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Table of Contents:

• Louisiana / Henry Ratcliff
• Field song from Senegal / Bakari-Badji
• Po' boy blues / John Dudley
• Katie left Memphis / Tangle Eye
• Berta, Berta / Leroy Miller and a group of prisoners
• Old original blues / Fred McDowell and Miles Pratcher
• Jim and John / Ed Young and Lonnie Young
• Emmaline, take your time / Alec Askew
• Buttermilk / Miles Pratcher and Bob Pratcher
• Mama Lucy / Leroy Gary
• I'm gonna live anyhow till I die / Miles Pratcher and Bob Pratcher
• No more, my Lord / Tangle Eye and a group of prisoners
• Lining hymn and prayer / Rev. Crenshaw and the congregation of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
• Death come a-creepin' in my room / Fred McDowell
• Church-house moan / Congregation of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis
• Beggin' the blues / Bessie Jones
• Rolled and tumbled / Rose Hemphill and Fred McDowell
• Goin' down to the races / Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher, and Fannie Davis
• You gotta cut that out / Forrest City Joe.

Contributors:

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002

Ratcliff, Henry

Bakari-Badji

Eye, Tangle

Miller, Leroy (Singer)

McDowell, Fred

Pratcher, Miles

Young, Ed, 1908-1974

Askew, Alec

Pratcher, Bob

Gary, Leroy

Jones, Bessie, 1902-1984

Hemphill, Rose

Davis, Fannie

Forest City Joe, 1926-1960

New Brown's Chapel (Memphis, Tenn.) > Congregation

Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Accompanying materials: English

Subjects:

Blues (Music)

United States

Performers:

Henry Ratcliff ; Bakari-Badji ; John Dudley ; Tangle Eye ; Leroy Miller and a group of prisoners ; Fred McDowell ; Miles Pratcher ; Ed Young ; Lonnie Young ; Alec Askew ; Bob Pratcher ; Leroy Gary ; Rev. Crenshaw and the congregation of New Brown's Chapel, Memphis ; Bessie Jones ; Rose Hemphill ; Fannie Davis ; Forrest City Joe.

General Notes:

At head of title: Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
Blues music; various performers.
Selected songs monaural.
Durations on labels.
Principally recorded by Alan Lomax in the field from 1941 to the present.
Program notes by Alan Lomax and words to songs ([4] p.), bibliography, and discography on container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (49 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

vinyl; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; microgroove; stereo

Call Numbers:

LPZ 22542
SORT LPZ 0022542

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, New World Records: NW 252

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

77750356

OCLC Numbers:

3211144