Polly Wolly shades of Pete Seeger. Just a tad of influence there.



-Lee

> To: phil-ochs@yahoogroups.com; No-More-Songs@...
> From: dfleiss@...
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:32:09 -0400
> Subject: [phil-ochs] Re: Very Early Ochs
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> I'm uploading it to my websites.
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> In a few minutes, you can download it from:
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> http://dfleiss.home.pipeline.com/
> http://dfleiss1.home.pipeline.com/
> http://dfleiss2.home.pipeline.com/
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> Note: After one listen, you may never want to hear it again.
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> JJ Ford wrote:
> > Just came upon this LP in a discography for Cameo Parkway records.
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> > C-1047 - Camp Favorites - Campers [1963] Released in monaural only. Group
features Phil Ochs, later a noted folk singer, banjo player Dick Weissman, a
female singer,
> > and a group of children. Welcome Song/We'll Build a Bungalow/Polly
> > Wolly Doodle/Gee Mom/Patsy Ory Ory Aye/Cannibal King/Hambone/Friends
> > Friends Friends/I've Got Sixpence/1000 Years Ago/Adam and Eve/Hand Me
> > Down My Walkin' Cane
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> > Never having heard of such a record by Phil, I E mailed Jim Glover:
> > Jim, you know I consider myself well versed on Phils recordings, then
> > ran into this today. Any comment? I think its just a flat out error.
> > Cameo was of course based in Philly(home of Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker,
and Dee Dee Sharp), The Idea of Phil doing a childrens record doesn't jibe.
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> > he replied:
> > "Yeah when He first came to NYC he was anxious to get a record out
...anything at first.."
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> > ."(A mutual friend)said she has been listening to it and said Phil sounds
very confused..."
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> > "Exactly!"
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> > Jeez now Im on a search for THIS puppy. I wonder how Phil sounds doing Polly
Wolly Doodle.
> > also found this which is probably very creative and very incorrect:
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> > David Cohen
> > wrote about this
> > long-lost Ochs album
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> > Someone was selling a copy of this on Ebay and had this commentary
> > (which is undoubtedly exagerated if not false, but it is good for a laugh):
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> > This is the ultra-rare LP by folk legend Phil Ochs'
> > first professionally-recorded band. For a short while in the early
> > '60s The Campers were a popular touring act, bringing traditional
> > campfire songs to hundreds around the globe. Consisting of Ochs, a
> > woman who preferred anonymity and several children (who also preferred
> > anonymity), The Campers reached the peak of their success with the
> > smash hit single "Polly Wolly Doodle" b/w "Friends Friends Friends."
> > Although the follow-up single "Hambone" b/w "Crucifixion" failed to
> > chart, The Campers remained a top attraction on the campfire circuit
> > until an unfortunate incident while on tour doomed the group
> > forever. Although the circumstances remain unclear, Ochs was arrested
> > at a campfire in Florida and charged with violating federal child
> > labor laws. As part of a plea bargain agreement, Ochs agreed not to
> > play in a band for seven years. All copies of the yet-to-be-released
> > "Camp Favorites" were ordered destroyed but, amazingly, several copies
> > -- including this one -- managed to escape the incinerator! Ochs
> > reluctantly retired The Campers and soon moved to New York City where
> > he began performing as a solo artist. Bitter about his legal troubles
> > and the demise of his band, Ochs wrote scathing songs blasting the
> > government and its policies... And the rest is history.
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> > If any people on this group have this LP let me know
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