American Murder Ballads

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Annotation

ASIN: B002B8ELOU

Annotation last modified on 2013-03-29 07:30 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Killer
Cisco Houston4:41
2John Hardy
Leadbelly3:15
31913 Massacre
cover recording of:
1913 Massacre
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott3:39
4The Three Butchers
Pete Seeger2:50
5Darlin' Cory
Burl Ives3:13
6Don't Take Your Guns To Town
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Johnny Cash3:01
7Tom Joad (Part 1)
producer:
Robert P. Wetherald
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Victor Records (Victor, defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1940-04-26)
partial recording of:
Tom Joad (on 1940-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:25
8Tom Joad (Part 2)
producer:
Robert P. Wetherald
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Buddah Records (revived/renamed in 1998 as Buddha Records), Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004), Folkways Records, Naxos Folk Legends, RCA Victor, Rounder and Victor Records (Victor, defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1940-04-26)
partial recording of:
Tom Joad (on 1940-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:28
9The Murder of the Lawson Family
The Carolina Buddies3:27
10The Banks Of The Ohio
The Blue Sky Boys3:20
11Poor Ellen Smith
Molly O’Day & The Cumberland Mountain Boys2:40
12Kenney Wagner's Surrender
Ernest Stoneman2:23
13Henry Clay Beattie
Kelly Harrell3:08
14Barbara Allen
Pete Seeger2:51
15The Little Grave in Georgia
Earl Johnson3:08
16The Ballad Of Roger Young
Burl Ives3:10
17Frankie Silvers
Ashley & Foster3:05
18Lord Randall, My Son
Josh White3:13
19Omie Wise
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-18)
fiddle:
G.B. Grayson (on 1927-10-18)
vocals:
G.B. Grayson (on 1927-10-18)
recording of:
Omie Wise (on 1927-10-18)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 447)
G.B. Grayson3:11
20Trial Of Richard Bruno Hauptmann (Part 1)
Bill Cox3:00
21Trial Of Richard Bruno Hauptmann (Part 2)
Bill Cox3:04
22Murder's Gonna Be My Crime
Sippie Wallace2:59
23The Texas Rangers
cover recording of:
Texas Rangers (not Neil Young)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Joan O'Bryant2:45
24Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-01)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
version of:
Bury Me Beneath the Willow (original traditional version)
The Carter Family2:54
25The Gallis Pole
Leadbelly2:46