Various – Southern Journey Volume 1: Voices From The American South

- Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs







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Label: Rounder Records – Rounder CD 1701

Series: The Alan Lomax Collection, Southern Journey – Volume 1



Format:

CD, Album, Compilation



Country: US

Released: 1997



Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Field Recording, Gospel, Folk



1 Bessie Jones– O Day

Acoustic Guitar – Hobart Smith

Flute [Cane Fife] – Ed Young

Vocals – Bessie Jones

Vocals, Handclaps – Georgia Sea Island Singers

2 Hobart Smith– Katy Went Fishing With Her Hook And Line

Fiddle – Hobart Smith

3 Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith– Walk In The Parlor

Banjo – Lucius Smith

Vocals, Panpipes [Quills] – Sid Hemphill

4 Vera Ward Hall*– Mama's Gonna Buy

Vocals – Vera Ward Hall*

5 Fred McDowell– Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Fred McDowell

6 Bright Light Quartet– Po' Lazarus

Vocals – Bright Light Quartet

7 Neil Morris– The Lass Of Loch Royale

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Neil Morris

8 J.E. Mainer And Band*– Three Nights Drunk

9 Charley Everidge & Neil Morris– Turkey In The Straw

Vocals – Neil Morris

Wind [Mouth Bow] – Charley Everidge

10 Sidney Carter– Pharaoh

Vocals – Sidney Carter

11 Uncle Charlie Higgins*, Wade Ward & Dale Poe– Interview/Cripple Creek

Acoustic Guitar – Dale Poe

Banjo – Wade Ward

Fiddle – Charlie Higgins

12 Ollie Gilbert– The Diver Boy

Vocals – Ollie Gilbert

13 Estil C. Ball– Pretty Polly

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Estil C. Ball

14 Bright Light Quartet– Sweet Roseanne

Vocals – Bright Light Quartet

15 Bessie Jones– Sink 'Em Low

Backing Vocals – Henry Morrison, John Davis (30), Peter Davis (7), Willis Proctor

Lead Vocals – Bessie Jones

16 Ed Lewis (3)– Dollar Mamie

Backing Vocals – Henry Mason, James Carter (8), John L. Moore*

Lead Vocals – Ed Lewis (3)

17 Rev. Crenshaw & Congregation– I Wonder Will We Meet Again?

18 Almeda Riddle– Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Vocals – Almeda Riddle

19 I.D. Beck– Testimony

Voice – Elder I.D. Beck*

20 Ike Caudill & The Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church Congregation– Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah

21 Sacred Harp Singers*– The Last Words Of Copernicus

22 Belleville A Cappella Choir– The Gospel Train

Choir – Belleville A Cappella Choir

Lead Vocals – Caleb Harris

23 John Davis (30) & Bessie Jones– Beulah Land

Banjo – Hobart Smith

Drums – Nat Rahmings

Flute [Cane Fife] – Ed Young

Lead Vocals – Bessie Jones, John Davis (30)

Vocals – Alberta Ramsay, Emma Ramsay, Henry Morrison

24 Hobart Smith & Bessie Jones– It Just Suits Me

Lead Vocals – Bessie Jones

Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Hobart Smith

Vocals, Handclaps – Georgia Sea Island Singers



   Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rounder Records Corp.

   Copyright © – Rounder Records Corp.

   Mastered At – Master Cutting Room



   Art Direction, Design – Luzzi Limited

   Compiled By [Sounthern Journey Series], Research, Edited By – Andrew L. Kaye, Matthew Barton

   Consultant [Series Consultant] – Bess Lomax Hawes, Gideon D'Arcangelo

   Coordinator [Series Coordinator] – Bill Nowlin

   Engineer [Sound Restoration], Producer [Mastering Producer] – Steve Rosenthal

   Liner Notes – Matthew Barton

   Mastered By – Phil Klum

   Photography By – Alan Lomax

   Producer [Additional Assistance] – Marion Jacobson

   Producer [Collection Producer] – Anna L. Chairetakis, Jeffrey Greenberg*

   Recorded By [Assistant] – Shirley Collins

   Recorded By [Original Field Recordings Recorded By], Producer [Original Field Recordings Produced By] – Alan Lomax



Tracks 1, 24 rec. 4/1960 St. Simon's Island, GA.

Tracks 2, 23 rec. 28/4/1960 Williamsburg, VA.

Track 3 rec. 9/1959 Senatobia, MS.

Track 4 rec. 10/10/1959 Tuscaloosa, AL.

Track 5 rec. 25/9/1959 Como, MS.

Tracks 6, 14 rec. 6/4/1960 Weems, VA.

Tracks 7, 9 rec. 6/10/1959 Timbo, AR.

Track 8 rec. 10/1959 Concord, NC.

Track 10 rec. 9/1959 Senatobia, MS.

Track 11 rec. 28/8/1959, Hillsville, VA.

Track 12 rec. 10/1959 Timbo, AR.

Track 13 rec. 31/8/1959 Rugby, VA.

Track 15 rec. 11/4/1960 Frederica, GA.

Track 16 rec. 9/1959 Lambert Penitentiary, Camp 11, MS.

Track 17 rec. 4/10/1959 Memphis, TN.

Track 18 rec. 10/1959 Miller, AR.

Tracks 19, 20 rec. 6/9/1959 Mount Olivet Old Regular Baptist Church, Blackey, KY.

Track 21 rec. 12/9/1959 Fyffe, AL.

Track 22 rec. 30/4/1960 Belleville, VA.



Mastered at The Master Cutting Room, NYC.



Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 10 to 12, 16, 24 previously unreleased.



Ⓟ & © 1997 Rounder Records Corp.



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   Matrix / Runout: 147670-XD3-7004-A *ROCD 1071*

   Mastering SID Code: IFPI L791

   Mould SID Code: IFPI 2D3G