Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 05:58 PM

Sorry Jean....I didn't see you had posted before! Howecer.....I DO see what you mean about the connotation of "Boxed" Set.......Never thought of it that way......and now dammit, I'll always think of it that way!(:<))

Actually, if you do it....and you SHOULD....maybe we can think of a different name.....I could see it done as songs through different periods of your life, spring, summer, fall....but no winter, make that one a collection of Holiday/Christmas tunes......Call it the "Seasons of Jean Ritchie." Or toss it out for some creative Mudcat guesswork.....I think we can come up with something besides "Boxed" set!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Amergin
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 09:49 PM

maybe include a book with it or something....like a music book of some of the songs in it....

maybe Seasons of Appalachia....

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 10:36 PM

OOOOOO....That's good 'Gin boy! A shift perhaps to include Jean's name....."Jean Ritchie's Appalachian Seasons".......

Okay Jean, we'll keep talking about it huh? Maybe after New Year's? In the interim........A very Merry Christmas and my finest wishes to you and George and your sons for the Holidays!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Abby Sale
Date: 11 Dec 01 - 11:03 PM

Er, what Summer Solstice Festival is that? Where?

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Banjer
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 06:17 AM

What about 'A Musical Anthology by Jean Ritchie' or maybe 'Songs For All Seasons, An Anthology by Jean Ritchie'? I would stand in line for days to get one!!!

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Sigma Alpha Rho
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 08:29 AM

Hello Jean,

One of my treasured LPs is "A Time For Singing." Is there any chance that you'll put it out on CD?

All the best,

SAR

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: GUEST,BigDaddy
Date: 12 Dec 01 - 11:10 AM

Jean Ritchie alert! I just finished reading "Clay's Quilt" by Silas House. This is a must read excellent first novel. And you have to love a book in which the main characters listen to Jean Ritchie recordings.

Subject: Index: Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 02:04 PM

I just picked up a copy of this wonderful little book, which was originally published in 1952. The was also a 1964 edition, and the edition I have was published by the University Press of Kentucky in 1999. Photos in the book are by Jean's husband George Pickow.
Here's the index:

• The Swapping Song 2
• Lazy John 6
• The Tree In The Valley-O 10
• I Built My Love A Big Fine House 14
• Over The River To Feed My Sheep I8
• Old Roger Is Dead 22
• Jubilee 26
• Two Dukes A-Riding 30
• Shady Grove 34
• The Old Soap-Gourd 38
• Old Woman And The Pig 42
• The Old Man In The Woods 46
• Pretty Fair Miss 50
• Jackaro 54
• Ground Hog 58
• The Deaf Woman's Courtship 62
• Skin And Bones 66
• The May Carol 70
• Hush, Little Baby 74
• Little Bitty Baby 78
• Pretty Saro 82

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Willa
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 02:50 PM

Kytrad,
I'm intrigued to know whether Old Woman And The Pig is the story my mother used to recite to us. "fire won't burn stick,stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig...".I had been trying to track down a copy of the poem for a long time, then took my little niece to a local museum last week and found a booklet with it in.It brought back happy memories, and now I can pass it on again.

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 03:29 PM

Joe, I am interested in where you got the copy. From Jean's website? I would love to have this.

Mick

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Willa
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 03:44 PM

Thanks Joe. your link was the one I wanted, though my mother's version was a little different. Big Mick, Amazon have copies of Jean's Swapping Song book on offer; I just looked at the website.

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Big Mick
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 03:58 PM

Thanks, Willa!!

Subject: Jean Ritchie's Swapping song Book
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 04:04 PM

Hi, Mick - I got it from one of the online sites, maybe Barnes & Noble. You would think it would be available at http://www.jeanritchie.com, wouldn't you? [attn:kytrad - this is a hint]. It's also available at University Press of Kentucky, publisher of reissues of Jean's Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians and Singing Family of the Cumberlands. The University Press of Kentucky has a number of music books that look interesting (click).
I have the Oak Publications (1963) edition of "Singing Family." It has illustrations by Maurice Sendak. I see that the new edition of the book has those same illustrations, but I wonder if the new editions of her books are all the same as the originals, or if changes have been made. "Swapping" and "Folk Songs" both have photos by George Pikow, and they're absolutely beautiful in the University Press editions.
My favorite Ritchie book is Celebration of Life, which also has George Pikow photos (although I note that I said above that my favorite was Singing Family).
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: RolyH
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 04:35 PM

A book which I have treasured for many years is 'Jean Ritchie's Dulcimer People'(Oak)
Can't remember where I got it from, but it made me go out and buy a dulcimer (not too common in the UK in the 70's) and I have struggled to hack a tune out of it ever since!(it looks so easy)
The book contains details of past and present players,tuning,playing styles,how to make a dulcimer,a few songs,many photos and loads more info.

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 05:29 PM

Well- is my face red! I DID instruct my webmaster to add THE SWAPPING SONG BOOK to the website, soon after it was re-published by UK Press. I guess I won't fire him, as he's my son Jon, but you know he'll hear about it. You should be able to find it listed with the other books VERY soon. And thanks to all for the reminder.

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Peter T.
Date: 16 May 03 - 03:34 PM

Worth noting is that Smithsonian Folkways has come out with "ballads", a reissue with new notes of the 1961 album, with new notes.


It happens that on a cold wet day I am working through her wonderful book "Singing Family of the Cumberlands" (never read it before, it is a true example of pure writing), and alternating chapters with a cut from the ballads. This is a fine way to spend a day in one's own "Corner".

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 03 - 03:38 PM

so when does the box set come out?

Subject: Wild Horses
From: GUEST,Choirgal
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 06:29 AM

does anyone know where the song "Wild Horses" originated from. I know it talks about Harlan and I am assuming Kentucky. (In a debate with choir director over it as we are sing this piece must say iti s a tounge twister learning it.)

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Art Thieme
Date: 18 Mar 08 - 11:21 PM

Possibly I missed my favorite recording by Jean in the many posts to this thread, but that LP was one on the Tradition Records label I think. It is called CAROLS OF ALL SEASONS.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 12:50 PM

"Carols of All Seasons" has been digitally re-mastered and has just been released (July 9, 2009). Essential Media Group. Price about $12.98.

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Severn
Date: 28 Nov 09 - 11:25 AM

Nobody's mentioned "From Fair To Fair-Folk Songs Of The British Isles" 1966 Henry Z. Walck Inc. New York), a copy of which I stumbled across in a used bookstore in Columbus Ohio. A story thread about a roving minstrel ties together songs from different regions and can be apprieciated by both kids and adults. Is this one still in print?

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: GUEST,David Baril
Date: 19 Feb 10 - 08:09 PM

I am looking for a recording Jean Ritchie singing "Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair". I have searched through iTunes and Amazon's mp3 downloads to no avail. I have found the MIDI file and the lyrics but would like to hear the original. Suggestions?



Thanks,

David Baril
Almonte, Ontario
dpbaril [atsign] sympatico [dot] ca

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: Thomas Stern
Date: 20 Feb 10 - 03:40 PM

"Black is the Color" was recorded by Jean Ritchie
on her first Elektra 10-inch LP EKL-2 Jean Ritchie (1952).
It was reissued on:
EKL 125 Jean Ritchie (1957)
60402 O Love is Teasin'-Anglo American Balladry (1985)
Rhino/Handmade RHM2 7867 Mountain Hearth & Home (2004)

Best wishes, Thomas Stern

Subject: RE: Jean Ritchie Books & Recordings
From: GUEST,David Baril
Date: 21 Feb 10 - 05:17 PM

Thanks Thomas! Since my previous post I had discovered the last one you mentioned but not the previous two.

Regards,

David