Butcher's Boy, The (The Railroad Boy) - Buell Kazee
7)
Wagoner's Lad, The - 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/Leonard Rutherford/Burnett & Rutherford
11)
Lazy Farmer Boy, A - Preston Young/Buster Carter
12)
Peg and Awl - The Carolina Tar Heels
13)
Omie Wise - G.B. Grayson
14)
My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
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DISC 2: VOLUME ONE-BALLADS, CONT.:
1)
Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
2)
Charles Giteaux - Kelly Harrell
3)
John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
4)
Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand - Curry/The Williamson Brothers/The Willliamson Brothers/Curry
5)
Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
6)
White House Blues - North Carolina Ramblers/Charlie Poole
7)
Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
8)
When That Great Ship Went Down - Versey Smith/William Smith
9)
Engine 143 - The Carter Family
10)
Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
11)
Down on Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys
12)
Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvels
13)
Got the Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
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DISC 3: VOLUME TWO-SOCIAL MUSIC:
1)
Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Bunt Stephens
2)
Wild Wagoner, The - Jilson Setters
3)
Wake up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
4)
Danseuse, La - Delma Lachney/Blind Uncle Gaspard
5)
Georgia Stomp - Andrew & Jim Baxter
6)
Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
7)
Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers (Country Dance mix)
8)
Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
9)
Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
10)
Saut' Crapaud - Columbus Frug‚
11)
Arcadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
12)
Home Sweet Home - The Breaux Fr‚res
13)
Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
14)
Moonshiner's Dance (Pt. 1) - Victoria Cafe Orchestra/Frank Cloutier
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DISC 4: VOLUME TWO-SOCIAL MUSIC, CONT.:
1)
You Must Be Born Again - Reverend J.M. Gates
2)
Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting - Reverend 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 Convention
6)
Judgement - Rev. Sister Mary M. Nelson
7)
He Got Better Things for You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
8)
Since I Laid My Burden Down - The 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 - The Carter Family
13)
Shine on Me - Ernest Phipps
14)
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
15)
I'm in the Battlefield for My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation
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DISC 5: VOLUME THREE-SONGS:
1)
Cuckoo, The - Clarence Ashley
2)
East Virginia - Buell Kazee
3)
Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
4)
I Woke up One Morning in May - Didier H‚bert
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, The - Hattie Stoneman/Ernest V. Stoneman/Ernest & Hattie Stoneman
9)
Spanish Merchant's Daughter, The - The Stonemans
10)
Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
11)
Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family
12)
Vieux Soulard et Sa Femme, Le - Cleoma Breaux/Joseph Falcon/Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
13)
Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
14)
Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes
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DISC 6: VOLUME THREE-SONGS, CONT.:
1)
Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
2)
Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
3)
Country Blues - Dock Boggs
4)
99 Years 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 Breaux/Joseph Falcon/Ophy Breaux/Cleoma & Ophy Breaux
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)
Lone Star Trail, The - Ken Maynard
14)
Fishin' Blues - Henry Thomas
Performer Notes
This newly remastered six-CD box set is a reissue of the six-LP set compiled by folk archivist Harry Smith in 1952. Some of the many artists influenced by this collection of field recordings from the '20s and '30s are Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Garcia, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary. The ANTHOLOGY contains a 100-page booklet that incorporates Smith's original annotations, archival photos, graphics and testimonials by well-known musical figures including Elvis Costello, Dave Van Ronk and Eric von Schmidt. The final disc of this 6 CD set contains a multimedia portion which provides a hypertext essay of images, text, and additional information.
Recorded between 1926 and 1932. Includes liner notes by Greil Marcus, Anthony Seeger, Amy Horowitz, Jon Pankake, Luis Kemnitzer, Moses Asch, Harry Smith, Neil V. Rosenberg and Jeff Place.
Digitally remastered by Dave Glasser and Charlie Pilzer.
ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC won the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best Album Notes and Best Historical Album.
Personnel: Clarence Ashley (vocals, guitar, banjo); Garley Foster, Will Shade (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Clifford Breaux, Coley Jones, Julius Daniels, Dick Justice, Ashley Thompson, Furry Lewis, Henry Thomas , Didier H‚bert, Cleoma Breaux Falcon, Bill Reed, James Touchstone, Jim Jackson, Ken Maynard, Mississippi John Hurt, Preston Young, Tewee Blackman, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Charley Patton (vocals, guitar); Ramblin' Thomas (vocals, bottleneck guitar); Chubby Parker, Dock Boggs, Richard Burnett, Gus Cannon, J.P. Nestor, Uncle Dave Macon, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Charlie Poole, Buell Kazee (vocals, banjo); Sara Carter (vocals, autoharp); Yank Rachell (vocals, mandolin); Arnold Williamson, G.B. Grayson, Ophy Breaux, Uncle Eck Dunford (vocals, fiddle); Ben Ramey (vocals, kazoo); Versey Smith, Bessie Johnson (vocals, tambourine); Clarence Nelson, Ernest Phipps, The Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers, A.P. Carter, Sally Sumler, Angeline Johnson, Rev. D.C. Rice, Kelly Harrell, Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (vocals); Joseph Alfred Stegall , Elijah Avery, Roy Harvey, Sam McGee, Sleepy John Estes, Will Weldon, Charlie Burse (guitar); Vol Stevens (banjo, mandolin); Delma Lachney, Leonard Rutherford, Posey Rorer, Andrew Baxter, Norman Edmonds, Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers (fiddle); Ernest V. Stoneman, Noah Lewis (harmonica); Jab Jones (piano).
Liner Note Authors: Jon Pankake; Chuck Pirtle; Eric Von Schmidt; Luis Kemnitzer; Greil Marcus; Luc Sant‚; Jeff Place; John Fahey; Kip Lornell; Moses Asch; Peter Stampfel; Neil V. Rosenberg.
Recording information: Atlanta, GA (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Bristol, TN (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Camden, NJ (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Chicago, IL (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Dallas, TX (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Johnson City, TN (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Memphis, TN (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); New York, NY (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); Rich (08/09/1923-??/??/1932); St. Louis, MO (08/09/1923-??/??/1932).
Editor: Peter Seitel.
This six-CD box set is nothing less than a blueprint for virtually every form of 20th Century pop music. A staggering compendium of the varied but closely connected styles of early American music, the ANTHOLOGY collects folk, blues, hillbilly, and church music to present a textured and unbelievably rich tapestry. This collection's worth as both a historical document and a source of infinite delight cannot be overstated. Folk archivist Harry Smith envisioned the project and compiled these 78s in 1952. His choice of material reveals not only his impeccable taste but also the spirit of true democratic humanity, manifested and reflected in song.
Recorded largely in the rural South of the early '20s and '30s, the ANTHOLOGY covers forlorn ballads of lost love, Creole chants, Christian hymns, deep swamp blues, novelty songs, political music, and innumerable tunes that dazzle with their melodic and rhythmic charms and risks. Included here are many legends of roots music, including The Carter Family, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Patton, Dock Boggs, and Mississippi John Hurt, as well as dozens of others less heard. Make no mistake. This definitive examination of the roots of America's musical family tree is of monumental importance. It belongs in every music lover's library.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.52) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Rolling Stone (9/18/97, pp.101-102) - 5 Stars (out of 5) - "...it is impossible to overstate the historic worth, sociocultural impact and undiminished vitality of the music in this set, and of Smith's idiosyncratic scholarship and instinctive wisdom....a bedrock of our national musical identity..."
Spin (1/98, p.88) - Ranked #1 on Spin's list of "Top 10 Reissues."
Spin (10/97, p.139) - "...an exhaustively annotated six-CD set that has no competition as reissue of the year....between strength of material and force of vision, [Harry Smith] did nothing less than create a canon. At a time when folk music [included] Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie,...and the Lomax corpus, Harry Smith convinced the world that there was something far weirder and more exciting..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/19/97, p.85) - "...this definitive collection of blues, country, and gospel recordings inspired the American folk revival after its release in 1952. Now painstakingly remixed and remastered...ANTHOLOGY retains the primitive power of those seminal 78s while meeting the more exacting audio standards of the digital age." - Rating: A
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i remember when i first bought this how i quickly walked home to put it on, and it was amazing. the music spans a huge distance across the folk spectrum taking into account its more country and blues sides aswell. there are songs that will instantly fall in love with such as those by john hurt who has the most gentle voice, contrastingly there is also the gruffest of voices that makes tom waits look like a choir boy. the cds arnt the only attraction though, the booklets inside (the original and new one written for the re-issueing are both wonderful) are also important, giving a glimpse into every performer and song here, which may seem a little bit interesting but unimportant until you consider how often folk music is about stories, such as STACKOLEE, a true song about a well off man killing another man who stole his hat. this box set would be the corner stone of any folk collection of any person
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