Remembrance of Things to Come

The New Lost City Ramblers, originally composed of Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley (Tracy Schwartz replaced Tom Paley in 1962), were pioneers in the revival of southern mountain music during the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s. They brought the sounds of genuine old-time string band music and early bluegrass to eager city and college audiences who had grown disillusioned with the commercial fare of the folk boom. In this 1966 recording (originally released in 1973), the New Lost City Ramblers present a mix of the types and styles of music for which they had become famous—southern versions of ancient ballads and traditional southern song, and "old-timey" songs and styles found on commercial recordings of rural southern music mainly from the 1920s and 1930s. The liner notes, written by Seeger, Schwartz, and Cohen, discuss the background of each song, including sources and the group’s performance approach.
Track Listing
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Soldier's Joy | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:12 | |
102
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The Titanic | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:02 | |
103
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Single Girl | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:00 | |
104
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Lord Bateman | The New Lost City Ramblers | 5:34 | |
105
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I'm Lonesome | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:23 | |
106
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He Is Coming To Us Dead | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:17 | |
107
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Cat's Got the Measles & the Dog's Got the Whooping Cough | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:58 | |
108
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Rock About My Saro Jane | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:14 | |
109
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Black Bottom Strut | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:14 | |
201
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New Lost Hometown Blues | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:15 | |
202
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Dark and Stormy Weather | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:25 | |
203
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Black Jack Daisy | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:36 | |
204
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Never Be As Fast As I Have Been | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:07 | |
205
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Little Ball of Yarn | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:23 | |
206
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Sioux Indians,The | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:04 | |
207
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Parlez-Nous a Boire | The New Lost City Ramblers | 3:40 | |
208
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The Arkansas Sheik | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:58 | |
209
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Give the Fiddler a Dram | The New Lost City Ramblers | 2:06 |