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Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be: Early American Rural Music Vol. 4 (Yazoo 2048)

Track listing:
  1. Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton 3:24
  2. Early Morning Blues - William Harris 2:51
  3. Billy In The Lowground - Burnett & Rutherford 3:10
  4. Rambling - Dixon Brothers 3:13
  5. Every Day In The Week Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley 2:57
  6. I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers 2:52
  7. Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle 2:54
  8. Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown 3:29
  9. Salt River - Kessinger Brothers 3:09
  10. Blushing Bride - Golden Melody Boys 2:31
  11. Kiss Me Quick - Georgia Yellow Hammers 2:52
  12. Magnolia Blues - Charlie Patton 3:13
  13. Perrodin Two Step - Anglelas Le Jeunne 3:02
  14. Bachelor's Hall - Fiddling John Carson 3:08
  15. Walking Shoes - Tommy Johnson 3:06
  16. Wolves Howling - Stripling Brothers 3:28
  17. Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - James Cole & His Washboard Band 3:12
  18. Havana River Guide - Martin & Hobbs 3:08
  19. I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers 2:46
  20. Make Down The Bed And We'll Sleep Together - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies 3:15
  21. Special Rider Blues - Skip James 3:03
  22. Walk Right In - Watts & Wilson 2:45
  23. Leaving All To Follow Jesus - Rev. Rice & Congregation 2:57

Notes

1.JIMMIE TARLTON,
Lowe Bonnie
2.WILLIAM HARRIS,
Early Morning Blues
3.BURNETT & RUTHERFORD,
Billy In The Lowground
4. DIXON BROTHERS,
Rambling Gambler
5. PINK ANDERSON & SIMMIE DOOLEY,
Every Day In The Week Blues
6. SWEET BROTHERS,
I Got A Bulldog
7. CLIFF CARLISLE,
Tom Cat Blues
8. HI HENRY BROWN ,
Preacher Blues
9. KESSINGER BROTHERS,
Salt River
10. GOLDEN MELODY BOYS,
Blushing Bride
11. GEORGIA YELLOW HAMMERS,
Kiss Me Quick
12. CHARLIE PATTON,
Magnolia Blues
13. ANGELAS LE JEUNNE,
Perrodin Two Step
14. FIDDLING JOHN CARSON,
Bachelor's Hall
15. TOMMY JOHNSON,
Walking Shoes (Button Up Shoes)
16. STRIPLING BROTHERS,
Wolves Howling
17. JAMES COLE & HIS WASHBOARD BAND,
Mistreated The Only Friend You Had
18. MARTIN & HOBBS,
Havana River Guide
19. COTTON TOP MOUNTAIN SANCTIFIED SINGERS,
I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face
20. JESS HILLARD & HIS WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLIES ,
Make Down The Bed And We'll All Sleep Together
21. SKIP JAMES,
Special Rider Blues
22. WATTS & WILSON,
Walk Right In Belmont
23. REV. RICE & CONGREGATION,
Leaving All To Follow Jesus

"The mystical allure of old music is listening to
something that speaks of another time and place, as is
communicated in the music contained in these
mysterious grooves" - FMQB

"Will make you alternately grin and weep with joy."
- Victory Music Review

A collection of classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s featuring many all-time great performances of early American rural music. This series is a fascinating overview of traditional American musical styles from the Civil War to the 1920s including fiddle tunes, rags, banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc.