Various - People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938

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“In the late 1920’s and early 1930’s, the Depression gripped the Nation. It was a time when songs were tools for living. A whole community would turn out to mourn the loss of a member and to sow their songs like seeds. This collection is a wild garden grown from those seeds.” - Tom Waits, from the Introduction One of the best selling historical sets of all-time is now available as a SPECIALLY PRICED abridged package.

• 70 powerful and tragic songs from the Golden Age of American Roots Music.

• Over 30 never before reissued.

• Introductory notes By TOM WAITS.

5...according to Hy Shuster.

Leave it to the Americans to astutely and beautfifully deconstruct their own music and cultural history. In a unique and breathtaking way, this anthology by, as the label says, 'the Grammy award winning team of Christopher King and Hank Sapoznik' have constructed a package which allows both experts and novices a critical insight into the rise of commercial rural music both for blacks and whites. Sparkling remastering by King with a brilliantly fetching design by Susan Archie gives the listener an heirloom quality package while the notes by Sapoznik and Tom Waits illuminate the tenor of the times in erudite and colorful language. This is a terrific team and one can only hope that Tompkins Square will reunite them for many more reissues in the future.

Rating: 5 out of 5

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