Various People Take Warning 3cd

3cd
2007/1913-38
new
Themed collection of 78s with a decent variety of performers- some rags, some blues, some tin pan alley, some clawhammer picking, and so on. Disc one features wrecks by trains, boats & buses. Disc two shows off floods, fires & insect infestation. And Disc 3 reports on murder & kidnapping. Nice essay highlights the breadth and depth of the American tradition of reality-flavored exploitation- which wasn't invented by tv or tabloids. Several selections were recorded mere days after the events in question or performed on the courthouse steps for the throng outside. Some timeless pre-war performaces (by Patton, Son House, Charlie Poole, Skillet Lickers, etc) that no home should be without are also included. Tracklisting: Hi Henry Brown & Charlie Jordan-Titanic Blues, Skillet Lickers/Riley Puckett-Wreck Of The Old 97, Birmingham Jug Band- Bill Wilson, Bob Miller-The Crash Of The Akron, Ernest Stoneman-The Fate Of Talmadge Osborne, Cantor Josef Rosenblatt-El Mole Rachmim (Für Titanik), Blind Alfred Reed-Wreck Of The Virginian, Bill Cox-Fate Of Will Rogers & Wiley Post, Dixon Brothers-Down With The Old Canoe, Cliff Carlisle-Wreck Of Number 52, Furry Lewis-Kassie Jones Part 1, Furry Lewis-Kassie Jones Part 2, Carver Boys-The Brave Engineer, Richard "Rabbit" Brown-The Sinking Of The Titanic, Blind Alfred Reed-Fate Of Chris Lively And Wife, Paul Miles And Red Fox Chasers-Wreck Of The Mountain Road, Kentucky Ramblers-The Unfortunate Brakeman, Riley Puckett-Altoona Freight Wreck, J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers-The Fatal Wreck Of The Bus, Frank Hutchison-Last Scene Of The Titanic, Skillet Lickers-Casey Jones, Fred Pendleton & West Virginia Melody Boys-The Wreck Of The Westbound Airliner, Ernest Stoneman-The Titanic, William & Versey Smith-When That Great Ship Went Down, Ernest Stoneman-The Story Of The Mighty Mississippi, Robert Hicks-Mississippi Heavy Water Blues, Fiddlin' John Carson-Dixie Boll Weevil, Charlie Patton-Mississippi Boweavil, Charlotte And Bob Miller-Ohio Prison Fire , Elder Curry-Memphis Flu, Blind Alfred Reed-Explosion In The Fairmount Mine, Fiddlin' John Carson-Storm That Struck Miami , Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie -When The Levee Breaks, Andrew Jenkins-Alabama Flood, J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies-Burning Of The Cleveland School , Charlie Patton-High Water Everywhere, Part 1, Charlie Patton-High Water Everywhere, Part 2, Asa Martin & James Roberts-Ryecove Cyclone, Cap, Andy & Flip-McBeth Mine Explosion, Charlie Patton-Dry Well Blues, Charlie Poole-Baltimore Fire, Uncle Dave Macon & McGee Brothers-Tennessee Tornado, Son House-Dry Spell Blues Part 2, Green Bailey-The Santa Barbara Earthquake, Vernon Dalhart-The Death Of Floyd Collins, Carson Robison Trio-The Porto Rico Storm, W. A. Lindsey & Alvin Condor -Boll Weavil, Elders McIntorsh And Edwards-The Flood Of 1927, Appalachia Vagabond (Hayes Shepherd)-Peddler And His Wife, Earl Johnson-The Little Grave In Georgia, Ernest Stoneman And Kahle Brewere-Kenny Wagner's Surrender, Kelly Harrell-Henry Clay Beattie, Carolina Buddies-The Murder Of The Lawson Family, Clarence Ashley-Naomi Wise, Will Bennett-Railroad Bill, Dykes Magic City Trio-Frankie, Bill Cox-Trial Of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 1, Bill Cox-Trial Of Richard Bruno Hauptmann, Part 2, Dennis McGee & Ernest Fruge-Lanse Des Belaires, B.F. Shelton-Darling Cora, Furry Lewis-Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee, Grayson And Whitter-Tom Dooley, Floyd County Ramblers-The Story Of Freda Bolt, John Hammond-Pretty Polly, Bob Miller-Fingerprints Upon The Windowpane, Roy Harvey And North Carolina Ramblers-The Bluefield Murder, Ashley And Foster-Frankie Silvers, Wilmer Watts-Fate Of Rhoda Sweeten, Willie Walker-Dupree Blues, Dykes Magic City Trio-Poor Ellen Smith.