ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC Vol. 2 HARRY SMITH FOLKWAYS 2LP Box EX Pre-war

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V.A./ ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC: “Volume Two – Social Music – Edited By Harry Smith”

Label: FOLKWAYS RECORDS

Label Number: FA-2952

RARE US Pressing 2 LP set pressed on thick vinyl and housed in sturdy Box Set. Excellent Condition. .

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2 LP Record Set: Excellent Near Mint

Outer Box Set: VG++ ~ the paper that holds the 2 lids of the box set together has been split - see pics for details. 

Some words on this issue: ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC: “Volume Two – Social Music” The following volume to give you a glimpse at uncut, crystal clear and unfashionable Americana, the greatest period of US musical history, pre war gospel and vocal madness. “The second in a series of three double-LP issues of Harry Smith's Anthology Of Music, this volume is billed as 'Social Music', gathering together music that would have been performed at dances and other such social gatherings and also spiritual or religious songs. The recordings span 1926 to 1930 and feature artists such as the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Blind Willie Johnson, The Carter Family, Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers, Henry Thomas and The Cincinatti Jug Band. "The importance of Harry Smith's work can not be overstated. Not only did he single-handedly save much of American folk music from extinction, but when he handed his record collection over to Smithsonian folkways in 1952, he opened the floodgates for the American folk revival of the following decade. Not since John and Alan Lomax had anyone paid so much attention to saving the American folk song from extinction, but unlike the Lomaxes, Smith was not a government worker armed with a tape recorder, he was just a guy from Portland, Oregon armed with a love of music and an insatiable curiosity. So, when the U.S. Armed Forces began melting down old records to be used as shellac during WWII, Smith kicked into high gear, buying up as many old 78s from the '20s and '30s as he could find. Much of the music found here then comes from a time before television - arm-in-arm with rock & roll - began beaming its über-culture into every household in America, erasing much of what had grown up locally. Prior to WWII, America was in many ways no more than a patchwork of territories, with distinct local cultures and musical traditions reaching both far into the immigrant past of each area's inhabitants, but also into a future firmly rooted in the newness and adventure of life on this new continent." (Boomkat).

Tracklist Dances No. 1 A1 Uncle Bunt Stephens – Sail Away Lady A2 J.W. Day* – The Wild Wagoner A3 Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers – Wake Up Jacob A4 Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard – La Danseuse A5 Andrew And Jim Baxter* – Georgia Stomp A6 Eck Robertson And Family – Brilliancy Medley A7 Floyd Ming And His Pep-Steppers* – Indian War Whoop Dances No. 2 B1 Henry Thomas – Old Country Stomp B2 Jim Jackson (2) – Old Dog Blue B3 Columbus Fruge – Saut Crapaud B4 Joseph Falcon – Arcadian One Step B5 Breaux Freres* – Home Sweet Home B6 Cincinnati Jug Band, The – Newport Blues B7 Frank Cloutier And Victoria Cafe Orchestra, The – Moonshiner's Dance (Part 1) Religious No. 1 C1 Rev. J. M. Gates* – Must Be Born Again C2 Rev. J. M. Gates* – Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting C3 Alabama Sacred Harp Singers – Rocky Road C4 Alabama Sacred Harp Singers – Present Joys C5 Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 – This Song Of Love C6 Rev. Sister Mary Nelson – Judgement C7 Memphis Sanctified Singers – He Got Better Things For You C8 Elders McIntorsh And Edwards' Sanctified Singers – Since I Laid My Burden Down Religous No. 2 D1 Rev. Moses Mason* – John The Baptist D2 Bascom Lamar Lunsford – Dry Bones D3 Blind Willie Johnson – John The Revelator D4 Carter Family, The – Little Moses D5 Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers* – Shine On Me D6 Rev. F.W. McGhee – Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room D7 Rev. D.C. Rice And His Sanctified Congregation – In The Battle Field For My Lord --- booklet is missing

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