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v/a - the ballad of jfk - a musical history of the john f. kennnedy assassination - iron mountain analogue research - vinyl

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Genre: Soundtracks

1. Autry Inman - Ballad Of John F. Kennedy
2. David Price - The World Lost A Man
3. Charles Wright - November 22, 1963
4. Leamon Allen Jr. - The Ballad Of John F. Kennedy
5. Doc Williams - Why Do The Good Die Young?
6. Oswald: Self Portrait In Red (Excerpt)
7. Red River Dave - Ballad Of Lee Oswald
8. Johnny Rebel - Keep A Workin Big Jim
9. Mrs. Marguerite Oswald - Comment (Excerpt)
10. Alex Harvey - The Ballad Of John F. Kennedy
11. The President's Assassin Speaks (Excerpt)
12. Buddy Starcher - History Repeats Itself
13. Michael Goldman - The Spontaneous Man, The Gifted Assassin
14. Bobby Atkins - Memories Of President John F. Kennedy
15. X. J. Kennedy - Down In Dallas
16. Don & Ebby - J.F.K.
17. The Keys - Lovely Roses (Stained With Red)
18. Penn Jones Jr. - Comment (Excerpt)
19. Belconti Quartet - The Life Of A President: John F. Kennedy
20. Jimmy Newman - November 22, 1963

A pivotal moment in 20th century politics, history and culture – the November 22nd 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy (in Dallas, Texas) produced a mountainous range of forgotten, discarded and ghostly vinyl artifacts.

Country songs, private-press lamentations, mournful poetry and violent political diatribes were rushed onto rough-hewn 45s and marginal LPs that vied to be heard above the noise and confusion.

Collected here for the very first time are 20 of the strangest, most affectionate, controversial and insightful.

Blistering indictments of the alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, haunting reflections on destiny and co-incidence, profound ballads of regret and striking protestations for the truth.

A tumultuous archive, previously consigned to oblivion, that captures events, emotions, recollections, grief, pain and anger – a plasticized ‘Stone Tape’ formed in reverberant rubble.

As the controversy around John F. Kennedy’s death refuses to subside, so these vinyl relics continue to whisper from the shadows.