Harry Smith – Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four (2xCD, Comp, RE + Boo) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Location: Pricey Box 3R

No J-card, light shelf wear to outer digipak. Book looks great.

Notes:

Cover info:
Two CDs plus a 96-page soft cover book housed in a custom hand-made case.
In shrink-sealed package: Leaflet wrapped around cover with info & tracklist for shop-customers (black cover with only minimal info)

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Book info:
This release ©℗ 2007 Revenant/The Harry Smith Archives, Inc.

1-1 – Chicago, 8 November 1934.
Related recordings:
· Thomas Morris And His Seven Hot Babies – Charleston Stampede, Victor 20180, 13 July 1926
· Johnny Dodds’ Black Bottom Stompers – Weary Blues, Vocalion 15632, 22 April 1927

1-2 – New York, 14 September 1933.
Headline: Lady Spurns Squire, Preferring Dairy Chores To Aristocratic Leisure
Laws N20

1-3 – Chicago, 4 October 1940.
Child 200
Related recordings:
· Mr. & Mrs. I.G. Greer – Paramount 3195, 26 October 1929
· Cliff Carlise And His Buckle Busters – Decca 5732, 26 July 1939
· Woody Guthrie; The Gypsy Davy – [url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Rounder+Records]Rounder[/url] [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1367582]1500(cd)[/url] , 4 January 1941
· Wood Guthrie; Gypsy Davy – Smithsonian Folkways 40100(cd), April 1944

1-4 – Charlotte, 16 June 1936.
Laws F5
Related recordings:
· (Red Patterson’s) Piedmont Log Rollers – Victor 35874, 12 August 1927
· Henry Whitter & G.B. Grayson; I’ll Never Be Yours – Genett 6373, 10 October 1927
· Ernest Stoneman & The Dixie Mountaineers – Edison 52312, 25 April 1928
· Callahan Brothers; On the Banks of the Ohio – ARC 5-12-60, 17 August 1934
· Monroe Brothers; On the Banks of the Ohio, Bluebird B-7385, 21 June 1936

1-5 – Charlotte, 26 January 1938.

1-6 – Charlotte, 15 June 1936.
Related recordings (as ‘John Henry’ unless otherwise indicated):
· Fiddlin’ John Carson; John Henry Blues – 3/24, OKeh 7004, March 1924
· Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett – Columbia 15019-D, 11 September 1924
· Uncle Dave Macon; The Death of John Henry – Vocalion 15320, 14 April 1926
· Ernest V. Stoneman (The Blue Ridge Mountaineer) – Edison 51869, 21 June 1926
· Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers; John Henry Blues – OKeh 45101, 23 March 1927
· Williamson Brothers & Curry; Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand – OKeh 45127, 26 April 1927
· Henry Thomas (Ragtime Texas), Vocalion 1094, 30 June 1927
· De Ford Bailey – Victor 23336, 2 October 1928
· Furry Lewis; John Henry, the Steel Driving Man (Pts. 1-2) – Vocalion 1474, 22 September 1929
· Birmingham Jug Band; Bill Wilson – OKeh 8895, 11 December 1930
· Callahan Brothers – Decca 5998, 27 April 1941
· Merle Travis – Capitol 48000, 13 August 1946

1-7 – Charlotte, 17 February 1936.
Related recordings (all as ‘Nine Pound Hammer’):
· Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters – Brunswick 177, 13 May 1927
· Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers – Columbia 15280-D, 17 April 1928
· G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter – Victor V-40105, 31 July 1928
· Ernest & Eddie Stoneman – Vocalion 02655, 8 January 1934
· Merle Travis – Capitol 48000, 8 August 1946

1-8 – Chicago, 3 June 1936.
Related recordings (as ‘Casey Jones’ unless otherwise indicated):
· Fiddlin’ John Carson – OKeh 40038, 7 November 1923
· George Riley Puckett – Columbia 113-D, 7 March 1924
· Vernon Dalhart – Victor 20502, 25 June 1925
· Gid Tanner & His Skilllet Lickers – Columbia 15237-D, 28 March 1927
· Prince Albert Hunts Texas Ramblers; Katy On Time – OKeh 45230, 8 March 1928
· Furry Lewis; Kassie Jones (Pts. 1&2) – Victor 21664, 28 August 1928
· Memphis Jug Band; On The Road Again – Victor V-38015, 11 September 1928
· Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles; Knocking Down Casey Jones – Paramount 3210, 29 October 1929

1-9 – New York, 1 August 1933.

1-10 – New York, 23 January 1935.

1-11 – Chicago, 31 October 1935.
Related recordings:
· Baby Doo (Leonard Caston) – I’m Gonna Walk Your Log – Decca 7773, 4 June 1940
· Vera Hall; Another Mane Done Gone – Library of Congress AAFS 16, 31 October 1940
· Joe Williams; Please Don’t Go – Bluebird B-8969, 12 December 1941
· Joe Williams – Columbia 37945, 22 July 1947
· Joe Williams – Delmark DL 609, 19 February 1958
· Clifton Chenier – Arhoolie F1031, 10 May 1966

1-12 – San Antonio, 27 November 1936.

1-13 – Chicago, 7 March 1940.

1-14 – Atlanta, 7 August 1935.

2-1 – New York, 17 June 1937.

2-2 – Atlanta, 12 December 1930.
Related recordings:
· Pace Jubilee Singer – Victor 21551, 30 June 1938
· Clara Belle Gholston And Chorus – ARC unissued, 30 January 1932
· Norfolk Jubilee Quartette – Decca 7559, 16 July 1937
· Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Decca 8548, 13 March 1941

2-3 – New York, 20 December 1928.
Related recordings:
· Clayton McMichen & Riley Puckett; Arkansas Sheik – Columbia 15686-D, 26 October 1928
· Len Nash & His Country Boys; On the Road to California – Brunswick 354, ca. July 1929
· Tex Hardin; The Trail to California – Champion S-16522, 16 January 1933
· Cousin Emmy; Com On All You Virginia Girls – Decca 24213, 26 March 1947
· Lilly Brothers & Don Stover; Cornbread and ‘Lasses and Sassafras Tea – Folkways FA 2433, January 1961

2-4 – New York, 4 December 1929.

2-5 – Jackson, MS, 17 December 1930.
Related recording:
· Uncle Dave Macon; We Are Up Against It Now – Vocalion 15447, 8 September 1926

2-6 – Chicago, 26 July 1928.

2-7 – Memphis, 13 May 1930.

2-8 – New York, 9 June 1936.
Related recording:
· Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners – RCA Victor 20-2055, 30 September 1946

2-9 – Hattiesburg, 7 July 1936.

2-10 – Chicago, 22 August 1935.
Other Joe Louis pieces:
· Memphis Minnie; Joe Louis Strut – Vocalion 03046, 22 August 1935
· Jones’ Chicago Cosmopolitans; Joe Louis Chant – Decca 7115, 13 September 1935
· Lil Johnson; Winner Joe (The Knock-Out King) – Vocalion 03604, 12 February 1936
· The Tiger; Beat Them, Cuff Them, Joe Louis, – Bluebird unissued, 7 February 1937
· Lord Invader; Joe Louis-Schmeling Gight – Bluebird B-4594, February 1937
· The Lion And The Atilla; Louis-Schmeling Fight – Decca 17329, 24 February 1937
· The Caresser; Joe Louis – Decca 17354, 25 February 1938
· Jack Sneed And His Sneezers; Big Joe Louis – Decca 7522, 9 September 1938
· The Growler; Joe Louis-Schmeling Fight – Decca 17419, 6 February 1939
· Sonny Boy Williamson; Joe Louis and John Henry Blues – Bluebird B-8403, 21 July 1939
· Rev. J.M. Gates; Joe Louis’ Wrist and His Fist – Bluebird B-8382, 7 February 1940

2-11 – Jackson, MS, 12 October 1935.
Related recordings:
· The Lion; Advantage Mussolini – Decca 17275, 31 March 1936
· The Tiger; The Gold in Africa – Decca 17271, 2 April 1936
· King Radio & The Lion; Abyssinian Lament – Decca 17283, 11 April 1936
· The Caresser; Selassie Is Held by the Police – Decca 17314, 24 February 1937
· Muggin’ Boyd Kelly & Sweet Dixon; Hally Selassie – Decca 7294, 17 March 1937

2-12 – Hattiesburg, 20 July 1936

2-13 – St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, 22 October 1938.
Related recordings:
· Amadie Breaux, ophy Breaux & Clemo Breaux; Ma Blonde Est Partie – Columbia 40510-F, 18 April 1929
· Oscar Doucet & Alius Soileau; When I Met You at the Gate – Bluebird B-2085, 8 November 1929
· Leo Soileau & His Three Aces; La Valse de Gueydan – Bluebird B-2171, 18 January 1935
· Hackberry Ramblers; Jolie Blonde – Bluebird B-2003, 17 October 1936
· Miller’s Merrymakers; Te Ma Lessa Jolie Blonde – Bluebird B-2006, 17 October 1936
· Bayne Bo Ramblers; New Grand Gueydan – Bluebird B-2024, 10 September 1937
· Harry Choates; Jole Blon – Gold Star 1313, 1946
· Moon Mullican; New Jole Blon – King 578, October 1946

2-14 – St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, 2 April 1938

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Related Listening:
· The Anthology Of American Folk Music [Vols. 1, 2 & 3], Edited by Harry Smith, 1952 (Smithsonian Folkways CD box set reissue 1997, SWCD-40090)
· The Village Fugs, Produced by Harry Smith & Ed Sanders, 1965 (reissued as The Fugs First Album, 1994, Fantasy FCD-9668-2)

Related reading:
· American Magus, Paolo Igliori, ed., Inanout Press, 1996
· Think of the Self Speaking, Rani Singh, ed., Elbow/Cityful Press, 1998

Related viewing:
· Early Abstractions & Mirror Animations, Arthouse Videotape Number 48
· Late Superimpositions, Arthouse Videotape Number 44 (www.Arthouseinc.com)

1-1. Memphis Jug Band – Memphis Shakedown 3:04
1-2. Bradley Kincaid – Dog And Gun (An Old English Ballad) 3:25
1-3. The Carter Family – Black Jack David 2:41
1-4. Blue Sky Boys – Down On The Banks Of The Ohio 3:20
1-5. Arthur Smith Trio – Adieu False Heart 2:51
1-6. J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers – John Henry Was A Little Boy 3:13
1-7. Monroe Brothers – Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy 2:14
1-8. Jesse James (3) – Southern Casey Jones 2:56
1-9. Jack Kelly And His South Memphis Jug Band – Cold Iron Bed 3:07
1-10. Leadbelly – Packin’ Trunk 2:57
1-11. Joe Williams’ Washboard Blues Singers – Baby Please Don’t Go 3:25
1-12. Robert Johnson – Last Fair Deal Gone Down 2:42
1-13. Bukka White – Parchman Farm Blues 2:40
1-14. Heavenly Gospel Singers – Mean Old World 2:48
2-1. The Carter Family – Hello, Stranger 2:46
2-2. Sister Clara Hudmon – Stand By Me 3:13
2-3. Al Hopkins And His Buckle Busters – West Virginia Gals 3:05
2-4. Blind Alfred Reed – How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? 3:16
2-5. Uncle Dave Macon – Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train 3:11
2-6. Uncle Dave Macon – Governor Al Smith 3:08
2-7. Sleepy John Estes – Milk Cow Blues 3:05
2-8. The Carter Family – No Depression In Heaven 2:57
2-9. Roosevelt Graves And Brother – I’ll Be Rested (When The Roll Is Called) 2:32
2-10. Memphis Minnie – He’s In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing) 2:59
2-11. Minnie Wallace – The Cockeyed World 3:02
2-12. Mississippi Jook Band – Barbecue Bust 2:41
2-13. Hackberry Ramblers – Dans Le Grand Bois (In The Forest) 2:35
2-14. The Four Aces (2) – Aces’ Breakdown 2:54

 

 

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