Harry Smith - NEW and ULTRA RARE! - "Anthology of American Folk Music" - 8LP BOX

Sold Date: October 21, 2020
Start Date: October 17, 2020
Final Price: $899.00 (CAD)
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FACTORY SEALED*

 REMASTERED AUDIO

ONLY 100 COPIES!!!

For sale is a VERY RARE and HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE sealed copy of Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music vinyl box set on Mississippi Records.  All four double volumes of Smith's now-mythic field recordings remastered and reproduced to exacting detail, with reproductions of Smith's old-fashioned booklet inserts and on 200-gram vinyl.  Only 100 wooden boxes were made for this reissue, now long out of print.
EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE FOR YOURSELF... FACTORY SEALEDbox set edition long out of print LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies EIGHT-LP collection of folk music from 1927 to 1932 ALL FOUR volumes of Harry Smith's iconic field recordings originally issued in 1952 (volumes 1-3) and 2000 (volume 4) REMASTERED AUDIO by Timothy Stollenwerk ORIGINAL INSERTS for volumes 1-3 reproduced CLOTH-BOUND super thick cardboard gatefold sleeves with a tip-on print 200-GRAM super heavyweight vinyl HAND-CRAFTED wooden slot box (*volumes 1-3 sealed; volume 4 and box not sealed by manufacturer)
EDITION REVIEW from folkways.si.edu:  The Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith (1923–1991), is one of the most influential releases in the history of recorded sound.  Originally issued by Folkways Records in 1952, the Anthology brought virtually unknown parts of America's musical landscape recorded in the late 1920s and early 1930s to the public's attention.  For more than half a century, the collection has profoundly influenced fans, ethnomusicologists, music historians, and cultural critics; it has inspired generations of popular musicians, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, and countless others.  Many of the songs included in the Anthology have now become classics, as has Harry Smith’s unique "scientific/aesthetic handbook" of song notes and drawings.
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS statement:  Harry Smith created an alternate version of American culture with these sets that influenced just about everyone who heard them.  I would dare say that these records changed American society more than any others ever released.  Bob Dylan and Carl Sagan both agree its the greatest record ever made.  The Mississippi labels entire ethos is based on them.  As mythic and powerful as art can get.  Just like every house needs a door, every record collection must have this set.  That's my opinion and it's true.
ALBUMS and TRACKLISTS: Volume One: BalladsA1–Henry LeeA2–Fatal Flower GardenA3–The House CarpenterA4–Drunkard's SpecialA5–Old Lady And The DevilA6–The Butcher's BoyA7–The Wagoner's LadB1–*King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-OB2–Old Shoes And LeggingsB3– And Willie MooreB4– & A Lazy Farmer BoyB5–Peg And AwlB6–Ommie WiseB7– And My Name Is John Johanna

C1–Bandit Cole YoungerC2– And Charles GiteauC3–John Hardy Was A Desperate Little ManC4– And Gonna Die With My Hammer In My HandC5–StackaleeC6–White House BluesC7–FrankieD1–When That Great Ship Went DownD2–Engine 143D3–Kassie JonesD4–Down On Penny's FarmD5–Mississippi Boweavil BluesD6–Got The Farm Land Blues

Volume Two: Social MusicE1–Sail Away LadyE2–The Wild WagonerE3–Wake Up JacobE4– And La DanseuseE5–*Georgia StompE6–Brilliance MedleyE7–Indian War WhoopF1–Old Country StompF2–Old Dog BlueF3–Saut CrapaudF4–Acadian One-StepF5–*Home Sweet HomeF6–*Newport BluesF7– And 

Moonshiner's Dance Part OneG1–You Must Be Born AgainG2–Oh Death Where Is Thy StingG3–Rocky RoadG4–Present JoysG5–This Song Of LoveG6–JudgementG7–He Got Better Things For YouG8–Since I Laid My Burden DownH1–*John The BaptistH2–Dry BonesH3–John The RevelatorH4–Little MosesH5–Shine On MeH6–*Fifty Miles Of Elbow RoomH7–In The Battlefield For My Lord


Volume Three: SongsI1–The Coo Coo BirdI2–East VirginiaI3–Minglewood BluesI4–I Woke Up One Morning In MayI5–James Alley BluesI6–Sugar BabyI7–I Wish I Was A Mole In The GroundJ1–Mountaineer's CourtshipJ2–The Spanish Merchant's DaughterJ3–Bob Lee Junior BluesJ4–Single Girl, Married GirlJ5– And La Vieux Soulard Et Sa FemmeJ6–Rabbit Foot BluesJ7– And Expressman Blues

K1–Poor Boy BluesK2–Feather BedK3–Country BluesK4–99 Year BluesK5–Prison Cell BluesK6–See That My Grave Is Kept CleanK7– And  And C'Est Si Triste Sans LuiL1–Way Down The Old Plank RoadL2–Buddy Won't You Roll Down The LineL3–Spike Driver BluesL4–K.C. MoanL5–Train On The IslandL6–The Lone Star TrailL7–Fishing Blues

Volume Four: Rhythmic ChangesM1–Memphis Shake DownM2–Dog And GunM3–Black Jack DavidM4–Down By The Banks Of The OhioM5–Adieu, False HeartM6–John Henry Was A Little BoyM7–Nine Pound Hammer Is Too HeavyN1–Southern Casey JonesN2–*Cold Iron BedN3–*Packin' TrunkN4–Baby Please Don't GoN5–Last Fair Deal Gone DownN6–Parchman Farm BluesN7–Mean Old World

O1–Hello, StrangerO2–Stand By MeO3–West Virginia GalsO4–How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?O5–Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy TrainO6–Governor Al SmithO7–*Milk Cow BluesP1–No Depression In HeavenP2–*I'll Be RestedP3–He's In The RingP4–The Cockeyed WorldP5–Barbecue BustP6–Dans Le Grand BoisP7–)Aces' Breakdown