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Noa Ain/
Folkways, 1975. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Charity Bailey —
Music Time With Charity Bailey (10 inch record) ... LP Folkways, 1960. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Charity Bailey & Robert Emmett —
Follow The Sunset (10 inch record) ... LP Folkways, 1953. Good ... Out Of Stock
Robin Christenson —
You Can Sing It Yourself Vol 2 ... LP Folkways, 1962. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Clementi —
Clementi Piano Vol 2 – John Newmark ... LP Folkways, 1970s. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Elizabeth Cotten —
When I'm Gone ... LP Folkways, 1965. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Elizabeth Cotten is one of those true Folkways artists who seems especially well-suited to the label's legendary style of presentation – as the clear, clean sound of the recording brings her brilliance to an audience she might never have reached otherwise! The set was recorded and conceived ... (Folk/Country) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Folkways, 1971. New Copy Gatefold ... $7.99 16.98
A really unique document of the struggle and story of Angela Davis – recorded in 1971 by ABC news, and packaged together here as kind of a sonic program by Folkways! The record works like a short news program – starting out with a statement by Angela, then moving to a narrated ... (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.)
Dlugoszewski/Folkways, 1975. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
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
Folkways/Smithsonian, 1976. New Copy (reissue)... $21.99 24.99
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 LP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful heavy pressing – almost like the original!)
Fisk Jubilee Singers —
Gold And Blue Album ... LP Folkways, 1955. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
Gabrieli/Folkways, 1967. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Woody Guthrie —
Songs To Grow On Vol 1 – Nursery Days ... LP Folkways, 1950. Very Good- ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
Woody Guthrie —
Songs To Grow On Vol 1 – Nursery Days (10 inch LP) ... LP Folkways, 1950. Fair ... Out Of Stock
Talib Hakim/Folkways, 1975. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Langston Hughes —
Jerico Jim Crow ... LP Folkways, 1964. Very Good+ 2LP ... Out Of Stock
An important Civil Rights-era stage production – directed by Alvin Ailey, with music by Hugh Porter! (Spoken Word) LP, Vinyl record album
Langston Hughes —
Rhythms Of The World (10 inch LP) ... LP Folkways, 1955. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
A really wonderful record – and one that maybe brings together a few key strands of the Folkways Records magic – as the album features narration by Langston Hughes, based on his First Book Of Rhythms book – layered with sound effects, folk songs, and music from around the world ... (Spoken Word) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy —
Classical Music Of India ... LP Folkways, 1955. Very Good+ ... $14.99
(Global Grooves) LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes booklet. Box has split corners & side edges, spot of sticker removal.)
Ella Jenkins —
And One & Two & Other Folk Songs For Pre-School & Primary Children ... LP Folkways, 1971. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Ella Jenkins —
Counting Games & Rhythms For The Little Ones ... LP Folkways, 1965. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Ella Jenkins —
Long Road To Freedom ... LP Folkways, 1970s. New Copy (reissue)... Out Of Stock
A beautiful set from Ella Jenkins at the dawn of the 70s – and a little bit of a step away from the children's music she was (and still is) so loved for – with stirring takes on gospel, folk and blues tunes for grown ups and kids alike...everybody with a soul! It's a nice look at a ... (Folk/Country) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Ella Jenkins —
Seasons For Singing ... LP Folkways, 1970. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
Folkways, 1966. New Copy (reissue)... $9.99 23.99
A landmark for folk singer Ella Jenkins, children's music as a genre and the Folkways label! Ella is singing out front of the Urban Gateways Children's Chorus here, gently leading the kids while lifting them to the level of full on collaborators. In some ways, this sets the template for so much of ... (Folk/Country) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(Comes in nice heavy textured sleeve – classic Folkways style! Reissued ahead of Ella's 100th birthday.)
Ella Jenkins —
You'll Sing A Song & I'll Sing A Song ... LP Folkways, 1966. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
A landmark for folk singer Ella Jenkins, children's music as a genre and the Folkways label! Ella is singing out front of the Urban Gateways Children's Chorus here, gently leading the kids while lifting them to the level of full on collaborators. In some ways, this sets the template for so much of ... (Children's) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available You'll Sing A Song & I'll Sing A Song ... LP 9.99
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
Folkways, 1972. Sealed ... $11.99
Titles include "The Deacons", "Harriet Tubman", "Sojourner Truth", "Benjamin Banneker", and "Leroy Satchel Paige". (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed – and likely includes booklet.)
Craig Kupka —
Clouds – New Music For Relaxation ... CD Folkways, 1981. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
One of the most meditative albums ever recorded for the Folkways label – two side-long tracks from composer Craig Kupka, each of which has a dream-like, very hypnotic quality! It's a bit hard to say what exactly is going on here in the instrumentation – we definitely hear vibes, or ... (Sound Library) read more CD
Leadbelly —
Easy Rider – Leadbelly Legacy Number 4 (10 inch LP) ... LP Folkways, Early 50s. Good ... Out Of Stock
Leadbelly —
Take This Hammer – Leadbelly Legacy Number 1 (10 inch LP) ... LP Folkways, Early 50s. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
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
Carlos Montoya —
Spanish Guitar Solos (10 inch record) ... LP Folkways, 1950. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
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 ... (Spoken Word) read more CD
Piute Pete —
All About Square Dances (10 inch record) ... LP Folkways, 1966. Very Good+ ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
(Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label pressing. Includes booklet. Cover has light wear.)
Dock Reed/Folkways, 1960. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
(Blues) LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes booklet! Cover has splitting on the spine, spot of sticker removal.)
Jean Ritchie —
British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) In The Southern Mountains ... LP Folkways, 1961. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Folkways, Early 60s. Very Good+ ... $9.99
(Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
(In a orange tinted cover. Includes original book. Cover has light wear.)
Tony Schwartz —
Sound Effects – City Sounds – Outdoor Sounds/Folkways, 1958. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Very cool – with outside and inside passages that go on a lot longer than just short snippets – some as long as 5 minutes, and more sonic poems to the city! Includes street traffic, a cocktail party, and even a luncheonette counter! (Sound Library) LP, Vinyl record album
Pete Seeger —
American Folk Songs For Children (10-inch) ... LP Folkways, 1954. Good ... Out Of Stock
Folkways, 1962. Near Mint- ... $5.99 7.99
Pete Seeger —
Folk Songs For Young People ... LP Folkways, 1960. Very Good- ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
Serious Bizness —
How Many More? ... CD Folkways, 1985. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
An album from the 80s, but one that echoes a much older tradition of folk and blues – with a vibe that hardly fits the dated spelling of the duo's name! Serious Bizness is the team of Jaribu and Ngoma Hill – who harmonize together on some very message-oriented music, in a way that was ... (Blues) read more CD
Cha Cha Shaw —
Into Morning ... CD Folkways, 1976. New Copy Gatefold ... Out Of Stock
Folkways, 1979. New Copy Gatefold ... $7.99 16.98
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.)
Mark Spoelstra —
Songs Of Mark Spoelstra ... CD Folkways, Early 1960s. Used ... Out Of Stock
Winifred E Stiles & David R Ginglend —
Learning As We Play ... LP Folkways, 1980. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Joe Sullivan —
Piano ... LP Folkways, 1973. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Folkways, 1952. Near Mint- ... $14.99 19.99
(Jazz) LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono blue label pressing – FJ 2293 – in a black paste-on cover, with a filled in peeled spot at the top left corner. Includes the booklet.)
Sonny Terry —
Folkways Years 1944 to 1963 ... CD Folkways, 1940s/1950s/Early 60s. Used ... Out Of Stock
Lucinda Williams —
Happy Woman Blues ... CD Folkways, 1980. Used ... Out Of Stock
Lucinda Williams second album for Folkways – and the first to feature her own material – introducing one of the best Americana singer songwriters of the past few decades! Happy Woman Blues has an apt title, and although there's plenty of heartache in her radiating from her vocal chords ... (Folk/Country) read more CD
Lucinda Williams —
Ramblin' ... CD Folkways, 1978. Used ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
Classic folk blues and acoustic Americana from Lucinda Williams – her first record for Folkways – recorded at Malaco Studios with just Lucinda's naturally wonderful vocals, 12 string strumming, and 6 string accompaniment by John Grimaudo! Ramblin' finds Lucinda doing passionate, but ... (Folk/Country) read more CD
Mary Lou Williams —
Zodiac Suite ... LP Folkways, 1945. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
One of the first higher-concept recordings from pianist Mary Lou Williams – recorded in the mid 40s, but with a musical vision that holds up beautifully all these many years later! Despite the large group expectations you might have from the "suite" in the title, the tracks are all ... (Jazz) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(70s pressing. Cover has light wear near the top,b ut this is a great copy overall.)
Folkways, 1945. Used ... $9.99
One of the first higher-concept recordings from pianist Mary Lou Williams – recorded in the mid 40s, but with a musical vision that holds up beautifully all these many years later! Despite the large group expectations you might have from the "suite" in the title, the tracks are all ... (Jazz) read more CD
(Out of print, punch through barcode.)
Mary/Folkways, 1974. Used ... Just Sold Out!
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
Mary Lou Williams —
Zoning (with bonus tracks) ... CD Mary/Folkways, 1974. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
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 —
Cult Music Of Cuba – Recorded In Cuba By Harold Courlander ... LP Folkways, Late 1940s. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
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 LP, Vinyl record album
(Grey label Ethnic Folkways Library pressing with deep groove in a pink paste-on cover – FE 4410 – with booklet. Cover has some splitting in the bottom seam.)
Various —
Cult Music Of Trinidad ... LP Folkways, 1961. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Various —
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume 4 (2CD set) ... CD Folkways, 1920s/1930s/1940s. Used 2CD & Book ... Out Of Stock
Harry Smith's much revered efforts to compile the deepest early-to-mid 20th Century American folk music resulted in the monumental Anthology Of American Folk Music box set – plus this later volume that didn't make it into the original set or the celebrated reissue – and sadly went ... (Folk/Country) read more CD
(Out of print, includes paper band.)
Various —
Highlights Of Vortex ... LP Folkways, 1958. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
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 LP, Vinyl record album
(Heavy yellow label deep groove pressing, in a paste-on cover.)
Various —
In Mezz'una Strada Trovai Una Pianta Di Rosa ... LP Folkways, Late 1970s. Very Good ... Out Of Stock
Various —
Songs & Dances Of Quebec – Party Songs, Reels, & Squares Recorded In Canada (10-inch) ... LP Folkways, 1956. Near Mint- ... Out Of Stock
Various —
Songs To Grow On Vol 2 –School Days (10 inch LP) ... LP Folkways, 1950. Fair ... Out Of Stock
Features Pete Seeger, Charity Bailey, Leadbelly, Adelaide Van Way & Cisco Houston. (Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album
Various —
Voix De 8 Poetes Du Canada ... LP Folkways, 1958. Very Good+ ... Out Of Stock
Featuring Alain Grandbois, Anne Hebert, Paul-Marie Lapointe, and more. (Spoken Word) LP, Vinyl record album
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