VA - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be ALL [1997-2003] (8 x CD's)

CLASSIC RECORDINGS FROM THE 1920's & 1930's

VA - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be ALL [1997-2003] (8 x CD's)

This is a collection of classic recording from the 1920's and 1930's featuring many all-time great performances of early American traditional music. These albums includes a fascinating overview of traditional American musical styles from the Civil War to the 1920s including all phases of both white and black genres, fiddle tunes, rags, banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc.

All eight volumes of this great collection are amazingly awesome. It features a great array of entertainers from that era and portrays the music of that time at the best. It shows the greatness of older blues music gospel music string music Cajun music. There are entertainers on this CD Series that are hard to come by since they only did about 6-10 sides for their whole career. I would highly recommend this entire eight volume set to all who love the older twang sound of that era where country music was country music.

When it comes to re-issues of 78's many can't get past the surface noise to hear the music underneath. Yazoo has done an admirable job of cleaning that surface noise without destroying the underlying music. If you like old time music - and old time blues, the various Yazoo collections are a great way to discover the gutsy originals and get a perspective on the real music and the real musicians. Get down off that mountain and hear to some music that hasn't been processed like supermarket cheese food. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Prince Albert Hunt - Blues In A Bottle 3:26

02 Charlie Jordan - Dollar Bill Blues 3:00

03 Bascom Lamar Lundsford - Lost John Dean 2:48

04 A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly - Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat 3:05

05 Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - Sinking Of The Titanic 3:49

06 Dykes Magic City Trio - Tennessee Girls 3:04

07 Bob Campbell - Shotgun Blues 2:56

08 J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island 2:58

09 The Four Wanderers - The Fault's In Me 3:13

10 Happy Hayseeds - The Tail Of Halley's Comet 2:43

11 Oaks Family - Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper 2:58

12 Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rollin' Done 2:49

13 Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 3:03

14 Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again 2:51

15 Buell Kazee - The Dying Soldier 3:09

16 Buddy Boy Hawkins - Voice Throwin' Blues 3:03

17 Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles - Been On The Job Too Long 3:13

18 Ken Maynard - Fannie Moore 3:34

19 Nugrape Twins - I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape 2:57

20 Carson Brothers & Sprinkle - The Old Miller's Will 3:02

21 Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner - Skinner 2:50

22 Southern Moonlight Entertainers - How To Make Love 3:15

23 Grayson & Whitter - Old Jimmie Sutton 3:07

CD2

01 Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues 3:13

02 Allen Shaw - Moanin' the Blues 3:01

03 Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues 3:00

04 Bobby Leecan & His Need More Band - Washboard Cut Out 2:56

05 Henry Thomas - Bob McKinney 2:57

06 Fiddling John Carson & His Virginia Reelers - Swanee River 3:18

07 Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues 3:08

08 Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies 2:59

09 Cannon's Jug Stompers - The Rooster's Crowing Blues 3:03

10 A.A. Grey & Seven Foot Dilly - Tallapoosa Bound 3:13

11 Shelor Family - Billy Grimes the Rover 2:46

12 Massey Family - Brown Skin Girl Down the Lane 2:45

13 Joe McCoy - You Know You Done Me Wrong 3:14

14 Sid Harkreader & Gradey Moore - Old Joe 2:53

15 Blind Alfred Reed - Beware 3:11

16 Wilmer Watts & The Lonely - Knocking Down Casey Jones 3:12

17 Tommy Bradley - Four Day Blues 3:13

18 Georgia Crackers - Riley the Furniture Man 3:06

19 Emmett Lundy & Ernest Stoneman - Piney Woods Girl 2:46

20 Louie Blue - State Street Rag 2:49

21 Tweedy Brothers - Sugar In The Ground 3:07

22 Southern Moonlight Entertainers - Then I'll Move To Town 2:51

23 Rev. D.C. Rice - Lord Keep Me With A Mind 2:51

CD3

01 Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues 3:13

02 Allen Shaw - Moanin' the Blues 3:01

03 Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues 3:00

04 Bobby Leecan & His Need More Band - Washboard Cut Out 2:56

05 Henry Thomas - Bob McKinney 2:57

06 Fiddling John Carson & His Virginia Reelers - Swanee River 3:18

07 Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues 3:08

08 Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies 2:59

09 Cannon's Jug Stompers - The Rooster's Crowing Blues 3:03

10 A.A. Grey & Seven Foot Dilly - Tallapoosa Bound 3:13

11 Shelor Family - Billy Grimes the Rover 2:46

12 Massey Family - Brown Skin Girl Down the Lane 2:45

13 Joe McCoy - You Know You Done Me Wrong 3:14

14 Sid Harkreader & Gradey Moore - Old Joe 2:53

15 Blind Alfred Reed - Beware 3:11

16 Wilmer Watts & The Lonely - Knocking Down Casey Jones 3:12

17 Tommy Bradley - Four Day Blues 3:13

18 Georgia Crackers - Riley the Furniture Man 3:06

19 Emmett Lundy & Ernest Stoneman - Piney Woods Girl 2:46

20 Louie Blue - State Street Rag 2:49

21 Tweedy Brothers - Sugar In The Ground 3:07

22 Southern Moonlight Entertainers - Then I'll Move To Town 2:51

23 Rev. D.C. Rice - Lord Keep Me With A Mind 2:51

CD4

01 Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole 3:06

02 Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues 2:53

03 Frank Hutchison - Worried Blues 3:18

04 Jelly Jaw Short - Snake Doctor Blues 3:26

05 East Texas Serenaders - Acorn Stomp 2:53

06 Carlisle Brothers - Sal Got a Meatskin 2:53

07 Sleepy John Estes - Streetcar Blues 3:16

08 Luke Highnight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown 2:47

09 Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles - Sleepy Desert 3:06

10 Son House - Walking Blues 2:56

11 Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - Sweet Rivers 3:11

12 Williamson Brothers - Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand 3:26

13 Charlie Patton - Mean Black Cat 2:57

14 Lowe Stokes - Billy in the Lowground 3:04

15 Jelly Roll Anderson - Good Time Blues 2:44

16 Fiddling John Carson - Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over 2:53

17 Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Steel Driving Man 3:05

18 Skip James - I'm So Glad 2:50

19 Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Rok About My Sara Jane 3:23

20 Cap, Andy & Flip - I'm Taking My Audition to Sing Up in the Sky 3:11

21 Buster Johnson & James Cole's Washboard Band - Undertaker Blues 3:03

22 Oscar Harper's Texas String Band - Sally Johnson 2:34

23 Fa Sol La Singers - I'll Stay on the Right Road Now 2:49

CD5

01 Jimmie Tarlton - Lowe Bonnie 3:24

02 William Harris - Early Morning Blues 2:51

03 Burnett & Rutherford - Billy In The Lowground 3:10

04 Dixon Brothers - Rambling 3:13

05 Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues 2:57

06 Sweet Brothers - I Got A Bulldog 2:52

07 Cliff Carlisle - Tom Cat Blues 2:54

08 Hi Henry Brown - Preacher Blues 3:29

09 Kessinger Brothers - Salt River 3:09

10 Golden Melody Boys - Blushing Bride 2:31

11 Georgia Yellow Hammers - Kiss Me Quick 2:52

12 Charlie Patton - Magnolia Blues 3:13

13 Anglelas Le Jeunne - Perrodin Two Step 3:02

14 Fiddling John Carson - Bachelor's Hall 3:08

15 Tommy Johnson - Walking Shoes 3:06

16 Stripling Brothers - Wolves Howling 3:28

17 James Cole & His Washboard Band - Mistreated The Only Friend You Had 3:12

18 Martin & Hobbs - Havana River Guide 3:08

19 Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face 2:46

20 Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies - Make Down The Bed And We'll Sleep Together 3:15

21 Skip James - Special Rider Blues 3:03

22 Watts & Wilson - Walk Right In 2:45

23 Rev. Rice & Congregation - Leaving All To Follow Jesus 2:57

CD6

01 Birkhead & Lane - Robinson County 3:06

02 Floyd County Ramblers - Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party 3:09

03 Mississippi Moaner - It's Cold In China 2:51

04 Parker & Dodd - Sail Away Lady 2:59

05 Uncle Dave Macon & The Fruit Jar Drinkers - I'm Goin' Away In The Morn 3:08

06 Tenderfoot Edwards - Seven Sister Blues 2:55

07 Virginia Mountain Boomers - Cousin Sally Brown 2:54

08 Girls Of The Golden West - Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo Git Along Little Doggies 2:46

09 Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues 2:50

10 Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston - Milwaukee Blues 3:20

11 Weems String Band - Davy 2:55

12 Eli Framer - God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man 3:13

13 Eck Robertson - Sally Gooden 3:11

14 Jess Johnston & Byrd Moore - My Trouble Blues 3:10

15 Charley Patton - Prayer Of Death - Part 2 2:49

16 Red Headed Fiddlers - Cheat 'Em 2:33

17 Dewey & Gassie Bassett - Jesus Paved The Way 2:42

18 Louie Lasky - Caroline 2:51

19 The Swamp Rooters - Swamp Cat Rag 3:07

20 Reaves White County Ramblers - Ten Cent Piece 3:03

21 Blind Joe Reynolds - Ninety Nine Blues 2:40

22 Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies - Rolling River 3:27

23 Turney Brothers - At The Cross 2:56

CD7

01 Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Bust Down Stomp 3:18

02 Jimmie Tarlton - Dixie Mail 3:22

03 King Solomon Hill - Times Has Done Got Hard 3:14

04 East Texas Serenaders - Mineola Rag 2:44

05 Sheffield Male Quartet - Christ Arose 3:03

06 'Gitfiddle Jim' - Rainy Night Blues 3:14

07 Three Tobacco Tags - Good Gal Remember Me 3:01

08 Red Headed Fiddlers - Texas Quickstep 2:53

09 Ed Bell - Ham Bone Blues 2:49

10 David Miller - Cannonball Rag 2:48

11 Fiddlin John Carson & His Virginia Reelers - Little More Sugar medley 3:07

12 Bo Weavil Jackson - Devil and my Brown Blues 2:57

13 Stripling Brothers - Horseshoe Bend 3:00

14 Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Primrose Hill 2:56

15 Skip James - Hard Luck child 3:06

16 Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee - Go On, Nora Lee 3:09

17 Dennis McGee - Jeunes Gens Campagnard 2:44

18 Jay Bird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordon Some Of These Days 3:09

19 Uncle Pete & Louise - Only A Tramp 3:01

20 Ben Jarrell & Frank Jenkins - Jack of Diamnds 2:48

21 Son House - Dry Spell Blues, part 1 3:11

22 'Ted' Sharp, Hinman & Sharp - Pike's Peak 3:10

23 Old Southern Sacred Singers - I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go 3:15

CD8

01 Vaughan Quartet - It's Just Like Heaven 3:12

02 Red Headed Fiddler - The Steeley Rag 2:36

03 Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin' Blues 3:19

04 Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Sand Mountain Drag 3:23

05 Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby 3:00

06 King Solomon Hill - My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon 3:11

07 Stripling Brothers - The Lost Child 3:07

08 Frank Hutchinson - The Train That Carried My Girl From Town 3:04

09 Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown 2:52

10 Wright Brothers Quartet - Mother Is With The Angels 2:59

11 Dick Reinhart - Rambling Lover 2:53

12 Skip James - 4 O'Clock Blues 2:52

13 Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters - Yellow Rose Of Texas 2:53

14 Johnny Barfield - Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down 2:54

15 Ed Bell - Mamlish Blues 2:36

16 Ted Sharp, Hinman and Sharp - Robinson County 3:10

17 Dennis McGee - Valse Des Vachers 2:39

18 David Miller - Jailhouse Rag 2:43

19 Tommy Johnson - I Want Someone To Love Me 2:57

20 Uncle Dave Macon and McGee Bros. - Tennessee Tornado 3:16

21 Frank Jenkins - Roving Cowboy 2:59

22 Shelor Family - Big Bend Gal 2:49

23 Rev. W.M. Mosley - Yes Tis Me 3:01

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