Phil Ochs-Tape From California (1968)



 Artist: Phil Ochs

Title: Tape From California

Label: A&M

Format: LP

Cat # SP-4148

Year of Release: 1968

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Monarch Pressing

Listed Condition: VG+VG+

Sell Date: 5/6/22

Sell Price: $7.99

Discogs Last Sold:10/17/21 vg+/VG $5.50

Low: $2.50

Median: $6.98

Average: $6.57

High:$9.98

Current low price:$1.99 VG/F, $4.95 VG/VG

Current Number on Sale at Discogs:6

Have/Want: 45/32

Where Sold: Cumming, GA

Time it took to sell: 7 years

Where and When Bought: used early aughts Nuggets $8.99 sticker on it got at 50% off sale 

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

My childhood introduction to Phil Ochs passed down to me was All The News That's Fit To Sing from his Elektra years in the early 70's when Phil was still alive.  I remember when I was a little kid my mother saying he died,  since she knew I had her record.   I played it on my 3 year old toy record player with 60's Dylan and early Judy Collins and a bunch of Vanguard Records.  I asked her how it happened and I swear she said "I think he hung himself in the park."  I, being 5 going on 6 in April 1976 assumed that this meant Elm Park in Worcester, where I imagined that he might have hung himself on the wooden climbing tower that would now be banned from children.  I myself fell off of it and got sprains and injuries from it, so I guess I associated it with something in the park that someone could hurt themselves on.  I have never seen any proof of Phil hanging himself in a park, but he did indeed hang himself at 35.

As for acquiring Tape From California, it was much later on in a record store half off sale.  The main reason?  The title track was covered by Squirrel Bait which was a favorite song of mine they did and I wanted to hear the original.  Simple as that.  The 13+ minute "When In Rome" in the middle of side two also seemed familiar to me.  Maybe I heard it on WCUW's folk show in the 70's without ever knowing who did it.

Excellent record to revisit.

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