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Old Time Music Anthologies

Georgia Sea Island Singers

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL. 12: BIBLICAL SONGS AND SPIRITUALS Photo
reissue of the first published recordings from the offshore islands of Georgia.
ROUN-CD1712 CD .. $16.95

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL. 13: EARLIEST TIMES Photo
reissue of music recorded on the Georgia offshore islands.
ROUN-CD1713 CD .. $16.95

McGraw & others, Hugh

THE SOCIAL HARP -- EARLY AMERICAN SHAPE-NOTE SONGS PERFORMED BY SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL SINGERS Photo
20 cut historical documentation of this singing style.
ROUN-CD0094 CD .. $13.95

Seeger & others, Mike

FRESH OLD TIME STRING BAND MUSIC Photo
incl. Norman & Nancy Blake, Alan Jabbour, James Bryan, the Agents of Terra, the Horseflies, & more!
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
ROUN-CD0262 CD .. $13.95

Various artists

67TH ANNUAL OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION 2002 Photo
2-CD set. First CD was recorded live at Felts Park, Galax, VA., plus a second disc containing selections from 2002 Youth and 37th Annual 1972 Fiddlers' Convention. 54 tracks in all.
HER-CD719 CD .. $15.95

70th ANNUAL OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION Photo
2-CD set -- first CD features August 2005 highlights recorded live in Galax; VA.; 2nd disc contains selections from the 2005 Youth, plus cuts from the 40th Annual Fiddlers' Convention in 1975. 48 tracks in all.
HER-CD722 CD .. $15.95

71st ANNUAL OLD FIDDLER'S CONVENTION Photo
2-CD set. Disc 1 features highlights of 2006 festivities. Disc 2 contains selections from 2006 Youth and 41st Annual 1976 Fiddlers' Convention. 50 tracks in all.
HER-CD723 CD .. $15.95

hot platter!A TREASURY OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FIELD RECORDINGS Photo
early tracks by E.C. Ball, Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, David "Honeyboy" Edwards and more.
ROUN-CD1500 CD .. $13.95

A TRIBUTE TO THE APPALACHIAN STRING BAND MUSIC FESTIVAL -- CLIFFTOP, WEST VIRGINIA Photo
with Melvin Wine, Leftwich & Higginbotham, Dan Gellert, Volo Bogtrotters, Rhythm Rats, Ill-Mo Boys, Charlie Walden & Patt Plunkett, and many more! Produced by Ray Alden.
on order, expected arrival date 07/25/08
CHUB-CD1001 CD .. $13.95

AFRO-AMERICAN SPIRITUALS, WORK SONGS AND BALLADS Photo
From recordings by Alan Lomax during the period 1933-39 as he traveled in the rural South.
ROUN-CD1510 CD .. $13.95

ALAN LOMAX: POPULAR SONGBOOK Photo
Original field recordings of songs later made popular by such artists as Led Zeppelin, Moby, Miles Davis, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, more. The actual recording artists include Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Jones, Vera Ward Hall, others. Contains a previously unreleased version of one of the earliest recordings of "House Of The Rising Sun."
on order, expected arrival date 07/30/08
ROUN-CD1863 CD .. $13.95

hot platter!ALTAMONT: BLACK STRINGBAND MUSIC FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Photo
with Frank Patterson, Nathan Frazier, John Lusk. Recorded in the mid-`40s. Produced by Bob Carlin.
ROUN-CD0238 CD .. $13.95

ALWAYS LIFT HIM UP: A TRIBUTE TO BLIND ALFRED REED Photo
Recording commemorating the singer/songwriter/fiddler's induction into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. With Tim & Mollie O'Brien, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ray Benson, Kathy Mattea, Larry "Junk Food Junkie" Groce, Dwight Diller & John Morris, Staats & Shafer, The Carpenter Ants, The Nichols Family and more.
PRPA-CD006 CD .. $14.95

AMERICAN PRIMITIVE VOL. II: PRE-WAR REVENANTS 1897-1939 Photo
2 CDs, 50 tracks with a deluxe booklet -- another amazing collection of the most obscure commercial recordings of early Americana: the NuGrape Twins, Bayless Rose, the Salty Dog Four, Geeshie Wiley, the Mississippi Moaner, Blues Birdhead, the Bubbling Over Five, Pigmeat Terry, Mattie May Thomas and many others!
RVN-CD214 CD .. $28.95

ANCHORED IN LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO JUNE CARTER CASH Photo
12-track homage to the beloved country singer by a host of artists: Sheryl Crow & Willie Nelson, Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless & Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello, Loretta Lynn, Rosanne Cash, and others. Tracks include "Jackson," "Ring Of Fire," "If I Were a Carpenter," "Wildwood Flower," and more.
DUALTONE-CD1242 CD .. $15.95

hot platter!ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC: EDITED BY HARRY SMITH Photo
Boxed set of 6 CDs and book. CD #6 is enhanced with photos, interviews, and historical film footage of Smith's films, paintings, and folk art collection. 1952 reissue. No additional discount
FOLKW-CD40090 CD .. $69.95

ART OF FIELD RECORDING: 50 YEARS OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTED BY ART ROSENBAUM Photo
24 cuts, songs, tunes and true-roots Americana collected by Art and Margo Rosenbaum, not to be heard anywhere else! A "Sampler CD" of the forthcoming Dust-to-Digital five-CD set of music collected in the field by the Rosenbaums: Sister Fleeta Mitchell, Buell Kazee, Rev. Howard Finster, Gordon Tanner, fiddler John Summers, bluesman Shirley Griffith and many others.
DTD-CD007 CD .. $14.95

ART OF FIELD RECORDING: VOL. 1 2 Photos
4-CD box set. Recorded by Art Rosenbaum from 1956-2007. Including spirituals, hymns, old-time tunes, bottleneck blues, fiddle dance music, mountain ballads, banjo tunes, and hammer-and-pick work songs. Paintings and drawings by Art and photographs by Margo Newmark Rosenbaum. No additional discount
DTD-CD008 CD .. $59.95

AT THIS STAGE... 30 YEARS AT THE WHEATLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL Photo
A choice selection from three decades of Michigan's perennially popular fall music bash! The Lost World String Band, Robin & Linda Williams, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, Dewey Balfa, Blue Highway, the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Chicken Chokers, Johnny Gimble and more. Enhanced CD with extra stuff!
WPM-CD201 CD .. $14.95

BACK ROADS TO COLD MOUNTAIN Photo
A collection of traditional tracks selected by John Cohen, music consultant to the film "Cold Mountain." With Dock Boggs, Bill Monroe, Roscoe Holcomb, Fiddlin' John Carson, Tommy Jarrell, Joe & Odell Thompson and more -- includes a 36-page booklet with historic photos.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 20-30 days
FOLKW-CD40149 CD .. $14.95

BANJO GATHERING Photo
2 CDs, 50 tracks -- "100% pure old-time banjo; unobscured, unaccompanied & unadulterated!" A five-string feast of solo banjo from a galaxy of today's finest players: Mike Seeger, Cathy Fink, Paul Brown, Dan Gellert, Alice Gerrard, John Cohen, Tom Sauber, Pete Sutherland, Bruce Molsky, John McCutcheon, Rafe Stefanini, Gail Gillespie, and on and on! With tunings and notes on the tunes, too. Produced by Steve Baughman; proceeds to benefit the Swannanoa Gathering Scholarship Fund.
TALLTR-CD07 CD .. $17.95

hot platter!BLACK BANJO SONGSTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA Photo
32 tracks recorded in the field by Cece Conway and Scott Odell 1970-98 -- features Joe and Odell Thompson, Dink Roberts, Etta Baker and others.
FOLKW-CD40079 CD .. $14.95

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY: THE BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS STORY Photo
Compilation of songs in the Christmas spirit by Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, The Camp Creek Boys, Ralph Stanley, Wayne Henderson, Benton Flippen and others.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 20 days
COUY-CD2722 CD .. $12.95

BLUE TRAIL OF SORROW Photo
Compilation of bluegrass, old-time, and mountain songs from the Rounder label. Features Tony Furtado, Norman Blake, The Freight Hoppers, Hazel Dickens, Rhonda Vincent and more.
ROUN-CD0500 CD .. $13.95

CLASSIC LABOR SONGS Photo
27 songs of the American labor movement over the 20th century. Including "Too Old To Work," "Which Side Are You On?," "I'm A Union Card," and more. With Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips, Joe Glazer, the Almanac Singers, and others.
FOLKW-CD40166 CD .. $11.95

CLASSIC MOUNTAIN SONGS FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS Photo
Special low-priced release with more than an hour of great traditional music featuring Clarence Ashley, Dock Boggs, Doc and Merle Watson, Roscoe Holcomb and many others.
FOLKW-CD40094 CD .. $11.95

CLASSIC OLD TIME MUSIC FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS Photo
With Doc Watson, The New Lost City Ramblers, Dock Boggs, Wade Ward, Andy Cahan, Clark Kessinger and many others.
FOLKW-CD40093 CD .. $11.95

CLASSIC OLD-TIME FIDDLE Photo
38 tracks compiled by old-time fiddler Jake Krack and archivist Jeff Place, bringing together Appalachian masters such as Clark Kessinger, Tommy Jarrell, Eck Robertson, Wade Ward, Melvin Wine, and others, all on one CD. Features "Blackberry Blossom," "Little Brown Jug," "Dance All Night," "Sally Goodin" "Billy In The Lowground," and more.
FOLKW-CD40193 CD .. $11.95

CLASSIC RAILROAD SONGS FROM SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS Photo
36-page booklet, 29 classic tracks: "Freight Train," "Drill Ye Tarriers Drill," "Lonesome Train," "Kassie Jones" and more. Leadbelly, Elizabeth Cotten, Cisco Houston, Doc Watson, Woody Gutherie, and others.
FOLKW-CD40192 CD .. $11.95

CLASSIC SOUTHERN GOSPEL Photo
22 bluegrass and gospel tracks by classic masters of the genre: Bill Monroe, The Watson Family, Dock Boggs, and others. With 20+ page booklet.
FOLKW-CD40137 CD .. $11.95

CLOSE HARMONY: A HISTORY OF SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC -- VOL. 1, 1920-55 Photo
A companion to the book of the same name. Features The LeFevres, The Rangers Quartet, Stamps Quartet, Chuck Wagon Gang, Speer Family, more.
DUALTONE-CD1190 CD .. $10.95

CLOSE TO HOME: OLD TIME MUSIC FROM MIKE SEEGER'S COLLECTION Photo
74 min. of previously unreleased recordings featuring Snuffy Jenkins, Arthur Smith, Maybelle Carter, Elizabeth Cotten, others.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 20-30 days
FOLKW-CD40097 CD .. $14.95

COAL DIGGING BLUES: SONGS OF WEST VIRGINIA MINERS Photo
Songs collected by George Korson when he traveled to mining communities in northern and eastern West Virginia in the 1940s, that bring together gospel, country, and blues influences, and offer background into the life of the coal miner. Includes booklet of detailed notes on the performers, their songs, and the history of coal-camp songs in West Virginia.
WVU-CD08 CD .. $13.95

COME TO THE MOUNTAIN: OLD TIME MUSIC FOR MODERN TIMES Photo
22 tracks of old-time music for the new generation including Corey Harris's "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground," Fiddle Fever's "Ashokan Farewell," Alison Krauss and Union Station's "There Is A Reason," and more.
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
ROUN-CD0547 CD .. $13.95

DARK HOLLER: OLD LOVE SONGS AND BALLADS Photo
1960 reissue highlighting balladeers Dillard Chandler, Cass Wallin, Dellie Norton, Lisha Shelton, and others. Contains 26 tracks, plus a bonus DVD of John Cohen's classic film "The End Of An Old Song." With 36 page booklet.
FOLKW-CD40159 CD .. $14.95

DEEP RIVER OF SONG: GEORGIA - I'M GONNA MAKE YOU HAPPY Photo
African-American field recordings made for the Library of Congress 1933-46. Featuring Blind Willie McTell, Buster Brown, Reese Crenshaw, Camp Morris, and more. Blues, ballads, folk ragtime, 19th-century dance tunes, spirituals, and work songs.
ROUN-CD1828 CD .. $13.95

DEEP RIVER OF SONG: LOUISIANA -- CATCH THAT TRAIN AND TESTIFY! Photo
1934-1940 recordings, including legendary performances by Jelly Roll Morton and Leadbelly, and field recordings of French and English-speaking jure, zydeco, ring shouts, and work songs.
ROUN-CD1830 CD .. $13.95

DEEP RIVER OF SONG: SOUTH CAROLINA - GOT THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM Photo
From The Alan Lomax Collection. Includes unaccompanied spirituals and work songs, children's songs, and songs from the parallel traditions that thrived in the state prison system of the area.
ROUN-CD1831 CD .. $13.95

DESPERATE MAN BLUES: DISCOVERING THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC Photo
18 classics of American roots music from the 78 RPM era, as featured in the documentary film of the same name, concerning the notorious record collector Joe Bussard. Blind Willie Johnson "Dark Was The Night," Willie McTell "Statesboro Blues," Carter Family "John Hardy," Robert Johnson "Cross Roads," Clarence Ashley "Coo Coo Bird," Lewis Brothers, Uncle Dave Macon, Lonnie Johnson and more!
DTD-CD005 CD .. $14.95

hot platter!DOWN IN THE BASEMENT: JOE BUSSARD'S TREASURE TROVE OF VINTAGE 78s Photo
Now in jewel-case packaging, 24 rare gems from the king of record collectors! Blues, jazz, string bands, country, Cajun and gospel: The Stripling Brothers, Big Bill, James Cole's Washboard Four, Bessie Brown, Fields Ward & The Grayson County Railsplitters and more -- includes a 28-page full-color booklet.
OLDHAT-CD1004 CD .. $15.95

EARLY COUNTRY RADIO Photo
4 CDs, 80 tracks 1936-51, genuine radio broadcasts from the golden era! Two full CDs feature the Carter Family, the other two feature shows from Charlie Monroe, Roy Hall & his Blue Ridge Entertainers, Mainer's Mountaineers, Cowboy Slim Rinehart, and Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys. More than five hours of music!
JSP-CD7757 CD .. $26.95

hot platter!EARLY MANDOLIN CLASSICS, VOL. 1 Photo
with Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers, Yank Rachell with Sleepy John Estes & more from the 20s and 30s.
ROUN-CD1050 CD .. $13.95

ECHOES OF THE OZARKS VOL. 1 Photo
Old-time recordings of the Ozarks, ca. 1926-1933, newly remastered from 78s, some for the first time. Includes Morrison Bros., Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers, Luke Hignight's Ozark Strutters, Fiddlin' Sam Long and more. Includes extra material that did not appear on County's LP collection.
COUY-CD3506 CD .. $12.95

ECHOES OF THE OZARKS VOL. 2 Photo
More old-time gems rescued from 78's. Includes Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers, Hiter Covin, Arkansas Barefoot Boys and more. Includes selections that did not appear on County's LP issues.
COUY-CD3507 CD .. $14.95

FONOTONE RECORDS 1956-69 2 Photos
5 CDs, 131 tracks, all from notorious record collector Joe Bussard and his own 78 RPM Fonotone label -- NONE of it ever on CD before! Some of the earliest recordings -- some with playful pseudonyms -- of Mike Seeger, Bob Coltman, John Duffey, Stefan Grossman, Mike "Backwards Sam Firk" Stewart, John Fahey and many others, including the irrepressible Bussard himself. Includes 160-page perfect-bound book, 17 full-color postcards, three record label repros and a nickel-plated Fonotone Records bottle opener, all housed in an authentic full-color cigar box! Yeah! No additional discount
DTD-CD003 CD .. $59.95

FRIENDS OF OLD TIME MUSIC: THE FOLK ARRIVAL 1961-65 Photo
3 CDs, 55 tracks of mostly never-before-released live concert recordings from NYC, showcasing many legendary traditional musicians to city audiences for the first time! Dock Boggs, Hobart Smith, Doc Watson, the New Lost City Ramblers, the Stanley Brothers, Roscoe Holcomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, Maybelle Carter and many others.
FOLKW-CD40160 CD .. $32.95

GOLD RUSH AT COPPER CREEK Photo
2 CD set offers up a collection of musicians and singers from the Copper Creek label. Features James Leva, Kathy Kallick, Patent Pending and more.
on order, expected arrival date 07/28/09
COPPER-CD6001 CD .. $5.95

GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU: MUSIC OF THE MEDICINE SHOWS, 1926-1937 Photo
2 CDs, 48 old-time classics in a beautiful trifold digipak -- plus a copiously illustrated 72-page booklet with extensive notes, period photos and much more. A fabulous musical document of the old-time medicine shows, a remnant of a bygone era, with Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett, Pink Anderson, Sam McGee, the Memphis Sheiks, Emmett Miller, Carolina Tar Heels, Henry Thomas, Mainer's Mountaineers, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Charlie Poole and many others!
OLDHAT-CD1005 CD .. $24.95

HARD TIMES IN THE COUNTRY Photo
Collection of roots music performances from the '20s and '30s, showing with satire, humor and emotion what it was like to be "down and out in the rural South". With Uncle Dave Macon, Lowe Stokes, Frank Hutchison and others.
COUY-CD3527 CD .. $12.95

HARLAN COUNTY USA: SONGS OF THE COAL MINER'S STRUGGLE Photo
Songs from Barbara Kopple's award-winning documentary film. Bluegrass, a cappella, and activist songs depicting the miner's life. Hazel Dickens' "Coal Tattoo," Johnson Mountain Boys' "Blue Diamond Mines," Norman Blake's "Last Train From Poor Valley," Doc Watson "And Am I Born To Die" and more.
ROUN-CD4026 CD .. $13.95

hot platter!HARRY SMITH'S ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC VOL. 4 Photo
2 CDs in a 96-page hardbound book; the anthology Smith planned to issue but never did! 28 tracks of vintage recordings featuring the Carter Family, Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, the Monroe Brothers and many others.
RVN-CD211 CD .. $28.95

hot platter!HIGH ATMOSPHERE Photo
anthology of banjo and mountain songs, incl. Proffitt, Ward, Cockerham, Chandler, Ball, others.
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
ROUN-CD0028 CD .. $13.95

HILLBILLY BLUES: 25 ORIGINAL MONO RECORDINGS 1929-47 Photo
With The Allen Brothers, Ashley & Foster, The Carter Family, The Shelton Brothers, Dick Justice, Hartman's Heartbreakers, Jimmie Rodgers, others.
ASV-CD5361 CD .. $11.95

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? ANTHOLOGY OF THE STRING BASS 1925-41 Photo
3 CDs, 79 tracks in a cardboard box with a 96-page book -- the first anthology ever of the string bass! Liner notes by historian Dick Spottswood, plus essays, lots of historic photos, the works.
DTD-CD004 CD .. $44.95

I BELONG TO THIS BAND: EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS OF SACRED HARP RECORDINGS Photo
30 cuts from 1922 to the present day; a companion to the feature documentary "Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp." The first overview of this unique southern Appalachian devotional harmony singing throughout its entire recorded history! "The Christian's Hope," "Jubilee," "Christian Soldier," "Cuba," "Concord," "The Good Old Way," "Marlborough," much more.
DTD-CD006 CD .. $14.95

IF YOU AIN'T GOT THE DO-RE-MI: SONGS OF RAGS AND RICHES Photo
27 American roots cuts featuring singers and songs of depicting the human condition. Including Pete Seeger's "Empty Pocket Blues," the Stoneman Family's "Black Dog Blues," Bascom Lamar Lunsford's "Last Gold Dollar," Josh White's "One Meat Ball," and more.
FOLKW-CD40195 CD .. $14.95

JOHN WORK III: RECORDING BLACK CULTURE Photo
The unveiling of Work's private fieldwork collection from the late 1930s and early 1940s is a selection of string bands, quartets, Sacred Harp singing, blues and gospel. 14 tracks, with extensive liner notes by Bruce Nemerov. Including the Fairfield Four, Frank Patterson, Nathan Frazier, an interview with Muddy Waters and more.
SFR-CD104 CD .. $13.25

KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN MUSIC: CLASSIC RECORDINGS OF THE 1920s AND '30s Photo
7 CDs with 167 tracks ranging from fiddle and banjo to ballads and blues. Includes a 5"x 11" book with copious notes, photographs, etc. With Burnett & Rutherford, Doc Roberts, James Howard, Kentucky Mountain Chorusbusters, Asa Martin, Hack's String Band, and so much more. Think of how many 78's you'd have to find to hear all this! No additional discount
YAZ-CD2200 CD .. $84.95

MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW AND OTHER TIMELESS MOUNTAIN BALLADS: CLASSIC RECORDINGS OF THE 1920s-30s Photo
Remastered rare recordings with the Blue Sky Boys, Jimmie Tarlton, Buell Kazee, Eck Robertson, Cousin Emmy, Charlie Poole, Burnett & Rutherford and much more.
YAZ-CD3001 CD .. $15.95

MASTERS OF THE OLD-TIME COUNTRY AUTOHARP Photo
38 gospels and breakdowns, some played as instrumentals, including "Shortening Bread," "All I Got's Gone," "Red River Valley," and more. With Ernest Stoneman, Kilby Snow, and Kenneth & Neriah Benfield.
FOLKW-CD40115 CD .. $14.95

MISSISSIPPI STRING BANDS, VOL. 1 Photo
Traditional recordings from The `20s and `30s featuring the Carter Brothers & Son, Narmour & Smith, the Leake County Revelers, Ming's Pep-Steppers, Mississippi Possum Hunters and more.
out-of-stock, more coming soon
COUY-CD3513 CD .. $12.95

MISSISSIPPI STRING BANDS, VOL. 2 Photo
Traditional recordings of the `20s and `30s featuring Freeny's Barn Dance Band, Clardy & Clements, Nations Brothers, Newton County Hillbillies, Leake County Revelers, Narmour & Smith and more.
out-of-stock, more coming soon
COUY-CD3514 CD .. $12.95

MOUNTAIN BLUES, BALLADS AND STRING BANDS 1927-1938 Photo
4 CDs with 100 tracks of classic old-time tunes and songs, country blues and popular music of the period. With Riley Puckett, Clarence Green, Prince Albert Hunt, Ashley's Melody Men, Dykes Magic City Trio, Carolina Tar Heels, The Freeny Harmonizers and much more at a great low price!
JSP-CD7740 CD .. $26.95

MOUNTAIN FROLIC: RARE OLD TIMEY CLASSICS 1924-1937 Photo
4 CDs, 101 rare gems from The Crockett Family, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Carolina Tar Heels, Buell Kazee, Smoky Mountain Ramblers, Piedmont Log Rollers, others.
JSP-CD77100 CD .. $26.95

MOUNTAIN GOSPEL: THE SACRED ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC Photo
4 CDs, 100 tracks 1926-41: Ernest Stoneman's "Going Down The Valley," Coon Creek Girls "Sowing On The Mountain," Wade Mainer "The Precious Jewel," Alfred Karnes, Lubbock Texas Quartet, Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Bill Carlisle, Sons of the Pioneers, Ernest Phipps & his Holiness Quartet and many more!
JSP-CD7755 CD .. $26.95

MOUNTAIN JOURNEY: STARS OF OLD TIME MUSIC Photo
21 tracks including Ola Belle Reed's "Wayfaring Pilgrim," Mike Seeger & Etta Baker's "Cripple Creek," Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard's "Two Soldiers" and others.
ROUN-CD0546 CD .. $13.95

hot platter!MOUNTAIN MUSIC OF KENTUCKY Photo
A must for any collector of Appalachian music! A 2-CD set that includes all of the original classic LP from 1960 plus 60 minutes of previously unreleased material, two hours in all. Featuring the voice and banjo of the great Roscoe Holcomb recorded at home in Kentucky.
FOLKW-CD40077 CD .. $20.95

hot platter!MUSIC FROM THE LOST PROVINCES: OLD-TIME STRINGBANDS FROM ASHE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA & VICINITY, 1927-31 Photo
Reissue of 78 RPM recordings featuring Grayson and Whitter, Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers, Ephraim Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands, others. Most tracks have not been released on other anthologies.
OLDHAT-CD1001 CD .. $14.95

MUSIC OF COAL: MINING SONGS FROM THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS 3 Photos
Hardbound book including 2 CDs. Book details lyrics and short history for the songs and songwriters featured on the accompanied CDs. Songs performed by Dock Boggs, Hazel Dickens, The Carter Family, Merle Travis, Ralph Stanley & Dwight Yoakam, Darrell Scott, many others. 69-page book includes historical photographs. 48 tracks in all.
LONESOME-CD071 CD .. $34.95

MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS VOL. 1: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC - BADMEN BALLADS AND HELLRAISING SONGS Photo
"Classic Recordings of the 1920s and `30s" including Clarence Ashley, Tommy Johnson, Dock Boggs, Cannon's Jug Stompers, the Fruit Jar Guzzlers, Peg Leg Howell and much more!
YAZ-CD2039 CD .. $15.95

MY ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS VOL. 2: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC - BADMEN BALLADS AND HELLRAISING SONGS Photo
"Classic Recordings of the 1920s and `30s" including Mississippi John Hurt, Uncle Dave Macon, Big Bill Broonzy, Vernon Dalhart, the Georgia Crackers and much more!
YAZ-CD2040 CD .. $15.95

NASHVILLE: THE EARLY STRING BANDS, VOL.1 Photo
Commemorating the early Grand Ole Opry era of 1925 Nashville. Includes songs from Uncle Dave Macon, Sam & Kirk McGee, Arthur Smith Trio, Sid Harkreader & Grady Moore and more.
COUY-CD3521 CD .. $12.95

O BROTHERS: FAMILY HARMONY IN OLD TIME AND BLUEGRASS MUSIC Photo
The Carter Family, Stanley Brothers, Dixon Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys, etc. 27 old-time classics in all.
ASV-CD5467 CD .. $11.95

OLD MOUNTAIN: STRINGBAND SONGS AND TUNES Photo
"25 Original Mono Recordings 1927-31" with The Arkansas Barefoot Boys, Uncle Dave Macon, The Perry County Music Makers, The Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole, The Corn Cob Crushers and more.
ASV-CD5577 CD .. $11.95

OLD TIME MOUNTAIN BANJO Photo
CD reissue with additional tracks. Sides issued on 78s in the 1920s and '30s, with a 16-page booklet of photos and notes by Bob Buckingham. Charlie Poole, B.F. Shelton, Frank Jenkins, Uncle Dave Macon, Coon Creek Girls, Clarence Ashley, Bascom Lamar Lunceford -- 18 classics in all!
COUY-CD3533 CD .. $12.95

OLD TIME MUSIC OF WEST VIRGINIA VOL. 1 Photo
Remastered early recordings featuring The Corn Cob Crushers, The Fruit Jar Guzzlers, The Williamson Brothers & Curry, The Tweedy Brothers, Blind Alfred Reed and others.
COUY-CD3518 CD .. $12.95

OLD TIME MUSIC OF WEST VIRGINIA VOL. 2 Photo
Remastered early recordings featuring Cleve Chaffin, The West Virginia Ramblers, The West Virginia Coon Hunters, The Kessinger Brothers, Dick Justice, Byrd Moore & Jess Johnston, others.
COUY-CD3519 CD .. $12.95

OLD-TIME MOUNTAIN BLUES: RURAL CLASSICS 1927-1939 Photo
19 tracks of commercially-recorded performances of white artists performing blues music: Sam McGee, Dick Justice, Dock Boggs, Frank Hutchison, the Leake County Revelers, Jimmie Tarlton and many others.
COUY-CD3528 CD .. $12.95

OLD-TIME MOUNTAIN GUITAR Photo
1926-31 -- Sam McGee, Frank Hutchison, David Miller, Melvin Dupree, Roy Harvey, Leonard Copeland and more.
COUY-CD3512 CD .. $12.95

OLD-TIME MUSIC OF SOUTH-WEST VIRGINIA Photo
Includes cuts from Dock Boggs, Emry Arthur, Fiddlin' Powers & Family, Byrd Moore and more.
COUY-CD3523 CD .. $12.95

OLD-TIME MUSIC ON THE AIR VOL. 2 Photo
Second Rounder collection of contemporary old-time music from smaller labels, this time with an emphasis on the West and Midwest.
ROUN-CD0391 CD .. $13.95

OLD-TIME TEXAS STRING BANDS VOL. 1 - TEXAS FAREWELL Photo
With tracks from Henry Gilliland, Eck Robertson, Lewis Brothers, East Texas Serenaders, and more. Features "Far In The Mountain", "Acorn Stomp", "Arkansas Traveler" and more.
COUY-CD3524 CD .. $12.95

OLD-TIME TEXAS STRING BANDS VOL. 2 - DALLAS BOUND Photo
With tracks from Oscar & Doc Harper, Red Headed Fiddlers, Captain M.J. Bonner, and more. Features "Possum Rag", "Sweetest Flower", "Billy In The Low Ground" and more.
COUY-CD3525 CD .. $12.95

OZARK FOLKSONGS Photo
Collection of songs and ballads never before recorded by any singers. The music was captured by Vance Randolph in 1941-42 and has never been commercially available before now.
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
ROUN-CD1108 CD .. $16.95

PARAMOUNT OLD TIME RECORDINGS Photo
4 CD, 100 sides culled from the Joe Bussard Collection, including the Kentucky Ramblers, the Dixie Crackers, Arthur Tanner, Emry Arthur, Red Brush Rowdies, Welling & McGhee, Davis & Nelson, Fruit Jar Guzzlers, and many others. Contains "Bile Them Cabbage Down," "Whoa Mule Whoa," "Got Drunk And Got Married," "Hen House Blues," and more.
JSP-CD7774 CD .. $26.95

PEOPLE TAKE WARNING! MURDER BALLADS & DISASTER SONGS, 1913-38 Photo
3-CD boxed set. These are audio messages in a bottle reflecting a lost world where age old ballads rubbed up against songs inspired by the day's headlines. Charlie Patton, Ernest Stoneman, Furry Lewis, Charlie Poole, Uncle Dave Macon and others sing about everything from the sinking of the Titanic to now-obscure local murders. 48 page booklet. Intro by Tom Waits.
TOMPKINS-CD1875 CD .. $44.95

PUTUMAYO PRESENTS AMERICANA Photo
Alison Brown, Robert Earl Keen, Tim O'Brien, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ruthie Foster, and others.
PUTU-CD266 CD .. $13.95

RELIGION IS A FORTUNE: VARIOUS SACRED HARP SINGING GROUPS -- EARLY 1900s Photo
Liner notes by John Bealle and Joyce Cauthen.
COUY-CD3532 CD .. $12.95

hot platter!ROOTS MUSIC: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY Photo
4-CD set, 68-track compilation of traditional music on the Rounder label. Features Norman Blake, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Etta Baker, Bela Fleck, Boozoo Chavis, Marcia Ball and more.
ROUN-CD0501 CD .. $24.95

ROUNDER OLD TIME MUSIC Photo
collection of Rounder's best old time music - 60+ min.
on order, expected arrival date 08/05/08
ROUN-CD11510 CD .. $13.95

SEEDTIME ON THE CUMBERLAND, VOL. 3: MUSIC FROM 1987-94 Photo
Music that represents the diversity of Appalachian culture. Artists include Jean Ritchie, Etta Baker, Whit Sizemore & the Shady Mountain Ramblers, Lee Sexton, Morgan Sexton and more.
JUN-CD0074 CD .. $13.25

SERENADE IN THE MOUNTAINS: EARLY OLD TIME RECORDINGS Photo
4 CDs, 94 tracks: Ernest Stoneman & The Blue Ridge Cornshuckers, Floyd County Ramblers, Carolina Tar Heels, Ted Hawkins & Riley Puckett, Texas Rangers, Dalhart & Robison, Vernon Dalhart, and more. Includes such cuts as "Three Nights Drunk," "Your Low Down Dirty Ways," "My Mama Scolds Me For Flirting," "Swaller Tail Coat," "Who Stole The Lock On The Hen House Door," and many more.
JSP-CD7780 CD .. $26.95

hot platter!SONGCATCHER II: THE TRADITION THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE Photo
Mountain classics from the Vanguard vaults, performed by the original artists: Dock Boggs "Oh Death," Maybelle Carter "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies," Roscoe Holcomb "Little Birdie," Sara Ogan Gunning "Girl of Constant Sorrow," Doc Watson, Almeda Riddle, Clarence Ashley and others.
VAN-CD79716 CD .. $14.95

SONGLINKS 2 Photo
2-CD showcase of English traditional songs and their American variants. Disc 1 highlights the English singers, The Copper Family, Martyn Wyndham-Read and others. Disc 2 features the American conterparts: Bruce Molsky, Jean Ritchie, Jody Stecher, and others. Packaged in an 80-page hardback book written by Shirley Collins.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 60 days
FELL-CD190 CD .. $27.95

SONGS AND BALLADS OF THE BITUMINOUS MINERS Photo
From the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, this reissue of the 1965 release is a companion to "Songs And Ballads Of The Anthracite Miners"--ROUN-CD1502. The album was recorded in remote areas in Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and documented in 1940 by George Korson.
ROUN-CD1522 CD .. $13.95

SONGS AND STORIES OF THE GRAND CANYON: AUTHENTIC VOICES FROM AMERICA'S BEST LOVED PLACES Photo
20 tracks of songs dedicated to the area, including songs and stories about the American Indians, tourists, outlaws, cowboys, boatmen, and more. Also features 20+ page booklet, and a previously unreleased song by Roy Rogers.
FOLKW-CD40167 CD .. $12.95

SONGS OF THE OLD REGULAR BAPTISTS: LINED OUT HYMNODY FROM SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY Photo
13 tracks including "Brethren We Have Met Again," "Farewell Vain World," "I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow," more.
FOLKW-CD40106 CD .. $14.95

SOUNDS LIKE JIMMIE RODGERS Photo
4-CD set, 100 cuts. Featuring W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys' "Yodeling Ranger," Riley Puckett's "The Moonshiner's Dream," The Rhythm Wreckers' "Never No Mo' Blues," Cliff Carlisle, Bob Wills, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, Montana Slim and many more!
JSP-CD7751 CD .. $26.95

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL. 1: VOICES FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTH Photo
Recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959 and 1960.
ROUN-CD1701 CD .. $16.95

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL. 2: BALLADS AND BREAKDOWNS Photo
Field recordings by Alan Lomax recorded in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
ROUN-CD1702 CD .. $13.95

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL. 4: BRETHREN, WE MEET AGAIN Photo
Southern Protestant hymnody, Sacred Harp singing, gospel, and spirituals recorded by Alan Lomax.
ROUN-CD1704 CD .. $13.95

SOUTHERN JOURNEY VOL. 7: OZARK FRONTIER Photo
From the early recordings of Alan Lomax, features music from Arkansas.
ROUN-CD1707 CD .. $16.95

hot platter!THE ALAN LOMAX COLLECTION SAMPLER Photo
Culled from the 100 CD Alan Lomax Collection of field recordings. Boxed with a 70 page booklet.
ROUN-CD1700 CD .. $13.95

THE ART OF OLD-TIME MOUNTAIN MUSIC Photo
28-song collection compiled from over three decades of Rounder recordings by musician and writer Kerry Blech. Includes Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee, Clark Kessinger, Bruce Molsky and Big Hoedown, others.
on order, expected arrival date 08/05/08
ROUN-CD11599 CD .. $13.95

THE BLUFF COUNTRY GATHERING: A CELEBRATION OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC 2000-04 Photo
"Great old time fiddle tunes, banjo numbers, and singing" from this annual Minnesota event! Geoff Seitz, James Bryan, Carl Jones & Beverly Smith, New Southern Broadcasters, Bruce Greene, Dan Gellert, Rhythm Rats, Rayna Gellert, Bob Carlin and more -- some proceeds go toward ongoing funding of the gathering.
JAWBONE-CD005 CD .. $14.95

THE CORNSHUCKER'S FROLIC: DOWNHOME MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE AMERICAN COUNTRYSIDE VOL. 2 Photo
23 tracks of blues and jug band music. Blind Lemon Jefferson, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Blind Blake, more.
YAZ-CD2046 CD .. $15.95

THE GREAT DEBATERS - SOUNDTRACK Photo
Great music from the movie starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. Features Alvin Youngblood Hart, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sharon Jones, Teeny Hodges, Art Tatum, more!
ATL-CD396860 CD .. $16.95

THE HARRY SMITH PROJECT: ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC REVISITED Photo
2 CDs, 2 DVDs in a 12x12 lidded box; a tribute to the eccentric Smith and his widely influential Folkways "Anthology" of early recorded Americana, for many in the postwar folk revival their first introduction to mountain music, country blues, Cajun, and gospel! The CDs feature live tracks from Elvis Costello, Beth Orton, Richard Thompson, Beck, Nick Cave, Steve Earle and more - disc 3 is the DVD of footage from the concerts, disc 4 a 90-min. documentary about Smith called "Old Weird America" -- PLUS a 40-page book, DVD extras, the works!
SHOUT-CD10041 CD .. $29.95

THE MUSIC OF KENTUCKY VOL. 1: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL CLASSICS 1927-37 Photo
27 cuts including "Short Life of Trouble," "The Hog Eyed Man," "Man of Constant Sorrow," many more.
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
YAZ-CD2013 CD .. $15.95

THE MUSIC OF KENTUCKY VOL. 2: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL CLASSICS 1927-37 Photo
Culled field recordings from early '78s. "Hard for to Love," "Little Birdie," "Glory in the Meeting House," more.
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
YAZ-CD2014 CD .. $15.95

THE OLD TIME BANJO FESTIVAL Photo
Compilation featuring 31 tracks in the old-time style, as well as contemporary numbers with an older flavor. Most tracks feature solo singing and playing, with occasional accompaniment. Including tracks from Mike Seeger, Dan Gellert, Adam Hurt, Bob Carlin, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Reed Martin, and others.
ROUN-CD0584 CD .. $13.95

THE STAINED GLASS HOUR: BLUEGRASS AND OLD-TIMEY GOSPEL Photo
Hazel Dickens, Doc Watson, Louvin Bros., Nashville Bluegrass Band, Ricky Skaggs and more.
ROUN-CD11563 CD .. $13.95

THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF: SUPER RARITIES & UNISSUED GEMS OF THE 1920s & '30s Photo
A double CD packaged in a DVD digipak; 46 country and blues gems, including many never heard before! Two previously unknown Son House sides, a newly discovered Georgia Pot Lickers, a completely unknown track from Louis Jordan, Tommy Johnson, Dock Boggs, Memphis Jug Band, Sweet Brothers, Andrew and Jim Baxter, and many others -- cover art by uber-collector Robert Crumb! Yow!
YAZ-CD2202 CD .. $24.95

THE YOUNG FOGIES Photo
old-time music in styles including traditional Appalachian, Cajun, French Canadian, bluegrass and country. Featuring the New Lost City Ramblers, The Hotmud Family, David Holt, Doc Watson, Brad Leftwich, Tommy Jarrell, The Chicken Chokers, Reed Martin, The Horseflies and others.
ROUN-CD0319 CD .. $13.95

THE YOUNG FOGIES, VOL. II Photo
74 minutes of revival old-time and Cajun artists.
on order, expected arrival date 07/29/08
ROUN-CD0369 CD .. $13.95

TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO BE: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC VOL. 1 Photo
Classic recordings of the 1920s and 30s featuring string bands, rags, ballads, blues, banjo songs, and more. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the Happy Hayseeds, Memphis Jug Band, Ken Maynard, NuGrape Twins, the Southern Moonlight Entertainers, Grayson & Whitter and more!
YAZ-CD2028 CD .. $15.95

TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO BE: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC VOL. 7 Photo
Dilly & his Dill Pickles, East Texas Serenaders, the Three Tobacco Tags, Bo Weavil Jackson, Skip James, Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee, the Old Southern Sacred Singers and many more.
YAZ-CD2067 CD .. $15.95

TIMES AIN'T LIKE THEY USED TO BE: EARLY AMERICAN RURAL MUSIC VOL. 8 Photo
"Gitfiddle Jim," Dock Boggs, Ed Bell, Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters, Tommy Johnson, Rev. W.M. Mosley, many others.
YAZ-CD2068 CD .. $15.95

TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC OF THE OZARKS - VOL. I: ALONG THE EASTERN CRESCENT Photo
Old time music from Salem, MO, down through Arkansas.
ROUN-CD0435 CD .. $13.95

TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC OF THE OZARKS, VOL. II - ON THE SPRINGFIELD PLAIN Photo
Part of The North American Traditions Series. Some of the shuffling tunes that once propelled the square dances in many farm houses along the western side of the Missouri Ozarks. With Art Galbraith, Lacey Hartje, Bill Mustain, Ruth Hawkins and many others.
ROUN-CD0436 CD .. $13.95

TRADITIONAL FIDDLE MUSIC OF THE OZARKS, VOL. III - DOWN IN THE BORDER COUNTIES Photo
Part of The North American Traditions Series. Distinctive fiddle music from the Missouri counties of Taney and Ozark, sitting deep in the rolling hills adjacent to the Arkansas line. Produced by Gordon McCann and Mark Wilson.
ROUN-CD0437 CD .. $13.95

WHERE WILL YOU BE CHRISTMAS DAY? 2 Photos
24 recordings 1917-59 -- first in the Dust-to-Digital "Holiday Series" overseen by historian/collector Dick Spottswood. Classic yuletide Americana from the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, Bessie Smith, Fiddlin' John Carson, Butterbeans and Susie, Lord Executor, Maddox Bros. and Rose, Los Jibaros, Leadbelly, Cotton Top Mtn. Sanctified Singers and lots more.
DTD-CD002 CD .. $14.95