JSP Records – JSP77100
Format: 4 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: UK
Released: 2007
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[Disk One]
01 Little Sally Goodin (3:08)
02 Goin' Up Town (2:56)
03 Billy In The Low Ground (2:50)
04 Green Backed Dollar Bill (2:54)
05 Chesapeake Bay (3:03)
06 Fate Of Santa Barbara (2:43)
07 Sherman Valley (2:35)
08 Get Along Home Cindy (3:22)
09 Darby's Ram (3:17)
10 Stepstone (2:55)
11 Speaking The Truth (3:07)
12 A Stump Speech In The 10th District (3:37)
13 Adam And Eve (3:11)
14 North Bound Train (3:14)
15 You'll Never Find A Daddy Like Me (2:49)
16 Mobile County Blues (2:54)
17 Just Because (2:53)
18 Village School (3:04)
19 Fatal Flower Garden (2:58)
20 Rabbit Chase (3:05)
21 Sugar Hill (3:00)
22 I Ain't A Bit Drunk (2:59)
23 No Business Of Mine (3:32)
24 I'll Never Get Drunk Again (3:04)
25 Governor Smith For President (3:00)
[Disk Two]
01 The Faded Coat Of Blue (3:11)
02 The Wagoner's Lad (Loving Nancy) (3:04)
03 The Dying Soldier (Brother Green) (3:09)
04 Red Wing (2:45)
05 Snow Deer (2:53)
06 In The Shadow Of The Pines (2:41)
07 You Taught Me How To Love You (Now Teach Me To Forget) (2:52)
08 The Hobo's Last Ride (3:02)
09 Steel A Goin' Down (2:23
10 Toll The Bells (2:46)
11 The Cowboy Trail (2:39)
12 The Blind Man (2:53)
13 I'm Rolling Along (2:30)
14 A Mountain Boy Makes His First Record (Pt.1) (3:35)
15 A Mountain Boy Makes His First Record (Pt.2) (2:51)
16 Election Day In Kentucky (Pt.1) (3:22)
17 Election Day In Kentucky (Pt.2) (3:01)
18 Black Eyed Susie (2:50)
19 Cluck Old Hen (2:43)
20 Boatin' Up Sandy (2:54)
21 Johnson Boys (2:46)
22 Gonna Raise Ruckus Tonight (3:23)
23 Cindy (2:49)
24 Old Joe Clark (3:06)
25 Whistlin' Rufus (3:14)
26 When You're All In Down And Out (3:09)
[Disk Three]
01 The Faded Coat Of Blue (3:11)
02 The Wagoner's Lad (Loving Nancy) (3:04)
03 The Dying Soldier (Brother Green) (3:09)
04 Red Wing (2:45)
05 Snow Deer (2:53)
06 In The Shadow Of The Pines (2:41)
07 You Taught Me How To Love You (Now Teach Me To Forget) (2:52)
08 The Hobo's Last Ride (3:02)
09 Steel A Goin' Down (2:23)
10 Toll The Bells (2:46)
11 The Cowboy Trail (2:39
12 The Blind Man (2:53)
13 I'm Rolling Along (2:30)
14 A Mountain Boy Makes His First Record (Pt.1) (3:35)
15 A Mountain Boy Makes His First Record (Pt.2) (2:51)
16 Election Day In Kentucky (Pt.1) (3:22)
17 Election Day In Kentucky (Pt.2) (3:01)
18 Black Eyed Susie (2:50)
19 Cluck Old Hen (2:43)
20 Boatin' Up Sandy (2:54)
21 Johnson Boys (2:46)
22 Gonna Raise Ruckus Tonight (3:23)
23 Cindy (2:49)
24 Old Joe Clark (3:06)
25 Whistlin' Rufus (3:14)
26 When You're All In Down And Out (3:09)
[Disk Four]
01 Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea (2:59)
02 Good-bye My Bonnie, Good-bye (2:54)
03 The Bulldog Down In Sunny Tennessee (3:07)
04 I Love My Mountain Home (2:50)
05 When The Good Lord Sets You Free (3:11)
06 There's A Man Goin' Around Takin' Names (3:34)
07 Lay Down Baby, Take Your Rest (3:10)
08 Can't You Remember When Your Heart Was Mine (3:00)
09 Roll On, Boys (3:06)
10 You Are A Little Too Small (3:03)
11 Peg And Awl (3:00)
12 I'll Be Washed (2:58)
13 Hand In Hand We Have Walked Along Together (3:26)
14 The Train's Done Left Me (3:10)
15 Who's Gonna Kiss Your Lips, Dear Darling (3:10)
16 Oh, How I Hate It (3:12)
17 Rude And Rambling Man (3:21)
18 The Old Grey Goose (2:54)
19 Back To Mexico (2:45)
20 The Hen House Door Is Locked (2:53)
21 Got The Farm Land Blues (3:21)
22 Washing Mama's Dishes (2:54)
23 She Wouldn't Be Still (2:46)
24 Roll On, Daddy, Roll On (3:03)
25 The Bulldog Down In Sunny Tennessee (2:27)
[Credits]
Artists: Crockett Family, Walter Couch And Wilks Ramblers, Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Nelstone's Hawaiians, Charlie Parker, George Roark, Smoky Mountain Ramblers, Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers, Carolina Night Hawks, Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters, Hugh Cross & Riley Puckett, Carolina Tar Heels, Ernest Thompson, Bradley Kincaid, The Pine Mountain Boys, Dad Crockett, Dock Walsh
[Notes]
JSP-77100 MOUNTAIN FROLIC (Various old-time artists --4 CD set) Here's another of those neatly packaged British imports with tons of music at a really bargain price. As with others in this series, there are over 100 tracks. This set is roughly based on a very early (1940s) Decca 78rpm album of rare 1920s material from the old Vocalion and Brunswick catalogs (Buell Kazee, Hill Billies, Dad Crockett, Bascom Lunsford, etc) that proved to be quite influential among folksingers and the early old-time revivalists like New Lost City Ramblers. There is plenty here of interest to old time fans, though some of the groups that appear here seem selected totally at random (George Roark, Charlie Parker, Walter Couch and Red Patterson are each represented with one cut --all good tracks, but we can't figure out what the connection to the other material is. The groups that get the most attention are Buell Kazee (40 songs) and The Carolina Tar Heels (22 Victor tracks). There are also 7 pieces each by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Nelstone's Hawaiians. Collectors should note right away that the 40 Kazee songs almost totally duplicate two fairly recent Buell Kazee reissues on the British Archive label (BACM-027 and 214). The Nelstone cuts are nice, and seldom heard, and there are a few well chosen tracks by Dr. Humphrey Bate and Al Hopkins' Buckle Busters. Notes and discography are better than on some other recent JSP issues, but still hard to read. All in all, there's still a lot here for the old time fan to enjoy.
