[OccupySheffield] Folk the Banks! Occupy benefit album now out - Pay what you can afford downloads!

[Ronan McNern]

Hey and solidarity!

The day has finally come -  the Folk the Banks album by Occupation Records
- created by occupiers from Occupy London to help fund the Occupy movement
- is out! Available as Pay What You Can Afford for digital downloads (plus
CDs, vinyl, T-shirts etc) the album features Tom Morello, Ani DiFranco,
Billy Bragg, Martha Wainwright, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Chumbawumba,
Peggy Seeger, with iconic artwork by Jamie Reid - famed for the Sex
Pistols’ 'God Save the Queen album artwork. Press release is below with
more details.

We'd be very grateful if you can help spread the word via your networks to
make sure the word gets out -
http://www.occupationrecords.com/<http://www.occupationrecords.com/)>.
We've
got lots more coming up - albums, gigs, community events - and will be in
touch! Will also - fingers crossed - be announcing how people can apply for
funding shortly depending on how successful this is!

Lots of love from Occupation Records x

*Folk the Banks! Occupy benefit album now out - Pay what you can afford
downloads!*

An experiment has begun! 'Pay what you can afford' for the Folk the Banks
album out now featuring Occupy supporting artists including Tom Morello,
Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Martha Wainwright, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly,
Chumbawumba, Peggy Seeger, with iconic artwork by Jamie Reid - famed for
the Sex Pistols’ 'God Save the Queen album artwork. [1]

With all profits going to Occupy and related movements globally, which
Occupation Records was set up to benefit, 'Pay what you can afford' digital
downloads are now available from the Occupation Records website (
http://www.occupationrecords.com/) plus CDs, vinyls, limited prints of the
Jamie Reid artwork and ethical fair wear Folk the Banks T-shirts by THTC.
[1] [2] As a special thank you, those donating over £5 for digital
downloads will be entered into a draw for an Occupation Records bundle!

Tom Morello said: "The wealthiest CEO's reward themselves with million
dollar bonuses while millions are out of work. What can we do about it? We
can protest against it, fight back against it, and sing songs that do both."

The album will also now available around the world online at stores
including Rough Trade, 7digital and HMV, as well as in CD and vinyl in
stores across the UK from Wednesday 6 June. Also on the album are Chris
T-T, Ryan Harvey, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Anais Mitchell, Show of Hands, King
Blues, Leon Rosselson, The Young-uns, Oysterband, Jim Moray and Eddie
Morton.

Jamie Reid said: "It was an honour to be asked to do this artwork for the
Occupy movement. I have been involved with doing 'protest' visuals since
the early 70's, and I hoped with this image to incorporate ideas from this
source, putting them into a modern context within the birth of a whole new
form of protest and resistance, against the increasing corruption and
corporate greed of current policies and economics. Learn from the past.
Live in the present. Look to the future."

Adam Jung, Artist and Industry Relations for Occupation Records, said:
"Occupy has pushed the demand to address social and economic inequality to
the fore by continually developing creative new ways to spread our message.
Occupation Records and today's release of Folk the Banks utilising a pay
what you can afford format is offering another alternative."

Folk the Banks will not be available via Amazon of Apple's iTunes due to
labour and human rights violations. [3]

*Full Folk the Banks album track listing *

1. Billy Bragg - Which Side Are You On? [Original]
2. Anais Mitchell - 1984
3. Ryan Harvey - See It Through [Original]
4. Show of Hands - Arrogance, Ignorance, and Greed
5. King Blues - We Are Fucking Angry
6. Chris T-T - A-Z (Piano Version) [Exclusive]
7. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. - Gamblers Lament [Original]
8. Ani DiFranco - Coming Up [Exclusive]
9. Peggy Seeger - Doggone, Occupation Is On [Original]
10. Leon Rosselson - Money Matters
11. The Young-uns - Hard Times
12. Martha Wainwright - No Woman, No Cry
13. Oysterband - The Early Days of a Better Nation
14. Chumbawumba - The Old School Tie
15. Jim Moray - The Rufford Park Poachers
16. Eddie Morton - Union Jack
17. Tao Rodriguez-Seeger - Well May The World Go [Original]
18. The Nightwatchman: Tom Morello - World Wide Rebel Songs

Notes
[1] Folk the Banks album available on a Pay What You Can Afford basis at
http://www.occupationrecords.com/. Folk the Banks flyer -
http://www.occupationrecords.com/shop/flyer_folkthebanks-A4.jpg.* *Occupation
Records on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/occupationrecords / twitter
- https://twitter.com/#!/OccuRecords. Folk the Jubilee video with Martha
Wainwright's version of 'No Woman, No Cry' at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKIEZ6XMRk><http://piratepad.net/ep/search?query=gVKIEZ6XMRk;>
=gVKIEZ6XMRk <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKIEZ6XMRk>;<http://piratepad.net/ep/search?query=gVKIEZ6XMRk;>
Video
playlist of artists from Folk the Banks album -
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list<http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD318C9F0C49858FA><http://piratepad.net/ep/search?query=PLD318C9F0C49858FA>
=PLD318C9F0C49858FA<http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD318C9F0C49858FA>
[2] Occupation Records is a benefit record label raising funds for, and
spreading the messages of the Occupy and related movements through the
release of benefit albums, alongside merchandise and live events. The label
is an attempt to bring the ethos of Occupy into the music industry in a
very practical way. It is run under the ethos of Occupy. All the profits
from the album are distributed to the global Occupy movement and related
and allied movements. Decisions are made by consensus, all members are
represented by a union, finances transparent and open, with distribution
and manufacture being ethical and transparent. The label has also initiated
community engagement projects such as most recently “School of Rockupy”
were young people are joined with music artists to write, produce, record
and distribute a track in one day getting their message out utilising the
processes of Occupy. The next School of Rockupy will be taking place in
June 2012 - details of the first edition with Kate Nash can be found at
http://schoolofrockupy.wordpress.com/. Members of the collective behind the
label are also actively involved in Occupy London.
[3] Occupation Records says no to Apple’s iTunes and Amazon; challenges
music industry
http://occupationrecords.com/news/?p<http://occupationrecords.com/news/?p=1><http://piratepad.net/ep/search?query=1>
=1 <http://occupationrecords.com/news/?p=1> / Apple, Foxconn slammed by
SACOM on worker abuse in China /
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3361345/apple-foxconn-slammed-by-sacom-on-worker-abuse-in-china/Fair
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