{"product_id":"va-dust-to-digital-parchman-book-cd-978098173429","title":"Various Artists Dust to Digital - Parchman Farm: Photographs \u0026 Field Rec 1 \/ Various [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1947, '48 and '59, renowned folklorist Alan Lomax went behind the barbed wire into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck - and, in 1959, a camera - Lomax documented as best an outsider could the stark and savage conditions of the prison farm, where the black inmates labored \"from can't to can't,\" chopping timber, clearing ground, and picking cotton for the state. They sang as they worked, keeping time with axes or hoes, adapting to their condition the slavery-time hollers that sustained their forbears and creating a new body of American song. Theirs was music, as Lomax wrote, that \"testified to the love of truth and beauty which is a universal human trait.\" \"A few strands of wire were all that separated the prison from adjoining plantations. Only the sight of an occasional armed guard or a barred window in one of the frame dormitories made one realize that this was a prison. The land produced the same crop; there was the same work for blacks to do on both sides of the fence. And there was no Delta black who was not aware of how easy it was for him to find himself on the wrong side of those few strands of barbed wire... These songs are a vivid reminder of a system of social control and forced labor that has endured in the South for centuries, and I do not believe that the pattern of Southern life can be fundamentally reshaped until what lies behind these roaring, ironic choruses is understood.\" -Alan Lomax, 1958 \"Black prisoners in all the Southern agricultural prisons in the years of these recordings participated in two distinct musical traditions: free world (the blues, hollers, spirituals and other songs they sang outside and, when the situation permitted, sang inside as well) and the work-songs, which were specific to the prison situation, and the recordings in this album represent that complete range of material, which is one of the reasons this set is so important: it doesn't just show this or that tradition within Parchman, but the range of musical traditions performed by black prisoners. I know of no other album that does that.\" - Bruce Jackson, 2013 124-page hardcover book with 2 CDs. 6.25 inches x 9.5 inches (landscape). Includes slipcase and foil stamping. 44 audio recordings, 12 previously-unreleased, all newly re-mastered; 77 photographs, many published here for the first time; Essays by Alan Lomax, Anna Lomax Wood, and Bruce Jackson. Produced by Lance Ledbetter, founder of Dust-to-Digital, and Nathan Salsburg, curator of the Alan Lomax Archive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJimpson and Group Murderer's Home - Jimpson ; Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e88 and Group Rosie - 88 and Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 and Group It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad - 22 ; Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e88 Whoa Buck - 88 and Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTangle Eye, Hard Hat, 22, and Little Red When I Went to Leland - Tangle Eye, Hard Hat, 22 and Little Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuzzard and Group I'm Going to Memphis - Buzzard and Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 and Group the Prettiest Train I Ever Saw - 22 ; Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 and Group John Henry - 22 ; Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDan Barnes and Group John Old Alabama - Dan Barnes ; Group 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoots Hollers - Foots 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDobie Red and Group Stewball - Dobie Red ; Group 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBama Levee Camp Hollers - Bama 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTangle Eye, Hard Hat, 22 and Little Red Early in the Morning - Tangle Eye, Hard Hat, 22 and Little Red 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDobie Red and Group I Got a Bulldog (Well I Wonder) - Dobie Red ; Group 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 and Group Dollar Mamie - 22 ; Group 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBama Stackalee - Bama 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDan Barnes and Group I Don't Want No Jet Black Woman - Dan Barnes ; Group 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBull, Foots and Dobie Red Did You Hear About Louella Wallace - Bull, Foots and Dobie Red 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTangle Eye Tangle Eye's Blues - Tangle Eye 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 and Group Rosie - 22 ; Group 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBama I'm Going Home - Bama 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJimpson and Group No More My Lord - Jimpson ; Group 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnidentified Group the Weather Get Warm - Unidentified Group 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloyd Batts Lucky Song - Floyd Batts 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarence Alexander Disability Boogie Woogie - Clarence Alexander 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Edwards and Group Berta - John Edwards ; Group 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClyde Jones and Group Poor Lazarus - Clyde Jones ; Group 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Dudley Cool Drink of Water Blues - John Dudley 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEd Lewis Levee Camp Holler \/ Interview - Ed Lewis 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEd Lewis and Group Black Gal - Ed Lewis ; Group 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBama I Don't Want You Baby - Bama 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrover Wells and Group Rosie - Grover Wells ; Group 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridges Lee Cole Hollers - Bridges Lee Cole 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Dudley You Got a Mean Disposition - John Dudley 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Dudley Big Road Blues - John Dudley 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErvin Webb and Group I'm Going Home - Ervin Webb ; Group 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Golden and Group Berta - George Golden ; Group 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrover Wells Up the River - Grover Wells 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClarence Alexander Prison Blues - Clarence Alexander 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohnny Lee Moore, Ed Lewis, James Carter, and Henry Mason Tom Devil - Johnny Lee Moore, Ed Lewis, James Carter ; Henry Mason 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWillie Washington My Jack Don't Drink No Water 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeroy Campbell and Yancey Sometimes I Wonder 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHenry Ratcliff Look for Me in Louisiana 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeuston Earms Ain't Been Able to Get Home No More\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"79","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50570660118824,"sku":"978098173429","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/2781098.jpg?v=1763989007","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/va-dust-to-digital-parchman-book-cd-978098173429","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}