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Alan Lomax
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Negro Prison Blues and Songs + Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home + Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (July 19, 1994)
  • Original Release Date: September 21, 1994
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Live
  • Label: Legacy
  • ASIN: B000002NQQ
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #198,595 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Listen to the clips once, think twice, July 25, 2005
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
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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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