HARRY SMITH'S ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC VOLUME 4 (180G IMPORT 2LP)

Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume 4 on Import 2LP

The great lost volume to Harry Smith’s legendary Anthology of American Folk Music! Although these songs were compiled at the same time as the original volumes (famously released on Smithsonian Folkways in 1952), Volume 4: Country Music & Bluegrass remained mysteriously unissued for almost 50 years!

Like the previous volumes these recordings come mostly from the late ‘20s and ‘30s, with the central focus being on old time country and bluegrass music by artists like the Monroe Brothers, the Carter Family, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Leadbelly, Uncle Dave Macon, Sleepy John Estes and more!

The importance of Harry Smith's work can not be overstated. Not only did he single-handedly save much of American folk music from extinction, but when he handed his record collection over to Smithsonian Folkways in 1952, he opened the floodgates for the American folk revival of the following decade and beyond.

Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume 4 Track Listing:

1.  Memphis Shakedown - MEMPHIS JUG BAND
2.  Dog and Gun (An old English ballad) - BRADLEY KINCAID
3.  Black Jack David - THE CARTER FAMILY
4.  Down on the Banks of the Ohio - BLUE SKY BOYS
5.  Adieu, False Heart - ARTHUR SMITH TRIO
6.  John Henry Was a Little Boy - J.E. MAINER'S MOUNTAINEERS
7.  Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy - MONROE BROTHERS
8.  Southern Casey Jones - JESSE JAMES
9.  Cold Iron Bed - JACK KELLY & HIS SOUTH MEMPHIS JUG BAND
10. Packin' Trunk - LEAD BELLY
11. Baby Please Don't Go - JOE WILLIAMS' WASHBOARD BLUES SINGERS
12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down - ROBERT JOHNSON
13. Parchman Farm Blues - BUKKA WHITE
14. Mean Old World - HEAVENLY GOSPEL SINGERS
15. Hello, Stranger - THE CARTER FAMILY
16. Stand by Me - SISTER CLARA HUDMON
17. West Virginia Gals - AL HOPKINS AND HIS BUCKLE BUSTERS
18. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? - BLIND ALFRED REED
19. Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train - UNCLE DAVE MACON
20. Governor Al Smith - UNCLE DAVE MACON
21. Milk Cow Blues - JOHN ESTES
22. No Depression in Heaven - THE CARTER FAMILY
23. I'll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called) - ROOSEVELT GRAVES AND BROTHER
24. He's in the Ring (Doing the Same Old Thing) - MEMPHIS MINNIE
25. The Cockeyed World - MINNIE WALLACE
26. Barbecue Bust - MISSISSIPPI JOOK BAND
27. Dans le Grand Bois (In the Forest) - HACKBERRY RAMBLERS
28. Aces' Breakdown - THE FOUR ACES