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Well worth an hour or so’s meander through the enormous catalogue. If only to listen to the Sacco and Vanzetti piece.

The murder trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was one of this century’s most controversial. Sacco and Vanzetti’s story was dramatic; their front-page trial was filled with dubious procedures; and the years of appeals and their eventual execution led to protests around the world. These songs, written and recorded nearly twenty years later, have been carefully remastered from the original acetate discs and are presented with a previously unpublished letter by Guthrie to the judge in the case.

Music of the People by the People for the People

www.folkways.si.edu