There but for Fortune (album)

There but for Fortune
Compilation album by
Released1989
Recorded1964–1966
GenreFolk
Length71:00
LabelElektra
Phil Ochs chronology
The Broadside Tapes 1
(1989)
There but for Fortune
(1989)
There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968
(1990)

There but for Fortune was a 1989 compilation that summed up the three albums that Phil Ochs recorded for Elektra Records between 1964 and 1966. The album drew heavily from the third, presenting ten of its eleven tracks, and presenting six and five respectively from the first and second.

The compact disc edition omits three tracks, two from the first album and one from the second. Both editions lop off a few introductions on the "In Concert" album.

A cover version of "There But For Fortune" by Joan Baez became a top-ten hit in the UK in 1965. Somewhat irritated by her greater success with the song, Ochs sometimes introduced it as "by Joan Baez" in his live performances.

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