Various Artists - Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol. 3: Songs (1952)

In 1952, Folkway Records released The Anthology Of American Folk Music. The Anthology Of American Folk Music was released in 3 volumes, all of which were compiled by Harry Smith from his personal collection of 78 records. The Anthology is famous for it's role as a touchstone during the folk revival of the 1950's and 1960's. Also known as The Harry Smith Anthology, this was the bible of folk music during the revival on the Greenwich Village folk scene, and brought the works of artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Mississippi John Hurt to the attention of revival artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.

The Anthology was divided by Harry Smith into three two-album volumes: ballads, social music, and songs. This is the third volume, which consists of regular songs, dealing with with every day life: critic Greil Marcus describes it's thematic interests as being marriage, labor, dissipation, prison, and death.

Tracklist:
1. Clarence "Tom" Ashley - The Coo Coo Bird
2. Buell Kazee - East Virginia
3. Cannon's Jug Stompers with Noah Lewis - Minglewood Blues
4. Didier Hebert - I Woke Up One Morning In May
5. Richard "Rabbit" Brown - James Alley Blues
6. Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby
7. Bascom Lamar Lunsford - I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
8. Mr. And Mrs. Ernest V. Stoneman - Mountaineer's Courtship
9. The Stoneman Family - The Spanish Merchant's Daughter
10. The Memphis Jug Band - Bob Lee Junior Blues
11. The Carter Family - Single Girl, Married Girl
12. Cleoma Breaux And Joseph Falcon - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme
13. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rabbit Foot Blues
14. Sleepy John Estes And Yank Rachell - Expressman Blues
15. Ramblin' Thomas - Poor Boy Blues
16. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Feather Bed
17. Dock Boggs - Country Blues
18. Julius Daniels - 99 Year Blues
19. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Prison Cell Blues
20. Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
21. Cleoma And Ophy Breaux And Joseph Falcon - C'Est Si Triste Sans Lui
22. Uncle Dave Macon - Way Down The Old Plank Road
23. Uncle Dave Macon - Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line
24. Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues
25. The Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan
26. J.P. Nestor - Train On The Island
27. Ken Manyard - The Lone Star Train
28. Henry Thomas - Fishing Blues

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