Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America's Forgotten War (4-CD)

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 4
Released: May 18, 2018
Originally Released: 2018
Label: Bear Family Germany

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.War starts in Korea' (June 25, 1950) [Narration]
2.War News Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
3.God Please Protect America - The Sunshine Boys Quartet / Sunshine Boys
4.Pray, Pray, Pray (For The U.S.A.) - Wally Fowler and His Oakridge Quartet / Wally Fowler & The Oak Ridge Quartet
5.President Truman speaks on war in Korea (April 1951) [Narration] - Harry S Truman / President Harry Truman
6.When They Raised The U.N. Flag In South Korea - Hank Harral & His Palomino Cowhands
7.Got To Go Back Again - The Four Barons
8.Back To Korea Blues - Sunnyland Slim & His Trio
9.Korea, Here We Come - Harry Choates
10.Goodbye Maria (I'm Off To Korea) - Vince Mondi
11.My New Career Is In Korea - Paul Mims
12.Draftboard Blues - Vance Brothers
13.Draft Board Blues - Ray Anderson & The Tennessee Mountaineers / Tennessee Mountaineers / Ray Anderson
14.Uncle Sam Has Called My Number - Arkie Shibley & His Mountain Dew Boys
15.I'm A Soldier Boy Again - Smilin' Eddie Varnado / The Delta Ranch Hands
16.Here We Go Again - Harvey Stone
17.Korea Blues - Fats Domino
18.Korea Blues - Clifford Blivens / Johnny Otis Band
19.Korea Blues - Willie Brown
20.Sorry Girl Blues - Max Bailey
21.Questionnaire Blues - B.B. King
22.Questionnaire Blues - John Lee Hooker
23.Uncle Sam Blues - Sonny Thompson
24.Mailman Blues - Lloyd Price & His Orchestra
25.Mr. So And So - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
26.Greetings - Bob Newman
27.I'm Back In The Army - Tani Allen & His Tennessee Pals
28.(In Again, Out Again) Packing Up My Barracks Bags Blues - Cactus Pryor and His Pricklypears
29.K.P. Blues, The - Montana Slim / Wilf Carter
30.Message From Vic Damone [Incl. excerpt from 'Sound Off' by Willie Lee Duckworth] - Vaughn Monroe / Vic Damone
31.Girls Are Marching, The - Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra / The Rockets

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Heading for Korea - Newsreel Announcer
2.Korea (Fightin' In The Foreign Land) - The Gospel Pilgrims
3.Foxhole In Korea - Bill Cason
4.Inchon - Steve Rogers
5.Thank God For Victory In Korea - Jimmie Osborne
6.Ballad of Chosin, The - John Carpino
7.We're Moving On - Oscar Brand / Short Arms
8.I'm In Korea - J.B. Lenoir
9.Robert Pierpoint under fire in Korea' (May 17, 1951) [Narration] - Eric Sevareid / Robert Pierpoint
10.Heartbreak Ridge - The Delmore Brothers
11.Heartsick Soldier on Heartbreak Ridge, A - Ernest Tubb
12.Where The Need Is - Edward R. Murrow / The Four Lads
13.Korean Mud - Elton Britt
14.Request for blood donations - Howdy Doody
15.No News From Home - Tommy Brown
16.Lost In Korea - Sherman "Blues" Johnson & His Clouds of Joy
17.From A Foxhole - Jack Powers
18.Soldier's Prayer, A - The Marshall Brothers / William Cook
19.Please Say A Prayer (For The Boys Over There) - Rocky Porter
20.Sad News From Korea - Lightnin' Hopkins
21.Brother in Korea, A - Sonny Osborne
22.From Mother's Arms To Korea - The Louvin Brothers
23.Wrap My Body In Old Glory - Carl Sauceman & His Green Valley Boys
24.Red White And Blue - Slim Rhodes
25.Rotation Blues - Elton Britt & The Skytoppers
26.Pusan - Bill Woods and His Orange Blossom Playboys / Billy Mize
27.Prisoner of War, A - Jim Eanes
28.When I Get Back - The Dixie Ramblers / Kay Kellum
29.Somewhere In Korea - The Kalvin Brothers

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.A GI Writes to His Kids - a Posthumous Letter, A (September 1950) - Newsreel Announcer
2.Dear Little Girls - Red Foley
3.Daddy's Last Letter - Tex Ritter
4.Two Letters - Tiny Hill
5.When They Drop The Atomic Bomb - Jackie Doll and His Pickled Peppers
6.Truman-MacArthur dispute that led the President to fire the General', The (April 11, 1951) [Narration] - Harry S Truman / Alan Jackson
7.Oh! Mr. President - R. D. Hendon / R.D. Hendon & the Western Jamboree Cowboys
8.General Of The Army Douglas MacArthur Reports To Congress' (April 19, 1951) [Narration] - Douglas MacArthur
9.Old Soldiers Never Die - Gene Autry
10.(Old Generals Never Die) They Just Fade Away - Jimmy Short & the Silver Saddle Ranch Boys
11.Fade Away Baby - Ray Snead
12.Rep. James E. Van Zandt supports the use of the Atomic Bomb in Korea' (May 8, 1953) [Narration] - James E. Van Zandt
13.Please Daddy, Don't Go To War - Skeets McDonald
14.Why Does The Army Need My Daddy - George Simerly and His Tennesseans
15.God Bless My Daddy - Cecil Gant
16.Don't Steal Daddy's Medal - Oklahoma Sweethearts
17.God Is On Our Side - Jimmie Heap & The Melody Masters
18.I'll Be Glad When It's Over (Over There) - The Dixie Ramblers
19.I'm Prayin' For The Day (When Peace Will Come) - Roscoe Hankins
20.Heavenly Father - Edna McGriff
21.At Mail Call Today - Gene Autry
22.Dear John Letter, A - Ferlin Husky / Jean Shepard
23.John's Reply - Pete Lane / Bernice Stabile
24.Dear Joan - Jack Cardwell
25.Forgive Me John - Ferlin Husky / Jean Shepard
26.Male Call - Emitt Slay Trio
27.Letter From Home, A - Hank Penny
28.I Like Ike - Male Chorus / The Promenade Band
29.I shall go to Korea.' (October 24, 1952) [Narration] - Dwight D. Eisenhower
30.Drive Soldier Drive - Little Maxie
31.Five Star President - Eddie Kirk

Tracks on Disc 4:

1.'Announces an Armistice in Korea...' [July 27, 1953] [Narration] - Dwight D. Eisenhower
2.There's Peace In Korea - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
3.Ike - The Revelers
4.Korean Story, The - Jimmie Osborne
5.War Is Over, The - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
6.War Is Over, The - Lightnin' Hopkins
7.Leavin' Korea - Soldier Boy Houston
8.Hello Maria - Jimmie Dale
9.Welcome Home Baby - King Perry
10.Back From Korea - Rose Brown / Jimmie Harris / Bubbles and His Band
11.No More Black Nights - Dave Bartholomew
12.Back Home - Jimmy Witherspoon
13.His New War Bride - Margie Collie
14.Harry Holt brings Korean war orphans to Portland, Oregon' (circa 1956) [Narration] - Newsreel Announcer
15.Legend of Harry Holt, The - Li Kwan / Kwan Li
16.Iron Curtain Has Parted, The - Don Windle
17.Missing In Action - Ernest Tubb
18.Returned From Missing In Action - Jim Eanes & His Shenandoah Valley Boys
19.I'm Still A Prisoner - Billy Strange
20.Re-Enlistment Blues - Merle Travis
21.Red Deck of Cards, The - Red River Dave
22.I Changed My Mind (And I'll Go Home Again) - Eddie Hill
23.Purple Heart - Jim & Jesse / Virginia Boys
24.White Cross In Korea - Don 'Red' Barry
25.Korea's Mountain Northland - Marvin Rainwater
26.White Cross Marks the Grave, A - Carl Sauceman & His Green Valley Boys / Green Valley Boys / Carl Sauceman
27.Unknown Soldier, The - Elton Britt
28.Searching For You, Buddy - Red River Dave
29.Forgotten Men - Red Smiley & the Tennessee Cutups / Don Reno
30.China Nights (Shina No Yuro) - Dick Curless