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865:Cross My Heart: An Introduction to Phil Ochs
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1088:What's That I Hear?: The Songs of Phil Ochs
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830:The War Is Over: The Best of Phil Ochs
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922:Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
263:Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
1074:Poison Ochs: A Tribute to Phil Ochs
1016:List of songs recorded by Phil Ochs
989:Here's to the State of Mississippi
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1041:Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune
658:All the News That's Fit to Sing
298:(1967), Ochs's first album for
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1067:Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs
782:A Toast to Those Who Are Gone
566:Phil Ochs: A Bio-Bibliography
437:Schumacher, Michael (1996).
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1166:Songs written by Phil Ochs
908:I Ain't Marching Any More
883:Interviews with Phil Ochs
844:Farewells & Fantasies
718:Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
686:Rehearsals for Retirement
665:I Ain't Marching Any More
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367:Farewells & Fantasies
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527:"CashBox Record Reviews"
245:I Ain't Marching Anymore
1176:A&M Records singles
672:Pleasures of the Harbor
352:Pleasures of the Harbor
345:Pleasures of the Harbor
295:Pleasures of the Harbor
289:he wrote in the 1960s.
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1120:Michael Ochs (brother)
1094:List of cover versions
996:Love Me, I'm a Liberal
1010:Vietnam Talking Blues
1003:There but for Fortune
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564:Cohen, David (1999).
473:Eliot, Marc (1989) .
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711:Phil Ochs in Concert
679:Tape from California
597:Cohen, pp. 276, 282.
401:Brend, Mark (2001).
281:" is a 1966 song by
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943:One Way Ticket Home
901:Power and the Glory
851:American Troubadour
775:Sings for Broadside
767:Posthumous releases
588:Cohen, pp. 202–205.
343:, in its review of
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499:"Chart Spotlights"
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1171:1966 songs
1150:Categories
1130:Jim Glover
813:Posthumous
389:References
803:On My Way
634:Phil Ochs
511:August 2,
504:Billboard
320:Billboard
283:Phil Ochs
232:Phil Ochs
214:Phil Ochs
173:Folk rock
141:Phil Ochs
110:Phil Ochs
69:Folk rock
47:Published
31:Phil Ochs
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1052:Tributes
534:Cash Box
334:Cash Box
159:Released
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1135:Pigasus
1103:Related
936:My Life
893:Singles
325:Hot 100
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