From REVENANT and THE HARRY SMITH ARCHIVES on May 23, 2000

HARRY SMITH'S ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC, VOLUME 4.

The previously unissued chapter of the historic ANTHOLOGY

2 x CD housed in 96-page hardbound book.

"There were to be four of them, and four volumes in the series. Red, Blue, Green were issued [on the original Folkways set], so that the element that was left out was earth...."

Harry Smith from 1968 interview with John Cohen

Compiled by Harry Smith contemporaneously with the first three volumes, Volume 4 went unissued for almost 50 years. In conjunction with The Harry Smith Archives, Revenant presents Smith's "secret volume" in its intended song sequence, supplemented with essays by Ed Sanders (Fugs), John Cohen (New Lost City Ramblers), John Fahey, Dick Spottswood, and Greil Marcus; plus previously unpublished photos of the young Harry Smith.