Smithsonian Folkways – 40090
Originally released in 1952 as a quasi-legal set of three double LPs and reissued several times since (with varying cover art), Anthology of American Folk Music could well be the most influential document of the '50s folk revival. Many of the recordings that appeared on it had languished in obscurity for 20 years, and it proved a revelation to a new group of folkies, from Pete Seeger to John Fahey to Bob Dylan. The man that made the Anthology possible was Harry Smith, a notoriously eccentric musicologist who compiled 84 of his favorite hillbilly, gospel, blues, and Cajun performances from the late '20s and early '30s, dividing each into one of three categories: Ballads, Social Music, and Songs. Smith sequenced the three volumes with a great amount of care, placing songs on the Ballads volume in historical order (not to be confused with chronological order) so as to create an LP that traces the folk tradition, beginning with some of the earliest Childe ballads of the British Isles and ending with several story songs of the early 20th century. The cast of artists includes pioneers in several fields, from the Carter Family and Uncle Dave Macon to Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurt, and the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers. Many of the most interesting selections on the Anthology, however, are taken from artists even more obscure, such as Clarence Ashley, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Buell Kazee. After the Anthology had been out of print for more than a decade, Smithsonian/Folkways reissued the set in a six-disc boxed set, with the original notes of Harry Smith, as well as a separate book of new reminiscences by artists influenced by the original and a wealth of material for use in CD-ROM drives.
Disc: 1
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
10. Willie Moore - Richard Burnett And Leonard Rutherford
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
12. Peg And Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
13. Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
Disc: 2
1. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
2. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel
3. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
4. Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers And Curry
5. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
6. White House Blues - Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
7. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
8. When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
9. Engine 143 - Carter Family
10. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
11. Down On Penny's Farm - Bently Boys
12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
13. Got The Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels
Disc: 3
1. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
2. The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
3. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
4. La Danseuse - Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard
5. Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
6. Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
7. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
8. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
9. Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
10. Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
11. Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
12. Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
13. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
14. Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier And The Victoria Cafe Orchestra
Disc: 4
1. You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
2. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. 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 Conv. No. 1
6. Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
7. He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
8. Since I Laid My Burden Down - 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 - Carter Family
13. Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers
14. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
15. In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice And Congregation
Disc: 5
1. The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
2. East Virginia - Buell Kazee
3. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
4. I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
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 - Ernest And Hattie Stoneman
9. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
10. Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
11. Single Girl, Married Girl - Carter Family
12. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
13. Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
14. Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
Disc: 6
1. Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
2. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
3. Country Blues - Dock Boggs
4. 99 Year 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 And Ophy Breaux And Joseph Falcon
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. The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
14. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas
Disc: 7
1. Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
2. Dog And Gun (An Old English Ballad) - Bradley Kincaid
3. Black Jack David - The Carter Family
4. Down On The Banks Of The Ohio - Blue Sky Boys
5. Adieu False Heart - Arthur Smith Trio
6. John Henry Was A Little Boy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
7. Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy - Monroe Brothers
8. Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James
9. Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
10. Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
11. Baby Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Robert Johnson
13. Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White
14. Mean Old World - Heavenly Gospel Singers
Disc: 8
1. Hello Stranger - The Carter Family
2. Stand By Me - Sister Clara Hudmon
3. West Virginia Gals - Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters
4. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
5. Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train - Uncle Dave Macon
6. Governor Al Smith - Uncle Dave Macon
7. Milk Cow Blues - John Estes
8. No Depression In Heaven - The Carter Family
9. I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother
10. He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing) - Memphis Minnie
11. The Cockeyed World - Minnie Wallace
12. Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band
13. Dans Le Grand Bois (In The Forest) - Hackberry Ramblers
14. Aces' Breakdown - The Four Aces
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
10. Willie Moore - Richard Burnett And Leonard Rutherford
11. A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
12. Peg And Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
13. Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
14. My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
Disc: 2
1. Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
2. Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel
3. John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
4. Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers And Curry
5. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
6. White House Blues - Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
7. Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
8. When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
9. Engine 143 - Carter Family
10. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
11. Down On Penny's Farm - Bently Boys
12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
13. Got The Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels
Disc: 3
1. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
2. The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
3. Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
4. La Danseuse - Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard
5. Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
6. Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
7. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
8. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
9. Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
10. Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
11. Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
12. Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
13. Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
14. Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier And The Victoria Cafe Orchestra
Disc: 4
1. You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
2. Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. 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 Conv. No. 1
6. Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
7. He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
8. Since I Laid My Burden Down - 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 - Carter Family
13. Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers
14. Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
15. In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice And Congregation
Disc: 5
1. The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
2. East Virginia - Buell Kazee
3. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
4. I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
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 - Ernest And Hattie Stoneman
9. The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
10. Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
11. Single Girl, Married Girl - Carter Family
12. Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
13. Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
14. Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
Disc: 6
1. Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
2. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
3. Country Blues - Dock Boggs
4. 99 Year 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 And Ophy Breaux And Joseph Falcon
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. The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
14. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas
Disc: 7
1. Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
2. Dog And Gun (An Old English Ballad) - Bradley Kincaid
3. Black Jack David - The Carter Family
4. Down On The Banks Of The Ohio - Blue Sky Boys
5. Adieu False Heart - Arthur Smith Trio
6. John Henry Was A Little Boy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
7. Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy - Monroe Brothers
8. Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James
9. Cold Iron Bed - Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band
10. Packin' Trunk - Lead Belly
11. Baby Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Robert Johnson
13. Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White
14. Mean Old World - Heavenly Gospel Singers
Disc: 8
1. Hello Stranger - The Carter Family
2. Stand By Me - Sister Clara Hudmon
3. West Virginia Gals - Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters
4. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Blind Alfred Reed
5. Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train - Uncle Dave Macon
6. Governor Al Smith - Uncle Dave Macon
7. Milk Cow Blues - John Estes
8. No Depression In Heaven - The Carter Family
9. I'll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) - Roosevelt Graves And Brother
10. He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing) - Memphis Minnie
11. The Cockeyed World - Minnie Wallace
12. Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band
13. Dans Le Grand Bois (In The Forest) - Hackberry Ramblers
14. Aces' Breakdown - The Four Aces
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