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If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle

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If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 19, 1998 (1998-05-19)
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Length1:09:36
LabelSmithsonian Folkways
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If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle is a 1998 compilation album by Pete Seeger and was released on Smithsonian Folkways as SFW40096.

This collection is a compilation of 24 songs selected from hundreds released on Folkways Records in the late 1950s and 1960s and two new songs recorded especially for this collection. Pete plays the 5-string banjo and the 12-string guitar and appears on some tracks with Almanac Singers and his grandson Tao Rodríguez-Seeger. The booklet contains detailed notes by Mark Greenberg explaining the origins of each song, as well as how their structures have evolved over the years.[2]

The album is divided into segments addressing "unions and labor," "peace," "civil rights," and "hope."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song)"1:56
2."Banks of Marble"3:17
3."Which Side Are You On?"2:09
4."Casey Jones (The Union Scab)"1:58
5."Talking Union"3:05
6."Joe Hill"2:32
7."Union Maid"2:16
8."Step by Step"1:37
9."Solidarity Forever"2:54
10."Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"2:05
11."Talking Atom (Old Man Atom)"2:29
12."Crow on the Cradle"2:25
13."Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"2:30
14."Study War No More (Down by the Riverside)"3:12
15."Bourgeois Blues"2:07
16."River of My People"3:06
17."Hold On (Keep Your Hand on the Plow)"3:21
18."We Shall Overcome"4:42
19."He Lies in the American Land"2:01
20."Well May the World Go"2:40
21."Turn, Turn, Turn"2:46
22."Tomorrow is a Highway"3:32
23."Oh, Had I a Golden Thread"3:29
24."We'll All Be A-Doubling"1:58
25."Arrange and Rearrange"4:52
26."If I Had a Hammer (Hammer Song)"2:10
Total length:1:09:36

Notes

  • I'd Hammer In The Morning (Introduction): Track 1
  • Solidarity Forever (Unions And Labor): Tracks 2-9
  • Study War No More (Peace): Tracks 10-14
  • We Shall Overcome (Civil Rights): Tracks 15-18
  • I'd Hammer In The Evening (Hope): Tracks 19-26

References

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  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Pete Seeger - If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle". Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Music catalog entry).
  3. ^ "Pete Seeger - If I Had A Hammer: Songs Of Hope & Struggle". Discogs.