The Folk BoxVarious ArtistsInitial release : 1964Elektra EKL 9001 A 4 LP box set with 48 page booklet.
Tracks and performers
Side A: Songs of the Old World and Migration to the New;
- Greensleeves - Cynthia Gooding
- Down In The Coal Mine - Ian Campbell Folk Group
- Geordie - Ewan MacColl
- Whiskey In The Jar - Irish Ramblers
- Irish Famine Song - Susan Reed
- Gypsy Laddie - Ed McCurdy
- Tae The Weavers - Jean Redpath
- African Traveling Song
- Navajo Night Chant
- Skada At America - Gene Bluestein
Side B: Settling, Exploring and Growing in the New World;
- When First Unto This Country - New Lost City Ramblers
- Springfield Mountain - Susan Reed
- Good Old Colony Times - Ed McCurdy
- Jefferson And Liberty - Oscar Brand
- Darling Cory - Pete Seeger
- Jesse James - Jack Elliott
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
- Oregon Trail - Woody Guthrie
- Swannanda Tunnel - Erik Darling
- Kentucky Moonshine - Ed McCurdy
- Green Green Rocky Road - Alabama School Children
Side C: Work Song;
- Pick A Bale Of Cotton - Leadbelly
- Haul On The Bowline - Seafarers Chorus
- Paddy Works On The Railway - Pete Seeger
- I Ride An Old Paint - Harry Jackson
- Zebra Dun - Cisco Houston
- Field Holler - Horace Sprott
- Linin' Track - Koerner, Ray & Glover
- Now Your Man Done Gone - Willer Turner
- Timber - Josh White
- Grizzly Bear - Negro Prisoners
Side D: Many Worshippers, One God;
- Mary Had A Baby - Marilyn Child & Glenn Yarbrough
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin Bed - Josh White
- Dark Was The Night - Blind Willie Johnson
- Twelve Gates To The City - Judy Collins
- A Zemer - Theodore Bikel
- Wayfaring Stranger - Glenn Yarbrough
- Simple Gifts - Ed McCurdy
- Meetin' At The Building - Leadbelly
- You Can Tell the World - Bob Gibson
- Down By The Riverside Christian Tabernacle Church
Side E: Country Music: From Ballads to Bluegrass;
- Sligo Reel, Mountain Road - Willy Clancy
- Old Joe Clark - Eric Weissberg
- Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
- Shady Grove - Tom Paley
- Flop-Eared Mule - Eric Weissberg & Marshall Brickman
- Nottamun Town - Jean Ritchie
- Amazing Grace - Doc Watson and others
- Cripple Creek - Doc Watson
- Pretty Polly - The Dillards
- Yellow Rose Of Texas - George Pegram & Walter Parham
- Green Corn - Dián And The Greenbriar Boys
- Old Man At The Mill - The Dillards
Side F: Nothing But The Blues;
- Lost John - Sonny Terry
- I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called a Man - Big Bill Broonzy
- Black Snake Moan - Leadbelly
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- House Of The Rising Sun - Hally Wood
- France Blues - Mark Spoelstra
- Carter Blues - New Lost City Ramblers
- Slappin' On My Black Cat Bone - Dave Ray
- Don't Leave Me Here - Dave Van Ronk
- Southern Exposure - Josh White
Side G: Of War, Love, and Hope;
- John Brown's Body - Ed McCurdy
- Virginia's Bloody Soil - Frank Warner
- Two Brothers - Theodore Bikel
- Masters of War - Judy Collins
- Blow The Candles Out - Theodore Bikel
- Love Is Teasin' - Jean Redpath
- Sally Ann - Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson
- Little Devils - Jean Ritchie
- The Hammer Song - Limeliters
- This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
Side H: Broadside, Topical Songs, Protest Songs;
- Which Side Are You On? - Pete Seeger, Almanac Singers With Audience
- No Depression In Heaven - New Lost City Ramblers
- Talking Dust Bowl - Woody Guthrie
- Black Brown And White - Big Bill Broonzy
- Talking Atomic Blues - Oscar Brand
- Girl From The North Country - Hamilton Camp
- The Dove - Judy Collins
- High Sheriff Of Hazard - Tom Paxton
- The Thresher - Phil Ochs
- We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger
Credits
- Compiled and annotated by Robert Sheldon
- Produced by Jac Holzman
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