Nice to see this thread recurring. I admit that I was promising to compile a master list, but that was in my more obsessive list making days. No one seems to have answered kytrad's long ago question about Minnie Moore.

A few new additions: (1) there are now two volumes of Pete Seeger's American Favourite Ballads (recastings of his original 5) from Smithsonian Folkways which are pretty obviously essential; (2) Judy Collins' first two albums are now available from Wildflower; (3) The Greenbriar Boys "Best of the Vanguard Years" is a good compilation disk.

I am currently fond of a collection called "O Brothers Where Art Thou" of brother, sister, and family acts from the 1930s.

yours,

Peter T.