The Plaque
Shazam 601 · Canton, Illinois
- Artist
- The Poet Glenn
- Title
- The Plaque
- Release
- Pueblo / The Plaque
- Label
- Shazam # 601
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canton, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- G. Genseal
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Fanfare · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Plaque, The (Poet Glenn, The) Fanfare. Canton, Illinois. Memorial for soldiers gone. Widows and mothers cry. Men did not die in vein - but for freedom. Vietnam-era war song
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "The Plaque" is The Poet Glenn's side of Stereo Village Records' first release (601, 1968), shared with The Patriots featuring David Kuchan ("Pueblo"); the same masters also appear on a Shazam Records pressing. Stereo Village (1968-69) was Bill Curtis's label promoting his central-Illinois electronics stores, based in Canton, Illinois, recording at Golden Voice, South Pekin - label and studio geography only. The person behind "Glenn" is unidentified. [Source: Discogs; downstatesounds.com]
Themes
Patriotic · Pro-Soldier · Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall · Civil War