Times Ain't Like They Used To Be, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Music

Early American Rural Music (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B000000G94
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,877 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blues in the Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt

2. Dollar Bill Blues - Charlie Jordon

3. Lost John Dean - Bascom Lamar Lundsford

4. Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat - A. A. Gray and Sever Foot Dilly

5. Sinking of the Titanic - Richard "Rabbit" Brown

6. Tennessee Girls - Dykes Magic City Trio

7. Shotgun Blues - Bob Campbell

8. Train on the Island - J. P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds

9. The Fault's in Me - The Four Wanderers

10. The Tail of Halley's Comet - Happy Hayseeds

11. Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper - The Oaks Family

12. How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Louie Laskey

13. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Frank Blevins

14. On the Road Again - Memphis Jug Band

15. Dying Soldier, The - Buell Kazee

16. Voice Throwin' Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins

17. Been on the Job Too Long - Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles

18. Fannie Moore - Ken Maynard

19. I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape - Nugrape Twins

20. Old Miller's Will, The - Carson Brothers & Sprinkle

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Entertaining, August 19, 2000

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Howard Sauertieg "Howard Sauertieg" (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Times Ain't Like They Used To Be, Vol. 1: Early American Rural Music (Audio CD)

"Times, Vol 1" is the first of four CDs featuring blues, mountain music, sanctified singing, ballads, dances, and so on. Partisans of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music will also enjoy these Yazoo collections. The various styles are not "segregated," nor are the performers, and the program has a kaleidoscopic effect, playing up both similarities and differences among the numbers. The mood overall is upbeat but not jubilant.

My favorite track on Vol. 1, and one that should be more well-known and popular, is "Rabbit" Brown's definitive "Sinking of the Titanic." I can't find one "bad track on the CD - even when the music isn't especially engaging or distinctive, it still retains an ambience of age and distance, if that makes any sense. Consequently the CD admirably creates a mood and an illusion too, that the listener can peaceably coexist with widely divergent peoples simply by sharing their enjoyment in song and rhythm.

The CD mastering is excellent, for the most part, and only a couple tracks on Vol. 1 (specially noted: Ken Maynard's "Fannie Moore") are hampered by the excessive noise common to old 78s from private collections.

Vol 3 of this series sustains the high quality of this first volume, and doubtless all four volumes are worth owning. I know I enjoy these CDs as much as, or more than, any other collections of "folk music."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, May 14, 2008

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Ryan McNabb (Ooltewah, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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I can't imagine my music collection now without "Streak of fat, streak of lean" or "I got your ice cold NuGrape." These two and others on this disc, and in this amazing series, are just fantastically fun, essential American music. I'm collecting the entire series and it has really caused me to seek out other authentic recordings from this period. Also check the essential "Music From The Lost Provinces".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Early Rural Music Volume One, July 18, 2007

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Diane E. Hoekstra (USA) - See all my reviews
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To me it is the best collection of rare old tyme country music going. It shows the different entertainers of the times then and how good they are. If you are into a various entertainers collection of classic real old country music then I would reccomend this CD. It shows real country music at its all time best.