There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’. 

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
2	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
3	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
4	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
5	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
6	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
7	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
8	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
9	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
10	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
11	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
12	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
13	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
14	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
15	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
16	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
17	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
18	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
19	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
20	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
21	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
22	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
23	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
24	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
25	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
26	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
27	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
28	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
29	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
30	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
31	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
32	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
33	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
34	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
35	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
36	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
37	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
38	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
39	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters