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Format: LP
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Catalogue No: FA 2654
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Label: Folkways Records
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Genre: Blues, Folk World & Country
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Style: Country Blues, Folk
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Released: 1956 US
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Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
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Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Product Review:
US Original 1956. Media in Excellent condition with deep gloss. With booklet and still in shrink. Remarkable for its age.
Fifth volume in Folkways' Music From The South field recording series, captured across Alabama and Mississippi in 1954 by ethnomusicologist Frederic Ramsey Jr. Original 1956 US pressing on Folkways FA 2654. Covers rural blues, buck dance, work songs, and gospel, with standout tracks including "Forty-Four Blues", "Easy Rider", and "Railroad Blues" -- raw, unmediated recordings made directly in Perry County and Vicksburg communities.
Release ID: 5760384
Track List:
A1. Horace Sprott - Fox Chase 1:37
A2. Horace Sprott - Buck Dance By Harry Rutledge 0:55
A3. Horace Sprott - Take Rocks And Gravel To Make A Solid Road – Railroad Blues 2:42
A4. Mrs. Philip Ramsey - Me And My Short Box (Or Pork Chop) 2:52
A5. Horace Sprott - Saturday Night Hoe-Down 1:50
A6. Philip Ramsey, Horace Sprott - I Feel Good Now, Baby 3:22
A7. Berenice Ford, Eunice Ford, Bessie Lee Daniels - Blind Child 2:23
A8. Berenice Ford, Eunice Ford, Bessie Lee Daniels - Head-Shoulder Baby 1:04
A9. Berenice Ford, Eunice Ford, Bessie Lee Daniels - I Asked My Mother For Fifty Cents 1:19
A10. Philip Ramsey, Rosemary Daniels, Berenice Ford - Talk About Jesus 1:33
B1. Mississippi String Band - Blues 2:24
B2. Mississippi String Band - Hootchie Kootchie 1:52
B3. Mississippi String Band - It's Tight Like That 2:03
B4. Mississippi String Band - See See Mama 2:00
B5. Scott Dunbar - Memphis Mail 3:06
B6. Scott Dunbar - Buck Dance By Joe Tucker 2:12
B7. Scott Dunbar - Forty-Four Blues 4:13
B8. Scott Dunbar, Celeste Dunbar, Rosie Dunbar - Easy Rider 3:43
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