John Cohen ORIG US LP Mountain music of Kentucky EX 1960 with Booklet Folkways

Field recordings Appalachian Traditional Folk

John Cohen

Original US LP released in 1960 on Folkway Records. Cat: FA2317. This album is in MONO. Comes with 32 page booklet which is in Excellent condition.  

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In 1959, John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers made field recordings in the mountains of Kentucky of Appalachian folk performers who were virtually unknown to the record-buying public. This is no-nonsense, sometimes raw stuff, with fiddlers, banjos, a cappella singers, and Baptist church choirs presenting folk standards, blues-influenced numbers, stomping bluegrass, even the odd country song. It's got as much of the unadulterated American white folk feel as the older recordings on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music box (to use a celebrated example), though the material here is of better fidelity. Although some of these artists would make other recordings, only Roscoe Holcomb the most passionate and arresting of them would gain anything like substantial recognition. This is too basic and unschooled, not to mention too long, to hold the attention of the average folk or bluegrass fan, but scholars and roots aficionados will value its no-frills authenticity.  

Tracks: Amazing grace/ Foreign lander/ Charlie's neat/ Little birdie/ Fox chase/ East Virginia blues/ The spring of '65/ Death of the blue eagle/ Old age pension blues/ Lost indian, soldier's joy/ Cotton eyed Joe, little sunshine/ John Henry/ Jaw bone/ St. Louis blues/ Wayfaring stranger/ Across the rocky mountain/ Stingy woman blues/ Blackeyed Susie/ I wish I were a single girl again/ Young and tender ladies/ Kitty alone/ Sweet Willie/ Buck creek girls/ Cluck old hen/ Rocky Island/ No letter in the mail/ Give the fiddler a dram/ Old Joe Clark.

There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks that cause a few light crackles and is in Excellent condition. Cover has light ring wear and a light water mark on bottom edge and is in VG+ condition. 

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