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Frank Fairfield curates another reissue of 78 rpm records - this time with the help of a few of his collector friends. The collection focuses on some of the most seldom acknowledged varieties of Anglo-American vernacular music. You'll hear unusual performers, uncommon instrumentation and great fiddlers from California to Ohio, New Mexico to West Virginia. Forget "Americana", this collection shows Anglo-American down-home music as it actually was and in many cases (although largely unrecognized) still is. With painstaking audio restoration by the great Michael Kieffer (Origin  Jazz Library).
'Turn Me Loose' is Frank's second compilation of 78s. 'Unheard Ofs & Forgotten Abouts', released on Pawn/Tompkins Square in 2010, provides a broad view of the "Gramophone era", specifically concerning the recording of vernacular music from around the world: from Atlanta, Georgia to Kisumu, Kenya; from the the 10's to the 60's. Frank Fairfield has also released two studio albums on Tompkins Square.

Tracklisting:
01. Bob Skiles Four Old Timers – Wagoner 
02. Willard Hodgin – Don't Get One Woman  On Your Mind 
03. Blind Joe Mangrum & Fred Shriver – Bacon And Cabbage 
04. Mustard And Gravy – The Whale Did, I Know He Did 
05. Tweedy Brothers – Chicken Reel  
06. Happy Hayseeds, The – Ladies' Quadrille 
07. Lemuel Turner – Way Down Yonder Blues 
08. John Batzell – Money  Musk Medley 
09. Homer Davenport – Down In Tennessee Blues 
10. Lewis Brothers – Caliope 
11. Ernest Rogers – Mythological Blues 
12. Mc Laughlin's Old Time Melody Makers – Dill Pickles Rag 
13. Alphus McFadyen – Arkansas Traveler / Turkey In The Straw 
14. South Georgia Highballers – Mister Johnson Turn Me Aloose

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 1xCD
Genre: Blues, Folk, Country
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013
Speelduur: 41 minuten
Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt