21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Listen to the clips once, think twice, July 25, 2005
This review is from: Negro Prison Blues & Songs (Audio CD)
I wish anybody had mentioned this about this album before I bought it, so I'm telling you: this edition has been post-processed with a reverb that surely wasn't there when Lomax recorded it. Sometimes it's not especially intrusive, but sometimes it's aggressively metallic and artifical. Serves me right for trying to cheap out, and failing to listen to the clips. If this bugs you as it does me, do yourself what I'm going to do next time, buy the Rounder edition of "Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48)".
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great music, no liner notes, May 9, 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Negro Prison Blues & Songs (Audio CD)
This is an excellent recording with almost no context. The liner notes (all of two paragraphs) don't say anything about when the songs were recorded of how Lomax got access to the prisoners. The sound is excellent.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Negro prison CD purchase, April 10, 2011
This review is from: Negro Prison Blues & Songs (Audio CD)
I really enjoyed how authentic this CD recording was. My favorite songs were " Whoa Buck " and " Old Dollar mamie " These songs both describe how prison negro's thought of themselves.
Over all I think this album is really the songs they sang. My grandpa used to be a prison guard and when I played this album for him he stood up, grabbed a broom and started beating our Black lab.. Apparently this CD brought back fond memories of when he dished out lessons to the inmates.
I would recomend this album to any one who wishes to revist the good ole days or learn the music their grandparents sang.. Which ever side of the law you're on you can truly enjoy this album.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Recorded in a large room with one mike, September 6, 2011
This review is from: Negro Prison Blues & Songs (Audio CD)
The reverb on this recording is good old fashioned-echo. It comes from using a single mike in a large, empty room. Not scratchy acetate, that's for sure. The sound is as "authentic" as the late-50s would give you.
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