Anthology Of American Folk Music

~ Release by Harry Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Volume One: Ballads (MRP-070)
2▶12" Vinyl
3▶12" Vinyl: Volume Two: Social Music (MRP-071)
4▼12" Vinyl
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G1You Must Be Born Again
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-09-10)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1926-09-10) and Rev. J.M. Gates (on 1926-09-10)
Rev. J. M. Gates?:??
G2Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1926-09-10)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1926-09-10) and Rev. J.M. Gates (on 1926-09-10)
Rev. J. M. Gates?:??
G3Rocky Road
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1928-04-16, on 1928-10-29)
reed organ:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-04-16)
vocals:
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded for Columbia Records in Atlanta in 1928) (on 1928-04-16)
recording of:
Rocky Road (on 1928-04-16)
lyricist and arranger:
J. C. Brown (in 1935) and Paine Denson (in 1935)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 294)
recording of:
Rocky Road (on 1928-10-29)
lyricist and arranger:
J. C. Brown (in 1935) and Paine Denson (in 1935)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 294)
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers?:??
G4Present Joys
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1928-04-16)
reed organ:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-04-16)
vocals:
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded for Columbia Records in Atlanta in 1928) (on 1928-04-16)
recording of:
Present Joys (on 1928-04-16)
composer:
A. Marcus Cagle (in 1908)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 318)
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers3?:??
G5This Song Of Love
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-12-10)
vocals:
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 (on 1930-12-10)
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1?:??
G6Judgement
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-04-21)
vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist) (on 1927-04-21), Clarence Nelson (congregational singer with Sister Mary Nelson) (on 1927-04-21) and Sister Mary Nelson (on 1927-04-21)
Sister Mary Nelson?:??
G7He Got Better Things For You
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-01)
guitar:
Will Shade (on 1929-10-01)
vocals:
Bessie Johnson (on 1929-10-01), Sally Sumler (on 1929-10-01) and Melinda Taylor (gospel singer) (on 1929-10-01)
Memphis Sanctified Singers?:??
G8Since I Laid My Burden Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-04)
guitar:
Elder Edwards (performs with Lonnie McIntorsh) (on 1928-12-04) and Elder Mcintorsh (on 1928-12-04)
tambourine:
Melinda Taylor (gospel singer) (on 1928-12-04)
vocals:
Elder Edwards (performs with Lonnie McIntorsh) (on 1928-12-04), Elder Mcintorsh (on 1928-12-04), Bessie Johnson (on 1928-12-04) and Melinda Taylor (gospel singer) (on 1928-12-04)
Elders McIntorsh & Edwards’ Sanctified Singers?:??
H1John The Baptist
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1928-01)
guitar:
Rev. Moses Mason (in 1928-01)
vocals:
Rev. Moses Mason (in 1928-01)
Rev. Moses Mason?:??
H2Dry Bones
recorded in:
Ashland, Kentucky, United States (on 1928-02-06)
five-string banjo:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (on 1928-02-06)
vocals:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (on 1928-02-06)
recording of:
Dry Bones (on 1928-02-06)
composer:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Bascom Lamar Lunsford5?:??
H3John The Revelator
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-04-20)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
vocals:
Willie B. Harris (on 1930-04-20), Angeline Johnson (on 1930-04-20) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1930-04-20)
recording of:
John the Revelator (on 1930-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6701)
Blind Willie Johnson4?:??
H4Little Moses
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
Little Moses (on 1929-02-14)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3546)
The Carter Family?:??
H5Shine On Me
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-11-29)
banjo:
Eula Johnson (on 1928-10-29)
banjo, fiddle, guitar and piano:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-11-29)
guitar:
Shirley Jones (active 1928) (on 1928-10-29)
mandolin:
Ancil McVay (1920s country mandolin player) (on 1928-10-29)
piano:
Ethel Baker (on 1928-10-29)
violin:
Roland Johnson (1920s country violin player) (on 1928-10-29) and Ernest Phipps (on 1928-10-29)
vocals:
A. G. Baker (on 1928-10-29), Nora Byrley (on 1928-10-29), Alfred G. Karnes (on 1928-10-29), Minnie Phipps (on 1928-10-29), [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1928-11-29) and Ernest Phipps (on 1928-11-29)
chorus master:
Ernest Phipps (on 1928-10-29)
recording of:
Shine on Me (on 1928-10-29)
composer:
Ernest Phipps
Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers5?:??
H6Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1930-06-16)
guitar and piano and handclaps:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1930-06-16)
trumpet:
possibly Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1930-06-16)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1930-06-16) and Rev. F.W. McGee (on 1930-06-16)
recording of:
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room (on 1930-06-16)
lyricist and composer:
Rev. F.W. McGee
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (from 1941 to present)
Rev. McGhee?:??
H7In The Battlefield For My Lord
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-02-22)
double bass [string bass], membranophone, piano, triangle, trombone and trumpet:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-02-22)
vocals:
congregation ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-02-22) and Rev. D.C. Rice (on 1929-02-22)
Rev. D.C. Rice and His Sanctified Congregation?:??
5▶12" Vinyl: Volume Three: Songs (MRP-072)
6▶12" Vinyl
7▶12" Vinyl: Volume Four: Rhythmic Changes (MRP-073)
8▶12" Vinyl