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Music : Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
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Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by: Various Artists |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093228027027 Format: Original recording reissued Label: New World Records Manufacturer: New World Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: New World Records Release Date: September 25, 2001 Studio: New World Records Sales Rank: 41588 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: A much-requested CD reissue from the original New World LP! American society was much less homogeneous during the Great Depression (1929-1941) than it became after World War II. There were still quite sharply defined classes, divided along economic, geographic, and ethnic lines. Each group was affected by the Depression, but in different ways and to different degrees. Each had its own tradition of popular song, and this carefully compiled sampling of recordings from the thirties gives a vivid picture of how each fared and how it reacted to the almost universal adversity of that decade. Included is a 36-page booklet with a lengthy essay on the Great Depression and copious notes on each recording by noted American music scholar Charles Hamm. Sixteen tracks. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Original recordings that made and are historyIn the Golden Days of the esoteric LP, the New World label concentrated on American music. Among its best sellers was a single LP titled "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime: American Song During the Great Depression." Most happily, it is again available on CD (80270-2). Using only original recordings of the era, the producers have included 16 numbers. Most of them, naturally, lean towards the pessimistic: the title song, "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "All in Down and Out Blues," and "The Coal Loading Machine." Just as naturally, there are songs of either ignoring reality ("We're in the Money," "On the Good Ship Lollypop," "Love Walked In") or hoping for better times around the corner ("The White Cliffs of Dover"). Among the singers, ... Read More: |
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