A morning for musical relics

I spent the early morning -- before waking Jill and the girls -- listening to 17 musical relics.
"SOUTHERN FOLK HERITAGE: SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH" was a set of field recordings ALAN LOMAX made in the summer of 1959. It was originally released by Atlantic Records in 1960.
There's some great folk, blues, gospel and old-time fiddlin' country music on this disc -- there's even a "baptizing scene" featuring the Rev. W.A. Donaldson). Powerful stuff spread across these 17 tracks.
Modern listeners would recognize one tune.
"TROUBLE SO HARD" by VERA HALL was sampled extensively to become the basis of Moby's single "Natural Blues."
The song sounds raw in its original form -- vibrant and raw.