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Earth is Earth / The New Lost City Ramblers

(Folkways Records, 2012), 21 mins

This omnibus album combines the Earth is Earth 7" recording FWFF369, a collection of bawdy songs by the pseudonymous New Lost City Bang Boys, with four songs from The New Lost City Ramblers' 7" The New Lost City Ramblers, FWEPC602.

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Songs of Joe Hill

(Folkways Records, 2012), 23 mins

Sung by labor educator Joe Glazer, this album features songs by union organizer Joe Hill. Although these songs are rooted in their time, their messages are still relevant today, and this collection is valuable to scholars and fans of labor music alike.

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The Legend of Tom Dula and Other Tragic Love Ballads

produced by John R. Craig, fl. 1982 (Folkways Records, 1986), 39 mins

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Original Folk

produced by Marc Winokur, fl. 1986 (Folkways Records, 1986), 33 mins

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Down Jersey: Songs and Stories of Southern New Jersey

(Folkways Records, 1985), 40 mins

Jim Albertson, avid story-teller and folklorist, shares with listeners the songs and stories of southern New Jersey including that of brave Sammy Giberson, a legendary character who bested the devil in a fiddle contest, and the tragic story of Molly Bannon who while transformed into a swan was accidentally killed...