The Sound of Dissent

Annotation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746gRj6DQSc http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Sound-Of-Dissent/release/526584 Documentary Field recordings, spoken-word. Draft. Democratic National Convention (1968). Campus protest. Demonstration. need to catalogue: tracks: "Anti-Draft Remarks" "Peace March" "Anti-War March" "Democratic National Convention" "Campus" An excellent documentary record released in 1969, of field recordings, speeches, news clips, and interviews, backed by soul jazz instrumentation, covering the 1960s era of Civil Rights and Vietnam War protests, referencing Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, which included the track "Democratic National Convention" (Mercury Records # SR-61203), which comes in at 18:19 minute mark, or the first track of the B-side.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs

An excellent documentary record released in 1969, of field recordings, speeches, news clips, and interviews, backed by soul jazz instrumentation, covering the 1960s era of Civil Rights and Vietnam War protests, referencing Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, which included the track "Democratic National Convention" (Mercury Records # SR-61203), which comes in at 18:19 minute mark, or the first track of the B-side.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: This started with a news introduction: "there it goes, Chicago, that wonderful town, wonderful town of political conventions and anti-war demonstrations". Next it moved to a speech within the convention hall: "I can to you to talk to you about a man...a leader of experience...Hubert Humphrey" - the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 1968. Then another person speaks, representing Wisconsin, to the Convention about the riots: "Mr. Chairman, most delegates of this convention do not know that thousands of young people are being beaten on the streets of Chicago, for that reason, I request the suspension of the rolls". The chair of the meeting then shuts him down from talking. The track then moves to a clip from a journalist on the front line of the demonstration: "there goes a big blast of tear gas, right over the crowd, I can't see...I can't cover this story anymore". Next came a quote from a member of the Illinois National Guard: "I have seen no incidents of policy brutality in working with us, I know they've certainly been antagonising them, its been amazing to me that they kept their cool as much as they did, I know the press don't agree with us in some cases. But I think Chicago can be proud of the this police department". It ended with a quote from Civil Rights leader Whitney Young: "Up until now I have the feeling that white America, in particularly many of the press, felt that this was a creation of black people, that all this was in their minds, now…

Notes

Mercury Stereo SR 61203, "Playable on modern monaural equipment"; front cover of nested diamond shapes over a colour-inverted photograph of a demonstration crowd, with a "Peace" banner and placards including "Anarchy must not be permitted in the U.S.A."; "Mercury Record Corporation", Wacker Drive, Chicago, "Printed in U.S.A." on the edge. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Various Artists

Themes

Anti-War · Patriotic · Anti-Communism · Anti-Hippie · VC · Flag · Draft Card Burning · Demonstration · Civil Rights · Chicago Seven · MLK · LBJ · RFK · Stokely Carmichael · Protest · Counter-Culture & Hippies · Indigenous Rights · Draft

In collections

1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Civil Rights Songs · Draft Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]