All The News That's Fit To Sing
Album by Phil Ochs
Released	1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	Folk
Length	42:46
Label	Elektra
Producer(s)	Jac Holzman and Paul A. Rothchild
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Phil Ochs chronology
	All The News That's Fit To Sing (1964)	I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

All The News That's Fit To Sing was Phil Ochs' first album. Recorded in 1964 for Elektra Records, it was full of many elements that would come back throughout his career. It was the album that defined his "singing journalist" phase, strewn with songs whose roots were allegedly pulled from Newsweek magazine. It is one in a long line of folk albums used to tell stories about everyday struggles and hardships. Download high resolution version (641x1056, 156 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Genres of Cuban music and other popular music A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... It has been suggested that Folkies be merged into this article or section. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964. ... Paul A. Rothchild (d. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... I Aint Marching Anymore was Phil Ochs second long player, released on Elektra Records in 1965. ... Phil Ochs (1940-76) Photograph from the Michael Ochs Archives Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was a protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) of the early 1960s, perhaps best known for his songs Power and Glory, There But for Fortune, Changes, When I... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

Among these stories was that of William Worthy, an American journalist who traveled to Cuba in spite of an embargo on the country who was forbidden to return to the United States. Civil rights figures Medgar Evers and Emmett Till were lionized in "Too Many Martyrs" (alternatively known as "The Ballad of Medgar Evers".) Two "talking blues" using the melody to the old folk song "John Hardy" jabbed sarcastic at Vietnam and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Even a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Bells", was set to music. Medgar Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi. ... Emmett Louis Bobo Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African-American teenager from Chicago, Illinois who was brutally lynched in a region of Mississippi known as the Mississippi Delta near the small town of Drew in Sunflower County. ... This daguerreotype of Poe was taken less than a year before his death at the age of 40. ...

The best song on the album, perhaps the best of Ochs' career, was "The Power And The Glory". A shining example of truly how great it is to be an American, it also warned that Americans have a duty to make sure that their fellow countrymen have a basic set of standards for which to live by. It is one of the most covered of Ochs' songs, even if some of those who have covered it (such as ultra-right winger Anita Bryant) didn't have a clue who Phil Ochs was or what he was all about. Anita Bryant (born March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma) is an American singer who made a series of television commercials for Florida orange juice. ...

Track Listing

1. One More Parade (P. Ochs and B. Gibson, 3:00)
2. The Thresher (P. Ochs, 2:50)
3. Talkin' Vietnam (P. Ochs, 3:38)
4. Lou Marsh (P. Ochs, 4:04)
5. The Power And The Glory (P. Ochs, 2:15)
6. Celia (P. Ochs, 3:08)
7. The Bells (E. A. Poe, with musical adaptation by P. Ochs, 3:00)
8. Automation Song (P. Ochs, 2:08)
9. Ballad of William Worthy (P. Ochs, 2:15)
10. Knock On The Door (P. Ochs, 2:47)
11. Talkin' Cuban Crisis (P. Ochs, 2:40)
12. Bound For Glory (P. Ochs, 3:15)
13. Too Many Martyrs (P. Ochs and B. Gibson, 2:46)
14. What's That I Hear (P. Ochs, 2:00)
15. Bullets Of Mexico (P. Ochs, 2:34) - bonus track on CD

Participants

• Phil Ochs - first guitar, vocals
• Danny Kalb - second guitar
• John Sebastian - harmonica on "Bound For Glory" (uncredited)
• Paul A. Rothchild - recording director
• Jac Holzman - production supervisor