AFRO-AMERICAN BLUES PRESERVED BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ALAN LOMAX FOLK MUSIC 1942

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Afro-American Blues and Game Songs from the Archive of American Folk Song  Edited by Alan Lomax Folk Music of the United States - ALBUM IV The Library of Congress Division of Music Recording Library Washington D.C. 1942 This Box Set consists of 3-10" 78 recordings and 2- 12"   78 recordings. Each record has a lyric w/ history sheet.
Record 1A - "I Don't Mind the Weather" - Jim Henry,  Parchman Mississippi 1937; "Diamond Joe" - Charlie Butler, Parchman Mississippi 1937: "Joe The Grinder" by Irvin Lowry, Gould Arkansas 1939 & 1B "Another Man Done Gone" by Vera Hall. Livingston Alabama 1940; "Boll Weevil Blues" Sung by Vera Hall. Livingston, Alabama 1940.
"The lonely Negro worker piling up dirt of the levees, plowing in the cotton fields, at work in the lonely mist of the riverbottoms; the convict leaning on his hoe: the worker walking home across the fields in the purple evening- have poured their feelings into songs like these. The songs are addressed to the sun and the choking dust, to the stuborn mules, to the faithless woman of the night before, to the hard driving captain; and they concern the essential loneliness of man on the earth. Out of this singing style, which is perhaps the most primitive of all the Afro-American styles current in the US, has developed the blues. The listener will notice the same use of falsetto stops, the same drop of the voice at the end of lines, that characterize the blues. The singers generally do not refer to these work-songs as sung at all. They say they are "Just Hollerin'". All this from the first sheet of lyrics and history. There is a sheet for each record, just as interesting. I will not get into all the detail on each sheet but here are some more artists and songs: Record 2: "Two White Horses", Shorty George & Country Rag by Smith Casey with guitar,  State Farm Brazoria, TX. 1939; "Blues" by Little Brother with guitar, TX state Pen, Huntsville TX, 1934. Record 3: "Country Blues" & "I Be's Troubled" by McKinley Morganfield with guitar, Stovall Miss. 1941. Record 4: "Fox Chase" by Lost John by Sanders Terry on the Harmonica Record 5: "Negro Children's Games"; "Rosey", "Gon' Knock John Booker to the Ground" and "Run Nigger Run" by various artists.  As mentioned in condition box,"All records in very good to excellent condition. Little sign of wear. I have played all records on my 60's turntable and they are amazing. There is the usual background hiss from these old recordings. The last album, "Negro  Children's Games", side A, first selection skips at the beginning. I cannot see any reason for this. All other selections fine. The binding cover, edges and spine do show some minor signs of wear and soiling. Some loss to Gold lettering on spine." Because of the fragility of these old records, I will only ship priority.