"Originally released in 1952 as a quasi-legal set of three double-LPs and reissued several times since (with varying cover art), The Anthology of American Folk Music could well be the most influential document of the '50s folk revival. Many of the recordings which appeared on it had languished in obscurity for 20 years, and it proved a revelation to a new group of folkies - from Pete Seeger to John Fahey to Bob Dylan - who covered the songs, tracked down the artists, and made new field recordings to document other strands of folk music." - All Music Guide

Track Listing
Henry Lee - Dick Justice
Fatal Flower Garden - Nelstone's Hawaiians
The House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
Drunkhard's Special - Coley Jones
Old Lady And The Devil - Bill And Belle Reed
The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
The Wagoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
Old Shoes And Leggings - Uncle Eck Dunford
Willie Moore - Richard Burnett And Leonard Rutherford
A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
Peg And Awl - The Carolina Tar Heels
Ommie Wise - G.B.Grayson
My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrell
John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - The Williamson Bros. & Curry
Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
White House Blues - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
Engine 143 - The Carter Family
Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
Down On Penny's Farm - The Bently Boys
Mississippi Boweavil Blues - The Masked Marvel
Got The Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels