Phil Ochs Discography

Record companies

Three of Phil's labels are online: Elektra, A&M, Folkways (by way of the Smithsonian) and Rhino Records.

"Studio" releases

These are the albums which Phil Ochs released while he was alive (two of them were live recordings, so the term ``studio'' here is used loosely).

• All The News That's Fit To Sing
• I Ain't Marching Anymore
• Phil Ochs in Concert
• Pleasures of the Harbor
• Tape From California
• Rehearsals For Retirement
• Phil Ochs' Greatest Hits
• Gunfight At Carnegie Hall

Singles

• I Ain't Marchin' Anymore/That Was The President (1966)
• Cross My Heart/ Flower Lady (A&M 881)
• Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends/Miranda (A&M 891)
• The War Is Over/The Harder They Fall (A&M 932)
• The World Began In Eden And Ended in Los Angeles/ My Life (This isn't listed in discographies, but several people have confirmed it's existence: A&M 1070)
• One-Way Ticket Home/ My Kingdom For A Car (A&M 1180)
• Kansas City Bomber/Gas Station Women (1973, A&M 1376)
• Bwatue/Niko Mchumba Ngombe. Recorded in Kenya, released in Africa only. (1973)
• The Power And The Glory/Here's to the State of Richard Nixon (1974, A&M 1509)

Compilations and Other Appearances

The following compilation albums were put together after Phil's Death.

• The Campers -- Camp Favorites -- Phil's rediscovered "first album"
• American Troubadour. A recently released (UK only) 2 CD collection
• Farewells And Fantasies. A 3 CD "box set"
• Phil Ochs at Newport
• The Broadside Tapes 1
• Chords of Fame
• The War is Over, The Best of Phil Ochs
• There But For Fortune
• A Toast To Those Who Are Gone
• There and Now - Live in Vancouver 1968
• Phil Ochs: Songs for Broadside
• Broadsie Vol. 11, Interview with Phil Ochs
• An Italian import compilation simply titled Phil Ochs. (reported by Justin Martino)
• Broadside Ballads Vol. 10: Phil Ochs Sings for Broadside (is this the same as Phil Ochs: Songs for Broadside?
• Broadside Ballads Vo. 11: Interviews with Phil Ochs

These albums are all compilations of various artists, including Phil Ochs.

• Best of Broadside 1962-1988, includes Ballad of William Worthy, This Old World Is Changing Hands, Changes, Freedom Riders and We Seek No Wider War
• Broadside Ballads, Vol I
• Newport Broadside
• New Folks
• The Broadside Singers
• The Newport Folk Festival (1964)
• Folksong '65
• The Folk Box
• Greatest Folksingers of the Sixties
• Storytellers: Singers and Songwriters
• A&M Family Portrait
• Get Off
• Broadside Reunion
• The Bitter End: The First Ten Years
• Phil also produced Sammy Walker's first album Song for Patty and sang backing vocals on Bound For Glory

Covers

Wood Records put out Poison Ochs -- A Tribute To Phil Ochs. (avail. Aug 2002)

Sliced Bread Records has released an album of Phil's songs performed by a variety of performers.

David Cohen's list of covers

Tribute Songs

These are all songs written about, or dedicated to Phil's memory.

• Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Steve Goodman, David Blue and Me by John Wesley Harding off his It Happened One Night CD and on his first Dynablob CD
• I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night By Billy Bragg
• All My Heroes are Dead By Dar Williams
• ``Phil Ochs'' by Josh Joplin Band
• The Parade's Still Going By By Harry Chapin. Someone also suggested that the first verse of Harry Chapin's song "Changes" may be about Phil.
• The Day by They Might Be Giants
• Thirsty Boots, Eric Andersen's song, originally written about a civil rights worker which he dedicated to Phil after his death.
• Phil, Tom Paxton's song about Phil
• ``Patriot's Dream'' by Arlo Guthrie (from the album Amigo)
• Sammy Walker wrote two songs about Phil: "Legends" on Blue Ridge Mt. Skyline and "Not Just Another Fad" on Old Time Southern Dream
• "Phil" by Paul Kaplan on King of Hearts
• "Song for Phil" by Richard Nardin on The Pencil Line
• ``Don't Stop to Rest (Song for Phil Ochs)'' by Steve Romanoff. On Schooner Fare's album Closer to the Wind.
• 'Song for Phil Ochs' by Harvey Andrews, on the CD "Someday"

Reviews

Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews: Phil Ochs