This 1954 album features Oscar Brand delivering a collection of sea shanties with his characteristic gusto. It was released on the nascent Audio Fidelity label, known for its early stereo recordings.
- The album was recorded in 1954, the same year Audio Fidelity Records was founded.
- Brand was a regular performer on CBC Radio and later on NBC and CBS.
- This release predates the wider folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Oscar Brand was a Canadian-American folk singer and songwriter whose career spanned seven decades. He was a fixture of the Greenwich Village folk scene and a prolific recording artist.
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