Library of Congress Recordings

Library of Congress Recordings

ASIN: B00008FP0C

Track Listings

1. Hard Times in Coleman's Mines

2. Lonesome Jailhouse Blues

3. I Love Coal Miners, I Do

4. Let Me Be Your Teddy

5. Christmas Eve in the East Side

6. Witch Stories

7. Hungry Disgusted Blues

8. Crossbones Skully

9. Fare Thee Well Old Ely Branch

10. Join the C.I.O.

11. Prisoner's Call

12. Lone Pilgrim

13. Holiness Church Monologue

14. Just a Little Talk With Jesus

Tracks:

Bonaparte's Retreat - W. H. Step
Rock Island Line - Kelly Pace
Pretty Polly - E.C. Ball
Pullin' In The Skiff - Ofra Dell Graham
Shortenin' Bread - Ofra Dell Graham
Sea Lion Woman - Christine And Katherine Shipp
Soldier's Joy - Nashville Washboard Band
Another Man Done Gone - Vera Hall
Northfield - Paine Denson
When I Lay My Burden Down - Turner Junior Johnson
Grub Springs - W. E. Claunch
Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
Iron Merrimac - Learned Hand
Creek Lullaby - Margaret
Coal Creek March - Pete Steele
Worried Life Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
One Morning In May - Texas Gladden
Blood-Strained Banders - Jimmie Strothers
Goodbye, Old Paint - Jess Morris
Lead Me To The Rock - Wash Dennis And Charlie Sims
Glory In The Meetinghouse - Luther Strong
The Avondale Mine Disaster - John J. Quinn
Roll On The Ground - Thaddeus C. Willingham Jr.
Diamond Joe - Charlie Butler
Lost John - Sonny Terry
Sept Ans Sur Mer - Elta, Mary, And Ella Hoffpauir
East Texas Rag - Smith Casey
Old Joe Clark - Wade Ward
The Gypsy Davy - Woody Guthrie
Kiowa Story Of The Flute - Belo Cozad

Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3

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bound for glory
I would NOT begin with this set
Library of Congress Recordings - Woody Guthrie
Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3 Woody Guthrie
Library of Congress Recordings

Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3
Woody Guthrie
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Lost Train Blues
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Rye Whiskey
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Texas Oil Field
Greenback Dollar
Boll Weevil Song
So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
Talking Dust Bowl Blues
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Amazon.com essential recording

In was in March 1940 that Alan Lomax, then a young folklorist at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., brought Woody Guthrie into a recording studio at the Department of the Interior. What emerged from three days of sessions is one of the purest documents of Americana ever released. Originally appearing as a three-LP set, this collection of "songs and conversation" features Guthrie classics such as "Do Re Mi," "Pretty Boy Floyd," "They Laid Jesus Christ in His Grave," and "I Ain't Got No Home." Interspersed are autobiographical reminiscences of his boyhood in Oklahoma and his freight-train-riding hobo days as well as his biting, wry observations of the effects on the common man of everything from the Depression to crooked politicians. That the U.S. government paid for this is as ironic as it is miraculous. --Billy Altman

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bound for glory.......2006-04-02

This review is being used to describe several of Woody Guthrie's recordings. Although I have listened to most of his songs and recordings these represent those that best represent his life's poltical and musical work.

My musical tastes were formed, as were many of those of the generation of 1968, by `Rock and Roll' music exemplified by the Rolling Stones and Beatles and by the blues revival, both Delta and Chicago style. However, those forms as much as they gave pleasure were only marginally political at best. In short, these were entertainers performing material that spoke to us. In the most general sense that is all one should expect of a performer. Thus, for the most part that music need not be reviewed here. Those who thought that a new musical sensibility laid the foundations for a cultural or political revolution have long ago been proven wrong.

That said, in the early 1960's there nevertheless was another form of musical sensibility that was directly tied to radical political expression- the folk revival. This entailed a search for roots and relevancy in musical expression. While not all forms of folk music lent themselves to radical politics it is hard to see the 1960's cultural rebellion without giving a nod to such figures as Dave Van Ronk, the early Bob Dylan, Utah Phillips, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and others. Whatever entertainment value these performers provided they also spoke to and prodded our political development. They did have a message and an agenda and we responded as such. That these musicians' respective agendas proved inadequate and/or short-lived does not negate their affect on the times.

As I have noted in my review of Dave Van Ronk's work when I first heard folk music in my youth I felt unsure about whether I liked it or not. As least against my strong feelings about the Rolling Stones and my favorite blues artist such as Howling Wolf and Elmore James. Then on some late night radio folk show here in Boston I heard Dave Van Ronk singing `Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies' and that was it. From that time to the present folk music has been a staple of my musical tastes. From there I expanded my play list of folk artists with a political message.

Although I had probably heard Woody's `This Land is Your Land' at some earlier point I actually learned about his music secondhand from early Bob Dylan covers of his work. While his influence has had its ebbs and flows since that time each succeeding generation of folk singers still seems to be drawn to his simple, honest tunes about the outlaws, outcasts and the forgotten people that made this country, for good or evil what it is today. Since Woody did not have a particularly good voice nor was he an exceptional guitar player the message delivered by his songs is his real legacy.

Woody's relationship with the American Communist Party while no secret is not widely known. Even Bob Dylan, a worshipper of Woody's in his youth, was not aware of it. What is interesting is that the subjects of his songs fairly closely reflect the party line as it changed to reflect the winds blowing from Moscow. Woody's best work is reflected in the Popular Front style of ` This Land is Your Land' when the party developed its class collaborationist policy with the Rooseveltian Democratic Party and accordingly all liberals were good fellows and true. The Hitler-Stalin Pact was not good news for his style. Political differences between us aside, listen to his recordings and learn about hard times and struggle in an eraly period.

I would NOT begin with this set.......2005-10-09

As a historical document, indispensable. Woody's first recordings! As a listening experience, sometimes a little tough going, sometimes even frustrating. Poor micorphone placement compromises clarity of Woody's voice, both speech and singing. Sometimes a bad room echo obscures it even more, Woody doesn't always seem to be next to the microphone. Sound levels not adjusted when he's speaking as opposed to blowing harp and stumming away. Etc.

These also are much looser performances than "Dust Bowl Ballads" (his seminal album, recorded a month after this Library Of Congress recording) or the amazing 1944-49 recordings for Mose Asch (the Asch Recordings box set)-Woody is mellow and laid back, frequently blows guitar chord changes to some of his best songs....no big deal! We still love him! But the versions of most songs are better on "Dust Bowl Ballads" (exception: Talkin' Dust Bowl) and especially the Moe Asch recordings (which is what I recommend starting out with). It's great-fascinating-hearing long extended conversations with Woody Guthrie and Alan Lomax (even though it's not exactly loose conversation....it was intended to be broadcast as a radio series) It's conversational.....long and drawling. It's beautiful. Woody suddenly and unexpectedly describing his childhood tragedies is riveting.

Three discs of loose version of song, followed by 5 minutes of conversation-sometimes it requires concentrated attention to really get the most out of. Sometimes Alan himself joins in and sings with Woody.....it's that loose.

If you've never gotten the Asch Recordings four disc set, that's the one I'd start with, unbelievable. All 4 discs are indispensable. Woody with Cisco Houston is one of musics great rewards, and he's on a lot of that set. Add to that the equally indispensable Dust Bowl Ballads and you have the absolute essential Woody Guthrie. After you've got those two under your belt, then I would pick up these Library of Congress recordings, I place it as number 3.

A side note, Woody's harp playing is beautiful, I never see anyone mention that.

Also, you can't program out the interviews So each track starts with a song and has up to 6 minutes of conversation.

PS-I hope this doesn't sound like a bad review, because it's not! It's an amazing documentary.

Library of Congress Recordings - Woody Guthrie.......2005-09-19

This is a great CD as far as the music and Woody's comments about his life and his songs. The interviewer, Alan Lomax, is difficult to hear, probably due to the placement of the microphone. I am glad that I bought the CD.

Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3 Woody Guthrie.......2002-02-20

A good set if you wish to listen to a person question Woody.
Because of Arlo, 20 years ago I went to see a 1 man show of Woody Guthrie. The person that did the 1 man show did a great job. I say this because he made me want to know Woody's songs.
This set was okay. I got to listen to Woody speak some of his thoughts.
But for Woody music --- The Asch Recordings are excellent!

Library of Congress Recordings.......2000-05-03

I have owned these recordings for nearly five years and I have yet to grow tired of hearing Woody speak and sing. While the recordings document his music, they also illuminate a significant moment in American history. Woody Guthrie both witnessed and validated the myth propogated by Steinbeck in "The Grapes of Wrath." Gurthrie's commentary is as rich with red politics as his music; and while he speaks without pretention, his ideas are sophisticated and his deliverery is calculated and genius. I have probably listened to these recordings a hundred times, each time another layer of Woody's mind and era is exposed.

Library of Congress Collection: American Sea Shanties and Songs

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Library of Congress Collection: American Sea Shanties and Songs
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The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

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The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
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Tracks:

Story of "I'm Alabama Bound"/I'm Alabama Bound [Spoken][Version]
Time in Mobile/I'm Alabama Bound [Continued][Excerpt][Version]
King Porter Stomp [Piano Instrumental/The Story of "King Porter Stomp"
Story of "King Porter Stomp, [/You Can Have It, ISpoken]
Jelly Roll's Background [Spoken]
Music Lessons/Miserere [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
Miserere [/The French Opera HousePiano Instrumental][Instrumental][Vers
Stomping Grounds [Spoken]
Style of Sammy Davis [Piano Instrumental/The Renown of Tony ...
Tony Jackson Was the Favorite/Dope, Crown, and Opium [Spoken][Version]
Poor Alfred Wilson/Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" [Piano ...][Version]
Honky Tonk Blues/In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun [Spoken]
New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place/Levee Man Blues [Spoken][Version]
Story of Aaron Harris [Spoken]

Tracks:

Story of Aaron Harris (Continued)/Aaron Harris Blues [Spoken][Version]
Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, And the Hat That Started a Riot ...
Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles ...
Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot (Continued) /Game Kid Blues [Spoken]
Game Kid Blues [/Buddy Carter Rag ...Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][
New Orleans Funerals/Steal Away/Nearer My God to Thee [Spoken][Version]
Funeral Marches/Flee as the Bird to the Mountain [Piano ...][Version]
Oh! Didn't He Ramble [Piano Instrumental/Evolution of Tiger Rag ...
Tiger Rag Third, Fourth, And Fifth Strains [Piano Instrumental]
Tiger Rag [Piano Instrumental/PanamaPiano Instrumental][Instrumental][V
Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo/Ha ... [Interview and Demonstration]
Jazz Discords and Story of the Kansas City Stomp [Interview and ...]
Kansas City Stomp (Continued)/Breaks in Jazz ... [Piano Instrumental][I
Slow Swing and Sweet Jazz Music [Interview and Demonstration]
Salty Dog/Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-In-Law [Spoken]
Hesitation Blues [Interview and Song]

Tracks:

My Gal Sal Original and Transformation [Interview and Song]
St. Louis Scene/Randalls' Tune/Maple ... [Piano Instrumental][Instrumen
Maple Leaf Rag St. Louis Style, Conclusion [Instrumental][Version]
Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis [Spoken]
Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Continued)/Miserere, ... [Spoken][Version]
New Orleans Blues
Winin' Boy Blues [Continued]
Winin' Boy Blues [Continued]
Anamule Dance
Anamule Dance [/The Story of the "The Anamule Dance"Spoken][Version]
Great Buddy Bolden/Buddy Bolden's Blues [Continued]
Great Buddy Bolden [Continued][Version]
Mr. Jelly Lord
How Jelly Roll Got His Name/Original Jelly Roll Blues ... [Spoken][Vers
Original Jelly Roll Blues [Continued]
Honky Tonk Blues/Old-Time Honky Tonks [Spoken]

Tracks:

Real Tough Boys [Spoken]
Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate [Spoken]
Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas/See See Rider [Spoken][Version]
See See Rider (Continued)/Parading with the Broadway Swells [Spoken]
Parading with the Broadway Swells (Continued) [Spoken]
Fights and Weapons/Stars and Stripes Forever [Piano ...][Version]
Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs [Interview and ...]
Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale [Spoken]
Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena [Spoken]
Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis [Spoken]
In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy/Benny ... [Spoken][Ver
Benny Frenchy's Tune (Continued)/Bad Sam, Memphis' [Piano Instrumental]
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Interview and Song]
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Continued]
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Continued]
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Conclusion]

Tracks:

Dirty Dozen [Interview and Song]
Murder Ballad, Pt. 1
Murder Ballad, Pt. 2
Murder Ballad, Pt. 3
Murder Ballad, Pt. 4
Murder Ballad, Pt. 5
Murder Ballad, Pt. 6
Murder Ballad, Conclusion
Fickle Fay Creep [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
Jungle Blues [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
King Porter Stomp [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
Sweet Peter [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
Hyena Stomp [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
Wolverine Blues [Continued]
Wolverine Blues [Continued]
State and Madison [Piano Instrumental]
Pearls [Piano Instrumental]
Pearls [Continued][Instrumental][Version]

Tracks:

Bert Williams [Piano Instrumental]
Freakish [Piano Instrumental]
Pep [Piano Instrumental]
Georgia Skin Game [Continued][Version]
Georgia Skin Game [Continued][Version]
Georgia Skin Game/I'm Gonna Get One and Go ... [Conclusion][Version]
Ungai Hai, The Sign of the Indians [Interview and Song]
New Orleans Blues [/The Spanish TingeSpoken]
Spanish Tinge [Continued]
Improving Spanish Tempos and Creepy Feeling [Interview and Piano ...]
Creepy Feeling [Continued][Instrumental][Version]
Crave [Piano Instrumental]
Mamanita [Piano Instrumental]
C'ait N'Aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc/If You ... [Interview and Song]
Spanish Swat [Piano Instrumental]
Ain't Misbehavin'
I Hate a Man Like You/Rolling Stuff [Interview and Song]
Michigan Water Blues [Interview and Song]

Tracks:

Winin' Boy Blues
Winin' Boy Blues [Continued]
Boogie Woogie Blues [Piano Instrumental/Albert Carroll's Tune ...]
Buddy Bertrand's Blues [/Mamie's ...Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][V
When the Hot Stuff Came In [Spoken]
First Hot Arrangements [Spoken]
Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac CafSpoken]
At the Cadillac CafLos Angeles [/Little Liza ...Spoken][Version]
Little Liza Jane [Continued]
In the Publishing Business/Tricks Ain't Walking No More [Spoken][Versio

Tracks:

Original Jelly Roll Blues [Guitar Instrumental] - Johnny St. Cyr,
Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
Hot Bands and Creole Tunes [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
Eh, La Bas/Riffs and Breaks from Creole Songs [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, Alan Lomax
Playing Hot with Buddy Bolden [Spoken] - Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alan Lomax, Alphonse Picou
High Society [Instrumental] - Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou
Sporting Life Costumes [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
Creoles Playing with Negroes: Getting That Drive [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, Alan Lomax
Jelly Roll's Compositions [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
Guitar Blues/Just the Guitar Blues [Guitar Instrumental][Instrumental][ - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
Bad Men and Pimps [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
Story of the Coon Blues [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Alphonse Picou
Coon Blues [Instrumental] - Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou
Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, Alan Lomax
Main Idea in Jazz: Just Watch Me - Improvising and Reading Music ... - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best: A Little Tale of - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,

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When folklorist Alan Lomax made these epic 1938 recordings of Jelly Roll Morton's reminiscences and piano playing, he was creating the first great oral documentation of early jazz. This material has never been issued with the care, sensitivity and completeness that it gets here, with the complete interviews and musical performances sequenced over seven CDs in the order in which they took place. Morton was almost as great a raconteur as he was a musician, and his accounts of New Orleans in the early years of the 20th century--from bordellos to riots to funeral parades--are vivid, bawdy, and sometimes hilarious. His accounts of the music and his performances, from "King Porter Stomp" to the lengthy "Murder Ballad," provide a brilliant window on the mechanics and progress of jazz in its earliest years. The sound restoration is excellent and the complete package--cover art by R. Crumb and a book with an essay by John Szwed and extensive photographs--befits a document of this significance. An eighth CD excerpts interviews Lomax conducted in 1949 with various New Orleans musicians (most notably Johnny St. Cyr) reminiscing about Morton and the early years of jazz. --Stuart Broomer

D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings

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Frankie and Albert
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Pera-Lee
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Pay Day
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Hey, Baby, Right Away

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Tracks:

Monday Morning Blues
Nobody's Dirty Business
If You Don't Want Me
Spike Driver (John Henry)
Salty Dog
My Creole Belle
Casey Jones
Beulah Land
Waiting for You (I Forgive You Before I Go)
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Walking the Floor Over You
Camp Meeting Tonight on the Camp Ground
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
Blind Man Sit in the Way and Cried
Glory to His Name
I'll Fly Away
Ten Virgins (When the Bridegroom Comes)

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Cow Hooking Blues
I'm Satisfied
Ain't Nobody But You Babe
Shortnin' Bread
Redwing
Four O'Clock Blues
See See Rider
I Got Mine
Good Morning Miss Carrie
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Poor Boy a Long Way from Home
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You Are My Sunshine
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
You Got to Get Ready

Library of Congress Recordings, March 25, 1947

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I Just Don't Want To Be Rich
Down In The Valley
Battle OF Bunker Hill
Bombardment Of Bristol, Rhode Island
Katy Cruel
Groundhog
I've Got No Use For The Woman
Streets Of Laredo (Irish Tune)
Grieve, Oh Grieve
Jim The Roper
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Good-Bye, Old Paint
Sweet Betsy From Pike
St. James Infirmary
When We Gonna Marry
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I Had A Little Nut Tree
Nut Brown Maiden
Froggie Went A-Courtin'
Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad
Skip To My Lou
Portland County Jail
Three Foolish Pigs
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Willie The Weeper
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Duermete, Nino
The Devil And The Farmer's Wife (New England)
The Devil And The Farmer's Wife (Minnesota)
Johnny Sands
Mary Hamilton (Child Ballad #173)
The Brown Girl (Child Ballard #73)
Old Boastun
The Two Sisters (The Bershire Tradegy, Child Ballad #10)
The Crawdad Song
Barnyard Song
Tell Old Bill
Three Nights Drunk (Our Goodman, Child Ballad #274)
Streets Of Laredo (Texas Tune)

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1. Cindy
2. Careless Love
3. I Just Don't Want To Be Rich
4. Down In The Valley
5. Battle Of Bunker Hill
6. Bombardement Of Bristol, Rhode Island
7. Katy Cruel
8. Groundhog
9. I've Got No Use For Women
10. Street Of Laredo - (Irish Tune)
11. Grieve, Oh Grieve
12. Jim The Roper
13. Night-Herding Song
14. Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie
15. I Ride An Old Paint
16. Goodbye Old Paint
17. Sweet Betsy From Pike
18. St. James Infirmary
19. When We Gonna Mary
20. Spanish Fandango
21. I Had Little Nut Tree
22. Froggie Went A-Courtin'
23. Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad
24. Skip To My Lou
25. Nut Brown Maiden
26. Portland County Jail
27. Three Foolish Pigs
28. Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away, The
29. That Old Time Religion
30. Sow Took The Measles
31. Willie The Weeper
32. Springfield County
33. Sourwood Mountain
34. Duermente, Nino
35. Devil And The Farmer's Wive, The (New England)
36. Devil And The Farmer's Wive, The - (Minnesota)
37. Johnny Sands
38. Mary Hamilton (Child Ballad #173)
39. Mary Hamilton (Child Ballad #73)
40. Old Bastum
41. Two Sisters, The (The Berkshire Tragedy)
42. Crawdad Song, The
43. Barnyard Song
44. Tell Old Bill
45. Three Nights Drunk (Our Goodman, Child #10)
46. Streets Of Laredo (Texas Tune)

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The Library of Congress Recordings
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Complete Library of Congress Recordings (1940)

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Time in Mobile
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Hestitation Blues

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My Gal Sal
The St. Louis Scene
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Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis
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New Orleans Blues
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King Porter Stomp
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State And Madison
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In the Publishing Business

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When folklorist Alan Lomax made these epic 1938 recordings of Jelly Roll Morton's reminiscences and piano playing, he was creating the first great oral documentation of early jazz. This material has never been issued with the care, sensitivity and completeness that it gets here, with the complete interviews and musical performances sequenced over seven CDs in the order in which they took place. Morton was almost as great a raconteur as he was a musician, and his accounts of New Orleans in the early years of the 20th century--from bordellos to riots to funeral parades--are vivid, bawdy, and sometimes hilarious. His accounts of the music and his performances, from "King Porter Stomp" to the lengthy "Murder Ballad," provide a brilliant window on the mechanics and progress of jazz in its earliest years. The sound restoration is excellent and the complete package--cover art by R. Crumb, a piano-shaped box, a reprinting of Lomax's groundbreaking book Mister Jelly Roll, and an additional book with an essay by John Szwed and extensive photographs--befits a document of this significance. An eighth CD excerpts interviews Lomax conducted in 1949 with various New Orleans musicians (most notably Johnny St. Cyr) reminiscing about Morton and the early years of jazz. --Stuart Broomer

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The stories and songs on these recordings are a document of the big bang of jazz music at the dawn of the 20th Century. New Orleans composer, pianist and pool shark Jelly Roll Morton was one of the key figures in the creation of jazz. Alan Lomax was the visionary folklorist who created a legacy that illuminated roots music sounds from around the world. Together, in 1938 at the Library of Congress, they made these groundbreaking recordings--the first recorded oral history in jazz.

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