Phil Ochs in Print

Of course, Phil wrote a number of things while studying journalism at Ohio State. I do not have a listing of these, but I am told they are easy to find at Ohio State. I would welcome a listing of these writings (I would be even happier to get copies).

Phil Ochs' own writings

• The Art of Bob Dylan's ``Hattie Carroll'', Broadside 48, July 20 1964; page 2
• An Interview with Phil Ochs, Broadside, no. 63, 15-Oct-65
• Interview with Phil Ochs (part 3), Broadside, no. 91, May 1968
• Have You Heard? The War is Over! Village Voice, 23-Nov-1967
• Ochs: It Ain't Me Babe, Village Voice, 12-Aug-1965
• An Open Letter From Phil Ochs to Irwin Silber, Paul Wolfe and Joseph E. Levine, Broadside, No. 54, 20-Jan-1965
• Topical Songs and Folksinging, 1965, A Symposium, Sing Out!, 1965. Reprinted in Melody Maker, Nov 1965 and by David A. DeTurk and A. Poulin, Jr., The American Folk Scene, Dell Publishing, 1967
• Phil Ochs, Songs of Phil Ochs, Appleseed Music, New York, 1964, 32 pp. [index on cover 3], illus. [With an introduction, foreword by Gordon Friesen, lyrics/music to 23 songs]
• Phil Ochs, The War Is Over, Collier Books, New York, 1968, 96 pp., illus. [Publ. Mar. 1968, reprinted 1971--see Eliot 1989:150-151; with photos, 8 articles/commentaries, 4 poems, lyrics/music to 26 songs, discography first 5 albums] The articles included:
  • "THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WEREN'T" from CAVALIER Magazine, Dec. 1965
  • "AND THAT'S PHIL OCHS" from the LOS ANGELES OPEN CITY November 1967 by Andy Wickham.
  • "HAVE YOU HEARD? THE WAR IS OVER," and "SUNG OUT," from the NYC VILLAGE VOICE, Nov. 23rd, 1967 and July 21st, 1966.
  • "Broadside Interview" from the NY Broadside Magazine (#63), Oct. 15, 1965.
  • "The NEWPORT PNEUMONIA FUZZ FESTIVAL", from the REALIST, #61, August 1965.

Books entirely or substantially on Phil Ochs

Excluded are the many books on rock or folk artists giving rather brief information (i.e., less than a page or so), Baggelaar & Milton have one of the best brief accounts on Ochs:

• Phil Ochs: A Bio-Bibliography by David Cohen.
• Michael Schumacher, There But For Fortune.
• Marty Gallanter, Obituary for a Friend, Twenty years late
• Phil Ochs, The Complete Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame, Almo Publications, [Hollywood, CA], 1978, 149, [3] pp., illus. [With photos, "The last days of Phil Ochs: God help the troubadour who tried to be a star," by Tom Nolan, pp. 14-28 (reprinted from New West Magazine), "The recording process," pp. 30-34, discography, pp. 36-39, by Marc Eliot (reprinted from Death of a Rebel), and lyrics/music to 61 songs. Not "complete" as there are many other songs, including several in the 1964 songbook and many in Broadside.]

  NOTE: The 1964 and 1968 songbooks have absolutely no overlap. The 1978 and 1964 songbooks overlap by 13 songs. The 1978 and 1968 songbooks overlap by 26 songs. There are an additional 26 songs that appear in Broadside magazine.

• A poem printed in a booklet from 1976 by David Pepperell and entitled All the Blues Thats Fit T'Sing.
• Baggelaar Kristin & Donald Milton. Folk Music: More than a song. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1976, ix, [ii], 419 pp., ill.
  Notes: Ochs on pp. 284-285.
• Eliot, Marc. Death of a rebel. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, 1979, x, [iii], 316, [1] pp., [48] pp. pls., text unillus.
  Notes: discography, pp. 285-293; index. Out of print.
• Eliot, Marc. Death of a rebel. Rev. ed. New York: Franklin Watts, 1989, xv, 335, [1] pp., [32] pp. pls., text unillus.
  Notes: discography, pp. 311-320; index. New are an afterword ("Ten years on" and "Phil Ochs and the FBI") and an appendix ("Statement of congresswoman Bella S. Abzug on the death of folk-singer Phil Ochs"). This also has some different (and fewer) pictures from the 1979 version!
  Out of print.
• Eliot, Marc. Death of a rebel. Rev. ed. New York: Citadel Books, 1995, xvi, 365, [1] pp., [32] pp. pls., text unillus. ISBN 0-8065-1555-4
  An updated edition of the previous book, expanded afterword and discography. Introduction by Vin Scelsa.
• Phil Ochs - vie et mort d'un rebelle The 1979 edition of the Eliot book, translated by Jacques Vassal (a french specialist of folk music) and edited by Albin Michel
• Rodnitzky, Jerome L. Minstrels of the dawn: The folk-protest singer as a cultural hero. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976, xx, 192 pp., [4] pp. pls., text unillus.
  Notes: Contents: intro; (1) the folk-protest mystique: the evolution of the American protest song; the new revivalism--protest music as a religious experience; converting the masses--popular music as a radical influence; (2) folk heroes--links on the chain: Woody Guthrie, father of the now generation, pp. 43-62; Phil Ochs, a minstrel's search for martyrdom, pp. 63-82; Joan Baez, a pacifist St. Joan, pp. 83-99; Bob Dylan, beyond left and right, pp. 101-134; (3) coda--the end of an era: the day the music died; notes, pp. 153-168; bibliography, pp. 169-180; discography, pp. 181-184; index.
• Denselow, Robin. When the Music's Over: The story of Political Pop London: Faber and Faber, 1989 (1990 ed. with updated chapter), xviii, 298 pp., 8 pls., ISBN 0-571-13906-X, paper, $12.95
  It's a great book covering politics in pop from Joe Hill to Red Wedge. There's a lot of Phil coverage, two sections on him--a 10 page and a 5 page, plus other Phil mentions on 13 other pages. Most of the book is heavy on Britain, where the author's from, but not too much so.
• Von Hibbing Nach Asbury Park, -- a book about Dylan, Sprinsgteen, and Phil--a chapter essay given to each.
• Chris Cutler, File Under Popular. Has a chapter about Phil. ``it is a fine book, very much worth a read.'' -- Ross Goodman
• Something To Sing About: The Personal Choices of American Folksingers (collected by Milt Okun, Macmillan Co. 1968). ``contains a full page on Phil. The accompanying photo is one I have never seen before--Phil in that old pinstriped, double-breasted jacket and farmer's cap, hugging the mannikin (Miranda I presume) with his left arm, while clutching a skull in his right.'' -- Pam Raver
• Phil Ochs Ain't Marchin' Anymore -- Esquire, Volume 86 Number 4, October 1976; pp.110-112, 132-136. [by John Berendt; illustrated by Daniel Maffia; extensive appreciation]
• Pollock, Bruce, When Music Mattered: Rock In The 1960's, Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY, 1984.

Rolling Stone Magazine

Here is a list of every appearance of Phil in Rolling Stone (almost all of these are available from Rock Paper)

• "Ochs Memorial: There But For Fortune"; '76
• "Notes From The Underground: Abbie Hoffman's Song For Brother Phil"; '76
• "God Help The Troubador: Pissing Away The Memories With Phil Ochs" (2 pgs); '71
• "Ochs By Penn"; '88
• "Phil Ochs Song To Stay Around"; '68, #5
• "Phil Ochs Thuds At Carnegie Hall" (concert review); '70

RECORD REVIEWS

• "All The News That Fit To Sing" & "A Toast To Those Who Are Gone"; '87;
• "Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends" 45 RPM; '67, #3
• "Tape From California"; '68
• "Farewell & Fantasies"; '97

ADS

• "Pleasures Of The Harbor" LP (full pg); '67, #2
• "Tape From California" LP (full pg); '68
• "Rehearsals For Retirement" LP; '69
• "Phil Ochs Greatest Hits" LP (full pg); '70
• "Chords Of Fame" LP; '76
• "Death Of A Rebel Starring Phil Ochs & A Small Circle Of Friends" book by Marc Eliot; '79

Articles about Phil

• Phil Ochs: Kipling of the New Left by Peter Schjeldahl in "Avante Garde" #6, January 1969

Contributors: schmid@garnet.berkeley.edu, lapis@pobox.upenn.edu, MEVANS@delphi.com, jsokohl@home.interaccess.com and probably others I have forgotten.