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Memphis Slim and the Real Boogie-Woogie
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produced by Charles Edward Smith, 1904-1970 (Folkways Records, 1959), 41 mins

Peter Chatman Jr., aka Memphis Slim, stomps out a "progressive boogie and blues" on the piano. Self-taught in the honky-tonk juke joints of Tennessee, he produced some of the most powerful boogie-woogie out there, with an incessant bass like you wouldn’t believe.

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produced by Charles Edward Smith, 1904-1970 (Folkways Records, 1959), 41 mins
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Thinking about the Old Ways:  Medley:  Soldier's Joy, Water Bound, Somebody Kicks My Dog Around
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produced by Kevin Roth, 1957-; performed by Kevin Roth, 1957-; in The Mountain Dulcimer Instrumental Album (Folkways Records, 1977), 2 mins

The mountain dulcimer is more accurately described as a fretted zither. Performing the songs of traditional mountain folk and contemporary urban musicians, as well as composing his own, Kevin Roth offers a diverse repertoire: an old Virginia fiddle tune, an East Indian melody, a Clementi sonata, a Baptist hymn and...

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produced by Kevin Roth, 1957-; performed by Kevin Roth, 1957-; in The Mountain Dulcimer Instrumental Album (Folkways Records, 1977), 2 mins
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Mountain Music Played on the Autoharp
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produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009 (Folkways Records, 1962), 51 mins
First patented in 1881 by German instrument repairman Charles Zimmerman, the autoharp first reached popularity as a novelty instrument. By 1900, while that fad had passed, the autoharp found an enduring home in the southern mountains. This compilation features a variety of performers, as well as extensive biogra...
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produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009 (Folkways Records, 1962), 51 mins
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Music Boxes, Carousels, and Hand Organ
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(Cook Records, 1950), 45 mins
This special collection of 19th-century music boxes, carousels and hand organs yields not only the delicate bell-like tingle we associate with the music box or the huskier sound of hand organ bellows, but also a few not-yet-so-elegant jangles from some of the earliest ever mechanical contraptions.
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(Cook Records, 1950), 45 mins
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Music for the Harpsichord and Virginal
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(Folkways Records, 1962), 38 mins

Recorded in 1961, Stewart Robb’s collection of early to mid seventeenth-century keyboard music comes from the British Isles and continental Europe. He performs on two instruments: one, the commonly-heard harpsichord, and the other the virginal, a word often used to describe plucked keyboard instrument of the 16...

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(Folkways Records, 1962), 38 mins
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Freight Train: The Southern
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performed by Horace Sprott, 1890-; in Music from the South, Vol. 4: Horace Sprott, 3 (Folkways Records, 1955), 2 mins
Horace Sprott, born around 1890, performs on Volumes 2, 3, and 4 of this series. Frederic Ramsey, Jr. writes, "There were many men like Sprott...[who] passed from one hard time to another, never forgetting the song. In that way, the tradition and the repertoire grew, and a body of poetic expression emerged. Thi...
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performed by Horace Sprott, 1890-; in Music from the South, Vol. 4: Horace Sprott, 3 (Folkways Records, 1955), 2 mins
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Old Country Hunt Horn / The Hunt /Hunt Horn (at a distance) (medley)
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in Music from the South, Vol. 10: Been Here and Gone (Folkways Records, 1960), 2 mins

On this album, Frederic Ramsey, Jr. presents an overview of the material introduced in previous volumes of the Music from the South series. He organizes this compilation into two categories—"Sounds and Music"and "Saints and the Devil"—that encompass secular and religious music from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mis...

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in Music from the South, Vol. 10: Been Here and Gone (Folkways Records, 1960), 2 mins
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Music of Kern, Gershwin, Rogers, Youmans and Arthur Schwartz
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(Folkways Records, 1960), 33 mins

Milton Rettenberg was the first pianist other than Gershwin himself to perform Rhapsody in blue(with Paul Whiteman’s orchestra) and, with Gershwin, debuted Concerto for F on radio. In this collection he brings together some of the early 20th century’s most beautiful popular songs from the era’s finest co...

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Liebestraum
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; in Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras (Folkways Records, 1958), 4 mins
This fascinating collection of music from the streets of New Orleans was recorded between 1954 and 1958, and includes an inspiring variety of material, from vegetable peddlers' street cries to the musical saw and brass bands, from a shoeshine boy's hambone to Sister Dora Alexander's impassioned "Russia, Let God's...
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produced by Moses Asch, 1905-1986; in Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: Music of the Streets: Music of Mardi Gras (Folkways Records, 1958), 4 mins
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Music of the Carousel
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(Folkways Records, 1961), 30 mins

Longing for another go on the carousel? Relive the sound experience with tunes played on the calliope. The light-hearted music for organ has entered popular memory, with thanks due to our childhood experiences on merry-go-round ponies and lions.

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(Folkways Records, 1961), 30 mins
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