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Lady Isabel
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performed by Alan Mills, 1913-1977 and Jean Carignan; in Alan Mills and Jean Carignan: Songs, Fiddle Tunes and a Folk-Tale from Canada (Folkways Records, 1961), 5 mins
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American Ballads
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(Folkways Records, 1957), 50 mins
This collection reminds us that the ballad's purpose, first and foremost, is to tell a story. These songs narrate tales of ordinary people—hoboes and lovers and sailors—and their extraordinary deeds. From "John Henry" to "Lady Margaret," Pete Seeger's expressive style is ideally communicative.
(Folkways Records, 1957), 50 mins
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The Lily of the West
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produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995; performed by Joan O'Bryant, 1923-1964; in American Ballads And Folksongs (Folkways Records, 1958), 3 mins
Like Joan O'Bryant's previous Folkways recording, Folksongs and Ballads of Kansas, this album presents folk songs geographically close to O'Bryant's heart. Most of the ballads included here are versions from Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri, and several were collected through the University of Arkansas Folklore R...
produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein, 1927-1995; performed by Joan O'Bryant, 1923-1964; in American Ballads And Folksongs (Folkways Records, 1958), 3 mins
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Frankie and Johnny
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 (Folkways Records, 1957), 5 mins
See also: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reissued series of American Favorite Ballads.
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 (Folkways Records, 1957), 5 mins
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Stagger Lee
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 (Folkways Records, 1958), 2 mins
See also: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reissued series of American Favorite Ballads.to be completed in 2006.
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2 (Folkways Records, 1958), 2 mins
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Banks of the Ohio
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 (Folkways Records, 1961), 4 mins
See also: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings reissued series of American Favorite Ballads.
produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; performed by Pete Seeger, 1919-2014; in American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 (Folkways Records, 1961), 4 mins
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Pretty Polly
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produced by Jean Bell Thomas, 1882-1982; in American Folk Song Festival: Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman (Folkways Records, 1960), 2 mins
Created in 1931, the American Folk Song Festival helped Kentucky mountain singers share their music with the world. Perhaps more relevantly, it allowed the rest of the world to hear the music of these singers, including members of the Hatfield and McCoy families. This album was recorded in the 1950s, and feature...
produced by Jean Bell Thomas, 1882-1982; in American Folk Song Festival: Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman (Folkways Records, 1960), 2 mins
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Left My Gal in the Mountains
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produced by Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958; performed by Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958; in American Guitar (Folkways Records, 1958), 3 mins

Released in 1960, American Guitar features musician and former Sing Out! editor Ed Badeaux performing popular Southern country songs. Badeaux's survey of 19 songs in eight guitar accompaniment styles—performed on a nylon-stringed classical guitar—demonstrates examples of both finger-picked and flat-picked te...

produced by Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958; performed by Ed Badeaux, fl. 1958; in American Guitar (Folkways Records, 1958), 3 mins
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Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender
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performed by Andrew Rowan Summers; in Andrew Rowan Summers (Folkways Records, 1957), 10 mins
Dulcimer player and singer Andrew Rowan Summers gives listeners his distinctive renditions of ballads from the Anglo-Irish tradition, as well as a version of "Au Claire de la Lune" translated by famous writer Katherine Anne Porter.
performed by Andrew Rowan Summers; in Andrew Rowan Summers (Folkways Records, 1957), 10 mins
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Down in the Willow Garden (Rose Connelly)
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 and Charles Edward Smith, 1904-1970; in The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2 (Folkways Records, 1967), 3 mins

To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing “Cindy” on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with “Railroad Blues” using only...

produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986 and Charles Edward Smith, 1904-1970; in The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2 (Folkways Records, 1967), 3 mins
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