VA - Art Of Field Recording Vol. 01 + Vol. 02 [2007-2008] (8 x CD's)

ART OF FIELD RECORDINGS

VA - Art Of Field Recording Vol. 01 + Vol. 02 [2007-2008] (8 x CD's)


Although he's not exclusively a folklorist or musicologist by profession, Art Rosenbaum has been making field recordings since his teenage years. The four-CD, 110-track box set Art of Field Recording, Vol. 1, as big as it is, has just a portion of the folk music he's documented between 1956 and 2007. It's divided into four separate thematic discs, one a "survey" or sampling of the breadth of what he's recorded; one devoted to religious songs; one for blues; and one comprised of instrumental and dance tunes. If nothing else, the sheer size and variety of this anthology is impressive; if it doesn't include every last strain of American folk music, it certainly covers more of them than almost any comparable collection. There's country blues, gospel, fiddle music, fife and drum, a cappella vocal, Mexican corrido, and pieces on which the primary or sole accompaniment is pump organ or mouth bow. The Gospel Supremes' "Do, Lord, Remember Me" verges on classic-style soul music, yet many other performances, if not exactly amateur, are certainly casual snapshots of common folk playing music for their own edification rather than out of any professional ambition. A few names here and there will be familiar to the folk or blues specialist, like Scrapper Blackwell, Yank Rachell, and Buell Kazee. But mostly these are performers working wholly outside of the commercial music business, even including an a cappella vocal of a children's ballad by Rosenbaum's father (which Art Rosenbaum rightly acknowledges might not be to everyone's taste in his liner notes)..... Like the first volume of Art of Field Recording, this second installment is a four-CD box set of considerable size and scope of field recordings by Art Rosenbaum. The 107 tracks, recorded between 1956 and 2008 (the very year this set was issued), cover an enormous range of American traditional music. Cajun, Appalachian folk, country blues, gospel, Sacred Harp singing, sacred steel guitar, and a cappella vocals are among the styles documented. It might not quite get to everything, but it certainly captures plenty of approaches that had little to no exposure in the conventional commercial music business over this half century, yet were preserved and performed outside of the media spotlight. Like its predecessor, it's also divided into four separate thematic discs, though these are slightly different this time around. The first and second CDs are (as they were in Vol. 1) devoted to a "survey" disc encompassing a bunch of styles and a disc of religious material; the third and fourth go into different directions by presenting a CD of "accompanied songs and ballads," and another wholly of "unaccompanied songs and ballads," or songs performed a cappella. A few performers here and there will be known to folk fans (Cajun musicians the Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire, bluesman Scrapper Blackwell, Alice Gerrard, Buell Kazee), but mostly these are musicians without commercial profiles who make music because they want to, happening to get these performances taped by Rosenbaum.

This set unearths all manner of unknown Americana. Archivists Art and Margo Rosenbaum spent half a century recording obscure artists from the backwoods: parlour tunes, church hymns, slide blues, chain gang songs, Southern gospel and creepy country ballads. Complete with scholarly tome, the result is a riveting document of an all-but-vanished culture. An essential companion piece to Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. -- Uncut Magazine: ***** [5 stars out of 5]

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VA - Art Of Field Recording Vol. 01 [2007] CD01 + CD2
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VA - Art Of Field Recording Vol. 02 [2008]
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Volume 1

CD 1 - Survey
01. Sister Fleeta Mitchell and Rev. Willie Mae Eberhart - Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (2:16)
02. Ray Rhodes - Fred Adams (1:05)
03. Gordon Tanner and Smokey Joe Miller - Billy in the Low Ground (2:11)
04. Margaret Kimmett - Frankie and Johnnie (Laws 13) + Twenty Froggies Go to School (3:06)
05. Fidel Martin - Cup of Faith + Beaudoin Quadrille (2:15)
06. Mary Lomax - The Drowsy Sleeper (Laws M4) (3:01)
07. The Myers Sisters - Little Red Rooster (2:17)
08. Ralph Sheckel - Tony Gave a Picnic (1:34)
09. Neal Patman - Mama Whoopin' the Blues (2:14)
10. Henry Grady Terrell - Old John Henry Died on the Mountain (1:57)
11. Golden River Grass - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (3:48)
12. The Phillips Wonders - Hambone (1:18)
13. Bobby McMillon - Darby's Ram (3:45)
14. Shorty Ralph Reynolds - Darlin' Corey (3:10)
15. Epifanio Sanchez and Group - Carabina Treinta-Treinta (30-30 Rifle) (2:22)
16. Bert Hare - I'm Dying, Mother (4:36)
17. Sacred Harp Singing Group - Eternal Day (2:28)
18. Mabel Cawthorn - Tom Watson Tune (3:14)
19. Arthur Vandeveer - A Melancholy Sound (2:08)
20. Laethe Eller - What You Gonna Name That Pretty Baby (3:23)
21. Ollie Gilbert - Who Killer Poor Rosin? (1:06)
22. Brady 'Doc' and Lucy Barnes - Free Go Lily (0:37)
23. John W. Summers - Brickyard Joe (1:54)
24. Mary Heekin - Lord Randolph (Child 12) (6:03)
25. Lawrence Eller and Vaughn Eller - Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal (1:33)
26. Old Thresher's Five and Drum Band - Irish Washerwoman (0:54)
27. Mary Lomax - Lord Daniel (Child 81) (5:42)
28. Jack Bean - Song of Fifty Cents (2:25)
29. Dr. David Rosenbaum - One Saturday Night When I Come Home (Child 274) (1:50)

CD 2 - Religious
01. Silver Light Gospel Singers - Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'Round (2:58)
02. Rev. Howard Finster - Medley (4:44)
03. Sacred Harp Singing Group - Assurance (1:10)
04. Bonnie Loggins and Mary Lomax - In the Silence of the Midnight (1:57)
05. Sister Fleeta Mitchell, Rev. Nathanial Mitchell, and Lucy Barnes - Let Me Fly (2:11)
06. Leona Ruth - Over Yonder Where Jesus Is (1:16)
07. Rev. Willie Gresham and Group - Guide Me, Thou Great Jehovah (2:29)
08. Brady 'Doc' and Lucy Barnes and the Gilmore Family - Teach Me, Master (3:37)
09. Lawrence Eller, Vaughn Eller and Rosa Brown - Lonesome Valley (2:44)
10. Bracy 'Doc' Barnes and Lucy Barnes - Walk with Me (2:21)
11. Lawrence McKiver and the McIntosh County Shouters - Jubilee (2:13)
12. Lucille Holloway and Basers - Wade the Water to My Knees (1:07)
13. Deacon Tommy Tookes and Congregation - The Lord Is Risen (5:35)
14. Ida Craig - Sit Down, Servant (5:09)
15. Sister Fleeta Mitchell, Rev. Nathanial Mitchell, and Lucy Barnes - I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord (2:36)
16. Richard and Elula Moss - Idumea (2:42)
17. Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church - An Addess to All (4:04)
18. The Phillips Wonders - Walking Along the Heavenly Road + I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow (3:31)
19. Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church - Lenox (3:02)
20. Georgia Jean Eversole - Scarlet Purple Robe (2:40)
21. Smokey Joe Miller and Newman Young - Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (2:41)
22. Nathan Palmer - Blow, Gabriel (1:39)
23. Gospel Supremes - Do, Lord, Remember Me (5:34)
24. Naomi Bradford and Macedonia Baptist Church - My Number Will Be Changed (3:44)
25. Rev. Willie Gresham and Macedonia Baptist Church - Hush and Listen (4:57)

CD 3 - Blues
01. Cecil Barfield - Georgia Bottleneck Blues (4:38)
02. Gordon Tanner, Smokey Joe Miller, and Uncle John Patterson - Carroll County Blues (2:14)
03. Brooks Berry and Scrapper Blackwell - Brooks' Blues (5:15)
04. Neal Patman and Bill Giles - Key to the Highway (2:54)
05. J. T. Adams - Red River Blues (3:31)
06. George Childers - Nobody's Business (2:38)
07. Eddie Bowles - Bowles' Blues (4:13)
08. Cliff Sheats - Got the Blues So Bad (3:13)
09. Guitar Pete Franklin - Guitar Pete's Blues (7:47)
10. James 'Yank' Rachel and Shirley Griffith - Peach Orchard Mama (5:57)
11. James Easley, Guitar Pete Franklin, and Raymond Holloway - Big Leg Women (4:58)
12. Joe K. Rakestraw and Art Rosenbaum - Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going (2:39)
13. Neal Patman - The Mogul (2:14)
14. Buford Boyd and Willard Benson - Deep Ellum Blues (2:40)
15. Shirley Griffith - River Line Blues (3:56)
16. Jake Staggers - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad (2:19)
17. Harvie Sims - I Cried All Night Long (3:42)
18. Shirley Griffith - Maggie Campbell Blues (4:31)
19. Guitar Pete Franklin - How Long Blues (4:28)
20. Scrapper Blackwell - 'A' Blues (3:34)

CD 4 - Instrumental And Dance
01. Dallas Henderson - Lost Indian (1:33)
02. Ben Entrekin, Uncle John Patterson, and James Patterson - Flat Foot Charlie (2:10)
03. Lawrence Eller and Vaughn Eller - Down the Road (1:08)
04. Clester Houchell - Sally, won't You Have Me, Do, Gal, Do (1:09)
05. Coy Martin - Fox Chase (2:30)
06. Neal Patman - Fox Chase (1:40)
07. Gordon Tanner, Smokey Joe Miller, and Uncle John Patterson - Medley (6:48)
08. Janes 'Yank' Rachel and Shirley Griffith - Mandolin Stomp (2:16)
09. Albert Hash - Omie Wise (1:32)
10. Albert Hash and Art Rosenbaum - Train 45 (1:27)
11. George Childers - Turkey in the Straw (2:12)
12. Louis and Larry Riendeau - Arkansas Traveler (3:25)
13. Dwight 'Red' Lamb - Fynne's Polka (1:32)
14. News Tolman - Pigtown Fling (0:51)
15. John W. Summers and Art Rosenbaum - Stony Point (2:48)
16. Earl Murphy and Bill Ashley - Cowboy Waltz (2:44)
17. Clester Hounchell - Walk, Little Julie (0:51)
18. Rev. Howard Finster - Five to My Five (1:05)
19. Delbert Spray and Art Rosenbaum - Quit Kicking My Dog Around (1:58)
20. Old Threshers' Fife and Drum Bandk - Yankee Doodle (0:52)
21. John W. Summers - Jig Medley (2:40)
22. Buell Kazee - Big Foot Feller (1:09)
23. Buford Boyd - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (1:01)
24. Uncle John Patterson - Shout, Lulu (4:23)
25. Jake Staggers - Shout, Lulu (1:10)
26. W. Guy Bruce - Shout, Lulu (2:40)
27. W. Guy Bruce and Guy Bruce, Jr. - Sally Ann (1:43)
28. Gordon Tanner, Phil Tanner, Art Rosenbaum and Larry Nash - Arkansas Traveler (4:08)
29. Frosty Lamb and Buzz Fountain - Beaumont Rag (1:15)
30. Kirk Brandenberger and Art Rosenbaum - Whistler's Waltz (2:49)
31. W. Guy Bruce - Shady Grove (5:11)
32. Rosa Brown - Coal Creek March (1:40)
33. Pete Steele - Coal Creek March (1:11)
34. Harry 'Pappy' Wells - Jenny Nettles (3:42)
35. Lyman Enlos and Bob Black - Fourteen Days in Georgia (1:28)
36. Maude Thacker - She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain (0:35)

Volume 2

CD 1 - Survey
01. Fidel Martin - La Grondeuse (The Scolding Woman) (1:55)
02. Eddie Bowles - Blues (4:13)
03. Frosty Lamb And Buzz Fountain - 12th Street Rag (1:44)
04. Dwight “Red” Lamb - Danish Galop (1:15)
05. Tony Bryant - Broke Down Engine (4:12)
06. Nathan Abshire & The Balfa Brothers - J’ai Passé Devant Ta Porte (2:58)
07. Nathan Abshire & The Balfa Brothers - Colinda (1:38)
08. Jake Staggers - Garfield (2:23)
09. Bobby McMillon - The Devil Song [Child 275] (5:14)
10. John W. Summers - Unnamed Tune (2:04)
11. Kirk Brandenberger And Art Rosenbaum - Going Across The Prairie (3:52)
12. Uncle John Patterson - Muddy Roads Of Georgia (3:08)
13. Cecil Barfield - Georgia Blues (5:15)
14. Mary Lomax - Billy Staffer (The State Of Arkansas) [Laws H1] (2:57)
15. Eller Brothers - Cindy In The Summer Time (2:17)
16. Ross Brown And Howard Cunningham - General Lee’s Surrender (2:06)
17. Neal Pattman - Shortnin’ Bread (1:47)
18. Juanita And Oscar “Shorty” Shehan - Free Little Bird (1:47)
19. Juanita And Oscar “Shorty” Shehan - The Soldier And The Lady [Laws P 14] (3:10)
20. Shirley Griffith - Big Road Blues (2:56)
21. Pete Steele - Harlan County Farewell Tune (Rambling Hobo) (1:04)
22. Earl Murphy And Andy Carlson - Marmaduke’s Hornpipe (2:49)
23. Bert Hare - Jonah (2:54)
24. Smoky McGinness And Bob Black - Turkey In The Straw (2:32)
25. Clester Hounchell - Paddy On The Turnpike (1:37)
26. Anna Sandage Underhill - Play Party Songs: In This Ring / I’d Rather Be A Farmer’s Boy (0:43)
27. The Chancey Brothers - Mulberry Gap / Cumberland Gap (3:35)
28. Louie And Henry Riendeau - Fred Rogers’ Reel (1:42)
29. Scrapper Blackwell - Goin’ Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog (4:47)

CD 2 - Religious
01. Brown's Chapel Choir - Welcome Home (3:16)
02. Myers Family & Friends - River of Jordan (2:11)
03. Brady "Doc" Barnes, Lucy Barnes - Brother, You Ought T've Been There - (1:31)
04. Georgia Sacred Harp Convention - New Prospect (2:46)
05. Bert Hare - No Man Can Love Me Like Jesus (2:48)
06. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church - He's Calling Me (3:02)
07. Smokey Joe Miller, Gordon Tanner - Out of My Bondage (3:03)
08. Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church - Mother, Tell Me of the Angels (3:00)
09. Otha Cooper - No Room at the Hotel (3:53)
10. Traveling Inner Lights - Let's Have a Family Prayer (4:50)
11. Golden River Grass - Over in the Glory Land (2:33)
12. Rev. Willie Mae Eberhart, Sister Fleeta Mitchell, and Eddie Ruth Pringle - Charge to Keep I Have (5:44)
13. Jake Staggers & Family - How Long the Train Been Gone? (2:45)
14. Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church - Lord, Remember Me (5:58)
15. McIntosh County Shouters - Eve and Adam (Pickin' Up Leaves) (4:12)
16. Otha Cooper, Imogene Riggens - There's a Man Going Around Taking Names (1:38)
17. Brady "Doc" Barnes, Lucy Barnes - Savior, Don't You Pass Me By (4:16)
18. Laethe Eller, Berthie Rogers - Oh That Terrible Day (3:39)
19. Cora Thompson - I Know I Got Religion (3:15)
20. Silver Light Gospel Singers - Dry Bones (5:11)
21. House of God, Sarasota, Florida - Walk with Me (8:09)

CD 3 - Accompanied Songs And Ballads
01. Chancey Brothers - I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (4:05)
02. The Eller Family - Going to Georgia (3:04)
03. George Gibson - Southern Texas (3:07)
04. Brady "Doc" Barnes, Lucy Barnes - Raise a Ruckus Tonight (3:01)
05. Myers Family & Friends - Rambling Boy (2:05)
06. Shorty Ralph Reynolds - Want to Go to Cuba, Can't Go Now (2:34)
07. Ola Belle Reed - Boat's Up the River (1:17)
08. Pat Hudson - Hog Drivers (3:07)
09. W. Guy Bruce - As I Walked out One Morning in Spring (1:13)
10. Smokey Joe Miller, Gordon Tanner - Devilish Mary (2:42)
11. Buell Kazee - Barbara Allen (6:40)
12. Jack Bean - Steamboat Bill (2:15)
13. Ross Brown, Lawrence Eller - John Henry (3:35)
14. Mose Parker - John Henry (4:07)
15. Willard Benson - John Hardy (2:54)
16. Myers Family & Friends - Old Joe Clark (3:04)
17. Dr. C.B. Skelton - Miller's Will (5:34)
18. Lawrence Eller - On Top of Old Smoky (3:50)
19. Pete Steele - Last Payday at Coal Creek (3:08)
20. Helen McDuffie, Leasie Whitmore - Wreck on the CC&O Road (5:02)
21. Buzz Fountain - Quit That Ticklin' Me (1:32)
22. Mabel Cawthorn - Going Up the Country [Some Kind of Blues] (2:44)
23. Myers Family & Friends - Talking Blues (1:46)
24. Ross Brown, Eller Brothers - Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail (2:04)
25. Jack Bean - Ring Ching Ching (3:47)

CD 4 - Unaccompanied Songs And Ballads
01. Mary Lomax - Fair and Tender Maidens (2:08)
02. Virgil Sandage - Bird's Song (1:07)
03. Anna Sandage Underhill - Elfin Knight (2:37)
04. Stan Gilliam - Gypsy Davy (1:19)
05. Mary Lomax - Black Jack Davy (2:05)
06. Ray Rhodes - Black Jack Davy (1:09)
07. Oscar Parks - Battle of Stone River (3:57)
08. The Phillips Wonders - Froggy Went A-Courting (1:44)
09. Mary Heekin - Factory Girl (2:41)
10. Jim Cook - I'm a Noble Soldier (1:50)
11. Anna Sandage Underhill - Young Man's Lament (2:36)
12. Vern Smelser - Butcher's Boy (1:46)
13. Ollie Gilbert - Lady Lye (2:24)
14. Stan Gilliam - Lullabies (0:45)
15. Ollie Gilbert - Utah Carl (6:09)
16. Mary Ruth Moore - Billy Button (2:11)
17. Oneitha Ellison & Group - Ring Plays (4:31)
18. Mr. & Mrs. Lazore - Mohawk Love Song (1:57)
19. Alice Gerrard - Shenandoah (1:43)
20. Greg & Lala Brown - Two Little Boys (3:34)
21. Mary Lomax - Down in the Arkansas (1:32)
22. Bonnie Loggins - I'll Drink and Be Jolly (1:13)
23. Brady "Doc" Barnes - We'll March Around the Wall (1:32)
24. Vern Smelser - John Came Home (3:09)
25. Margaret Kimmett - Farm Out West (2:09)
26. Ray Rhodes - Frankie and Johnny (1:55)
27. Mistress Della Mae Reedy - Farmer's Son (2:11)
28. Maude Thacker - The Famous Wedding (1:28)
29. Stan Gilliam - Sail Away, Lady/Greenback [Medley] (1:42)
30. Sudie Parks - Lame Soldier (2:31)
31. Oscar Parks - Pearl Bryan (3:54)
32. Bonnie Loggins - Sing, Sing, What'll I Sing? (0:21)

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