Tape from California
1968 studio album by Phil Ochs
Tape from California | ||||
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Studio album by Phil Ochs | ||||
Released | July 1968 | |||
Recorded | early 1968 | |||
Genre | Folk, rock, pop | |||
Length | 46:55 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Larry Marks | |||
Phil Ochs chronology | ||||
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Tape from California is Phil Ochs' fifth album, released in mid-1968 on A&M Records. It continues Ochs' musical shift away from straight-ahead protest songwriting toward more orchestral and baroque arrangements.
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Source | Rating |
Rolling Stone | negative [1] |
Allmusic | [2] |
Track listing
All songs by Phil Ochs.
Side One
- "Tape From California" – 6:45
- "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land" – 3:35
- "Half A Century High" – 2:53
- "Joe Hill" – 7:18
- "The War Is Over" – 4:25
Side Two
- "The Harder They Fall" – 3:52
- "When In Rome" – 13:13
- "Floods of Florence" – 4:52
Personnel
- Phil Ochs - guitar, vocals
- Larry Marks - producer
- Joe Osborn - bass guitar on "Tape From California"
- Lincoln Mayorga - piano, keyboards
- Van Dyke Parks - piano, keyboards on "Tape From California"
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott - flat-picked guitar on "Joe Hill"
- Ian Freebairn-Smith - arrangements
References
- ^ Schmidt, Arthur (28 September 1968). "Tape From California". Rolling Stone.
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(help) - ^ "Tape from California > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
External links
- Unterberger, Richie. "Liner Notes for Phil Ochs's Tape from California".
- v
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- All the News That's Fit to Sing
- I Ain't Marching Any More
- Pleasures of the Harbor
- Tape from California
- Rehearsals for Retirement
- Greatest Hits
- Phil Ochs in Concert
- Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
- There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968
- Live at Newport
- Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace
- Sings for Broadside
- A Toast to Those Who Are Gone
- The Broadside Tapes 1
- The Early Years
- On My Way
compilations
- Chords of Fame
- The War Is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs
- There but for Fortune
- Farewells & Fantasies
- American Troubadour
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Phil Ochs
- Cross My Heart: An Introduction to Phil Ochs
- "Power and the Glory"
- "I Ain't Marching Any More"
- "Cross My Heart"
- "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends"
- "The War Is Over"
- "My Life"
- "One Way Ticket Home"
- "Kansas City Bomber"
- "Bwatue"
- "Crucifixion"
- "Draft Dodger Rag"
- "Here's to the State of Mississippi"
- "Love Me, I'm a Liberal"
- "There but for Fortune"
- "Vietnam Talking Blues"
- List of songs recorded by Phil Ochs
- Chords of Fame (1984)
- Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune (2011)
- Get Your Phil
- Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs
- Poison Ochs: A Tribute to Phil Ochs
- This Is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs
- What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs
- List of cover versions