Anthology Of American Folk Music - Anthology American Folk Music / Various [CD]

Reissue - Originally released in 1953 as 3 volumes of 2 LPs each, this historic collection is now available as 3 separately packaged boxes containing 6 remastered CDs. Rare photos, interviews and essays are also included. "The most influential and magical document of the American urban folk revival." Billboard.

Tracklist:

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 1
10. Willie Moore - Richard Burnett and Leonard Rutherford 1
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter and Preston Young 1
12. Peg and Awl - Carolina Tar Heels 1
13. Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson 1
14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell 1
15. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain 1
16. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel 1
17. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - Carter Family 1
18. Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand - Williamson Brothers and Curry 1
19. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison 2
20. White House Blues - Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers 2
21. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt 2
22. When That Great Ship Went Down - William and Versey Smith 2
23. Engine 143 - Carter Family 2
24. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis 2
25. Down on Penny's Farm - Bently Boys 2
26. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel 2
27. Got the Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels 2
28. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens 2
29. The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters 3
30. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers 3
31. La Danseuse - Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard 3
32. Georgia Stomp - Andrew and Jim Baxter 3
33. Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson 3
34. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming ; His Pep-Steppers 3
35. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas 3
36. Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson 3
37. Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge 3
38. Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon 3
39. Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres 4
40. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band 4
41. Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier and the Victoria Cafe Orchestra 4
42. You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates 4
43. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. J.M. Gates 4
44. Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 4
45. Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 4
46. This Song of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1 4
47. Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson 4
48. He Got Better Things for You - Memphis Sanctified Singers 4
49. Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elders McIntorsh ; Edwards' Sanctified Singers 5
50. John the Baptist - Rev. Moses Mason 5
51. Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford 5
52. John the Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson 5
53. Little Moses - Carter Family 5
54. Shine on Me - Ernest Phipps ; Holiness Singers 5
55. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee 5
56. In the Battlefield for My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice and Congregation 5
57. The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley 5
58. East Virginia - Buell Kazee 5
59. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 6
60. I Woke Up One Morning in May - Didier Hebert 6
61. James Alley Blues - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown 6
62. Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs 6
63. I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford 6
64. Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest and Hattie Stoneman 6
65. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family 6
66. Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band 6
67. Single Girl, Married Girl - Carter Family 6
68. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux ; Joseph Falcon 6
69. Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
70. Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes ; Yank Rachell 7
71. Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas 7
72. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers 7
73. Country Blues - Dock Boggs 7
74. 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels 7
75. Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
76. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson 7
77. C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma and Ophy Breaux and Joseph Falcon 7
78. Way Down the Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon 7
79. Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line - Uncle Dave Macon 8
80. Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 8
81. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band 8
82. Train on the Island - J.P. Nestor 8
83. The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard 8
84. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas

UPC: 093074009024
Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
Release Date: 8.19.97
Format: CD