Various - Southern Folk Heritage Series Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax

Tracklist

LP1: Sounds Of The South
1-A1	–Neil Morris	The Banks Of The Arkansas / Wave The Ocean
1-A2	–Lonnie* & Ed Young	Hen Duck
1-A3	–Estil C. Ball	The Farmer’s Curst Wife
1-A4	–Vera Hall	Boll Weevil Holler
1-A5	–The Mountain Ramblers	Jesse James
1-A6	–Neil Morris	Jesse James
1-A7	–Bob Carpenter	Kenny Wagner
1-B1	–Vera Hall	Trouble So Hard
1-B2	–Rev. W. A. Donaldson*	Baptizing Scene
1-B3	–Viola James & Congregation	Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus
1-B4	–Alabama Sacred Harp Singers	Windham
1-B5	–Fred McDowell	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
1-B6	–Sid Hemphill	Come On, Boys, Let’s Go To The Ball
1-B7	–Wade Ward & Charley Higgins*	Paddy On The Turnpike
1-B8	–John Davis	Join The Band
1-B9	–Ed Lewis	Lucky Holler
1-B10	–Ed Lewis	I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down
LP2: Blue Ridge Mountain Music
2-A1	–The Mountain Ramblers	Cotton Eyed Joe
2-A2	–The Mountain Ramblers	Big Tilda
2-A3	–Estil C. Ball	Jennie Jenkins
2-A4	–Spence Moore*	Jimmy Sutton
2-A5	–The Mountain Ramblers	John Henry
2-A6	–The Mountain Ramblers	Rosewood Casket
2-A7	–The Mountain Ramblers	Silly Bill
2-B1	–The Mountain Ramblers	Big Ball In Boston
2-B2	–Wade Ward	Chilly Winds
2-B3	–The Mountain Ramblers	The Old Hickory Cane
2-B4	–Hobart Smith	John Brown
2-B5	–Hobart Smith	Poor Ellen Smith
2-B6	–The Mountain Ramblers	Liza Jane
2-B7	–The Mountain Ramblers	Shady Grove
LP3: Roots Of The Blues
3-A1	–Lonnie* & Ed Young	Jim And John
3-A2	–Vera Hall	The Wild Ox Moan
3-A3	–Fred McDowell	Been Drinkin’ Water Out Of A Hollow Log
3-A4	–Miles* & Bob Pratcher	All Night Long
3-A5	–Fred McDowell	Shake ‘Em On Down
3-A6	–Forest City Joe	Levee Camp Reminiscence
3-A7	–Lonnie Young	Chevrolet
3-B1	–Lonnie* & Ed Young	Oree
3-B2	–Johnny Lee Moore	Levee Camp Holler
3-B3	–Johnny Lee Moore & 12 Mississippi Penitentiary Convicts	Eighteen Hammers
3-B4	–Forest City Joe	Train Time
3-B5	–Fred McDowell	Freight Train Blues
3-B6	–Forest City Joe	Drink On Little Girl
LP4: White Spirituals
4-A1	–Estil C. Ball	Tribulations
4-A2	–Estil C. Ball	When I Get Home
4-A3	–Estil C. Ball	The Poor Wayfaring Stranger
4-A4	–The Mountain Ramblers	Baptizing Down By The Creek
4-A5	–Rev. I. D. Back & Congregation	Sermon And Lining Hymn
4-A6	–Alabama Sacred Harp Singers	Antioch
4-A7	–Alabama Sacred Harp Singers	Calvary
4-B1	–Estil C. Ball & Lacey Richardson	Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer
4-B2	–Estil C. Ball	Father, Jesus Loves You
4-B3	–Estil C. Ball	Lonesome Valley
4-B4	–Estil C. Ball	Father Adieu
4-B5	–The Mountain Ramblers	The Old Country Church
4-B6	–Neil Morris	Little Moses
4-B7	–Estil C. Ball	The Cabin On The Hill
LP5: American Folk Songs For Children
5-A1	–Mainer Band*	Johnson’s Old Gray Mule
5-A2	–Almeda Riddle	My Little Rooster
5-A3	–Mainer Band*	Whoa Mule
5-A4	–Almeda Riddle	Frog Went A-Courtin’
5-A5	–Mainer Band*	Glen’s Chimes
5-A6	–Almeda Riddle	Chick-a-li-lee-lo
5-A7	–The Mountain Ramblers	Old Joe Clark
5-A8	–Almeda Riddle	Go Tell Aunt Nancy
5-A9	–Mainer Band*	Train 111
5-B1	–Bessie Jones	Johnny Cuckoo
5-B2	–Almeda Riddle	Mama Buy Me A Chiney Doll
5-B3	–Hobart Smith	Soldier, Soldier
5-B4	–Jessie Pratcher*, Mattie Gardner & Mary Gardner	Mary Mack
5-B5	–Bessie Jones	Hambone
5-B6	–Hobart Smith	Banging Breakdown
5-B7	–Jessie Pratcher*, Mattie Gardner & Mary Gardner	Green Sally, Up
5-B8	–Bessie Jones & Group*	Sometimes
5-B9	–Hobart Smith	The Arkansas Traveler
5-B10	–Estil C. Ball	Paper Of Pins
5-B11	–Texas Gladden	The Little Dappled Cow
5-B12	–Bessie Jones	Go To Sleep Little Baby
LP6: Negro Church Music
6-A1	–Vera Hall	Death, Have Mercy
6-A2	–James Shorty & Fred McDowell	I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
6-A3	–Mrs. Mary Lee & Congregation	Jesus Is Real To Me
6-A4	–Rev. R. C. Crenshaw & Congregation	I Love The Lord
6-A5	–Rev. G. I. Townsel	A Sermon Fragment
6-A6	–Rev. R. C. Crenshaw & Congregation	I’m Goin’ Home On The Mornin’ Train
6-A7	–Madam Mattie Wigley & Congregation	Power
6-B1	–Viola James, Lonnie* & Ed Young	On That Rock
6-B2	–James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation	Jesus On The Main Line
6-B3	–James Shorty, Viola James & Congregation	This Little Light Of Mine
6-B4	–Henry Morrison & St. Simon’s Island Singers	I’m Gonna Sail Like A Ship On The Ocean
6-B5	–John Davis , Bessie Jones & St. Simon’s Island Singers	Blow Gabriel
6-B6	–Felix Dukes & Fred McDowell	Motherless Children
6-B7	–Bernice McClellan & Congregation*	What Do You Think About Jesus (He’s All Right)
LP7: The Blues Roll On
7-A1	–Boy Blue	Boogie Children
7-A2	–Forest City Joe	She Lived Her Life Too Fast
7-A3	–Fred McDowell	Drop Down Mama
7-A4	–Lonnie* & Ed Young	Sittin’ On Top Of The World
7-A5	–John Dudley	Cool Water Blues
7-A6	–Forest City Joe	She Don’t Love Me That Way
7-B1	–Forest City Joe	Stop Breaking Down
7-B2	–Boy Blue	Joe Lee’s Rock
7-B3	–Rosalie Hill*	Bullyin’ Well
7-B4	–Fred McDowell	When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines
7-B5	–Forest City Joe	Red Cross Store
7-B6	–Forest City Joe	Forest City Jump

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 99732E
• Printed By – Doxy

Credits

• Liner Notes – Gary Kramer
• Photography By – Lee Friedlander
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Shirley Collins
• Recorded By, Photography By, Liner Notes – Alan Lomax

Notes

Field recordings made on a two-month tour of the South in the summer of 1959.

Includes booklet.

Manufactured in Europe. HQ Virgin Vinyl 140 gram.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): 99732E1/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 99732E2/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side C): 99732E3/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side D): 99732E4/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side E): 99732E5/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side F): 99732E6/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side G): 99732E7/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side H): 99732E8/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side I): 99732E9/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side J): 99732E10/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side K): 99732E11/B
• Matrix / Runout (Side L): 99732E12/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side M): 99732E13/A
• Matrix / Runout (Side N): 99732E14/A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HS1	Various	Southern Folk Heritage Series Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax ‎(7xLP, Mono + Box)	Atlantic	HS1	US	1960
82496-2	Various	Sounds Of The South ‎(4xCD, RE, RM + Box)	Atlantic	82496-2	US	1993
SD-HS1, SD-1346, SD-1347, SD-1348, SD-1349, SD-135	Various	Southern Folk Heritage Series Recorded In The Field By Alan Lomax ‎(7xLP, Comp + Box)	Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic	SD-HS1, SD-1346, SD-1347, SD-1348, SD-1349, SD-135	US	1960

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