If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle

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Pete Seeger is a national treasure, a living American institution. Unfortunately in our fast-paced world we often forget about our treasures, our institutions, and our heritage. This wonderful collection, culled from his massive library of work with Folkways Records, is, if nothing else, a reminder of how much Pete Seeger means to America. Seeger sang for the people and their rights at a time when that could get rabble-rousers blacklisted and worse. What’s more, he got the people singing for themselves. You’ll know many of these songs–the title track, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “Turn, Turn, Turn”–you just might not know them in their original voice. If I Had a Hammer will set that straight. –Michael Ruby

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26 topical songs from (along with Woody Guthrie) probably the greatest topical singer/songwriter in American history, the only collection of it’s kind! The recordings date from 1944 right up to the present with two new songs waxed just for this anthology, and include a previously unreleased version of Turn Turn Turn along with If I Had a Hammer; Talking Union; Where Have All the Flowers Gone; Which Side Are You On?; We Shall Overcome, and other classics.