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The Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: The Music of the Streets: The Music of Mardi Gras

Various Artists
The Music of New Orleans, Vol. 1: The Music of the Streets: The Music of Mardi Gras This fascinating collection of music from the streets of New Orleans was recorded between 1954 and 1958, and includes an inspiring variety of material, from vegetable peddlers' street cries to the musical saw and brass bands, from a shoeshine boy's hambone to Sister Dora Alexander's impassioned "Russia, Let God's Moon Alone," written the day after Russia launched a satellite.

Track Listing

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Street Cries (1) Vegetable peddlers 00:49
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Let God's Moon Alone Dora Alexander 01:13
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Times Done Changed Dora Alexander 01:29
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Street Cries (2) Percy Randolph 01:15
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What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Musical Saw) / My Old Kentucky Home / When the Saints Go Marching in James Mitchell 03:13
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Shine Percy Randolph 01:07
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Liebestraum Frank Amica 04:14
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Hambone Shoeshine boy 01:06
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Mean Old Frisco Snooks Eaglin 03:08
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To-Wa-Bac-A-Way - The Indian Race Mardi Gras Indians with Joe DeGrait 03:38
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Red White and Blue Got the Golden Band Mardi Gras Indians 05:13
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On Mardi Gras Day Hank 03:49
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Bourbon Street Parade A brass band 03:23
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The Parade of the Krewe of Momus / When the Saints Go Marching in / Margie / South Rampart Street Parade A parade with brass bands 02:42