The Alan Lomax Collection Sampler

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Annotation

recording location & year:
Mississippi, 1947: 6.
Mississippi, 1959: 2, 36.
Virginia, 1959-60: 3-4, 35.
Alabama, 1959: 5.
Grenada, 1962: 7.
St. Lucia, 1962: 8.
Trinidad, 1962: 9-11.
Hebridies Islands, 1953: 12.
Dublin, 1951: 13.
Scotland, 1951: 14.
London, 1951: 15, 34.
England, 1955:
Spain, 1952: 17-20.
Italy, 1954: 21-25.
Mississippi, 1942: 30-31, 37.
South Carolina, 1937: 32.
Louisiana, 1934: 33.

Annotation last modified on 2008-04-06 20:06 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
11991 interview
Alan Lomax speaking with Charles Kuralt0:25
2I’m Going Home
Ervin Webb & group2:10
3The Girl I Left Behind
Spencer Moore2:51
4The Titanic
edit of:
The Titanic by Bessie Jones, Hobart Smith & The Georgia Sea Island Singers
Bessie Jones & group2:23
5Sherburne
recorded in:
Fyffe, Alabama, United States (on 1959-09-12, on 1959-09-13)
recording engineer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-13)
producer:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
choir vocals:
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (ensemble at the 56th annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention, September 1959, Fyffe, Alabama) (on 1959-09-12) and Sacred Harp singers (recorded for Columbia Records in Atlanta in 1928) (on 1959-09-13)
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1959-09-12)
recording of:
Sherburne (on 1959-09-12)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate (in 1700)
composer:
Daniel Read (in 1783)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 186)
Alabama Sacred Harp Convention51:44
6Early in the Mornin’
edit of:
Early in the Morning by "Tangley Eye" (Walter Jackson) (1940’s blues), "Hard Hat" (Willie Lacey), "22" (Benny Will Richardson) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22') & "Little Red" (name unknown) (1940s prison blues recorded by Alan Lomax)
“22” & group2:07
7Roll, Roll, Roll and Go
Irene McQueen & Chorus1:18
8Luce‐O, Luce Mauvais
[unknown]1:47
9Sambo Caesar
Cyprus Smith & group1:41
10War
Growling Tiger, Lord Airey & group1:59
11Religious Bhajan
Ram Gopaul1:44
12Tha Mulad, Tha Mulad
Annie Nicholson & group1:15
13As I Roved Out
Séamus Ennis1:56
14The Sister’s Lament
Flora McNeil1:26
15The Four Loom Weaver
Ewan MacColl1:36
16The Jovial Tradesman
Bob & Ron Copper1:41
17Jota Manchega
Orchestra of Jesus Ordoñez2:38
18Fandango de Comares
Inez Muñoz2:04
19Saeta
recorded in:
Sevilla (Seville), Sevilla (Province of Seville), Andalucía (Andalusia), Spain (in 1952)
[unknown]2:20
20Pastores de Bormujo
Campanilleros de Bormujo1:36
21La partenza
Genoese longshoremen2:39
22O Giglio é Beni Constrastatu
Antonia, Giuseppe & Maria Pingitore1:08
23Stornello
Eugenio Pila1:45
24Canto di Carrettiere
Domenico Lanza1:43
25Ballo del tamburo
Aristide Pasquale & group1:52
26Ma uitai spre rasarit
recording of:
Ma uitai spre rasarit
Maria Lătărețu2:25
27Esashi Oiwake
A fisherman1:15
28Gendèr Wayang
Ubud gamelan1:16
29Rain Dance
George Buck & group0:31
30John Henry
Glen Stoneman2:23
31Devil’s Dream
Sid Hemphill1:03
32Ten Pound Hammer
S.C. ditch diggers1:17
33Mâlheureuse Nègre
Cleveland Benoit & Darby Hicks1:29
34My Son David
recording of:
Edward (aka My Son David / Henry)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 13) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 200)
Jeannie Robertson2:44
35Hawkins County Jail
recorded in:
Tazewell County, Virginia, United States (on 1959-08-24)
banjo:
Hobart Smith (on 1959-08-24)
vocals:
Hobart Smith (on 1959-08-24)
Hobart Smith2:38
3661 Highway
Fred McDowell3:06
37Low Down Dirty Blues
Son House2:22
38Bound to Lose
additional performer:
Tom Glazer, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist), Margaret Johnson ("Honey Chile") and Pete Seeger
Woody Guthrie & group1:34