Original 5 Record 75RPM Set Folk Music Library of Congress Woodie Guthrie 1940
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Description
Rare group of early Folk recordings from various artist captured by the Library of Congress Recording Laboratory 1936 to 1941 includes FIVE complete 10in 78RPM records with Library of Congress labels, Entitled Folk music of the United States Anglo American Ballads from the Archive of American Folk Song Edited by Alan Lomax Washington D.C. 1942.
Of note is record number LC14 AAFS 2 A "The Gypsy Davy" sung with guitar by Woodie Guthrie recorded in Washington byAlan Lomax 1940, this is the first recording of its kind of the great American Folk Singer. This record is in very good condition, minor surface wear, playable as are all the rest to be listed
The House Carpenter LC11 AAFS 1A Front shows wear and taped corner backside "The Farmers Curst Wife" LC11 AAFS 1B overall rated good plus.
Barbara Allen by Rebecca Tarwater, Rockward Tennessee minor scuff, LC17 AAFS 2B, and front "The Gypsy Davy" By Woodie Guthrie LC 14 AAFS 2 A 1940 in very good condition with surface screech as shown
Third recording "Pretty Polly" E. C. Ball 1941 LC10 AAFS 2A and reverse "The Rich Old Farmer" by Barusky LC9 AAFS 3.B. in very good condition.
Fourth recording "One Morning in May" by Gladden 1941 LC40 AAFS 4 B and front two recordings "The Devils Nine Questions" and "Old Kimball" by Gladden LC51 AAFS 4A in very good condition
Fifth record "The Sious INdians by Alan Moore, 1940 LC23 AAFS 5B and front"The Little Brown Bulls" sung by Ernsery DeNapyer 1941 LC 13 AAFS 5 A. in very good condition.
Such a rare grouping of original recording of FOLK ARTISTS including the famous Woodie Guthrie is a recording dream collection. X200
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