Brother Can You Spare a Dime? [Original recording reissued]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: New World Records
• ASIN: B00005QGDO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,199 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby

2. The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Deane Janis

3. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries - Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees

4. In The Still Of The Night - Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra

5. Love Walked In - Shirley Temple

6. On The Good Ship Lollypop - Shirley Temple

7. Unemployment Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy

8. The Gold Diggers' Song (We're In The Money) - Dick Powell

9. All In Down And Out Blues - Uncle Dave Macon

10. Fifteen Miles From Birmingham - The Delmore Brothers

11. The Coal Loading Machine - The Evening Breezes Sextet

12. NRA Blues - Bill Cox

13. I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore - Woody Guthrie

14. The Death Of Mother Jones - Gene Autry

15. All I Want - The Almanac Singers/Pete Seeger

16. The White Cliffs Of Dover - Glenn Miller And His Orchestra

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Original recordings that made and are history, November 8, 2001

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F. Behrens "Frank Behrens" (Keene, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (Audio CD)

In the Golden Days of the esoteric LP, the New World label concentrated on American music. Among its best sellers was a single LP titled "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime: American Song During the Great Depression." Most happily, it is again available on CD (80270-2). Using only original recordings of the era, the producers have included 16 numbers. Most of them, naturally, lean towards the pessimistic: the title song, "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "All in Down and Out Blues," and "The Coal Loading Machine." Just as naturally, there are songs of either ignoring reality ("We're in the Money," "On the Good Ship Lollypop," "Love Walked In") or hoping for better times around the corner ("The White Cliffs of Dover").

Among the singers, we have Bing Crosby, Deane Janis, Kenny Baker, Dick Powell, and Woody Guthrie. Never mind the fact that educators should pounce on this CD as living history. Perhaps the hopes and fears expressed in these echoes from the past will help us get through our own traumas. (...) Grab this one and soon.