Music : People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938 |
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Rating: - * Remember Us ... When I drive down the road in my 2006 Honda Accord and have this collection playing on my six changer cd player I feel like it's 1922 in Alabama and I'm in my Ford jalopy listening to some great radio station from the past. These songs not only tell stories of the past they make you feel for people you have never met. It's a great collection. Rating: - * love tose old songs from my generation ... Received these cds just before a trip from VA to TX. Took me over 200 miles of happy interstate driving (with nary a disaster)! Rating: - * Brilliant & Creative Historical Collection ... On a recommendation from a friend, I picked this up even though I only own the Harry Smith Anthology and really no other reissue collections. I'm now sold! This is at least on the same level as the Harry Smith collection if not much better. This set is a thoughtfully constructed, almost visionary collection of pre-1938 recordings, with each one of the recordings demonstrating something lost in the current "musical vocabulary" that is being put out now. Besides sounding fantastic and looking great, the package also includes deeply revealing annotations and notes by Hank Sapoznik, Christopher King and Tom Waits. I've listened to the set for hours and read and re-read the notes and tried to take in all the compelling graphics. It is indeed a singular experience and a true artistic success. Rating:  - * repetative,but interesting ... An interesting peak into early 20th century culture.The packaging is top notch.As for the music,it sounds like 20 or 30 versions of the same song,especially given the primitive recording techinques.I might suggest to Tompkins Square they re-record these song using modern artists ie Steve Earle,Dwight Yokum etc.Sort of like the Phil Alvin "Lost Songs"lp from 1985. In short ,historically interesting,musically tedious. Rating: - * Wow. Just. Wow. ... I can not think of a better set to have received as a Christmas gift. From Waits' introduction through the transfer quality of the audio all the way down to the panoramic pictures in the book, this set is a must-have for any serious music collector or lover. |
