Anthology Of American Folk Music – Anthology American Folk Music / Various [CD]

Description

Reissue – Originally released in 1953 as 3 volumes of 2 LPs each, this historic collection is now available as 3 separately packaged boxes containing 6 remastered CDs. Rare photos, interviews and essays are also included. “The most influential and magical document of the American urban folk revival.” Billboard.

Tracklist:

1. Henry Lee – Dick Justice
2. Fatal Flower Garden – Nelston’s Hawaiians
3. House Carpenter – Clarence Ashley
4. Drunkard’s Special – Coley Jones
5. Old Lady and the Devil – Bill ; Belle Reed
6. The Butcher’s Boy – Buell Kazee
7. The Wagoner’s Lad – Buell Kazee
8. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O – Chubby Parker
9. Old Shoes and Leggins – Uncle Eck Dunford 1
10. Willie Moore – Richard Burnett and Leonard Rutherford 1
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy – Buster Carter and Preston Young 1
12. Peg and Awl – Carolina Tar Heels 1
13. Ommie Wise – G.B. Grayson 1
14. My Name Is John Johanna – Kelly Harrell 1
15. Bandit Cole Younger – Edward L. Crain 1
16. Charles Giteau – Kelly Harrel 1
17. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man – Carter Family 1
18. Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand – Williamson Brothers and Curry 1
19. Stackalee – Frank Hutchison 2
20. White House Blues – Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers 2
21. Frankie – Mississippi John Hurt 2
22. When That Great Ship Went Down – William and Versey Smith 2
23. Engine 143 – Carter Family 2
24. Kassie Jones – Furry Lewis 2
25. Down on Penny’s Farm – Bently Boys 2
26. Mississippi Boweavil Blues – Masked Marvel 2
27. Got the Farm Land Blues – Carolina Tar Heels 2
28. Sail Away Lady – Uncle Bunt Stephens 2
29. The Wild Wagoner – Jilson Setters 3
30. Wake Up Jacob – Prince Albert Hunt’s Texas Ramblers 3
31. La Danseuse – Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard 3
32. Georgia Stomp – Andrew and Jim Baxter 3
33. Brilliancy Medley – Eck Robertson 3
34. Indian War Whoop – Hoyt Ming ; His Pep-Steppers 3
35. Old Country Stomp – Henry Thomas 3
36. Old Dog Blue – Jim Jackson 3
37. Saut Crapaud – Columbus Fruge 3
38. Acadian One-Step – Joseph Falcon 3
39. Home Sweet Home – Breaux Freres 4
40. Newport Blues – Cincinnati Jug Band 4
41. Moonshiner’s Dance (Part One) – Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra 4
42. You Must Be Born Again – Rev. J.M. Gates 4
43. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting – Rev. J.M. Gates 4
44. Rocky Road – Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 4
45. Present Joys – Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 4
46. This Song of Love – Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1 4
47. Judgement – Sister Mary Nelson 4
48. He Got Better Things for You – Memphis Sanctified Singers 4
49. Since I Laid My Burden Down – Elders McIntorsh ; Edwards’ Sanctified Singers 5
50. John the Baptist – Rev. Moses Mason 5
51. Dry Bones – Bascom Lamar Lunsford 5
52. John the Revelator – Blind Willie Johnson 5
53. Little Moses – Carter Family 5
54. Shine on Me – Ernest Phipps ; Holiness Singers 5
55. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room – Rev. F.W. McGee 5
56. In the Battlefield for My Lord – Rev. D.C. Rice and Congregation 5
57. The Coo Coo Bird – Clarence Ashley 5
58. East Virginia – Buell Kazee 5
59. Minglewood Blues – Cannon’s Jug Stompers 6
60. I Woke Up One Morning in May – Didier Hebert 6
61. James Alley Blues – Richard ‘Rabbit’ Brown 6
62. Sugar Baby – Dock Boggs 6
63. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground – Bascom Lamar Lunsford 6
64. Mountaineer’s Courtship – Ernest and Hattie Stoneman 6
65. The Spanish Merchant’s Daughter – Stoneman Family 6
66. Bob Lee Junior Blues – Memphis Jug Band 6
67. Single Girl, Married Girl – Carter Family 6
68. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme – Cleoma Breaux ; Joseph Falcon 6
69. Rabbit Foot Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
70. Expressman Blues – Sleepy John Estes ; Yank Rachell 7
71. Poor Boy Blues – Ramblin’ Thomas 7
72. Feather Bed – Cannon’s Jug Stompers 7
73. Country Blues – Dock Boggs 7
74. 99 Year Blues – Julius Daniels 7
75. Prison Cell Blues – Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
76. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean – Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
77. C’est Si Triste Sans Lui – Cleoma and Ophy Breaux and Joseph Falcon 7
78. Way Down the Old Plank Road – Uncle Dave Macon 7
79. Buddy Won’t You Roll Down the Line – Uncle Dave Macon 8
80. Spike Driver Blues – Mississippi John Hurt 8
81. K.C. Moan – Memphis Jug Band 8
82. Train on the Island – J.P. Nestor 8
83. The Lone Star Trail – Ken Maynard 8
84. Fishing Blues – Henry Thomas

UPC: 093074009024
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Release Date: 8.19.97
Format: CD