Farewells & Fantasies is the 1997

1997 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...

 posthumous box set of the work of singer/songwriter Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs

Philip David Ochs was an American protest singer and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and haunting voice...

, chronicling his life and career in music from 1964

1964 in music

-Events:*January 1 – Top of the Pops is broadcast for the first time, on BBC television.*January 3 – Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....

 through 1970

1970 in music

- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....

. With its non-chronological running order, it plays like three separate albums, each showcasing a different side of Ochs. The compilation was produced by Gary Stewart, Michael Ochs

Michael Ochs

Michael Ochs is an American photographic archivist best known for his extensive collection of pictures related to rock music dating back to the 1950s and 1960s...

 (Phil's brother) and Meegan Lee Ochs (Phil's daughter). Liner notes include a foreword

Foreword

A foreword is a piece of writing sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the writer of the foreword and the book's primary author or the story the book tells...

 by Meegan Lee Ochs, "The Sound of Freedom Callin'" by Michael Ventura and "Song of a Soldier: The Life and Times of Phil Ochs" by Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp

Mark Kemp is an American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served as music editor of Rolling Stone and vice president of music editorial for MTV Networks...

, (Music News Editor of Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

,) track-by-track explanations by Ben Edmonds, discography, selected bibliography, and many photographs, some of which are from the family's private collections. The box set is dedicated to a friend, co-writer, and inspiration to Phil Ochs, Bob Gibson

Bob Gibson (musician)

Samuel Robert Gibson was a folk singer who led a folk music revival in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was known for playing both the banjo and the 12-string guitar. He introduced a then largely unknown Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959. He produced a number of LPs in the decade...

, who died while the box set was in production. Its title comes from the back of Ochs' LP Tape from California.

Track listing

Disc One

1. "What's That I Hear?"
2. "The Bells"
3. "Morning" (previously unreleased)
4. "Bound For Glory"
5. "The Highwayman"
6. "The Power And The Glory
   Power and the Glory
   Power & the Glory is the fifth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1983 . This is the first Saxon studio album with new drummer Nigel Glockler.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Biff Byford - vocals*Graham Oliver - guitar...
   
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7. "That's What I Want To Hear"
8. "Links On The Chain"
9. "Love Me, I'm a Liberal
   Love Me, I'm a Liberal
   "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" is a satirical song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer. Originally released on his 1966 live album, Phil Ochs in Concert, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" was soon one of Ochs's most popular concert staples...
   
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10. "Too Many Martyrs"
11. "In The Heat Of The Summer"
12. "Here's to the State of Mississippi"
13. "I'm Going To Say It Now"
14. "One More Parade"
15. "Draft Dodger Rag
    Draft Dodger Rag
    "Draft Dodger Rag" is a satirical anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military industrial complex...
    
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16. "I Ain't Marching Anymore
    I Ain't Marching Anymore (song)
    "I Ain't Marching Anymore" is an anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military industrial complex...
    
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17. "We Seek No Wider War"
18. "Ringing of Revolution"
19. "When I'm Gone"
20. "Song of my Returning"
21. "There but for Fortune
    There but for Fortune (song)
    "There but for Fortune" is a song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter from the 1960s. Ochs wrote the song in 1963. He recorded it twice, for New Folks Volume 2 and Phil Ochs in Concert...
    
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Disc Two

1. "The War Is Over
   The War Is Over (song)
   "The War Is Over" is an anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military-industrial establishment. The song, which was originally released on Tape from California , has been described as "one of the most potent antiwar songs of...
   
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2. "I Ain't Marching Anymore" (electric)
3. "White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land"
4. "Is There Anybody Here"
5. "Santo Domingo"
6. "Song of a Soldier" (unreleased)
7. "Cops of the World"
8. "Bracero"
9. "Canons of Christianity"
10. "I Kill Therefore I Am"
11. "The Confession" (unreleased)
12. "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed" (live)
13. "A Toast to Those Who Are Gone"
14. "Changes"
15. "The Doll House"
16. "When In Rome"

Disc Three

1. "Pretty Smart On My Part"
2. "The World Began In Eden And Ended in Los Angeles"
3. "Tape From California" (live)
4. "Chords Of Fame"
5. "Gas Station Women"
6. "Miranda"
7. "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
   Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
   "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" is a song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s. "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends", which was originally released on Ochs' 1967 album Pleasures of the Harbor, became one of Ochs' most popular songs....
   
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8. "Cross My Heart"
9. "Flower Lady"
10. "The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns"
11. "Pleasures of the Harbor"
12. "Jim Dean Of Indiana"
13. "Rehearsals for Retirement"
14. "Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore"
15. "No More Songs"
16. "Crucifixion
    Crucifixion (song)
    "Crucifixion" is a 1966 song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter. Ochs described the song as "the greatest song I've ever written".-The song:...
    
    " (live)