1. Murder's Home
2. No More, My Lawd
3. Old Alabama
4. Black Woman
5. Jumpin' Judy
6. Whoa Buck
7. Prettiest Train
8. Old Dollar Mamie
9. It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad
10. Rosie
11. Levee Camp Holler
12. What Makes a Work Song Leader?
13. Early in the Mornin'
14. How I Got in the Penitentiary
15. Tangle Eye Blues
16. Stackerlee
17. Prison Blues
18. Duckin' and Dodgin'
19. My Baby Got to Go
20. Penitentiary Blues
21. Lonesome Blues
22. They'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
23. Rock Me Mama

These recordings were made in 1947 in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The singers were all Negro prisoners, who, according to the practice of Mississippi, were serving out their time by working on a huge state cotton plantation in the fertile Yazoo Delta. Only a few strands of wire separated the prison from adjoining plantations. Only the sight of an occasional armed guard or a barred window in one of the frame dormitories made one realise that this was a prison. The land produced the same crop; there was the same work for the Negroes to do on both sides of the fence. And there was no Delta Negro who was not aware of how easy it was for him to find himself on the wrong side of those few strands of barbed wire. As one of the prison work-songs ironically remarked "It aint but the one thing I done wrong, I stayed in Mississippi just a day too long … " --- clancybrothersandtommymakem.com

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01 Saltarella ° Liborio Garanfa, Giuseppe Gavati & chorus 2.25
02 La montanara 2.35
03 Lu sand'Andone 1.40
04 Nu giorno andavo a spasso 4.20
05 Il grillo e la formica 1.52
06 Funeral lament 1.49
07 Scura maie ° Liborio Garanfa & Giuseppe Gavati 5.15
08 Lu cenciaru 4.11
09 Ninna nanna 5.37
10 Maitinata 1.23
11 Venite adoremus 1.41
12 Maria Rosa 1.32
13 La partenza del pastore ° Liborio Garanfa & Giuseppe Gavati 7.06
14 Serenade 2.07
15 Ninna nanna 2.55
16 Filastrocca 0.43
17 O ninnella 2.42
18 Maitinata ° Pasqua Anadeo 0.41
19 Maitinata 1.43
20 Simone 3.49
21 La mamma di rosina 4.06
22 Funeral lament ° Grazia Moretti 1.18
23 Reaping song 3.47
24 Teneva na palummella ° Iolanda Tuccella & group 1.10
25 Quadriglia ° Liborio Garanfa & Giuseppe Gavati 3.28

"Italian Treasury" is the title of this remarkable new edition of a collection of music and songs originally recorded in Italy by Alan Lomax and Italian ethnomusicologist Diego Carpitella, from June 1954 to January 1955. The two researchers paired exceptionally in energy, courage, determination, and passion in the undertaking of their project. Within the span of seven months of a tight recording schedule, hopping from one location to the next, they managed to collect about three thousand recordings. The backgrounds as well as the intentions of the two scholars were different in their "voyage of discovery." Lomax was interested in comparative studies in the Mediterranean region and specifically how and why distinctive folk song styles develop, already preparing his mind for his Cantometric theory, while Carpitella was interested in how the music reflected the problems of the Italian south. Lomax and Carpitella set off to record the scarcely known music of peasants, fishermen, shepherds, street vendors, dockworkers, mountaneers, and suburban dwellers. They managed to accomplish their task shortly before everything in Italian society drastically changed following the developments of the economic boom of the second half of the 1950s. Rich in its historical and musical significance, presenting engaging and exhaustive liner notes, and provided with useful sources, the modern rendition of the Lomax Collection is an excellent example of the recent efforts to promote and re-master old recordings of traditional music from diverse countries and areas of the Western world. --- box.dar.unibo.it

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1.Unloading Rails - Henry Truvillion 
2.Tamping Ties - Henry Truvillion 
3.Heaving The Lead Line - Sam Hazel 
4.Mississippi Sounding Calls - Joe Shores 
5.Arwhoolie (Cornfield Holler) - Thomas J. Marshall 
6.Quittin' Time Song 1 - Samuel Brooks 
7.Quittin' Time Song 2 - Samuel Brooks 
8.Mealtime Call - Thomas J. Marshall 
9.Possum Was An Evil Thing - Henry Truvillion 
10.Come On, Boys, Let's Go Huntin' - Henry Truvillion 
11.Old Rattler - Mose Platt/James Baker 
12.Go Down, Old Hannah - James Baker/Will Crosby/R.D. Allen/Mose Platt 
13.Hammer, Ring - Jesse Bradley 
14.I Wonder What's The Matter - Lightning 
15.Roll 'Im On Down - David Pryor 
16.Rock Island Line - Kelly Pace/Charlie Porter/L.T. Edwards/Willie Hubbard/Luther Williams/Napoleon Cooper/Albert Pate... 
17.Track-Lining Song - Allen Prothero 
18.It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad - Kelly Pace/Charlie Porter/L.T. Edwards/Willie Hubbard/Luther Williams/Napoleon Cooper/Albert Pate... 
19.O Lord, Don' 'Low Me To Beat 'Em - Willie Williams

Recorded in the 1930's and 1940's.Editors: B.A. Botkin; Alan Lomax

A warning label should be put on this disc: FOR HISTORIAL PURPOSES ONLY. Alan Lomax's field recordings of African-American work songs are for ethnomusicologists and musical adventurists only. Few casual listeners will want to toss this disc on for pure listening pleasure. While tracing blues styles from these tunes is fascinating, it's not for everyone. For those interested, however, there is an excellent booklet with notes and lyrics. --- Tim Sheridan, allmusic.com

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