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Rich Amerson: Selected
Songs and Stories
CD Purchase $10 or Cassette Tape Purchase $7
Tales and songs recorded in Livingston, Alabama
in 1961. Produced by Alan Brown.
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Possum Up
a Gum Stump: Home, Field and Commercial
Recordings of Alabama Fiddlers
Purchase
$15
This CD features rare recordings of 19th Century Alabama fiddlers and field
recordings of 20th century fiddlers who play in
older styles. It was recognized by the American
Folklife Center of the Library of Congress as an
outstanding folk recording and earned great
reviews from scholars and fans of traditional
fiddle music. A 24 page CD sized booklet
accompanies both, with photos and bios of the
fiddlers, and information about the tunes.
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John Alexander's Sterling
Jubilee Singers of Bessemer
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$15
This recording features Jefferson County's oldest
African-American a cappella gospel group.
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The Colored Sacred Harp
Purchase
$16
A CD of the Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers of
Ozark singing from Judge Jackson’s 1934
compilation of shape-note songs.
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Desire
for Piety
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$16
A rare
example of black Sacred Harp singing from rural southeast
Alabama as sung by the Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers. |
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In
Celebration of a Legacy: The Traditional Arts of
the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
This new edition of George Mitchell’s
collected photographs, interviews, songs and
field recordings makes this rich cultural
heritage available to a new generation. Includes
two compact disks containing 36 traditional folk
songs. Paperback-$24.95. The compact disks are
also available separately in a special case with
liner notes for $12. 95. Order from the Historic
Chattahoochee Commission; 334-687-9755;
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Joe
Beasley Memorial Sacred Harp Album
Northwest
Alabama Sacred Harp singings from 1954 and the
1970s, from previously unreleased field
recordings by the late Joe Beasley. Includes a
28-page booklet with photographs and
reminiscences of growing up in this singing
tradition. 2-CD set $25, 2-tape set $20; add $2
per set for shipping. To order, send a check to
Joe
Beasley Memorial Fund, 15 Hill Road, Stillwater,
NY 12170. Purchase orders are accepted from
academic institutions and libraries. For more
information call 518-583-7813 or e-mail profitpl@ix.netcom.com. All proceeds go to foster
the growth, love, and understanding of Sacred
Harp singing.
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Slowtime
Recordings
An ongoing field recording project by Matt Downer, Slowtime
Recordings is dedicated to documenting and preserving the
songs and stories of the older generation of musicians in the
Sand Mountain region of Northeast Alabama. Two CDs are
available at this time:
Walking up Sand Mountain which features legendary Sand
Mountain fiddler Jess Moore (b. 8-24-1911). It includes great
fiddle tunes and Jess’ memories of early settlers, fiddlers’
conventions, first phonographs and life on the mountain in the
old days.
Gray Mule , Brown Mare featuring Sand Mountain Dobro
wizard Wayne Heard (b.6-27-25). A fine songwriter, three of
his original compositions appear here, as well as
instrumentals and stories of early influences and farming.
For more information, e-mail - oldsandmtn@hotmail.com
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With
Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: A History of Old-Time Fiddling in
Alabama
By Joyce Cauthen, University of
Alabama Press.
Now in paperback, this book originally
published in 1989, relies on extensive archival research and
sixty interviews to tell the rich, full story of old-time
fiddling in Alabama from its settlement until WWII. It focuses
on the "modest masters of fiddle and bow" as well as
Alabama’s better-known "brag fiddlers," and gives
details about old-style square dances, Fourth of July
barbecues and fiddlers’ conventions. It is available from
the University of Alabama Press, www.uapress.ua.edu.
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Sacred
Harp Singers: Lookout Mountain Convention 1968
Purchase
For $15
A selection of more than 30 songs from the 1960 edition of
the oblong tunebook The Original Sacred Harp (plus one song
from the White Book) and spoken portions recorded by James
"Bud" Oliver at the Lookout Mountain Convention in
August 1968.
Lookout Mountain 1968 is the first CD from Squirrel Hill
Recordings. A selection of more than 30 songs from the 1960
edition of the Original Sacred Harp (plus one song from the
White Book) and spoken portions recorded by James
"Bud" Oliver at the Lookout Mountain Sacred Harp
Singing Convention in August 1968 at New Bethel Church on
Lookout Mountain, Alabama, this recording captures the drive,
energy, passion and character of a style of Sacred Harp
singing that is disappearing and is treasured by many. Leaders
and singers include many beloved folks who are no longer among
us, as well as many who are.
The songs on this CD were recorded by Bud Oliver using a
stereo reel-to-reel tape recorder. While computer software has
been used to reduce as much noise from the recorder as
possible, the songs are otherwise presented with the
accompanying voices, page-turning, foot-stomping and other
sounds you would have heard had you been there in the church
that weekend.
Two songs (including "Idumea," a version of which
you can hear on this CD) from the Sacred Harp are featured on
the soundtrack to the motion picture "Cold
Mountain," sung by a group of singers that includes some
whose voices are captured on this recording 35 years earlier.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this CD will be
donated to the Lookout Mountain Sacred Harp Singing
Convention, which is held every fourth Sunday in August and
Saturday before. This convention, which welcomes all, singers
and listeners alike, celebrated its 100th anniversary in
August 2003.
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Corinth
Milton Oliver
2
Prayer
Brother Wooten
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101
Canaan's Land
S.T. Reed
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425
Golden Streets
O.D. Oliver
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47b
Idumea
B.W. Ashley
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68b
Ortonville
B.W.Ashley
7
48
Devotion
Clarence Oliver
8
76b
Desire for Piety
Lamar Smith
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332
Sons of Sorrow
J.W. Oliver
10
99
Gospel Trumpet
Eulas Ivey
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270
Confidence
Eulas Ivey
12
569
Sacred Throne
Melvin Stiefel
13
168
Cowper
Ester Campbell
14
131b
Invocation (1st)
J.L. Edge
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83
Vale of Sorrow
S.T. Reed
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123b
Cross of Christ
S.T. Reed
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448
Consecration
Irby Clayton
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85
The Morning Trumpet
Bro. Willie Windsor
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144
Jubilee
Tom Bell
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378
Heavenly Port
Clarence Smith
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378b
Never Turn Back
Clarence Smith
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189
Montgomery
Sherry Brothers
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100
The Bower of Prayer
Scot Oliver
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108
Weeping Sinners
Rodney lvey
25
155
Northfield
David Ivey
26
384
Panting for Heaven
David Ivey
27
300
Calvary
Kathy Brothers
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430
Arbacoochee
Lawrence Underwood
29
421
Sweet Morning
Vivian Underwood
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73
Cusseta
Clarence Oliver
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383
Eternal Day
Ercell Ott
32
205
Pleasant Hill
Ercell Ott
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339
When I am Gone
O.D. Oliver 8 Lamar Smith
34
Beautiful Land
W.M. Oliver 8 B.W. Ashley
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27
Bethel
J.T.Conn
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56b
Villulia
Zola Stiefel
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171
Exhortation (1st)
Ricky Harcrow
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216
Delight
Reba Dell Lacy
39
196
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