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Ii D. the Arhoolie Collection II D. THE ARHOOLIE COLLECTION In 1960 a young college student living in Berkeley named Chris Strachwitz decided to start a record company. He was passionately excited in vernacular American music of every style, and he had a strong, personal interest in the blues. His first LP release was an album of blues and songs by the Texas sharecropper and songster Mance Lipscomb. Forty years later Strachwitz is still as excited by the music he finds, and his record company, Arhoolie, named after a field holler, has been consistently one of the most important sources for African American music of every style, from field song to gospel choirs. Also, with his extensive reissue program, he has introduced his audiences to music of the Caribbean, from the dance orchestras of Martinique to the sextetos and danzons of Cuba, along with a tantalizing introduction to historical calypso performances. In the last decades he has been interested in music of the southwestern Latin community, and working with film maker Les Blank he produced the award winning film Chulas Fronteras. Beginning with the first years he was active with his company Strachwitz has made many trips to western Louisiana, and Arhoolie was the exclusive label for many of the local artists, including the “King of Zydeco” Clifton Chenier, and the well-known Cajun group Beausoleil. With Les Blank and Maureen Gosling he produced the definitive film on Cajun music and culture J’ai Ete Au Bal. The material from the bayou country is a fascinating cross-section of the sources of this rich cultural area. Strachwitz has generously presented this archive of Arhoolie albums, CDs, 45rpm singles, and videos materials to strengthen and expand the collection’s documentation of African American rural and urban root musical styles. LPs F 1001 MANCE LIPSCOMB “Texas Sharecropper and Songster” LP 575 F 1002 BIG JOE WILLIAMS “Tough Times” LP 576 F 1003 BLACK ACE LP 577 F 1004 LIL SON JACKSON LP 578 F 1005 I HAVE TO PAINT MY FACE - MISSISSIPPI BLUES (Notes by Mack McCormick ) LP 579 F 1005 I HAVE TO PAINT MY FACE: A RANDOM COLLECTION OF MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES (Different cover design and notes by Chris Strachwitz) LP 580 F 1006 BLUES ‘N TROUBLE LP 581 F 1007 MERCY DEE LP582 453 F 1008 ALEX MOORE LP 583 F 1009 ZYDECO LP 584 F 1010 TEXAS BARRELHOUSE PIANO - ROBERT SHAW LP 585 F 1011 LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS LP 586 F 1012 BLUES ‘N TROUBLE Volume 2 LP 587 F 1013 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ AT THE KITTY HALLS LP 588 F 1014 REV. LOUIS OVERSTREET “An Evening with Rev. Overstreet” LP 589 F 1015 BLIND JAMES CAMPBELL and his NASHVILLE STREET BAND LP 590 F 1016 KID THOMAS VALENTINE and his CREOLE JAZZ BAND LP 591 F 1017 TEXAS BLUES Volume 2 LP 592 F 1018 BAD LUCK ‘N TROUBLE LP 593 F 1019 BUKKA WHITE Volume 1 “Sky Songs” LP 594 F 1020 BUKKA WHITE Volume 2 “Sky Songs” LP 595 F 1021 MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL “Mississippi Delta Blues” LP 596 F 1022 LIGHTNING HOPKINS and his BROTHERS LP 597 Side One with his brothers, Joel and John Henry; Side Two with Barbara Dane. F 1023 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 2 “Texas Songster” LP 598 F 1024 CLIFTON CHENIER “Louisiana Blues and Zydeco” LP 599 F 1025 JOHN JACKSON “Blues and Country Dance Tunes from Virginia” LP 600 F 1026 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 3 “Texas Songster in Live Performance” LP 601 F 1027 MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL Volume 2 LP 602 F 1028 BIG MAMA THORNTON “In Europe” LP 603 F 1029 JOHNNY YOUNG and his CHICAGO BLUES BAND LP 604 Featuring Otis Spahn and James Cotton. 454 F 1030 THE SECOND ANNUAL BERKELEY BLUES FESTIVAL LP 605 F 1031 CLIFTON CHENIER “Bon Ton Roulet!” LP 606 F 1032 BIG MAMA THORNTON Volume 2 LP 607 With Muddy Waters’ B;ues Band. F 1033 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 4 LP 608 F 1034 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Texas Blues Man” LP 609 F 1035 JOHN JACKSON Volume 2 “More Blues and Country Dance Tunes from Virginia” LP 610 F 1036 JUKE BOY BONNER “I’m going back to the country where they don’t burn the buildings down” LP 611 F 1037 JOHNNY YOUNG and BIG WALTER “Chicago Blues” LP 612 F 1038 CLIFTON CHENIER “Black Snake Blues” LP 613 F 1039 BALL AND CHAIN LP 614 Big Mama Thornton, Lighting Hopkins, Larry Williams. F 1040 GEORGE COLEMAN “BONGO JOE” LP 615 F 1041 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES Volume 1 LP 616 F 1042 MISSISSIPPI DELTA BLUES Volume 2 LP 617 F 1043 JOHN LITTLEJOHN “Chicago Blues Stars” LP 618 F 1045 JUKE BOY BONNER “The Struggle” LP 619 F 1046 FRED McDOWELL and his BLUES BOYS LP 620 F 1047 JOHN JACKSON “In Europe” LP 621 F 1048 ALEX MOORE “IN Europe” LP 622 F 1049 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 5 LP 623 F 1050 BEE HOUSTON LP 624 F 1051 EARL HOOKER “Hooker and Steve” LP 625 455 F 1052 CLIFTON CHENIER “King of the Bayous” LP 626 F 1053 BIG JOE WILLIAMS “Thinking of what they did to Me” LP 627 F 1054 LOUISIANA BLUES LP 628 F 1055 JOHNIE LEWIS “Alabama Slide Guitar” LP 629 F 1056 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE “Takin’ My Time” LP 630 F 1057 ROOSEVELT HOLTS “and His Friends” LP 631 F 1058 THE NEW ORLEANS RAGTIME ORCHESTRA LP 632 F 1059 CLIFTON CHENIER “Live” LP 633 F 1060 HERMAN E. JOHNSON “Louisiana Country Blues” LP 634 F 1061 JOSEPH SPENCE “Good Morning, Mr. Walker—Bahaman Guitarist” LP 635 F 1062 L. C. “GOOD ROCKIN’” ROBINSON “Ups and Downs” LP 636 F 1063 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “In Berkeley” LP 637 F 1064 PIANO RED “Dr. Feelgood all Alone with his Piano” LP 638 F 1065 DR. ROSS “His First Recordings” LP 639 F 1066 EARL HOOKER “His First and Last Recordings” LP 640 F 1067 DAVE ALEXANDER “The Rattler” LP 641 F 1068 FRED McDOWELL “Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning” LP 642 F 1069 MANCE LIPSCOMB Volume 6 LP 643 F 1070 ALPHONSE “BOISEC” ARDOIN with CONROY FONTENOT and the ARDOIN BROTHERS “Boisec La Musique Creole” LP 644 F 1071 DAVE ALEXANDER “The Dirt on the Ground” LP 645 F 1072 CLIFTON CHENIER “Out West with Elvin Bishop and Steve Miller” LP 646 F 1073 K. C. DOUGLAS “The Country Boy” LP 647 456 F 1074 CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE “Goin’ Back Down South with LaFayette Leake and Robben Ford” LP 648 F 1075 J. C. BURRIS “One of These Mornings” LP 649 F 1076 CLIFTON CHENIER “Bogalusa Boogie” LP 650 F 1077 MANCE LIPSCOMB “You’ll Never Find Another Man Like Mance” LP 651 F 1078 CLIFTON CHENIER and his RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND LP 652 F 1079 TOM McFARLAND “Travelin’ with the Blues” LP 653 F 1080 BIG JOE DUSKIN “Cincinnati Stomp” LP 654 F 1081 SAM BROS. 5 with DADDY “GOOD ROCKIN’” SAM LP 655 F 1082 CLIFTON CHENIER “Classic Clifton” LP 656 F 1083 JOHN DELAFOSE “Zydeco Man” LP 657 F 1084 KINGS OF COUNTRY BLUES Volume 1 LP 658 F 1085 KINGS OF COUNTRY BLUES Volume 2 LP 659 F 1086 CLIFTON CHENIER “The King of Zydeco” LP 660 F 1087 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Po’ Lightin’” LP 661 F 1088 JOHN DELAFOSE with GENO DELAFOSE on drums “Uncle Bud Zydeco” LP 662 F 1089 ELIZABETH COTTON “Live!” LP 663 F 1090 ZYDECO Volume 2 “Preston France and the Swallow Band and Ambrose Sam’s Old Time Zydeco” LP 664 F 1091 LAWRENCE “BLACK” ARDOIN and his FRENCH BAND with EDWARD POULARD on fiddle LP 665 F 1092 REBIRTH JAZZ BAND of NEW ORLEANS “Here to Stay!” LP 666 F 1093 CLIFTON CHENIER “Live at the San Francisco Blues Festival with his Red Hot Louisiana Band” LP 667 F 1094 KATIE WEBSTER with HOT LINKS “You Know That’s Right” LP 668 457 F 1095 Soundtrack from the film LOUIE BLUIS LP 669 F 1096 CHRIS THOMAS “The Beginning” LP 670 F 1097 CLIFTON CHENIER “The King of Zydeco Sings the Blues” LP 671 F 1098 C. J. CHENIER (son of Clifton Chenier) and the NEW RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND “Let Me in Your Heart” LP 672 F 1099 BOB MIELKE’S BEARCATS LP 673 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON “It’s King Biscuit Time” (7 inch record) LP 748 2001/2002 THE ROOTS OF AMERICA’S MUSIC LP 674a, 674b R 2003 LOWELL FULSON LP 675 R 2004 JOE TURNER with PETE JOHNSON’S ORCHESTRA “Jumpin’ the Blues” LP 676 R 2005 GUITAR SLIM and JELLY BELLY “Carolina Blues” LP 677 R 2006 TEXAS BLUES Volume 1 (from Gold Star label) LP 678 R 2007 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Early Recordings” LP 679 R 2008 OAKLAND BLUES LP 680 R 2009 JESSE FULLER “Frisco Bound” LP 681 R 2010 LIGHTNING HOPKINS “Early Recordings, Volume 2” LP 682 R 2011 ANGOLA PRISONER’S BLUES (from Folklyric label) LP 683 Robert Pete Williams, Matthew “Hogman” Maxey, Robert “Guitar” Welch. R 2012 PRISON WORKSONGS (from Folklyric label) LP684 R 2014 SNOOKS EAGLIN (from Folklyric label) “Possum Up a Simmon Tree” LP 685 R 2015 ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS (from Folklyric label) “Those Prison Blues” LP 686 R 2016 BILLIE & DEE DEE PIERCE “New Orleans Music” LP 687 R 2018 COUNTRY NEGRO JAM SESSION LP 688 458 Butch Cage, Willie B. Thomas and others. R 2019 SMOKY BABE “Hot Blues” LP 699 R 2020 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (from Trumpet label) “King Biscuit Time” LP 700 5031 CAJUN FIDDLE STYLES Volume 1, The Creole Tradition LP 701 Conroy Fontenot, Joseph “Bebe” and Eraste Carriere (The Carriere Brothers) 5035 CAJUN JAM SESSION “Live Radio Broadcast with Sharon Arms Doucet on Trumpet” LP 702 Michael Doucet, Danny Poullard, Alan Senauke.
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