The Best Of The Rest

by Phil Ochs

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Best Of The Rest, Live Again! May 26, 1973, and Live In Montreal October 22, 1966. , and , .

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1.	In The Heat Of The Summer 03:01	buy track
2.	That's What I Want To Hear 03:04	buy track
3.	The Men Behind The Guns 02:59	buy track
4.	Days Of Decision 03:07	buy track
5.	Here's The State Of Mississippi 05:47	buy track
6.	Sailors And Soldiers 02:35	buy track
7.	City Boy 02:17	buy track
8.	I'm Tired 02:28	buy track
9.	I Wish I Could Have Been Along 03:03	buy track
10.	I'm Gonna Say It Now 02:44	buy track
11.	Canons Of The Christianity 03:40	buy track
12.	Song Of The Spider 04:01	buy track
13.	Colored Town 03:06	buy track
14.	The Confession 03:23	buy track
15.	Love Me I'm A Liberal 03:27	buy track
16.	Take It Out Of My Youth 04:08	buy track
17.	Bracero 02:28	buy track
18.	The War Is Over (WBAI 1967) 07:30	buy track
19.	All Quiet On The Western Front 02:48	buy track
20.	No More Songs 05:30	buy track

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Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter but his talents extend far beyond that - to short stories, poetry and satire. More than a torrent, less than a flood, the songs poured out of Phil so quickly that not all were able to find their place on his albums with some of those songs only emerging decades later.

The Warner/Chappell demos, recorded in 1964 through '65, which make up the main portion of this 20 track collection represent a time period spanning Ochs' last two albums for Elektra when Phil was finding his full strength as a songwriter and moving to include the lyrical in his repertoire, alongside the topical and satirical. 4 of the tracks have never been available on any other Ochs release. Includes a track from WBAI NYC 1967 a nd a rehearsal take from 1970.

A must have for collectors of one of the greatest protest singers of the century.

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released May 22, 2020

Produced by Michael Ochs
Words and Music by Phil Ochs
Tracks 1-17-Warner/Chappell Demos (circa 1964-65). Tracks 6, 9 and 16 previously unissued
Track 18 aired on WBAI NYC radio on November 20, 1967
Track 19 previously unissued 1969 recording
Track 20-rehearsal take 1970

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