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Various Artists: The Return of the Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

2 CD / Yazoo / 2012-10-16

Tracks: L and N Rag - Alex Hood & His Railroad Boys; Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern; Hard for to Love - Appalachian Vagabond; Panama Limited, The - Bukka White; John Henry Blues - Earl Johnso...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: David Isay; R. Anthony Lee; Harvey Wang; Henry Renard; Harry Kursh; Charles Huber; Pete Kaufman; Richard Nevins.

This sequel to The ...continue...

Los Jardineros: The Best of los Jardineros

1 CD / Yazoo / 2006-06-06

Tracks: Endemoniao (Possesed by the Devil); Cafe Colao (Strained Coffee); La Noche (The Night); Novio Esplendido (Splendid Boyfriend); Panchita; Agua Caliente (Hot Water); Papa Roosevelt; El Hombre y la Muje...
Artists: Los Jardineros

CD comes with 36 page book with extensive background information on Los Jardineros...continue...

Various Artists: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

2 CD / Yazoo / 2006-04-04

Tracks: Croquet Habits - Freeny's Barn Dance Band; Mississippi Country Farm - Son House; Up Jumped the Rabbit - Georgia Pot Lickers; I'm Going Back Home - Memphis Minnie/Joe McCoy; Fightin' in the War With S...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Georgia Pot Lickers, Rev. B.L. Wightman & Congregation, Smith & Irvine, Uaroy Graves, Roy Hobbs, Yank Rachell.

For anyone who's collected 78-rpm records, enjoyed Harry Smith's ...continue...

Skip James: Hard Time Killin' Floor

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Cypress Grove Blues; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Special Rider Blues; Devil Got My Woman; I'm So Glad; Cherrry Ball Blues; 22-20 Blues; Jesus Is a Migh...
Artists: Skip James

Solo performer: Skip James (vocals, guitar)

Recorded in 1964. Includes liner notes by Brett J. Bonner.

Includes 4 bonus tracks by Son House.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.
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Charley Patton: Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel Songs [Remaster]

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-03-22

Tracks: Revenue Man Blues; Hang It on the Wall; Prayer of Death, Pt. 1; High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2; Stone Pony Blues; Prayer of Death, Pt. 2; Mean Black Cat Blues; 34 Blues; You're Gonna Need Somebody When...
Artists: Charley Patton

Personnel: Charley Patton (vocals, guitar); Willie Brown (guitar); Bertha Lee (vocals); Henry "Son" Sims (fiddle).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Don Kent; Stephen...continue...

George Washington Phillips: Key to the Kingdom [Remaster]

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-03-22

Tracks: Lift Him Up That's All; Paul and Silas in Jail; Mother's Last Word to Her Son; Church Needs Good Deacons, The; Jesus Is My Friend; Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter, A; I Had a Good Father and Mothe...
Artists: George Washington Phillips

Personnel: George Washington Phillips (vocals, zither); Blind Mamie Forehand, A.C. Forehand.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Pat Conte.

Recording information:...continue...

Frank Stokes: The Best of Frank Stokes

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-01-25

Tracks: Take Me Back; Mistreatin' Blues; You Shall; What's the Matter Blues; I'm Going Away Blues; Memphis Rounders Blues; It Won't Be Long Now; It's a Good Thing (Take 1); Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, ...
Artists: Frank Stokes

Personnel: Frank Stokes (vocals, guitar); Frank Stokes; Dan Sane (guitar); Will Batts (fiddle).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Richard Nevins; Don Kent.

Pho...continue...

Blind Willie McTell: The Best of Blind Willie McTell

1 CD / Yazoo / 2004-09-21

Tracks: Broke Down Engine Blues; Statesboro Blues; Travelin' Blues; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Dark Night Blues; Three Women Blues; Atlanta Strut; Writing Paper Blues; Come on Around to My House Mam...
Artists: Blind Willie McTell

Recorded in the 20's & 30's.

Personnel: Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

No one less than Bob Dylan penn...continue...

Various Artists: Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson

1 CD / Yazoo / 2004-01-20

Tracks: Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw; Old Original Kokomo Blues - Kokomo Arnold; Cruel Hearted Woman - Bumble Bee Slim; Roll and Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern; Life Saver Blues - Lonnie J...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Elijah Wald.

In a day and time (post-2000) when tribute albums spring up before a singer has a chance to die, much less become an imm...continue...

Charley Patton: Best of Charley Patton

1 CD / Yazoo / 2003-11-11

Tracks: Down the Dirt Road Blues; It Won't Be Long; High Water Everywhere, Pt.1; High Sheriff Blues; Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues; Lord, I'm Discouraged; Shake It and Break It; Rattlesnake Blues; Screamin' an...
Artists: Charley Patton

Digitally remastered in 2003.

Personnel includes: Charley Patton (vocals, guitar).

Includes liner notes by Steve Calt and Don Kent.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner ...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 7: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 2003-10-07

Tracks: Bust Down Stomp - Various Artists; Dixie Mail - Jimmie Tarlton; Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill; Mineola Rag - The East Texas Serenaders; Christ Arose - Sheffield Male Quartet; Rainy Nigh...
Artists: Various Artists

Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the seventh installment) collects 1920s and '30s commercial 78s, and taken together they project a vital and energeti...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 8: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 2003-10-07

Tracks: It's Just Like Heaven - Vaughan Quartet; Steeley Rag, The - Red Headed Fiddlers; Paddlin' Blues - Gitfiddle Jim; Sand Mountain Drag; Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs; My Buddy, Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Ed Bell, Tommy Johnson, Bo Weavil Jackson (vocals, guitar); David Earl Miller (vocals); Ira Stripling (guitar); King Solomon Hill (slide guitar); Dennis McGee, Ernest Fruge (fiddle); Henry ...continue...

Various Artists: Kentucky Mountain Music [Box]

7 CD / Yazoo / 2003-03-11

Tracks: Ladies on the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford; Dying Soldier, The - Buell Kazee; Medley - Crockett Family; I Truly Understand You Love Another Man - Shortbuckle Roark & Family; Eight of January - Te...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in the 1920's and 1930's.

Recorded in the 1920's & 1930's.

Liner Note Author: Richard Nevins.

Released in February 2003, Kentucky Mountain Music is the type of box set th...continue...

Various Artists: Man of Constant Sorrow and Other Timeless Mountain Ballads

1 CD / Yazoo / 2002-05-21

Tracks: I Went to See My Sweetheart - Walter "Kid" Smith/Lewis McDaniel & Walter Smith; Oh Molly Dear - B.F. Shelton; Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford; Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton; Ommie Wise - G.B. Gray...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in the 1920's & 1930's.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Yazoo offers up another classic collection of mountain ballads and old-timey heartbreakers from the '20s and '...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 5: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 2002-04-23

Tracks: Railroad Blues - Sam McGee; Step Stone - Floyd County Ramblers; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James; Greenback Dollar - Weems String Band; Doggone That Train - Jimmie Davis; Framer's Blues - E...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Richard Nevins.

Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the fifth installment) collects 19...continue...

Gus Cannon/Cannon's Jug Stompers: The Best of Cannon's Jug Stompers

1 CD / Yazoo / 2001-08-14

Tracks: Feather Bed; Last Chance Blues; Big Railroad Blues; Going to Germany; Minglewood Blues; Mule Get up in the Alley; Viola Lee Blues; Walk Right In; Noah's Blues; Wolf River Blues; Riley's Wagon; Madiso...
Artists: Gus Cannon/Cannon's Jug Stompers

Gus Cannon/Cannon's Jug Stompers: Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers, Noah Lewis, Ashley Thomson.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Recording information: ...continue...

Memphis Jug Band: The Best of the Memphis Jug Band

3 CD / Yazoo / 2001-06-12

Tracks: Tired of You Driving Me; Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake, A; Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues; Papa's Got Your Bath Water On; On the Road Again; K.C. Moan; Cocaine Habit Blues; Coal Oil Blues; You May Leav...
Artists: Memphis Jug Band

Recorded in the 1920s.

Contains 23 tracks.

Charlie Polk, Jab Jones and Hambone Lewis also play jug on these selections.

Memphis Jug Band: Will Shade (vocals, guitar, harmonica); J...continue...

Blind Blake: The Best of Blind Blake [Yazoo]

2 CD / Yazoo / 2000-10-24

Tracks: Southern Rag; Georgia Bound; Blind Arthur's Breakdown; Too Tight Blues, No. 2; Dry Bone Shuffle; Rope Stretching Blues, Pt. 1; Panther Squall Blues; Skeedle Loo Doo Blues; You Gonna Quit Me Blues; Se...
Artists: Blind Blake

Includes liner notes by Steve Calt, Woody Mann and Don Kent.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Don Kent; Stephen Cal...continue...

Blind Lemon Jefferson: The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson [Yazoo]

2 CD / Yazoo / 2000-10-24

Tracks: Match Box Blues; That Crawlin' Baby Blues; Hot Dogs; Corinna Blues; Rambler Blues; Rabbit Foot Blues; Dry Southern Blues; 'Lectric Chair Blues; One Dime Blues; Got the Blues; See That My Grave Is Kep...
Artists: Blind Lemon Jefferson

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Stephen Calt.

Though KING OF THE COUNTRY BLUES is the definitive Blind Lemon Jeffer...continue...

Various Artists: Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon

2 CD / Yazoo / 2000-06-13

Tracks: My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii - Kanui & Lula; Pame Sti Honolulu - Bezos' Hawaiian Orchestra; Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Oscar Woods; Milenberg Joys - Rodney Rogers' Red Pepper...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Robert Armstrong.

While not exactly luau music, Slidin' on the Frets: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Phenomenon is steeped in island tradi...continue...

King Bennie Nawahi: Hawaiian String Virtuoso: Steel Guitar Recordings of the 1920's

2 CD / Yazoo / 2000-06-13

Tracks: Hawaiian Capers; Singin' in the Bathtub; Ukelele Benny; May Day Is Lei Day in Hawaii; Dinah; Mauna Kea; Honolulu Bound; My Little A-1 Brownie; Big Feet Rag; My Girl from the South Sea Isles; Ticklin'...
Artists: King Bennie Nawahi

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Robert Armstrong.

King Bennie Nawahi is, without a doubt, the finest Hawaiian slide player that ever lived. As the excellent liner no...continue...

Various Artists: Juke Joint Saturday Night: Classic Piano Blues Rags & Stomps

1 CD / Yazoo / 2000-05-23

Tracks: Pratt City Blues - Jabo Williams; Jab's Blues - Jabo Williams; On the Wall - Louise Johnson; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road - Skip James; Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor; Vicksburg...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Skip James, Little Brother Montgomery, Louise Johnson, Jabo Williams.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Bob Hall.

Capable of producing music...continue...

Solas: Live

1 DVD Video / Yazoo / 2000-05-09

Artists: Solas

Solas: Karan Casey (vocals); John Doyle (guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals); Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals); Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, low whistle, tin whistle, mandolin, nylon string guitar, bodhran,...continue...

Various Artists: The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 2: Early American Rural Children's, Songs Classic

1 CD / Yazoo / 2000-03-14

Tracks: Little Honey Bee - Bill Carlisle; Chewing Chewing Gum - Lake Howard; Froggie Went A-Courtin', The - Anna/Julietta Canova; Devilish Mary - The Skillet Lickers II; Charley, He's a Good Old Man - Kelly ...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Richard Nevins.

Remastered directly from original 78s.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Richard Nevins.

The Story That the Crow ...continue...

Various Artists: The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Children's, Songs Classic

1 CD / Yazoo / 2000-03-14

Tracks: I Am Just What I Am - Homer Briarhopper; Poor Little Thing Cried Mammy - Three Georgia Crackers; Barnyard Tumble - Bill Carlisle; Old Molly Hare - Riley Puckett/Clayton McMichen; Animals Coming In - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Richard Nevins.

Remastered directly from original 78s.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

The Story That the Crow Told Me, Vol. 1 compiles a fun selection o...continue...

Various Artists: Klezmer: From Old World To Our World

1 CD / Yazoo / 2000-03-14

Tracks: Nit Ba Motin (Nit Bay Motyen) - Abe Orchestra Elenkrig; Ato Yozarto - Cantor Yossele; Mayofus - Belf Rumynski Ork'estr; Diona - Joseph Moskowitz; Palesteena - Original Dixieland Jazz Band; Di Grime K...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Dave Tarras, Abe Schwartz, Andy Statman, Naftule Brandweine, Klezmatics.

Liner Note Author: Henry Sapoznik.

This is the companion CD to the critically acclaimed book ...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 3: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-10-19

Tracks: I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - Blind Willie Johnson; Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men; Worried Blues - Frank Hutchison; Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short; Acorn Stomp - The East Texas ...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings Of The 1920's and 30's: Volume 3.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins....continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 4: Early American Rural Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-10-19

Tracks: Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton; Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris; Billy in the Low Ground - Dick Burnett/Leonard Rutherford/Burnett & Rutherford; Rambling Gambler - The Dixon Brothers; Every Day in...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings Of The 1920's and 30's: Volume 4.

Personnel: Skip James, Asa Martin (vocals, guitar); Howard Dixon (v...continue...

Various Artists: The Cornshucker's Frolic, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-07-20

Tracks: Grape Vine Twist, The - Steve & His Hot Shots; They Don't Roost Too High for Me - Earl Johnson; Mule Get Up in the Alley - Cannon's Jug Stompers; Leather Britches - The Leake County Revelers; Possum ...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Photographer: William Sidney Mount.

This second volume of festive roots music focuses more on blues and jug band mus...continue...

Various Artists: The Cornshucker's Frolic, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-07-20

Tracks: Little Rabbit & Rabbit Where's You Mammy? - Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers; Mississippi Square Dance Part 2 - Freeny's Barn Dance Band; Forty Drops - Andrew & Jim Baxter; Serenade in the Mountains ...
Artists: Various Artists

Recorded in the 20's & 30's.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

This lively collection of celebratory music by rural musicians from the 1920s and '30s is a dream for fans of vintage country mu...continue...

Leo Soileau: Early American Cajun Music: The Early Recordings of Leo Soileau

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-01-19

Tracks: Basile; Valse de Josephine, La; Mama, Where You At?; Easy Rider Blues; Grosse Mama; Valse à Moreau, La; Demain C'Est Pas Dimanche; C'Est Pas la Peine Tu Pleures; Criminal Waltz, The; Je T'Ai Rec...
Artists: Leo Soileau

Personnel includes: Leo Soileau; Mayuse LaFleur, Moise Robin (vocals).

Recorded during the 1920s. Includes liner notes by Ann Allen Savoy.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins....continue...

Blind Uncle Gaspard/Delma Lachney/John Bertrand: Early American Cajun Music

1 CD / Yazoo / 1999-01-19

Tracks: Bebe et la Gambleur, Le (The Baby and the Gambler) :: The Baby And The Gambler; Sur la Bord de l'Eau (By the Water's Edge) :: On The Water's Edge; Cousinne Lilly; Baoille; Natchitoches :: French Town...
Artists: Blind Uncle Gaspard/Delma Lachney/John Bertrand

Recorded during the 1920s. Includes liner notes by Ron Brown.

Personnel: Leo Soileau (fiddle); Mayeus Lafleur (accordion).

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Ron...continue...

Various Artists: My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-10-20

Tracks: Cocaine - Dick Justice; Otto Wood the Bandit - The Carolina Buddies; Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt; Railroadin' and Gamblin' - Uncle Dave Macon; That Bad Man Stackolee - David Miller; Canned Heat B...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles Wolfe.

Digitally remastered from the original recordings by Richard Nevins.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe;...continue...

Various Artists: My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-10-20

Tracks: Tell It to Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music; Little Sadie - Clarence Ashley; Bad Luck Dice - Clifford Gibson; Way Up on Clinch Mountain - Jilson Setters; Frankie - Dykes Magic City Trio; Canned Heat...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles Wolfe.

Digitally remastered from the original recordings by Richard Nevins.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe;...continue...

Various Artists: Hard Times Come Again No More, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-08-18

Tracks: Price of Cotton Blues - Allen Brothers; Keno, The Rent Man - The Cofer Brothers; Bad Time Blues - Barbecue Bob; Wreck of the Tennessee Gravey Train - Sam McGee; Arkansas Sheik, The - Clayton McMichen...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles K. Wolfe and Don Kent.

Digitally remastered by Richard Nevins from original 78s.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.
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Various Artists: Hard Times Come Again No More, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-08-18

Tracks: Down on Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys; How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? - Blind Alfred Reed; Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin; All I Got's Gone - Ernest V. Stoneman; Bread Line Blues - Sli...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Charles K. Wolfe and Don Kent.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe; Don Kent.

Another fine Yazoo collection of vintage A...continue...

Various Artists: Song of Crooked Dance: Bulgarian Music 1927-1942

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-05-19

Tracks: Selska Svadba - Demir Cholakov :: Village Wedding - Demir Cholakov; Dimo Na Rada - Vulkana Stoyanova/Radi Angelov Orchestra :: Dimo Said To Rada - Vulkana Stoyanova/Radi Angelov Orchestra; Mechkadars...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Lauren Brody.

Personnel: Atanasova Zah, Gergana Tsekova, Hristo Arsov, Boris Mashalov (vocals); Boris Karlov (accordion)....continue...

Various Artists: Secret Museum of Mankind: Ethnic Music Classics, Vol. 5, 1925-1948

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-04-21

Tracks: Kahira - Anon. Minstrels (French Guinea); Jala-Tarang - Master Vyas (India); To Nufoparam - Stavros Petrides (Pontus); Adios, Pueblo de Ayacucho - Estansilao Medina (Peru); Amanxila (South Rhodesia) ...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Pat Conte.

Digitally remastered from original 78s by Richard Nevins.

Of all the recent excavation projects inspired by our voracious musical culture, none is more...continue...

Various Artists: The Secret Museum of Mankind: Music of East Africa, Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48

1 CD / Yazoo / 1998-04-21

Tracks: Chebokion Kiyai - Wilson Laboso/Kericho Girls (Kenya/Kipsigis); Kumbe Siyengetile - Francis Baloye/Shangaan Band (P.E.A./Mozambique); Unguja - Elmughani Maalim Shaban (Zanzibar); AB' Omupiira Bebale ...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Pat Conte.

Digitally remastered by Robert Vosgien (CMS Digital, California)....continue...

Various Artists: Rose Grew Round the Briar, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-11-18

Tracks: Old Time Rider - Clifford Gibson; Handsome Molly - Grayson & Whitter; Last Gold Dollar - Ephraim Woodie; Built Right on the Ground - Blind Teddy Darby; George Collins - Roy Harvey; It's Hard to Leave...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Photographer: Joan Pelosi.

The folks at Yazoo have outdone themselves in two genres with this collection of love son...continue...

Various Artists: The Rose Grew Round the Briar, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Love Songs

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-09-16

Tracks: I Went to See My Sweetheart - Walter Smith/Lewis McDaniel & Walter Smith; Dark Holler Blues - Clarence Ashley; I Do Blues - Robert Wilkins; What Will I Do, for My Money Is All Gone - Hattie Stoneman/...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Don Kent.

Despite its subtitle -- Early American Rural Love Songs -- Yazoo's The Rose Grew Round the Briar features at least as many ...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-07-15

Tracks: Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers; Dollar Bill Blues - Charlie Jordan; Lost John Dean - Bascom Lamar Lunsford; Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat - Seven Foot Dilly & His Hot Pickles...
Artists: Various Artists

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Authors: Charles K. Wolfe; Don Kent.

These are 23 rare 78s from the 1920s and 1930s, chosen to illustrate the wide range of "early American r...continue...

Various Artists: Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-07-15

Tracks: John Henry Blues - Earl Johnson; Moanin' the Blues - Allen Shaw; Lonesome Road Blues - Ernest V. Stoneman/Kahle Brewer; Washboard Cut Out - Bobby Leecan; Bob McKinney - Henry Thomas; Swanee River - F...
Artists: Various Artists

Like volume one, this presents 23 examples of early American rural music, mastered from rare 78s of the 1920s and 1930s. And like volume one, the names here will challenge the expertise of all but the...continue...

Various Artists: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 1: Country

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-05-20

Tracks: Lonesome Day Blues - Ruby Glaze; Papa's Got Your Bath Water On - Hattie Hart/Memphis Jug Band; Black Hand Blues - Hattie Hudson; Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough; Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee; O...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers Vol. 1:

Country.

Musician (10/97, p.89) - "...these songs have a vitality in the lyrics, an urge to say something, th...continue...

Various Artists: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 2: Town

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-05-20

Tracks: Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey; Strugglin' Woman's Blues - Clara Smith; Everybody Does It Now - Martha Copeland; Pay Roll Blues - Lucille Bogan; Forget Me Not Blues - Sara Martin; Section Hand Bl...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 2.

Performers include: Ma Rainey, Sara Martin, Sippie Wallace, Lottie Kimbrough, Mae Glover.

Audio Remasterer: ...continue...

Various Artists: Secret Museum of Mankind: Ethnic Music Classics, Vol. 4

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-03-18

Tracks: Locklatar - Elin Lisslass; Tonada de Tarka con Callaguas - Alberta Ruiz; Syrtas Kizzamitika - Jim Black; Squadra Dl Bel Canto - Il Bel Mazzolino; Anio No MBA Hisoka - Mme. Ravao & Rajoro; Been - R. S...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Pat Conte.

Digitally remastered from original 78s by Richard Nevins.

Of all the recent excavation projects inspired by our voracious musical culture, none is more...continue...

Various Artists: Secret Museum of Mankind: Music of North Africa, 1925-1948

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-03-18

Tracks: Habitec Oualâche Nghir - Set Nourria; Ma Thama Zinek, Pt. 2 - Raoul Journo; Yaben Sidi - Cheikh Hamada; Yali Fik Demoui - Troupe/El Fassia; Saadaoudi - Khamous/Bougadi; Kelbi Belhaâb - Koui...
Artists: Various Artists

Includes liner notes by Pat Conte.

Digitally remastered from original 78s by Richard Nevins.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.

Liner Note Author: Pat Conte.

Of all the rece...continue...

Various Artists: Wheels of the World, Vol. 1

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-01-21

Tracks: Back In The Garden / The Flowers Of The Red Mill - John McKenna; Rakish Paddy / The Wheels Of The World - James Morrison; Rambling Pitchfork, The - Edward Mullaney/Patrick Stack; Lord McDonald / Ball...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: The Wheels Of The World: Early Irish-American Music, Vol. 1....continue...

Various Artists: Wheels of the World, Vol. 2

1 CD / Yazoo / 1997-01-21

Tracks: Mullins Fancy - Packie Dolan; The Tailor's Thimble / The Red Haired Lass - John McKenna/James Morrison; The Jolly Tinker / The Pretty Girls Of Mayo - Paddy Killoran; The Night Cap / Mysteries Of Knoc...
Artists: Various Artists

Full title: The Wheels Of The World: Early Irish-American Music, Vol. 2....continue...

Various Artists: Jazz the World Forgot, Vol. 1: Jazz Classics of the 1920's

1 CD / Yazoo / 1996-10-29

Tracks: To-WA-Bac-a-WA - Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight; Happy Pal Stomp - Roy Johnson's Happy Pals; Goin' Crazy With the Blues - Mamie Smith; Over in the Gloryland - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band; Mojo Strut - Pick...
Artists: Various Artists

Compilation producers: Sherwin Dunner, Richard Nevins.

Recorded in the 1920s and 1930s.

The vintage music on this first of two CDs put out in 1996 by Yazoo is consistently enjoyable and ...continue...