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    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

CD4

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

CD5

01    Sam McGee    Railroad Blues    3:17
02    Floyd County Rambler    Step Stone    3:02
03    Skip James    Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues    2:50
04    Weems String Band    Greenback Dollar    3:10
05    Jimmie Davis    Doggone That Train    2:48
06    Eli Framer    Famer's Blues    3:06
07    Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston    No Room For A Tramp    3:15
08    Garland Brothers & Grinstead    Just Over The River    2:49
09    Ben Covington    Mule Skinner Moan    3:03
10    Reaves White County Ramblers    Shortening Bread    2:54
11    J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds    Black-Eyed Susie    2:59
12    Buddy Boy Hawkins    A Rag Blues    3:00
13    Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston    Railroad Blues    3:22
14    Grayson County Railsplitters    Way Down In North Carolina    2:31
15    The Swamp Rooters    Citaco    3:04
16    Unknown    Pistol Blues    3:02
17    Murphy Brothers Harp Band    Boat Song March    3:02
18    Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers    I've Got No Honey    2:59
19    Wilmer Watts & Lonley Eagles    Bonnie Bess    2:57
20    Blind Joe Reynolds    Cold Woman Blues    2:57
21    Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy    Hamilton's Special Breakdown    2:54
22    Bull Mountain Moonshiners    Johnny Goodwin    2:56
23    Charley Patton    Some Happy Day    3:09

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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