Early Years 1958-62 by New Lost City Ramblers [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:Colored AristocracyHopalong PeterDon't Let Your Deal Go DownWhen First Unto This CountrySales Tax On the WomenRabbit ChasLeaving HomeHow Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back AgainI Truly Understand, You Love Another ManThe Old Fish SongThe Battleship Of MaineNo Depression in HeavenDallas RagBill Morgan And His GalFly Around My Pretty Little MissThe Lady of CarlisleBrown's Ferry BluesMy Long Journey HomeTalking Hard LuckThe TeetotalsSal Got A MeatskinRailroad BluesOn Some Foggy Mountain TopMy Sweet Farm GirlCrow Black Chicken Performer Notes: New Lost City Ramblers: Mike Seeger, Tom Paley, John Cohen.Engineers: Moses Asch, Peter Bartok, Mike Seeger.Digitally remastered by Malcolm Addey, Mike Seeger and Matt Walters.Personnel: Tom Paley (vocals, tenor, guitar, banjo, autoharp); Mike Seeger (vocals, tenor, guitar, autoharp, mandolin, fiddle); John Cohen (vocals, bass voice, guitar, banjo); Rensel Rich (guitar); Elmer Rick (mandolin); Sanford Rich, Harry Rich (fiddle).Audio Remasterers: Matt Walters; Malcolm Addey; Mike Seeger.Liner Note Author: Jon Pankake.Photographer: Robert Frank .Moses Asch had a unique method of recording artists back in the '40s and '50s. Someone like Woody Guthrie, for instance, would just drop by Folkways when he had an idea and record. Asch might pay him five dollars for the session, and in this way he accumulated a vault full of material. Perhaps this explains the incredible fact that the New Lost City Ramblers recorded 12 albums between 1958-1962. The Early Years (1958-1962) collects 26 songs, over 70 minutes of music, from these dozen discs, creating an excellent document of the band's years with Tom Paley. Paley, John Cohen, and Mike Seeger formed the New Lost City Ramblers in 1958 with the idea of playing old-time music recorded between the late '20s and 1940. While it has often been stated that the trio intended to copy -- phrase for phrase, lick for lick -- the old 78s, Jon Pankake points out in the liner notes that this wasn't the case. Instead, the New Lost City Ramblers wanted to insert the same vim and vigor into "The Battleship of Maine" and "Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss" as the original players. What stands out now, some 40 years after these recordings, is the band's versatility. Whether cutting loose on an instrumental like "Colored Aristocracy" or singing tight harmony on "Brown's Ferry Blues," the three comrades form a tight unit. While the arrangements never outgrow the number of persons in the band, each player's ability to play multiple instruments lends diversity to the material. The Early Years (1958-1962) offers a very good introduction to an innovative and influential band. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. Professional Reviews: Q (10/96, p.175) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The trio delivered misshapen harmonies on traditional hillbilly folk songs played out on guitar, banjo and violin....they had a profound influence on the NY folk scene and, inevitably, Dylan....they make an infectious and disturbing sound that's strangely alluring." Producer: Jon Pankake (Compilation) Format: CD (1 Disc); Mixed Country: USA Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 1 July, 1992 Label: Smithsonian/Folkways Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.11 kg)

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Language: Eng

Track #1: Colored Aristocracy

Track #2: Hopalong Peter

Track #3: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Track #4: When First Unto This Country

Track #5: Sales Tax On the Women

Track #6: Rabbit Chas

Track #7: Leaving Home

Track #8: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?

Track #9: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again

Track #10: I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man

Track #11: The Old Fish Song

Track #12: The Battleship Of Maine

Track #13: No Depression in Heaven

Track #14: Dallas Rag

Track #15: Bill Morgan And His Gal

Track #16: Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss

Track #17: The Lady of Carlisle

Track #18: Brown's Ferry Blues

Track #19: My Long Journey Home

Track #20: Talking Hard Luck

Track #21: The Teetotals

Track #22: Sal Got A Meatskin

Track #23: Railroad Blues

Track #24: On Some Foggy Mountain Top

Track #25: My Sweet Farm Girl

Track #26: Crow Black Chicken

Era: 1960s, 1950s

Run Time: 2908 Sec

Format: CD

Release Year: 1991

Features: Compilation, Studio Recording

Genre: Folk, Country

Style: Traditional Folk, Old-Timey, String Bands

Type: Album

Artist: The New Lost City Ramblers

Record Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Release Title: Early Years (1958-1962)