National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and Cindy Aron
Vergie (Farah Strike)--What have women done--The time has come--We have fed you for a thousand years--Slow down--Drag the line--Out of gas
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-1856
General:
CDR copy
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Doves of war--Lemmings--Silent sun--Scum of the earth--Kinda blue--Rat trap--I gotta move--Night owl--ashes and sparks--Song about Vietnam--Searching for your love--Sail away--I ain't young
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-2075
General:
CDR copy
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In praise of learning--Rise up--Forward--Internationale
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-3948
General:
CDR copy
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Crazy crazy--Mother-in-law--Loving Nancy--Oh, do not let me go home to the West--Bonny Dundee--Chicky chicky chi chicka lazy moosey---There will never be peace until Jamie comes home--Wild and reckless hobo--Wreck of the Number Nine--Go down old Hannah--You keep on a taking--Nine pound hammer--Ho, my little Lula--O Lordy Judge--Sugar in the gourd (frag)--Ballad of Harry Simms (frag)--I don't want your millions, mister--To welcome my family home--Hard times in Coleman's mines--Just to sell us the same colored hat--I can't feel at home in this world anymore--Sugar in the gourd
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4469
General:
CDR copy
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Dreadful memories--Going to organize--I hate the company bosses--Coal mine stories--Mr. Bartender, has father been here--Drunkard's dream--Jim Garland
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-4699
General:
CDR copy
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102 The Planter and the Sharecropper / John Handcox.
103 Go Long Mule / Gilbert Fike.
104 Cripple Creek / Rebecca Tarwater. Banjo.
201 There's Mean Things Happening in This Land / John Handcox.
202 Landlord, What in the World is the Matter with You / John Handcox.
203 Flop-Eared Mule / Bill Carr. Fiddle,Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-ALDSK-0030-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Madison (Fla.), Florida, Rockwood (Tenn.), Tennessee, Little Rock (Ark.), Brinkley (Ark.), United States, Arkansas.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Unable to be played at this time.
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The Paredon Records audiorecordings consist of all 50 of the recordings released by Paredon, along with the master audiotapes. Many of the recordings have a file containing business records relating to their production. These business records include artist contracts, recording reports, various notes on records produced, photographs of artists, news articles both about and by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber, and Paredon Records, correspondence by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber and Paredon Records, and other miscellany. Many contracts are signed by both Paredon Records and the artist. Correspondence is primarily between business associates. A complete inventory of the business records is available.
Scope and Contents:
There are two main components of the Paredon Records audiorecordings: the master recordings and corresponding commercial records themselves and the paper files relating to these recordings.
Series 1: Papers is primarily made up of "production files"--files containing materials related to specific albums. These production files can include artist contracts, recording reports, photographs of artists, clippings, royalty statements, licenses, album cover proofs, and correspondence between Paredon Records and the recording artists. news articles both about and by Barbara Dane, Irwin Silber, and Paredon Records. Many contracts are signed by both Paredon Records and the artist. Also included in this series are articles by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber, a transcript of Daniel Sheehy's oral history interview with Barbara Dane, as well as miscellaneous ephemera.
Series 2: Master Audiorecordings includes all Paredon master tapes. Their corresponding commercial recordings are not described in this finding aid.
Arrangement:
Series 1: Papers (1970-2007, bulk 1970-1980)
Series 2: Master Audiorecordings (1969-1985, bulk 1970-1980)
Biographical / Historical:
Paredon Records was founded in 1969 in New York by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber, and its first recordings were released in 1970. Paredon released four records at a time. Barbara Dane, a singer/songwriter herself, produced the albums and recruited the musicians, artists who worked on the covers, and volunteers who translated foreign language material and contributed stories for the record booklets. Irwin Silber, a writer and editor for The Guardian newspaper, assisted Dane in all aspects of production. Irwin worked on business aspects of the label, such as distribution, orders, and editing and printing the record supplemental materials. Dane and Silber traveled to almost all of the countries mentioned in these records, as part of their work as activists and personally knew the musicians and artists.
According to the interview with Barbara Dane, "Paredon" means "a big wall" in Spanish. Paredon represents "a wall of culture defending us [listeners] against this 'sleazy' culture that's out there on the other side of the wall." The mission of Paredon Records was to use music as a tool to spread culture: the stories and experiences of those involved in protest and revolution movements all over the world, in order to increase dialogue among similar movements and peoples. Dane and Silber hoped these records would promote social and political activism, and that the uplifting power of music would inspire people to be agents of social change. The records reflect the most important socialist or liberation movements in world politics as well as domestic issues in the United States of the late twentieth century.
The 50 Paredon record albums constitute a unique historical documentation of the political protest and revolutionary currents in the world over the course of three decades. 31 of the 50 albums come from national liberation movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America. These include music, song, poetry and speech from Angola, Argentina, Chile, China, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Palestine, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Uruguay, and Vietnam. Another five albums come out of the European oppositional political movements from; Greece, Italy, North Ireland and the United Kingdom. In all cases, the materials are performed and/or presented by the participants in these movements. A number of world renowned artists are among the performers, including Mikis Theodorakis (Greece), Marcel Khalife (Lebanon), Quilapayún (Chile) and Silvio Rodriguez (Cuba). Several important world political figures — Fidel Castro, Ho Chi Minh, Don Albizu Campos and Che Guevara — also appear on these records delivering seminal speeches. Not all of the political figures deliver their speeches, such as the Ho Chi Minh album, but were read by someone else. The other 14 record albums document political and social protest movements in the U.S. during this same period. The songs reflect currents in the civil rights, women's, and labor movements. Two albums document GI opposition to the Vietnam War. These recordings include a broad array of singers and songs associated with the political protest of the times. Albums by the band "The Men of No Property" and others were obtained clandestinely, as the movements often became dangerous. Smithsonian Folkways Director Daniel Sheehy interviewed Barbara Dane in 2007, the transcript of which is contained in the Supporting Materials folder in Series 1: Papers.
Shared Stewardship of Collections:
The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://folklife.si.edu/archives#shared-stewardship.
Provenance:
The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired the Paredon Records audiorecordings in December, 1991, when Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber donated their record company papers to the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage agreed to keep the record titles available for purchase, and to accession and store the Paredon Records Collection in the archives.
Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Rights:
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101.00:01:27 We Will Liberate the South! / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Huynh Minh Sieng.
102. Song of the Liberation Soldiers / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Long Hung. 00:02:02
103. To You Who Volunteer in the Army / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Nguyen Tho. 00:02:12
104. My Native Land' Quang Binh / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Hoang Van. 00:05:15
105. The Boatwoman's Song / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Pham Minh Tuan. 00:02:51
106. The Handkerchief / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Xuan Hong. 00:02:38
107. The Unconquerable Van Troi / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Nguyen Tho. 00:03:28
201. The March of the Liberation Army / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Luu Nguyen and Long Hung. 00:03:38
202. Glory to the Heroic Bi Nang Tac / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Nguyen Tun Thi. 00:02:42
203. Song of the Coats / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Xuan Hong. 00:02:00
204. Heroic Province of Thanh Hoa / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Hoang Dam. 00:03:15
205. We Love Our Army Brothers / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Van Thin. 00:03:15
206. Spring Comes to the Liberated Area / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Xuan Hong. 00:02:00
207. We Will Liberate the South / Vietnamese. Vietnam. Huynh Minh Sieng. 00:02:45
Local Numbers:
Paredon.1009
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Paredon Records, 1971
Creation/Production Credits:
Album cover design by Ronald Clyne.
General:
"Recorded in Vietnam."
Booklet with English translation of lyrics (8 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Restrictions:
Access by appointment.
Collection Rights:
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Join the GI movement --Hallelujah I'm a bum --Ballad of Richard Campos --Go tell it on the mountain --Just another day --We shall not be moved --Resistance hymn --Insubordination --Last drink with Don --Bring 'em home.
Track Information:
101 Join the GI Movement / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
102 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
103 Ballad of Richard Campos / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
104 Go Tell it on the Mountain / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
105 Just Another Day / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
106 We Shall Not Be Moved / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
201 Resistance Hymn / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
202 Insubordination / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
203 Last Drink with Don / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
204 Bring 'Em Home / GI's (Musical group), Barbara Dane.
Local Numbers:
PA-COMM-LP-1003
Paredon.1003
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Paredon 1970
General:
Commercial
These are songs in opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ì performed by active duty military personell. Words of the songs and notes by Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane (16 p.) inserted. Production notes: Recorded at Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Benning, Ga., and Fort Bragg, N.C.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Cold iron shackles -- Two hoboes -- Negro got no justice -- Mail day I gets a letter -- Mr. Tyree -- Rocky bottom -- Come get your money -- Joe Brown's coal mine -- You ask for breakfast -- On a Monday -- There ain't no heaven -- In Atlanta, Georgia -- Cap'n got a lueger -- When sun go down -- Give me 15 minutes and you calls it noon -- Lawdy Mamie -- Cap'n got a pistol -- Cap'n what is on your mind.
Track Information:
101 Cold Iron Shackles.
102 Two Hoboes.
103 Negro Got No Justice.
104 Mail Day I Gets a Letter.
105 Mr. Tyree.
106 Rocky Bottom.
107 Come Get Your Money.
108 Joe Brown's Coal Mine.
109 Ask You for Breakfast.
201 On a Monday.
202 There Ain't No Heaven.
203 In Atlanta, Georgia.
204 Cap'n Got a Lueger.
205 When Sun Go Down.
206 Give Me Fifteen Minutes and You Calls It Noon.
207 Lawdy Mamie.
208 Cap'n Got a Pistol.
209 Cap'n What's on our Mind.
Local Numbers:
FP-RINZ-LP-0136
Rounder.4004
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Somerville, Mass. Rounder 1973
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Prisoners' songs; recorded in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1933-37.
General:
Notes by compiler on container and on insert with lyrics ([7] p.).
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Coo-coo bird ; Railroad Bill ; Jack of diamonds (Hobart Smith) --Mother is gone ; See God's ark (Moving Star Hall Singers) --Girl of constant sorrow (Sarah Gunning) --Les flammes d'enfer ; La valse du musicien (Cajun Band) -- Catfish blues (Willy Doss) --Katy Cline ; Ella's grave (Ken and Neriah Benfield) --Fox chase ; Shear them sheep even ; Casey Jones (Joe Patterson) --Calvary ; Rocky road (Sacred Harp Singers) --Temperance reel ; Golden slippers (Chet Parker and Elgia Hickok) --The job I left behind (Bill Thatcher) --Muskrat ; Cripple Creek (Doc Watson, with Gaither Carlton and Arnold Watson) --Fred's rambling blues ; Shake 'em down (Fred McDowell).
Track Information:
101 The Coo-Coo Bird / Hobart Smith. Guitar. English language.
102 Railroad Bill / Hobart Smith. Guitar. English language.
103 Jack of Diamonds / Hobart Smith. Guitar. English language.
104 Mother is Gone / Moving Star Hall Singers. English language.
105 See God's Ark A-Moving / Moving Star Hall Singers. English language.
107 Les Flammes D'Enfer / Dewey Balfa, Gladdy Thibodeaux, Louis LeJeune. Fiddle,Accordion. French language.
108 La Valse de Musicien / Dewey Balfa, Gladdy Thibodeaux, Louis LeJeune. Fiddle,Accordion. French language.
109 Catfish Blues / Willie Doss. Guitar. English language.
106 Girl of Constant Sorrow / Sarah Ogan Gunning. English language.
201 Fox Chase / Joe Patterson. Quills (Musical instrument). English language.
202 Shear Them Sheep Even / Joe Patterson. Quills (Musical instrument). English language.
203 Casey Jones / Joe Patterson. Quills (Musical instrument). English language.
204 Calvary / Sacred Harp Singers. English language.
205 Rocky Road / Sacred Harp Singers. English language.
206 Temperance Reel / Chet Parker, Elgia Hickok. Dulcimer. English language.
207 Golden Slippers / Chet Parker, Elgia Hickok. Dulcimer. English language.
208 The Job I Left Behind / Bill Thatcher. Guitar. English language.
209 Muskrat / Arnold Watson, Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton. Fiddle,Banjo. English language.
210 Cripple Creek / Arnold Watson, Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton. Guitar,Fiddle,Banjo. English language.
211 Fred's Rambling Blues / Fred McDowell. Guitar. English language.
212 Shake 'Em on Down / Fred McDowell, Sea Island Singers. Guitar. English language.
Local Numbers:
FP-RINZ-LP-1516
Vanguard.9182
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Vanguard 1965
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, July 23-26, 1964.
General:
Biographical and discographical sheet by Ralph Rinzler enclosed. Descriptive notes by Ralph Rinzler on container. Production notes:
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
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Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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101 Texas Swing / Johnny Gimble, Kenny Frazier. Fiddle.
102 Civil Rights / Freedom Singers, Bettie Mae Fikes.
103 Political Satire / Capitol Steps (Comedy troupe), Porter Koontz.
Local Numbers:
FP-1996-CT-0512-7
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States, August 11, 1996.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
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