Cat. No. VV 1438: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ THE STRING BANDS. VOL. 1. OLD TIMEY LP-100.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

THE RECORDINGS ENSHRINED IN THIS ALBUM PROVIDE A DIVERSITY OF STYLES AND MATERIAL HEARD IN THE LATE 1920s AND EARLY 1930s BY STRING DANCE BANDS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH OF THE USA. ALL OF THE RECORDINGS WERE MADE DURING THAT PERIOD AND FOR MANY YEARS WERE RELEGATED TO THE VAULTS BY THE LARGE RECORD COMPANIES AS THEY ONLY SOLD IN SMALL QUANTITES AND THE RECORD COMPANIES FELT THAT THERE WAS NO VALUE IN REISSUING THEM TO THE PUBLIC. FORTUNATELY, RECORD LABELS SUCH AS OLD TIMEY, MELODEON AND SEVERAL OTHERS HAD THE GOOD SENSE TO SEARCH THE RECORD COMPANIES VAULTS AND MADE THESE RECORDINGS AVAILABLE. YOU WILL HEAR ON THIS ALBUM MANY NEW INFLUENCES ON COUNTRY MUSIC INCLUDING JAZZ, SKIFFLE, BLUES, RAGTIME, CAJUN AND HILLBILLY. A FABULOUS TRIP DOWN THROUGH THE ANNALS OF COUNTRY MUSIC.

THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF HEAVY CARDBOARD AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR THANKS TO BEING STORED IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - The Spooney Five - Chinese Rag / Moatsville String Ticklers - Moatsville Blues / Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - If The River Was Whiskey / Scottdale String Band - Japanese Breakdown / Hackberry Ramblers - Crowley Waltz / Allen Brothers - Allen Brothers Rag / Hackberry Ramblers - Tickle Her / Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp. Side 2 - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - Hawkins Rag / Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Hungry Hash House / Grayson & Whitter - Train 45 / Hershel Brown & his Washboard Band - Down Yonder / Arthur Smith Trio - Dickson County Blues / Joseph Falcon with Clemo & Ophy Breaux - Osson / Roane County Ramblers - Home Town Blues / Hershel Brown & his Washboard Band - Nobody Loves Me.

12" VINYL RECORD


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