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The publication of the companion book was a "signal event in the history of the music, a moment of recognition and legitimization." The album itself aided in the further dissemination of country blues music, following as almost a coda to the Smith anthology. It had its detractors, however, irritated
231:, both to illustrate the styles and artists referenced, and to bring back more of this music into circulation. Charters took care not to duplicate any recordings already found on the earlier Smith anthology.
205:. Reissue compilations of 78s had also been undertaken by both Riverside and Folkways, but they were few, and indeed Charters complained in 1959 that companies owning various country blues
250:. Charters initially took the Robert Johnson track, "Preachin' Blues," as a different take from the one issued on Vocalion 4630, but it is in fact the only version, issued on both the
242:, who was virtually unknown through the 1950s. The recordings were taken from the collections of Pete Whalen, Pete Kaufman, Ben Kaplan, and Charters himself, with the Broonzy and
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were interfering with any attempts to bring the music back on the market. The most famous reissue, and the most easily accessible to the burgeoning
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music on long-playing album was fairly small. The jazz label
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All songs written by the performer except where indicated.
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244:Bukka White
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785:References
647:Leroy Carr
570:Will Shade
503:Gus Cannon
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293:included "
248:Moses Asch
236:Leroy Carr
203:Lead Belly
149:Background
58:1920sā1940
900:Ted Gioia
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626:Writer(s)
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393:Joan Baez
383:Billboard
297:" on his
291:Bob Dylan
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104:Producer
97:Folkways
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