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Nancy Dupree — Letter To Young Sisters & Other Poems By Nancy Dupree ... CD

Asch/Folkways, 1970. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

A fantastic record from Nancy Dupree – a hip poet with a mission towards raising social consciousness and increasing a sense of pride and power in the younger generation – all of which comes through very strongly in this classic Folkways Records set! The album is way more than just ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Nancy Dupree — Sweet Thunder – Black Poetry By Nancy Dupree ... CD

Folkways, 1977. New Copy ... $12.99 16.98

Great work from one of the most compelling poets to record for Folkway Records in the 70s – the always-righteous Nancy Dupree, working here in a really bad-rapping set of work! The album beings with a spoken, then sung, introduction from Dupree – then continues in a very conversational ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

East New York Ensemble De Music — At The Helm ... CD

Folkways, 1974. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

An extremely righteous bit of soul jazz – originally issued in a very small pressing by Folkway Records, at a time when the label was doing some great underground recordings! The sound is loose and free – spiritually building in a manner that recalls the work of Ahmed Abdul Malik, Phil ... (Global Grooves) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Ediigwu — Music Of The Idoma Of Nigeria – Ediigwu Sings The Ancient Songs Of Oturkpo, Nigeria ... CD

Asch/Folkways, 1969. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

One of the darkest field recordings on the Folkways label – a set of Ichicha music – music traditionally performed during the wake of a funeral – actually recorded during a funeral! Some of the songs are just Ediigwu, but the others are call and response with a full chorus and ... (Global Grooves) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Duke Ellington — First Annual Tour Of The Pacific Northwest – Spring 1952 ... LP

Folkways, 1952. Near Mint- 2LP Box Set ... $14.99

(Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album

(80s red label pressing, with insert. Box has a split corner at the bottom right, in nice shape otherwise.)

Entourage Music & Theater Ensemble — Entourage ... CD

Folkways, 1973. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

Beautiful sounds from the Entourage ensemble – a record that's got a really meditative blend of acoustic elements with a few electric touches – used in ways that start in jazz, then move way beyond! Instrumentation includes guitar, flute, keyboards, violin, and mbira – coming ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Entourage Music & Theater Ensemble — Neptune Collection ... CD

Folkways, 1976. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

Warmly experimental music from the 70s Folkways scene – music that's a mixture of jazz, folk, electronics, and improvised styles – played with an open, honest sort of feel! The Entourage Music & Theater Ensemble features four composer/musicians – Joe Clark, Wall Matthews, ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

John Erlichman, H.R. Haldeman — Watergate Vol 5 – Testimony of John Erlichman & H.R. Haldeman ... LP

Folkways, 1973. Very Good+ ... $9.99

(Spoken Word) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes insert.)

Sarah Webster Fabio — Boss Soul – 12 Poems By Sarah Webster Fabio ... CD

Folkways, 1972. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

Excellent stuff from one of the hippest poets of all time – the amazing Sarah Webster Fabio – a 70s poet with a really wonderful groove! Unlike some of her contemporaries in the Folkways poetry scene, Sarah often recorded with music – in a way that's very similar to Camille ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Sarah Webster Fabio — Jujus – Alchemy Of The Blues ... CD

Folkways, 1976. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

An incredible album, and very unique! Sarah Webster Fabio was a hip 70s poet with a very righteous sound – and she's working here with funky backings by a tight group that includes family members, in a style that's similar to early 70s work by artists like Wanda Robinson and Camille ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Sarah Webster Fabio — Soul Ain't – Soul Is ... CD

Folkways, 1973. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

A hard biting album of hip poetry from the great Sarah Webster Fabio! The title cut is a brutal attack on the free use of the word soul by black musicians – and Sarah delivers the words over spare conga backing by family member Cyril Leslie Fabio II. Cyril shows up on one other track – ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Sarah Webster Fabio — Together To The Tune Of Coltrane's Equinox ... CD

Folkways, 1977. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

Seminal 70s work from Sarah Webster Fabio – an amazing blend of poetry and music, and incredibly hip all the way through! Fabio's got a depth that goes beyond other commercial poets of the time – a righteousness that's right at home in the spiritual jazz scene of the 70s, and which is ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Jill Gallina — Love N Kindness ... LP

Folkways, 1982. Sealed ... $4.99

(Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album

Allen Ginsberg — First Blues – Rags, Ballads, & Harmonium Songs ... CD

Folkways, 1981. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

One of the coolest records we've ever heard from beat legend Allen Ginsberg – not just a record of his famous poetry, but one that also features him on harmonium as well! There's a really weird, dark sound to the record – as Ginsberg plays harmonium and sings/speaks his own words ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Ed Sanders, et al — Poems For Peace ... CD

Folkways/Broadside, 1967. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

Very free-flowing poetry from a group of artists that includes older beats and younger hippies – all gathered together for the New York Workshop In Nonviolence! The album's got a bit of an ESP Records sort of feel – not in an avant jazz way, but in the manner of the freely open style ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Nikki Giovanni — Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day ... CD

Folkways, 1978. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

One of the lesser-known 70s albums by Nikki Giovanni – a wonderful selection of material from her book Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day – read in a spare setting, without any musical accompaniment! In some ways, this album's even better than the more famous Giovanni albums on Atlantic ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Nikki Giovanni — Reason I Like Chocolate ... CD

Folkways, 1976. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

A beautiful post-Atlantic album from Nikki Giovanni – much more intimate and personal than her better known work, with only Nikki's voice throughout the album – heard on a number of shorter poems! At some level, Giovanni seems to have left behind the more righteous themes of before, ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Edgar Hendricks — Edgar Hendricks Sings For The Very Young ... CD

Folkways, 1976. New Copy ... $12.99 16.98

A really unusual concept for a soul record, but one that works wonderfully all the way through – a mix of kid-oriented themes and warmly expressive vocals – with a vibe that almost feels like a hip 70s singer recording an album for Sesame Street! Edgar Hendricks works with just congas, ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Langston Hughes — Story Of Jazz ... CD

Folkways, 1954. New Copy ... Temporarily Out Of Stock

A very cool record! Langston tells the story of jazz, using snippets of work from the Folkways catalog – like tunes by Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodd, Ma Rainey, Leadbelly, and others – all sewn together in a rich narrative on the history of the music, delivered with some surprising ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Langston Hughes — Story Of Jazz ... CD

Folkways, 1954. Used ... Out Of Stock

A very cool record! Langston tells the story of jazz, using snippets of work from the Folkways catalog – like tunes by Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodd, Ma Rainey, Leadbelly, and others – all sewn together in a rich narrative on the history of the music, delivered with some surprising ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Langston Hughes — Voice Of Langston Hughes ... CD

Folkways, 1950s. New Copy ... $11.99 16.98

A wonderful collection of work from Langston Hughes – material pulled from a handful of albums recorded for the Folkway labels in the 50s, all of which are pretty darn great and long out of print! Hughes' writings are well known – part of a rich tradition of African-American expression ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

Bob Kirkpatrick — Feeling The Blues ... CD

Folkways, 1973. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

A great little 70s album of electric blues – a set that begins with a song about Watergate – then moves off into a whole other great range of themes too! Bob Kirkpatrick's got a vibe here that's in the better style of the small club scene of Detroit or Chicago at the time – lean, ... (Blues) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Alhaj Bai Konte, Dembo Konte, & Ma Lamini Jobare — Gambian Griot Kora Duets ... CD

Folkways, 1977. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

A beautiful little record – one that features cascading tones from the strings of the kora, mixed with occasional vocal moments too! The album was recorded in Dakar and Brikama in the mid 70s – and is maybe the start of a great run of later sessions that found a way of taking this ... (Global Grooves) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Also available Gambian Griot Kora Duets (180 gram pressing) ... LP 18.99

Alhaj Bai Konte, Dembo Konte, & Ma Lamini Jobare — Gambian Griot Kora Duets (180 gram pressing) ... LP

Folkways, 1977. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99 22.99

A beautiful little record – one that features cascading tones from the strings of the kora, mixed with occasional vocal moments too! The album was recorded in Dakar and Brikama in the mid 70s – and is maybe the start of a great run of later sessions that found a way of taking this ... (Global Grooves) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(Very nicely-done reissue – with all the heft of an orginal Folkways pressing!)

Timothy Leary & Ralph Metzner — Psychedelic Experience ... CD

Folkways, 1966. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A wonderful early bit of psychedelia from an academic perspective – a record that features Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert – all reading from the book The Psychedelic Experience A Manual Based On The Tibetan Book Of The Dead! The album's divided up into two sections ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Lord Invader & His Calypso Group — Calypso Travels (180 gram pressing) ... LP

Folkways, 1960. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock

The last album ever recorded by Trinidad calypso legend Lord Invader – and a set that really sums up all the genius he brought to his too-short career! At a time when the music was really entering the mainstream in commercial ways, Invader keeps things very spare, stark, and basic here ... (Global Grooves) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(Beautiful reissue – with all the heft of a classic Folkways pressing!)

Eddy Manson — Suite From Little Fugitive ... CD

Folkways, 1956. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99

A fantastic soundtrack to an equally fantastic film – the sublime Little Fugitive, shot on New York in the 50s – and a lively little tale about a kid who escapes to Coney Island! Eddy Manson's music has a great mix of modernism and whimsey – a lot like the movie – and most ... (Soundtracks) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Joe Miller & Lawrence Humphries — Georgia Pals – Joe Miller & Lawrence Humprhies At The Old County Church ... LP

Folkways, 1985. Near Mint- ... $4.99

A later Folkways recording, but still handled with a nicely rootsy vibe! (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes insert.)

John Mitchell — Watergate Vol 4 – White House Horrors – Testimony Of John Mitchell ... LP

Folkways, 1974. Very Good+ ... $9.99

(Spoken Word) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes the insert. Cover has some surface wear.)

Montgomery Express — Montgomery Express Does Party Fever & Other Songs Of The Montgomery Movement ... CD

Folkways, 1974. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A massive lost funk classic – one of those rarer than rare albums that's well worth the fuss! The Montgomery Express were a Florida combo who played on the state's small club circuit – working equally well on their own, or backing up a number of better known singers. The group's got a ... (Soul) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Vaclav Nelhybel — Outer Space Music ... CD

Folkways, 1959. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

A fantastic little record, and one that definitely lives up to its promise – as Vaclav Nelhybel uses piano and electronics with a lot of echo and effects – all to create the sort of music you'd imagine if you were careening through space at the end of the 50s! The songs are relatively ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Kenneth Patchen — Kenneth Patchen Reads With Jazz In Canada ... CD

Folkways, 1958. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

Kenneth Patchen, like Kenneth Rexroth, was one of the few poets who really understood what it meant to read and write in a jazz idiom – as you'll hear on this excellent set of beatnik jazz tracks! The album features Patchen reading in a great style – angular, cynical, really working ... (Vocalists) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Kenneth Patchen — Kenneth Patchen Reads With Jazz In Canada ... LP

Folkways, 1960. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock

Kenneth Patchen, like Kenneth Rexroth, was one of the few poets who really understood what it meant to read and write in a jazz idiom – as you'll hear on this excellent set of beatnik jazz tracks! The album features Patchen reading in a great style – angular, cynical, really working ... (Spoken Word) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes the original notes – a nice copy!)

Nadi Qamar — Nuru Taa African Musical Idiom – Played On The Mama Likembi ... CD

Folkways, 1975. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

A rare solo album from Nadi Qamar – an artist who's probably best known for his brief piano appearance with Charles Mingus, but who's working here on the Mama Likembi – an instrument of his own creation that's kind of like a big kalimba! From the information in the notes, it appears ... (Global Grooves) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Malvina Reynolds — Another County Heard From ... LP

Folkways, 1960. Very Good ... $13.99

A fantastic collection of oddball tunes from the great Malvina Reynolds – including "The Day The Freeway Froze", "I Live In A City", "Faucets Are Dripping", "We Hate To See Them Go", "Oh Doctor", and "There'll Come A Time". (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album

(Heavy original pressing – including booklet. Cover has a split bottom seam.)

JD Robb — Electronic Music From Razor Blades To Moog ... CD

Folkways, 1970. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

A great entry in the "intro to electronic music" style that was popular at the end of the 60s – and like others in the genre, a set that seems to use each new track to demonstrate certain aspects of electronic music! Techniques include tape echoes, moogy passages, and even stereo ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with full artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Gianni Safred — Futurible – The Life To Come ... CD

Folkways, 1980. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A really groovy entry in the Folkways series of electronic music releases – a set that's far less academic than some of the others! Gianni Safred's music is quite tuneful at times – with a catchy, rhythmic quality that's almost like some of the best electronics coming out of the UK or ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Sonia Sanchez — Sun Lady For All Seasons Reads Her Poetry ... CD

Folkways, 1971. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

Very righteous work from this obscure 70s poet – a contemporary to Nikki Giovanni, Camille Yarbrough, and others – but not nearly as widely recorded! The album features no instrumentation, just Sonia reading her poems – and the work itself is pretty progressive, very much in the ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Tony Schwartz — Music In The Streets – A Fascinating Collection Of Music & Musicians Recorded On The Streets On New York City ... CD

Folkways, 1957. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99

A vivid audio document of New York City in the late 50s – put together by creative sound recorder Tony Schwartz! The set's one of a few amazing albums put together by Schwartz – who spent a lot of time on the streets with his microphones and recorder, then really got creative putting ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Tony Schwartz — New York 19 ... CD

Folkways, Mid 50s. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99

A very cool document of New York in the 50s! Tony Schwartz turns the Folkways ethnographic microphone to the streets of the city – and comes up with amazing sounds and audio documents of life in the Big Apple – specifically, all material recorded in postal zone 19 – hence the ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Tony Schwartz — Nueva York – A Tape Documentary Of Puerto Rican New Yorkers ... CD

Folkways, 1955. New Copy ... $12.99 16.99

Great work from Tony Schwartz – one of the most compelling artists to ever record for the Folkways Records label, and almost more of a filmmaker than anything else! The set's a compelling audio documentary on the new and growing community of Puerto Rican residents in New York – ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Tony Schwartz — Sounds Of My City – The Stories, Music, & Sounds Of The People Of New York ... CD

Folkways, 1959. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

Tony Schwartz must have been one of the coolest cats working on the New York scene in the 50s – not a musician, or a singer – but instead a sound artist whose legacy was dedicated to documenting the city in a very poetic way! This album may well be Tony's masterpiece – a long ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Bobby Seale/Eldridge Cleaver/H Rap Brown — Huey/Listen Whitey ... CD

Folkways, 1972. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

Dialogue excerpts from two early 70s films documenting the shift between the Civil Rights and Black Power eras in the US! Side one is taken from the film Huey – and features Black Panthers Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and H Rap Brown – plus what sounds like interviews with police and ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Pete Seeger — American Favorite Ballads (Vol 1) ... LP

Folkways, Late 50s. Very Good ... $8.99

(Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes book. Cover has a split top seam.)

Serious Bizness — For Your Immediate Attention ... CD

Folkways, 1982. New Copy ... Out Of Stock

A really unusual music from the duo of Jaribu and Ngoma Hill – a pair who work together here in a mode that's partly the acoustic blues of the rural scene in the south, but fused with more urban elements too – including a bit of gospel spirit, and folk-inspired righteousness! As you ... (Blues) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Cha Cha Shaw — Into Morning ... CD

Folkways, 1976. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A rough-edged batch of spiritual jazz tracks from trumpeter Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw (not to be confused with Charles "Bo Bo" Shaw) – recorded in an open-ended loft jazz mode with a really open, echoey feel! The album's a rare 70s jazz date on the Folkways label, and it's ... (Jazz) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Also available Into Morning (180 gram pressing) ... LP 18.99

Cha Cha Shaw — Into Morning (180 gram pressing) ... LP

Folkways, 1976. New Copy (reissue)... $18.99

A rough-edged batch of spiritual jazz tracks from trumpeter Charles "Cha Cha" Shaw (not to be confused with Charles "Bo Bo" Shaw) – recorded in an open-ended loft jazz mode with a really open, echoey feel! The album's a rare 70s jazz date on the Folkways label, and it's ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(Super-heavy vinyl and cover – feels like a vintage record on Folkways!)

Cha Cha Shaw — Kingdom Come ... CD

Folkways, 1979. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

The second Folkways album from trumpeter Charles Shaw – and even more wonderful than the first! This one changes up the groove a bit – still sticking in Shaw's spiritual jazz vein at times, but also tripping things out a bit more with use of electric guitar and the ultra-cool "bag ... (Jazz) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Charles Cha Cha Shaw — Into Morning ... LP

Folkways, 1976. Near Mint- ... $14.99

(Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album

(Recent reissue.)

E Richard Sorenson & Six Boys In Trouble — Street & Gangland Rhythms – Beats & Improvisations By Six Boys In Trouble ... CD

Folkways, 1959. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A very unusual record – one that has the Folkways ethnographic team on the streets of New York, recording the songs and calls of "six boys in trouble" as they riff and sing on some rough and raw numbers! The record's an odd turn of the ethnographic ear to the American scene – ... (Comedy) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Sonny Terry — Sonny Terry's New Sound – The Jawharp In Blues & Folk Music ... LP

Folkways, 1968. Very Good+ ... $19.99

Wild jawharp work from Sonny Terry – who also sings a bit, and works here in the company of Brownie McGhee on guitar and JC Burris on "bones"! (Blues) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes book.)

Mary Lou Williams — Asch Recordings 1944-47 (2LP Box Set) ... LP

Folkways, 1940s. Near Mint- 2LP Box Set ... $24.99

(Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes booklet.)

Mary Lou Williams — Zoning (with bonus tracks) ... CD

Mary/Folkways, 1974. Used ... $8.99

An excellent album by Mary Lou Williams – a set recorded during the 70s period when she was mixing in a bit of funk with her jazz! The sound here is wonderful – quite different than other work you might know from Williams, and much more in the sort of groove you'd expect from Junior ... (Jazz) read more CD

Various — African Flutes – Recorded In The Gambia By Samuel Charters ... CD

Folkways, 1978. New Copy ... $12.99 16.98

Spare and haunting flute work – recorded by Samuel Charters in the Gambia River basin in the mid 70s, but with a timeless sound that's really compelling! The music was recorded in two different villages, and some of the tracks feature just one or two flutes, played together with a snakey, ... (Global Grooves) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — American Banjo Tunes & Songs In Scruggs Style ... LP

Folkways, 1957. New Copy (reissue)... $14.99 21.98

A great overview of overlooked banjo work from the postwar years – the king of lightning-fast performance that was made famous by Earl Scruggs, but which is served up here by a host of lesser-known talents from the time! Think of the set as a more underground take on the Flatt & Scruggs ... (Folk/Country) read more LP, Vinyl record album

Various — Cult Music Of Cuba – Recorded In Cuba By Harold Courlander ... CD

Folkways, 1951. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

40s field recordings in pre-Castro Cuba – a series of tracks recorded in Havana and more rural locations, all of which document the surviving African traditions in Cuban music! Much of the work here is relatively spare and percussive – done with instrumentation that includes gourd ... (Global Grooves) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — Electronic Music ... CD

Folkways, 1967. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

A wonderful collection of early electronic music – issued by the less-high tech Folkways label, but every bit as compelling as similar collections from bigger labels at the time! Most of the work was composed in the 50s and early 60s, and is from the Electronic Music Studio at the University ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — Electronic Music From The Outside In ... CD

Folkways, 1980. New Copy 2CDs ... $16.99 21.98

A double-length set of experimental electronics from Folkways – music recorded a bit later than some of the early analogue sides on the label, but done with a similarly spare and spooky feel! There's a nice maturation going on here – a move away from some of the more academic ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — Folk Music Of Spain ... LP

Folkways, 1965. Very Good ... $9.99

(Global Grooves) LP, Vinyl record album

(Green cover.)

Various — Forms In Instrumental Music – Music Examples By Chamber Orchestra & Piano – Boris Poliakine ... LP

Folkways, Early 60s. Very Good+ ... $4.99

Features piano from Boris Poliakine and narration by Williams Geib. (Classical) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes the booklet. Cover has a small ink stamp and piece of masking tape on front.)

Various — Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume 2 – Social Music (photo cover) ... LP

Folkways, 1920s/1930s/1940s. Near Mint- 2LP ... $49.99

A landmark collection of music – the now-famous series of American Folk Music volumes put together by Harry Smith in the 50s! The work here spans the space of a few early decades of recorded music – all in styles expertly chosen by Smith, with countless examples of music that might ... (Folk/Country) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(2LP pressing, in box, with heavy book! One bottom corner of the box has very light wear, but this is a great copy overall.)

Various — Highlights Of Vortex – Electronic Experiments & Music ... CD

Folkways, 1959. New Copy Gatefold ... $12.99 16.98

A very cool set of music – originally recorded as part of a mixed sound/image experiment shown at the San Francisco Planetarium in the late 50s! There's definitely a lot of early analogue electronics going on here – but the presentation is also sometimes a bit more playful, and almost ... (Out Sound) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — Jazz Vol 4 – The Blues ... LP

Folkways, 1930s/1940s. Very Good ... $3.99

Includes work by Cab Calloway, Jimmy Rushing, Ivy Anderson, Bertha Chippie Hill, Sonny Terry, Champion Jack Dupree, and many others! (Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album

(Missing the book.)

Various — Man In Space – Story Of The Journey ... LP

Folkways, 1964. Very Good+ ... $19.99

(Spoken Word) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes the booklet.)

Various — Music Used In Many Popular Television Commercials ... CD

Bosworth/Folkways, 1974. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A haunting batch of commercial music from the 70s – billed in the notes to Bosworth Ensembles, which makes us almost think that the work's from the Bosworth Sound Library – even though the record was issued in the US by Folkways! Most of the music here is relatively gentle – ... (Sound Library) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — New Jazz Poets ... CD

Folkways, 1967. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock

A seminal set of righteous underground poetry – a key bridge between the earlier work of Langston Hughes and some of the bigger spoken sides of the 70s by artists like Gil Scott-Heron or Wanda Robinson! As the title promises, there's a definite undercurrent of jazz in the work – but ... (Spoken Word) read more CD

(Special limited CD – pressed up for us by the Smithsonian Folkways label. Comes with original cover artwork, and the CD also features a PDF file with the original liner notes and other materials from the original record release.)

Various — Speech After The Removal Of The Larynx (180 gram pressing) ... LP

Folkways/Fantome Phonographique (Italy), 1964. New Copy (reissue)... $22.99

A fascinating little record – and one of the oddest releases ever issued by Folkways Records! The set is exactly what it promises in the title – human speech, but after the voice box has been removed from an individual – so that vocalizations have to take the form of noises and ... (Spoken Word) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(Hand-numbered limited edition of 500!)

Various — Tuareg Music Of The Southern Sahara (180 gram pressing) ... LP

Folkways, 1960. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock

The sounds of the Tuareg culture have gotten some surprisingly strong global circulation in recent years – thanks especially to a few key guitarists who've gained international attention – but this 1960 recording by Folkways Records may well be one of the first times the music of the ... (Global Grooves) read more LP, Vinyl record album

(Very nicely-done reissue – with all the heft of an orginal Folkways pressing!)

Various — WNEW's Story Of Selma ... LP

Folkways, 1965. Very Good ... $14.99

(Spoken Word) LP, Vinyl record album

(Includes the booklet. Cover has a vintage price sticker and some seam splitting.)

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