixon (1974, A&M 1509)
Compilations and Other Appearances
The following compilation albums were put together after Phil's Death.
- The Campers -- Camp Favorites -- Phil's rediscovered "first album"
- American Troubadour. A recently released (UK only) 2 CD collection
- Farewells And Fantasies. A 3 CD "box set"
- Phil Ochs at Newport
- The Broadside Tapes 1
- Chords of Fame
- The War is Over, The Best of Phil Ochs
- There But For Fortune
- A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
- There and Now - Live in Vancouver 1968
- Phil Ochs: Songs for Broadside
- Broadsie Vol. 11, Interview with Phil Ochs
- An Italian import compilation simply titled Phil Ochs. (reported by Justin Martino)
- Broadside Ballads Vol. 10: Phil Ochs Sings for Broadside (is this the same as Phil Ochs: Songs for Broadside?
- Broadside Ballads Vo. 11: Interviews with Phil Ochs
These albums are all compilations of various artists, including Phil Ochs.
- Best of Broadside 1962-1988, includesBallad of William Worthy, This Old World Is Changing Hands,Changes,Freedom Riders andWe Seek No Wider War
- Broadside Ballads, Vol I
- Newport Broadside
- New Folks
- The Broadside Singers
- The Newport Folk Festival (1964)
- Folksong '65
- The Folk Box
- Greatest Folksingers of the Sixties
- Storytellers: Singers and Songwriters
- A&M Family Portrait
- Get Off
- Broadside Reunion
- The Bitter End: The First Ten Years
- Phil also produced Sammy Walker's first album Song for Patty and sang backing vocals on Bound For Glory
Covers
Wood Recordsput outPoison Ochs -- A Tribute To Phil Ochs. (avail. Aug 2002)
Sliced Bread Recordshas released analbum of Phil's songs performed by a variety of performers.
Tribute Songs
These are all songs written about, or dedicated to Phil's memory.
- Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and Me byJohn Wesley Harding off his It Happened One Night CD and on his first Dynablob CD
- I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night By Billy Bragg
- All My Heroes are Dead By Dar Williams
- ``Phil Ochs'' byJosh Joplin Band
- The Parade's Still Going By By Harry Chapin. Someone also suggested that the first verse of Harry Chapin's song "Changes" may be about Phil.
- The Day byThey Might Be Giants
- Thirsty Boots, Eric Andersen's song, originally written about a civil rights worker which he dedicated to Phil after his death.
- Phil, Tom Paxton's song about Phil
- ``Patriot's Dream'' by Arlo Guthrie (from the albumAmigo)
- Sammy Walker wrote two songs about Phil: "Legends" on Blue Ridge Mt. Skyline and "Not Just Another Fad" on Old Time Southern Dream
- "Phil" by Paul Kaplan on King of Hearts
- "Song for Phil" by Richard Nardin on The Pencil Line
- ``Don't Stop to Rest (Song for Phil Ochs)'' by Steve Romanoff. On Schooner Fare's album Closer to the Wind.
- 'Song for Phil Ochs' by Harvey Andrews, on the CD "Someday"
Reviews
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews: Phil Ochs
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