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Lost Train Blues
Lost Train Blues features 22 selections from the vast holdings of the American Folklife Center at the Library of
Congress, 13 of them have never been issued before. The record includes work songs, ballads, blues, political and union
songs, guitar, banjo and fiddle music and Native American vocal music. These recordings were made between 1933 and 1950
and represent the birth of the folk music collections at the Library of Congress, now the largest repository of folk and
enthographic holdings in the world. The record demonstrates the groundbreaking work of Alan Lomax and his father John
Lomax, but also places them with the context of other important early field workers.
The deluxe record includes liner notes by Alan Lomax archive curator Nathan Salsburg, as well as a 14 page booklet with
photographs and original research about each song, artist and folklorist. The cover features an original lithograph by
artist Jeff Tocci. Each selection has been retransferred from original discs and tapes at the Library of Congress and
has been carefully remastered by sound engineer Don Fierro making for the best possible audio fidelity.
Price
Genre
Format
LP · 1 disc
Release
25-03-2016
Label
Item-nr
1061605
EAN
0725543424914
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
WPA SONG
CLYDE "KINGFISH" SMITH
2
LONGEST TRAIN I EVER SAW
JESSE WADLEY
3
THE MOONSHINER
DAWSON HENSON
4
STAVIN' CHAIN
STAVIN' CHAIN (WILSON JONES) AND STRING BAND
5
UNFORTUNATE DOG OR STONY POINT
JESS MORRIS
6
LEATHER BREECHES
CARL LATHROP
7
LOST TRAIN BLUES
FRED PERRY & GLENN CARVER
8
THE HARD-WORKING MINER (ONLY A MINER)
JAMES "BLIND JIM" HOWARD
9
ST. JAMES INFIRMARY
JESSE WADLEY
10
LAMP LIGHTING TIME IN THE VALLEY
RUBY HUGHES & OLIVER HUGHES
11
CHEROKEE CHRISTIAN HYMN
HELEN HALLMARK, LUELLA & JUANITA HALLMARK
12
MY ONE-EYED FORD
BOYS CHORUS OF THE SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL
13
CAPTAIN HANEY BLUES
CAMP MORRIS AND GROUP
14
SOUTHERN RAG
JAMES SNEED, J. F. DUFFY & ALVIN SANDERS
15
TURKEY IN THE STRAW
ELMO NEWCOMER & BILL NEWCOMER
16
RYE WHISKEY
ELMO NEWCOMER
17
DESERT BLUES
HATTIE ELLIS & 'COWBOY' JACK RAMSEY
18
HARD TIMES
ROWENA KNIGHT, MARY ANNE KNIGHT, THELMA HAWTHORNE & JERUSHA HAWTHORNE
19
I DON'T WANT YOUR MILLIONS MISTER
TILLMAN CADLE
20
BATTLE IN THE HORSESHOE
J.W. RUSSELL
21
TRAVELIN' TO THAT NEW BURYIN' GROUND
HAMMER CLARENCE BANKS, BOB BENTLEY, CHARLIE BLAKE & HAROLD VOSBURG
22
ROOSEVELT AND HITLER
BUSTER 'BUZZ' EZELL
