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nighthawksh
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First, everybody, please see "An explanation" on the General Disc. board.
It appears that will be the name on my album. not a lot of votes either way, so I will go with this one.
below is what I hope for the album cover plus a list on the contents. On the cover, I am going to try to get some good graphics. If any of you are good at designing, I could use the help. My idea for the background:
crossed American flags (on staffs) with a helmet superimposed on them, center.
across the bottom the RVN service ribbon and campaign ribbon with the POW/MIA flag on each end

The lettering of the album title and other info printed over the images.

any suggestions?

Here is the info:
FRONT:

Vietnam Memories
A Time,
A Place,
A War


Poetry and music of the Vietnam War era
Plus additional songs celebrating the American sprit

A little country mixed
with a little rock & roll
Add a few folk songs
plus a dash of soul

BACK:

Disc 1

War – Edwin Starr
Ragged Old Flag – Johnny Cash
Wish you were here, buddy – Pat Boone

Poem
Fortunate Son – Credence Clearwater Revival
There’s a Star spangled Banner – Elton Britt
We’ve got to get out of this place –The Animals

Poem
Harper Valley PTA – Bobby Gentry
Ballad of The Green Beret – Barry Sadler
Paint it black – Rolling Stones

Poem
The first time ever I saw your face – Roberta Flack
Singin’ Vietnam talkin’ blues – Johnny Cash
My girl – Temptations

Poem
Good vibrations – Beach Boys
These boots are made for walking – Nancy Sinatra
Mama tried – Merle Haggard

Poem
Good bye, Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones
Galveston – Glen Campbell
One tin soldier - Coven

Poem
Drive on – Johnny Cash
The letter (Ticket for an airplane) – The Box Tops
Blowing in the wind – Peter, Paul, & Mary

Poem

D.I.V.O.R.C.E. – Tammy Wynette
Piece of my mind – Janis Joplin
You’ve lost that loving feeling – Righteous Brothers

Poem
Where have all the flowers gone – Peter, Paul, & Mary
Ring of fire – Johnny Cash
This land is your land – Woody Guthrie

Disc 2

Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
Time is on my side – Rolling Stones
Old Hippy - Bellamy Brothers

Poem

Detroit City – Bobby Bare
Heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Vietnam Blues – Dave Dudley

Poem

Soul and Inspiration – Righteous Brothers
Ode to Billy Joe – Bobby Gentry
Silver Wings – Merle Haggard

Poem

Vietnam – Cheech & Chong
A letter from Vietnam – Hank Snow
House of the raising sun – The Animals

Poem

I am a rock – Simon & Garfunkel
Eve of destruction – Barry McGuire
Six white horses – Tommy Cash

Poem

Cherish – the Association
America – Waylon Jennings
Abraham, Martin, and John – Dion

Poem

Wipeout – The Safaries
When a man loves a woman – Percy Sledge
The fighting side of me – Merle Haggard

Poem

Snoopy & The Red Baron – The Guardsmen
Sitting on the dock of the bay – Otis Redding
Somebody to love – Jefferson airplane

Poem

The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Johnny Cash
Still in Saigon – Charley Daniel’s Band
America the Beautiful – Ray Charles


I have attempted to provide all music recorded by the original artist.
All poems written and read by Stan Hutchison

btw, I know I have not included all the great songs of that time, plus I added some others. I wanted to add a bit of patriotic fervor to the album.
Of coure this is all tentative, based on getting rights to include the songs. I have a lot of legal wrangling ahead of me,,anyone know a good lawyer??

Stan H ,, nighthawk

Edited by: nighthawksh at: 11/29/01 5:08:53 pm

Winter11
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(11/28/01 3:35:27 pm)
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Actually Stan, I know of a great Entertainment lawyer, he's with my firm and he's here in NYC (his clients include NSYNC, Brittany Spears, Dick Clark and some more)... if you'd like, I will ask him for a name closer to you... (I'll wait for a response)

By the way, this album sounds awesome... great idea... glad your narrating your own poems too.




Always Faithful

Indybear57
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Hey Winter-any chance he's a Nam vet interested in a little pro bono work?

Damn, now I'm starting to sound like Homer!
KICK ASS U.S.A.!

Winter11
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LOL - nah, age wise he's a little shy of going to Vietnam... (he's in his forties)

But, if ya ever need a Will done there's a Korean War vet here who's a lawyer, who I work with... was a Marine, but hey.... he's partial to me...

Always Faithful

GRUNT
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Stan

The only Change I would like to see is to substitute "I want to go home" for "Harper valley PTA"
'nuff said

nighthawksh
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(11/28/01 9:32:29 pm)
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Grunt,,
I wanna go home is "Detroit City" by Bobby Bare,,on disc 2 ,,if you think it is better elswhere, I will be glad to move it,,,not a problem,,when you mentioned it before, I made sure it was on the album,,,I know it was played a LOT back then!! ,, would not dream of omitting it,,,

Stan H ,, nighthawk
I may not agree with what you say,
but I shall defend to the death your right to say it

GRUNT
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Just goes to show ya that my forgetter is better than my rememberer



Tac401
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Great selection Hawk!
The Firearms Forum Vietnam Memories Bulletin Board Contact Administrator

GRUNT
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Stan..here's a few more songs you might want to consider..or maybe even a three or four disc set These were in reply to a post i made elsewhere.

"The Times They Are A-Changin'" BOB DYLAN (1964)

"MLF Lullaby" and "Send the Marines" from TOM LEHRER's That Was The Year That Was (1965)

"I-Feel-Like-I'm-a-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH (1965)

"Draft Dodger Rag" PHIL OCHS (1965)

"I Ain't Marching Anymore" PHIL OCHS (1965)

"Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" TOM PAXTON (1965)

"Viet Nam Blues" DAVE DUDLEY (1965)

"I Told Them What You're Fighting For" MAYBELLE CARTER (1966)

"We Gotta get outta This Place' Eric Burdon

"Ballad of the Fort Hood Three" PETE SEEGER (1966)

"Bring 'Em Home" PETE SEEGER (1966)

"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1966)

"Alice's Restaurant" ARLO GUTHRIE (1967)

"The Story of Isaac" LEONARD COHEN (1967)

"For What It's Worth" THE BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (1967)

"Sky Pilot" ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS (196

"The Unknown Soldier" THE DOORS (196

"War Is Over" PHIL OCHS (196

"Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues" TOM PAXTON (196

"Fortunate Son" CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1969)

"Okie from Muskogee" MERLE HAGGARD (1969)

"Give Peace a Chance" JOHN LENNON (1969)

"The Fiddle and the Drum" JONI MITCHELL (1969)

"Run Through the Jungle" CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (1970)

"Ohio" CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG (1970)

"War" EDWIN STARR (1970)

"Stop the War Now" EDWIN STARR (1970)

"Ball of Confusion" THE TEMPTATIONS (1970)

"What's Going On?" MARVIN GAYE (1971)

"Bring the Boys Home" FREDA PAYNE (1971)

"Sam Stone" JOHN PRINE (1971)

"Still in Saigon" THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (1981)

"Goodnight Saigon" BILLY JOEL (1981)

"Born in the USA" BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1984)

"19" PAUL HARDCASTLE (1985)

"The Big Parade" 10,000 MANIACS (1989)

"There's a Wall in Washington" IRIS DeMENT (1996)"



"Billy Joel
Goodnight Saigon
-B. Joel

We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We left as inmates from an asylum
And we were sharp, as sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives

We came in spastic like tameless horses
We left in plastic, as numbered corpses
And we learned fast to travel light
Our arms were heavy, but our bellies were tight

We had no home front, we had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep and shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all our might

We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes
And it was dark, so dark at night
And we held on to each other like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we'd write

And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together

Remember Charlie, remember Baker
They left their childhood on every acre
And who was wrong? And who was right?
It didn't matter in the thick of the fight

We held the day in the palm of our hands
They ruled the night and the night
Seemed to last as long as six weeks On Parris Island
we held the coastline they held the highlands

And they were sharp as sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors
They counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive

And we would all go down together
We said we'd all go down together
Yes we would all go down together"





Edited by: GRUNT at: 12/2/01 10:56:11 pm

Winter11
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I can hear it as I read the words and it will forever give me chills.

Always Faithful

nighthawksh
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Skip

More excellent suggestions,, some of those are on the list already,,,
Presently, there is way over 3 hours of music there,, not sure how much larger I can make it,,,but I will see if I can get a few more of the ones you listed onto the album
Thanks

Stan H ,, nighthawk

I may not agree with what you say,
but I shall defend to the death your right to say it

Mesen
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How about "Lay Down(candles in the rain) By Melanie?

bree
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hope6970
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nighthawk, I think you should be looking at "albums" not album, it looks like you are going to be quite busy for awhile. I would add my two cents but it looks like you are getting swamped. - Hope