Anthology of American Folk Music

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Annotation

Reissued from the 1952 LP series.
Complete liner notes

Sub-Optimal Credits

  • disc 4, track 8, Lonnie McIntorsh & "Elder" Edwards perform vocal and guitar, while Bessie Johnson and Melinda Taylor perform vocals and tambourine. It is not known, of the pairs, who plays what instrument.
  • disc 4, track 14, Red Allen "possibly" performs trumpet.
  • disc 4, track 15, credits read "Rev. D. C. Rice and congregation, group vocal with piano, trumpet, trombone, bass, drums, and triangle
Annotation last modified on 2025-03-03 11:08 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume One: Ballads
2▶CD: Volume One: Ballads
3▶CD: Volume Two: Social Music
4▼CD: Volume Two: Social Music
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1You 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. Gates1:31
2Oh 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. Gates1:29
3Rocky 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 Singers2:45
4Present 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 Singers32:53
5This Song of Love
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1930-12-10)
vocals:
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1 (on 1930-12-10)
The Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 12:59
6Judgement
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)
Rev. Sister Mary Nelson2:25
7He 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 Singers2:55
8Since 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)
The Elders McIntorsh and Edwards’ Sanctified Singers3:19
9John 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 Mason3:05
10Dry 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 Lunsford53:01
11John 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 Johnson43:21
12Little 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 Family3:14
13Shine 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 Singers53:04
14Fifty 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 F.W. McGee2:44
15In 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 Congregation3:20
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