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1	Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Thirty Library of Congress field recordings from 1933 to 1946, compiled and thoroughly annotated by Stephen Wade. There are many Library of Congress collections, but the diversity of performances on this disc might make one of the better selections for someone who's interested enough in folkloric recordings to have just a few, as opposed to an ... see all copies from $12.15! new only from $12.15!
2	Angola Prison Spirituals (2003) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Originally released on LP on the Folk-Lyric label, Angola Prison Spirituals was recorded in the late '50s by the renowned folklorist and song collector Dr. Harry Oster. The first 13 cuts come from that glorious album, and for the CD reissue, Chris Strachwitz has added nine more tracks -- two from their excellent Robert Pete Williams volumes and ... see all copies from $8.89! new only from $8.89!
3	Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (2006) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Smithsonian Folkways ninth installment of its popular Classic Series chronicles the golden age of the American railroad. Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways picks up where 2004's Classic Maritime Music collection left off, unearthing previously unheard of gems from their archives along with classics from some of the genre's finest ... see all copies from $9.89! new only from $9.89!
4	Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992) more music like this by Son House add to wishlist After being rediscovered by the folk-blues community in the early '60s, Son House rose to the occasion and recorded this magnificent set of performances. Allowed to stretch out past the shorter running time of the original 78s, House turns in wonderful, steaming performances of some of his best-known material. On some tracks, House is supplemented ... see all copies from $12.72! new only from $12.72!
5	Prison Songs, Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist These were recorded during the same field trips to Parchman Farm that yielded the material heard on Rounder's Prison Songs Vol. 1. Unlike that set, everything here is previously unreleased; what's more, most of the singers on this collection were not heard on the other volume. It's quite similar to Vol. 1, however, in that most of the material is ... see all copies from $14.82! new only from $14.82!
6	Southern Prison Blues and Songs (2007) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.90!
7	Legends of Country Blues (2003) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist JSP's Legends of Country Blues compiles five CDs of performances by Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Tommy Johnson, and Ishman Bracey. These historic prewar recordings have been remastered, and according to the packaging, feature "unprecedented listening quality." While that claim is a bit of a stretch, the majority of this material does sound ... see all copies from $26.23! new only from $26.23!
8	Steal Away: Songs of Underground Railroad (1998) more music like this by Kim Harris & Reggie add to wishlist A tribute to the bravery and dedication of the people involved in the Underground Railroad, 1998's Steal Away features Kim & Reggie Harris' stirring performances of songs about slavery. Most of the album consists of traditional freedom songs like "Oh Freedom," "No More Auction Block for Me," "Let Us Break Bread Together," "Go Down Moses" and "Now ... see all copies from $7.49! new only from $14.19!
9	Songs of Seduction (2000) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist Songs of Seduction is a wonderful compilation of historic and humorously ribald tones from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. Most of the songs are solo, a cappella renditions of centuries-old sexually charged tales -- some cleverly wrapped in metaphor, and some completely forthright. Alan Lomax and others traveled to document these chapters ... see all copies from $30.13! new only from $30.13!
10	Prison Songs, Vol. 1: Murderous Home (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist In the late '40s, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax went to Parchman Farm in Mississippi to record African-American prisoners. This penitentiary was renowned for its anachronistically harsh conditions, and it's something of a miracle that Lomax was allowed in to document the music in the first place. Most of the material was recorded while the men were ... see all copies from $9.99!
11	Caribbean Voyage: Caribbean Sampler (1999) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist This is the first entry in a multi-volume set exploring the Caribbean side of recordings made by Alan Lomax on his explorations for songs the world over, this batch emanating from 1962. When Lomax went song collecting in the Lesser Antilles -- the chain of small islands that form the southeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea -- these islands were all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.75!
12	Angola Prisoners' Blues (1959) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist In the '50s, Harry Oster made several recordings of African-American inmates at the penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. These sessions are primarily remembered for the discovery of Robert Pete Williams, but Oster also found several other acoustic blues performers of merit. Several of them are featured on this 20-track, 80-minute CD (which includes ... see all copies from $14.74! new only from $14.74!
13	Blues & Gospel: Miss. Field Recordings 1934 (1995) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Another volume in Document Records' field recording series, this one kicks off with a stomping gospel declaration called "No Condemnation" by the congregation of the Church of God in Christ recorded by Alan Lomax in Lula, MS in 1941, and continues on with an odd and interesting assortment of hollers, blues fragments, and gospel pieces collected ... see all copies from $14.19! new only from $14.19!
14	Classic African American Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways (2006) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist The African American ballads collected on this intriguing set from Smithsonian Folkways don't differ in obvious ways from the British ballad tradition, with the songs in both streams dealing frequently with death, often from romance gone awry, and several of the selections here ("Mouse on the Hill," "Stewball," "St. James Infirmary," "Gallis Pole" ... see all copies from $5.55! new only from $9.89!
15	River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi (1998) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist River of Song is a companion double-CD set to a four-part 1999 PBS television series of the various styles of music found along the Mississippi River, from northern Minnesota to the river's mouth in Louisiana. It has 36 complete performances that the documentary makers recorded as part of the project, encompassing Delta blues (Robert Lockwood, Jr. ... see all copies from $9.88! new only from $15.85!
16	Angola Prison Worksongs (1997) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Angola Prison Worksongs is a harrowing disc to listen to, not so much for the music as because of the circumstances of the recording. These field recordings from Angola prison, circa 1959, are more valuable as a social-historical document than for purely musical value. These work songs are sung by prisoners to the accompaniment of jackhammers, ... see all copies from $12.19! new only from $12.19!
17	King of the Delta Blues (2005) more music like this by Son House add to wishlist King of the Delta Blues is a single-disc set that collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and House's huge rasping voice and vibrant slide guitar style are everywhere here, both on the solo selections and on a handful of African-American string band pieces that finds friends Leroy Williams (harmonica), ... see all copies from $8.83! new only from $8.83!
18	The Original Delta Blues (1998) more music like this by Son House add to wishlist Columbia/Legacy's The Original Delta Blues is a fine distillation of the label's double-disc set Father of the Delta Blues, containing 16 highlights from that comprehensive overview of his '60s rediscovery recordings. Curious listeners who are intimidated by the size of the previous set are advised to pick up this terrific sampler instead. ~ ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $4.75!
19	World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, Vol. 7: India (2002) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist The producers at Rounder Records deserve highest praise for reissuing a body of recordings that document and preserve musical traditions from all over the world. In 1949, Alan Lomax obtained from Goddard Lieberson, the president of Columbia Records, enough financial backing to initiate a global research project involving a number of the most ... see all copies from $17.08! new only from $17.08!
20	Street Singer, Born 1975 (2007) more music like this by Cowboy Roy Brown add to wishlist see all copies from $10.29! new only from $14.24!
21	Rock Me Shake Me Field Recordings, Vol. 15: Mississ (2002) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Rock Me Shake Me Field Recordings, Vol. 15: Mississippi is made up of field recordings of black musicians recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library Of Congress Folk Archives back in the early 1940s in Coahoma County, Mississippi. Most of the tracks here are unaccompanied spirituals, highlighted by Roxie Threadgill's moving "I'm Goin Lean on the Lord, ... see all copies from $14.19! new only from $14.19!
22	World Library of Folk and Primitive Music, Vol. 5: Yugoslavia (2001) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist In 1951, at a festival for the Yugoslav Council for Science and Culture, Peter Kennedy ran around from stage to stage with a tape recorder collecting sounds from a variety of regional ensembles. Put on at the height of an effort to forge a homogenous Yugoslavian identity from the country's disparate folk arts, the festival brought together a ... see all copies from $22.08! new only from $22.08!
23	Deep River of Song: Mississippi - Saints and Sinners (1999) more music like this by Alan Lomax add to wishlist Recorded by Alan and John Lomax during the late '30s and early '40s, this volume in the Deep River of Song series focuses on work songs, ballads, spirituals, blues shouts, and all kinds of story songs. A companion volume to Deep River of Song: The Blues Lineage, which presented field recordings by Son House, Muddy Waters, and many other Delta ... see all copies from $18.99!
24	Blues from the Big House (2007) more music like this by Various Artists add to wishlist Blues from the Big House pairs two classic albums of prison field recordings, the first recorded at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman (the dreaded Parchman's Farm that pops up in so many old Delta blues songs) in 1947 by Alan and John Lomax and released on LP as Parchman Farm: Yazoo Delta Blues, while the second was tracked by Harry ... see all copies from $13.20! new only from $13.20!
25	Ballad Legacy: The Alan Lomax Portait Series (2001) more music like this by Texas Gladden add to wishlist A wonderfully comprehensive overview of the recordings of traditional ballad singer Texas Gladden, Ballad Legacy is a near-essential document for fans of the near-extinct genre. Although somewhat ethnomusicalogical in its bent, the set and its superbly assembled accompanying booklet never come off as overly academic, though the average folk music ... see all copies from $12.78!

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