Folk Music U.S.A. [sound recording]
name: label: editor
content: Courlander, Harold 1908-1996
label: liner notes
content: Smith, Charles Edward 1904-1970
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system
label: Notes
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2773, -2774, and -2775, all in black tape boxes, contain tracks which where incorporated into the Folkways anthology entitled Folk Music U.S.A. (FW04530), published in 1959, compiled by Harold Courlander, with notes written by Charles Edward Smith. However, a few tracks are only on these tapes and not on the Folkways album, while a few tracks on the Folkways albums are not on these tapes. The album contains a wide variety of types of American music, from African American to Native American to Appalachian. Many of the selections were initially recorded in the 1950's, while some were from the 1940's or from old 78's. Additional information about individual performers and additional documentation about each track, above what is in the sheets accompanying the CD, etc., can be found in the FW04530 liner notes. The original tape boxes for -2773, -2774, and -2775 say, respectively, "Folk Music of the U.S. #2," zAmerican Anthology #1," and American Anthology #2."
label: Table of contents
content: John Henry / (Virgil Perkins & Jack Sims) (4:10) -- Grizzly bear : Negro prison camp worksong (3:31) -- Blowing the train / (Percy Randolph) (2:52) -- Six thousand miles from nowhere / (Snooks Eaglin) (3:06) -- Dark was the night / (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:24) -- Amasee children's ring game song (1:34) -- Spooky drums / (Baby Dodds) (2:19) -- Black Jack Davy / (Mary Jo Davis) (3:09) -- Drunken sailor : dulcimer melody (1:19) -- Ellen Smith / (Pete Steel) (1:38) -- Run, run / (Elizabeth Cotton) (:57) -- Mole in the ground / (Bascom Lamar Lunsford) (2:49)
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Popular music
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2774
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in