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