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Thomas Stern Cornell Recording Society 1950s folk (2) Cornell Recording Society 1950s folk 14 Mar 16


The CORNELL RECORDING SOCIETY produced a handful of releases
of 1950's Cornell Univ. Student folk performers (most notable is a 10" LP by Ellen Stekert who became an important folklorist).

CRS also produced annual discs of the Cornell Glee Club, other more "pop" recordings, and a classical disc.

Below is a list of those folk related releases I am aware of.
If anyone knows of others, please let us know.

I'm also interested in their classical productions.

Would also like to know something about CRS - was it run by Cornell
University, or privately, who were the principals, what years
was it active, is it still operating, did they choose performers, or did the artists hire them to produce their record, etc. ??

Thanks!
Best wishes, Thomas.

CLASSICAL
10" CRS 1011 Ithaca Baroque Ensemble Telemamn, Loeillet

"FOLK"
10" CRS-10021 Dan Isaacson Ballads
•Washington Square Blues
•Rising Sun Blues
•The Creation
•Young Women
•Berta Lee
•Four Nights Drunk
•With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
•Nine Hundred Miles
•What Folks Are Made Of
•Zhankoye
•I Gave My Love a Cherry
•Every Night When the Sun Goes In
•Black Eyed Susie

10" CRS 10050 Ellen Stekert Ballads of Careless Love
notes by Harold Thompson
A1 Down in the Willow Garden
A2 Frankie and Johnny
A3 I Know Where I'm Going
A4 Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
A5 Dink's Song
A6 Careless Love
A7 Come All You Fair and Tender Maidewns
A8 The Trees They Do Grow HighB1 Died For Love
B2 Charlie Is My Darling
B3 Omie Wise
B4 The Blackbird
B5 Easy Rider
B6 Go 'way From My Window

ep   CRS 10100 John Flemer
notes by Professor Harold Thompson
Side A
Talking Examination Blues
Greenland Fisheries
Side B
John Henry

There is an album by THE SHERWOODS of CORNELL CRS-10180 which has a few songs which might be folk, but mostly popular material. Anyone
know anything about this group ??


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