Farewells & Fantasies

Infobox Album
Name = Farewells & Fantasies
Type = compilation
Artist = Phil Ochs


Released = 1997
Recorded = 1964-1970
Genre = Folk
Length =
Label =
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifpxqujldke link]
Last album = "LIve at Newport"
(1996)
This album = "Farewells & Fantasies"
(1997)
Next album = "American Troubadour"
(1997)

"Farewells & Fantasies" is the 1997 posthumous box set of the work of singer/songwriter Phil Ochs, chronicling his life and career in music from 1964 through 1970. With its non-chronological running order, it plays like three separate albums, each showcasing a different side of the extraordinary Ochs. The compilation was produced by Gary Stewart, Michael Ochs (Phil's brother) and Meegan Lee Ochs (Phil's daughter). Liner notes include a Foreword by Meegan Lee Ochs, "The Sound of Freedom Callin'" by Michael Ventura and "Song of a Soldier: The Life and Times of Phil Ochs" by Mark Kemp, (Music News Editor of "Rolling Stone,") track-by-track explanations by Ben Edmonds, discography, selected bibliography, and many photographs, some of which are from the family's private collections. The box set is dedicated to Bob Gibson, a friend, co-writer, and inspiration to Phil Ochs, who died while the box set was in production. Its title comes from the back of Ochs' LP "Tape from California."

Track listing

"Disc One"

#"What's That I Hear?"
#"The Bells"
#"Morning" (previously unreleased)
#"Bound For Glory"
#"The Highwayman"
#"The Power And The Glory"
#"That's What I Want To Hear"
#"Links On The Chain"
#"Love Me, I'm a Liberal"
#"Too Many Martyrs"
#"In The Heat Of The Summer"
#"Here's to the State of Mississippi"
#"I'm Going To Say It Now"
#"One More Parade"
#"Draft Dodger Rag"
#"I Ain't Marching Anymore"
#"We Seek No Wider War"
#"Ringing of Revolution"
#"When I'm Gone"
#"Song of my Returning"
#"There but for Fortune"

"Disc Two"

#"The War Is Over"
#"I Ain't Marching Anymore" (electric)
#"White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land"
#"Is There Anybody Here"
#"Santo Domingo"
#"Song of a Soldier" (unreleased)
#"Cops of the World"
#"Bracero"
#"Canons of Christianity"
#"I Kill Therefore I Am"
#"The Confession" (unreleased)
#"William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed" (live)
#"A Toast to Those Who Are Gone"
#"Changes"
#"The Doll House"
#"When In Rome"

"Disc Three"

#"Pretty Smart On My Part"
#"The World Began In Eden And Ended in Los Angeles"
#"Tape From California" (live)
#"Chords Of Fame"
#"Gas Station Women"
#"Miranda"
#"Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends"
#"Cross My Heart"
#"Flower Lady"
#"The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns"
#"Pleasures of the Harbor"
#"Jim Dean Of Indiana"
#"Rehearsals for Retirement"
#"Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore"
#"No More Songs"
#"Crucifixion" (live)