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Various - History: The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)

6-CD Boxed Set (LP-Size) with 88-page hardcover book, 174 tracks, total playing time approx. 7 hours 40 minutes. -- WASHBOARDS ...KAZOOS ...BANJOS: This six-CD set is a full, long overdue anthology of the music and musicians who created Skiffle. From the African American forebears of the 1920s and '30s like The Memphis Jug Band and Lead Belly to the fountainhead of Skiffle in the UK, Ken Colyer, this collection includes anthems like 'Down By The Riverside' and 'Midnight Special'. And then came Lonnie Donegan!

The undisputed King of Skiffle is represented by hits like 'Cumberland Gap', 'Rock Island Line', 'Puttin' On The Style', and 'Gamblin' Man' as well as lesser known songs like 'Light From The Lighthouse' and 'The Goldrush Is Over'. -- The popularity of Skiffle exploded with classics such as Johnny Duncan's 'Last Train To San Fernando', Chas McDevitt's worldwide hit 'Freight Train' and The Vipers 'Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O'. This set also includes Continental groups like Roban's Skiffle Group and the Mozam Skiffle Group. -

Skiffle wasn't rock 'n' roll, but it influenced a generation of '60s British beat artists. The Beatles, the Who, the Kinks, Jimmy Page, and many more began in Skiffle groups. An overlooked chapter in popular music history finally gets its due!

Although, as already mentioned, it was primarily a British phenomenon, all the key elements of skiffle actually had their origins in the USA.

The repertoire was a blend of elements from early jazz, blues, spirituals and hymns. Field hollers sung by slaves in the field, prison songs and railway songs all contributed, as did outlaw ballads, folk tunes and country songs. Whether from white or from black traditions, the common factor was that traditional songs were available to all and easy to learn.

Skiffle instruments were equally simple. They first appeared in the streets of New Orleans, when poor people attempted to copy the music played by their better-off colleagues, on primitive self-made contraptions. These small troupes, named 'spasm bands', played almost exclusively on hand-made instruments and borrowed household appliances. Cigar boxes and tin cans were turned into banjos, guitars and fiddles and jugs took the place of the bass or tuba, (the name Jug Band is still prevalent in the USA). Another bass substitute was provided by an upturned tin bath or tea chest with a broom handle attached, from which a string could be stretched. By tugging the handle both the tension on the string and the note played could be raised when plucked by the other hand.

A funnel with a trumpet mouthpiece attached and rice paper wrapped around it passed for a brass section and any available boxes served as percussion instruments. A particular favourite was the household washboard, which provided a varied and satisfying rattling rhythm, when stroked by fingertips covered with thimbles, by coins or bottle openers.

But it wasn't just amateurs who made use of the improvised instrumentation. There are jazz recordings from the 1920s that feature brilliant washboard players such as Jimmy Bertrand, Baby Dodds and Floyd Casey. In the worldwide economic depression from 1929 right up to the Second World War, even the professionals were forced by necessity to make use of the same homemade instruments used by the 'spasm' bands and some became virtuosos.

Bands of the era featured mixed line-ups, with some musicians featured on traditional instruments, while others, having been forced to pawn their trumpet or trombone, took to comb or washboard. Surviving recordings bear witness to the expertise of these pioneers. Money was tight and so began the tradition of 'rent parties', organised by the bands, where the entrance fees helped to meet the musicians' monthly bills.

All these ingredients came together in London after the Second World War and gave birth to the music that has gone down in history under the label 'skiffle'. The key participant was Ken Colyer.

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Interpret: Various - History
Album titlle: The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Label Bear Family Records
Genre Jazz
Deluxe Edition
Price code FK
Artikelart Box set
EAN: 5397102160998
weight in Kg 2.1

Various - History - The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1
01	It Won't Act Right	Memphis Jug Band,The
02	Pigmeat Stomp	Alabama Washboard Stompers
03	There's A Man Going Round Taking Names	Leadbelly
04	Midnight Special	Colyer, Ken
05	Casey Jones	Colyer, Ken
06	K.C. Moan	Colyer, Ken
07	Take This Hammer	Colyer, Ken
08	Down By The Riverside	Colyer, Ken
09	Go Down Old Hannah	Colyer, Ken
10	Streamline Train	Colyer, Ken
11	Old Riley	Colyer, Ken
12	Down Bound Train	Colyer, Ken
13	Stack-O-Lee Blues	Colyer, Ken
14	Muleskinner Blues	Colyer, Ken
15	The Grey Goose	Colyer, Ken
16	Sporting Life	Colyer, Ken
17	House Rent Stomp	Colyer, Ken
18	I Can't Sleep	Colyer, Ken
19	This Train	Colyer, Ken
20	Midnight Hour Blues	Colyer, Ken
21	Go Down Sunshine	Colyer, Ken
22	Ella Speed	Colyer, Ken
23	Ham'n Eggs	Colyer, Ken
24	Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen	Colyer, Ken
25	Down By The Riverside	Colyer, Ken
26	Hard Time Blues	Colyer, Ken
27	Nobody's Child	Colyer, Ken
28	You Don't Know My Mind	Colyer, Ken
29	Midnight Special	Colyer, Ken

Various - History - The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2
01	Rock Island Line	Donegan, Lonnie
02	John Henry	Donegan, Lonnie
03	Wabash Cannonball	Donegan, Lonnie
04	Midnight Special	Donegan, Lonnie
05	When The Sun Goes Down	Donegan, Lonnie
06	New Buryin' Ground	Donegan, Lonnie
07	Worried Man Blues	Donegan, Lonnie
08	The Ballad Of Jesse James	Donegan, Lonnie
09	Railroad Bill	Donegan, Lonnie
10	Stewball	Donegan, Lonnie
11	Dead Or Alive	Donegan, Lonnie
12	Wreck Of The Old 97	Donegan, Lonnie
13	Cumberland Gap	Donegan, Lonnie
14	Gamblin' Man	Donegan, Lonnie
15	Puttin' On The Style	Donegan, Lonnie
16	My Dixie Darling	Donegan, Lonnie
17	Jack O'Diamonds	Donegan, Lonnie
18	The Grand Coulee Dam	Donegan, Lonnie
19	Lonesome Traveller	Donegan, Lonnie
20	Light From The Lighthouse	Donegan, Lonnie
21	The Goldrush Is Over	Donegan, Lonnie
22	Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy	Donegan, Lonnie
23	Diggin' My Potatoes	Donegan, Lonnie
24	On A Monday	Donegan, Lonnie
25	Brother Moses Smote The Water	Donegan, Lonnie
26	Ella Speed	Donegan, Lonnie
27	Glory	Donegan, Lonnie

Various - History - The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3
01	Gypsy Davy	Chris Barber Skiffle Group
02	Can't You Line Em	Chris Barber Skiffle Group
03	Where Could I Go	Chris Barber Skiffle Group
04	Doin' My Time	Chris Barber Skiffle Group
05	No Other Baby	Bishop, Dickie & His Sidekicks
06	Cumberland Gap	Bishop, Dickie & His Sidekicks
07	Last Train To San Fernando	Duncan, Johnny
08	Rock-A-Billy Baby	Johnny Duncan
09	Ain't You Glad	Vipers Skiffle Group
10	Pick A Bale Of Cotton	Vipers Skiffle Group
11	It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Song	Vipers Skiffle Group
12	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O	Vipers Skiffle Group
13	10 000 Years Ago	Vipers Skiffle Group
14	Hey Liley, Liley Lo	Vipers Skiffle Group
15	Jim Dandy	Vipers Skiffle Group
16	The Cumberland Gap	Vipers Skiffle Group
17	Maggie May	Vipers Skiffle Group
18	Streamline Train	Vipers Skiffle Group
19	Freight Train	Chas MCDevitt Skiffle Group
20	It Takes A Worried Man	Chas MCDevitt Skiffle Group
21	Greenback Dollar	Chas MCDevitt Skiffle Group
22	I'm Satisfied	Chas MCDevitt Skiffle Group
23	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O	Bob Cort Skiffle Group
24	Maggie May	Bob Cort Skiffle Group
25	Ain't That A Shame	Bob Cort Skiffle Group
26	Six-Five-Special	Bob Cort Skiffle Group
27	Mama Don't Allow	Les Hobeaux
28	Hey, Hey, Daddy Blues	Les Hobeaux
29	Toll The Bell Easy	Les Hobeaux
30	Oh, Mary Don't You Weep	Les Hobeaux

Various - History - The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4
01	Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey	Barnstormers Spasm Band
02	Whistling Rufus	Barnstormers Spasm Band
03	900 Miles	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
04	Picket Line	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
05	Midnight Special	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
06	I Shall Not Be Moved	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
07	When The Saints	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
08	Keep Your Pistol Good And Loaded	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
09	I Want A Girl	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
10	Mama Don't Allow	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
11	2:19 Blues	City Ramblers Skiffle Group
12	Hard Case	Lomax, Alan And The Ramblers
13	Railroad Man	Lomax, Alan And The Ramblers
14	Oh Lula	Lomax, Alan And The Ramblers
15	Kansas City Blues	Beryl Bryden's Backroom Skiffl
16	Casey Jones	Beryl Bryden's Backroom Skiffl
17	I Ain't Gonna Worry No More	Alexis Korner Skiffle Group
18	Sail On	Alexis Korner Skiffle Group
19	Death Letter	Alexis Korner Skiffle Group
20	Green Corn	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
21	This Little Light Of Mine	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
22	Fisherman's Blues	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
23	Hey Hey Daddy Blues	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
24	Lonesome Day Blues	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
25	I Don't Know	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
26	How Long	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
27	Julian Johnson	Bush, Ray & The Avon Cities' S
28	Meeting At The Building	Bob Wallis' Washboard Beaters
29	Tight Like That	Bob Wallis' Washboard Beaters
30	Julia Johnson	Bob Wallis' Washboard Beaters
31	K.C. Moan	Bob Wallis' Washboard Beaters

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01	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	2:19 Skiffle Group
02	Trouble In Mind	2:19 Skiffle Group
03	Steamboat Bill	Station Skiffle Group
04	Titanic	Station Skiffle Group
05	John Brown's Body	Delta Skiffle Group
06	Skip To My Lou	Delta Skiffle Group
07	Streamline Train	Lea Valley Skiffle Group
08	I'm Gonna Walk And Talk	Lea Valley Skiffle Group
09	Mister And Mississippi	Christmas, Johnny & The Sunspo
10	(I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing	Christmas, Johnny & The Sunspo
11	Lonesome Traveller	Blue Jeans Skiffle Group
12	This Little Light of Mine	Worried Men Skiffle Group
13	Steamboat Bill	Coffee Bar Skifflers
14	Ella Speed	Coffee Bar Skifflers
15	I Shall Not Be Moved (featured in the film 'B	Jackson, Jimmy
16	Good Morning Blues	Jackson, Jimmy
17	Railroad Bill	Roban's Skiffle Group
18	Worried Man Blues	Roban's Skiffle Group
19	Sometimes	Roban's Skiffle Group
20	John B.	Roban's Skiffle Group
21	Midnite Special	Mosam Skiffle Group
22	Jim Crawl	Mosam Skiffle Group
23	Trula, O!, Trula	Lighttown Skiffle Group
24	He Marie druk toch niet op die Bel	Lighttown Skiffle Group
25	Doe je Ruimtepakkie aan	Lighttown Skiffle Group
26	Komm doch Zurück (Sloop John B.)	Lighttown Skiffle Group
27	Swing Low	Havel City Ramblers
28	Bei mir bist du schön	Havel City Ramblers
29	Yes Sir that's my Baby	Havel City Ramblers
30	Fräulein Helene	Havel City Ramblers
31	You Are My Sunshine	Wende, Horst & Die Skiffle Boy

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01	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O	Eden Street Skiffle Group
02	This Land Is Your Land	Eden Street Skiffle Group
03	Pay Me My Money Down	Eden Street Skiffle Group
04	Puttin' On The Style	Eden Street Skiffle Group
05	Hey Liley Liley Lo	Eden Street Skiffle Group
06	10,000 Years Ago	Eden Street Skiffle Group
07	Liza Jane	Eden Street Skiffle Group
08	Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	Eden Street Skiffle Group
09	I Wanna Go Home	Eden Street Skiffle Group
10	Maggie May	Eden Street Skiffle Group
11	Get Along Home Cindy	Eden Street Skiffle Group
12	Do Lord Remember Me	Eden Street Skiffle Group
13	Man Taking Names	Eden Street Skiffle Group
14	Mary, Don't You Weep	Eden Street Skiffle Group
15	Gloryland	Eden Street Skiffle Group
16	Judy Drowned	Eden Street Skiffle Group
17	Black Girl	Eden Street Skiffle Group
18	Old Smokey	Eden Street Skiffle Group
19	Raise The Ruckus Tonight	Eden Street Skiffle Group
20	Heaven	Eden Street Skiffle Group
21	Easy Rider	Eden Street Skiffle Group
22	Ain't That A Shame	Eden Street Skiffle Group
23	Streamline Train	Soho Skiffle Group
24	Frankie & Johnny	Soho Skiffle Group
25	I Shall Not Be Moved	Soho Skiffle Group
26	Give Me A Big Fat Woman	Soho Skiffle Group

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Customer evaluation for "The History Of Skiffle (6-CD Deluxe Box Set)"

From: Bischi On: 22 Apr 2018

Tolles Teil

Eine tolle Zusammenstellung! Als Tochter eines Bandmitgliedes der Havel City Ramblers freue ich mich darüber. sehr Es gibt über die Band leider sehr wenig Material.

From: Redecker On: 13 Mar 2014

The main recommendation for this set obviously rests in those new issues and in the usual sumptuous Bear Family presentation, with a twelve-inch, hundred-page, hard-backed book, brimming with wonderful photos and other memorabilia.
Blues & Rhythm 8/2013 Brian Smith

From: Redecker On: 13 Mar 2014

Für den musikalischen Historiker wie für jeden Skiffle-Fan stellt diese Box und ihr Buch eine wahre Fundgrube dar.
Swingin Hamburg Journal 46/12 Lutz Eikelmann

From: Redecker On: 13 Mar 2014

Ein wichtiges Mosaik in einer Nische der europäischen Jazzgeschichte
Jazzpodium 6/13 Lutz Eikelmann

From: Redecker On: 13 Mar 2014

If you're a skiffle fan, I cannot urge you enough to get your hands on this epic collection. Bear Family have what you need!
Rhythms 4/13 Samuel J. Fell

From: Nietsch On: 27 Apr 2013

Ich hätte mehr von der Mozam Skiffle Group erwartet, z.B. \The Ballad of a condamnd man\""

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