"Original 1925 mono recordings"--Container

"The recordings on this album were made by legendary producer Ralph Peer for the OKeh label during the summer of 1925 in a makeshift studio atop the George Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina. Performers from the Carolinas and Virginia traveled over rough mountain roads to record in Asheville, and the performances showcase the variety of music to be found in the region, including lyric folk songs, ballads, banjo and fiddle instrumentals, vaudeville show pieces, and jazz numbers. ... Curated by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, ... this package includes a 128-page book [bound in container] with detailed commentary, performer biographies, a complete discography of the Asheville sessions, lyrics, and dozens of photographs"--Container

Compact disc

Produced by Ralph Peer

Various performers

Recorded at the George Vanderbilt Hotel, Asheville, North Carolina

I'm going back to North Carolina (Kelly Harrell) (2:41) -- I never had the blues (until I left Old Dixie Land) (Emmett Miller) (2:46) -- Devil in the wood pile (J. D. McFarlane and daughter) (2:38) -- Sherman Valley (Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford) (2:33) -- St. Louis tickle (Jim Couch) (2:56) -- John Hardy (Ernest V. Stoneman) (3:47) -- When the redeemed are gathering in (Carson Brothers - Smith) (3:08) -- Royal clog (Ernest Helton) (2:55) -- The cackling hen (J. D. Harris) (2:45) -- A married man's blues (Wade Ward) (2:43) -- The wreck on the Southern Old 97 (Kelly Harrell) (3:52) -- I have no mother now (Harvey Irwin) (3:29) -- Big bad Bill (is Sweet William now) (Emmett Miller) (3:07) -- Rose of the Nile (Foor-Robinson Carolina Club Orchestra) (3:10) -- Arkansas traveler (J. D. Weaver) (3:06) -- Whistlin' Rufus (J. D. McFarlane and daughter) (3:05) -- The sailor's song (Ernest V. Stoneman) (2:47) -- Medley: Dill pickle / Turkey in the straw / Swanee River (Jim Couch) (2:48) -- Lovesick blues (Emmett Miller) (3:12) -- Fate of Santa Barbara (Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford) (2:47) -- Blue eyed Ella (Kelly Harrell) (3:44) -- Let your shack burn down (Fisher Hendley) (3:20) -- They always pick on me (Harvey Irwin) (2:24) -- All I've got's gone (Ernest V. Stoneman) (2:54) -- You're just the girl for me (Emmett Miller) (2:33) -- Collegiate (Foor-Robinson Carolina Club Orchestra) (2:56) -- American and Spanish fandango (R. B. Smith - S. J. Allgood) (2:58) -- Peg and Awl (Kelly Harrell) (2:56)