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Art of Field Recording, Vol. 1 [4 CD Box]

Various Artists
Release Date: 12/04/2007
Original Release:  2007
# of Discs:   4
J&R Item # 1010362_CD
UPC # 880226000820
Label: Dust-To-Digital
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Disc: 1
1. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down - Sister Fleeta Mitchell/Rev. Willie Mae Eberhart sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Fred Adams - Ray Rhodes sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Billy in the Low Ground - Gordon Tanner/Smokey Joe Miller sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Frankie And Johnnie (Laws 13) / Twenty Froggies Go To School - Margaret Kimmett sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Of Faith / Beaudoin Quadrille - Fidel Martin sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Drowsy Sleeper, The (Lawsm4) - Mary Lomax sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Little Red Rooster - Myers Sisters sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Tony Gave a Picnic - Ralph Sheckel sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Mama Whoopin' the Blues - Neal Patman sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Golden River Grass sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Hambone - The Phillips Wonders sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Darby's Ram - Bobby McMillon sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Darlin' Corey - Shorty Ralph Reynolds sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Carabina Treinta-Treinta - Epifanio Sanchez & Group sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. I'm Dying, Mother - Bert Hare sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Eternal Day - Sacred Harp Singing Group sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Tom Watson Tune - Mabel Cawthorn sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Melancholy Sound, A - Arthur Vandeveer sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. What You Gonna Name That Pretty Baby? - Laethe Eller sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Who Killed Poor Robin? - Ollie Gilbert sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. Free Go Lily - Brady "Doc"/Lucy Barnes sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. Brickyard Joe - John W. Summers sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. Lord Randolph - Mary Heekin sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Gal - Lawrence Eller/Vaughn Eller sound samples  real  |  windows media
26. Irish Washerwoman - Old Threshers' Fife & Drum Band sound samples  real  |  windows media
27. Lord Daniel - Mary Lomax sound samples  real  |  windows media
28. Song of Fifty Cents - Jack Bean sound samples  real  |  windows media
29. One Saturday Night When I Come Home - Dr. David Rosenbaum sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 2
1. Don't You Let Nobody Turn You 'Round - Silver Light Gospel Singers sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Medley - Rev. Howard Finster sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Assurance - Sacred Harp Singing Group sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. In the Silence of the Midnight - Mary Lomax/Bonnie Loggins sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Let Me Fly - Sister Fleeta Mitchell/Lucy Barnes/Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Over Yonder Where Jesus Is - Leona Ruth sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Guide Me, Thou Great Jehovah - Re. Willie Gresham & Group sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Teach Me, Master - Lucy Barnes/Brady "Doc" Barnes/The Gilmore Family sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Lonesome Valley - Ross Brown/Lawrence Eller/Vaughn Eller sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Walk With Me - Lucy Barnes/Brady "Doc" Barnes sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Jubilee - McIntosh County Shouters/Lawrencs McKiver sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Wade the Water to My Knees - Lucille Holloway/Basers sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Lord Is Risen, The - Deacon Tommy Tookes & Congregation sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Sit Down, Servant - Ida Craig sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. I Am on the Battlefield For My Lord - Sister Fleeta Mitchell/Lucy Barnes/Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Idumea - Richard Moss/Elula Moss sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Address to All, An - Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Walking Along the Heavenly Road / I Am a Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow - The Phillips Wonders sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Lenox - Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Scarlet Purple Robe - Georgia Jean Eversole sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Where the Soul of Man Never Dies - Smokey Joe Miller/Newman Young sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. Blow, Gabriel - Nathan Palmer sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. Do, Lord, Remember Me - Gospel Supremes sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. My Number Will Be Changed - Naomi Bradford/Macedonia Baptist Church Congregation sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Hush and Listen - Macedonia Baptist Church Congregation/Rev. Willie Gresham sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 3
1. Georgia Bottleneck Blues - Cecil Barfield sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Carroll County Blues - Uncle John Patterson/Gordon Tanner/Smokey Joe Miller sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Brooks' Blues - Scrapper Blackwell/Brooks Berry sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Key to the Highway - Neal Patman/Bill Giles sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Red River Blues - J.T. Adams sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Nobody's Business - George Childers sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Bowles' Blues - Eddie Bowles sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Got the Blues So Bad - Cliff Sheats sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Guitar Pete's Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Peach Orchard Mama - James "Yank" Rachel/Shirley Griffith sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Big Leg Women - James Easley/Guitar Pete Franklin/Raymond Holloway sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Leaving Here, Don't Know Where I'm Going - Art Rosenbaum/Joe K. Rakestraw sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Mogul, The - Neal Patman sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Deep Ellum Blues - Buford Boyd/Willard Benson sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. River Line Blues - Shirley Griffith sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad - Jake Staggers sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. I Cried All Night Long - Harvie Sims sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Maggie Campbell Blues - Shirley Griffith sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. How Long Blues - Guitar Pete Franklin sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. "A" Blues - Scrapper Blackwell sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 4
1. Lost Indian - Dallas Henderson sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Flat Foot Charlie - James Patterson/Uncle John Patterson/Ben Entrekin sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Down the Road - Lawrence Eller/Vaughn Eller sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Sally, Won't You Have Me, Do, Gal, Do - Clester Hounchell sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Fox Chase - Coy Martin sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Fox Chase - Neal Patman sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Medley - Uncle John Patterson/Gordon Tanner/Smokey Joe Miller sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Mandolin Stomp - James "Yank" Rachel/Shirley Griffith sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Omie Wise - Albert Hash sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Train 45 - Art Rosenbaum/Albert Hash sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Turkey in the Straw - George Childers sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Arkansas Traveler - Larry Riendeau/Louis Riendeau sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Fynne's Polka - Dwight Lamb sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Pigtown Fling - Newt Tolman sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Stony Point - Art Rosenbaum/John W. Summers sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Cowboy Waltz - Earl Murphy/Bill Ashley sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Walk, Little Julie - Clester Hounchell sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Five to My Five - Rev. Howard Finster sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Quit Kicking My Dog Around - Art Rosenbaum/Delbert Spray sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Yankee Doodle - Old Threshers' Fife/Drum Band sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Jig Medley - John W. Summers sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. Big Foot Feller - Buell Kazee sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Buford Boyd sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. Shout, Lulu - Uncle John Patterson sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Shout, Lulu - Jake Staggers sound samples  real  |  windows media
26. Shout, Lulu - W. Guy Bruce sound samples  real  |  windows media
27. Sally Ann - W. Guy Bruce/Guy Bruce Jr. sound samples  real  |  windows media
28. Arkansas Traveler - Art Rosenbaum/Phil Tanner/Gordon Tanner/Larry Nash sound samples  real  |  windows media
29. Beaumont Rag - Frosty Lamb/Buzz Fountain sound samples  real  |  windows media
30. Whistler's Waltz - Art Rosenbaum/Kirk Brandenberger sound samples  real  |  windows media
31. Shady Grove - W. Guy Bruce sound samples  real  |  windows media
32. Coal Creek March - Ross Brown sound samples  real  |  windows media
33. Coal Creek March - Pete Steele sound samples  real  |  windows media
34. Jenny Nettles - Harry "Pappy" Wells sound samples  real  |  windows media
35. Fourteen Days in Georgia - Lyman Enloe/Bob Black sound samples  real  |  windows media
36. She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain - Maude Thacker sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: Forced Exposure Dist.

Notes: As much an audio syllabus for an American cultural anthropology course as a collection of songs, the Dust-to-Digital label's mammoth 5-CD box set ART OF FIELD RECORDING, compiled by artist and collector Art Rosenbaum, may prove daunting to even the most insatiable roots-music fans. Thankfully, the label also issued a 17-track primer that highlights key performances from the box set and chronicles more than 50 years in the unfettered realms of America's musical heritage--hollers, yodels, gut-bucket blues, Sacred Harp, steel guitar, and all points in between. Although he's not exclusively a folklorist or musicologist by profession, Art Rosenbaum has been making field recordings since his teenage years. The four-CD, 110-track box set Art of Field Recording, Vol. 1, as big as it is, has just a portion of the folk music he's documented between 1956 and 2007. It's divided into four separate thematic discs, one a "survey" or sampling of the breadth of what he's recorded; one devoted to religious songs; one for blues; and one comprised of instrumental and dance tunes. If nothing else, the sheer size and variety of this anthology is impressive; if it doesn't include every last strain of American folk music, it certainly covers more of them than almost any comparable collection. There's country blues, gospel, fiddle music, fife and drum, a cappella vocal, Mexican corrido, and pieces on which the primary or sole accompaniment is pump organ or mouth bow. The Gospel Supremes' "Do, Lord, Remember Me" verges on classic-style soul music, yet many other performances, if not exactly amateur, are certainly casual snapshots of common folk playing music for their own edification rather than out of any professional ambition. A few names here and there will be familiar to the folk or blues specialist, like Scrapper Blackwell, Yank Rachell, and Buell Kazee. But mostly these are performers working wholly outside of the commercial music business, even including an a cappella vocal of a children's ballad by Rosenbaum's father (which Art Rosenbaum rightly acknowledges might not be to everyone's taste in his liner notes). As wide-ranging as it is, and as decent (for the most part) as the sound quality is, how does it stack up against some similarly ambitious folk collections from the decades preceding this 2007 release? To be truthful, it's not as compelling or exotic as the anthologies overseen by the likes of Alan Lomax and Harry Smith, who had the good fortune to be able to collate much of the earliest such folk music recorded in the U.S. The styles contained in this box have now been documented by many releases -- not just Lomax's and Smith's -- and the plaintive homespun nature of many of these performances will be of more academic interest than entertainment value to many listeners, even some folk enthusiasts. Taken as a whole (which does admittedly take about five hours), however, it does impress with its mosaic of American folk forms, as well as present those forms as more of a living, breathing presence than those mustier if mightier field recordings of greater vintage. It's also enhanced by the 96-page booklet, in which Rosenbaum's unpretentiously informative liner notes are complemented by numerous photos and drawings. ~ Richie Unterberger
The Wire (p.56) - "[A] rich, incredible blend of sounds and visions....In terms of sonics, spirit and construction, this music exists almost outside the framework of time altogether."
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