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. Drawing heavily from the third, presenting ten of its eleven tracks, and presenting six and five respectively from the first and second, it summed up Ochs' folkie days in one succinct swoop.

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.

Track listing

1. What's That I Hear? (P. Ochs, 2:01)
2. One More Parade (P. Ochs and B. Gibson, 3:18)
3. Too Many Martyrs (P. Ochs, 2:48)
4. The Bells (E. A. Poe with musical interpretation by P. Ochs, 3:00) +
5. Bound for Glory (P. Ochs, 3:15) +
6. The Power and the Glory (P. Ochs, 2:16)
7. I Ain't Marchin' Anymore (P. Ochs, 2:34)
8. Draft Dodger Rag (P. Ochs, 2:10)
9. In the Heat of the Summer (P. Ochs, 3:01) +
10. The Highwayman (A. Noyes with musical interpretation by P. Ochs, 5:39)
11. Here's to the State of Mississippi (P. Ochs, 5:53)
12. There But for Fortune (P. Ochs, 2:45)
13. I'm Going to Say It Now (P. Ochs, 2:54)
14. Is There Anybody Here (P. Ochs, 3:28)
15. Cops of the World (P. Ochs, 5:04)
16. Ringing of Revolution (P. Ochs, 7:13)
17. Santo Domingo (P. Ochs, 5:59)
18. Bracero (P. Ochs, 4:10)
19. Love Me, I'm a Liberal (P. Ochs, 4:35)
20. Changes (P. Ochs, 4:40)
21. When I'm Gone (P. Ochs, 4:13)

+=omitted from CD edition.

Participants

• Phil Ochs - guitar, vocals
• Danny Kalb - guitar (1-6 only)
• Jac Holzman - producer
• Paul A. Rothchild - recording supervisor (1-11 only)
• Mark Abramson - producer (12-21 only)

Source Listing

• Tracks 1-6 from All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)
• Tracks 7-11 from I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)
• Tracks 12-21 from Phil Ochs in Concert (1966)

1989 albums | Phil Ochs albums