Description |
6 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products: SFW 40090 (A 28746--A 28751). |
Performer |
Various performers. |
Event |
Recorded 1927-1932. |
Note |
Originally released by Folkways Records, 1952 (FP 251--FP 253). |
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Compact disc; in box (31 cm.). |
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Disc 6 an enhanced CD, which can also be played on CD-ROM drive to access video materials, artist interviews, and additional background information. |
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Booklet containing essays: The old, weird American / Greil Marcus; The brotherhood of the anthology /Jon Pankake; West Coast record collector / Luis Kemnitzer; The birth and growth of The anthology of American folk music / as told by Moses Asch; Notes on Harry Smith's anthology / Neil V. Rosenberg; Supplemental notes on the selections / Jeff Place; and bibliography (67 p. : ports. ; 31 cm.) laid in container. |
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Includes facsimile of original (1952) booklet ([28] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.). |
Contents |
v. 1. Ballads: Henry Lee -- Fatal flower garden -- House carpenter -- Drunkard's special -- Old lady and the devil -- Butcher's boy -- Wagoner's lad -- King kong kitchie kitchie ki-me-o -- Old shoes and leggins -- Willie Moore -- Lazy farmer boy -- Peg and awl -- Ommie Wise -- My name is Johanna -- Bandit Cole Younger -- Charles Giteau -- John Hardy was a desperate little man -- Gonna die with my hammer in my hand -- Stackalee -- White House blues -- Frankie -- When that great ship went down -- Engine 143 -- Kassie Jones -- Down on Penny's farm -- Mississippi boweavil (boll weevil) blues --Got the farm land blues. -- v. 2. Social music: Sail away lady -- Wild wagoner -- Wake up Jacob -- La danseuse -- Georgia stomp -- Brilliancy medley -- Indian war whoop -- Old country stomp -- Old dog blue -- Saut crapaud -- Acadian one-step -- Home sweet home -- Newport blues -- Moonshiner's dance -- Must be born again -- Oh death where is thy sting -- Rocky road -- Present joys -- This song of love -- Judgement -- He got better things for you -- Since I laid my burden down -- John the Baptist -- Dry bones -- John the revelator -- Little Moses -- Shine on me -- Fifty miles of elbow room --I'm in the battlefield for my Lord -- v. 3. Songs: Coo coo bird -- East Virginia |
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-- Minglewood blues -- I woke up one morning in May -- James Alley blues -- Sugar baby -- I wish I was a mole in the ground -- Mountaineer's courtship -- Spanish merchant's daughter -- Bob Lee Junior blues -- Single girl, married girl -- Le vieux soulard et sa femme -- Rabbit foot blues -- Expressman blues -- Poor boy blues -- Feather bed -- Country blues -- 99 year blues -- Prison cell blues -- See that my grave is kept clean -- C'est si triste sans lui -- Way down the old plank road -- Buddy won't you roll down the line -- Spike driver blues -- K.C. moan -- Train on the island -- Lone star trail -- Fishing blues. |
System Details |
System requirements: IBM compatible 486 or better; Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or newer. |
Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
Subject |
Folk music -- United States.
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Ballads, English -- United States.
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Blues (Music)
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Folk songs, English -- United States.
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Folk dance music -- United States.
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Gospel music.
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Folk songs, Cajun French -- United States.
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Added Author |
Smith, Harry Everett, 1923-1991.
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Added Title |
American folk music |
Standard No. |
930740090248 |
Music No. |
SFW 40090 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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A 28746 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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A 28747 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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A 28748 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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A 28749 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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A 28750 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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A 28751 Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products |
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FP 251 Folkways Records |
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FP 252 Folkways Records |
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FP 253 Folkways Records |
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