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Various: State Of The Union - The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973 (2-LP, Light Blue Vinyl)

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By 1968 there was a growing consensus that something had gone horribly wrong with the American dream. With urban riots, Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, and ever-climbing divorce rates, the American way of life was under scrutiny from all sides. The nation’s youth had loudly made their feelings clear, but now the older, pre-Beatles generations began to look at the country and wonder what the hell was happening.

This album includes rare classics (the Beach Boys’ ‘4th Of July’), lost masterpieces (Roy Orbison’s seven-minute ‘Southbound Jericho Parkway’) and forgotten gems by some of the biggest names in the business (Elvis Presley’s ‘Clean Up Your Own Back Yard’). Reactions to America’s existential crisis ranged in subject matter from divorce (Frank Sinatra’s ‘The Train’) and the break-up of the nuclear family (the Four Seasons’ ‘Saturday’s Father’, Mel Tormé’s ‘Take A Letter Maria’), to eulogies for fallen heroes (Dion’s ‘Abraham Martin And John’), sympathy for Vietnam vets (Johnny Tillotson’s ‘Welfare Hero’), the church’s institutional racism (Eartha Kitt’s intense ‘Paint Me Black Angels’), the hypocrisy of establishment figures (Dean Martin’s ‘Do You Believe This Town’) and even questioning the ethics of the space programme (Bing Crosby’s terrific ‘What Do We Do With The World?’).

It is now shocking to read that, as recently as 1968, the Bureau of Land Management proposed to build dams in the Grand Canyon; Richard Nixon would sign an executive order setting up the Environmental Protection Agency in December 1970. His administration then commissioned the Documerica photography project, which launched in 1971 – the year Marvin Gaye sang about “fish full of mercury” in a Top 10 hit – and it showed, shockingly, how the American way of life was trashing the landscape and poisoning the population. It provides the artwork for this album, a condensation of what America’s older generation were thinking when they turned on the TV, or the radio, or simply walked down Main Street in 1968.

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Album titlle: State Of The Union - The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973 (2-LP, Light Blue Vinyl)
Genre Pop
Label Ace Records
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
Artikelart LP
EAN: 0029667008716
weight in Kg 0.54

Various - State Of The Union - The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973 (2-LP, Light Blue Vinyl) LP 1
01	Clean Up Your Own Back Yard	Elvis Presley
02	Brand New Day	Della Reese
03	Abraham, Martin And John	Dion
04	The Train	Frank Sinatra
05	Saturday's Father	The 4 Seasons
06	4th Of July	The Beach Boys
07	Wine In The Wind	Anita Kerr
08	What Do We Do With The World?	Bing Crosby
09	Lord Of The Manor	Everly Brothers
10	Hitchhiker	The Four Preps
11	Paint America Love	Lou Christie
12	Mr. Businessman	Ray Stevens

Various - State Of The Union - The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973 (2-LP, Light Blue Vinyl) LP 2
01	Paint Me Black Angels	Eartha Kitt
02	Southbound Jericho Parkway	Roy Orbison
03	Questions	Bobby Darin
04	This Crazy World	Paul Anka
05	Take A Letter Maria	Mel Tormé
06	Give Peace A Chance	Louis Armstrong And His Friends
07	Cherrystones	Eugene McDaniels
08	Some People Sleep	The Tokens
09	Cardboard California	Buddy Greco
10	Do You Believe This Town?	Dean Martin
11	Welfare Hero	Johnny Tillotson
12	Save The Children	Teresa Brewer
13	Revolution	The Brothers Four

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