VA - The Real Music Box 25 Years of Rounder Records [1995] + Bonus Disc (9 x CD's)

ROUNDERS REAL MUSIC BOX.
Previously posted June 1, 2019

VA - The Real Music Box 25 Years of Rounder Records [1995] + Bonus Disc (9 x CD's)
Since 1970, Massachusetts-based Rounder has been a stalwart sanctuary of various music at the root of what has recently been labeled "Americana." The retrospective is segmented into four thematic two-disc sets, each offering a staggering 30 to 50 tracks where legendary names rub shoulders with bright young Rounder talent. On Hills of Home (folk), Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly hang out with Rory Block and Alison Krauss; while Hand-Picked (bluegrass) highlights the likes of J.D. Crowe & The New South, Tony Trischka and Bela Fleck. Deep Blue (blues) captures a wide range of shades, from Professor Longhair and Champion Jack Dupree to Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and the Holmes Brothers. Louisiana Spice stews up a gumbo of New Orleans R&B, Cajun and zydeco, including Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Zachary Richard, and Boozoo Chavis. A final bonus disc captures 23 random Rounder samples, including psych-folk from The Holy Modal Rounders, Brave Combo's polka party, Jonathan Richman's childlike whimsy, and the Chicano rock of The Blazers. In some respects, this disc is the most satisfying of all just for its sheer breadth of scope. In all, a living, breathing, vibrant roots music encyclopedia. (AllMusic Review by Roch Parisien)

This is a great set of CDs. Good quality, and authentic. You can really sense the atmosphere of that time by listening to the music. The music is real.  It is a soundscape of incomparable depth and breadth - miles of music - full of surprises, listen to it again and again and find some new delight every time.

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Track lists

Disc: 1
  01. Do-Re-Mi - Woody Guthrie
  02. Where The Old Red River Flows - Whitstein Brothers
  03. Church Street Blues - Norman Blake
  04. Worried Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
  05. Joliet Bound - Rory Block
  06. J'Etais Au Bal - LeJeune/Menard/Smith
  07. Annie Is My Darling Medley/The Red Shoes - Joseph Cormier
  08. Sly Old Crow/Old Blair Store - John McCutcheon
  09. Midnight On The Stormy Deep - The Tony Rice Unit
  10. Corazon Viajero - Tish Hinosa
  11. Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens - David Bromberg
  12. Sweet Lucy - Michael Hurley & The Holy Modal Rounders
  13. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker
  14. Talk About Sufferin' - Ricky Scaggs
  15. Troubles, Trials, Tribulations - E.C. & Orna Ball
  16. Silver Bell - Country Cooking
  17. The Memory Of Your Smile - Mike Seeger/Maria Muldaur/David Grisman
  18. Never Will Give Up - Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
  19. Reels: The Pure Drop/The Flax In Bloom - Pierre Bensusan
  20. Night Herding Song - Skip Gorman

Disc: 2
  01. John Hardy - Lead Belly
  02. Duncan & Brady - Johnson Mountain Boys
  03. Old Country Stomp - Jody Stecher/Kate Brislin
  04. College Hornpipe - Mark O'Connor
  05. Looking For Money - Chicken Chokers
  06. Going Back To Old Virginia - Crowe & McLaughlin
  07. Hills Of Home - Hazel Dickens
  08. I'm Out On The Ocean A-Sailing - Leslie Riddle
  09. She Did You A Favor - Roy Book Binder
  10. My Babe - Mississippi Fred McDowell/Johnny Woods
  11. Racetrack Blues - Nashville Jug Band
  12. Aloha Means I Love You - Tau Moe Family
  13. Bill Cheatham - Bela Fleck/Bill Keith/Tony Trischka
  14. High On A Mountain - Ola Belle Reed
  15. I Caught A Keeper - Barry & Holly Tashian
  16. I Ride An Old Paint - Riders In The Sky
  17. Baby Please Don't Go - Bill Morrissey/Greg Brown
  18. Killing The Blues - Woodstock Mountain Revue
  19. I'll Never Go Back - Louvin Brothers
  20. Who Will Watch The Home Place - Laurie Lewis

Disc: 3
  01. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  02. That's Enough of that Stuff - Marcia Ball
  03. Three Keys - James Booker
  04. Tee Nah Nah - Tuts Washington
  05. Shoo-Fly - Bo Dollis/Monk Boudreaux/Rebirth Brass Band
  06. On The Prowl - Walter 'Wolfman' Washington
  07. Back on Track - Dalton Reed
  08. Hold To God's Unchanging Hand - Irma Thomas
  09. Hometown New Orleans - Champion Jack Dupree
  10. Down That Lonely Lonely Road - Johnny Adams
  11. Tipitina - Professor Longhair
  12. Coconut Milk - Bo Dollis & Wild Magnolias
  13. Hard Times - Eddie Bo
  14. Meet Me At the Station - Chuck Carbo

Disc: 4
  01. J'ai vu le loup, le renard et la belette - The Balfa Brothers
  02. Pere et garcon zydeco - John Delafose And The Eunice Playboys
  03. The Mistake I Made - Eddie LeJeune
  04. Chere toute-toute - Jimmy C. Newman
  05. Lula Lula Don't You Go To Bingo - Boozoo Chavis
  06. Bayou Pon Pon - Le Trio Cadien (Eddie LeJeune/D.L. Menard/Ken Smith)
  07. Les flammes d'enfer - Beausoleil
  08. La Danse de Mardi Gras - Steve Riley And The Mamou Playboys
  09. Wildwood Flower - D.L. Menard
  10. La valse de chere bebe - Jo-El Sonnier
  11. C'est pas la peine brailler (There's No Need To Cry) - Geno Delafose
  12. Laissez faire (Let It Be) - Bruce Daigrepont
  13. T'en as eu - David Doucet
  14. File Gumbo - Zachary Richard
  15. Outside People - Nathan And The Zydeco Cha Chas
  16. Give Him Cornbread - Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi-Rollers
  17. Think It Over One More Time - Buckweat Zydeco
  18. Snap Bean - Li'l Brian And The Zydeco Travelers

Disc: 5
  01. Mr. Bell's Shuffle - Robert Nighthawk
  02. Jealous Hearted Woman - J.B. Hutto
  03. Left Me With A Broken Heart - Jimmy Rogers/Ronnie Earl/the Broadcasters
  04. Mean Old Frisco - Frank Hovington
  05. Blues with a Feeling - Booker T. Laury
  06. Lonesome Whistle - Johnny Shines/Robert Jr. Lockwood
  07. Ain't Treating Me Right - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson
  08. I Feel So Good - Tracy Nelson
  09. Peace and Happiness - Ted Hawkins
  10. Up Above My Head - Holmes Brothers
  11. Sometimes I Slip - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
  12. Full Court Press - Bluestime
  13. Since You Been Gone - Rory Block
  14. 501 Boogie - Professor Longhair
  15. Give Me the Flowers While I'm Livin' - Champion Jack Dupree

Disc: 6
  1. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Charles Brown
  2. Texas Flood - Roomful Of Blues with Duke Robillard
  3. Green Light - Ronnie Earl
  4. Help The Poor - Larry Davis
  5. Gimme A Break - Ron Levy
  6. My Jug and I - Persuasions
  7. Red Beans - Marcia Ball
  8. You're My Brand - Smokin' Joe Kubek Band/Bnois King
  9. Full Time Lover - Ann Peebles/Little Jimmy King
  10. I Wanna Do It To You baby - Smokey Wilson
  11. You Got What It Takes - Michelle Willson/Sugar Ray Norcia
  12. Tomorrow - Jimmy McCracklin/Irma Thomas
  13. Beale St. Boogaloo - Preston Shannon Band
  14. What A Way To Go - Johnny Nocturne Band
  15. Love is the Bottom Line - Lowell Fulson

Disc: 7
  01. The Old Home Place - J.D. Crowe & The New South
  02. Along About Daybreak - Joe Val
  03. High On A Mountain - Del McCoury
  04. Barrel of Fun - Country Cooking
  05. West Virginia, My Home - Hazel Dickens
  06. Blue Eyed Boston Boy - Bluegrass Cardinals
  07. The Old Swinging Bridge - TED LUNDY
  08. Golden Ring - Dry Branch Fire Squad
  09. Things In Life - Don Stover
  10. The Last Old Shovel - Phyllis Boyens
  11. Sourwood Mountain - Allen Shelton
  12. When Someone Wants To Leave - The Allen Brothers
  13. I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) - David Grisman
  14. Take Me Back To Happy Valley - Bailey Brothers
  15. Home Is Where The Heart Is - Connie and Babe & The Backwoods Boys
  16. Drifting Too Far FromThe Shore - Boone Creek
  17. Montana Cowboy - Hazel And Alice
  18. At The End - Leon Morris/Buzz Busby
  19. You Tried To Ruin My Name - Wilma Lee Cooper
  20. I'll Be On That Good Road Someday - Butch Robins
  21. Crazy Creek - Bill Keith
  22. When Springtime Comes Again - Vern Williams
  23. Old Train - Tony Rice
  24. Ragtime Annie - Byron Berline
  25. Blue Days, Black Nights - Tasty Licks
  26. The Model Church - The Bluegrass Album Band

Disc: 8
  01. Leavin' - James King
  02. Lonesome River - HERE TODAY
  03. Hard Hearted - Jim And Jesse
  04. My Better Years - The Johnson Mountain Boys
  05. Second Wind - Claire Lynch
  06. New Faces in the Field - IIIrd Tyme Out
  07. New York Chimes - Tony Trischka
  08. Is The Blue Moon Still Shining? - Laurie Lewis/Kathy Kallick
  09. Flop Eared mule - David Grier/Mike Compton
  10. Every Time You Say Goodbye - Alison Krauss
  11. Cold on the Shoulder - Tony Rice
  12. Who's That Knocking At My Door? - Dreadful Snakes
  13. Mr. Engineer - J.D. Crowe
  14. You'll Get No More of Me - Lynn Morris
  15. Every Humble Knee Must Bow - Nashville Bluegrass Band
  16. Mamma's Hand - Hazel Dickens
  17. Sleepy Eyed John/Tom and Jerry - Laurie Lewis/Tom Rozum
  18. Whitewater - Bela Fleck
  19. You're That Certain Someone - Warrior River Boys
  20. I Feel the Blues Moving In - Del McCoury
  21. When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart - The Cox Family
  22. River of Jordan - Ricky Skaggs
  23. We Believe in Happy Endings - Dry Branch Fire Squad

Disc: 9 Bonus
  01. Short Holler - Leonard Emmanuel
  02. C & NW Railroad Blues - Snuffy Jenkins/Pappy Sherill
  03. Just Because - George Pegram
  04. Happy Wanderer - Brave Combo
  05. La Zenaida - Sol Y Canto
  06. Stagger Lee - Sleepy LaBeef
  07. Homesick Boy - George Thorogood And The Destroyers
  08. Winter Sun - Breakfast Special
  09. Synergy - Holy Modal Rounders
  10. Dos Keshenever Shtikele - Klezmer Conservatory Band
  11. Just A Strand From A Yellow Curl - Blue Sky Boys
  12. Since She Started to Ride - Jonathan Richman
  13. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Joseph Spence
  14. Cumbia Del Sol - The Balzers
  15. El Cool Dude/La Pierdrera - Los Pinkys/Isidro Samilpa
  16. Who Borke The Lock? - Highwoods String Band
  17. All Around the Kitchen - Mike & Peggy Seeger
  18. Sala Noki Pascal - Tabu Ley Rochereau
  19. Lady Be Good - John Miller
  20. Mama's Last Stand - Last Roundup
  21. Cowboy Calypso - Russ Barenberg
  22. Too Much Fun - Cowboy Jazz
  23. Tuning The Kora - Alhaji Bai Konte
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