[78-L] 6 Songs for Democracy

[simmonssomer]

And also note that the record album is labeled as "Left Wing" in the 
description for the auction I.D.
It made me see RED.
In 1938,39, anyone who was anti Franco and anti Nazi was called a "Red" or 
left winger or Communist.
Time Magazine, Father Coughlin, "The March Of Time" newsreels, America 
Firsters,  and many Hearst Newspapers as well as McCormick's Chicago Tribune 
joined this reactionary chorus. And still today, this album is labeled "Left 
Wing"

Whaddayagonnado.

Al Simmons

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benno Häupl" <goldenbough at arcor.de>
To: <78-l at 78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] 6 Songs for Democracy


> .
> You may note, on Posike, that the albums went for high prices in the years
> 2007 and 2008. And since, the prices have dropped drastically. It could 
> well
> be that the high bids came from overseas.
> This album used to be in demand in Germany for a long time, back in the
> 1970s to 1990s, because these anti-nazi / anti-dictatorship / anti-war 
> texts
> are by Berthold Brecht and the music is by Hanns Eisler, not forgetting
> freedom fighter Ernst Busch as a director and producer.
> In its importance this would be like a 1940 U.S. anti-war / black civil 
> rights
> album with texts by Ernest Hemingway and music by George Gershwin,
> sung by Woody Guthrie, recorded and published overseas.
>
> Benno
> .
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