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Art of Field Recording, Vol. 2 [4 CD Box] [Box] [PA]

Various Artists
Release Date: 01/06/2009
Original Release:  2008
# of Discs:   4
J&R Item # 1054623_CD
UPC # 880226001223
Label: Dust-To-Digital
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Disc: 1
1. La Grondeuse (The Scolding Woman) - Fidel Martin sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Blues - Eddie Bowles sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. 12th Street Rag - Frosty Lamb/Buzz Fountain sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Danish Galop - Dwight Lamb sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Broke Down Engine - Tony Bryant sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte - Nathan Abshire/The Balfa Brothers sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Colinda - Nathan Abshire/The Balfa Brothers sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Garfield - Jake Staggers sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Devil Song, The (Child 275) - Bobby McMillon sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Unnamed Tune - John W. Summers sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Going Across The Prairie - Kirk Brandenberger/Art Rosenbaum sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Muddy Roads Of Georgia - Uncle John Patterson sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Georgie Blues - Cecil Barfield sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Billy Staffer (The State Of Arkansas) (Laws Hi) - Mary Lomax sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Cindy In The Summertime - Eller Brothers sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. General Lee's Surrender - Howard Cunningham/Ross Brown sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Shortnin' Bread - Neal Patman/Neal Pattman sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Free Little Bird - Oscar "Shorty" Shehan/Juanita sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Soldier And The Lady, The (Laws P14) - Oscar "Shorty" Shehan/Juanita sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Big Road Blues - Shirley Griffith sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Harlan County Farewell Tune (Rambling Hobo) - Pete Steele sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. Marmaduke's Hornpipe - Earl Murphy/Eal Murphy/Andy Carlson sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. Jonah - Bert Hare sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. Turkey In The Straw - Smokey McKinnis/Bob Black sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Paddy On The Turnpike - Clester Hounchell sound samples  real  |  windows media
26. Play Party Songs: In This Ring/I'd Rather Be A Farmer's Boy - Anna Sandage Underhill sound samples  real  |  windows media
27. Mulberry Gap/Cumberland Gap - Chancey Brothers sound samples  real  |  windows media
28. Fred Roger's Reel - Louis Riendeau/Henry Riendeau/Louie & Henry Riendeau sound samples  real  |  windows media
29. Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog - Scrapper Blackwell sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 2
1. Welcome Home - Brown's Chapel Choir sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. River Of Jordan, The - Myers Family & Friends sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Brother, You Ought T've Been There - Rev. Nathaniel Mitchell/Brady "Doc" Barnes/Fleeta/Lucy & Brady "Doc" Barnes/Lucy sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. New Prospect - Georgia Sacred Harp Convention sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. No Man Can Love Me Like Jesus - Bert Hare sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. He's Calling Me - Ebenezer East Church sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Out Of My Bondage - Smokey Joe Miller/Gordon Tanner sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Mother, Tell Me Of The Angels - Tickanetley Primitive Baptist Church sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. No Room At The Hotel - Otha Cooper sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Let's Have A Family Prayer - The Traveling Innerlights sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Over In The Glory Land - Golden River Grass/The Traveling Innerlights sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Charge To Keep I Have, A - Rev. Willie Mae Eberhart/Eddie Ruth Pringle/Sister Fleeta Mitchell sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. How Long The Train Been Gone? - Jake Staggers sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Lord, Remember Me - Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Eve And Adam (Pickin' Up Leaves) - McIntosh County Shouters sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. There's A Man Going Around Taking Names - Otha Cooper/Imogene Riggens sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Savior, Don't You Pass Me By - Brady "Doc" Barnes/Lucy & Brady "Doc" Barnes/Lucy sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Oh That Terrible Day - Laethe Eller/Berthie Rogers sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. I Know I Got Relgion - Cora Thompson sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Dry Bones - Silver Light Gospel Singers sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Walk With Me - House of God, Sarasota, Florida sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 3
1. I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Chancey Brothers sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Going To Georgia - The Eller Family sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Southern Texas - George Gibson sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Raise A Ruckus Tonight - Brady "Doc" Barnes/Lucy & Brady "Doc" Barnes/Lucy sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Rambling Boy, The (Laws L12) - Myers Family & Friends sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Want To Go To Cuba, Can't Go Now - Shorty Ralph Reynolds sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Boat's Up The River, The - Ola Belle Reed sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Hog Drivers - Pat Hudson sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. As I Walked Out One Morning In Spring - W. Guy Bruce sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Devilish Mary - Smokey Joe Miller/Gordon Tanner sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Barbara Allen (Child 84) - Buell Kazee sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Steamboat Bill - Jack Bean sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. John Henry (Laws I1) - Lawrence Eller/Ross Brown sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. John Henry (Laws I1) - Mose Parker sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. John Henry (Laws I2) - Willard Benson sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Old Joe Clark - Myers Family & Friends sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Miller's Will, The (Laws Q21) - Dr. C.B. Skelton sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. On Top Of Old Smoky - Lawrence Eller sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Last Payday At Coal Creek - Pete Steele sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Wreck On The CC&O Road, The (Laws G3) - Leasie Whitmore/Helen McDuffie sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Quit That Ticklin' Me - Buzz Fountain sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. Going Up The Country (Some Kind Of Blues) - Mabel Cawthorn sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. Talking Blues - Myers Family & Friends sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail - Eller Brothers/Ross Brown sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Ring Ching Ching - Jack Bean sound samples  real  |  windows media

Disc: 4
1. Fair And Tender Maidens - Mary Lomax sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Bird's Song, The - Virgil Sandage sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Elfin Knight, The (Child 2) - Anna Sandage Underhill sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Gypsy Davy (Child 200) - Stan Gilliam sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Black Jack Davy (Child 200) - Mary Lomax sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Black Jack Davy (Child 200) - Ray Rhodes sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Battle Of Stone River, The - Oscar Parks sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Froggy Went A-Courting - The Phillips Wonders sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Factory Girl, The - Mary Heekin sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. I'm A Noble Soldier - Jim Cook sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Young Man's Lament, The - Anna Sandage Underhill sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Butcher's Boy, The (Laws P24) - Vern Smelser sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Lady Lye (Child 79) - Ollie Gilbert sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Lullabies - Stan Gilliam sound samples  real  |  windows media
15. Utah Carl (Laws B4) - Ollie Gilbert sound samples  real  |  windows media
16. Billy Button - Mary Ruth Moore sound samples  real  |  windows media
17. Ring Plays - Oneitha Ellison & Group sound samples  real  |  windows media
18. Mohawk Love Song - Mr. & Mrs. Lazore sound samples  real  |  windows media
19. Shenandoah - Alice Gerrard sound samples  real  |  windows media
20. Two Little Boys - Lala Brown/Greg & Lala Brown/Greg Brown sound samples  real  |  windows media
21. Down In The Arkansas - Mary Lomax sound samples  real  |  windows media
22. I'll Drink And Be Jolly - Bonnie Loggins sound samples  real  |  windows media
23. We'll March Around The Wall - Brady "Doc" Barnes sound samples  real  |  windows media
24. John Came Home (Child 274) - Vern Smelser sound samples  real  |  windows media
25. Farm Out West, The - Margaret Kimmett sound samples  real  |  windows media
26. Frankie And Johnny (Laws I3) - Ray Rhodes sound samples  real  |  windows media
27. Farmer's Son, The - Della Mae Reedy sound samples  real  |  windows media
28. Famous Wedding, The (Laws P31) - Maude Thacker sound samples  real  |  windows media
29. Sail Away, Lady / Greenback - Stan Gilliam sound samples  real  |  windows media
30. Lame Soldier, The - Sudie Parks sound samples  real  |  windows media
31. Pearl Bryan (Laws F2) - Oscar Parks sound samples  real  |  windows media
32. Sing, Sing, What'll I Sing? - Bonnie Loggins sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Various Artists
Producer: Steven Lance Ledbetter; Art Rosenbaum; Art Rosenbaum (Compilation)
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Like the first volume of Art of Field Recording, this second installment is a four-CD box set of considerable size and scope of field recordings by Art Rosenbaum. The 107 tracks, recorded between 1956 and 2008 (the very year this set was issued), cover an enormous range of American traditional music. Cajun, Appalachian folk, country blues, gospel, Sacred Harp singing, sacred steel guitar, and a cappella vocals are among the styles documented. It might not quite get to everything, but it certainly captures plenty of approaches that had little to no exposure in the conventional commercial music business over this half century, yet were preserved and performed outside of the media spotlight. Like its predecessor, it's also divided into four separate thematic discs, though these are slightly different this time around. The first and second CDs are (as they were in Vol. 1) devoted to a "survey" disc encompassing a bunch of styles and a disc of religious material; the third and fourth go into different directions by presenting a CD of "accompanied songs and ballads," and another wholly of "unaccompanied songs and ballads," or songs performed a cappella. A few performers here and there will be known to folk fans (Cajun musicians the Balfa Brothers and Nathan Abshire, bluesman Scrapper Blackwell, Alice Gerrard, Buell Kazee), but mostly these are musicians without commercial profiles who make music because they want to, happening to get these performances taped by Rosenbaum. Art of Field Recording, Vol. 2 is of a similar level of quality as Vol. 1 -- which, it should be noted, might not be to everyone's taste, even folk and traditional music fans. These are field recordings spanning several decades, so the fidelity, while always listenable, isn't always sparkling. The performances are often on the spontaneous and even roughly stark side, and while that's justly hailed as part of their emotional impact, it doesn't always make for captivating listening, especially in such a lengthy dose. And while it seems a little spoilsport to make this kind of complaint about traditional music, some of the songs are pretty shopworn -- "John Hardy" might be a very significant folk song on its own merits, but do listeners really need to hear yet another version, and hardly one of the most distinguished ones? The set's greatest value is a folkloric one that lies in its sheer diversity, with an unselfconsciousness and ease that have become rarer commodities in music, not to say life in general, in the late 20th century and early 21st century. Plus, there are occasional performances (even if these tend to be the more polished ones) that would stand as enjoyable pieces outside of the context of this box set, like the Chancey Brothers' guitar-banjo duet "Mulberry Gap/Cumberland Gap"; Golden River Grass' energetic bluegrass-gospel hybrid (with harmonica) "Over in the Glory Land"; and the Myers Family & Friends' quite movingly sung and played selections, which are a nicely swinging blend of Appalachian folk with a bluegrass tinge. And, though an entire disc of a cappella singing might be too much for some listeners, it's more diverse and listenable than many would expect, with a few surprisingly rambunctious items; noted singer/songwriter Greg Brown even makes a surprise appearance on it, dueting with his grandmother on a 1978 recording of "Two Little Boys." The packaging is superb (and the element of this release that will get it far more attention than most such folkloric compilations), the large-sized 96-page booklet including both detailed background information and more than 100 photos and illustrations. ~ Richie Unterberger
Pitchfork (Website) - "[T]he real pleasure of these boxes is in the peripheral noise, the clinks, rustles, guffaws, giggles, and snorts of ordinary life, the self-composed and self-delivered introductions, the soft-spoken folklorist nudging from the corner -- that's the true and precious miracle of field recording."
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