- Audio CD (26 Feb 2008)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Box set
- Label: Sanctuary
- ASIN: B0000C83YZ
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 197,927 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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My review heading just about says it all. This is a first class compilation of skiffle tracks. You can see these listed on this Amazon webpage. And - Lordy, Lordy - not a hint of the ghastly 'chewing gum' or 'dustman' songs from Lonnie Donegan. (Those two wreck most compilations of his early music). The emphasis in this collection is firmly upon traditional folk music (American) sung as we all remember it during those heady days when skiffle was open to everyone and rock and pop music were around the next corner. (The imminence of early 'pop' music is clearly evident in the song 'No other baby')
Listening to this CD makes you wish that those days could come back - not in the sense of replacing current trends, but as a way for ordinary people to once again get together with a guitar and a few hardware utensils such as spoons or washboards (look in car boot sales or junkshops). Then throw in a tea-chest bass (or a big plastic bin and broomhandle); a kazoo and bucketloads of enthusiasm, and there you'd be.
What's so good about this collection is that the songs have exactly that sort of 'home made' feel and yet are professionally recorded. Also, you get a good double-sided, open-out poster packed with photos and information. The music on the CD is also gathered together into 'blocks' of recordings by each artist or group.
One other way to communicate the general feel of the music is to say that in many ways it comes close to the feel of the sountrack of 'O Brother where art thou?'
Finally, if you are interested in Skiffle, there are a couple of books that are worth checking out. Chas McDevitt has written his own autobiography which is excellent even if he does give the impression that he invented the genre. Perhaps the best book is 'The skiffle craze' by Mike Dewe. Both books can be found here on Amazon.
Listening to this CD makes you wish that those days could come back - not in the sense of replacing current trends, but as a way for ordinary people to once again get together with a guitar and a few hardware utensils such as spoons or washboards (look in car boot sales or junkshops). Then throw in a tea-chest bass (or a big plastic bin and broomhandle); a kazoo and bucketloads of enthusiasm, and there you'd be.
What's so good about this collection is that the songs have exactly that sort of 'home made' feel and yet are professionally recorded. Also, you get a good double-sided, open-out poster packed with photos and information. The music on the CD is also gathered together into 'blocks' of recordings by each artist or group.
One other way to communicate the general feel of the music is to say that in many ways it comes close to the feel of the sountrack of 'O Brother where art thou?'
Finally, if you are interested in Skiffle, there are a couple of books that are worth checking out. Chas McDevitt has written his own autobiography which is excellent even if he does give the impression that he invented the genre. Perhaps the best book is 'The skiffle craze' by Mike Dewe. Both books can be found here on Amazon.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
When I was a kid I used to do my home work while my father's skiffleband rehearsed behind me(I was doing the pickup and sound in the meanwhile)... It's great to have all these original songs again. Lot's of freighttrains passing by, so I play it a lot in the car. It's perfect music for driving around, as it keeps you awake and happy. Recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I have to say I bought this for one rare track - much of the material is available in other skiffle compilations. Skiffle was a British thing, largely bought about by the fact that in fifties Britain we could't afford American electric guitars and we didn't know to play them anyway - other than in the classical and jazz styles. The material was pretty much exclusively American, derived from blues, folk and gospel songs. The value of skiffle was that it began a love of music in young people and many well respected members of the UK popular music "establishment" started off strumming a cheap guitar to a Ledbetter song.
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