Tape from California
# Tape from California

Tape from California is Phil Ochs' fifth album, released in mid-1968 on A&M Records. It continues Ochs' musical shift away from straight-ahead protest songwriting toward more orchestral and baroque arrangements.

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Rolling Stone | negative |
| Allmusic | |

## Track listing

All songs by Phil Ochs.

Side One

* "Tape From California" – 6:45
* "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land" – 3:35
* "Half A Century High" – 2:53
* "Joe Hill" – 7:18
* "The War Is Over" – 4:25

Side Two

* "The Harder They Fall" – 3:52
* "When In Rome" – 13:13
* "Floods of Florence" – 4:52

## Personnel

* Phil Ochs - guitar, vocals
* Larry Marks - producer
* Joe Osborn - bass guitar on "Tape From California"
* Lincoln Mayorga - piano, keyboards
* Van Dyke Parks - piano, keyboards on "Tape From California"
* Ramblin' Jack Elliott - flat-picked guitar on "Joe Hill"
* Ian Freebairn-Smith - arrangements
