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Where Has It Gone, All The Beautiful Music Of Our Grandparents?
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The Book (NL – De Bezige Bij 2010 / UK – W. W. Norton & Company 2011)
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Various Artists – Chimpin’ The Blues, with Jerry Zolten & R. Crumb (East River Music 1006) 2013
Various Artists – The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of; The Dead Seascrolls Of Record Collecting, Super Rarities & Unissued Gems Of The 1920’s & 1930’s (Yazoo 2CD Set 2202) 2006
Various Artists – That’s What I Call Sweet Music; American Dance Orchestras Of The 1920’s, From R. Crumb’s 78 RPM Record Collection (EMI Songbook Series 724349660328) 1999
Big John Wrencher And His Maxwell Street Blues Boys – Maxwell Street Alley Blues (Barrelhouse BH-02) 1974 / Ordinary 78 RPM Record; A High Standard Of Standardness
Various Artists – Unknown Detroit Bluesmen, Volume 1 (Barrelhouse BH-03) 1974
Various Artists – Please Warm My Weiner; Old Time Hokum Blues (Yazoo L-1043) 1974 / Various Artists – Bring Me Another Half-A-Pint!; Blues (Barrelhouse BH-09) 1976
The Hokum Boys – You Can’t Get Enough Of That Stuff (Yazoo L-1051) 1975
Alan Seidler – The Duke Of Ook (Blue Goose BG-2015) 1975 / The Otis Brothers – same (Flying Crow FC-103) 1982
Various Artists – R. Crumb’s Music Sampler (MQ Publications) 2005
Book: R. Crumb’s Heroes Of Blues, Jazz & Country + CD (Abrams Comicarts 9780810930865) 2006
Famous “Short History Of America” drawings 1979
Blues:
Louie Bluei – same (Arhoolie 1095) 1985
Various Artists – Harmonica Blues; Great Harmonica Performances Of The 1920’s And 1930’s (Yazoo 1053) 1976
Bo Carter – Banana In Your Fruit Basket; Red Hot Blues 1931-36 (Yazoo 1064) 1979
Memphis Jug Band – Double Album, 23 Songs (Yazoo 2LP 1067) 1981
Blind Boy Fuller – Truckin’ My Blues Way (Yazoo 1060) 1978
Charlie Patton – King Of The Blues; The Music Of … (Yazoo 2001) 1991
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Various Artists – Transfusion; Rave From The Grave, Blast From The Past (Union Pacific Up 004) 1974 / Earl Hooker – There’s A Fungus Among Us (Red Lightnin’ RL-009) 1972
Kid Chocolat
Jelly Roll Morton’s Voodoo Curse
Old Time Blues Cards Gallery:
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The Ladies:
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Country & Bluegrass:
Charlie Poole – You Ain’t Talkin’ To Me; … And The Roots Of Country Music (Columbia Legacy 3CD C-3-K-92780) 2005
Fiddlin’ Ian McCamy And His Celtic Reelers – The Drunken Landlady; Songs & Dance Tunes By … (Fremeaux & Associes FA-472) 2004
Various – String Ragtime; To Do This You Got To Know How (Yazoo L-1045) 1974
Jazz:
Eddie Lang – Jazz Guitar Virtuoso (Yazoo 1059) 1977
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Various Artists – San Francisco Jazz On Flexo 1930 To ’32 (Echo E-11001) 1987 / Various Artists – Yazoo’s History Of Jazz; 16 Classics Of Early Jazz (Yazoo 1070) 1984
Various Artists – Tresors Masters Des Musiques Polulaires Su 20e Siecle (…) 19..
Hawaiian & Ukulele:
Roy Smeck – … Plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele And Guitar 1926-1949 (Yazoo 1052) 1976
Various Artists – Paris, Plages D’Hawaii; Guitares Hawaiienes 1930 / Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) – I’m A Bear In A Lady’s Boudoir (Yazoo L-1047) 1975
World Music:
Various Artists – Hot Women; Exotic & Spicy, Women Singers From The Torrid Regions Of The World, Taken From Old 78 RPM Records (Kein & Aber 3036914048) 2003
Various Artists – Five Days Maried & Other Laments; Songs And Dance From Northern Greeve 1928-1958 (Angry Mom Archives AMA-03) 2013
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Alexis Zoumbas – A Lament For Epirus 1926-1928 (Angry Mom Archives AMA-04) 2014 / Kitsos Harisiadis – Lament In A Deep Style 1929-1931 (Third Man Records TMR-479) 2018
Various Artists – How The River Ganges Flows; Sublime Masterpieces Of Indian Violin (1933-1952) (Long Gone Sound Productions TMR-592) 2020
Various Artists – Why The Mountains Are Black; Primeval Greel Village Music 1907-1960 (Third Man Records TMR-334) 2016
Various Artists – Don’t Trust Your Neighbors; Early Albanian Traditional Songs & Improvisations 1920’s -1930’s (Hinter HINTERL-001) 2011
Aimer Et Perdre – To Love & To Lose; Songs 1917-1934 (Angry Mom Archives 3LP Set AMA-02) 2012
The Klezmorim – Streets Of Gold (Arhoolie 3011) 1978
Various Artists – France; Une Anthologie Des Musiques Traditionnelles (Fremeaux & Associes Boxset) 2009
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Various Artists – Accordeons Au Feminin; Les Soeurs Sabatier, etc. (Paris Jazz Corner Productions PJC-9833979) 2000 / Gus Viseur – Les As Du Musette (Paris Jazz Corner Productions PJC-222006) 2000
R. Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders:
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders – Hot Tunes, Ballads, Blues, Waltzes, Old Standards (Blue Goose 2014) 1974
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders – Persian Rug, Crying My Blues Away, Moana March And Other Faforites, Number 2 (Blue Goose BG-2019) 1976
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders – Number Three (Blue Goose BG-2025) 1978
R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders – Party Record (Red Goose 12″ BG-2026) 1978
Dominique Cravic Et Les Primitifs Du Futur:
Les Primitifs Du Futur – Cocktail D’Amour (Media 7 JB-112) 1986
Les Primitifs Du Futur – Trop De Routes, Trop De Trains Et Autre Histoires D’Amour (La Lichere CD-LLL-247) 1995
Les Primitifs Du Futur – Bluestory 1974, ’75, ’79 And The New Blue 4, 1980 (Paris Jazz Corner Productions PJC-001) 1998
Les Primitifs Du Futur – World Musette; C’Est La Gouette D’Or Qui Fait Deborder La Valse! (Paris Jazz Corner Productions 9829420) 1999
Dominic Cravic Et Les Primitifs Du Futur – Tribal Musette (Emarcy 5305916) 2008
Les Primitifs Du Futur – Suivi De Bluestory & The New Blue 4 (Paris Jazz Corner Productions PJC-222009) 2002
Dominic Cravic Et Les Primitifs Du Futur – Resume Des Episodes Precedents (Souffle Continu 2LP FFL-050) 2019
Eden & John’s East River String Band:
Eden John’s East River String Band – Some Cold Rainy Day (East River Records ERR-1002) 2008
Eden John’s East River String Band – Be Kind To A Man When He’s Down (East River Records ERR-1004) 2011
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Eden John’s East River String Band – Take A Look At That Baby (East River Records ERR-1005) 2013 / Various Artists – John’s Old Time Radio Show (East River Records 2CD / 3LP Set LPERSB-1008) 2016
Eden John’s East River String Band – Coney Island Baby (East River Records ERR-1010) 2018
Eden John’s East River String Band – Drunken Barrelhouse Blues
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John Heneghan & Hs Henpecked Husbands – Ever Felt The Pain? (East River Recordss ERR-1009) 2016 / La Belle Et Le Musette
Good Tone Records – The New 78 RPM Sleeve
Gerard Dole (& His Bayou Serenaders):
Gerard Dole – Co Co Colinda; 15 Original Songs Louisiana Cajun & Creole Style By … (Playa Sound PS-65086) 1992
Gerard Dole – Dans Les Bayous De La Louisiane; 12 New Songs In The Cajun Creole Style (Dom DOM-1093) 1997
Gerard Dole – Big Fun On The Bayou (Dom DOM-1104) 1999
Gerard Dole And His Bayou Serenaders – Hell District Blues; 12 New Songs – Hot & Spicy Louisiana Style (Grand Anse Records MOUZOUK-2012) 2012
Other Old Time Stuff:
The Beau Hunks Saxophone Soctette – same (Basta 3090892) 1999
The Beau Hunks – … Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music (Movie Select Audio 2CD Set MSA-99026) 1993
Notty’s Jug Serenaders – Welcome To The Saint (Blue Monkey BMR-0509) 2009
Janis Joplin & Big Brother & The Holding Company and more:
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Big Brother & The Holding Company – Cheap Thrills (Columbia KCS-9700) 1968 / I Got Ol’ Them Kozmic Blues (Columbia KCS-9913) 1969
Butterfingers – same (Little Indians / Pot SLP-457) 1970
O.S.T. – Fritz The Cat (Fantasy F-9406) 1972
Backcover
Various Artists – The Music Never Stopped; Roots Of The Grateful Dead (Shanachie 6014) 1995
Book: The Life And Times Of R. Crumb