Have a Marijuana

DAVID PEEL & THE LOWER EAST SIDE HAVE A MARIJUANA Spawned by the same anarcho-street-folk-punk movement that gave rise to such colorful personalities as the Fugs and Abbie Hoffman, David Peel has been singing songs and polit- SELLING POINTS: ically agitating on the streets of lower New York for over 45 years (he recently was a fixture at the Occupy Wall Street • The 1968 Countercultural Classic, demonstrations). This album marked his debut; recorded Reissued on a Stand-Alone CD for with his band The Lower East Side on the streets of New the First Time in America York for Elektra in 1968, it scraped the lower reaches of the charts in 1969 and brought Peel no small measure of • Liner Notes Features Quotes from notoriety, which culminated with his being signed to Apple Records and produced by John Lennon (the infamous The Pope Smokes Dope) David Peel in the early ‘70s. Have a Marijuana took no prisoners then and still doesn’t now; such songs as “Up Against the Wall” (you can supply the next four-syllable word), “I Like Marijuana” and “Here • Timely Release on the Eve of Comes a Cop” may embody for some the worst excesses of the hippie movement while reminding Election and in the Middle of others of the enduring struggle for social justice and personal freedom. Or they Ongoing Pot Legalization might just provoke a guffaw or two; for when it comes to politically-minded, pie- Controversy in-the-face provocation, David Peel is the time-tested genuine article. Have a Marijuana makes its domestic stand-alone CD debut here, with original album art • Features "I Like Marijuana," and new liner notes featuring quotes from Peel himself. "Here Comes a Cop" and Songs: "Up Against the Wall" 1. Mother Where Is My Father? 6. Up Against the Wall 2. I Like Marijuana 7. I Do My Bawling in the Bathroom 3. Here Comes a Cop 8. Alphabet Song LABEL: Real Gone Music 4. I’ve Got Some Grass 9. Show Me the Way to Get Stoned STREET DATE: October 30, 2012 5. Happy Mother’s Day 10. We Love You GENRE: Pop-Rock FORMAT: CD ORDER USING: 848064001041 opopopopopopopopopopopopopo Real Gone Music Wades into the Political popopopopopopopopopopopopo p opopopopopopopopopopopopopArena with a Left-Right Combo! o SELLING POINTS: SSgt. BARRY SADLER •Timely Reissue of the Controversial Album That Was #1 Ballads of the Green Berets for 5 Weeks in 1966 Depending upon your age, political persuasion and/or aes- • The Song "Ballad of the Green thetic sensibility, this 1966 album could be viewed as a coura- geous, patriotic rejoinder to the antiwar fervor then Berets" Hit #1 on the Pop Charts sweeping the nation, or as a jingoistic, war-mongering and #2 on the Country Charts screed, or as an unintentionally hilarious camp classic. Through any filter, though, it’s a genuine ‘60s artifact, •Includes SSgt. Sadler's Other Hit, proof positive that Richard Nixon’s “Silent Majority” really "The 'A' Team," as a Bonus Track did exist back in the ‘60s, as Ballads of the Green Berets sold two million copies in five weeks and its title track reached nos. 1 and 2 in the •Real Gone Reissue Includes New pop and country charts, respectively. One could also argue it highlights a division in Liner Notes by Gene Sculatti American politics that continues today. Our Real Gone reissue includes the original artwork, new liner notes and a bonus track, SSgt. Sadler’s hit follow-up single, “The ‘A’-Team.” LABEL: Real Gone Music Tracks: STREET DATE: October 30, 2012 1. The Ballad of the Green Berets 9. The Soldier Has Come Home GENRE: Pop-Rock 2. I’m a Lucky One 10. Lullaby FORMAT: CD 3. Letter from Vietnam 11. Trooper’s Lament 4. Badge of Courage 12. Bamiba 5. Saigon 6. Salute to the Nurses Bonus Track: 7. I’m Watching the Raindrops Fall 13. The “A” Team 8. Garet Trooper Order Using 848064001034.

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