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The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie. As their name indicated, they specialized in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti-war, anti-racism and pro-union philosophy. They were part of the Popular Front, an alliance of liberals and leftists, including the Communist Party USA (whose slogan, under their leader Earl Browder, was "Communism is twentieth century Americanism"), who had vowed to put aside their differences in order to fight fascism and promote racial and religious inclusiveness and workers' rights. The Almanac Singers felt strongly that songs could help achieve these goals.
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Sing Out America!: The Best of Pete Seeger [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Union Maid | 2:08 |
| The Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:06 |
Watch the Closing Doors - A History of New York's Musical Melting Pot, Vol. 1: 1945-59 [2011]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Talking Union | 2:58 |
Brothers and Sisters [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Solidarity Forever | 2:54 |
| Union Maid | 2:16 |
| The Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:08 |
Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Casey Jones (Union Scab) | 1:59 |
| Talking Union | 3:05 |
Folk Songs, Ballads and Banjo [Box Set] [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:05 |
| Which Side Are You On | 2:06 |
| Union Maid | 2:09 |
| Talking Union | 2:56 |
Pete Seeger: The Weavers [Box Set] [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:08 |
| Union Maid | 2:13 |
Which Side Are You On? [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Ride an Old Paint | 2:33 |
| Hard, Ain't It Hard | 2:34 |
| Union Maid | 2:08 |
| Talking Union | 2:54 |
| Which Side Are You On? | 2:05 |
The Ultimate Collection [Prism Leisure] [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Ride an Old Paint | 2:34 |
| Hard, Ain't It Hard | 2:34 |
Songs of Protest [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Ride an Old Paint | 2:36 |
| Hard, Ain't It Hard | 2:35 |
| Union Maid | 2:11 |
| Talking Union | 2:59 |
| Which Side Are You On? | 2:08 |
American Roots: A History of American Folk Music [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:06 |
| Jackhammer Blues | 2:38 |
| Union Maid | 2:11 |
| Hard, Ain't It Hard | 2:13 |
Pioneer of Folk [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:07 |
| Union Maid | 2:10 |
| Which Side Are You On? | 2:07 |
Sing Out [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Union Maid | 2:11 |
| Which Side Are You On | 2:06 |
| Sinking of the Reuben James | 3:06 |
| Hard, Ain't It Hard | 2:33 |
Songs for Political Action: Folk Music, Topical Songs and the American Lef [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Talking Union | 2:59 |
| Which Side Are You On | 3:34 |
| Union Maid | 2:12 |
| Hard Ain't It Hard | |
| I Ride An Old Paint | 2:36 |
| Which Side Are You On? | 2:08 |
| Hard, Ain't It Hard | 2:36 |
Unknown Album
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Talking Union | |
| Which Side Are You On | 2:06 |
| We Shall Not Be Moved | |
| We Shall Not Be Moved | 2:15 |
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