Long Memory (1996)

About this title: The Long Memory is a duo album without a duet; Rosalie Sorrels occupies the first six songs and 17 and a half minutes, while U. Utah Phillips follows with the remaining nine songs (along with four untitled stories and introductions as banded on the CD), for 23 minutes. But though they do not perform together, Sorrels and Phillips share a sensibility and a conception for the album, which is concerned with the history of union organizing dating back to the early years of the 20th century in the U.S. The album begins with a story and song by mineworkers union folksinger Aunt Molly Jackson, and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Aunt Molly Jackson Defines Folk Songs Once and for All [Jackson]
2. I Am a Union Woman [Jackson]
3. Aragon Mill [Kahn]
4. Carolina Cotton Mill [Reynolds]
5. De Colores [Traditional]
6. Bury Me in My Overalls [Reynolds]
7. Soapbox Oration [Public Domain]
8. All Used Up [Phillips]
9. Two Bums [Public Domain]
10. Dump the Bosses Off Your Back [Brill/Public Domain]
11. The Charge on Mother Jones [Rogers/Public Domai]
12. Harry Orchard [Public Domain]
13. Nevada Jane [Phillips]
14. No More Reds in the Union [Public Domain]
15. Wobbly Doxology [Public Domain]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.