Monday, November 21, 2011

Folk Banjo Styles LP (196?)



Folk Banjo Styles LP. Elektra Records (EKL-217). 196?
  1. Eric Weissberg with Marshall Brickman - Flop-Eared Mule
  2. Eric Weissberg with Marshall Brickman - Wildwood Flower
  3. Eric Weissberg - John Hardy
  4. Eric Weissberg - Nine Hundred Miles
  5. Eric Weissberg with Marshall Brickman - Lonesome Road Blues
  6. Tom Paley - Wild Bill Jones
  7. Tom Paley - Pretty Polly
  8. Tom Paley - Rabbit, Where's Your Mammy?
  9. Tom Paley - Handsome Molly
  10. Tom Paley - John Henry
  11. Tom Paley - The Eighth of January
  12. Tom Paley - Marching through Georgia
  13. Art Rosenbaum - Callahan
  14. Art Rosenbaum - Coal Creek March
  15. Art Rosenbaum - Across the Sea
  16. Art Rosenbaum - Harlan County Farewell Tune
  17. Art Rosenbaum - Swannanoa Tunnel
  18. Art Rosenbaum with Marshall Brickman - Spanish Fandango
  19. Art Rosenbaum - Goodbye Old Booze
  20. Eric Weissberg with Marshall Brickman - Bluegrass Medley
  21. Eric Weissberg with Marshall Brickman - Forty Winks
  22. Eric Weissberg with Marshall Brickman - Devil's Dream

String Band Project LP (1965)



String Band Project LP. Elektra Records (EKS-7292). 1965.
  1. Uncle Willie's Brandy Snifters - Hallelujah To The Lamb
  2. Uncle Willie's Brandy Snifters - The Burial Of Wild Bill
  3. Stu Jamieson's Boys - All Around The Mountain
  4. Stu Jamieson's Boys - Shoot The Turkey Buzzard
  5. Stu Jamieson's Boys - Been All Around This World
  6. Phil Boroff - Cocaine
  7. The Dry City Scat Band - Baldheaded End Of The Broom
  8. The Dry City Scat Band - Jealous
  9. Uncle Willie's Brandy Snifters - What Will I Do For My Money's All Gone?
  10. Uncle Willie's Brandy Snifters - I Got A Gal In Baltimore
  11. John & Penny Cohen with Bob Mamis - Sugar Hill
  12. John Cohen with Bob Mamis - Chilly Winds
  13. John & Penny Cohen with Bob Mamis - Ragtime Annie
  14. The Mother Bay State Entertainers - Red Rocking Chair
  15. The Mother Bay State Entertainers - Billy In The Low Ground
  16. The Mother Bay State Entertainers - Train On The Island
  17. The Spontaneous String Band - Ever Seen A Devil Uncle Joe?
  18. The Spontaneous String Band - Goodbye Miss Liza Jane
  19. The Spontaneous String Band - Single Girl
  20. Siegel-Grisman-Rose-Lowinger - Stoney Point

Sarah Ogan Gunning - A Girl of Constant Sorrow LP (1967)



Sarah Ogan Gunning - A Girl of Constant Sorrow LP. Topic Records (12T171). 1967 (originally issued 1965).
  1. I Am A Girl of Constant Sorrow
  2. Loving Nancy
  3. Old Jack Frost
  4. May I Go With You Johnny?
  5. The Hand of God on the Wall
  6. Down on the Picket Line
  7. I Hate the Company Bosses
  8. I'm Going to Organize
  9. Christ Was A Wayworn Traveler
  10. Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?
  11. Dreadful Memories
  12. Old Southern Town
  13. I Have Letters From My Father
  14. Captain Devin
  15. Gee Whiz What They Done to Me
  16. Davy Crockett
  17. Battle of Mill Spring
  18. Just the Same Today
  19. Sally
  20. Oh Death

Sunday, November 20, 2011

The Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson LP (1961)



The Songs and Stories of Aunt Molly Jackson LP. Stories told by Aunt Molly Jackson, songs sung by John Greenway. Folkways Records (FH 5457). 1961.
  1. I Am A Union Woman (Introduction: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)
  2. Poor Miner's Farewell (Story: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)
  3. Dishonest Miller (Sung: John Greenway)
  4. The Birth Of Robin Hood (Story: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)
  5. Hunger (Told by Aunt Molly Jackson)
  6. Mr. Concliff Turn Me Loose (Sung: John Greenway)
  7. The Death Of Harry Simms (Story: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)
  8. Dreadful Memories (Sung: John Greenway)
  9. Pistol Packin' Woman (Story: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)
  10. Hungry Ragged Blues (Story: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)
  11. Hard Times In Coleman's Mines (Story: Aunt Molly Jackson/Sung: John Greenway)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Aunt Molly Jackson - Library of Congress Recordings LP



Aunt Molly Jackson - Library of Congress Recordings LP. Rounder Records (1002). All recordings made by Alan Lomax during 1939.
  1. Hard Times in Coleman's Mines
  2. Lonesome Jailhouse Blues
  3. I Love Coal Miners, I Do
  4. Let Me Be Your Teddy
  5. Christmas Eve in the East Side
  6. Witch Stories
  7. Hungry Disgusted Blues
  8. Crossbones Skully
  9. Fare Thee Well Old Ely Branch
  10. Join the C.I.O.
  11. Prisoner's Call
  12. The Lone Pilgrim
  13. Holiness Church Monologue
  14. Just A Little Talk with Jesus

Come All You Coal Miners LP (1973)


Come All You Coal Miners LP. Rounder Records (4005). 1973. Recorded At An Appalachian Music Workshop At Highlander Center, October 1972.
  1. George Tucker - Black Lung Blues
  2. Hazel Dickens - Black Lung
  3. Nimrod Workman - Don't You Want To Go
  4. Hazel Dickens - Cold Blooded Murder
  5. Sarah Gunning - Come All You Coal Miners
  6. Nimrod Workman - Both Lungs Is Broke Down
  7. George Tucker - 30 Inch Coal
  8. Sarah Gunning - Dreadful Memories
  9. Hazel Dickens - Clay County Miner
  10. Nimrod Workman - The N&W
  11. Sarah Gunning - That 25¢
  12. Hazel Dickens - Mannington Mine Disaster

Monday, October 31, 2011

Almeida Riddle - More Ballads and Hymns from the Ozarks LP (1978)



Almeida Riddle - More Ballads and Hymns from the Ozarks LP. Rounder Records (0083). 1978.
  1. The Brokedown Brakeman
  2. I'm A Long Time Traveling Here Below
  3. The Brisk Young Farmer
  4. The Last Fierce Charge
  5. A Comical Ditty
  6. The Seashell Song
  7. Locks and Bolts
  8. Ten Thousand Miles Away
  9. The Blood of the Old Red Rooster
  10. The Prodigal's Career
  11. The Lonesome Dove
  12. Allen Bain

Almeida Riddle - Granny Riddle's Songs and Ballads LP (1977)



Almeida Riddle - Granny Riddle's Songs and Ballads LP. Minstrel (JD-203). 1977.
  1. Frog Went a-Courtin'
  2. Soldier of the Legion
  3. Tom Sherman's Barroom
  4. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
  5. Barbara Allen
  6. Come All Ye Texas Rangers
  7. The Orphan Girl
  8. Children of the Heavenly King
  9. The Oxford Girl
  10. The Water is Wide

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Sorrow Come Pass Me Around LP (1975)



Sorrow Come Pass Me Around LP. Advent Productions (2805). 1975. A Survey Of Rural Black Religious Music.
  1. Ephram Carter and his Fife & Drum Band - Sorrow, Come Pass Me Around
  2. Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - Do Remember Me
  3. Babe Stovall - The Ship is at the Landing
  4. Annie Lee and Oscar Crawford with Annie Mae Jones - You Don't Know What the Lord Has Done for Me
  5. Reverend Rubin Lacy - Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus
  6. Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down
  7. Dorothy Lee, Norma Jean and Shirley Marie Johnson with Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - You Got to Give an Account
  8. Katie Mae Young - By the Grace of Mt Lord, I've Come a Long Way
  9. Eddie Lee 'Mustright' Jones - My Sun Don't Never Go Down
  10. Robert 'Nighthawk' Johnson - Climbing High Mountains
  11. a) Chester Davis and Congregation, b) Compton Jones and Group, c) Furry Lewis - Glory, Glory Hallelujah
  12. Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - A Little Talk with Jesus Makes it Right
  13. Pattie Rosemon with Frank and Odie Rosemon - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
  14. Babe Stovall - When the Circle be Unbroken
  15. Napoleon Strickland - Motherless Children
  16. Willard Artis 'Blind Pete' Burrell - I Shall Not be Moved

High Atmosphere LP (1974)



High Atmosphere LP. Rounder Records (0028). 1974. Ballads and banjo tunes from Virginia and North Carolina, collected by John Cohen in November of 1965.
  1. Lloyd Chandler - Remember And Do Pray For Me
  2. Gaither Carlton - Rambling Hobo
  3. Gaither Carlton - Apple Blossom
  4. Frank Proffitt - Pretty Crowing Chicken
  5. Sidna Myers - Forkey Dear
  6. Frank Proffitt - Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
  7. George Landers - Cumberland Gap
  8. George Landers - Rolling Mills Are Burning Down
  9. Wade Ward - Half Shaved/High Atmosphere
  10. Wade Ward - Shady Grove
  11. Sidna Myers - Twin Sisters
  12. Fred Cockerham - Fortune
  13. George Landers - Barker's Creek
  14. Dellie Norton - Young EmilyNumbered List
  15. Dellie Norton - Early, Early In The Spring
  16. E.C. Ball - Warfare
  17. Lloyd Chandler - A Conversation With Death
  18. Dillard Chandler - I Wish My Baby Was Born
  19. Wade Reedy and E.C. Ball - Old Jimmy Sutton
  20. Sidna Myers - Alabama Gals
  21. George Landers - Home Sweet Home
  22. Frank Proffitt - Cumberland Gap

Thursday, October 27, 2011

A Sampler Of Louisiana Folksong LP (195?)


A Sampler Of Louisiana Folksong LP. Louisiana Folklore Society (LFS A-1). 195?
  1. Abe King and congregation - Take My Hand, Precious Lord
  2. Samanthia Holmes - To My Seat Set Down
  3. Robert Gilmore - Wasn't That an Awful Day in Natchez
  4. Godar Chalvin - Settin' 'Side dat Road
  5. Godar Chalvin - Anons au bal, Colinda
  6. Wallace "Cheese" Reed and band - Allons danser, Colinda
  7. Lafayette Jarreau - Oh Cam, anons couper eine 'tite polka
  8. Caesar Vincent - Mes amis a la table ronde
  9. Caesar Vincent - Travailler c'est trop dur
  10. Caesar Vincent - Mon aimable catin
  11. Alma Bartholomew - Trois jolis dragons
  12. Alma Bartholomew - C'est la Sainte Marguerite
  13. Alma Bartholomew - La chanson de mariage
  14. Terry Clement and band - La chanson du Mardi Gras
  15. Josephine Gutekunst - Devinez ce qu'il y a dans ces beaux bois?
  16. John P. Brashears - There Was a Flower in a Garden
  17. David Lewis - Dandoo
  18. David Lewis - Didn't He Ramble?
  19. John P. Brashears - The House Carpenter
  20. Catherine Brookshire Blanchet - Weevily Wheat
  21. Catherine Brookshire Blanchet - Choose Your Love As We Go Round

Southern Prison Blues LP



Southern Prison Blues LP. Everest Records (2066). All tracks recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola. Recorded by Harry Oster.
  1. Hogman Maxey - Duckin' And Dodgin'
  2. John Henry Jackson accompanied by A.C. Craig- My Baby Got To Go
  3. Otis Webster - Penitentiary Blues
  4. Guitar Welch - Lonesome Blues
  5. Jesse Butcher accompanied by Guitar Welch - They'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
  6. Hogman Maxey - Rock Me Mama
  7. Guitar Welch - Boll Weevil Blues
  8. Hogman Maxey - Hard Headed Woman
  9. Otis Webster - Standing At The Greyhound Bus Station
  10. John Henry Jackson accompanied by A.C. Craig - Tell Me Pretty Baby
  11. Otis Webster - Ball And Chain For Me
  12. Guitar Welch - Bad Luck Blues
  13. The Cool Cats - Goin' Home To My Old Used To Be