Records made by African-American artists in the 1890s anticipated by decades the essentials of jazz, rhythm and blues, rock ’n’ roll. Unlike the pioneer blues and jazzmen of the 1920s—whose contributions to American music are duly documented and appreciated today—the achievements of their forgotten predecessors are all but erased from history: the sound too limited, the grooves too noisy, the words too painful. Tim Brooks brought the Lost Sounds of these pioneer black performers to our notice with the publication of his groundbreaking book. Archeophone brings these Lost Sounds to life with the release of this CD. And none too soon, as the precious few sounds that have survived a century of neglect are fading fast. Those experienced with pioneer recordings are in for some surprises, as most are reissued here for the first time. And those who are not . . . you’ve not heard anything like them before. Many are not easy to listen to. But they are worth the effort, as they let us hear—as close to first hand as possible—the forgotten black artists who contributed so significantly to American music and culture. Your view of history is about to be rocked.

Disc: 1
1. Mamma's Black Baby Boy (Unique Quartette, 1893)
2. Keep Movin' (Standard Quartette, 1894)
3. Who Broke the Lock (Unique Quartette, c.1895)
4. Brother Michael, Won't You Hand Down that Rope (Oriole Quartette, c.1895)
5. Poor Mourner (Cousins and DeMoss, 1898)
6. Who Broke the Lock (Cousins and DeMoss, 1898)
7. Down on the Old Camp Ground (Dinwiddie Colored Quartet, 1902)
8. Jerusalem Mornin' (Polk Miller and His Old South Quartet, 1909)
9. Little David / Shout All Over God's Heaven (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet, 1909)
10. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Apollo Jubilee Quartet, 1912)
11. Shout All Over God's Heaven (Apollo Jubilee Quartet, 1912)
12. Good News (Tuskegee Institute Singers, 1914)
13. The Rain Song (Right Quintette, 1915)
14. Goodnight Angeline (Four Harmony Kings, 1921)
15. Experiences in the Show Business (Charley Case, 1909)
16. The Whistling Coon (George W. Johnson, 1891)
17. Adam and Eve and de Winter Apple (excerpt) (Louis Vasnier, c.1893)
18. The Laughing Song (George W. Johnson, c.1894–98)
19. Minstrel First Part, featuring “The Laughing Song” (Spencer, Williams & Quinn's Imperial Minstrels, c.1894)
20. Listen to the Mocking Bird (George W. Johnson, 1896)
21. The Laughing Coon (George W. Johnson, c.1898)
22. The Whistling Girl (George W. Johnson, c.1899)
23. My Little Zulu Babe (Williams and Walker, 1901)
24. Carving the Duck (George W. Johnson, 1903)
25. The Merry Mail Man (Len Spencer and George W. Johnson, 1906)
26. Nobody (Bert Williams, 1906)
27. My Own Story of the Big Fight (part 1) (Jack Johnson, 1910)
28. Beans, Beans, Beans (Opal Cooper, 1917)
29. Great Camp Meetin' Day (Noble Sissle, 1920)

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