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1	Sings for Children (1999) more music like this by Leadbelly A dozen of these 28 songs were first issued on the 1960 Folkways album Negro Folk Songs for Young People. But this is not so much a CD expansion of that album as a lengthy compilation of children-friendly performances from the 1940s that uses Negro Folk Songs for Young People as its core. The additional tracks were recorded by Moe Asch of Folkways ... see all copies from $9.78! new only from $14.51!
2	Greatest Hits (1957) more music like this by The Weavers This is an excellent double-disc compilation of this group's more directly folk-related work from the mid 50s to the mid 60s. Note, however, that these are not the original Weavers recordings of their hits. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide see all copies from $14.99! new only from $17.26!
3	Family Dance (2002) more music like this by Dan Zanes & Friends see all copies from $14.95! new only from $14.95!
4	Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (1996) more music like this by Leadbelly The bulk of the best performances by Leadbelly -- whose influence on the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s cannot be overstated -- were recorded during the 1940s for Folkways Records founder Moses Asch. Inferior copies and rerecordings of these tunes have appeared over the years, but the original masters have sat in the vaults of Folkways. The ... see all copies from $15.28! new only from $15.28!
5	Legend (1995) more music like this by Johnny Horton A fine introduction to the singer's brief but illustrious career, The Johnny Horton Legend compiles the chart-topping hits "The Battle of New Orleans," "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" and "North to Alaska" alongside seven other favorites. Hank Small, All Music Guide see all copies from $5.20! new only from $5.20!
6	The Best of Mano Negra [Polygram International] (1998) more music like this by Mano Negra see all copies from $7.87! new only from $12.61!
7	Remembering Leadbelly (2001) more music like this by Long John Baldry Long John Baldry came of age as a singer during the British blues boom, and it's obvious that his love of the music hasn't left him. As he explains in the interview track at the end, Leadbelly was his first musical inspiration, and here he has his chance to pay homage to the man. In his sixties at the time of this recording, Baldry's voice has ... see all copies from $10.72! new only from $14.56!
8	Poor Little Critter on the Road (1985) more music like this by The Knitters Before MTV created Unplugged, X released a shrewd blend of country, traditional and original songs, as the Knitters, minus Billy Zoom plus Johnny Ray Bartel and Dave Alvin. No longer struggling to incorporate their love of roots musics into their own hard rock sound, X gave over to the acoustic project Poor Little Critter on the Road with songs ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $13.09!
9	The Very Best of Stan Freberg (1998) more music like this by Stan Freberg Combining Tom Lehrer with Spike Jones (would that make Tom Jones?) and Nichols and May with Joe Friday (a May weekend perhaps?), musical comedian Stan Freberg skewers everyone from Walt Disney to Cole Porter. Mumbling through "Sh-Boom," Freberg drags "The Great Pretender" snarling to "The Heartbreak Hotel," snares "The Yellow Rose of Texas," and ... see all copies from $11.26! new only from $11.26!
10	Best of the Vanguard Years (2001) more music like this by The Weavers The Weavers' stint at Vanguard, it should be noted, took place after they had their big pop hits in the early 1950s. That might be construed as either an advantage or disadvantage, depending on your perspective. These are not the biggest-selling original versions of the staples of their repertoire, but they also feature only the group and their ... see all copies from $11.08! new only from $11.08!
11 view cover	Wasn't That a Time?: The Best of the Weavers (2004) more music like this by The Weavers see all copies from $13.34! new only from $13.34!
12 view cover	The Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (1999) more music like this by Stan Freberg Tip of the Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 is a massive four-CD set, not only including oodles of material from all facets of Stan Freberg's recorded work (largely from the '50s and '60s, although it goes all the way up to the late '90s), but there's also a 20-minute video with his humorous television commercials. The first disc is ... see all copies from $52.00!
13 view cover	Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings (1997) more music like this by Various Artists 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 $15.61! new only from $15.61!
14 view cover	Night Train, Vol. 3: Classic Railroad Songs (1998) more music like this by Various Artists Trains were a major industrial force for over a hundred years in America. Starting around 1830, they became key components in how the country moved goods, people, and information across previously unimaginable distances. They also provided themes and metaphors for popular songs and music, many of which also drew underlying structure and dynamics ... see all copies from $14.74! new only from $14.74!
15 view cover	Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways (2004) more music like this by Various Artists Moses Asch founded Folkways Records in 1948 with the express purpose of recording music on the margins of the music industry, where the freedom was greater and the risks were considerably less. Folkways became a sterling example of how to run an independent label, and everything Asch recorded continues to be available, thanks to the Smithsonian ... see all copies from $10.81! new only from $10.81!
16 view cover	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Red, White & Blues (2003) more music like this by Original Soundtrack Director Mike Figgis' documentary Red, White & Blues, one of the seven parts of the PBS-TV series The Blues presented by Martin Scorsese, is ironically named, since it actually concerns itself with the British response to American blues music, among other styles. Truth be told, the British, appreciating American music of the 1950s and earlier ... see all copies from $16.81! new only from $16.81!
17 view cover	The Roots: The Soul of Chris Thomas King (2003) more music like this by Chris Thomas King Recorded and released in 2003, the "Year of the Blues," Chris Thomas King's The Roots is a tribute album of originals and covers celebrating Leadbelly, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Son House, and Robert Johnson. With King leaving his hip-hop blues visions in the laboratory, this is a tried and true recording of traditional ... see all copies from $10.52! new only from $10.52!
18 view cover	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1944-1946) (1994) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $11.03! new only from $11.03!
19 view cover	Young Brigham [Collector's Choice] (1968) more music like this by Ramblin' Jack Elliott In the wake of the unexpected commercial success of Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant in 1967, his record company, Warner Bros. (along with its sister label, Reprise) became interested in signing more New York-based folksingers, and soon Eric Andersen, David Blue, Joni Mitchell, and Ramblin' Jack Elliott had found homes on the West Coast major. ... see all copies from $14.88! new only from $14.88!
20 view cover	Train 45: Railroad Songs of the Early 1900's (1998) more music like this by Various Artists Trains, beginning in the early to mid-1800s and lasting over a hundred years into the early to mid-1900s, were the life's blood of America, transferring people, freight, and mail from one corner of the country to another. Trains were also easy metaphors for popular songs, signifying arrivals, departures, and other key stops on the long journey of ... see all copies from $15.38! new only from $15.38!
21	Rock Island Line (197?) more music like this by Johnny Cash see all copies from $6.00!
22 view cover	Get Rhythm [Sun] (1969) more music like this by Johnny Cash see all copies from $7.00!
23 view cover	Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar [Expanded] (2002) more music like this by Johnny Cash Johnny Cash's first album, released on Sun in 1957, was a little more folkloric and traditional in bent than what he put on most of his singles, though not pronouncedly so. In fact, four of the tracks ("I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues") had already been hit singles. For the rest of the set, Cash ... see all copies from $13.82! new only from $13.82!
24 view cover	Leadbelly's Last Sessions (1994) more music like this by Leadbelly Four CDs containing the best part of Leadbelly's only recordings on magnetic recording tape, which allowed him to stretch his songs to their usual length for the first time on record. The clarity of the recording, the presence of the between-song comments, and the selection of material makes this a seminal part of any serious collection. Bruce ... see all copies from $20.99! new only from $43.79!
25 view cover	Rock My Soul & Other Gospel Favorites (2001) more music like this by Golden Gate Quartet see all copies from $11.00! new only from $24.79!

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