Trouble No More [Enhanced]

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Before John Mellencamp recorded his classic Scarecrow, he learned hundreds of classic rock covers from the '60s. Here the Indiana troubadour ventures back to the very roots of American popular music, learning traditional songs associated with the likes of Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, and Woody Guthrie. The result is Mellencamp's rawest album to date, updating the acoustic sounds of those early idioms for modern times while keeping them firmly rooted in tradition. In that sense, it's not unlike his hero Bob Dylan's two country-blues cover albums from the mid-'90s--though the ever-mischievous Mellencamp has a little fun with his definitions here, paying tribute to his Hoosier background by covering Bloomington native Hoagy Carmichael's "Brooklyn Oriole" and Lucinda Williams's 1980 ode to "Lafayette," while pulling a beautiful stark version of Skeeter Davis's wonderful 1963 country-pop ballad "End of the World" out of left field. The former James Brown impersonator has never sang better. The album closes with "To Washington," credited to Mellencamp, but actually a "borrowed blues" that's been used to address political figures as far back as Calvin Coolidge when recorded by Charlie Poole, the Carter Family, and Guthrie. This time, the song addresses one George W. Bush and surely won't gain Mellencamp any new fans among those who'd support a Dixie Chicks boycott. --Bill Holdship

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Trouble No More [Enhanced]

Average customer rating: Complete Garbage One fo the best CD's I've ever purchased One of the Best - Rock, Folk, Blues... One of the Best Eclectic Bluesy Mix wonderful music

Trouble No More John Mellencamp Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cuttin' Heads Freedom's Road John Mellencamp Whenever We Wanted Rough Harvest ASIN: B000094OU1 Release Date: 2003-06-03

Tracks:

1. Stones In My Passway
2. Death Letter
3. Johnny Hart
4. Baltimore Oriole
5. Teardrops Will Fall
6. Diamond Joe
7. The End Of The World
8. Down In The Bottom
9. Lafayette
10. Joliet Bound
11. John The Revelator
12. To Washington

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Before John Mellencamp recorded his classic Scarecrow, he learned hundreds of classic rock covers from the '60s. Here the Indiana troubadour ventures back to the very roots of American popular music, learning traditional songs associated with the likes of Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, and Woody Guthrie. The result is Mellencamp's rawest album to date, updating the acoustic sounds of those early idioms for modern times while keeping them firmly rooted in tradition. In that sense, it's not unlike his hero Bob Dylan's two country-blues cover albums from the mid-'90s--though the ever-mischievous Mellencamp has a little fun with his definitions here, paying tribute to his Hoosier background by covering Bloomington native Hoagy Carmichael's "Brooklyn Oriole" and Lucinda Williams's 1980 ode to "Lafayette," while pulling a beautiful stark version of Skeeter Davis's wonderful 1963 country-pop ballad "End of the World" out of left field. The former James Brown impersonator has never sang better. The album closes with "To Washington," credited to Mellencamp, but actually a "borrowed blues" that's been used to address political figures as far back as Calvin Coolidge when recorded by Charlie Poole, the Carter Family, and Guthrie. This time, the song addresses one George W. Bush and surely won't gain Mellencamp any new fans among those who'd support a Dixie Chicks boycott. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews:

Complete Garbage.......2007-02-08

Complete Garbage - Invest your $$ in an original Mellencamp album - you will be dissapointed with this weak effort

One fo the best CD's I've ever purchased.......2006-06-29

This CD is by far one of the best CD's I've ever purchased. John and his band are superb. This is a feel good album - every one of the songs. You won't regret this purchase! Great rhythm, lyrics........... These guys/gals are talented!

One of the Best - Rock, Folk, Blues... One of the Best.......2006-05-12

I am 52 years old and still love my Stones, Dylan, Clapton, Yardbirds, Dwight, and others. I am stumbled upon this album today and even on the first listen, I was blown away. Talk about a national treasure... and one that rocks.

Eclectic Bluesy Mix.......2005-11-29

When the band breaks into the first tune - Robert Johnson's "Stones in My Passsway", the stage is set. What follows is an incredible mix of American roots music, from Delta blues to folk with a bunch of tunes that are hard to pigeonhole. But I think that the key is that the music is delivered with passion and a love for the genre. I wonder what Son House would have thought if he heard this version of his classic "Death Letter"? I think he would have liked it. Another standout is Willie Dixon's "Down in the Bottom". John sings like he knows how to fight out of a tough spot as the band rocks along on this classic. Excellent covers of a bunch of great tunes. Mellencamp's best album in quite some time.

wonderful music.......2005-02-26

This is the only CD I have ever owned that has the rare distinction of having remained in our CD player for well over a year now. We have listened to it every day, and still love it. There is so much depth to this CD. Some days I just listen to and ponder the lyrics (story) of each song. Other days, I am struck by the beautiful rhythms and melodies that each song brings forth. Some songs make me want to dance, like Diamond Joe. Some songs provoke a sense of sorrow, like Joliet Bound. I sing along with all of them (when no one's around). Even my one year-old daughter loves this CD. She knows how to turn on the stereo by herself, and always plays it when she is in the room. When she was a colicky infant, I used to put it on in the evenings and hold her while I danced around, and it never failed to soothe her. We could not do without this CD.

Average customer rating: This music speaks to me Highly enjoyable This one sticks with you for a while His best CD

Trouble No More Darden Smith Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Little Victories Sunflower Darden Smith Field of Crows Circo ASIN: B0000026UQ Release Date: 1990-09-24

Tracks:

1. Midnight Train
2. Frankie & Sue
3. All the King's Horses
4. 2000 Years
5. Ashes To Ashes
6. Fall Apart At The Seams
7. Trouble No More
8. Long Way Home
9. Listen To My Own Voice
10. Johnny Was A Lucky One
11. Bottom Of A Deep Well

Customer Reviews:

This music speaks to me.......2003-07-23

I vividly recall buying this album and bringing it back home, putting it into the player, and simply sitting back on the couch realizing that this was the type of music that spoke directly to me.

More than ten years later and I still think this is a great album. I can put this album on and listen to every song on it without feeling the urge to press the skip button, and if I'm in the car alone, I'm singing along at full voice. And because of how I remember so vividly when I bought this album, listening to it inevitably reminds me of Los Angeles, the first time I had lived outside of Texas. In Austin, Darden's home town and mine for five years, I had never gotten into the local music scene. I knew of Darden from a small local hit on KLBJ, a duet with Boo Hewerdine called "All I Want (Is Everything)." But none of that prepared me for Trouble No More, which sounded to me, after a year in Los Angeles, like nothing but home itself.

The album accomplishes this partly through Darden's slightly accented voice, which has a slight Texas twang, unnoticeable except for the pronounciation of certain words (as compared to, say, the noticeable accents of Lou Ann Barton, Richard Thompson, or The Proclaimers). There's a country tinge to the music as well, which mainly relies on Darden's acoustic guitar as its main feature. But most of all, I think of home because of the lyrics, which reference a combination of religion, settings, situations, and people that I know intimately.

The album starts off with a slowly building song called "Midnight Train," that begins with a repeated acoustic guitar part that sounds a lot like the motion of a train. As the song moves along, it slowly adds more instruments and layers until it drives to the end with locomotive intensity. The lyrics are about lost dreams, brought up by the sound of a midnight train passing by while the narrator lays in bed.

The next song, "Frankie and Sue," is one of the most upbeat of Darden's career. Based on a real story of some friends of his who didn't realize that they loved each other until one moved to Hong Kong, it has a bright, bubbly bounce to it that sounds like Brian Wilson meets Lyle Lovett, especially in the nice use of call-and-response background singers.

Most of the songs are slower and intimate, internally reflective rather than stories about others. In this album, Darden relies heavily on cliches, which aren't quite as horrible when set to music as they are when you simply read them. He often plays off them, mutating them into something of his own, but not so much in "All the King's Horses," a song where he laments a love affair beyond reconciliation.

The most powerful songs on this album are the ones where Darden mixes his down-home sound with the imagery of Christianity, which he does in both the title song and "2000 Years," whose chorus pleads, "Answer my prayers / If there's anyone up there / 'cause 2000 years is a mighty long time / If you're going to call me home, now's the time." In "Trouble No More," the background singers become a church choir that join in assuring us all that "someday...when the burden has lifted / you won't have trouble no more."

The album ends with a soft song with some of the best imagery in the album, where the songwriter and his guitar (with a understated harmonica in the background) pair in a most unusual love song. "You soil me, you stain me, I could never come clean / there's a wrinkle on my heart you wouldn't believe." All because the narrator knows that he needs his love, and that only that love could rescue him from the "Bottom of a Deep Well."

I'm not sure that others would be as affected by this album as I am. We all come upon books and music, movies and plays, with our gathered experiences, the baggage of both where we have been and what we've decided to keep from it. For me, though, this is an album that defines me, that offers me solace, and that continues to reward me upon repeated listening.

Highly enjoyable.......2002-05-08

You can hear how Darden Smith matured in between "Native Soil" and "Little Victories" when you play this CD. It's a mixture of Darden's slightly curious take on the world (in songs like "All the King's Horses" and "Frankie and Sue", and the more mainstream sound "Little Victories" achieves.
But whereas the album "Little Victories" is both more mainstream and brilliant at the same time, "Trouble No More" can sound a little flat and lacking in colour. It's mostly the slightly repetitive choruses from some of the songs that make me say this.
On the other hand, there are some cracking songs too - particularly "Fall Apart at the Seams" which contrasts a gentle, lilting melody with a gloomy lyric. "Frankie and Sue" is a curious song, but addictive nonetheless, and Darden also hits the mark with the plaintive ballad "Bottom of a Deep Well".
All in all, it's enjoyable, memorable stuff, by no means weak, but not his best.

This one sticks with you for a while.......2001-06-27

"Trouble No More" is the best of Darden Smith's CDs. His song writing is very thought provoking (Fall Apart at the Seams or Listen to My Own Voice) and fun (Frankie and Sue or Ashes to Ashes) at the same time. His poetic lyrics remind me a lot of Shawn Mullins. He tells stories in many of his songs and is skilled at using a few words to create very vivid images (i.e. I spent most of my life trying to wear another man's clothes. The collar's too tight and the shoes they hurt my soul). You can just tell by listening that he's having fun recording the music.

Not to ding the man while I'm praising him, but Smith's other CDs don't share the same inspired, energetic feel of the songs on "Trouble No More." They are a little more country in flavor and lack the passion that makes this CD so enjoyable. Still, if you get really hooked on Darden Smith, you'll find some songs you like on his other CDs. If you get really hooked, track down his interview CD called "Midnight Train" and you'll find 8 songs with just him and the guitar along with some insightful conversations with Boo Hewerdine.

One other Darden Smith CD that's worth tracking down is "Evidence," which he recorded with Boo Hewerdine. This is a strong singer/songwriter CD, too, and I highly recommend it.

I know that "Trouble No More" has been around for a while, but I've listened to it more than any CD I own over the past 10 years. It's great acoustic music. If you like singer/songwriters who play acoustic guitar without layers of electric instruments competing with the words to the song, you should track down a copy of this CD. Don't get me wrong, there is a band on the CD but the words and the singing take the forefront.

His best CD.......1999-03-04

This is the first Darden Smith CD I bought. On the first playing, it began to grab me with the first song, and got better and better. Every song from "2000 Years" through "Listen to My Own Voice" is outstanding, lyrically, sonically, vocals, everything. To this day these are among my favorite songs. Loving this record caused me to buy everything else I could find with his name on it, but while there were moments, nothing ever matched that handful of great songs on this CD. I hate to say it, because artists hope that they are growing, but this older one is the one to have.

Average customer rating: not "Too tired" for John Hammond

Trouble No More John Hammond Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Long as I Have You Found True Love In Your Arms Again Ready for Love Got Love If You Want It ASIN: B000000WJX Release Date: 1994-01-25

Tracks:

1. Just Your Fool
2. Who Will Be Next
3. I'll Change My Style
4. Too Tired
5. That Nasty Swing
6. Trouble Blues
7. Love Changin' Blues
8. It's Too Late Brother
9. Wild Man On The Loose
10. Homely Girl
11. Baby How Long
12. Fool's Paradise

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The issue of whether a white boy can sing the blues was settled a long time ago, when Jimmie Rodgers let loose his railroad hobo moan. The question of whether John Hammond--the privileged white son of a legendary record-industry talent scout--could sing the blues with the same legitimacy and deep feeling as his Afro-Delta inspirations took somewhat longer to answer. As Jerry Wexler observes in his liner notes, Hammond finally dispelled all doubters with this 1992 release, coproduced J.J. Cale. Backed on most tracks by Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Hammond proved he can step out with a hot band as soulfully as he can accompany himself on acoustic guitar and harmonica. The brilliantly chosen program ranges from Blind Willie McTell, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter to Amos Milburn, Mose Allison, and Charles Brown (who makes a guest appearance on a couple of tracks). Trouble No More will stand not only as Hammond's best all-around album, but one of the definitive blues releases of the '90s. --Rick Mitchell

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not "Too tired" for John Hammond.......2000-11-21

Twenty nine years ago in a gymnasium in Fredonia NY I sat close enough to John Hammond performing to see the sweat drip from his nose. It was a moving experience and made me begin to love the blues. This past summer I was again lucky enough to see him perform and was impressed with his voice, his guitar and his deep reverence for the music he loves.

On the CD Trouble No More John Hammond displays his love for the blues and his wonderful abilities. The CD has a good choice of blues standards as Just Your Fool by Little Walter, Love Changin' Blues by Willie McTell and Baby How Long by Chester Burnett, along with some new numbers by Rick Estrin Of Little Charlie and the Nightcats. While it is hard to pick a favorite I am particularly fond of Too Tired and the Nasty Swing.

He teams with the excellent guitar work of Charlie Baty (Little Charlie) and the harmonica playing of Rick Estrin on a number of the songs. Also of note Charles Brown played piano on Trouble Blues.

John Hammond has a voice that is very sexy and pleasing to a woman's ears, so take a listen.

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An Introduction to Schubert's Piano Quintet "Trout" Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Classics Explained: Pastoral Symphony Symphony 9: Introduction to Dvorak An Introduction to Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 Classics Explained: Rite of Spring Classics Explained: Brandenburg Concertos 4 & 5 ASIN: B000076FX6 Release Date: 2003-01-21

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

Average customer rating: Blues at its best Powerful Blues

Trouble No More: Singles (1955-1959) Muddy Waters Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Blues General | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Chicago Blues | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Chicago Blues | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Blues | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Blues | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000002OAT Release Date: 1989-05-26

Tracks:

1. Sugar Sweet
2. Trouble No More
3. All Aboard
4. Don't Go No Further
5. I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love
6. Rock Me
7. Got My Mojo Working
8. She's Got It
9. Close To You
10. Mean Mistreater
11. Take The Bitter With The Sweet
12. She's Into Something

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In 1955, Muddy Waters was at a personal peak of popularity after recording such unforgettable signature hits as "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Honey Bee," "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Louisiana Blues," and "Rollin' Stone." It is this body of work, recorded between 1947 and 1955, that is considered the heart of the great bluesman's legacy. His subsequent output is often overlooked in comparison with his earlier classics and later years of stellar live performances, but this collection of late-1950s blues and R&B singles never previously released on albums should set Muddy's legacy straight. Astutely compiled by Don Snowden and Andy McKaie, Trouble No More includes such bedrock favorites as the menacing "Mean Mistreater," Willie Dixon's "I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love," the rollicking boogie "Got My Mojo Workin'," "Rock Me," and Waters's last R&B single, the demonically soulful "Close to You". --Alan Greenberg

Customer Reviews:

Blues at its best.......2004-02-24

I am by no means an expert on the Blues, but this CD is an excellent starting place. How can you go wrong with Muddy Waters at his peak?

One thing I really appreciated about this CD is I wasn't familiar with all the tunes. I got to hear some great "classics" for the first time! "Don't Go No Further," "Trouble No More," Rock Me" are great, great songs, and the album is filled with greats. This CD is an excellent springboard to start your Muddy Waters/Blues collection; the best of the best!

Powerful Blues.......2000-03-06

You close your eyes and feel yourself standing on a dirt road somewhere deep inside Mississppi, the hot sun beating down on you from overhead. You feel as though you've been walking for days. With every step, you hear this music.

From the Bo Diddley beat of "She's Got It" to the roadhouse feel of "Trouble No More", this is one of my favorite blues CD's. Are you going to head over to Buddy Guy's tonight to hear a band? Play this before you go...

Average customer rating: Historical Time Capsule

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Tracks:

1. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
2. Wait for the Wagon
3. Clari: Home, Sweet Home
4. Oh! Susanna
5. The Bonnie Blue Flag
6. Do They Miss Me at Home?
7. Yellow Rose of Texas
8. Goober Peas
9. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
10. Aura Lee
11. Marching Through Georgia
12. Just Before the Battle, Mother
13. That's What's the Matter
14. We are Coming Father Abraham
15. Gentle Annie
16. I'll be a Sergeant
17. Dixie
18. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
19. For the Dear Old Flag I Die
20. Battle Hymn of the Republic
21. The Battle Cry of Freedom
22. America
23. The Bonnie Blue Flag
24. My Maryland
25. Yellow Rose of Texas
26. Woodman, Spare that Tree
27. Juanita
28. Green Grow the Lilacs
29. Lorena
30. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
31. Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
32. How Firm a Foundation
33. Blue Bell of Scotland
34. Storming of Monterey
35. Joys that We've Tasted
36. Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
37. Drummer Boy of Shiloh
38. Roll, Alabama, Roll
39. Weeping, Sad and Lonely
40. Vaccant Chair
41. Goober Peas
42. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
43. Dixie
44. Oh! Susanna
45. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
46. Old Folks at Home
47. Camptown Races
48. Beautiful Dreamer
49. Nelly Bly
50. Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
51. Gentle Annie
52. Hard Times Come Again No More
53. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
54. Deep River
55. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
56. If You've Only Got a Moustache
57. Old Dog Tray
58. The Glendy Burk
59. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
60. Some Folks
61. When This Dreadful War Is Ended
62. Was My Brother In The Battle?
63. Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
64. Battle Hymn of the Republic
65. America
66. Barbara Allen
67. Skip to my Lou
68. Kathleen Mavoureen
69. Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
70. Old Sister Phoebe
71. Oh! Susanna
72. Twenty Years Ago
73. The Ship on Fire
74. Silver Bell Waltz
75. Your Mission
76. Dixie
77. Go Down Moses
78. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
79. Free at Last
80. Martha: Ach, so fromm
81. Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
82. Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
83. Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
84. Hail, Columbia
85. We are Coming Father Abraham
86. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
87. Taps

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Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.

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Trouble No More Manufacturer: Exoteric Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA8OPQ Release Date: 2004-04-06

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No More Trouble Manufacturer: Sons of Soil ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA2SEE Release Date: 2004-03-23

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