Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Titanic Blues - Charlie Jordan/'Hi' Henry Brown (Man V Machine)
2. Wreck of the Old 97 - Skillet Lickers (Man V Machine)
3. Bill Wilson - Birmingham Jug Band (Man V Machine)
4. Crash of the Akron, The - Bob Miller (Man V Machine)
5. Fate of Talmadge Osborne, The - Ernest Stoneman (Man V Machine)
6. El Mole Rachim (Fur Titanik) - Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt (Man V Machine)
7. Wreck of the Virginian, The - Alfred Reed (Man V Machine)
8. Fate of Will Rogers & Wiley Post - Bill Cox (Man V Machine)
9. Down With the Old Canoe - Dorsey Dixon Brothers (Man V Machine)
10. Wreck of Number 52 - Cliff Carlisle (Man V Machine)
11. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis (Man V Machine/Pt.1)
12. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis (Man V Machine/Pt.2)
13. Brave Engineer, The - Carver Boys (Man V Machine)
14. Sinking of the Titanic, The - Richard "Rabbit" Brown (Man V Machine)
15. Fate of Chris Lively and Wife - Blind Alfred Reed (Man V Machine)
16. Wreck on the Mountain Road - Red Fox Chasers (Man V Machine)
17. Unfortunate Brakeman, The - Kentucky Ramblers (Man V Machine)
18. Altoona Freight Wreck - Riley Puckett (Man V Machine)
19. Fatal Wreck of the Bus, The - Mainer's Mountaineers (Man V Machine)
20. Last Scene of the Titanic - Frank Hutchison (Man V Machine)
21. Casey Jones - Skillet Lickers (Man V Machine)
22. Wreck of the Westbound Airliner, The - Fred Pendleton & The West Virginia Melody Boys (Man V Machine)
23. Titanic, The - Ernest Stoneman (Man V Machine)
24. When That Great Ship Went Down - William & Versey Smith (Man V Machine)
DISC 2:
1. Story of the Mighty Mississippi, The - Ernest Stoneman (Man V Nature)
2. Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - Robert Hicks (Man V Nature)
3. Dixie Boll Weevil - Fiddlin' John Carson (Man V Nature)
4. Mississippi Boweavil - Charlie Patton (Man V Nature)
5. Ohio Prison Fire - Bob Miller (Man V Nature)
6. Memphis Flu - Elder Curry (Man V Nature)
7. Explosion in the Fairmount Mine - Blind Alfred Reed (Man V Nature)
8. Storm That Struck Miami - Fiddlin' John Carson (Man V Nature)
9. When the Levee Breaks - Memphis Minnie/Kansas Joe (Man V Nature)
10. Alabama Flood - Andrew Jenkins (Man V Nature)
11. Burning of the Cleveland School - J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies (Man V Nature)
12. High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton (Man V Nature/Pt.1)
13. High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton (Man V Nature/Pt.2)
14. Ryecove Cyclone - Martin & Roberts (Man V Nature)
15. McBeth Mine Explosion - Cap Andy & Flip (Man V Nature)
16. Dry Well Blues - Charlie Patton (Man V Nature)
17. Baltimore Fire - Charlie Poole (Man V Nature)
18. Tennessee Tornado - Uncle Dave Macon (Man V Nature)
19. Dry Spell Blues - Son House (Man V Nature/Pt.2)
20. Santa Barbara Earthquake, The - Green Bailey (Man V Nature)
21. Death of Floyd Collins, The - Vernon Dalhart (Man V Nature)
22. Porto Rico Storm, The - Carson Robison Trio (Man V Nature)
23. Boll Weavil - W.A. Lindsey/Alvin Condor (Man V Nature)
24. Flood of 1927, The - Elders McIntorsh & Edwards (Man V Nature)
DISC 3:
1. Peddler and His Wife - Hayes Shepherd (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
2. Little Grave in Georgia, The - Earl Johnson (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
3. Kenney Wagner's Surrender - Ernest Stoneman (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
4. Henry Clay Beattie - Kelly Harrell (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
5. Murder of the Lawson Family, The - Carolina Buddies (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
6. Naomi Wise - Clarence Ashley (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
7. Railroad Bill - Will Bennett (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
8. Frankie - Dykes' Magic City Trio (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
9. Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann - Bill Cox (Man V Man (And Woman, Too)/Pt.1)
10. Trial of Richard Bruno Hauptmann - Bill Cox (Man V Man (And Woman, Too)/Pt.2)
11. Lanse des Belaires - Dennis McGee/Ernest Fruge (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
12. Darling Cora - B.F. Shelton (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
13. Billy Lyons and Stack O' Lee - Furry Lewis (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
14. Tom Dooley - Grayson & Whitter (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
15. Story of Freda Bolt, The - Floyd County Ramblers (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
16. Pretty Polly - John Hammond (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
17. Fingerprints Upon the Windowpane - Bob Miller (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
18. Bluefield Murder, The - Roy Harvey & The North Carolina Ramblers (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
19. Frankie Silvers - Ashley & Foster (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
20. Fate of Rhoda Sweeten - Wilmer Watts (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
21. Dupree Blues - Willie Walker (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
22. Poor Ellen Smith - Dykes' Magic City Trio (Man V Man (And Woman, Too))
| Details | | Playing Time: | 218 min. | | Producer: | Christopher C. King (Compilation) | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Audio Remasterers: Christopher C. King; Robert Vosgein.
Imagine Harry Smith's famed ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC with a chip on its shoulder and you'll have an entry point to the three-disc set PEOPLE TAKE WARNING. Fabulously appointed with fascinating, detailed notes and a handsome booklet, PTW houses a bounty of Depression-era folk, blues, and country tracks. Though some of the artists (Charlie Patton, Son House) are quite famous, there's a host of more esoteric (but equally powerful) performers known mostly to folk/blues cultists. All this archival talent is assembled under the thematic umbrella of calamity. The set is broken up into songs of natural disaster, murder, and human endeavors gone fatally awry. In the early 21st century, the cumulative apocalyptic feel of these songs from some seven decades ago has an eerie resonance.
Editorial Reviews
[T]here are works of almost unearthly beauty, not least of which is Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt's 'El Mole Rachmim'...
The Wire
4 stars out of 5 -- Often primitively recorded, these tales of natural disasters, destruction by machine and death by various forms of violence are related by mainly little-known country, folk and blues performers...
Mojo
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