"Carry Me Back to the Mountains" by Blue Ridge Partners
"Fox Chase" by W.R. Barnes and W.E. Barnes
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by Lucky Chatman's Ozark Mountain Boys
"Baker's Breakdown" by The Adcock Family
"Alley Strut" by Back Alley Boys
"Boweavil" by Lee Moore
"Bugle Call Banjo" by Bluegrass Travelers
"Tator Patch Blues" by Tennessee Mess Arounders
"We Need More Rattle Snakes" by Milo Way
"Jug in the Shade" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Lost Indian" by Welch Brothers
"Love Old Memphis" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Old Country Rock" by B. Sam Firk
"The Death of John Kennedy" by Bob Coltman and Joe Bussard
"Onions" by Three Blues Boys
"Paint Brush Blues" by Blind Thomas
"Helter Skelter" by Welch Brothers
"Green Blues" by Mississippi Swampers
"Hannah Open the Door" by Georgia Jokers
"Wildwood Flower" by Hillbilly Boys
"Down on the Delaware" by Whitacre Family
Track Listings (27) - Disc #2
"Crazy Arms" by Bill Hoffman and Joe Bussard
"Bluegrass" by Lucky Chatman's Ozark Mountain Boys
"Rome Georgia Bound" by Georgia Jokers
"Blind Blues" by Blind Thomas
"Bluegrass Shuffle" by Bluegrass Travelers
"Cider Time Rag" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Sugar Babe" by Happy Johnny and Family
"Tearing Down the Laurel" by Welch Brothers
"Up Jumped the Devil" by Possum Holler Boys
"Fox Chase" by Clarence Fross
"Virginia Ramble" by Virginia Ramblers
"Sow Good Seeds" by Joe Bussard
"Nobody's Darling but Mine" by Beachley Sisters
"Everlasting Joy" by Brother Smith and Brother Amos
"Backlander's Hornpipe" by The Backlanders
"Jokin' Georgia Rag" by Georgia Jokers
"Stir It Now" by Jackson Jug Jumpers
"Kid Future's Blues" by Kid Future
"R.G. Chimes" by Rocky Ridge Ramblers
"Back Alley Wiggle" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Pig Tail Fling" by Possum Holler Boys
"Down Where the River Bends" by Rocky Ridge Ramblers
"The Flight of Astronaut John Glenn" by Joe Bussard and Oscar Myers
"Hillbilly's Guitar" by Hillbilly Boys
"Memphis Hambone Blues" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Mandolin Blues" by Tennessee Mess Arounders
"Cheat Mountain" by Welch Brothers
Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
"Shady Grove" by The Adcock Family
"Cumberland Gap" by Birmingham Bill
"Fisher's Hornpipe" by Coltman and Taylor
"Cackling Hen" by Joe Birchfield and Family
"Barefoot Mamlish Blues" by B. Sam Firk
"Black Jack Rag" by Two Black Jacks
"Hot Corn Cold Corn" by The Adcock Family
"Tear It Down" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Father Put the Cow Away" by Happy Johnny and Family
"Whitacre's Hornpipe" by Whitacre Family
"Banjo Stretch" by Bluegrass Travelers
"Coal Tipple Blues" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Some Summer Day No. 2" by Mississippi Swampers
"Hopalong Peter" by Mash Mountain Boys
"The Crowing Rooster" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Little Boy Stole My Jacket" by Whitacre Family
"Black Cat Blues" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Frankie" by Tennessee Joe
"Striped Stockings" by Whitacre Family
"Short String Strut" by Guitar Rascals
"The Voyage of Apollo 8" by Blind Robert Ward
"Black Jack Drag" by Two Black Jacks
"Rory Mae" by Kid Future
"Silver Bells" by Coltman and Taylor
"Weissman Blues" by Blind Thomas
Track Listings (26) - Disc #4
"Sara Jane" by The Adcock Family
"What She's Got" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Susie" by Georgia Jokers
"Round Town Gals" by Robert H. Cubbage and Round Top Mountain Boys
"Ramblin' Blues" by W.E. Barnes
"Pretty Little Girl" by Sizemore and Smith
"Scattin' Rag" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Please Love Me" Bill Hoffman and Joe Bussard
"Delta Moodish Blues" by B. Sam Firk
"Busted Boiler Blues" by Oscar Myers
"Big Legged Mama" by Ted Kreh
"Leather Breeches" by Happy Johnny and Family
"Dark and Lonely Night Blues" by Mississippi Swampers
"Borrow Love and Go" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"I Don't Love Nobody" by Blue Ridge Partners
"Hen Pecked Man" by Birmingham Bill
"Trestle Blues" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Train to Danville" by Danville Dan
"No Special Rider Blues" by B. Sam Firk
"Basement Blues" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Drunk Song No. 2" by Damien
"If You Don't Love Me Mama" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Stone Pony" by Mississippi Swampers
"The Pueblo's Crew" by Blind Robert Ward
"Confessin'" by Wild Mountain Boys
"Poor Boy Blues" by Blind Thomas
Track Listings (26) - Disc #5
"Cripple Creek" by Bill Bailey & Frank Stuart
"Put My Little Shoes Away" by Lucky Chatman's Ozark Mountain Boys
"Hoppin' the Frets" by The Adcock Family
"John Henry take 1" by Mason O'Bavion
"Nine Pound Hammer" by The Adcock Family
"Birmingham Tickle" by Birmingham Bill
"Atlanta Rag" by Georgia Jokers
"Old Hypocrite" by Clarence Fross
"Sugar in the Gourd" by Bald Knob Chicken Snatchers
"I Hear Mother Calling" by Lee Moore
"It's Only the Wind" by Beachley Sisters
"Maple Sugar" by Whitacre Family
"Preach the Gospel" by Brother Smith and Brother Amos
"My Savior Died for Me" by W.R. Barnes and W.E. Barnes
"Sunflower Strut" by Danville Dan
"Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" by Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers
"Lay My Armor Down" by Gabriel's Holy Testifiers
"The Old Folks Started It" by Jolly Joe's Jug Band
"Done Gone" by Whitacre Family
"Got To Get a Little More" by Bob Coltman
"Wild Mountain Ramble" by Wild Mountain Boys
"Money Green No. 2" by B. Sam Firk
"Didn't They Crucify My Lord" by Sunny Side Sacred Singers
"I'm Rollin' On" by Carolina Pine Knots
"Delta Crapation" by Kid Future
"Sugar Tree Stomp " by Possum Holler Boys
Massive 5CD set of American Primitive music unearthed for the first time (in various styles: Jug Band, Country, Old Time, Blues and Bluegrass), recorded and documented by Joe Bussard's 78-RPM Fonotone label, 1956-1969 -- n... more »ot one track previously on CD before. Incredible package featuring 131 tracks over 5 discs, 160-page perfect-bound book, 17 full-color postcards, 3 record label reproductions in souvenir folder and a nickel-plated Fonotone Records bottle opener(!) -- all packaged in a deluxe cigar box. The label that gave us one of the most elaborate packaging presentations of the modern era (Goodbye Babylon, DTD's first release from 2004). What started as a conversation about Fonotone Records metamorphasized into this 5CD box set, for which no stone went unturned. Master reel-to-reel tapes, unplayed for decades but still pristine, were painstakingly remastered; forgotten Kodak slides in old cigar boxes were dusted off and retouched; and musicians! of all stripes who had disappeared more than 35 years ago were tracked down. Their stories, and the story of Fonotone, the last 78-RPM record label in the land, are told here with words, pictures and music. Take a look-see, give it a listen, and get a rare portrait of a long-gone America.« less
Massive 5CD set of American Primitive music unearthed for the first time (in various styles: Jug Band, Country, Old Time, Blues and Bluegrass), recorded and documented by Joe Bussard's 78-RPM Fonotone label, 1956-1969 -- not one track previously on CD before. Incredible package featuring 131 tracks over 5 discs, 160-page perfect-bound book, 17 full-color postcards, 3 record label reproductions in souvenir folder and a nickel-plated Fonotone Records bottle opener(!) -- all packaged in a deluxe cigar box. The label that gave us one of the most elaborate packaging presentations of the modern era (Goodbye Babylon, DTD's first release from 2004). What started as a conversation about Fonotone Records metamorphasized into this 5CD box set, for which no stone went unturned. Master reel-to-reel tapes, unplayed for decades but still pristine, were painstakingly remastered; forgotten Kodak slides in old cigar boxes were dusted off and retouched; and musicians! of all stripes who had disappeared more than 35 years ago were tracked down. Their stories, and the story of Fonotone, the last 78-RPM record label in the land, are told here with words, pictures and music. Take a look-see, give it a listen, and get a rare portrait of a long-gone America.
CD Reviews
Thanks Joe, you took me back to my Grandmother's front porch
Frances Beasley | Georgia | 12/17/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Fonotone boxed set is outstanding. The quality and selection of the music and the packaging were done with great respect to the artists.
When I listened to the music it took me back to my earliest childhood memories. The cigar box with the book, postcards and pictures, and even the bottle opener placed me back into that era of time. I believe Joe Bussard and the artists would be proud of their legacy "living on". I know my experience with the set created a greater sense of appreciation of their efforts and their contribution to my life.
Thanks again Joe and the people at Dust to Digital!
"
Excited about the Fonotone set!
Fonotone's Newest Fan | Alabama | 01/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was lucky enough to get to attend the release party for the Fonotone Records box set last Thursday in Atlanta. I got to meet Joe Bussard and hear a band from Tennessee whose family is on the set. I couldn't have had a better time. I bought a copy of the Fonotone set at the show and have been listening to it non-stop all weekend. What a great job Dust-to-Digital did in presenting this music, and what a great job Joe Bussard did in recording it."
Hee Haw ain't got nothin' on this!
Taryn Lester | New York, United States | 01/14/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Fonotone Records box takes me back to a time in music history I never had the chance to experience. So glad Dust-to-Digital has offered such a diverse sampling of a truly influential era in Southern music history; a chance to connect even further with my Southern roots.
This cleverly assembled boxed set is as pleasing to the eyes as it is to the ears! Joe Bussard and his crew were truly "pickin' and grinnin"!"
A Weak Effort Of A Box Set By Any Standard
GhengisRon | Grants Pass, OR | 01/17/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Being a fan of pre-war old-time music and post-war field sessions by Lomax and other, I thought that this box, even though pricey, would certainly be worth it. I was, unfortunately, wrong. Though there are some mighty good tracks to be had with this set, it really could be boiled down to one or possibly two discs. Most of the material is tepid and folky and very affected sounding, completely unlike the pre-war material and and authentic field-sessions. Some of the guitar performances by Blind Thomas (Fahey) and B. Sam Firk (Stewart) are inspired but those with vocals by them are downright awful. Plus, adding to the unnecessary cost is the hard-to-read notes and the mysterious bottle-opener..."
Deserves 6*
Dave Essel | on the web | 03/02/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a collection of the heart and soul of American music, its artistic and historical value not surpassed by the immortal "Anthology" - Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith).
This is music that speaks direct to the heart of any American (and to an Americanised Brit like myself as well), providing a direct line back to our common roots, enriched by the blues that developed in America's melting pot.
Real music of the people, by the people, for the people.
It's astounding that the collection is not better known. Dust-to-Digital are an extraordinary music publisher, deserving of all the prizes and recognition they have received, yet still more deserving of much greater renown. I also highly recommend their superbly presented historical gospel collection Goodbye, Babylon.