Italian Folk Songs

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Album Info

Release Date: 1965

Label: Folkways Records & Service Corp.

Collected in Italian speaking communities in New York and Chicago and edited with notes by Carla Bianco. Translated into English by Anne Lomax.

Recording Notes When Given -
A1-5 Recorded in Brooklyn, NY April 6, 1964.
A6-8 Recorded in NYC. (No further notes given)
A9 Recorded in Brooklyn, NY.
A10 Recorded in NYC, her unnamed nephew accompanies on guitar.
A11 Recorded at a Brooklyn factory of an unnamed group of dressmakers.
A12 Location not noted.
A13-15 Recorded on Mulberry St., New York.
A16 Recorded in the Bronx, NY.
A17-18 Recorded in NYC (suggested The Bronx as part of previously mentioned Ponza Community on A16)
B1 - Recorded in Brooklyn, NY of an unnamed dressmaker.
B2-6 Recorded in Newark, NJ of the D'Egidio family along with their neighbors (D"Egidio Family Group)
B7-B10 Recorded in Port Washington, NY.
B11 Recorded in Douglas Park, Chicago, IL.
B12-14 Recorded in Chicago, IL.
B15 - Recorded Chicago by an un-credited Emilian Mason.
B16-19 Recorded in Great Neck, Long Island.

Track B5 has the title "La Vecchia Che Magnava Peracotte" on the label but "Mena Lo Vendo E Mena Lo Rumano (Blows The Wind And Blows The Roman Wind)" in the booklet.

Folkways address on labels, booklet = 165 W. 46th St., NYC, 10036.

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