''The Broadside Tapes 1'', alternatively known as ''Broadside Ballads, Vol. 14'', was a compilation of
demo recordings done by
Phil Ochs for ''
Broadside'' magazine in the early-to-late 1960s. Of the sixteen songs that appeared, ranging from the humorous ("The Ballad of Alferd Packer") to the depressing ("The Passing of My Life"), all were new to listeners. It also included a song about the
Profumo affair
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("Christine Keeler") and it closed with a live cover of
The Beatles
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' "I Should Have Known Better" (retitled "I Shoulda Known Better") featuring
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, ...
on harmony vocals and harmonica.
Track listing
All songs by Phil Ochs unless otherwise noted.
#"The Ballad of Alferd Packer" – 2:11
#"If I Knew" – 2:18
#"The Ballad of John Henry Faulk" – 3:08
#"Spaceman" – 2:09
#"On My Way" – 1:40
#"Hazard, Kentucky" – 2:09
#"The Passing of My Life" – 2:21
#"That's The Way It's Gonna Be" (Phil Ochs, Bob Gibson) – 2:35
#"Rivers of the Blood" – 1:59
#"Remember Me" – 2:22
#"Talkin' Pay TV" – 2:33
#"Christine Keeler" – 1:30
#"Spanish Civil War Song" – 2:11
#"Another Country" – 2:21
#"Time Was" – 1:38
#"
I Shoulda Known Better" (
John Lennon
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,
Paul McCartney
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) – 3:32
Personnel
*Phil Ochs - guitar, vocals
*
Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead and many others. Early in his career, in the 1960s, ...
- harmonica, vocals on "I Shoulda Known Better"
*Paul Kaplan - producer
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Phil Ochs compilation albums
1989 compilation albums
Smithsonian Folkways compilation albums