Various - Historic Sessions The Knoxville Sessions 1929 - 1930, Knox County Stomp (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)

Coffret 4 CD (format LP) avec livre relié de 156 pages, 102 titres, durée totale env. 300 minutes.

• Avec cette édition, Bear Family referme son panorama des enregistrements commerciaux réalisés à l'est du Tennessee à la fin des années 1920 et au début des années 1930.
• 'The Bristol Sessions, 1927–1928: The Big Bang Of Country Music' documentait les séances pionnières de Victor Records, qui marquent notamment les débuts de Jimmie Rodgers et de la Carter Family.
• 'The Johnson City Sessions, 1928–1929: Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music?' s'intéressait pour sa part aux campagnes de Columbia Records, parti en quête des talents de la country naissante dans les Appalaches – une recherche qui donna elle aussi naissance à quantité d'enregistrements décisifs.

The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp réunit les enregistrements issus de deux séances organisées par Brunswick Records au St. James Hotel, en centre-ville. Cette musique frappe autant par sa diversité que par l'extrême rareté des disques sur lesquels on peut l'entendre.

Là où les séances de Bristol et de Johnson City ne livraient pratiquement que de la country old-time et du gospel, les séances de Knoxville embrassent un éventail de voix et de sonorités bien plus large. Aux côtés de string bands old-time comme les Tennessee Ramblers, les Southern Moonlight Entertainers ou les Smoky Mountain Ramblers, on y entend la majestueuse chanteuse afro-américaine de blues et de gospel Leola Manning, la formidable musique de danse de Maynard Baird & His Southern Serenaders, le ragtime joué avec virtuosité aux instruments à cordes par Howard Armstrong and the Tennessee Chocolate Drops, des chants religieux par des quatuors vocaux blancs et noirs, des chanteurs comme Will Bennett et Haskell Wolfenbarger, un morceau unique consacré à la querelle entre les Hatfield et les McCoy – et jusqu'au discours de l'homme d'affaires dont l'entreprise avait fait venir Brunswick Records à Knoxville : le colonel J. G. Sterchi, président de la célèbre chaîne de magasins de meubles Sterchi Bros.

The Knoxville Sessions, 1929–1930: Knox County Stomp rassemble pour la première fois l'intégralité des enregistrements publiés issus du St. James Hotel, chacun remasterisé à partir des 78 tours d'origine. Beaucoup de ces disques sont d'une rareté extrême et, pour certains, on ne connaît qu'un unique exemplaire conservé. Les 102 interprétations réunies sur quatre CD sont accompagnées d'un livre relié de 156 pages au format d'un 33 tours, qui propose des articles sur l'histoire de Knoxville, sur le contexte des séances et sur chacun des musiciens – beaucoup de ces informations n'ont été mises au jour que récemment. L'ouvrage réunit en outre quantité de photographies rares, pour la plupart inédites, l'ensemble des paroles et une discographie détaillée illustrée de 250 reproductions.

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The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928 – The Big Bang of Country Music
Coffret 5 CD (format LP) avec livre relié de 120 pages
BCD 16094

CD 1:
ERNEST V. STONEMAN–E. KAHLE BREWER–WALTER MOONEY: The Dying Girl's Farewell - Tell Mother I Will Meet Her ERNEST V. STONEMAN-MISS IRMA FROST-UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: The Mountaineer's Courtship ERNEST V. STONEMAN-MISS IRMA FROST: Midnight On The Stormy Deep ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: Sweeping Through The Gates - I Know My Name Is There - Are You Washed In The Blood? - No More Good-Byes - The Resurrection (takes 1 & 2) - I Am Resolved (takes 1 & 2) ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: I Want To Go Where Jesus Is - Do, Lord, Remember Me - Old Ship Of Zion - Jesus Getting Us Ready For That Great Day - Happy In Prison - Don't Grieve After Me UNCLE ECK DUNFORD–HATTIE STONEMAN: What Will I Do, For My Money's All Gone UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: The Whip-poor-will's Song - Skip To Ma Lou, My Darling UNCLE ECK DUNFORD–ERNEST STONEMAN: Barney McCoy BLUE RIDGE CORN SHUCKERS
Old Time Corn Shuckin’, Parts 1 & 2
CD 2:
JOHNSON BROTHERS: The Jealous Sweetheart (takes 1 & 2) - A Passing Policeman - Just A Message From Carolina - BLIND ALFRED REED: The Wreck Of the Virginian (take 1 & 2) - I Mean To Live For Jesus - You Must Unload - Walking in the Way With Jesus (take 1 &2) JOHNSON BROTHERS WITH TENNESSEE WILDCATS: Two Brothers Are We - The Soldier's Poor Little Boy JOHNSON BROTHERS: I Want to See My Mother (Ten Thousand Miles Away) EL WATSON: Pot Liquor Blues - Narrow Gauge Blues B.F. SHELTON: Cold Penitentiary Blues - Oh Molly Dear - Pretty Polly - Darling Cora ALFRED G. KARNES: Called To The Foreign Field - I Am Bound For The Promised Land - Where We'll Never Grow Old - When They Ring The Golden Bells - To The Work J.P. NESTER: Train On The Island - Black-Eyed Susie BULL MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS: Johnny Goodwin
CD 3:
THE CARTER FAMILY: Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow - Little Log Cabin By The Sea - The Poor Orphan Child - The Storms Are On The Ocean - Single Girl, Married Girl - The Wandering Boy ALCOA QUARTET: Remember Me, O Mighty One - I'm Redeemed HENRY WHITTER: Henry Whitter's Fox Chase - Rain Crow Bill THE SHELOR FAMILY: Big Bend Gal - Suzanna Gal - Sandy River Belle (takes & 1 & 2) - Billy Grimes, The Rover MR. & MRS. J.W. BAKER: The Newmarket Wreck - On The Banks Of The Sunny Tennessee JIMMIE RODGERS: The Soldier’s Sweetheart - Sleep Baby Sleep TENNEVA RAMBLERS: The Longest Train I Ever Saw - Sweet Heaven When I Die - Miss ’Liza, Poor Gal WEST VIRGINIA COON HUNTERS: Greasy String - Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS: Standing On The Promises - At The River
CD 4:
SMYTH COUNTY RAMBLERS: My Name Is Ticklish Reuben - Way Down In Alabama ALFRED G. KARNES: Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid 'Neath The Clay - The Days Of My Childhood Plays - We Shall All Be Reunited ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul - Went Up In The Clouds Of Heaven - I Know That Jesus Set Me Free - Shine On Me - Bright Tomorrow - A Little Talk With Jesus HOWARD – PEAK (THE BLIND MUSICIANS): I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - Three Black Sheep CLARENCE GREENE: Good-night Darling - Little Bunch Of Roses THE STONEMAN FAMILY: The Broken-Hearted Lover UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: Angeline, The Baker - Old Shoes And Leggin's THE STONEMAN FAMILY: We Parted By The Riverside ERNEST STONEMAN'S DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: Down To Jordan And Be Saved - There's A Light Lit Up In Galilee THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Going Up The Mountain After Liquor, Parts 1 & 2 - The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Too Late
CD 5:
STAMPS QUARTET: I'll Be Happy - Like The Rainbow - Because I Love Him - Come To The Savior - Do Your Best, Then Wear A Smile - We Shall Reach Home SMITH BROTHERS: My Mother Is Waiting For Me In - Heaven Above - She Has Climbed The Golden Stair PALMER SISTERS: We’ll Sing On That Shore - Singing The Story Of Grace - Help Me To Find The Way - He’ll Be With Me TARTER & GAY: Brownie Blues - Unknown Blues CAROLINA TWINS: Where Is My Mamma? - When You Go A’Courtin' - I Sat Upon The River Bank - New Orleans Is The Town I Like Best - She Tells Me That I Am Sweet - Mr. Brown, Here I Come SHORTBUCKLE ROARK & FAMILY: I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man -My Mother's Hands

The Johnson City Sessions, 1928-1929 - Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music?
4 -CD boxed set (LP-size) with 136-page hardcover book
BCD 16083
CD 1:
SHELL CREEK QUARTET: My Boyhood Days - Back Where The Old Home Stands - GRANT BROTHERS & THEIR MUSIC: When A Man Is Married - Goodbye My Honey – I'm Gone - Tell It To Me - Johnson Boy - ROANE COUNTY RAMBLERS: Home Town Blues - Southern No. 111 - Step High Waltz - Tennessee Waltz - RENUS RICH & CARL BRADSHAW: Goodbye Sweetheart - Sleep Baby Sleep - CLARENCE GREEN & WISE BROTHERS: Pride Of The Ball - Kitty Waltz - CLARENCE GREEN: Johnson City Blues - Ninety-Nine Years In Jail - PROXIMITY STRING QUARTET: Lindy - Louise - GREENSBORO BOYS QUARTET: Sing Me A Song Of The Sunny South - Sweet Little Girl Of Mine - RICHARD HAROLD: The Battleship Maine - The Fisher's Maid - Sweet Bird - Mary Dear
CD 2:
BOWMAN SISTERS: My Old Kentucky Home - Swanee River - CHARLIE BOWMAN & HIS BROTHERS: Roll On Buddy - Gonna Raise The Ruckus Tonight - BILL & BELLE REED: You Shall Be Free - Old Lady And The Devil - THE REED CHILDREN: I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - I Once Did Have A Sweetheart - MCVAY & JOHNSON: Ain't Going To Lay My Armor Down - I'll Be Ready When The Bridegroom Comes - EARL SHIRKEY & ROY HARPER: Steamboat Man - When The Roses Bloom For The Bootlegger - Poor Little Joe - We Parted At The Gate - GEORGE ROARK: I Ain't A Bit Drunk - My Old Coon Dog - ED HELTON SINGERS: A Storm On The Sea (The Sinking Of The Steamship Vestris) - My Old Cottage Home - GARLAND BROTHERS & GRINSTEAD: Just Over The River - Beautiful - MCCARTT BROTHERS & PATTERSON: Green Valley Waltz - Over The Sea Waltz - BLALOCK & YATES: Morning Star Waltz - Pride Of The Ball - JACK JACKSON: Flat Tire Blues - My Alabama Home
CD 3:
GEORGE WADE & FRANCUM BRASWELL: Think A Little - When We Go A Courtin' - JACK JACKSON: In Our Little Home Sweet Home - I'm Just A Black Sheep - ROANE COUNTY RAMBLERS: Free A Little Bird – 1930 Model - Johnson City Rag - Callahan Rag - Alabama Trot - WYATT & BRANDON: Evalina - Lover's Farewell - ROY HARVEY & LEONARD COPELAND: Just Pickin' - Beckley Rag - Underneath The Sugar Moon - Lonesome Weary Blues - THE SPINDALE QUARTET: Sweet Peace The Gift Of God's Love - God Will Take Care Of You - Face To Face - Lift Him Up - EARL SHIRKEY & ROY HARPER: The Virginian Strike Of '23 - The Policeman's Little Child - My Yodeling Sweetheart - I'm Longing To Belong To Someone - We Have Moonshine In The West Virginia Hills - A Hobo's Pal - MOATSVILLE STRING TICKLERS: The West Virginia Hills - Moatsville Blues
CD 4:
WEAVER BROTHERS: You Came Back To Me - Prison Sorrows - BYRD MOORE & HIS HOT SHOTS: Frankie Silvers - The Hills Of Tennessee - Careless Love - Three Men Went A Hunting - BATEMAN SACRED QUARTET: Nothing Like Old Time Religion - Some Day - FRED RICHARDS: My Katie - Danville Blues - CLARENCE ASHLEY: Dark Holler Blues - The Coo-Coo Bird - Little Sadie - Naomi Wise - THE BENTLEY BOYS: Down On Penny's Farm - Henhouse Blues - BOWMAN SISTERS: Railroad Take Me Back - Old Lonesome Blues - EPHRAIM WOODIE & THE HENPECKED HUSBANDS: Last Gold Dollar - The Fatal Courtship - IRA & EUGENE YATES: Powder And Paint - Sarah Jane - ELLIS WILLIAMS: Buttermilk Blues - Smokey Blu -