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Listen Now | Title | File Number | Subjects | Recording Date | Alt Title | Genres | Instruments | Cities | Counties | State | Setting | Editor Note | Technical Note | Online Resources |
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Levee Camp Blues (#1) | 4780A2 | Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues | fiddle, guitar, harmonica, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | An archival source for both sides of this disc was unavailable at the time of cataloging (Spring 2018). The Library of Congress’ disc concordance states that no preservation reel was made when the rest of the collection was transferred (1968), which suggests the disc was either damaged or missing. However, the fact that the recordings have been commercially issued (see Biograph’s “The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942”) argues that the disc or at least a tape transfer does survive and is simply currently (still) missing. The audio in this catalog, then, is that issued on the Biograph CD. | ||||
Government Fleet Blues | 4780B1 | Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues | fiddle, guitar, harmonica, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | An archival source for both sides of this disc was unavailable at the time of cataloging (Spring 2018). The Library of Congress’ disc concordance states that no preservation reel was made when the rest of the collection was transferred (1968), which suggests the disc was either damaged or missing. However, the fact that the recordings have been commercially issued (see Biograph’s “The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942”) argues that the disc or at least a tape transfer does survive and is simply currently (still) missing. The audio in this catalog, then, is that issued on the Biograph CD. | ||||
Walking Blues | 4780B2 | Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues | fiddle, guitar, harmonica, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | An archival source for both sides of this disc was unavailable at the time of cataloging (Spring 2018). The Library of Congress’ disc concordance states that no preservation reel was made when the rest of the collection was transferred (1968), which suggests the disc was either damaged or missing. However, the fact that the recordings have been commercially issued (see Biograph’s “The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942”) argues that the disc or at least a tape transfer does survive and is simply currently (still) missing. The audio in this catalog, then, is that issued on the Biograph CD. | ||||
Shetland Pony Blues | 4781A1 | Eddie (Son) House | 9/3/1941 | blues | guitar, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | |||||
Fo' Clock Blues | 4781A2 | Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues | guitar, mandolin, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | |||||
Make Me A Pallet On the Floor | 4781A3 | Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues | guitar, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | |||||
Levee Camp Hollers | 4781B1 | Eddie (Son) House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | field holler | vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | |||||
Delta Blues | 4781B2 | Eddie (Son) House, Leroy Williams | 9-3-1941 | blues | guitar, harmonica, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | |||||
Going to Fishing | 4781B3 | Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues | guitar, harmonica, percussion, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | |||||
Uncle Sam Done Called (fragment) | 4782A1 | Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues, topical song | guitar, harmonica, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | Identified as a microphone test in AFS catalog. | ||||
Uncle Sam Done Called | 4782A2 | Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Leroy Williams, Willie Brown | 9-3-1941 | blues, topical song | guitar, harmonica, vocal | Lake Cormorant | DeSoto | Mississippi | at the Clack Store | Remaining side is a brief instrumental by E.C. Ball (recorded in Virginia) followed by empty disc. |