The People Speak - Soundtrack

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Commercially Released: December 8, 2009
Label: Verve
Produced by David Baerwald and Tony Berg
Recorded by Toby Scott (Springsteen tracks), Shawn Everett, and Stephen Rhodes
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
Design by Ryan Rogers
Photography by ...

Overview

The People Speak is an music soundtrack featuring new performances from Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan Pink, Eddie Vedder, Taj Mahal, and many more, from an documentary of the same name, inspired by Howard Zinn's book, A People's History Of The United States. These are the voices of resistance in U.S. history: resistance to injustice and to war. The documentary feature film uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans. The film gives voice to those who, by insisting on equality and justice, spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history and also illustrates the relevance of this to today's society.

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Soundtrack - The People Speak

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
2.	THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD	4:44	OST: PEOPLESPEAK

^{Note: For the documentary, Bruce Springsteen recorded two new solo acoustic renditions of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" and "This Land Is Your Land". The performances were filmed live at his home studio in New Jersey probably around early 2009. Promotional footage for The People Speak Documentary shows that Howard Zinn was present at Springsteen's home when the two songs were recorded. "This Land Is Your Land" was used in the documentary, closing the film before the credits roll, while "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" was only posted on Bruce Springsteen's official website in January 2010. Later in 2009 a new version of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" was recorded (in the same arrangement) and released exclusively on The People Speak Soundtrack.}

^{Total Running Time: 49:43}

Documentary - The People Speak

#	Song Title	Running Time	Release
…	THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD (Recorded for, not used in)	?:??	DOC: PEOPLESPEAK
…	THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND	?:??	DOC: PEOPLESPEAK

^{Note: For the documentary, Bruce Springsteen recorded two new solo acoustic renditions of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" and "This Land Is Your Land". The performances were filmed live at his home studio in New Jersey probably around early 2009. Promotional footage for The People Speak Documentary shows that Howard Zinn was present at Springsteen's home when the two songs were recorded. "This Land Is Your Land" was used in the documentary, closing the film before the credits roll, while "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" was only posted on Bruce Springsteen's official website in January 2010. Later in 2009 a new version of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" was recorded (in the same arrangement) and released exclusively on The People Speak Soundtrack.}

^{Total Running Time: 1:53:00}

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Personnel

• Bruce Springsteen: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica

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^{Only the Springsteen-related tracks.}

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  • The People Speak (Documentary)
  • The Ghost Of Tom Joad

On The Tracks

THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD - V1		uncirculating
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD - V2	4:20	JOAD / ESSENTIAL / CHAPTER / BESTOF
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD - V3	4:26	COMP: APPLESEED10
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD - V4	4:44	OST: PEOPLESPEAK
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD - V5	7:34	HOPES

Note: Written as a rock song for the Greatest Hits project, but abandoned when Springsteen couldn't find an arrangement. Re-imagined as an acoustic song, and recorded May 23, 1995 at Thrill Hill Recording, Beverly Hills, California. Springsteen handles guitar and vocals, and his four-man backing band on this recording is Danny Federici (keyboards), Garry Tallent (bass), Marty Rifkin (pedal steel, dobro), and Gary Mallaber (drums). V3 is an entirely re-recorded version, but was not recorded during any of the three Seeger Sessions. It was recorded at various stages and studio locations during mid-/late-2006. Bruce's parts (vocal, harmonica) were recorded at Thrill Hill Recording, Rumson, New Jersey in August 2006. Pete Seeger's vocals were recorded at Seeger's cabin in Beacon, NY on July 4, 2006. The backing band's individual parts were recorded at various locations around the United States during mid-/late-2006 and then everything was mixed together at Shelter Island Sound Studios in New York City by David Seitz, and produced by Springsteen, Jim Musselman, and Seitz. The recording was first released on September 11, 2007 on the Various Artists charity compilation Sowing The Seeds (Appleseed). V4 was recorded, most likely early 2009, in his home studio for the The People Speak documentary. V5 was recorded in March 2013 in Los Angeles, the day before a flight to Australia for the Australian leg of the Wrecking Ball Tour, and was produced by Ron Aniello and Springsteen.

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^{Studio Sessions: The Ghost Of Tom Joad}

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Lyrics

• The Ghost Of Tom Joad
• This Land Is Your Land

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