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Artist: Various Artists
Title: The Ballad Of Jfk - A Musical History Of The John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963-1968)
Format: CD
Label: OMNI RECORDING CORP.
Catalog Number:188
Barcode:934334405388 itemnumber=1000120079
Price: $19.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: OLDIES
Release Date: 11/18/2016
Availability: In Stock
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A pivotal moment in 20th century politics, history and culture - the November 22nd 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy (in Dallas, Texas) produced a mountainous range of forgotten, discarded and ghostly vinyl artifacts. Country songs, private-press lamentations, mournful poetry and violent political diatribes were rushed onto roughhewn 45s and marginal LPs that vied to be heard above the noise and confusion. Collected here for the very first time are 30 of the strangest, most affectionate, controversial and insightful. Blistering indictments of the alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, haunting reflections on destiny and co-incidence, profound ballads of regret and striking protestations for the truth. A tumultuous archive, previously consigned to oblivion, that captures events, emotions, recollections, grief, pain and anger - a plasticised ‘Stone Tape’ formed in reverberant rubble. As the controversy around John F. Kennedy’s death refuses to subside, so these vinyl relics continue to whisper from the shadows. *Incredibly rare 45s and subterranean cuts reissued for the very first time. *Full dynamic range 2016 remasters direct from the first generation analogue master tapes.

Track Listing
 1. 
Autry Inman - Ballad Of John F. Kennedy

 2. 
David Price - The World Lost A Man

 3. 
Charles Wright - November 22, 1963

 4. 
Leamon Allen Jr. - The Ballad Of John F. Kennedy

 5. 
Doc Williams - Why Do The Good Die Young?

 6. 
Oswald: Self Portrait In Red (Excerpt)

 7. 
Red River Dave - Ballad Of Lee Oswald

 8. 
Johnny Rebel - Keep A Workin’ Big Jim

 9. 
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald - Comment (Excerpt)

10. 
Alex Harvey - The Ballad Of John F. Kennedy

11. 
Carlo Savina - I Due Kennedy

12. 
Red River Dave - God’s Game Of Checkers

13. 
The President’s Assassin Speaks (Excerpt)

14. 
Buddy Starcher - History Repeats Itself

15. 
Bobby Atkins - Memories Of President John F. Kennedy

16. 
The Country Gentlemen - Ballad Of John F. Kennedy

17. 
X. J. Kennedy - Down In Dallas

18. 
Carlo Savina - 2968

19. 
Don & Ebby - J.F.K.

20. 
Josephine Miles - Frontier

21. 
Rusty Adams - Jon-Jon

22. 
Phil Albo - The Ballad Of John F. Kennedy

23. 
Michael Goldman - The Spontaneous Man, The Gifted Assassin

24. 
The Keys - Lovely Roses (Stained With Red)

25. 
Belconti Quartet - The Life Of A President: John F. Kennedy

26. 
Penn Jones Jr. - Comment

27. 
The Joe Meek Orchestra - The Kennedy March 

28. 
Jimmy Newman - November 22, 1963

29. 
Red River Dave - God’s Game Of Checkers (alt) *

30. 
Minnie Pearl - History Repeats Itself * 




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