Folk Music of the United States: Album 1 - Anglo-American Ballads from the Archives of American Folk Song

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Tracklist

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1▼10" Shellac
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	The House Carpenter recorded in: Salem, Virginia, United States (in 1941-09) recording engineer: Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1941-09) and Elizabeth Lomax (wife of Alan Lomax) (in 1941-09) vocals: Texas Gladden	Mrs. Texas Gladden		3:06
B1	The Farmer’s Curst Wife	Horton Barker		2:45

2▼10" Shellac
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	The Gypsy Davy	Woody Guthrie		2:47
B1	Barbra Allen	Rebecca Tarwater		2:42

3▼10" Shellac
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	Pretty Polly	Estil C. Ball		2:29
B1	The Rich Old Farmer	Pearl Jacobs Borusky		2:51

4▼10" Shellac
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	The Devil's Nine Questions recorded in: Salem, Virginia, United States (in 1941-09) recording engineer: Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1941-09) and Elizabeth Lomax (wife of Alan Lomax) (in 1941-09) vocals: Texas Gladden (in 1941)	Mrs. Texas Gladden		2:34
A2	Old Kimball recorded in: Salem, Virginia, United States (in 1941-08, in 1941-09) recording engineer: Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1941-08, in 1941-09) and Elizabeth Lomax (wife of Alan Lomax) (in 1941-09) vocals: Texas Gladden	Mrs. Texas Gladden		1:34
B1	One Morning in May recorded in: Salem, Virginia, United States (in 1941-08, in 1941-09) recording engineer: Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1941-08, in 1941-09) and Elizabeth Lomax (wife of Alan Lomax) (in 1941-09) vocals: Texas Gladden (in 1941)	Mrs. Texas Gladden		3:26

5▼10" Shellac
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	The Little Brown Bulls	Emery DeNoyer		4:00
B1	The Sioux Indians	Alex Moore		3:05

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/32770833 [info]

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Format:: 5×10" Shellac
Length:: 31:19

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Library of Congress
Album 1

Release events

United States
1942

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