Various - The Rural Blues: A Study Of The Vocal And Instrumental Resources FLAC download

Tracklist

Volume One, Side One: Vocal Styles
Coarse Vocal Tone
A1	–Will Shade	I Can't Stand It
Deeper Chest Tones
A2	–Hambone Willie Newburn*	Shelby County Work House Blues
Clearer Head Tones
A3	–Robert Johnson	From Four Until Late
Simple Rhythm
A4	–Furry Lewis	You Can Leave, Baby
Complex Regular Rhythms
A5	–Sleepy John Estes	Milk Cow Blues
Irregular Phrase Length, Regular Rhythm
A6	–L'il Son Jackson*	Roberta Blues
A7	–Blind Boy Fuller	Thousand Woman Blues
Extended Vocal Chant
A8	–Arthur Crudup*	If I Get Lucky
Freely Rhythmic Chant
A9	–Charlie Pickett	Down The Highway
Volume One, Side Two: Vocal Ornamentation
Falsetto
B1	–Kokomo Arnold	Milk Cow Blues
False Bass
B2	–Blind Willie Johnson	Take Your Burden To The Lord
Growl
B3	–Tommy McClennan	New Highway 51
Hum
B4	–Blind Willie McTell	Mama T'aint Long Fo' Day
Laugh
B5	–Charlie Burse	Take Your Fingers Off It
Spoken Interjection
B6	–Charlie Lincoln*	My Wife Drove Me From My Door
B7	–Peg Leg Howell	Skin Game Blues
Recitative Verses
B8	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Goin Back To Florida
Mixed Style
B9	–Robert Johnson	Standing At The Crossroads
Volume Two: Instrumental
Side Three: Guitar As Melodic Voice
Picked
C1	–Lightnin' Hopkins	One Kind Favor
C2	–Blind Willie Johnson	Nobody's Fault But Mine
Bottle Neck
C3	–Furry Lewis	Warm Up
Guitar As Complex Rhythmic Accompaniment
C4	–Bukka White	Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
C5	–Peg Leg Howell	Coal Man Blues
Other Instruments
12 String Guitar
C6	–Blind Willie McTell	Southern Can Mama
Banjo
C7	–Papa Charlie Jackson	Airy Man Blues
Piano
C8	–Skip James	Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Piano And Guitar
C9	–Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell	New How Long How Long Blues
Side Four: Added Melodic Instruments
Harmonica
D1	–Sonny Terry & Oh Red With Blind Boy Fuller	Harmonica Stomp
Violin
D2	–Frank Stokes	Shiney Town Blues
Kazoo
D3	–Virgil Perkins	Trouble In Mind
Added Rhythm Instruments
Bass- Plucked
D4	–Arthur Crudup*	Mean Old Frisco
Bass- Bowed
D5	–Brownie McGhee	Sportin' Life Blues
Washboard
D6	–Virgil Perkins	Solo
Larger Accompaniment Groups
D7	–Charlie Burse	Tippin' Round
D8	–Ham Gravy	Mama Don't 'Low It
D9	–Moochie Reeves	Key To The Highway

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Credits

• Compiled By, Liner Notes, Photography By – Samuel B. Charters
• Design [Cover] – Ronald Clyne
• Photography By – Ann Charters
• Recorded By – Samuel B. Charters (tracks: A1, A4, B5, B8, C1, C3, D3, D6, D9)

Notes

This version:

Box: Blue and black with "The Rural Blues" written in white. Dated 1960 on back. RF 202 catalog number.

Labels: Off-white with brown print. Dated 1964. RF 202(x) catalog number.

Booklet insert: 202X catalog number. Dated 1964.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RF 202, RF-202	Various	The Rural Blues: A Study Of The Vocal And Instrumental Resources ‎(2xLP, Comp + Box)	RBF Records, RBF Records	RF 202, RF-202	US	1960
XTRA 1035	Various	The Rural Blues ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono + Box)	XTRA	XTRA 1035	UK	1966
XTRA 1035	Various	The Rural Blues ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono)	XTRA	XTRA 1035	UK	1966
RF 202	Various	The Rural Blues: A Study Of The Vocal And Instrumental Resources ‎(2xCDr, Comp, Enh, RE)	Smithsonian Folkways	RF 202	US	2007
RF 202, 202X, RF 202(x)	Various	The Rural Blues: A Study Of The Vocal And Instrumental Resources ‎(2xLP, Comp + Box)	RBF Records, RBF Records, RBF Records	RF 202, 202X, RF 202(x)	US	1964