093074009024

Anthology Of American Folk Music®

Various Artists

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Format: 6CD

Cat No: SFW40090

Release Date:  19 August 1997

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  6

Barcode:  093074009024

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    This deluxe 6-CD collector's boxed set contains a 96-page book with essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians, and scholars. It also includes a copy of Harry Smith's original liner notes. Play the enhanced sixth disc on your CD-ROM drive and access historic video footage, rare photos, artist interviews, and additional background information. This recording received a 1997 GRAMMY Award for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes. Edited by Harry Smith. Reissue compiled by the staff of Smithsonian Folkways. Reissue liner notes by Greil Marcus, Neil Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Luis Kemnitzer and others. "...[T]he missing link in rock's official history." —Newsweek; ***** (five stars) —Rolling Stone NOTE: The bonus feature on disc 3-B will only play on Windows 98 or earlier.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Henry Lee - Dick Justice
      • 2. Fatal Flower Garden - Nelston's Hawaiians
      • 3. House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
      • 4. Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones
      • 5. Old Lady And The Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
      • 6. The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
      • 7. The Wagoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
      • 8. King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
      • 9. Old Shoes And Leggins - Uncle Eck Dunford
      • 10. Willie Moore - Richard Burnett And Leonard Rutherford
      • 11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
      • 12. Peg And Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
      • 13. Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
      • 14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell

      Disc 2

      • 1. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
      • 2. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel
      • 3. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
      • 4. Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers And Curry
      • 5. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
      • 6. White House Blues - Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
      • 7. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
      • 8. When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
      • 9. Engine 143 - Carter Family
      • 10. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
      • 11. Down On Penny's Farm - Bently Boys
      • 12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
      • 13. Got The Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels

      Disc 3

      • 1. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
      • 2. The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
      • 3. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
      • 4. La Danseuse - Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard
      • 5. Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
      • 6. Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
      • 7. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
      • 8. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
      • 9. Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
      • 10. Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
      • 11. Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
      • 12. Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
      • 13. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
      • 14. Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier And The Victoria Cafe Orchestra

      Disc 4

      • 1. You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
      • 2. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. J.M. Gates
      • 3. Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
      • 4. Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
      • 5. This Song Of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1
      • 6. Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
      • 7. He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
      • 8. Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers
      • 9. John The Baptist - Rev. Moses Mason
      • 10. Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
      • 11. John The Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
      • 12. Little Moses - Carter Family
      • 13. Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers
      • 14. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
      • 15. In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice And Congregation

      Disc 5

      • 1. The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
      • 2. East Virginia - Buell Kazee
      • 3. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
      • 4. I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
      • 5. James Alley Blues - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
      • 6. Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
      • 7. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
      • 8. Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest And Hattie Stoneman
      • 9. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
      • 10. Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
      • 11. Single Girl, Married Girl - Carter Family
      • 12. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
      • 13. Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
      • 14. Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell

      Disc 6

      • 1. Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
      • 2. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
      • 3. Country Blues - Dock Boggs
      • 4. 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
      • 5. Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
      • 6. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
      • 7. C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma And Ophy Breaux And Joseph Falcon
      • 8. Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
      • 9. Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Uncle Dave Macon
      • 10. Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
      • 11. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
      • 12. Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
      • 13. The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
      • 14. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas