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Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

Various Artists: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Appleseed APR CD 1035)

Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
The Warner Collection Volume I
Various Artists

Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1035 (CD, USA, 2000)
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Field recordings made along the Eastern Seaboard between 1940 and 1966. Material from 1940 was recorded on a Wilcox Gay Recordio disk recorder. Songs from 1941-46 came from a battery-powered disk recorder developed by Philco for the Warners. Thereafter, field recordings were made on a variety of reel-to-reel tape recordings.

Produced by Gerret Warner and Jeff Warner;
Executive Producer Josh Michaell;
Restoration by Charlie Pilzer and Matt Sandoski;
Digital editing by Charlie Pilzer;
Outer Banks tape transfers by David Glasser;
Tape transfers by Larry Appelbaum;
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer and David Glasser;
Sleeve notes by Jim Musselman, Josh Michaell;
Liner notes by Gerret Warner, Jeff Davis and Jeff Warner;
Photography by Anne Warner and Frank Warner;
Graphic design by Lisa Ekström

Musicians

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Tracks

  1. Rebecca King Jones: House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332) (0.50)
  2. Frank Proffitt: Tom Dooley (Roud 4192; Laws F36A) (0.45)
  3. — : Single Girl (Roud 436) (0.35)
  4. Richard O. Hamilton: Freight Train Blues (Roud 16393) (2.54)
  5. Lee Monroe Presnell: Conversation with Lee Monroe Presnell (1.03)
  6. — : I Went to See My Molly (Roud 551; Laws N8; G/D 1:63; Henry H561) (1.40)
  7. Buna Vista Hicks: River of Life (Roud 16394) (2.09)
  8. Dorothy Howard: Babes in the Wood (Roud 288; Laws Q34) (1.03)
  9. — : I Dropped the Baby (Roud 14046) (0.12)
  10. Edith Perrin: Solas Market (Roud 16397) (0.30)
  11. — : Wakes in the Morning (Roud 16396) (0.31)
  12. — : Where Did You Get That Hat? (Roud 4877) (0.35)
  13. J.B. Sutton: Mail Day Blues (Roud 7490) (1.01)
  14. Sue Thomas: Nobody Knows (Roud 7488) (1.30)
  15. Lena Bourne Fish: Gilgarrah Mountain (Whiskey in the Jar) (Roud 533; Laws L13A; Henry H792) (0.51)
  16. Charles K. ‘Tink’ Tillett: Somebody’s Waiting for Me (Roud 7504) (0.52)
  17. — : Bony on the Isle of St Helena (Roud 349) (2.21)
  18. Eleazar Tillett: Come Love Come (Roud 2836) (0.59)
  19. Tom Smith: Hey, Get Along Josie (Roud 4618) (0.59)
  20. ‘Yankee’ John Galusha: Days of ’49 (Roud 2803) (1.19)
  21. — : Springfield Mountain (Roud 431; Laws G16) (1.46)
  22. Eleazar Tillett: Conversation with Eleazar Tillett (0.20)
  23. — : The Jolly Thrasher (Roud 19; G/D 3:437; Henry H622, 117; TYG 37) (1.39)
  24. Rebecca King Jones: Chimbly Sweeper (Roud 7023) (0.47)
  25. — : Conversation with Rebecca King Jones (1.25)
  26. — : Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236) (0.57)
  27. Louis Solomon: Mohawk Chant, War Cry (1.24)
  28. Frank Proffitt: Old Woman in the Garden (Roud 7478) (1.40)
  29. — : James Campbell (Roud 338; Child 210) (1.00)
  30. — : Conver. W/ Frank Proffitt (0.35)
  31. — : Lowland Low (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37) (1.03)
  32. Anonymous: Skin and Bones (Roud 501) (1.29)
  33. Elda Blackwood: Two Little Blackbirds (Roud 16401) (0.31)
  34. — : Uncle Ned (Roud 4871) (0.26)
  35. Martha Midgett: Tommy (Roud 7482) (1.00)
  36. Sue Thomas: Hold My Hand Lord Jesus (Roud 7487) (2.02)
  37. Lena Bourne Fish: Jolly Roving Tar (Roud 2807) (1.15)
  38. — : Castle by the Sea (Roud 21; Child 4; G/D 2:225; Henry H163) (0.39)
  39. Richard O. Hamilton: Deep Elm Blues (Roud 15518) (0.58)
  40. Lee Monroe Presnell: Farewell to Old Bedford (Roud 16399) (1.49)
  41. — : Sometimes in This Country (Roud 16400) (1.37)
  42. Buna Vista Hicks: Top of Mt. Zion (Roud 7133) (1.48)
  43. Linzy Hicks: A Poor Wayfaring Pilgrim (Roud 3339) (2.26)
  44. Steve Meekins: Been to the East (Roud 7664) (0.53)
  45. ‘Yankee’ John Galusha: Lass of Glenshee (Roud 292; Laws O6; G/D 5:953; Henry H590) (1.21)
  46. — : Irish 69th (Roud 7455) (0.51)
  47. — : The Cumberland & The Merrimac (Roud 630; Laws A26) (1.01)
  48. Curt Mann: Lonesome Valley (Roud 7098) (2.05)
  49. Mrs. Wolf: Grandma’s Advice (Roud 282; Henry H208) (0.42)
  50. Edith Perrin: Kiss Me Oh I Like It (Roud 16398) (1.04)
  51. — : When I Die (Roud 727) (0.24)
  52. Roby Monroe Hicks: Young Beham (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (2.05)
  53. Homer Cornett: Poor Ellen Smith (Roud 448; Laws F11) (1.32)
  54. Frank Proffitt: Johnson Boys (Roud 6676) (0.52)
  55. — : Little Maggie (Roud 5723) (1.52)
  56. Linzy Hicks: Palms of Victory (Roud 3540) (1.53)
  57. Eleazar Tillett & Martha Etheridge: Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (Roud 4353) (2.27)
  58. — : Let’s Make a Date (0.35)

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Nothing Seems Better to Me

Various Artists: Nothing Seems Better to Me (Appleseed APR CD 1036)

Nothing Seems Better to Me
The Music of Frank Proffitt and North Carolina
The Warner Collection Volume II
Various Artists

Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1036 (CD, USA, 2000)
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Field recordings made along the Eastern Seaboard between 1940 and 1966. Material from 1940 was recorded on a Wilcox Gay Recordio disk recorder. Songs from 1941-46 came from a battery-powered disk recorder developed by Philco for the Warners. Thereafter, field recordings were made on a variety of reel-to-reel tape recordings.

Produced by Jeff and Gerret Warner;
Executive Producer Josh Michaell;
Tape transfers by Larry Appelbaum at the Library of Congress, supervised by Charlie Pilzer;
Outer Banks tape transfers by David Glasser;
Digital editing by Charlie Pilzer;
Mastered by David Glasser and Charlie Pilzer at Airshow Mastering Studios, Boulder, CO & Springfield, VA;
Graphic design by Lisa Ekström and Kyrie Forbes

Musicians

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Tracks

  1. Frank Proffitt: Mule Skinner Blues (Roud 3437) (0.27)
  2. — : Going ’Cross the Mountain (Roud 4624) (2.10)
  3. Frank Proffitt: Tom Dooley (Roud 4192; Laws F36A) (1940 recording) (0.44)
  4. — : Conversation with Frank Proffitt (0.44)
  5. — : Tom Dooley (Roud 4192; Laws F36A) (1959 recording) (1.42)
  6. Buna Vista Hicks: Conversation with Buna Vista Hicks (1.36)
  7. — : Sally Ann (Roud 3652) (1.08)
  8. — : Drunkard’s Doom (Roud 721) (1.46)
  9. Lee Monroe Presnell: Awake, Awake My Own True Loveyer (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (3.17)
  10. — : My Sweet Soldier Boy (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (3.05)
  11. J.B. Sutton: Oh Bud (Roud 7491) (0.27)
  12. Linzy Hicks: When Sorrows Encompass Me Around (Roud 16402) (1.31)
  13. Nathan & Rena Hicks: George Collins (Roud 147; Child 42, 85) (0.53)
  14. Frank Proffitt: Bolamkin (Roud 6; Child 93; G/D 2:187; Henry H735) (0.34)
  15. — : Cripple Creek (Roud 3434) (0.42)
  16. — : Hangman (Roud 144; Child 95; G/D 2:248) (2.16)
  17. — : Poor Soldier (Roud 5734) (2.05)
  18. Frank Proffitt, Jr.: Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B) (banjo instrumental) (0.49)
  19. Charles K. Tillett: Paul Jones (Roud 967; Laws A4) (0.58)
  20. Eleazar Tillett: The Southern Girl’s Reply (Roud 7484) (0.46)
  21. Curt Mann: Only a Friend (Roud 17381) (2.05)
  22. Rebecca King Jones: Rocky By Baby (Roud 2768; G/D 8:1552; Henry H591a) (0.31)
  23. — : Captain, O Captain (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (0.49)
  24. — : Wake, O Wake, You Drowsy Sleeper (Roud 22621; Laws M4) (3.15)
  25. Frank Proffitt: Sweet By and By (Roud 7651) (1.16)
  26. — : Cindy (Roud 836) (0.49)
  27. — : Groundhog (Roud 3125) (1.57)
  28. Joseph Henry Johnson: Nothing Seems Better To Me (Roud 16406) (2.19)
  29. Eleazar Tillet: The Snow Is on the Ground (Roud 1121) (1.50)
  30. — : Conversation with Eleazar Tillett (1.04)
  31. Eleazar Tillet & Martha Etheridge: Fisherman’s Girl (Roud 2809) (3.10)
  32. Frank Proffitt: Beaver Dam Road (Roud 7477) (2.07)
  33. — : Conversation with Frank Proffitt (0.50)
  34. — : W P and A (Roud 7476) (2.28)
  35. — : (Going Where) My Troubles Will Be Over (Roud 7137) (0.56)
  36. Frank Proffitt, Jr.: Kicking Up Dust (banjo instrumental) (1.27)
  37. Buna Hicks: Johnny, O Johnny (Roud 401; Laws O33) (1.06)
  38. Lee Monroe Presnell: The Two Sisters That Loved One Man (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213) (4.05)
  39. — : Old Virginny (Roud 3396) (2.33)
  40. — : Conversation with Lee Monroe Presnell (0.14)
  41. — : Johnny, You Are My Darling (Roud 5715) (1.55)
  42. Roby Monroe Hicks: Muskrat (Roud 18260) (0.39)
  43. — : Young Johnny (Roud 455; Laws M2; G/D 5:1020; Henry H137) (3.23)
  44. Frank Proffitt: Sourwood Mountain (Roud 754) (0.19)
  45. — : Trifling Woman (Roud 4626) (1.26)
  46. — : Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (Roud 5720) (1.09)
  47. Homer Cornett: Wild Stormy Deep (TBI Wa095) (2.28)