tracks

Henry Lee
Fatal Flower Garden
The House Carpenter
Drunkard's Special
Old Lady And The Devil
The Butcher's Boy
The Wagoner's Lad
King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O
Old Shoes And Leggins
Willie Moore
A Lazy Farmer Boy
Peg And Awl
Ommie Wise
My Name Is John Johanna
Bandit Cole Younger
Charles Giteau
John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man
Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand
Stackalee
White House Blues
Frankie
When That Great Ship Went Down
Engine 143
Kassie Jones
Down On Penny's Farm
Mississippi Boweavil Blues
Got The Farm Land Blues
Sail Away Lady
The Wild Wagoner
Wake Up Jacob
La Danseuse
Georgia Stomp
Brilliance Medley
Indian War Whoop
Old Country Stomp
Old Dog Blue
Saut Crapaud
Acadian One-Step
Home Sweet Home
Newport Blues
Moonshiner's Dance Part One
You Must Be Born Again
Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting
Rocky Road
Present Joys
This Song Of Love
Judgement
He Got Better Things For You
Since I Laid My Burden Down
John The Baptist
Dry Bones
John The Revelator
Little Moses
Shine On Me
Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room
In The Battlefield For My Lord
The Coo Coo Bird
East Virginia
Minglewood Blues
I Woke Up One Morning In May
James Alley Blues
Sugar Baby
I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground
Mountaineer's Courtship
The Spanish Merchant's Daughter
Bob Lee Junior Blues
Single Girl, Married Girl
La Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme
Rabbit Foot Blues
Expressman Blues
Poor Boy Blues
Feather Bed
Country Blues
99 Year Blues
Prison Cell Blues
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
C'Est Si Triste Sans Lui
Way Down The Old Plank Road
Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line
Spike Driver Blues
K.C. Moan
Train On The Island
The Lone Star Trail
Fishing Blues

notes

Comes in a 12x12x0.75" box as 3 double CDs, to imitate the original vinyl release of 3 double LPs, with a copy of the original "Handbook" written by Harry Smith and a "Booklet of Essays, Appreciations and Annotations Pertaining to the Anthology Of American Folk Music" which contains information on the artists, the origins of the songs, their discographies and other versions of the songs.

The Enhanced CD includes interviews with some of the artists or their relatives, videos and pictures of Harry Smith's various other collections. It also includes a video of Harry Smith receiving a Grammy award.

Track positions are from 1 to 84 on the release.

Original "Folkways Records" catalog numbers as they appear on the releases:
Catalog number on "Volume One: Ballads" is FP 251.
Catalog number on "Volume Two: Social Music" is FP 252.
Catalog number on "Volume Three: Songs" is FP 253.

credits

Art Direction [Enhanced Cd] – Evelyn Esaki
Compiled By, Edited By, Engineer, Transferred By [Original Transfers], Design [Original Package Design] – Harry Smith
Design [Graphic Designer Enhanced Cd] – Ellen Borchard
Design [Reissue Art Direction & Design] – Scott Stowell
Directed By [Director] – Richard Kurin
Edited By [Editor] – Peter Seitel
Liner Notes [Introduction], Executive-Producer – Amy Horowitz, Anthony Seeger
Liner Notes [Notes On Harry Smith's Anthology] – Neil V. Rosenberg
Liner Notes [Supplemental Notes On The Selections] – Jeff Place
Liner Notes [The Brotherhood Of The Anthology] – Jon Pankake
Liner Notes [The Old, Weird America] – Greil Marcus
Management [Licensing] – Kevin Doran
Management [Marketing] – Brenda Dunlap
Management [Photo Licensing And Research] – Heather MacBride
Mastered By [Mastering And Audio Restoration] – Charlie Pilzer, Dave Glassner,
Photography By – A.R. Danberg, John Cohen (2)
Photography By [Photo By] – Joanne Ziprin
Producer [Enhanced Cd] – Philip Coady, Steve Moreland
Programmed By [Enhanced Cd] – Brett Nagy
Supervised By [Audio Supervision], Transferred By [Analog To Digital Tape Transfers], Liner Notes [Technical Note] – Pete Reiniger
Transferred By [Analog Disc To Digital Tape Transfers] – Alan Stoker, Jack Towers, Joe Bussard, Pat Conte
Transferred By [Analog To Digital Tape Transfers] – Charlie Pilzer
Transferred By [Original Transfers] – Moses Asch, Peter Bartok

companies

Copyright (c) – Smithsonian Folkways
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Manufactured By – Sony Music Special Products
Mastered At – Airshow Mastering, Springfield, VA
Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-093904
Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-093913
Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-093914
Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-093915
Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-093916
Pressed By – DADC

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