Camp Favorites

Camp Favorites
Studio album/Children's albumby Phil Ochs(made anonymously)
Released	1962–63
Recorded	1962–63
Genre	Folk,children's music
Label	Cameo
Phil Ochs(made anonymously) chronology
Camp Favorites (1962) All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)

Camp Favoritesis astudio albumby"The Campers"that was released in 1962 or 1963 byCameo Records.It is the first known commercial record made by folksinger, songwriter, and social activistPhil Ochs.

"The Campers" consist of Ochs (who is not credited on the record), an unknown female vocalist, and a group of young singers, accompanied by Dick Weissman onbanjo.

The tracks onCamp Favoritesare traditional songs that children might sing atsummer camp,and therecord sleeveis illustrated with a group of youngsters singing around acampfire.

Camp Favoriteswas unknown among Phil Ochs fans until 2000, when David Cohen prepared his comprehensive catalog of Ochs' works (Phil Ochs: A Bio-Bibliography,ISBN0-313-31029-7).Michael Ochs,Ochs' brother and former manager, told Cohen that Phil had recorded a record of campfire songs, but that his name was not used on the album. Nobody in the Ochs family had ever seen a copy of the album. After considerable research, Cohen was able to identifyCamp Favoritesand locate a copy.

This album can be listened to online.

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Welcome Song" (Traditional – 1:46)
2. "We'll Build a Bungalow" (Traditional – 2:02)
3. "Polly Wolly Doodle" (Traditional – 2:08)
4. "Gee Mom" (Traditional – 2:13)
5. "Patsy Ory Ory Aye" (Traditional – 2:11)
6. "Cannibal King" (Traditional – 2:21)

Side two

1. "Hambone" (Traditional – 3:11)
2. "Friends Friends Friends" (Traditional – 1:49)
3. "I've Got Sixpence" (Traditional – 2:00)
4. "A Thousand Years Ago" (Traditional – 2:10)
5. "Adam and Eve" (Traditional – 2:05)
6. "Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane" (Traditional – 2:01)

Participants

• Phil Ochs — vocals
• Other unknown vocalists
• Dick Weissman — banjo

Further reading

• Another Side of Phil Ochsby David Cohen
• The Campers --Camp Favorites

External links

• Camp Favoriteson YouTube