NEGRO PRISON SONGS" 1947 MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY
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Nov 9, 2009 Sold Date
Nov 2, 2009 Start Date
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FOR AUCTION TONIGHT: A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL LP FOR YOUR COLLECTION, "NEGRO PRISON SONGS FOM THE MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY." RECORDED BY ALAN LOMAX IN 1947 AT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY AT PARCHMAN MISSISSIPPI. THIS EDITION OF THE RECORD IS PROBABLY LATE 1960'S OR EARLY 1970'S.

ON THE VERSO OF COVER IN THREE COLUMNS LOMAX DESCRIBES THE PRISON CONDITIONS IN PARCHMAN, TELLS OF  SOME THE HISTORY OF THE PRISONERS, AND OF THE STAFF. IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH HE SAYS OF PRISONER #22, "HE HAD DEVELOPED A NEW STYLE, BUT COULD NOT TELL ME WEATHER HE WAS "BOPPING" IT OR NOT. I SUSPECTED HE WAS. IN ANY CASE, HIS BUNCH PRODUCED A POLYPHONIC STYLE THAT SEEMED REMARKABLY AFRICA-PERHAPS YET ANOTHER INSTANCE OF AFRICA AT WORK IN THE NEW WORLD. MORE IMPORTANTLY THESE SONGS, COMING OUT OF THE FILTHY DARKNESS OF THE PEN, STILL TOUCHED WITH EXQUISIT MASCULINITY, ARE A TESTIMONY TO THE LOVE OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY WHICH IS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN TRAIT."

I WISH I COULD HEAR THESE SONGS. ALAS, NO RECORD PLAYER. THERE IS A SCRATCH ON SIDE 1. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL EFFECT THE PLAYING OR NOT, SEE PICT.

ENJOY THIS, I'M SURE, RARE ITEM AND HAPPY BIDDING!




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