Anthology Of American Folk Music

~ Release by Harry Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Volume One: Ballads (MRP-070)
2▶12" Vinyl
3▶12" Vinyl: Volume Two: Social Music (MRP-071)
4▶12" Vinyl
5▼12" Vinyl: Volume Three: Songs (MRP-072)
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I1The Coo Coo Bird
recorded in:
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-11-23)
banjo:
Clarence Ashley (aka Tom Ashley) (on 1929-11-23)
vocals:
Clarence Ashley (aka Tom Ashley) (on 1929-11-23)
recording of:
The Cuckoo (on 1929-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 413)
Clarence Ashley3.75?:??
I2East Virginia
five-string banjo:
Buell Kazee (on 1927-04-20)
vocals:
Buell Kazee (on 1927-04-20)
recorded at:
Brunswick Recording Studio (1924-1931) in New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-20)
recording of:
East Virginia (on 1927-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3396)
Buell Kazee3?:??
I3Minglewood Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-01-30)
banjo and jug:
Gus Cannon (on 1928-01-30)
guitar:
Ashley Thompson (Cannon’s Jug Stompers) (on 1928-01-30)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1928-01-30)
vocals:
Ashley Thompson (Cannon’s Jug Stompers) (on 1928-01-30)
recording of:
Minglewood Blues (on 1928-01-30)
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Peermusic (UK) Ltd. (BMI)
Cannon’s Jug Stompers4?:??
I4I Woke Up One Morning In May
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-10)
guitar:
Didier Hébert (on 1929-12-10)
vocals:
Didier Hébert (on 1929-12-10)
recording of:
I Woke Up One Morning in May (on 1929-12-10)
Didier Hébert?:??
I5James Alley Blues
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1927-03-11)
guitar:
Richard “Rabbit” Brown (on 1927-03-11)
vocals:
Richard “Rabbit” Brown (on 1927-03-11)
recording of:
James Alley Blues (on 1927-03-11)
writer:
Richard “Rabbit” Brown
Richard “Rabbit” Brown?:??
I6Sugar Baby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-09)
banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)
five-string banjo:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09)
guitar:
Hub Mahaffey (on 1927-03-09)
vocals:
Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09)
recording of:
Sugar Baby (on 1927-03-09)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5731)
Dock Boggs4?:??
I7I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
recorded in:
Ashland, Kentucky, United States (on 1928-02-06)
five-string banjo:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (on 1928-02-06)
vocals:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (on 1928-02-06)
recording of:
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (on 1928-02-06)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4957)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford?:??
J1Mountaineer's Courtship
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-12)
guitar and soprano vocals:
Hattie Stoneman (on 1927-05-12)
harmonica and baritone vocals:
Ernest Stoneman (on 1927-05-12)
recording of:
Mountaineer’s Courtship (on 1927-05-12)
composer:
Ernest Stoneman
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Ernest Stoneman & Hattie Stoneman?:??
J2The Spanish Merchant's Daughter
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-10-31)
banjo:
Bolen Frost (on 1928-10-31)
guitar:
Uncle Eck Dunford (on 1928-10-31)
harmonica and baritone vocals:
Ernest Stoneman (on 1928-10-31)
violin and soprano vocals:
Hattie Stoneman (on 1928-10-31)
recording of:
The Spanish Merchant's Daughter (on 1928-10-31)
lyricist and composer:
A. M. Wakefield
arranger:
Ernest Stoneman
The Stoneman Family4?:??
J3Bob Lee Junior Blues
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-19)
banjolin [banjo-mandolin]:
Vol Stevens (on 1927-10-19)
guitar:
Will Shade (on 1927-10-19) and Will Weldon (on 1927-10-19)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1927-10-19)
vocals:
Jennie Clayton (on 1927-10-19)
Memphis Jug Band5?:??
J4Single Girl, Married Girl
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-02)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-02)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-02)
vocals:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-02)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
Single Girl, Married Girl (on 1927-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
The Carter Family?:??
J5La Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-08-27)
accordion:
Joe Falcon (on 1928-08-27)
guitar:
Cléoma Breaux (on 1928-08-27)
vocals:
Cléoma Breaux (on 1928-08-27) and Joe Falcon (on 1928-08-27)
Cleoma Breaux and Joseph Falcon3?:??
J6Rabbit Foot Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1926-12)
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-12)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-12)
Blind Lemon Jefferson?:??
J7Expressman Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-17)
guitar:
Sleepy John Estes (on 1930-05-17)
mandolin:
Yank Rachell (on 1930-05-17)
piano:
Jab Jones (on 1930-05-17)
vocals:
Yank Rachell (on 1930-05-17)
Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell?:??
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7▶12" Vinyl: Volume Four: Rhythmic Changes (MRP-073)
8▶12" Vinyl