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V.A. Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs present State Of The Union - The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973

Ace | Item No: 608313
Vinyl 2LP | 2018 / UK – Original | New
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By mid-1968 there was a growing consensus that something had gone horribly wrong with the American dream. The nation’s youth had loudly made their feelings clear, but now the older, pre-Beatles generations began to look at the country – with urban riots, Vietnam, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy – and wonder what the hell was happening.

This album includes rare classics (The Beach Boys’ ‘Fourth Of July’), lost masterpieces (Roy Orbison’s seven-minute ‘Southbound Jericho Parkway’), and forgotten gems by some of the biggest names in the business (Elvis Presley’s ‘Clean Up Your Own Back Yard’).

Reactions to America’s existential crisis ranged in subject matter from divorce (Frank Sinatra’s ‘The Train’) and the break-up of the nuclear family (The Four Seasons’ ‘Saturday’s Father’), to eulogies for fallen heroes (Dion’s ‘Abraham Martin and John’), sympathy for Vietnam vets (Johnny Tillotson’s ‘Welfare Hero’), the church’s institutional racism (Eartha Kitt’s intense ‘Paint Me Black Angels’), and even questioning the ethics of the space programme (Bing Crosby’s terrific ‘What Do We Do With The World’).

Compiled by Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, State Of The Union follows on from their highly acclaimed English Weather and Paris In The Spring compilations. With clear parallels between today's fractured country and the USA fifty years ago, this is a fascinating condensation of what Americans were thinking when they turned on the TV, or the radio, or simply walked down Main Street in 1968.
Item Details
Item No: 608313
Artist: V.A.
Title: Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs present State Of The Union - The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973
Label: Ace
Catalog No: XXQLP2 057
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: UK – Original
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Pop
Available since: 2018-11-06
Condition: New
Price: $ 30.19
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Elvis Presley - Clean Up Your Own Back Yard
A2 Della Reese - Brand New Day
A3 Dion - Abraham, Martin & John
A4 Frank Sinatra - The Train
A5 The 4 Seasons - Saturday's Father
A6 The Beach Boys - 4th Of July
B1 Anita Kerr & The Anita Kerr Singers - Wine In The Wind
B2 Bing Crosby - What Do We Do With The World?
B3 The Everly Brothers - Lord Of The Manor
B4 The Four Preps - Hitchhiker
B5 Lou Christie - Paint America Love
B6 Ray Stevens - Mr Businessman
C1 Eartha Kitt - Paint Me Black Angels (Angelitos Negros)
C2 Roy Orbison - Southbound Jericho Parkway
C3 Bobby Darin - Questions
C4 Paul Anka - This Crazy World
C5 Mel Torme - Take A Letter Maria
C6 Louis Armstrong & His Friends - Give Peace A Chance
D1 Eugene Mcdaniels - Cherrystones
D2 The Tokens - Some People Sleep
D3 Buddy Greco - Cardboard California
D4 Dean Martin - Do You Believe This Town
D5 Johnny Tillotson - Welfare Hero
D6 Teresa Brewer - Save The Children
D7 The Brothers Four - Revolution
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