Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs mp3 download

Tracklist

–Country Joe And The Fish	I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die (Take 1)	2:40
–Country Joe And The Fish	Superbird	3:33
–Country Joe And The Fish	(Thing Called) Love	2:33
–Country Joe And The Fish	Bass Strings	3:57
–Country Joe And The Fish	Section 43	6:43
–Peter Krug	Fire In The City	4:43
–Peter Krug	Johnny's Gone To War	2:00
–Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Kiss My Ass	3:00
–Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Tricky Dicky	3:54
–Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Free Some Day	5:29

Versions Find Your Version

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
INT 147.404, (Rag 1008SP)	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp)	Rag Baby Records, Rag Baby Records	INT 147.404, (Rag 1008SP)	Germany	1980
LIK 8	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp)	Rag Baby Records	LIK 8	UK	1980
L37510	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp)	Rag Baby Records	L37510	Australia	1980
RAG 1008	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp)	Rag Baby Records	RAG 1008	UK	1980
ILS 9072	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp)	Rag Baby Records	ILS 9072	Italy	1980
RBLP 4.00294	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp, RE, Whi)	Line Records	RBLP 4.00294	Germany	1984
LIK 8	Country Joe & The Fish*	Collector's Items The First Three EP's ‎(LP, Comp)	Decal	LIK 8	UK	1987
NEX CD 228	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(CD, Comp)	Sequel Records	NEX CD 228	UK	1992
NEX CD 228	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(Vinyl, Album, Comp, RE)	Sequel Records	NEX CD 228	UK	1992
RBCD 9.01201 O	Country Joe And The Fish	Collectors Items: First Three Ep's ‎(CD, Comp, Rei)	Rag Baby Records	RBCD 9.01201 O	Germany	1994
NEX CD 228	Country Joe And The Fish	Collectors Items: First Three Ep's ‎(CD, Comp, Rei)	Sequel Records	NEX CD 228	UK	1994
OW 30990	Country Joe And The Fish	Collectors Items: The First Three Ep's ‎(CD, Comp, Rei)	One Way Records , Rag Baby Records	OW 30990	US	1994
AK 2019/3	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - The Rag Baby EPs ‎(3x7", Comp + Box)	Akarma	AK 2019/3	Italy	2001
6.26049, LRPL 5378	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Line Records, Line Records	6.26049, LRPL 5378	Germany	Unknown
AK 919	Country Joe McDonald & Country Joe And The Fish / Pete Krug*	Country Joe McDonald & Country Joe And The Fish / Pete Krug* - The Rag Baby EPs ‎(CD, Comp + Box)	Akarma	AK 919	Italy	Unknown

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	–Country Joe And The Fish	I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die (Take 1) Bass – Bill Steel Vocals, Guitar – Barry MeltonVocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*Vocals, Harp – Mike BeardsleeWashboard – Carl Shrager	2:40
A2	–Country Joe And The Fish	Superbird Bass – Bill Steel Vocals, Guitar – Barry MeltonVocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*Vocals, Harp – Mike BeardsleeWashboard – Carl Shrager	3:33
A3	–Country Joe And The Fish	(Thing Called) Love Bass – Bill Steel Vocals, Guitar, Written By – Barry Melton, Joe McDonald*Vocals, Harp – Mike BeardsleeWashboard – Carl ShragerWritten By – Bruce Barthol, David Cohen, John Francis Gunning	2:33
A4	–Country Joe And The Fish	Bass Strings Bass – Bill Steel Vocals, Guitar – Barry MeltonVocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*Vocals, Harp – Mike BeardsleeWashboard – Carl Shrager	3:57
A5	–Country Joe And The Fish	Section 43 Bass – Bill Steel Vocals, Guitar – Barry MeltonVocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*Vocals, Harp – Mike BeardsleeWashboard – Carl Shrager	6:43
B1	–Peter Krug	Fire In The City Vocals, Guitar, Written By – Peter Krug	4:43
B2	–Peter Krug	Johnny's Gone To War Vocals, Guitar, Written By – Peter Krug	2:00
B3	–Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Kiss My Ass Bass – Vic SmithDrums – Greg DeweyGuitar – John Rewind Harp – Nacho DeweyVocals – Anna Rizzo Vocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*	3:00
B4	–Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Tricky Dicky Bass – Vic SmithDrums – Greg DeweyGuitar – John Rewind Harp – Nacho DeweyVocals – Anna Rizzo Vocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*	3:54
B5	–Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Free Some Day Bass – Vic SmithDrums – Greg DeweyGuitar – John Rewind Harp – Nacho DeweyVocals – Anna Rizzo Vocals, Guitar, Written By – Joe McDonald*	5:29

Credits

• Liner Notes – Bill Belmont
• Photography By [Cover] – Phil Bray
• Remastered By [1/4" 2 Track Master Tape] – David Turner
• Sleeve – WA Richard Müller*

Notes

This collection of songs represents the very first successful
American attempt to use a record as propaganda and promotion.
In 1965, Joe McDonald was to have performed at a demonstration
to protest the draft in Oakland, California; to politicize his
audience, he and his then (and sometimes current) associate
Barry Melton and Ed Denson (Kicking Mule Records) decided to
form a jug band to accompany them at this event. Along the way,
they also decided to make a record to sell at the demonstration.
They asked along some musicians they knew to Chris Strachwitz
(Arhoolie Records) to record two songs for this record;
as he had recording equipment and a way to get the records
pressed. They recorded 2 songs, "Superbird" and "I Feel Like
I'm Fixin' To Die Rag", a young songwriter from the Bay Area,
Peter Krug recorded "Fire In The City" and "Johnny's Gone To
The War" which were added as B-Side.
This record was conceived as a "talking" edition of Joe's
magazine RAG BABY. They called themselves Country Joe And
The Fish, a name which was arrived at as a compromise to
Country Mao and the Fish (as in the Mao saying regarding the
"fish that swims in the sea of the people") since they were in
effect conceived as an agit-prop group. This "record" and the
appearance in Oakland led to requests for them to appear as a
band and their emphasis slowly shifted from an acoustic jug
band to an electric "rock" band playing a brand of what later
came to be called "psychedelic music".
To promote themselves as an "electric band" and may be make
some money, they again formulated and recorded another EP.
This was recorded at Sierra Sound Studios in Berkeley, California
and formally established the existence of the RAG BABY Label.
This EP numbered 1002 with its distinctive cover (by Berkeley
artist Tom Weller) became one of the most identifiable of the
many locally produced items from the San Francisco Bay Area in
the late 1960's. It was released in June of 1966, sold for $1.00.
It certainly achieved notoriety as a collector's item, for it established
the band in New York long before they ever appeared
there and was available in record and "head shops" as far away as
London. It contained three songs: "Section 43", "Thing Called
Love" and "Bass Strings".
In 1971, Country Joe again decided to mix commerce with politics
and EP's. Then working with Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland
in a political musical revue they did shows for GI's to draw
attention to the war in Vietnam. This FTA (Free The Army) Show
was presented at "alternative" coffee houses (with names such
as "Oleo Strut") that became centers for anti-war activism.
One of these in Mountain Home, Idaho was burned to the ground
after their appearance there. Joe made another record that
would contain material relevant to this period and songs that he
performed in the show. The third EP (RAG 1003) contains "Tricky
Dicky", "Free Some Day" and "Kiss My Ass". They were recorded
at Jack Leahy's Funky Features Recording Studio in San Francisco.
The record was to have sold for $1.50 to raise money for the
show and the VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against The War), but
some were burned, some were lost in transit and others just
disappeared. It was probably more political in tone than the first
one as it went directly to the point; it received considerable
airplay, however, on what were then known as "progressive"
FM radio stations. - Bill Belmont, August 1980 San Francisco.

Sleeve Design: WA Richard Müller
Cover Photo/Concept: Phil Bray
LP Remastered by David Turner
(p) 1980 Rag Baby Records
(c) 1980 Intercord Ton GmbH
Marketed by Intercord Ton GmbH, Licensee
Printed in Western Germany

But, in the bottom left corner:
Marketed by Fonit Cetra
Made in Italy

Tracks A1, A2, B1, B2 recorded 1965
Tracks A3, A4, A5 recorded 1966
Tracks B3, B4, B5 recorded 1971

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
INT 147.404, (Rag 1008SP)	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp)	Rag Baby Records, Rag Baby Records	INT 147.404, (Rag 1008SP)	Germany	1980
OW 30990	Country Joe And The Fish	Collectors Items: The First Three Ep's ‎(CD, Comp, Rei)	One Way Records , Rag Baby Records	OW 30990	US	1994
6.26049, LRPL 5378	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Line Records, Line Records	6.26049, LRPL 5378	Germany	Unknown
NEX CD 228	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(CD, Comp)	Sequel Records	NEX CD 228	UK	1992
RBLP 4.00294	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna	Country Joe And The Fish / Peter Krug / Country Joe McDonald & Grootna - Collectors Items: The First Three EPs ‎(LP, Comp, RE, Whi)	Line Records	RBLP 4.00294	Germany	1984

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