Vol. 1: His work: Hunting calls and animal cries (The Congo, Brazil, Hudson Bay); Cattle calls (the Philippines, Norway) -- Brush and timber clearing (Liberia, the Philippines); Lumbering (southern United States); Housebuilding (the Cameroons); Stonecutting (Japan) --Celebrating the new house (Honduras); Silversmithing (the Navajo); Spinning (Japan); Cloth-shrinking (the Hebrides) --Roadbuilding (Haiti); River transport (Equatorial Africa); Corn-grinding (Haiti) --
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0379
FLP.40636
FLP.40636 ;.Folkways.731
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New York Folkways 195x
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Narrated by the author with dubbings of recorded folk music.
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Viva viva Portugal : Darling I am growing older --Goan folk song --Thai chorus : Maine stein song --Burmese medley : Hi ho hi ho --Indonesian rhumba --Japanese hit tune --Tahitian song : Little Joe the wrangler --Russian male chorus : There's a tavern in the town.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-3349
FLP.43606
FLP.43606 ;.Folkways.86/3
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Folkways 1956
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Originally broadcast in 1954 on the radio program, NBC's Collector's Item.
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Ingane Kamalume (Zulu, South Africa) -- Shayisa Inkasa (Zulu, South Africa) -- Music of boatmen (Badouma, French Equatorial Africa) -- Orin Muritala Alhaji (Yoruba, Nigeria) -- Bara Sanaba-Bara (Ibo, Nigeria) -- Traveling song (Sudan) -- Festival song (Sudan) -- Bina Adamu (Swahili, Zanzibar)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0340
General:
Music from Zulu, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Equatorial Africa, Zanzibar, Brazil, Haiti, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Alabama and Mississippi.
Folkways 4500
CDR copy
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Uncle Bouqui gets whee-ai -- Uncle Bouqui rents a horse -- Uncle Bouqui and Godfather Malice.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0597
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Folkways 1956
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FW07107 / FC 7107 - Augusta Baker, storytelling specialist in the New York Public Library system, reads three of the Haitian folktales/children's stories transcribed by Harold Courlander, including "Uncle Bouqui Gets Whee-Ai," "Uncle Bouqui Rents a Horse" and "Uncle Bouqui and Godfather Malice." - Tape 1 of 2
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by Harold Courlander ; read by Augusta Baker.
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FW07107 / FC 7107 - Augusta Baker, storytelling specialist in the New York Public Library system, reads three of the Haitian folktales/children's stories transcribed by Harold Courlander, including "Uncle Bouqui Goes Fishing," "Uncle Bouqui Rents a Horse," and "Uncle Bouqui Gets Whee-Ai." The story "Uncle Bouqui Goes Fishing" is replaced by "Uncle Bouqui and Godfather Malice" on the official Folkways release, and is not present on the album. - Tape 2 of 2
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Rolling River (Gribble, Lusk and York)-(2:45) -- Allons danser Colinda / (Roy Brule) (1:51) -- Sourwood mountain / (Hobart Smith) (1:22) -- Diamond Joe / (Cisco Houston) (2:24) -- Siete leguas / (Peter Hurd) (2:24) -- Matachines dance : New Mexican (1:33) -- Moonlight song : Taos Indian serenade (2:08) -- War dance song : Flathead Indians (1:28) -- Esta Navidad : Puerto Rican Christmas song (3:06) -- Aguinaldo Cagueno / (The "Trobabdore" De La Montana) (4:17) -- Rocky road / (Alabama Sacred Harp Singers) (2:43) -- If we never meet again / (Children of Diamond Rural School) (:55) -- Inviting-in dance song / (Otis Ahkivigak) (1:05).
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-2775
General:
CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system
Sung and played by native musicians.
FW-ASCH-7RR-2773, -2774, and -2775, all in black tape boxes, contain tracks which where incorporated into the Folkways anthology entitled Folk Music U.S.A. (FW04530), published in 1959, compiled by Harold Courlander, with notes written by Charles Edward Smith. However, a few tracks are only on these tapes and not on the Folkways album, while a few tracks on the Folkways albums are not on these tapes. The album contains a wide variety of types of American music, from African American to Native American to Appalachian. Many of the selections were initially recorded in the 1950's, while some were from the 1940's or from old 78's. Additional information about individual performers and additional documentation about each track, above what is in the sheets accompanying the CD, etc., can be found in the FW04530 liner notes. The original tape boxes for -2773, -2774, and -2775 say, respectively, "Folk Music of the U.S. #2," "American Anthology #1," and American Anthology #2."
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John Henry / (Virgil Perkins & Jack Sims) (4:10) -- Grizzly bear : Negro prison camp worksong (3:31) -- Blowing the train / (Percy Randolph) (2:52) -- Six thousand miles from nowhere / (Snooks Eaglin) (3:06) -- Dark was the night / (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:24) -- Amasee children's ring game song (1:34) -- Spooky drums / (Baby Dodds) (2:19) -- Black Jack Davy / (Mary Jo Davis) (3:09) -- Drunken sailor : dulcimer melody (1:19) -- Ellen Smith / (Pete Steel) (1:38) -- Run, run / (Elizabeth Cotton) (:57) -- Mole in the ground / (Bascom Lamar Lunsford) (2:49)
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-2774
General:
CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system
FW-ASCH-7RR-2773, -2774, and -2775, all in black tape boxes, contain tracks which where incorporated into the Folkways anthology entitled Folk Music U.S.A. (FW04530), published in 1959, compiled by Harold Courlander, with notes written by Charles Edward Smith. However, a few tracks are only on these tapes and not on the Folkways album, while a few tracks on the Folkways albums are not on these tapes. The album contains a wide variety of types of American music, from African American to Native American to Appalachian. Many of the selections were initially recorded in the 1950's, while some were from the 1940's or from old 78's. Additional information about individual performers and additional documentation about each track, above what is in the sheets accompanying the CD, etc., can be found in the FW04530 liner notes. The original tape boxes for -2773, -2774, and -2775 say, respectively, "Folk Music of the U.S. #2," "American Anthology #1," and American Anthology #2."
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Instrumental--She'll be coming around the mountain--Latin American song--Allons danser Colinda--Sourwood Mountain--Matachines dance--Latin American dance
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-2773
General:
CDR copy; copy exists in DAMS system
FW-ASCH-7RR-2773, -2774, and -2775, all in black tape boxes, contain tracks which where incorporated into the Folkways anthology entitled Folk Music U.S.A. (FW04530), published in 1959, compiled by Harold Courlander, with notes written by Charles Edward Smith. However, a few tracks are only on these tapes and not on the Folkways album, while a few tracks on the Folkways albums are not on these tapes. The album contains a wide variety of types of American music, from African American to Native American to Appalachian. Many of the selections were initially recorded in the 1950's, while some were from the 1940's or from old 78's. Additional information about individual performers and additional documentation about each track, above what is in the sheets accompanying the CD, etc., can be found in the FW04530 liner notes. The original tape boxes for -2773, -2774, and -2775 say, respectively, "Folk Music of the U.S. #2," "American Anthology #1," and American Anthology #2."
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