Richard Supa

Richard Goodman, *Massepequa Par, NY

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS also member of Aerosmith

1970 unknown – Supa (Producer: Buddy Buie)

001 NASHVILLE Columbia 4-45182

002 MAMA'S SONG Columbia 4-45182

May-August 1971 Studio One, Atlanta, GA – Supa (Richard Supa [vcl/ac gt/ el gt], J. R. Cobb [ac gt], Barry Bailey [el gt], Howie Emerson [gt], Ivan Elias/ Paul Goddard [bass], Robert Nix [drums], Liberty DeVitto [drums/ percussion], Dean (Ox) Doughtry / Jonathan Hipps [keyboards/organ]. Producer: Buddy Buie)

003 GOOD OL' COUNTRY BOO Paramount PAS 6009

004 ZAM PAM POOGEE Paramount PAS 6009

005 MB-26000 BURNED Paramount PAA 0117/PAS 6009

006 WALK THROUGH COUNTRY SUNSHINE Paramount PAS 6009

007 STONE COUNTRY (WANTED MAN) Paramount PAS 6009

008 UNWRITTEN WORDS Paramount PAS 6009

009 MB-26175 LI'L JESSIE Paramount PAA 0117/PAS 6009

010 FOR THOSE OVERCOME Paramount PAS 6009

Ca February 1972 Studio One, Atlanta. GA –Supa (Producer: Buddy Buie)

011 MB 26515 SISTER SALVATION PAA 0171/PAS 6027

Ca March 1972 Studio One, Atlanta. GA  – Supa (Producer: Buddy Buie)

012 MB 26546 GOSHEN ROAD PAA 0171/PAS 6027

013 MB 26545 HEAP-A-TROUBLE PAA 0182/PAS 6027

Ca August 1972 Studio One, Atlanta. GA –  Supa (Richard Supa [vcl/gt/bck vcl], J. B. Cobb [ac gt], Barry Bailey [el gt], Edward Emerson [dobro], Paul Goddard [bass], Robert Nix [drums], Jon Hibbs [kayboards], Rodney Justo [bck vcl]. Producer: Buddy Buie)

014 MOTORCYCLE MAN PAS 6027

015 TRACTOR TO HIS TRADE PAS 6027

016 RIDE THE WILD HOUSE PAS 6027

017 RAINBOWS COLORED RIGHT PAS 6027

018 MONKEY JOE PAS 6027

Ca March 1972 Studio One, Atlanta. GA – Supa (Producer: Buddy Buie)

019 MB 26909 TRACKS OF MY TEARS PAA 0182/PAS 6027

1974 unknown – Richard Supa (Producer: Hank Medress, Dave Appell)

020 AT EVERY END THERE'S A BEGINNING Arista AS-0102

021 MY BOUQUET  Arista AS-0102

1976 Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA/Record Plant Yacht, Catalina, CA – Richard Suppa

022 COULD IT BE LOVE I FOUND TONIGHT 8-50320/PE 34777

023 LOVE BIRDS PE 34777

024 TAKIN' THE EASY WAY OUT PE 34777

025 SHOPPING BAG LADY PE 34777

026 FORGETTING SOMEONE 8-50287/PE 34777

027 LET MY LOVE BE PE 34777

028 SCHOOL-A-HARD KNOCKS PE 34777

029 MY TWO HANDS 8-50287 8-50320/PE 34777

030 CITY SUNDAY MORNING DAY PE 34777  

Ca March 1978 Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA – Richard Supa (Producer: Bill Halverson)

031 78NP-3615 LUCRECIA PD 14490/PD-1-6155

032 THE LOVER'S KNOT PD-1-6155

033 ON THE DOWN AND OUT PD-1-6155

034 THE GREAT HALL OF FAME PD-1-6155

035 78NP-3619 GANGSTER ON THE LOOSE PD 14520/PD-1-6155

036 SMALL TALK PD-1-6155

037 CHIP AWAY THE STONE PD-1-6155

038 78NP-3622 SUITCASE LIFE PD 24490/PD-1-6155

039 DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH PD-1-6155  

ALBUMS

Paramount PAS 6009 Supa’s Jamboree: Good Ol' Country Boo; Zam Pam Poogee; Burned; Walk Through Country Sunshine; Stone Country (Wanted Man); Unwritten Words; Li'l Jessie; For Those Overcome – 71

Paramount PAS 6027 Homespun: Motorcycle Man; Tractor To His Trade; Goshen Road; Heap-a-Trouble; Sister Salvation; Tracks Of My Tears; Ride The Wild House; Rainbows Colored Right; Monkey Joe- 72

Epic PE 34777 Life Lines: Could It Be Love I Found Tonight; Love Birds; Takin' The Easy Way Out; Shopping Bag Lady; Forgetting Someone; Let My Love Be; School-A-Hard Knocks; My Two Hands; City Sunday Morning Day – 24-09-76

Polydor PD-1-6155 Tall Tales: Suitcase Life; The Lover's Knot; On The Down And Out; The Great Hall Of Fame; Gangster On The Loose; Small Talk; Chip Away The Stone; Lucrecia; Diamonds In The Rough – 24-07-78

EPs

Polydor PRO-052 The Cream Of Tall Tales: Gangster On The Loose; Small Talk / Chip Away The Stone; Lucrecia – 78 (promo)

SINGLES

Columbia

4-45182 Nashville / Mama's Song – 09-06-70

Paramount

PAA 0119 Li’l Jessie / Burned – 09-71 (rev Sept. 11)

PAA 0171 Sister Salvation / Goshen Road – 72

PAA 0182 Tracks Of My Tears / Heap-A-Trouble – 72

Arista

AS-0102 At Every End There's A Beginning / My Bouquet – 02-75

Epic

8-50287 Forgetting Someone / My Two Hands – 09-76 (rev. Oct. 2)

8-50320 Could It Be Love I Found Tonight / My Two Hands – 76

Polydor

PD 14490 Suitcase Life / Lucrecia – 06-78 (rev. July 1)

PD 14520 Gangster On The Loose [Mono] / Gangster On The Loose [Stereo] – 78 (promo)

Sid Harkreader

Sidney Johnson Harkreader,  *26-02-1898 Gladville Wilson County, TN, +19-03-1988
2nd version

by Thieu Van De Vorst, Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts

SESSIONS  see also Uncle Dave Macon

13 April 1925 New York City -  Sid Harkreader (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt])

001 NN-677/8  THE DYING GIRLS’MESSAGE Vocalion 15075 5066

002 NN-681/2  DARK EYES           Vocalion 15366 Vocalion 5114

14 April 1925 New York City -  Sid Harkreader (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt/whistle-1])

003 NN-687/8  NEW RIVER TRAIN Vocalion 15035 Vocalion 5063/ BACM CD D 424

004 NN-689/0  WHERE IS MY BOY TONIGHT Vocalion 15075 Vocalion 5066/OHCS-185

005 NN-691/2  I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN Vocalion 15035 Vocalion 5063

006 NN-693/4  MANY TIMES WITH YOU I'VE WANDERED Vocalion 15100 Vocalion 5070/ BACM CD D 424

007 NN-697/8  SOUTHERN WHISTLING COON*Vocalion 15063

008 NN-699/700  I TICKLED NANCY       Vocalion 15341  Vocalion 5109/OHCS-185

009 NN-701/2  STRUTTING AROUND Vocalion 15193 Vocalion 5082

15 April 1925 New York City - Sid Harkreader (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt])

010 NN-715/6  BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES  Vocalion 15193 Vocalion 5082

011 NN-717/8  LITTLE SWEETHEART   unissued

June 1927 Chicago, IL – Harkreader and Moore (Sid Harkreader [vcl/gt/fiddle/speach], Grady Moore [vcl/gt/steel/fiddle/speach])

012 4590-1-2 THE BULLY OF THE TOWN Paramount 3022 Broadway 8056/JEMF 103 BACM CD D 424

013 4591-1-2 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE  3022 8055/ BACM CD D 424

014 4592-2 OLD JOE 3023 8114/County LP 541 CO-CD-3521 BACM CD D 340 BACM CD D 424

015 4593-1 JOHN HENRY 3023 8114/ BACM CD D 424

016 4596-2 DON’T RECKON IT’LL HAPPEN AGAIN 3044/ BACM CD D 424

017 4597-2 THERE’S A LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET 3024 8115

018 4598-3 THE GAMBLER’S DYING  WORDS 3025 8115 ARC-Broadway 8115/BACM CD D 340

019 4599-2 A PICTURE FROM LIFE’S OTHER SIDE 3024 8055/ BACM CD D 424

020 4600-1 THE LAND WHERTE WE NEVER GROW OLD 3052 3296 8081/JSP 7774 BACM CD D 424

021 4604-2 WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS 3055

022 4605-2 KITTY WELLS 3043 8157/ BACM CD D 424

023 4606-3 WAY DOWN IN JAIL ON MY KNEES 3025 8056?

024 4610-2 MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE 3043 8157/ BACM CD D 424

025 4611-2 ONLY AS FAR AS THE GATE 3035

026 4612-2 BITS OF BLUES 3044/ BACM CD D 424

027 4613-1 I LOVE THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE 3033/ BACM CD D 424

028 4614-2 MOCKING BIRD BREAKDOWN 3033/ BACM CD D 424

029 4616-1 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE 3061 8117/JSP 7774

030 4617-1 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS 3061 8117/JSP 7774

031 4618-2 A TRIP TO TOWN  3063 8065

032 4620-2 IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE A BIG TIME TONIGHT 3054 8217 / BACM CD D 424

033 4621-1 WILL THERE BE ANY STARS ON MY CROWN 3052 3296 8081/JSP 7774 BACM CD D 424

034 4622-1 LAZY TENNESSEE 3063 8064

035 4623-2 RUN NIGGER RUN 3054 8217

Missing masters are untraced

JEMF 103 PARAMOUNT OLDTIME TUNES; COUNTY LP 541 EARLY STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (1987); COUNTY CO-CD-3521 NASHVILLE EARLY STRINGBANDS VOL.1 (2000);  JSP 7774 PARAMOUNT OLDTIME RECORDINGS (UK, 2006, 4CD BOX); BACM D 340 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS 1926-1937 (UK, 2011)
Ca April 1928 Chicago, IL – Hearkreader and Poteet (Sid Hearkreader [vcl/fiddle], Blythe Poteet [vcl/gt])

036 20471-2 RED RIVER VALLEY Paramount 3141 Broadway 8202/ BACM CD D 424

037 20474-1 IT WON’T BE LONG NOW 3141 8202/ BACM CD D 424

038 20478-2 LIFE’S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN 3094 8129

039 20479-2 HE’LL FIND NO GIRL LIKE ME 3112/ BACM CD D 424

040 20480-1 SWEET BIRD 3112/ BACM CD D 424

041 20481-2 DRINK HER DOWN 3118

042 20484-2 TAKE ME BACK TO MY CAROLINA HOME 3104 8219/ BACM CD D 424

043 20485-1 WANG WANG BLUES 3118

044 20486-2-3 WHERE IS MY MAM 3094 8129

045 20487-2 TRAVELING COON 3104 8219

045 20488-2 CHIN MUSIC 3183/ BACM CD D 424

046 20489-1 ON THE BOWERY 3183

Missing masters are possibly unknown rejected tracks

1979 unknown – Mark Brine and Fiddlin‘ Sid Harkreader

047 THE CHRISTMAS CAROL NO ONE LISTENS FOR (THE CAROL) Society no #/KJK CD 05

048 THE CAROL RAG Society no #/KJK CD 05

KJK CD 05 THE CAROL AND TRUE FOLK LEGEND OF JACK FROST (2011)

ALBUMS

BACM [UK] CD D 424 Early Opry Star: The Bully Of The Town; Take Me Back To My Old Carolina Home; He’ll Find No Girl Like Me; It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight; Sweet Bird; Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown; It Won’t Be Long Now; New River Train; The Land Where We Never Grow Old; Red River Valley; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; John Henry; Mocking Bird Breakdown; My Little Home In Tennessee; Kitty Wells; Chin Music; Don’t Reckon It’ll Happen Again; Many Times With You I’ve Wandered; Old Joe; A Picture From Life’s Other Side; Bits Of Blues; I Love The Hills Of Tennessee - 12

SINGLES

Vocalion

15035 New River Train / I Wish I Was Single Again – 25 (reissued as 5063)

15063 Southern Whistling Coon / [Uncle Dave Macon:] Watermelon Smilin‘ On The Wine – 25 (reissued as 5065)

15075 The Dying Girls‘ Message / Where Is My Boy Tonight – 25 (reissued as 5066)

15100 [Uncle Dave Macon: Save My Mpther’s Picture From The Sale / Many Times With You I’ve Wandered - 25 (reissued as 5070)

15193 Struttin‘  Around / Blue Ridge Mountain Blue – 25 (reissued as 5082)
15366 Dark Eyes /  [George Reneau:] On Top Of Old Smoky – 26 (reissued as 5114)

Paramount (1927-1928) as Harkreader and Moore, since 3094 Harkreader and Potet

3022 The Bully Of The Town /  Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

3023 Old Joe / John Henry

3024 There’s A Little Rosewood Casket / A Picture From Life’s Other Side

3025 The Gambler’s Dying / Way Down In Jail On My Knees

3033 I Love The Hills Of Tennessee / Mocking Bird Breakdown

3035 Only As Far As The Gate / Where The River Shannon Flows

3043 Kitty Wells / My Little Home In Tennessee

3044  Don’t Reckon It’ll Happen Again / Bits Of Blues

3052 The Land Where We Never Grow Old / Will There Be Any Stars On My Crown (reissued on Paramount 3296)

3054 It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight / Run Nigger Run

3061 In The Sweet Bye And Bye / The Old Rugged Cross

3063 A Trip To Town / Lazy Tennessee

3094 Life’s Railway To heaven / Where Is My Mam

3104 Take Me Back To My Carolina Home / [Blythe Poteet:] Traveling Coon

3112  He’ll Find No Girl Like Me / Sweet Bird

3118 Drink Her Down  / Wang Wang Blues

3141  Red River Valley / It Won’t Be Long Now

3183 Chin Music /  On The Bowery

3296 The Land Where We’ll Never Grow Old / Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown

Note by Henk Scholts: Note: Pm 3118 a copy has been reported with matrix 20485 in the wax and on the label Wang wang blues but playing: Take me back to my Carolina home

Broadway  as by Harkins and Moran or Harkins and  Perry

8055 Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / A Picture From Life’s Other Side

8056 The Bully Of The Town / Way Down In Jail On My Knees (?)

8064 Lazy Tennessee / [Kentucky Thorobreds]

8065 A Trip To Town / [Kentucky Thorobreds]

8081 The Land Wherte We Never Grow / Will There Be Any Stars On My Crown

8115 There’s A Little Rosewood Casket /  The Gambler’s Dying  Words

8117  In The Sweet Bye And Bye / The Old Rugged Cross

8129  Life’s Railway To Heaven / Where Is My Mam – as by Harkins and Perry

8144 Old Joe / John Henry  -

8157 Kitty Wells / My Little Home In Tennessee

8202 Red River Valley / It Won’t Be Long Now  - as by Harkins and Moran

8217 It Looks To Me Like A Big Time Tonight / Run Nigger Run

8219  Take Me Back To My Carolina Home / Traveling Coon  - as by Philip Perry

ARC-Broadway 8115 [David Miller:] Way Down In Jail On My Knees /  The Gambler’s Dying  Words

Note by Henk Scholts: The online 78"project mentioned 8056 as alternate release with The bully of the town by Ernest Stoneman. Tony Russell's book Country Music Records a discography 1921-1942 mentioned the Ernest Stoneman release as ARC-Broadway 8056 with on reverse side Vernon Dalhart. However a Vernon Dalhart release as ARC-Broadway 8056 is not been traced in this book.

Herwin

75532 Death of John Henry [as by Mc Bridge and Wright] / [Welby Toomey:] Roving Gambler  (other pressings of this record replaces matrix 4593 by Gennett matrix 12572 The death of John Henry by Welby Toomey)

Society (1979)

No # The Christmas Carol No One Listens For (The Carol) / The Carol Rag – 79 w. Mark Brine

Document DOCD 8071 (by Henk Scholts)

By Henk Scholts

Document DOCD-8071 Mississippi Fiddle Tunes And Songs From The 1930s

This was the last project of Document with CD release

Note by Henk Scholts: At my opinion is that the first (matrix) numbers must be the matixes made by Herbert Halpert and the next numbers are probably for the Library of Congress

CD 1

W. E. Claunch with Mrs. Christine Haygood

10 May 1939 Route 3, Guntown, Lee County, MS - (W. Claunch [vcl/fiddle], Christine Haygood [gt])

Ol' Molly Hare 238A 2 / 2971 A1 - A2

Soldiers Joy 238A 3 / 2971 A3

The Eighth Of January 238B 1 / 2971 B1

Grub Springs 238B 2 / 2971 B2

Give The Fiddler A Dram 238B 3 / 2971 B3

Mississippi Sawyer 238B 4 / 2971 B4

Black-Eyed Susie 239A 2 / 2972 A1 - A2

Wagoner 239A 3 / 2972 A3

Chicken Pie 239A 4 / 2972 A4

Bear Creek's Up 239B 1 / 2972 B1

Grey Eagle 239B 2 / 2972 B2

Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A

Drink 239B 3 / 2972 B3

The Great Titanic 239B 4 / 240A 1 / 2972 B4 / 2973 A1

Walkin' In The Parlor 240A 2 / 2973 A2

Run Nigger Run 240A 3 / 2973 A3

Rabbit In The Pea Patch 240A 4 / 2973 A4

The Devil's Dream 240B 1 / 2973 B1

Sally Gooden 240B 2 / 2973 B2

Cindy 240B 3 / 2973 B3

Texas Bells 240B 4 / 2973 B4

Raise Big 'Taters In Sandy Land 241A 1 / 2974 A1

Miss Sally At The Party 241A 2 / 2974 A2

Wolves A Howlin' 241A 3 / 2974 A3

Oh, Yes, Mammy, Look At Sam 241A 4 / 2974 A4

How Old Are You, My Pretty Little Miss 241B 1 / 2974 B1

Drunkard's Hiccups 241B 2 / 2974 B2

Arkansas Traveler 241B 3 / 2974 B3

John Hatcher

12 May 1939 Home Of Mrs Vivian Skinner, Luka, Tishomingo County, MS - (John Hatcher [vcl/fiddle]).

Soldier's Joy 265B 2 / 2998 A - B1

Eighth Of January Takes 1 and 2 265B 2 / 266A 1 / 2998 B2

The Arkansas Traveler 266A 2 / 2999 A2

Tishomingo County Blues 266B 1 / 2999 B1

Goin' Up To Hamburg 266B 2 / 2999 B2

Scott Number Two 267A 1 / 3000 A1

Black-Eyed Susie 267A 2 / 3000 A2

Old Miss Sally 267A 3 / 3000 A3

Grub Springs 267A 4 / 3000 A4

Baldin Or Long-Eared Mule 267B 1 / 3000 B1

Tom And Jerry 267B 2 / 3000 B2

Pretty Little Gal All Round Town 267B 3 / 3000 B3

Farewell Whiskey 267B 4 / 268A 1 / 3000 B4

Bonaparte's Retreat 268A 3 / 3001 B1

Buffalo Girl 268A 2 / 3001 A2

The Little Danville Girl 270A 2 / 3003 A2

Up The Road, Far As I Can See 270A 3 / 3003 A3

Down Yonder 270B 1 / 3000 B1

Leather Breaches 270B 2 / 3003 B2

Billy In The Low Ground 270B 3 / 3003 B3

John Alexander Brown

12 May 1939 Home Of Mrs Vivian Skinner, Luka, Tishomingo County, MS – (John Alexander Brown [fiddle], John hatcher [vcl])

Git Along Home, Cindy 268B 1- B 2 / 3001 B2

Give The Fiddler A Dram 269A 1 / 3002 A1

Wolves A-Howlin' 269A 2 / 3002 A2

Dusty Miller 269A 3 / 3002 A3

Sally Goodin 269B 1 / 3002 B1

Froggie Went A-Courtin' 269B 2 / 3002 B2

Not A-Gonna Have No Supper Here Tonight 269B 3 / 3002 B3

Rats In The Meal Barrel 270A 1 / 3003 A1

CD 2

Frank T. Kittrell

20 May 1939 Meridian Civic Centre, Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS (Frank T. Kittrell [fiddle], Mrs. Kittrell Straws)

Frank Kittrell - Interview

Indian War Whoop 302B 1 / 3035 B1

Corn Stark Fiddle And A Shoe String Bow

- Takes 1 and 2 302B 2 / 3035 B2

Goin' To The Weddin' 302B 3 / 3035 B3

Little Boy Went A-Courtin' 303A 2 / 3036 A1

I Want To Go To Meetin' And Got No Shoes 303A 3 / 3036 A2

Cindy Jane 303B 1 / 3036 B1

Rye Straw 303B 2 / 3036 B2

Hell After The Yearlings 303B 3 / 3036 B3

Hardy C. Sharp

20 May 1939 Meridian Civic Centre, Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS (Hardy C. Sharp [fiddle], Douglas Williams [gt-1], Horace Kinard [banjo-2])

Puncheon Floor -1  304B 1 / 3037 B1

Great Big Yam Potatoes -1 304B 2 / 3037 B2

Leather Breaches -1 304B 3 / 3037 B3

Liza Jane -1 305A 2 / 3038 A1

Eighth Of January -2 305A 3 / 3038 A2

Mississippi Sawyer -2 305A 4 / 3038 A3

W. A. Bledsoe

20 May 1939 Meridian Civic Centre, Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS (W. A. Bledsoe [fiddle], Horace Kinard [banjo])

W.A. Bledsoe - Interview

Prettiest Little Gal In The County-O 305B 1 / 3038 B1

Big Foot Nigger In A Sandy Lot 305B 2 / 3038 B2

Stoney Point 306A 1 / 3039 A1

Farewell Mary Anne 306A 2 / 3039 A2

Old Molly Hare 306A 3 / 3039 A3

Bill Cheatham 306A 4 / 3039 A4

Horace Kinard

20 May 1939 Meridian Civic Centre, Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS (Horace Kinard [vcl/ banjo])

Horace Kinard - Interview

Liza Jane 306B 1 / 3039 B1

Railroad Bill 306B 2 / 3039 B2

Charles Long

21 May 1939 Home Of Mr. Long Near Quitman, Clarke County, MS – (Charles Long [fiddle], Sam Neal Straws)

My Little Dony 309B 1 / 3042 B1

Hard Road To Texas 310A 1 / 3043 A1

Drunkard's He-Cups 310A 2 / 3043 A2

Sally-O 310A 3 / 3043 A3

Jones County 310B 1 / 3043 B1

Steamboat 310B 2 / 3043 B2

Fisher's Hornpipe 311A 1 / 3044 A1

Alabama Waltz 311A 2 / 3044 A2

Big Eyed Rabbit 311A 3 / 3044 B1

Little Willie 311A 3 / 3044 A3

Rock Candy 311B 1 / 3044 B2

My Ol' Dog's Trailin' Up A Squirrel 311B 2 / 3044 B3

Stephen B. Tucker

23 May 1939 Meridian Civic Centre, Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS – (Stephen B. Tucker [fiddle])

Cold Frosty Morning 312A 2 / 3045 A1

Bragg's Retreat 312A 4 / 3045 A2

Hog Eye 312B 1 / 3045 B1

(No Name Recalled) 312B 2 / 3045 B2

Throw The Soap Suds In The Corner Of The

Fence 312B 3 / 3045 B3

Soldier's Joy 312B 4 / 3045 B4

Mississippi Sawyer 313A 1 / 3046 A1

Fisher's Hornpipe 313A 2 / 3046 A2

Arkansas Traveler 313A 3 / 3046 A3

Run, Nigger, Run 313A 4 / 3046 A4

Raker's Hornpipe 313B 1 / 3046 B1

Texas Wagon 313B 2 / 3046 B2

Indian Eat The Woodpecker 313B 3 / 3046 B3

Devil's Dream 314A 1 / 3047 A1

Tom And Jerry 314A 2 / 3047 A2

Christmas Times In The Morning 314B 1 / 3047 B1

Pound Cake And Sugar 314B 2 / 3047 B2

Joke On The Puppy 314B 3 / 3047 B3

Haste To The Wedding 315A 2 / 3048 A2

Jig (No Title Recalled) 315A 3 / 3048 A3

Circus Piece 315B 1 / 3048 B1

Chippy Get Your Hair Cut 315B 2 / 3048 B2

Leather Breeches 315B 3 / 3048 B3

Calico 315B 4 / 3048 B4

CD 3

Enos Canoy

26 May 1939 Home Of Miss Maud Turner, Magee, Simpson County, MS – (Enos Canoy [fiddle], Tim Canoy [mandolin], Lola Canoy [gt])

Possum And The Racoon 320B 1 / 3053 B1

Eighth Of January 320B 2 / 3053 B2

The Old Blue Sow 321A 1 / 3054 A1

Buck Dancin' Charlie 321A 2 / 3054 A2

Lost John 321B 1 / 3054 B1

Introduction To Henry Holmes Holla

Henry Holmes Holla 320B 2 / 322A 1 / 3054 B2 / 3055 A1

Jim Meyers

26 May 1939 Home Of Miss Maud Turner, Magee, Simpson County, MS – Jim Meyers [fiddle])

Old Field Rabbit 324B 3 / 3057 B3

Enos Canoy

26 May 1939 Home Of Miss Maud Turner, Magee, Simpson County, MS.

EC Fid; Jim Meyers Straws

Pickin' The Devil's Eye 325A 1 / 3058 A1

Where'd You Get Your Whiskey 325A 2 / 3058 A2

Pore Little Mary Settin' In The Corner 325A 3 / 3058 A3

Lola Canoy

26 May 1939 Home Of Miss Maud Turner, Magee, Simpson County, MS – Lola Canoy [vcl], Jim Meyers [fiddle])

Pearl Brown 325B 1 / 3058 B1

Thaddeus C. Willingham

11 June 1939 Gulfport Woman's Clubhouse, Gulfport. Harrison County, MS -  (Thaddeus C. Willingham [vcl/banjo])

Thaddeus Willingham - Interview

Roll On The Ground, Boys 380A 1 / 3113 A

Goin' On Down Town 380B 1 / 3113 B

Rove, Riley, Rove 381A 1 / 3114 A

Shake Your Little Foot, Sally Ann 381B 2 / 3114 B1

Black-Eyed Susie 381B 3 / 3114 B3

Run, Nigger, Run 382A 1 / 3115 A

Oh, My Little Darling 382B 1 / 3115 B1

Want A Little Water, Johnny 382B 2 / 3115 B2

Cross-Eyed Gopher 382B 3 / 3115 B3

Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? /

Mississippi Valley Waltz 383A 1 / 3116 A1

Cripple Creek 383A 2 / 3116 A2

Humpback Mule 383B 1 / 3116 B1

Old Dan Tucker 383B 2 / 3116 B2

Uncle Bud 384A 1 - B 1 / 3117 A - B1

Liza Jane 384B 2 / 3117 B2

Old Joe Clark 385A 1 / 3118 A1

Miss Cindy - Takes 1 and 2 385A 2 - B 1 / 3118 A2 - B1

Sally Goodin 385 B 2 / 3118 B2

All songs collected by Herbert Halpert and recorded by him with Abbott Ferris acc by Miss Jerome Sage (State director of Federal Music Project) for the Library of Congres in 1939.

This album is released in conjunction with te book Mississippi fiddle tunes and songs from the 1930's by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin published by University Press of Mississippi.

Primarily conceived as a way to get people and the economy back to work, Roosevelt's WPA arts projects published state tour guides, collected ex-slave narratives, and collected folklore of all sorts, but especially folk music.

This set contains the complete fiddle and banjo field recordings collected by Herbert Halpert for his 1939 field trip in Mississippi. Then working with the New York chapter of the Federal Theatre project Halpert was drafted by the Federal Music Project to produce the recordings. An army ambulance was donated and renovated with WPA labor. The Library of Congress loaned recording equipment. The Presto 78 disc cutter, then the state of the art for portable recording equipment, was installed in the ambulance, which was later nicknamed the "Soundwagon."

The expedition was one of the very last collecting efforts fielded by the WPA arts projects before being defunded by the anti-New Deal opposition. The quality of the documentation, photos, and recordings make it one of the most impressive of the WPA's collecting efforts.

After the trip, the recordings were deposited and have largely remained unheard in the Library of Congress archives. A few tracks have been released by the Library of Congress on several of its LP recordings. The Mississippi Department of Archives and History produced an LP in 1987 with many fine tracks but this is the first time all one hundred and forty recordings have been made available.

This 3 CD set is released in conjunction with the book 'Mississippi Fiddle Tunes And Songs From The 1930s' by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin, published by University Press of Mississippi.

Relevant Document albums

DOCD- 8065 +8066 Narmour and Smith Vol. 1 and 2

DOCD- 8029 + 8030 Leake County Revelers Vol. 1 and 2

DOCD - 8009 + 8028 Mississippi String Bands Vol. 1 and 2

DOCD-5578, 'Field Recordings Vol. 2: North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas 1926 - 1943'

DOCD 5577 'Field Recordings Volume 3 Mississippi 1936-1942'

DOCD 5578 'Field Recordings Volume 4 Mississippi and Alabama 1934-1942'