Folkways

Folkways
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Dock Boggs Legendary Singer and Banjo Player Folkways LP $17
“Originally released in 1964, this is the first of three volumes that Boggs recorded for the Folkways label after being rediscovered by Mike Seeger during the folk revival of the early ‘60s. Incredible, sparse and haunting country blues featuring only Dock’s banjo and voice. Absolutely essential Appalachian folk music lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.” – Folkways
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Elizabeth Cotten When I'm Gone Folkways LP $17
“This is the third volume of work for Folkways by one of the most important acoustic guitarists of the 20th Century, originally released in 1965. Produced by musician Alice Gerrard and recorded by folklorist/musician Mike Seeger, When I'm Gone is the perfect introduction to the queen of folk-blues. An absolute classic lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.” – Folkways
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	East New York Ensemble de Music At the Helm Folkways LP $17
“Bilal Abdurahman's East New York Ensemble de Music came out of the diverse community of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where African, West Indian & black American cultures converged. First and foremost a deep Spiritual Jazz record, At The Helm also incorporates elements of the West Indies, and both the Near and Far East. Originally released in 1974 this is an incredible, and unjustly forgotten, record lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.” – Folkways
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Sarah Webster Fabio Jujus / Alchemy of the Blues Folkways LP $17
“Sarah Webster Fabio was a poet, scholar, activist and a leading figure in the world of African-American Studies. Born in Nashville, TN she taught at Merritt College in Oakland, CA at the same time that Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Huey Newton were students there, and she helped to start the UC Berkeley African-American Studies department. In 1976 she released this album of poetry backed by one of the funkiest bands on the West Coast, which included a number of her children. This is an absolutely stunning record of spoken word and funk, back in print on LP so you don't have to spend upwards of $2,000 on eBay. Lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.” – Folkways. A hot one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSeSNQTeIH8
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Roscoe Holcomb The High Lonesome Sound Folkways LP $17
“Originally released in 1965, this is Holcomb’s first full album for Folkways. The man for whom the term The High Lonesome Sound was coined certainly shows why here. This is Appalachian folk music, both beautiful and harsh, harrowing and tender. Essential recordings from this Kentucky native lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.” – Folkways
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Michael Hurley First Songs Folkways LP $17
This record is an all-time favorite of mine --- very glad to have it available on vinyl. “Michael Hurley is one of the most beloved cult figures of the Greenwich Village folk scene and his songs have been recorded by everyone from the Holy Modal Rounders and the Youngbloods, to Vetiver and Cat Power. First Songs, recorded in 1964 when Hurley was only 22 years old, shows that his charming, bumming, hippie, wino persona was fully formed at an early age. The album features the first recorded versions of such Snock classics as ‘The Werewolf Song’ and ‘Captain Kidd.’ Reissued on LP for the first time ever, with deluxe packaging including faithful reproductions of the original jacket and insert.” – Folkways
	Artist: Title: Label: Format: Price:	Various Artists Street and Gangland Rhythms: Beats and Improvisations by Six Boys in Trouble Folkways LP $17
“Originally released in 1959, this is the recording of 6 pre-teens from Harlem on bongos, and vocals. Pounding rhythms and chants convey the emotions and experiences of life in New York City's housing projects and tenements. Heralded after the fact as an early precursor to rap music, Street and Gangland Rhythms is an important document of post-WWII urban black America. An amazing record lovingly reissued in a perfect replica of the original Folkways jacket and including a reproduction of the original information booklet.” – Folkways