Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz 1960-2000

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Arhoolie Records
Category: Music

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Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 5

UPC: 096297049129
EAN: 0096297049129
ASIN: B00004WJJT

Release Date: 2000-09-26

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Tracks:

San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller
Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton/Robert Curtis Smith
One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas
Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
Brother James - Big Joe Williams
Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
Don't Drive Me Away - Robert Curtis Smith
Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
Believe On Me - Reverend Louis Overstreet
Low Down Blues - George Lewis
The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
Crowley Waltz - Hackberry Ramblers
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White
Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier

Tracks:

Cindy - John Jackson
Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
Dream - John Littlejohn
Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
Visions - Sonny Simmons
I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
The Death Of Dr. King - Big Joe Williams
Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell/Johnny Woods
El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite

Tracks:

Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
Gibson Creek Shuffle - The Charles Ford Band
Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin/Canray Fontenot
Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
Luzita - Narciso Martinez
Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa/Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
Beso Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat) - Robert Shaw
I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
Beym Rebns Sude - The Klezmorim
J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza

Tracks:

Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
Co-Fe - John Delafose
Single Girl - Rose Maddox
Bee De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark & Hector Duhon
Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil
Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
Hot Chili Mama - Beausoleil
Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff

Tracks:

Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
Gumagarugu - Chatuye
Kandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
J'Ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
Falling For You - Rose Maddox
Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo
Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent

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Customer Reviews:

You'll enjoy this journey!.......2005-01-18

If you're a fan of living/breathing folk music, not whitebread I-gave-my-love-a-cherry acoustic music,but vibrant music from backwoods, churches and back alley sub-cultures obscured and ignored by the modern world, then this collection is for you.

In the early 80's I became a big fan of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. Collecting his records was the first time I encountered the Arhoolie label. I began to see that other artists I enjoyed were also on the label Beasoleil, Fred McDowell, Mance Lipscomb and others. It got to where I'd buy records just because of that red and black label. Even if I'd never heard of the artist I could always bank on the record being interesting and that is all because of Chris Strachwitz. He's the owner but he's also the guy out there beating the bushes to find this stuff and most of the music collected here he recorded himself in the field.

Arhoolie has managed to remain an independent record label which is saying something in this day and age and that independence keeps it vital. There is a recording in this collection by a street artist name Bongo Joe, whose music is essentially Joe improvising lyrics while beating out a rythm on a metal 50 gal. oil drum. Everytime I hear this track I smile because it's so wild and also because I know this guy would be out in the street doing this whether someone recorded him or not. Thank god someone did and they did it because they saw the intrinsic value in this mans art, not the chance to make a million dollars.

The booklet that accompanies the collection is full of wonderful photos, history and stories. Mr. Strachwitz shares his field recording technique of having one microphone in the center with the artists gathered around it which lends these recordings a comfortable charm. I could not agree more with the reviewer who said this collection is a nice companion to the Anthology of American Folk Music, it provides a nice bookend for that hallowed collection. I started out by saying this is living/breathing folk music. I did not mean to infer that these artists are still alive (though some are), rather that the sub-cultures that spawned these artists are still out there. We should all take comfort in that.

Great set and great value for money.......2002-01-27

This is a truly wondrful set that works on every level.

Beautifully presented with a very informative book and five high quality CD's.

The sound quality is superb as are all the production values.

The mixture of world music, old-time music and American regional sounds, as repesented in the output of Arhoolie Records, works extremely well here.

I found my self playing all 5 CD's one after the other without strain and enjoying them all.

Once having heard many of the artists for te first time the search wil then commence for solo albums if they exist, and they probably do in most cases.

If this were a "Bear Family" set there would certainly be another $... on the askng price.

If you are already a fan of this type of musci or are looking to explore it furter this really is THE set to buy as a starting point.

All the tracks are strong and there is no "padding" at all.

Combine this with a quite outstanding book giving full details on the artists and the history of Arhoolie and this is a set that will be cherished for years to come and played with great regularity.

Highly recommended.

A Treasury of Obscurities.......2001-10-18

I wasn't sure how I was going to like this box set when I bought it because I had never heard of most of the artists. When I first obtained it, I listened through once then put it on the shelf. On a recent road trip, I decided to put all 5 CDs in my CD changer to listen to in sequence and lemme tell you, am I ever glad to have done so.
The Journey of Chris Strachwitz is a musical journey through parts of America most of us never see or hear. There is Cajun, Zydeco, country, Tejano, blues, gospel and more. There is not the polished, overproduced kind of music one often hears on the radio, but rather the raw authenticity of music being played straight from the heart. Most of these musicians have made very little money in the business and are forced to do other work in order to make ends meet. Its a shame because just the small sampling here shows me that most of these artists have more talent than an army of top-40 schlocksters like Backstreet Boys and Madonna.
I am not equally enthusiastic about every song, but I was introduced to many performers from whom I want to hear more. Its hard to choose favorites, but I was impressed with Mance Lipscomb, the Reverend Louis Overstreet, Lydia Mendoza, Valerio Longoria, Omar Sharriff, Chatuye, The Campbell Brothers, and Aubrey Ghent in addition to more familiar performers like Clifton Chenier, Charlie Musselwhite, and any of the Jimenez clan. The worst song on the album is more pleasurable listening than most of the vapid pap served up on commercial radio.
With the CDs comes an informative booklet, filled with photos and stories of the performers and the sometimes serendipitous ways that Strachwitz hooked up with them.
If your musical taste runs the gamut, you should like this fairly priced box set. Chris Strachwitz did American music a tremendous turn when he set out to capture the sound of the folk before it was lost to us forever. I give this treasury of obscurities my heartiest recommendation. You won't be sorry you bought this!

a real summer journey.......2001-05-23

This is a really strong collection of hard to find artists that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of American music and culture. The blues is incredible. The cajun and zydeco numbers are unbeatable. Same is true of bluegrass, texmex, gospel. Where did rock get its start? Forget the name artists who've received all the accolades, these are the artists that influenced the names. The real deal - presented in its raw format as much as possible. Despite 5 CDs of material, weak tracks are hard to find.

an absolute must have.......2001-03-05

I could not agree more with the previous reviewer. This box set is perhaps the finest collection of American roots music, and much, much more, on the market today. Chris Strachwitz deserves our gratitude for bringing us forty years of top quality music, and for distilling his recordings down to this package, which could not possibly be better. Turn off your radio and turn on this goldmine of treasures from four decades of one man's undying love for the music that made this country great. Worth every penny, even at twice the price.

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