Camp Favorites
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Studio album / Children's album by Phil Ochs (made anonymously) | ||||
Released | 1962–63 | |||
Recorded | 1962–63 | |||
Genre | Folk, children's music | |||
Label | Cameo | |||
Phil Ochs (made anonymously) chronology | ||||
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Camp Favorites is a studio album by "The Campers" that was released in 1962 or 1963 by Cameo Records. It is the first known commercial record made by folksinger, songwriter, and social activist Phil Ochs.
"The Campers" consist of Ochs (who is not credited on the record), an unknown female vocalist, and a group of young singers, accompanied by Dick Weissman on banjo.
The tracks on Camp Favorites are traditional songs that children might sing at summer camp, and the record sleeve is illustrated with a group of youngsters singing around a campfire.
Camp Favorites was unknown among Phil Ochs fans until 2000, when David Cohen prepared his comprehensive catalog of Ochs' works (Phil Ochs: A Bio-Bibliography, ISBN 0-313-31029-7). Michael Ochs, Ochs' brother and former manager, told Cohen that Phil had recorded a record of campfire songs, but that his name was not used on the album. Nobody in the Ochs family had ever seen a copy of the album. After considerable research, Cohen was able to identify Camp Favorites and locate a copy.[1]
This album can be listened to online.[2]
Track listing
Side one
- "The Welcome Song" (Traditional – 1:46)
- "We'll Build a Bungalow" (Traditional – 2:02)
- "Polly Wolly Doodle" (Traditional – 2:08)
- "Gee Mom" (Traditional – 2:13)
- "Patsy Ory Ory Aye" (Traditional – 2:11)
- "Cannibal King" (Traditional – 2:21)
Side two
- "Hambone" (Traditional – 3:11)
- "Friends Friends Friends" (Traditional – 1:49)
- "I've Got Sixpence" (Traditional – 2:00)
- "A Thousand Years Ago" (Traditional – 2:10)
- "Adam and Eve" (Traditional – 2:05)
- "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane" (Traditional – 2:01)
Participants
- Phil Ochs — vocals
- Other unknown vocalists
- Dick Weissman — banjo
References
Further reading
- Another Side of Phil Ochs by David Cohen
- The Campers -- Camp Favorites
External links
- Camp Favorites on YouTube
- v
- t
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- 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
- Camp Favorites
- 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