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August 5, 2000

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Chuck Brodsky: Schmoozing Last of the Old Time RED HOUSERHRCD 141

  3. Barbara Cook recording: Getting To Know You (Rodgers/Hammerstein) The King and I Sony SK 53328

  4. Holly Near: You Can Know All I Am (Jeff Langley/Near) Simply Love Calico Tracks CTM0003 (PO Box 236, Ukiah, CA95482)

  5. Chad Mitchell Trio: Get Together (C.Powers) That's the Way It's Gonna Be Mercury SR 61049

  6. Original London Cast Recording: Together (Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim) Gypsy RCA Victor 60571-2-RG

  7. Tom Russell: The Man from God Knows Where The Man from God Knows Where Hightone HCD8099

  8. Battlefield Band: I Am the Common Man (trad) Anthem For the Common Man Temple 015TUS

  9. Jim Malcolm: The Worker's Song (Ed Pickford/arr.Malcom) Resonance Beltane CD101

  10. Tom Russell: The Man from God Knows Where, pt. 2 The Man from God Knows Where Hightone HCD8099

  11. Aileen Carr: When These Shoes Were New (or Take Me Out Drinking Tonight) (Michael Mara) Green Yarrow Greentrax CDTRAX 173

  12. Win Stracke: Wee Drappie O't (trad) Songs of Old Town Flair S-912

  13. Big Bill Broonzy: When I Been Drinking Booze & The Blues Columbia Legacy CK 67002

  14. W.C. Fields: The Temperance Lecture (abridged) The American Comedy Box Rhino R2 71617

  15. Ed Miller: The Effects of Whisky (trad/arr.Miller & McNeill) Lowlander Wellfield CD 023 (512-472-6036)

  16. Don White: Rascal Radio Favorites private pressing

  17. Les Barker: Spot of the Antarctic A Cardi and Bloke Mrs Ackroyd DOG 011 (phone England: 0161 434-7499)

  18. O'Hara - Laffey & Furlong: Sparkie Old Shoes private pressing (708-354-2541)

  19. Judy Henske: Mad Dog Killer (J.Henske/C.Doerge) Loose In the World I Fair Star 8323 (626-577-5604)

  20. Eleni Kelakos: To the Bone To the Bone EEK! ER-34582 (323-661-3540)

  21. Carrie Newcomer: Bare To the Bone The Age of Possibility Philo 116711226-2

  22. Judy Cook: Dry Bones (trad) Far From the Lowlands Creative Eng. CEI-JC02-0005 (301-776-4314)

  23. Odetta: You Gotta Know How (Sippie Wallace) Blues Everywhere I Go M.C. Records MC0038

  24. Terri Hendrix: The Know How Wilory Farm Tycoon Cowgirl TCR 30001 (PO Box 2340, San Marcos, TX 78667)

  25. Shawn Colvin: Knowing What I Know Now (Colvin/J.Leventhal) Live '88 Plump 5901-2 (800-PLUMP-CD)

  26. The Weavers: Tzena Tzena (Haggiz/Miron/Parish) Wasn't That a Time Vanguard VCD4-147/50

  27. The Jews Brothers Band: The Oy-Veh Song (Hershal) My Yiddish Swing Rouge RRCD1005

  28. Mickey Katz: Bagel Call Rag (E.Schoebel-B.Meyers-J.Petis) Greatest Schticks Koch KOC-CD-8058

  29. Odetta: Santy Anno (trad) The Essential Odetta Vanguard VSD 43/44

  30. Scuttlebutt: New York Gals / Salmon Tails (trad) Scuttlebutt Soundside SB01 (757-622-8918 or email)

  31. Tom and Chris Kastle: Dance, Boatman Dance (trad) Rivers Sextant SX0002A (773-774-7216)

  32. Debra Cowan: The Banks of Green Willow (trad) The Banks of Green Willow DebraCowan DC 81556-2 (PO Box 1335, Westborough, MA 01581)

  33. Aileen Carr: The Banks of Green Yarrow (trad) Green Yarrow Greentrax CDTRAX 173

  34. Lorna Campbell: The Sun Is Burning (Ian Campbell) Topic 45 rpm

  35. Sally Rogers: I Come And Stand (Dead Girl of Hiroshima) (trad-Seeger/Nazim Hikmet-J.Turner) Generations Flying Fish FF 70493

  36. Tommy Sands: Sudako (And the Paper Cranes) The Heart's a Wonder GREEN LINNET GLCD 1158

  37. Fred Small: Cranes Over Hiroshima No Limit Rounder 4018

  38. Small Potatoes: 1000 Candles, 1000 Cranes (Rich Prezioso) Waltz of the Wallflowers Wind River WR4010CD (877-365-5372)

  39. Dana Robinson: The Trade The Trade Threshold TM006 (800-BUY-MYCD)

  40. Robin & Linda Williams: Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger (Williams/J.Clark) (Come For To Sing benefit - Holsteins, 10/23/82) WFMT recording

  41. Bill & Bonnie Hearne: Two of a Kind (John Ims) Watching Life Through a Windshield Back Porch72438-49623-2-6

  42. Tom Russell w/ Iris DeMent: Love Abides The Man From God Knows Where Hightone HCD8099

  43. Don White: I Know What Love Is Radio Favorites private pressing

  44. Garnet Rogers: All That Is Sparrow's Wing Snow Goose SGS1127CD

  45. Anita Silvert: All Roads Converge Midwest Girl Balancing Act BAM-003 P.O. Box 512, Yardley, PA 19067 (215-369-0220) or email

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:

Chucky Brodsky, Holly Near, Jim Malcolm, Judy Henske, Eleni Kelakos, Aileen Carr, Bill & Bonnie Hearne, Don White

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Tom Russell at the Byron Colby Barn of Prairie Crossing, in Grayslake, Saturday, August 12 in a live "Folkstage" concert. Call 840-548-5400 for reservations.

Weavermania! in a benefit for the Nicaragua Medical Alliance and Nicaragua Solidarity Committee at the 1st Congregational Church of Evanston, Hinman & Grove on Saturday, August 19 at 8. 773-276-5626

Odetta at Fermilab in Batavia, Saturday, August 19 at 8. 630-840-ARTS

Special Notice: The Limeliters will be back in the Chicago area for two concerts in October: Friday, October 20 at Center East with Glenn Yarborough, and Saturday, October 21 at the Sandwich Opera House, in Sandwich, Il.

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