The New Lost City Ramblers Discography

The New Lost City Ramblers were formed in 1958. The original members of the group were John Cohen, Tom Paley and Mike Seeger. Tracy Schwarz replaced Tom Paley in 1963.

Additions, corrections and comments are welcome

The New Lost City Ramblers albums

The New Lost City Ramblers, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1958
The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 2, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1959
Songs From The Depression, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1959
Old-Timey Songs For Children, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1959
Sing Songs Of The New Lost City Ramblers, Tom Paley, John Cohen, Mike Seeger, 1961
The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 3, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1961
The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 4, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1962
American Moonshine And Prohibition, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1962
The New Lost City Ramblers, Vol. 5, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1963
Gone To The Country, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1963
String Band Instrumentals, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1964
Old Timey Music, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1964
Rural Delivery Number One, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1964
Remembrance of Things to Come, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1966
Modern Times, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1968
The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy, The New Lost City Ramblers with Cousin Emmy, 1968
On The Great Divide, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1975
20th Anniversary Concert, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1978
20 Years: Concert Performances, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1978
Old Time Music, The New Lost City Ramblers & Friends, 1994
There Ain't No Way Out, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1997
40 Years of Concert Performances, The New Lost City Ramblers, 2001

The New Lost City Ramblers compilations

New Lost City Ramblers: The Early Years: 1958-1962, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1991
New Lost City Ramblers: Vol. 2, 1963-1973: Out Standing in Their Field, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1993
50 Years: Where Do You Come from, Where Do You Go?, The New Lost City Ramblers, 2009

The New Lost City Ramblers singles

EP (Foggy Mountain Top / Talking Hard Luck / Milwaukee Blues / The Waves On The Sea), The New Lost City Ramblers, 1961
Earth Is Earth EP, The New Lost City Bang Boys, 1961
Radio Special #1, The New Lost City Ramblers, 1963

The New Lost City Ramblers on video/DVD

Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, New Lost City Ramblers/Greenbriar Boys, 2005

Various artists compilations that include The New Lost City Ramblers tracks

Folk Festival At Newport, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1959
The Newport Folk Festival: 1960, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1960
Songs of the Civil War, Various Artists, 1960
The Folk Music of the Newport Folk Festival 195-60, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1961
American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.2, Various Artists, 1962
Country Music And Bluegrass At Newport, Various Artists, 1964
The Folk Box, Various Artists, 1964
Folk Go-Go, Various Artists, 1965
Greatest Folksingers of the Sixties, 1972?
A Fish That's a Song, Various Artists, 1991
Troubadours Of The Folk Era, Volume Three: The Groups, Various Artists, 1992
Bluegrass At Newport: Recorded Live At The Newport Folk Festivals 1959, 60 & 63, Various Artists, 1993
The Young Fogies, Various Artists, 1994
Folk Song America, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1994
Folk Song America, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1994
Third Annual Farewell Reunion, Mike Seeger, 1994
Folk Music At Newport, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1995
Hills of Home: 25 Years of Folk Music on Rounder Records, Various Artists, 1995
Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection, Various Artists, 1996
Vanguard Newport Folk Festival Sampler, Various Artists, 1996
Southern Country Gospel, Various Artists, 1997
Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection, Various Artists, 1998
The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute, Various Artists, 1998
Time-Life Treasury of Folk, Vol. 3, Various Artists, 199?
American Roots Music, Various Artists, 2001
There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, Various Artists, 2001
Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom, 1950-1970, Various Artists, 2001
Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists, 2002
American Folk and Country Music Festival, Various Artists, 2003
Classic Old-Time Music From Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists, 2003
Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists, 2004
Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival, Various Artists, 2006
Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists, 2006
Down Home Saturday Night, Various Artists, 2007
If You Ain't Got The Do-Re-Mi, Various Artists, 2007
Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists, 2007
Classic Protest Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists, 2009

Selected solo albums and other albums with some performing or technical involvement by members of the New Lost City Ramblers

(Still adding to these sections)

John Cohen

Songs with Guy Carawan, Guy Carawan, 1958
Mountain Music Bluegrass Style, Various Artists, 1959
Country Songs Old & New, The Country Gentlemen, 1960
Readings by Jack Kerouac: On the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, 1960
Bluegrass at the Roots, The Lilly Bros & Don Stover, 1961
The Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward, Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward, 1962
New Briton Gazette, Volume 2, Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, 1962
Old Time Country Music, Mike Seeger, 1962
37th Old-Time Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove North Carolina, Various Artists, 1962
Old Love Songs and Ballads from the Big Laurel, North Carolina, Various Artists, 1964
Old Time Music At Newport 1963, Various Artists, 1964
Friends of Old Time Music, Various Artists, 1964
Old Time Banjo Project, Various Artists, 1964
Galax, Va. Old Fiddler's Convention, Various Artists, 1964
Old Time Music At Newport 1963, 1964
High Lonesome Sound, Roscoe Holcomb, 1965
String Band Project, Various Artists, 1965
Kathy & Carol, Kathy & Carol, 1965
Mountain Music of Peru, Various Artists, 1966
The Flat-Picker's Guitar Guide: An Advanced Instruction Record, Jerry Silverman, 1966
When Kentucky Had No Union Men, George Davis, 1967
Self Portrait, Bob Dylan, 1970
Home Grown, Putnam String County Band, 1973
Second Annual Farewell Reunion, Mike Seeger, 1973
Close To Home, Roscoe Holcomb, 1975
The End of an Old Song, Dillard Chandler, 1975
Cajun Fiddle: Old & New, Dewey Balfa, 1977
Your Struggle Is Your Glory, Various Artists, 198?
Famous Cowboy Fiddler, Eck Robertson, 1991
Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, Bob Dylan, 1991
Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1991
Huayno Music of Peru, Vol. 1, Various Artists, 1993
Huayno Music of Peru, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1993
Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1994
Feed Your Babies Onions: Fat City Favorites, Highwoods Stringband, 1994
High Atmosphere: Ballads and Banjo Tunes from Virginia and North Carolina, Various Artists, 1995
Pull My Daisy & Other Jazz Classics, David Amram Quartet, 1995
Shady Grove, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, 1996
Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass, Hazel Foster/Alice Gerrard, 1996
Mountain Music of Kentucky (CD), Various Artists, 1996
From The Mountains to the Sea...Music of Peru, Various Artists, 1996
The American Fogies, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1996
Blue Ribbon Banjo, Various Artists, 1996
Crossroads: Southern Routes: Music of the American South, Various Artists, 1996
Last Forever: New and Old Songs out of the American Tradition, Sonya Cohen, 1997
High Lonesome Sound, Roscoe Holcomb, 1998
Stories the Crow Told Me, John Cohen, 1998
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Volume 4, Various Artists, 2000
Acoustic Disc 100% Handmade Music, Vol. 5, Various Artists, 2000
There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, Various Artists, 2001
Blue Ridge Legacy: The Alan Lomax Portait Series, Hobart Smith, 2001
Ballad Legacy: The Alan Lomax Portait Series, Texas Gladden, 2001
There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, Various Artists, 2001
Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City, Doc Watson, 2001
Neighbor Girl, Cary Fridley, 2001
The Barons of Bluegrass, James Reams & Walter Hensley, 2002
On the Radio 1952-1953, The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, 2002
Classic Mountain Songs, Various Artists, 2002
If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings, Reverend Gary Davis, 2003
An Untamed Sense of Control, Roscoe Holcomb, 2003
American Folk and Country Music Festival, Various Artists, 2003
Art Of Old-Time Mountain Music, Various Artists, 2003
Cold Mountain Soundtrack, Various Artists, 2003
Shake Sugaree, Elizabeth Cotten, 2004
Live At Mechanics Hall, Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, 2004
Contented Must Be, Bruce Molsky, 2004
Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2: 1952-1958, Muddy Waters, 2004
Back Roads to Cold Mountain, Various Artists, 2004
Come to the Mountain: Old Time Music for Modern Times, Various Artists, 2005
The Best Of Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, 2005
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack: Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, Bob Dylan, 2005
Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads, Various Artists, 2005
The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, Various Artists, 2006
Banjo Gathering, Various Artists, 2007
Twelve, Patti Smith, 2007
Dylan, Bob Dylan, 2007 (single CD)
Dylan, Bob Dylan, 2007 (3 CD)
Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields, Various Artists, 2007
Territory, Tony Trischka, 2008
Guitar Masters Collection: Volume 1, Various Artists, 2009
Raw Country!, Roscoe Holcomb, 2023, Acoustic Disc

Tom Paley

Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Tom Paley, 1953
Courtin's A Pleasure and Other Folk Songs From The Southern Appalachians, Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and Tom Paley, 1955
Shivaree!, Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry & Jeanie West, 1955
When I Was A Young Girl, Barbara Dane, 1959
Folk Banjo Styles, Eric Weissberg, Tom Paley, Art Rosenbaum, Marshall Brickman, 1962
The Old Reliable String Band, The Old Reliable String Band, 1963
Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?, Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger with Claudia Paley, 1964
Folk Songs: An Anthology: Topic Sampler No 2, Various Artists, 1966
Serves 'Em Fine, Hedy West, 1967
Sue Cow, Tom Paley, 1969
Second Spring, Matthews' Southern Comfort, 1969
Children's Songs From Devon and Cornwall, Cyril Tawney, 1969
Down In The Willow, The New Deal String Band, 1970
Out of Love, Hope and Suffering, Frankie Armstrong, 1973
Hard Luck Papa: Old Time Picking Styles and Techniques, Tom Paley, 1976
Bleecker & MacDougal: The Folk Scene Of The 60s, Various Artists, 1984
Stern Old Bachelor, Tom Paley, 1985
O Love Is Teasin', Various Artists, 1985
Old Tom Moore and More, Tom Paley, 1991
Heartsease, Tom Paley with Barbara Lester & Ben Paley, 1991
On a Cold Winter Night, Tom Paley with Ben Paley, 1993
Separate Ways, Tom Paley and Barbara Lester, 1993
Wandering In The World, Barbara Scott, 1994
Kentucky Songbird, James Reams, 1994
Classic Peggy Seeger, Peggy Seeger featuring Tom Paley, 1996
Anthology Of American Folk Songs, Barbara Dane, 1997 (and other dates)
Svenska Lċtar, Tom Paley and Ben Paley, 1998
Dealing A New Hand (From The Same Old Deck), The New Deal String Band, 1999
The Mysterious Redbirds, 1992-1998, The Mysterious Redbirds, 2000
Blackest Crow, James Reams, 2000
Friends Across The Pond, Various Artists, 2004
Matthews' Southern Comfort/Second Spring, Matthews' Southern Comfort, 2006
Beware Young Ladies!, Tom Paley, 2007
Takin' Sam's Advice, Bert Deivert, 2007
Folk Roots: The Sound of Americana, Various Artists, 2007
Three Score and Ten: Topic Records: A Voice to the People, Various Artists, 2009

Mike Seeger

See the Mike Seeger Discography

Tracy Schwarz

Old Time Country Music, Mike Seeger, 1962
Learn To Fiddle Country Style, Tracy Schwarz, 1965
Home Among The Hills, Tracy and Eloise Schwarz, 1970?
Strange Creek Singers, Strange Creek Singers, 1972
Hazel & Alice, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, 1973
Look Out! Here It Comes, Tracy Schwarz, 1975
Traditional Cajun Fiddle: Instruction, Dewey Balfa and Tracy Schwarz, 1976
Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, 1976
Cajun Fiddle: Old & New, Dewey Balfa, 1977
Down Home with Tracy and Eloise Schwarz, Tracy and Eloise Schwarz, 1978
Our Kind of Music, Tracy and Eloise Schwarz, 1978
Dancing Bow and Singing Strings, Tracy Schwarz, 1979
Rode the Mule Around the World, Tracy's Family Band, 1981
Tracy Schwarz's Fiddler's Companion, Tracy Schwarz, 1981
Howjadoo, John McCutcheon, 1983
Les Quatre Vieux Garçons, Dewey and Tony Balfa, and Tracy and Peter Schwarz, 1984
La Musique Chez Mulate's, Various Artists, 1986
Souvenirs, Dewey Balfa, 1987
Disco On The Bayou, Pop Wagner and Friends, 1987
Rounder Bluegrass One, Various Artists, 1987
Rounder Banjo, Various Artists, 1987
Rounder Old-Time Music, Various Artists, 1988
Famous Cowboy Fiddler, Eck Robertson, 1991
The Family Reunion, Ginny Hawker, Ben Hawker and Heidi Christopher, 1992
Water from Another Time: A Retrospective, John McCutcheon, 1992
Son Of Rounder Banjo, Various Artists, 1992
The Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio, The Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio, 1993
Old-Time Music on the Air, Volume One, Various Artists, 1994
Cajun Music & Zydeco, Various Artists, 1994
More Cajun Classics, Various Artists, 1994
Come All You Tenderhearted, Ginny Hawker and Kay Justice, 1995
Deep Hollows & High Ridges, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, 1995
Mes Amis! The TS Cajun Trio, 1996
Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old Time Music, Various Artists, 1996
The American Fogies, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1996
Bristol: A Tribute To The Music Of The Original Carter Family, Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice, 1999
Hand Me Down, Dirk Powell, 1999
Signs and Wonders, Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice, 19??
Good Songs for Hard Times, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, 2000
O Sister!: The Women's Bluegrass Collection, Various Artists, 2001
Roots Music: An American Journey, Various Artists, 2001
Gold Rush at Copper Creek, Various Artists, 2002
I Just Steal Away And Pray, Various Artists, 2002
Living in the Name of Love, Various Artists, 2002
O Sister 2: The Women's Bluegrass Collection, Various Artists, 2002
True Bluegrass, Various Artists, 2002
Souvenirs/Fait a la Main, Dewey Balfa & Friends, 2003
Draw Closer, Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, 2004
Harlan County USA: Songs of the Coal Miner's Struggle, Various Artists, 2006

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