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People Take Warning: Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913-1938 [Box set]

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  • Audio CD (1 Dec 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Tompkins Square
  • ASIN: B000ULQV20
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,733 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Titanic BluesHi Henry Brown, Charlie Jordan 3:14£0.79
Listen  2. Wreck of the Old 97The Skillet Lickers 2:54£0.79
Listen  3. Bill WilsonBirmingham Jug Band 3:21£0.79
Listen  4. The Crash of the AkronBob Miller 3:31£0.79
Listen  5. The Fate of Talmadge OsborneErnest Stoneman 3:05£0.79
Listen  6. El Mole Rachmim (Für Titanik)Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt 3:31£0.79
Listen  7. The Wreck of the VirginianBlind Alfred Reed 2:59£0.79
Listen  8. Fate of Will Rogers & Wiley PostBill Cox 3:17£0.79
Listen  9. Down With The Old CanoeDixon Brothers 2:52£0.79
Listen10. Wreck of Number 52Cliff Carlisle 3:16£0.79
Listen11. Kassie Jones Part 1Furry Lewis 3:07£0.79
Listen12. Kassie Jones Part 2Furry Lewis 3:03£0.79
Listen13. The Brave EngineerCarver Boys 3:16£0.79
Listen14. The Sinking of the TitanicRichard Rabbitt Brown 3:48£0.79
Listen15. Fate of Chris Lively and WifeBlind Alfred Reed 3:25£0.79
Listen16. Wreck on the Mountain RoadRed Fox Chasers 2:37£0.79
Listen17. The Unfortunate BrakemanKentucky Ramblers 2:25£0.79
Listen18. Altoona Freight WreckRiley Puckett 2:37£0.79
Listen19. The Fatal Wreck of the BusMainer's Mountaineers 2:48£0.79
Listen20. Last Scene of the TitanicFrank Hutchison 3:29£0.79
Listen21. Casey JonesThe Skillet Lickers 2:48£0.79
Listen22. The Wreck of the Westbound AirlinerFred Pendleton 2:58£0.79
Listen23. The TitanicErnest Stoneman 3:14£0.79
Listen24. When That Great Ship Went DownWilliam & Versey Smith 2:57£0.79


Disc 2:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Story of the Mighty MississippiErnest Stoneman 3:07£0.79
Listen  2. Mississippi Heavy Water BluesRobert Hicks 3:04£0.79
Listen  3. Dixie Boll WeevilFiddlin' John Carson 2:59£0.79
Listen  4. Mississippi BoweavilCharley Patton 3:06£0.79
Listen  5. Ohio Prison FireBob Miller 3:27£0.79
Listen  6. Memphis FluElder Curry 3:03£0.79
Listen  7. Explosion in the Fairmount MineBlind Alfred Reed 3:21£0.79
Listen  8. Storm That Struck MiamiFiddlin' John Carson 3:02£0.79
Listen  9. When The Levee BreaksKansas Joe, Memphis Minnie 3:13£0.79
Listen10. Alabama FloodAndrew Jenkins 3:18£0.79
Listen11. Burning of the Cleveland SchoolJ. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies 3:02£0.79
Listen12. High Water Everywhere, Part ICharley Patton 3:07£0.79
Listen13. High Water Everywhere, Part 2Charley Patton 3:06£0.79
Listen14. Ryecove CycloneAsa Martin, James Roberts 3:03£0.79
Listen15. McBeth Mine ExplosionCap, Andy & Flip 2:52£0.79
Listen16. Dry Well BluesCharley Patton 3:20£0.79
Listen17. Baltimore FireCharlie Poole 3:12£0.79
Listen18. Tennessee TornadoUncle Dave MacOn 3:14£0.79
Listen19. Dry Spell Blues, Part 2Son House 3:14£0.79
Listen20. The Santa Barbara EarthquakeGreen Bailey 2:57£0.79
Listen21. The Death Of Floyd CollinsVernon Dalhart 3:29£0.79
Listen22. The Porto Rico StormCarson Robison Trio 2:33£0.79
Listen23. Boll WeavilW.A. Lindsey, Alvin Condor 2:59£0.79
Listen24. The Flood of 1927Elders McIntorsh & Edwards 3:14£0.79


Disc 3:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Peddler and His WifeHayes Shepherd 3:24£0.79
Listen  2. The Little Grave In GeorgiaEarl Johnson 3:07£0.79
Listen  3. Kenney Wagner's SurrenderErnest Stoneman 2:23£0.79
Listen  4. Henry Clay BeattieKelly Harrell 3:09£0.79
Listen  5. The Murder of the Lawson FamilyCarolina Buddies 3:26£0.79
Listen  6. Naomi WiseClarence Ashley 2:53£0.79
Listen  7. Railroad BillWill Bennett 2:59£0.79
Listen  8. FrankieDykes Magic City Trio 3:02£0.79
Listen  9. Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 1Bill Cox 2:59£0.79
Listen10. Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 2Bill Cox 3:04£0.79
Listen11. Lanse Des BelairesDennis McGee, Ernest Fruge 2:50£0.79
Listen12. Darling CoraB.F. Shelton 3:53£0.79
Listen13. Billy Lyons and Stack O' LeeFurry Lewis 2:37£0.79
Listen14. Tom DooleyGrayson & Whitter 3:10£0.79
Listen15. The Story of Freda BoltFloyd Country Ramblers 3:36£0.79
Listen16. Pretty PollyJohn Hammond 3:10£0.79
Listen17. Fingerprints Upon the WindowpaneBob Miller 2:59£0.79
Listen18. The Bluefield MurderRoy Harvey, The North Carolina Ramblers 3:07£0.79
Listen19. Frankie SilversAshley & Foster 3:05£0.79
Listen20. Fate of Rhoda SweetenWilmer Watts 3:11£0.79
Listen21. Dupree BluesWillie Walker 3:29£0.79
Listen22. Poor Ellen SmithDykes Magic City Trio 3:12£0.79


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Imagine Harry Smith's famed ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC with a chip on its shoulder and you'll have an entry pointto the three-disc set PEOPLE TAKE WARNING. Fabulously appointed with fascinating, detailed notes and a handsome booklet, PTW houses a bounty of Depression-era folk, blues, and country tracks. Though some of the artists (Charlie Patton, SonHouse) are quite famous, there's a host of more esoteric (but equally powerful) performers known mostly to folk/blues cultists. All this archival talent is assembled under the thematic umbrella of calamity. The set is broken up into songs of natural disaster, murder, and human endeavors gone fatally awry. In the early 21st century, the cumulative apocalyptic feel of these songs from some seven decades ago has an eerie resonance.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rewind 100 years, 29 Sep 2007
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The original folksters gather in the alcoves and dusty drinking holes of Depression Era America.

Rootsy, genuinely soulful and a plaintive, mellow soundtrack, this is more instructive than any novel or history tome. Buy this and go back 100 years. You may find yourself longing for dirty denim overalls, a bottle of moonshine and a steam train, though.
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