Top 33 Music Albums of 1974
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High Atmosphere
1975 – ROUNDER
Produced By JOHN COHEN & MARK WILSON
1. Remember And Do Pray For Me – Lloyd Chandler
2. The Silk Merchant’s Daughter – Dellie Norton
3. Rambling Hobo – Gaither Carlton
4. Apple Blossom – Gaither Carlton
5. Pretty Crowing Chicken – Frank Proffitt
6. Forkey Deer – Sidna Myers
7. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down – Frank Proffitt
8. Cumberland Gap – George Landers
9. Rolling Mills Are Burning Down – George Landers
10. Half Shaved – Wade Ward
11. Shady Grove – Wade Ward
12. Old Joe Clark – Wade Ward
13. Nitches Over The Hill – Wade Ward
14. Twin Sisters – Sidna Myers
15. Fortune – Fred Cockerham
16. Little Satchel – Fred Cockerham
17. Barker’s Creek – George Landers
18. Young Emily – Dellie Norton
19. Early, Early In The Spring – Dellie Norton
20. Warfare – E.C. Ball
21. Pretty Polly – E.C. Ball
22. The Fox – E.C. Ball
23. A Conversation With Death – Lloyd Chandler
24. I Wish My Baby Was Born – Dillard Chandler
25. The Carolina Lady – Dillard Chandler
26. The Scotland Man – George Landers
27. Alabama Gals – Sidna Myers
28. No Place Like Home – George Landers
29. June Apple – Fred Cockerham
30. Frankie Baker – Fred Cockerham
31. Jennie Jenkins – E.C. & Orna Ball
32. Little Sadie – Gaither Carlton
33. Cumberland Gap – Frank Proffitt
There’s some history here. John Cohen was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, and did some very important work as a musicologist. In 1965, he ventured into the hill country of rural Virginia and North Carolina to document some of the many interesting ways that Appalachain musicians tuned their banjos. This led Cohen to hear, and make incredible field recordings of, some of the most amazing American music ever played. Because, once your instrument is tuned…you have to play a song, right? High Atmosphere was released years later, was hailed as a masterpiece, then disappeared for many years. It was reissued with several added tracks (the tracklist above) in 1995 after the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo covered three songs from here on their 1992 album March 16-20, 1992.
The songs that Uncle Tupelo recorded were “Warfare”, “Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down”, and “I Wish My Baby Was Born”. The band’s high praise for High Atmosphere triggered new interest in the album, and spurred Rounder to reissue the set. The music here is simply amazing. It’s the ultimate in real American music. The players were mostly old when it was recorded, and all are long gone, but this album allows this beautiful definition of Americana to survive. These songs weren’t recorded in studios…they were recorded with a single microphone in locations down long dirt roads. The liner notes include an absolute heaven of details about the recordings and the songs and the long forgotten artists. There are even photos of the artists from the sixties. This is simply perfection, and of massive importance. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2022]
High Atmosphere
1975 – ROUNDER
Produced By JOHN COHEN & MARK WILSON
1. Remember And Do Pray For Me – Lloyd Chandler
2. The Silk Merchant’s Daughter – Dellie Norton
3. Rambling Hobo – Gaither Carlton
4. Apple Blossom – Gaither Carlton
5. Pretty Crowing Chicken – Frank Proffitt
6. Forkey Deer – Sidna Myers
7. Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down – Frank Proffitt
8. Cumberland Gap – George Landers
9. Rolling Mills Are Burning Down – George Landers
10. Half Shaved – Wade Ward
11. Shady Grove – Wade Ward
12. Old Joe Clark – Wade Ward
13. Nitches Over The Hill – Wade Ward
14. Twin Sisters – Sidna Myers
15. Fortune – Fred Cockerham
16. Little Satchel – Fred Cockerham
17. Barker’s Creek – George Landers
18. Young Emily – Dellie Norton
19. Early, Early In The Spring – Dellie Norton
20. Warfare – E.C. Ball
21. Pretty Polly – E.C. Ball
22. The Fox – E.C. Ball
23. A Conversation With Death – Lloyd Chandler
24. I Wish My Baby Was Born – Dillard Chandler
25. The Carolina Lady – Dillard Chandler
26. The Scotland Man – George Landers
27. Alabama Gals – Sidna Myers
28. No Place Like Home – George Landers
29. June Apple – Fred Cockerham
30. Frankie Baker – Fred Cockerham
31. Jennie Jenkins – E.C. & Orna Ball
32. Little Sadie – Gaither Carlton
33. Cumberland Gap – Frank Proffitt
There’s some history here. John Cohen was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, and did some very important work as a musicologist. In 1965, he ventured into the hill country of rural Virginia and North Carolina to document some of the many interesting ways that Appalachain musicians tuned their banjos. This led Cohen to hear, and make incredible field recordings of, some of the most amazing American music ever played. Because, once your instrument is tuned…you have to play a song, right? High Atmosphere was released years later, was hailed as a masterpiece, then disappeared for many years. It was reissued with several added tracks (the tracklist above) in 1995 after the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo covered three songs from here on their 1992 album March 16-20, 1992.
The songs that Uncle Tupelo recorded were “Warfare”, “Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down”, and “I Wish My Baby Was Born”. The band’s high praise for High Atmosphere triggered new interest in the album, and spurred Rounder to reissue the set. The music here is simply amazing. It’s the ultimate in real American music. The players were mostly old when it was recorded, and all are long gone, but this album allows this beautiful definition of Americana to survive. These songs weren’t recorded in studios…they were recorded with a single microphone in locations down long dirt roads. The liner notes include an absolute heaven of details about the recordings and the songs and the long forgotten artists. There are even photos of the artists from the sixties. This is simply perfection, and of massive importance. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2022]
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Top 33 Music Albums of 1974 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Santana | 2 | 6% | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 1 | 3% | |
| Millie Jackson | 1 | 3% | |
| Eagles | 1 | 3% | |
| Harry Chapin | 1 | 3% | |
| Gordon Lightfoot | 1 | 3% | |
| Various Artists | 1 | 3% | |
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