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A1 Texas Gladden The House Carpenter
Vocals – Texas Gladden
2:58
A2 Horton Barker The Farmer's Curst Wife
Vocals – Horton Barker
2:39
A3 Woody Guthrie The Gypsy Davy
Guitar, Vocals – Woody Guthrie
2:38
A4 Rebecca Tarwater Barbara Allen
Vocals – Rebecca Tarwater
2:30
A5 E.C. Ball* Pretty Polly
Guitar, Vocals – E.C. Ball*
2:18
A6 Pearl Borusky* The Rich Old Farmer
Vocals – Pearl Jacobs Borusky
2:42
A7 Texas Gladden The Devil's Nine Questions
Vocals – Texas Gladden
2:30
A8 Texas Gladden Old Kimball
Vocals – Texas Gladden
1:54
A9 Texas Gladden One Morning In May
Vocals – Texas Gladden
3:16
B1 Emery DeNoyer The Little Brown Bulls
Vocals – Emery DeNoyer
3:55
B2 Alex Moore The Sioux Indians
Vocals – Alex Moore
2:58
B3 Basil May The Lady Of Carlisle
Guitar, Vocals – Basil May
3:40
B4 Pete Steele Pretty Polly (Ballad)
Banjo, Vocals – Pete Steele
3:42
B5 Group At Cumins State Farm, Gould, Ark. It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
Vocals – Group At Cumins State Farm, Gould, Ark.
B6 Willie Williams O Lord Don't 'Low Me To Beat 'Em
Vocals – Willie Williams

Credits

  • Edited By – Alan Lomax
  • Liner Notes [1978 Introduction] – Wayne D. Shirley
  • Recorded By – Alan Lomax (tracks: A1, A3, A5, A7, A8, A9, B3, B4), Bess Lomax (tracks: B2), Charles Draves (tracks: A6, B1), Charles Seeger (tracks: A4), Elizabeth Lomax (tracks: A1, A3, A5, A7, A8, A9, B3, B4), Herbert Halpert (tracks: A2), John A. Lomax (tracks: B2, B5, B6)

Notes

Issued with a 21 page informational booklet.

This LP contains two tracks that are not included in the 1999 CD Reissue on Rounder Various - Anglo-American Ballads, Volume One.

This LP should not be confused with Various - Anglo-American Ballads which both are released under the same name "Anglo-American Ballads" by The Library Of Congress Recording Laboratory, but has Catalog Number AFS-L7

Tracks A1, A7, A8, A9 rec. 1941 Salem, VA.
Track A2 rec. 1939 Chilhowie, VA.
Track A3 rec. 1941 Washington, D.C.
Track A4 rec. 1936 Washington, D.C.
Track A5 rec. 1941 Rugby, VA.
Track A6 rec. 1941 Antigo, WI.
Track B1 rec. 1941 Rhinelander, WI.
Track B2 rec. 1940 Austin, TX.
Track B3 rec. 1927 Salyersville, KY.
Track B4 rec. 1938 Hamilton, OH.
Track B5 rec. 1934 Cummins State Farm, Gould, AR.
Track B6 rec. 1936 State Penitentiary, Richmond, VA.

Previously released in the series 'Folk Music Of The United States', Recording Laboratory Library of Congress, AFS L1, 1942 (78 r.p.m. records) & 1956 (LP).

The year of this issue is somewhere after 1978 as that year is referenced in the liner notes by Wayne Shirley.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
Rounder CD 1511 Various Anglo-American Ballads, Volume One ‎(CD, Comp, RE, RM) Rounder Records Rounder CD 1511 US 1999
AAFS L1 Various Anglo-American Ballads ‎(LP, Album, Comp) Library of Congress Recording Laboratory AAFS L1 US Unknown

Various - Anglo-American Ballads

Performer: Various

Album Title: Anglo-American Ballads

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Label: Library of Congress Recording Laboratory ‎– AFS L1
Series: Folk Music Of The United States – AFS L1
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released:
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Field Recording, Folk, Bluegrass, Country

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