Harry Smiths Anthology Of American Folk Music - Various. Dble LP. (Revenant - 6002) Harry Smith was a true polymath-avant-garde filmmaker, alchemist, folklorist, painter, magician, archivist and expert on string figures, paper airplanes, painted eggs-but is perhaps best known for his pioneering three-volume Anthology of American Folk Music reissued to great acclaim in 1997 by Smithsonian Folkways.In conjunction with The Harry Smith Archives, Revenant presents Smith's "secret volume" in its intended song sequence, including tracks by Monroe Brothers, Carter Family, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Lead Belly, Uncle Dave Macon, and Sleepy John Estes. Featuring the first in-depth narrative on Smith and his work, with essays by Ed Sanders (Fugs), John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers), John Fahey, Dick Spottswood and Greil Marcus, and previously unpublished photos, including a teenage Harry Smith engineering some of his earliest field recordings. Two LPs plus a 20 page booklet housed in a deluxe double gatefold sleeve. Free poster included.

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