VA - Anthology of American Folk Music [1952] (4 x CD's)

 

AMERICAN FOLK 

VA - Anthology of American Folk Music [1952] (4 x CD's)

Arguably the most historically significant document of American folk songs and styles ever released, the Anthology of American Folk Music contains recordings from the pre-war era of some of songs that have since become the centerpiece of the American folk music songbook. Songs like "Henry Lee," "Peg & Awl," "Ommie Wise," "Stackalee," "Frankie," "John the Revelator," "Coo Coo Bird," and "See That My Grave is Kept Clean" have been recorded so often in the decades since that they essentially form the collective foundation for folk, blues, country, spiritual, and Americana musics. Many of the artists included were then considered obscure, but are now legendary figures to anyone familiar with the evolution of American music thanks to this collection: The Carter Family, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Clarence Ashley, Charlie Patton, and Dick Justice are examples. Those familiar with Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Doc Watson, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Nick Cave, Son House, or the White Stripes will find some familiar tunes in their earliest forms included on this powerful and monumental collection.

Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4 is a two-disc compilation of twenty-eight American folk recordings originally released on 78 rpm records between 1927 and 1940, issued in May 2000 on Revenant Records, catalogue #211. Compiled by experimental filmmaker and notable eccentric Harry Smith as the fourth album of his Anthology of American Folk Music set from 1952, it was never completed by Smith himself. While the CD is out of print, an LP version has been issued, along with the other three volumes, on the Portland-based Mississippi Records label.  (Amazon)

An amazingly comprehensive anthology of American roots music. Absolutely essential for  anyone really interested in the origins of all modern musical genres.

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Track lists

Vol. 01

01 Dick Justice Henry Lee 3:28

02 Nelstone's Hawaiians Fatal Flower Garden 2:58

03 Clarence Ashley The House Carpenter 3:16

04 Coley Jones Drunkard's Special 3:16

05 Bill & Belle Reed Old Lady and the Devil 3:05

06 Buell Kazee The Butcher's Boy 3:05

07 Buell Kazee The Wagoner's Lad 3:05

08 Chubby Parker King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O 3:09

09 Uncle Eck Dunford Old Shoes and Leggins 3:01

10 Richard Burnett & Leonard Rutherford Willie Moore 3:16

11 Buster Carter & Preston Young A Lazy Farmer Boy 3:00

12 Carolina Tar Heels Peg and Awl 2:59

13 G. B. Grayson Ommie Wise 3:12

14 Kelly Harrell - My Name is John Johanna 3:13

15 Edward L. Crain Bandit Cole Younger 2:57

16 Kelly Harrel Charles Giteau 3:05

17 Carter Family John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man 2:57

18    Williamson Brothers & Curry     John Henry    3:26

19 Frank Hutchison Stackalee 3:01

20    Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers    White House Blues    3:30

21 Mississippi John Hurt Frankie 3:28

22 William & Versey Smith When That Great Ship Went Down 2:58

23 Carter Family Engine 143 3:19

24 Furry Lewis Kassie Jones 6:16

25 Bently Boys Down on Penny's Farm 2:50

26 Masked Marvel Mississippi Boweavil Blues 3:09

27 Carolina Tar Heels Got the Farm Land Blues 3:17

Vol. 02

01 Uncle Bunt Stephens Sail Away Lady 2:58

02 Jilson Setters The Wild Wagoner 3:17

03 Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers Wake Up Jacob 2:55

04 Delma Lachney & Blind Uncle Gaspard La Danseuse 2:56

05 Andrew & Jim Baxter Georgia Stomp 2:47

06 Eck Robertson Brilliancy Medley 3:01

07 Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers Indian War Whoop 3:13

08 Henry Thomas Old Country Stomp 2:55

09 Jim Jackson Old Dog Blue 3:04

10 Columbus Fruge Saut Crapaud 2:49

11 Joseph Falcon Acadian One-Step 3:00

12 Breaux Freres Home Sweet Home 3:00

13 Cincinnati Jug Band Newport Blues 2:58

14 Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2 A Moonshiner's Dance Part One 2:40

15 Rev. J. M. Gates Must Be Born Again 1:31

16 Rev. J. M. Gates Oh Death Where is Thy Sting 1:29

17 Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Rocky Road 2:45

18 Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Present Joys 2:53

19 Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2 B This Song of Love 2:58

20 Sister Mary Nelson Judgement 2:25

21 Memphis Sanctified Singers He Got Better Things for You 2:54

22 Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2 B Since I Laid My Burden Down 3:19

23 Rev. Moses Mason John the Baptist 3:05

24 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Dry Bones 3:00

25 Blind Willie Johnson John the Revelator 3:21

26 Carter Family Little Moses 3:14

27 Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers Shine on Me 3:03

28 Rev. F. W. McGee Fifty Miles of Elbow Room 2:43

29 Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2 B In the Battlefield for My Lord 3:20

Vol. 03

01 Clarence Ashley The Coo Coo Bird 2:56

02 Buell Kazee East Virginia 3:01

03 Cannon's Jug Stompers Minglewood Blues 3:44

04 Didier Hebert I Woke Up One Morning in May 3:04

05 Richard ''rabbit' Brown James Alley Blues 3:07

06 Dock Boggs Sugar Baby 2:58

07 Bascom Lamar Lunsford I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground 3:21

08 Ernest and Hattie Stoneman Mountaineer's Courtship 2:44

09 Stoneman Family The Spanish Merchant's Daughter 3:18

10 Memphis Jug Band Bob Lee Junior Blues 3:11

11 Carter Family Single Girl, Married Girl 2:47

12 Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon La Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme [The Old Drunkard and His Wife] 3:10

13 Blind Lemon Jefferson Rabbit Foot Blues 2:57

14 Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell Expressman Blues 3:01

15 Ramblin' Thomas Poor Boy Blues 2:24

16 Cannon's Jug Stompers Feather Bed 3:16

17 Dock Boggs Country Blues 2:59

18 Julius Daniels 99 Year Blues 3:07

19 Blind Lemon Jefferson Prison Cell Blues 2:47

20 Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave is Kept Clean 2:55

21 Cleoma & Ophy Breaux & Joseph Falcon C'est Si Triste Sans Lui 3:01

22 Uncle Dave Macon Way Down the Old Plank Road 3:01

23 Uncle Dave Macon Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line 3:15

24 Mississippi John Hurt Spike Driver Blues 3:17

25 Memphis Jug Band K.C. Moan 2:33

26 J.P. Nestor Train on the Island 3:00

27 Ken Maynard The Lone Star Trail 3:15

28 Henry Thomas Fishing Blues 2:45

Vol. 04

01 Memphis Jug Band Memphis Shakedown 3:04

02 Bradley Kincaid Dog and Gun (An Old English Ballad) 3:25

03 Carter Family Black Jack David 2:41

04 Blue Sky Boys Down on the Banks of the Ohio 3:20

05 Arthur Smith Trio Adieu False Heart 2:51

06 J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers John Henry Was a Little Boy 3:13

07 Monroe Brothers Nine Pound Hammer is Too Heavy 2:14

08 Jesse James Southern Casey Jones 2:57

09 Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band Cold Iron Bed 3:07

10 Lead Belly Packin' Trunk 2:57

11 Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers Baby Please Don't Go 3:25

12 Robert Johnson Last Fair Deal Gone Down 2:42

13 Bukka White Parchman Farm Blues 2:40

14 Heavenly Gospel Singers Mean Old World 2:48

15 Carter Family Hello Stranger 2:47

16 Sister Clara Hudmon Stand By Me 3:13

17 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters West Virginia Gals 3:05

18 Blind Alfred Reed How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Hard Times and Live! 3:16

19 Uncle Dave Macon Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train 3:11

20 Uncle Dave Macon Governor Al Smith 3:08

21 Sleepy John Estes Milk Cow Blues 3:05

22 Carter Family No Depression in Heaven 2:57

23 Roosevelt Graves and Brother I'll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called) 2:32

24 Memphis Minnie He's in the Ring (Doing the Same Old Thing) 2:59

25 Minnie Wallace The Cockeyed World 3:02

26 Mississippi Jook Band Barbecue Bust 2:41

27 Hackberry Ramblers Dans Le Grand Bois (In the Forest) 2:35

28 Four Aces Aces' Breakdown 2:54

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