1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs

63 songs · chronological · Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

Songs and spoken-word records about the 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight and demonstration This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,000 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.YouTube playlist: Chicago…

  1. Jim Hartley and The Orange State Playboys – Telling It Straight in '68 - Part 2 (1968)
  2. Jim Hartley and The Orange State Playboys – Telling It Straight in '68 - Part 1 (1968)
  3. Various Artists – The Campaign Part III and Chicago Convention (1968)
  4. Charles Kuralt – The Conventions; The Campaign, Protest, and War (1968)
  5. Various Artists – Democratic National Convention (1969)
  6. Eugene Nickerson – Nickerson Speaks Out Against the War (1969)
  7. Van Q. Temple – Mister Wallace Please Wait for Me! (1969)
  8. Phil Ochs – William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed (1969)
  9. Phil Ochs – Another Age (1969)
  10. Jaime Brockett – Talkin Green Beret Super Yellow Hydraulic Banana Teeny Bopper Blues (1969)
  11. Jon Agee – August 1968 (1969)
  12. Various Artists – Black Protest (1970)
  13. Various Artists – Moratorium (1970)
  14. Charlie Haden – Circus '68 '69 (1970)
  15. Charlie Haden – We Shall Overcome (1970)
  16. Barbara Dane – Bring Them Home (1970)
  17. Barbara Dane – Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1970)
  18. The Doors – Peace Frog (1970)
  19. Laura Nyro – Christmas in My Soul (1970)
  20. Bobby Seale – Bobby Seale Speaks Live (1970)
  21. The Lumpen – Free Bobby Now (1970)
  22. Dick Gregory – Tricks: Black Power; Money; Chicago Trial; Panthers (1970)
  23. Various Artists – Republican and Democratic Conventions 1968 (1970)
  24. Various Artists – Antiwar Demonstration (1970)
  25. Allen Ginsberg – Songs of Innocence and Experience (1970)
  26. Abbie Hoffman – The Drug Company (1971)
  27. Abbie Hoffman – Texas Tweezers (1971)
  28. Abbie Hoffman – Our National Anthem (1971)
  29. Abbie Hoffman – Chicago (1971)
  30. Memphis Slim – Chicago Seven (1971)
  31. Graham Nash – Chicago (1971)
  32. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Ohio (1971)
  33. Stephen Stills – Relaxing Town (1971)
  34. David Peel & The Lower East Side – The Chicago Conspiracy (1972)
  35. Larry Norman – Peace, Pollution, Revolution (1972)
  36. Holly Near – GI Movement (1973)
  37. Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson – H20 Gate Blues (1974)
  38. Richard J. Daley – 1968 (1978)
  39. The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble – The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (album) (1980)
  40. The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble – Act One, Part Two (1980)
  41. The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble – Act Two, Part One (1980)
  42. The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble – Act Two, Part Two (1980)
  43. Various Artists – Long Black Wall (1983)
  44. Michael C. Ford – Like Peaches (1988)
  45. Various Artists – Long Black Wall (1990)
  46. MK Ultra – Post Office Bomb (1994)
  47. Chuck D – The Pride (1996)
  48. Lamb of God – O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E. (2000)
  49. J. Rawls – Bobby Seale Bound and Gagged (2003)
  50. Scott Ainslie – Don't Obey (2005)
  51. Scott Ainslie – Rice Grows Again in Vietnam (2005)
  52. Ernest Dawkins' Chicago 12 – Misconception Part 1 (2005)
  53. Kind of Like Spitting – Where Were You In Chicago (2005)
  54. Myka 9 – 1969 (2009)
  55. Various Artists – Listen, Whitey! the Sounds of Black Power 1967-1974 (2012)
  56. Michael Borkson – 1968 (2014)
  57. XXXTENTACION – Sounds of the Melting Pot (2014)
  58. Curly Castro – Black Dahlia Smiled (2018)
  59. Negative XP – Cops Beating Down on Hippie Scum at the 1968 Democratic National Convention (2019)
  60. Daniel Pemberton – We're Going to Chicago (2020)
  61. Walt Wilder – Chicago's 7
  62. Warren Farren – Chicago 7
  63. Harry Burgess – Chicago Policeman