List of songs recorded by Phil Ochs

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| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley.Cohen, p. 243.

Performed as part of a medley of Elvis Presley songs.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

|

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

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| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

|

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman.

Performed as part of a medley of Elvis Presley songs.

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

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| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

| About Ochs and his circle of friends.Schumacher, p. 223.

| Demo recordings:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)
• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

| About Alferd Packer, a Rocky Mountain guide who ate the other members of his party.{{cite book |title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bgn9SGmA4dkC&pg=PA814 |year=2002 |edition=3d |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco |isbn=978-0-87930-653-3 |page=814 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 }}

| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

| About Billie Sol Estes, who was accused of swindling investors, banks, and the federal government of $24 million.Cohen, p. 7.

|

| See "Davey Moore"

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1962)

| About John Henry Faulk, a popular radio show host who fell victim to the blacklist when he was falsely accused of being a Communist.Eliot, p. 62.

|

| See "Too Many Martyrs"

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

| About James Meredith, the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi.{{cite book |title=Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957–1973 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzv1oxp2pUAC&pg=PT123 |last=Heylin |first=Clinton |year=2009 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago |isbn=978-1-55652-843-9 |page=108 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 }}

|

| See "Jaramillo"

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

| Written by Ewan MacColl.Cohen, p. 244.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recordings:

• Broadside Ballads Volume 1 (1963)
• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| About U.S. journalist William Worthy, who traveled to Cuba despite State Department restrictions.Eliot, p. 70.

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

| About a drunken incident at a party Ochs attended, in which he threw a gift basket into the host's swimming pool.Schumacher, pp. 217, 223.

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)

| Lyrics adapted from the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.Schumacher, p. 76.

The 1969 live recording features Allen Ginsberg on bells.Cohen, p. 25.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| About U.S. folk singer Woody Guthrie.Eliot, p. 63.

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

| About Ochs's childhood in Columbus, Ohio.Schumacher, pp. 223–224.

| Live recording:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)

| About Mexican migrant workers under the Bracero Program.Schumacher, p. 116.

|

| See "Jaramillo"

| Studio recording:

• Single (1973)

| Written by Ochs, Dijiba, and Bukasa.Cohen, p. 246.

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(also titled "Cannons of Christianity")

| Live recording:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)

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| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| A love song inspired by William J. Pomeroy and Celia Mariano, a married couple who were imprisoned in the Philippines.{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20090901com5.html |title=Farewell, Celia |last=Fuller |first=Ken |work=The Daily Tribune |date=September 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728130241/http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20090901com5.html |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |accessdate=June 21, 2018 }}

| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1965)

Live recordings:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969)
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970)

| Inspired by Ochs's separation from his wife.Schumacher, pp. 107–108.

| Demo recording:

• Broadside Reunion (1972, recorded 1963)

|

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

Live recordings:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)

|

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

| About Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, two women at the heart of the Profumo affair.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Broadside Tapes 1 |title-link=The Broadside Tapes 1 |others=Phil Ochs |year=1989 |first=Paul |last=Kaplan |page=1 |type=CD |publisher=Smithsonian/Folkways |id=SF40008 }}

| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

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| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

|

| Demo recording:

• Farewells & Fantasies (1997, recorded 1964)

|

| Live recording:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)

| About U.S. intervention in the affairs of foreign countries.{{cite book |title=Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_91CHh8sbgUC&pg=PA129 |last1=Eyerman |first1=Ron |last2=Jamison |first2=Andrew |year=1998 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-62045-1 |page=129 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 }}

| Demo recording:

• Farewells & Fantasies (1997, recorded 1966)

Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Live recordings:

• Live at Newport (July 1966)

| The studio version was released as a single in 1967.Cohen, p. 187.

| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Live recordings:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)
• Chords of Fame (March 27, 1970,)
• Sings for Broadside (October 12, 1974,)

| About the rise and fall of a hero, and the public's role in creating, destroying, and deifying its heroes. The song usually is interpreted as an allegory likening the life and assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy to the career of Jesus, although the song may refer to other heroes as well.Brend, p. 106.Schumacher, p. 110.

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| {{anchor|Davey Moore}}Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• The Early Years (2000, recorded 1964)

| About Davey Moore, a boxer who died as a result of injuries sustained during a match.Eliot, p. 55.

| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1964)

Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

|

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

|

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

|

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

| {{anchor|Do What I Have to Do}}Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

Live recording:

• Sing for Freedom (May 1964)

| Written in May 1964 at a Freedom Song workshop at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite AV media notes |title=Sing for Freedom |year=1980 |page=2 |type=LP |publisher=Folkways |id=FD5488 }}

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

Live recording:

• Evening Concerts Volume 1 (July 1964)

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| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Norman Petty and Charles Hardin.Cohen, p. 251.

Performed as part of a medley of Buddy Holly songs.

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| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

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| Studio recording:

• Tape from California (1968)

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| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

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| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Bill Trader.Cohen, p. 252.

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| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

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| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

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| Studio recording:

• Tape from California (1968)

Live recording:

• Live at Newport (July 1966)

|

| Studio recordings:

• Tape from California (1968)
• B-side of "The War Is Over" single (1968)

| The single version of "The Harder They Fall" has never been included on any album or compilation.

| Demo recordings:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)
• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

| About the poor work and living conditions of coal workers in Kentucky.Schumacher, p. 74.

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Thomas Durden, Elvis Presley, and Mae Boren Axton.Cohen, p. 253.

Performed as part of a medley of Elvis Presley songs.

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

| Inspired by the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi during 1964.Cohen, pp. 12–13.

| Live recording:

• B-side of "Power and the Glory" single (January 17, 1974,Cohen, p. 224.)

| Recorded at Max's Kansas City in New York City.

A revised version of "Here's to the State of Mississippi", with lyrics updated to refer to U.S. President Richard Nixon.Schumacher, p. 255.

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

| Lyrics adapted from the poem by Alfred Noyes.Schumacher, p. 91.

| Studio recordings:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

|

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• The Early Years (2000, recorded 1964)

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| Demo recording:

• Broadside Reunion (1972, recorded 1963)

|

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| Studio recordings:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)
• Single (1966)

Live recordings:

• Live at Newport (July 1964)
• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)
• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)

| An anti-war song that became a 1960s protest anthem.Brend, p. 102.

The 1966 single was a folk-rock version of the song that included accompaniment by The Blues Project and a bagpipe player.{{cite book |title=Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAvWzih4zEEC&pg=PA194 |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |author-link=Richie Unterberger |year=2002 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco |isbn=978-0-87930-703-5 |page=194 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 }}

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1962)

|

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recordings:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

|

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

|

| Live recordings:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)
• Sings for Broadside (October 12, 1974,)

| About student activism in the U.S., particularly the Free Speech Movement.Cohen, p. 15.

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, and Norman Petty.Cohen, p. 255.

Performed as part of a medley of Buddy Holly songs.

| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

|

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

| About urban riots, particularly the Harlem riot of 1964.

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

| About the death penalty.

| Live recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (November 1, 1964,Cohen, p. 12.)

| Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Performed with Eric Andersen.

| Live recordings:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
• Live at Newport (July 1966)

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| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

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(also titled "The Ballad of Rubén Jaramillo" and "Bullets of Mexico")

|{{anchor|Jaramillo}} Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| About Mexican revolutionary Rubén Jaramillo.{{cite book |title=The Life and Times of Mexico |url=https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofmexic00shor |url-access=registration |last=Shorris |first=Earl |year=2004 |publisher=W. W. Norton and Company |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-05926-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifetimesofmexic00shor/page/336 336] }}

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

| About actor James Dean.Schumacher, pp. 225–226.

| Studio recording:

• Tape from California (1968)

Live recording:

• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)

| About labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill.Schumacher, p. 185.

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| Studio recording:

• Single (1973)

| Written as the theme song for the film Kansas City Bomber, although it was not used in the soundtrack.Schumacher, pp. 263–264, 271.

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

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| Studio recordings:

• Broadside Ballads Volume 3 (1964)
• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

Live recording:

• Live at Newport (July 1964)

| About the relationship between the labor movement and the Civil Rights Movement.Schumacher, p. 84.

The 1964 studio recording is credited to the Broadside Singers; Ochs sings lead.Cohen, p. 206.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| About Lou Marsh, a social worker and former Yale Divinity School student who died trying to prevent a gang war in New York City.{{cite web |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C14FF3D5A107B93C1A8178DD85F428785F9 |title=Growing Up With Phil Ochs |last=Berg |first=Jay |work=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1976 |accessdate=March 27, 2010 }} {{subscription required}}{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K-wbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XFEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6891,2260689&dq=lou-marsh+gang&hl=en |title='Greater Love Hath No Man' |last=Cassels |first=Lou |work=The Dispatch |date=February 8, 1963 |accessdate=March 27, 2010 }}

| Live recording:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)

|

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|

| See "Santo Domingo"

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

| Lyrics adapted from the poem by John Rooney.

| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

|

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston.Cohen, p. 259.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Live recording:

• Farewells & Fantasies (May 1966)

| Live recording from Bob Fass's radio program on WBAI in New York City.{{cite AV media notes |title=Farewells & Fantasies |title-link=Farewells & Fantasies |others=Phil Ochs |year=1997 |page=91 |type=CD |publisher=Elektra |id=R2 73518 }}

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Arthur Crudup.

Performed as part of a medley of Elvis Presley songs.

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

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| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

|

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| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

| Studio recording:

• B-side of "Bwatue" single (1973)

| Written by Ochs, Dijiba, and Bukasa.Cohen, p. 260.

| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

| About coal miners and their families.

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

Live recording:

• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)

| The studio recording was the last song on the last studio album released during Ochs's lifetime.Schumacher, p. 226.

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Charles Hardin and Norman Petty.

Performed as part of a medley of Buddy Holly songs.

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| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman, and Norman Petty.

Performed as part of a medley of Buddy Holly songs.

| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Roy Burris and Merle Haggard.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

| Music based on "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out".{{cite web |url=http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/review-phil-ochs-on-my-way |title=Review: Phil Ochs – On My Way |date=August 5, 2010 |work=No Depression |accessdate=February 20, 2011 }}

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| Written by Ochs and Bob Gibson.Cohen, p. 261.

| Studio recording:

• Greatest Hits (1970)

|

| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1963)

| About the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four girls.{{cite AV media notes |title=Sings for Broadside |title-link=Sings for Broadside |others=Phil Ochs |year=1976 |first=Sis |last=Cunningham |author-link=Sis Cunningham |page=2 |type=LP |publisher=Folkways |id=FD5320 }}

| Demo recordings:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)
• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Live recordings:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)
• Sings for Broadside (October 12, 1974,)

| Inspired by the case of Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed to death outside her home while dozens of her neighbors reportedly ignored her cries for help.Schumacher, p. 149.

The studio version was released as a single in 1967. The song's reference to marijuana led A&M to release two alternate versions of the single.

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| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Live recording:

• Live at Newport (July 1966)

|

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

|

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recordings:

• New Folks Volume 2 (1964)
• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded 1964)

| About Paul Crump, a death row prisoner whose sentence was commuted.{{cite book |title=33-1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1 |last=Connelly |first=Dan |editor-last=Barker |editor-first=David |year=2007 |publisher=Continuum |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8264-1903-3 |page=262 |chapter=I Ain't Marching Anymore |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7v7wJqhaBhoC&pg=PA262 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/08/02/archives/governor-spares-condemned-slayer-in-illinois-commates-cramp.html |title=Governor Spares Condemned Slayer in Illinois |date=August 2, 1962 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=March 27, 2010 }} {{subscription required}}

| Studio recording:

• Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

Live recordings:

• Live at Newport (July 1966)
• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)
• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)
• Sings for Broadside (October 12, 1974,)

| Inspired by the John Wayne film The Long Voyage Home.Schumacher, p. 118.

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recordings:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)
• Single (1974)

Live recording:

• July 1963 (Evening Concerts Volume 1)

| An American patriotic anthem.Schumacher, pp.59–60.

On the 1974 single, Ochs was accompanied by a fife and drum corps.Cohen, p. 36.

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

|

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| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco.

Performed as part of a medley of Elvis Presley songs.Cohen, p. 256.

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

|

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

|

(also titled "Rhythms of Revolution")

| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1963)

Live recordings:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace (October 16, 1970,)

|

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

|

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|{{anchor|Santo Domingo}} Live recordings:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
• Sings for Broadside (October 12, 1974,)

| Inspired by the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic during April 1965.Schumacher, p. 114.

|

| See "Do What I Have to Do"

| Live recording:

• American Troubadour (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Chuck Berry.Cohen, p. 264.

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

| Inspired by the disappearance of the {{USS|Scorpion|SSN-589}}, a nuclear-powered attack submarine that disappeared at sea during May 1968.Schumacher, p. 205.

| Demo recording:

• Farewells & Fantasies (1997, recorded 1964)

|

| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

|

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

|

| Demo recordings:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)
• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

|

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| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| About the Cuban Missile Crisis, a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in October 1962.{{cite book |title=Leaders from the 1960s: A Biographical Sourcebook of American Activism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5O66-pLg_MC&pg=PA422 |last=DeLeon |first=David |year=1994 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=978-0-313-27414-5 |page=422 |accessdate=May 26, 2011 }}

| Demo recording:

• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• New Folks Volume 2 (1964)

|

| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

Live recording:

• Newport Broadside (July 1963)

| About the Birmingham campaign during the Civil Rights Movement.

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

| Inspired by cable television.{{cite news |title=SAM |newspaper=Winston-Salem Journal |date=June 7, 2008 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/journalnow/access/1491377041.html?dids=1491377041:1491377041&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+07%2C+2008&author=Anonymous&pub=Winston-Salem+Journal&desc=SAM }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{subscription required}}

(also titled "Talking Vietnam Blues")

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

Live recording:

• July 1964 (Live at Newport)

| About the growing involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam War.{{cite book |title=Songs of the Vietnam Conflict |last=Perone |first=James E. |year=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=978-0-313-31528-2 |page=27 }}

| Studio recording:

• Tape from California (1968)

Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

|

| Live recording:

• Greatest Hits (1969)

| About U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew.{{cite book |title=Best Music Writing 2010 |editor-last=Powers |editor-first=Ann |editor-link=Ann Powers |chapter=Phil Ochs Greatest Hits |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZaGPCiOMSQC&pg=PA289 |last=Estey |first=Chris |year=2010 |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=Cambridge, Mass. |isbn=978-0-306-81925-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bestmusicwriting0000unse/page/289 289–290] |accessdate=May 26, 2011 |url=https://archive.org/details/bestmusicwriting0000unse/page/289 }}

| Demo recording:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1963)

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| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1962)

Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

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| Studio recording:

• I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)

| About the life and assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.Cohen, p. 11.

| Studio recording:

• New Folks Volume 2 (1964)

Live recordings:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)
• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

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| Live recording:

• Gunfight at Carnegie Hall (March 27, 1970,)

| Written by Buddy Holly, Norman Petty, and Jerry Allison.Cohen, p. 267.

Performed as part of a medley of Buddy Holly songs.

| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

| About the {{USS|Thresher|SSN-593}}, a nuclear-powered attack submarine that sank by accident on April 10, 1963,.

| Demo recordings:

• The Broadside Tapes 1 (1989, recorded 1962)
• On My Way (2010, recorded 1963)

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| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

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(also titled "The Ballad of Medgar Evers")

| {{anchor|Too Many Martyrs}}Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

Live recordings:

• Newport Broadside (July 1963)

| Written by Ochs and Bob Gibson.Cohen, p. 268.

About the assassination of NAACP leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963.Schumacher, p. 62.

| Studio recording:

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded mid-1960s)

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| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1963)

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| Studio recording:

• Tape from California (1968)

| A cynical anti-Vietnam War song.

| Demo recording:

• Farewells & Fantasies (1997, recorded 1965)

| About the role of the U.S. in the Vietnam War.{{cite AV media notes |title=Farewells & Fantasies |title-link=Farewells & Fantasies |others=Phil Ochs |year=1997 |last=Edmonds |first=Ben |page=75 |type=CD |publisher=Elektra |id=R2 73518 }}

| Demo recording:

• Sings for Broadside (1976, recorded 1963)

Studio recording:

• New Folks Volume 2 (1964)

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| Studio recording:

• All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

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| Live recording:

• Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)

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| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

| Inspired by the police riot that broke up protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Cohen, p. 24.

Sometimes considered part of "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed".

| Studio recording:

• Tape from California (1968)

| About the role of the U.S. in the Vietnam War.

|{{anchor|William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed}} Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

| Inspired by the police riot that broke up protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

| Studio recordings:

• New Folks Volume 2 (1964)
• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone (1986, recorded 1964)

| About William Moore, a postal worker who staged lone civil rights protests.Eliot, pp. 50–51.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2wknAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2gIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=854,2311449&dq=william-moore+letter+governor&hl=en |title=Assassins Ambushed Postman |last=Mackay |first=Cliff |date=April 27, 1963 |work=Baltimore Afro-American |accessdate=January 30, 2011 }}

| Studio recording:

• Rehearsals for Retirement (1969)

Live recording:

• There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 (March 13, 1969,)

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