Anthology Of American Folk Music by Harry Smith

Anthology Of American Folk Music

Harry Smith

1997

Anthology Of American Folk Music is a Global & Regional album by Harry Smith, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Global & Regional
  • Traditional & Folkloric
  • raw
  • nostalgic
  • storytelling

About

The Anthology of American Folk Music is a six-album compilation released in 1952 by Folkways Records (catalogue FP 251, FP 252, and FP 253), comprising eighty-four American folk, blues and country music recordings that were originally issued from 1926 to 1933. Experimental film maker Harry Smith compiled the music from his personal collection of 78 rpm records. The album is famous due to its role as a touchstone for the American folk music revival in the 1950s and 1960s. The Anthology was released for compact disc by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings on August 19, 1997. In 2003, the album was ranked .

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Tracklist

  1. Volume One: The Ballads
  2. 1-1Henry Lee3:28
  3. 1-2Fatal Flower Garden2:58
  4. 1-3The House Carpenter3:16
  5. 1-4Drunkard's Special3:16
  6. 1-5Old Lady And The Devil3:05
  7. 1-6The Butcher's Boy3:05
  8. 1-7The Wagoner's Lad3:05
  9. 1-8King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O3:09
  10. 1-9Old Shoes And Leggins3:01
  11. 1-10Willie Moore3:16
  12. 1-11A Lazy Farmer Boy3:00
  13. 1-12Peg And Awl2:59
  14. 1-13Ommie Wise3:12
  15. 1-14My Name Is John Johanna3:13
  16. 2-15Bandit Cole Younger2:57
  17. 2-16Charles Giteau3:05
  18. 2-17John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man2:57
  19. 2-18Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand3:26
  20. 2-19Stackalee3:01
  21. 2-20White House Blues3:31
  22. 2-21Frankie3:28
  23. 2-22When That Great Ship Went Down2:58
  24. 2-23Engine 1433:19
  25. 2-24Kassie Jones6:16
  26. 2-25Down On Penny's Farm2:50
  27. 2-26Mississippi Boweavil Blues3:09
  28. 2-27Got The Farm Land Blues3:17
  29. Volume Two: Social Music
  30. 3-28Sail Away Lady2:58
  31. 3-29The Wild Wagoner3:17
  32. 3-30Wake Up Jacob2:55
  33. 3-31La Danseuse2:56
  34. 3-32Georgia Stomp2:47
  35. 3-33Brilliancy Medley3:01
  36. 3-34Indian War Whoop3:13
  37. 3-35Old Country Stomp2:55
  38. 3-36Old Dog Blue3:04
  39. 3-37Saut Crapaud2:49
  40. 3-38Acadian One-Step3:00
  41. 3-39Home Sweet Home3:00
  42. 3-40Newport Blues2:58
  43. 3-41Moonshiner's Dance Part One2:40
  44. 4-42You Must Be Born Again1:31
  45. 4-43Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting1:29
  46. 4-44Rocky Road2:44
  47. 4-45Present Joys2:53
  48. 4-46This Song Of Love2:58
  49. 4-47Judgement2:25
  50. 4-48He Got Better Things For You2:54
  51. 4-49Since I Laid My Burden Down3:19
  52. 4-50John The Baptist3:05
  53. 4-51Dry Bones3:00
  54. 4-52John The Revelator3:21
  55. 4-53Little Moses3:14
  56. 4-54Shine On Me3:03
  57. 4-55Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room2:43
  58. 4-56In The Battlefield For My Lord3:20
  59. Volume Three: Songs
  60. 5-57The Coo Coo Bird2:56
  61. 5-58East Virginia3:01
  62. 5-59Minglewood Blues3:44
  63. 5-60I Woke Up One Morning In May3:04
  64. 5-61James Alley Blues3:07
  65. 5-62Sugar Baby2:58
  66. 5-63I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground3:21
  67. 5-64Mountaineer's Courtship2:44
  68. 5-65The Spanish Merchant's Daughter3:18
  69. 5-66Bob Lee Junior Blues3:11
  70. 5-67Single Girl, Married Girl2:47
  71. 5-68La Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme3:10
  72. 5-69Rabbit Foot Blues2:57
  73. 5-70Expressman Blues3:01
  74. 6-71Poor Boy Blues2:24
  75. 6-72Feather Bed3:16
  76. 6-73Country Blues2:59
  77. 6-7499 Year Blues3:07
  78. 6-75Prison Cell Blues2:47
  79. 6-76See That My Grave Is Kept Clean2:55
  80. 6-77C'Est Si Triste Sans Lui3:01
  81. 6-78Way Down The Old Plank Road3:01
  82. 6-79Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line3:15
  83. 6-80Spike Driver Blues3:17
  84. 6-81K.C. Moan2:33
  85. 6-82Train On The Island3:00
  86. 6-83The Lone Star Trail3:15
  87. 6-84Fishing Blues2:45

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold