VA - American Sea Songs And Shanties (1952/2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 227 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 170 MB
1:13:50 | Folk, Sea Shanties | Label: Rounder Select
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 227 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 170 MB
1:13:50 | Folk, Sea Shanties | Label: Rounder Select
American Sea Shanties and Songs is part of Rounder's extensive Library of Congress compact disc reissue series. Originally released as part of the Folk Music of the United States series in 1952, it features 21 unaccompanied tracks sung by Richard Maitland, "Sailor Dad" Hunt, Noble B. Brown, and Capt. Leighton Robinson. These are shanties for purists, sung slowly – a sailor's work was never done in haste – and surely by the men who incorporated them into their everyday nautical routines. The tracks themselves are typical of the Lomax era, recorded in the field to capture all of the atmosphere and emotion generated by the physical workplace. All of the original illustrations, extensive research notes, and in-depth discussions of the genre and its colorful terms and characters are intact, and these, more so than the fascinating – but poorly recorded – songs, are reason enough to pick up this invaluable maritime resource.