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Ballad Hunter by John Lomax Full Set 5 LPs Library of Congress AAFS L49-53

The Ballad Hunter (Parts 1-10) Lectures on American Folk Music

By John A. Lomax (1867-1948)

Library of Congress AAFS L49-53

5LPs – clear red vinyl

Set of 5 LPs pressed on clear red vinyl.

Reissued by the Library of Congress Under a Special Grant From the Carnegie Corporation of New York

*** PLUS *** Extra duplicate LP (Parts III & IV) … so 6 LPs in all ***

PART I – Cheyenne: Songs from the range and the hill country.

PART II – Blues and Hollers: “Being lonesome” songs.

PART III – Chisholm Trail: Cowboy songs along the famous old cattle trail.

PART IV – Rock Island Line: Woodcutter’s songs and songs of prison life.

PART V – Two Sailors: Sea shanties and canal boat ballads.

PART VI – Boll Weevil: Songs about the little bug that challenged King Cotton.

PART VII – Spirituals: Religion through songs of the Southern Negroes.

PART VIII – Railroad Songs: Work songs for rail tamping and track laying.

PART IX – Jordan and Jubilee: Songs from Livingston, Alabama.

PART X – Sugarland, Texas: Convict songs from a Texas prison.

Mix of lecture and singing. See song titles in the photos.

One LP has a sheet of liner notes included.

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