- Format: LP
- Label: Doxy Records
- Genre: Rock / Pop
140 gram 2LP + insert
The great LOST volume to Harry Smith's legendary Anthology of American Folk Music! Although these songs were compiled at the same time as the original volumes (famously released on Smithsonian Folkways in 1952), Volume 4: Country Music & Bluegrass remained mysteriously unissued for almost 50 years! Like the previous volumes these recordings come mostly from the late '20s and '30s, with the central focus being on old time country and bluegrass music by artists like the Monroe Brothers, the Carter Family, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Leadbelly, Uncle Dave Macon, Sleepy John Estes and more! The importance of Harry Smith's work can not be overstated. Not only did he single-handedly save much of American folk music from extinction, but when he handed his record collection over to Smithsonian folkways in 1952, he opened the floodgates for the American folk revival of the following decade and beyond.
Track listing -
Side A: 1. Memphis Shakedown MEMPHIS JUG BAND 2. Dog and Gun (An old English ballad) BRADLEY KINCAID 3. Black Jack David THE CARTER FAMILY 4. Down on the Banks of the Ohio BLUE SKY BOYS 5. Adieu, False Heart ARTHUR SMITH TRIO 6. John Henry Was a Little Boy J.E. MAINER'S MOUNTAINEERS 7. Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy MONROE BROTHERS
Side B: 1. Southern Casey Jones JESSE JAMES 2. Cold Iron Bed JACK KELLY & HIS SOUTH MEMPHIS JUG BAND 3. Packin' Trunk LEAD BELLY 4. Baby Please Don't Go JOE WILLIAMS' WASHBOARD BLUES SINGERS 5. Last Fair Deal Gone Down ROBERT JOHNSON 6. Parchman Farm Blues BUKKA WHITE 7. Mean Old World HEAVENLY GOSPEL SINGERS
Side C: 1. Hello, Stranger THE CARTER FAMILY 2. Stand by Me SISTER CLARA HUDMON 3. West Virginia Gals AL HOPKINS AND HIS BUCKLE BUSTERS 4. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? BLIND ALFRED REED 5. Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train UNCLE DAVE MACON 6. Governor Al Smith UNCLE DAVE MACON 7. Milk Cow Blues JOHN ESTES
Side D: 1. No Depression in Heaven THE CARTER FAMILY 2. I'll Be Rested (When the Roll is Called) ROOSEVELT GRAVES AND BROTHER 3. He's in the Ring (Doing the Same Old Thing) MEMPHIS MINNIE 4. The Cockeyed World MINNIE WALLACE 5. Barbecue Bust MISSISSIPPI JOOK BAND 6. Dans le Grand Bois (In the Forest) HACKBERRY RAMBLERS 7. Aces' Breakdown THE FOUR ACES
