C A R L   S A N D B U R G
Carl
Sandburg

b. January 6, 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois
d. July 22, 1967 at the Connemara Estate, Flat Rock, North Carolina

discography
C A R L   S A N D B U R G; from cover of Decca DL 9105

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

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Carl Sandburg LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
1193?Carl Sandburg:
The American Songbag


- Gallows Song (My Name, It Is Sam Hall) (207-A)
- I Ride An Old Paint (207-B)

- Foggy Foggy Dew (208-A)
- The Horse Named Bill (208-B)

- Woven Spirituals (209-A)
- I'm Sad And I'm Lonely (209-B)

- The Good Boy (210-A)
- Mama Have You Heard The News (210-B)

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set of four 78 rpm
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Musicraft album 11


Musicraft 207, blue label; click to enlarge !

Musicraft 207, red label; click to enlarge !
Musicraft 207 - 210

Musicraft discography

21945Carl Sandburg:
Cowboy Songs and Negro Spirituals


- I'll Ride My Old Paint - Colorado Trail (40022 A)
- Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo (40022 B)

- Sam Bass (40023 A)
- Jesse James (40023 B)

- I Don't Want To Be Buried In The Storm (40024 A)
- Levee Moan (40024 B)

- Go Down Moses (40025 A)
- O Freedom - Macedoni - Wasn't That A Mighty Day (40025 B)

accompanying book
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set of four 78 rpm
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Decca album A-356

Decca 40025; click to enlarge !

31949Carl Sandburg:
in a recital from his book
"The People, Yes"

- Prejudice
- Proverbs
- The People Speak
10 inch 33 rpm
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Decca DL 5134
41953Carl Sandburg reads

- The 5 Marvelous Pretzels
- The 3 Nice Mice Brothers
78 rpm

Deccalite K-109

'The 5 Marvelous Pretzels'
Slide Show

51953Sandburg reads Sandburg

- Grass - Primer Lesson
- Cheap Blue
- Put The City Up
- Fire Logs
- Southern Pacific
- Prayers Of Steel
- Over The Bridge
- Upstream
- Sea Wash
- Bilbea
- Father & Son
- Cool Tombs
- Tall Grass
- Wilderness
- For You
10 inch 33 rpm

Decca DL 7541
6195?Carl Sandburg:
New Songs from the American Songbag


- He's Gone Away
- Boll Weevil Song
- Careless Love
- Mama Have You Heard The News
- Saddle Song
- In De Vinter Time

- Sam Hall
- Moanish Lady!
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- I Wish I Was A Little Bird
- I'm Sad And I'm Lonely
- Cigarettes Will Spoil Your Life
- Man Goin' Roun'
- The Horse Named Bill
- Jay Gould's Daughter
10 inch 33 rpm
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Lyricord LL 4
719??Carl Sandburg
reads Poems of Carl Sandburg


- Grass
- Primer Lesson
- Put The City Up
- Fire Logs
- Southern Pacific
- Prayers Of Steel
- Upstream
- Bilbea
- Father And Son
- Cool Tombs
- Tall Grass
- The People Speak

- Prejudice
- Proverbs
12 inch 33 rpm
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Decca DL 9039
81957The Great Carl Sandburg

- The Good Boy
- Boll Weevil Song
- Careless Love
- In De Vinter Time
- Moanish Lady!
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- I Wish I Was A Little Bird
- Cigarettes Will Spoil Your Life
- We'll Roll Back The Prices

- The Horse Named Bill
- Jay Gould's Daughter
- He's Gone Away
- Casey Jones
- I Ride An Old Paint
- Man Goin' Roun'
- Gallows Song
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Lyricord LL 766 (stereo)
91957
2 LP set
A Lincoln Album
Readings by Carl Sandburg

- The Prairie Years
- The War Years
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Caedmon TC 2015
10195?Rootabaga Stories
as told by Carl Sandburg



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Caedmon TC 1089
11196?Carl Sandburg's Poems For Children


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Caedmon TC 1124
121962The Poetry of Carl Sandburg
read by the author


- Wilderness
- Wind Song
- The Windy City
- Southern Pacific
- In Tall Grass
- Prayers Of Steel
- Night Stuff
- Cahoots
- Storms Begin Far Back
- ...

rec. March 21, 1958 in New York City

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Caedmon TC 1150
13196?Carl Sandburg Reads from his autobiography: Always The Young Strangers


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Caedmon TC 1209
14196?Carl Sandburg Reading
Fog & Other Poems


rec. in 1951-52

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Caedmon TC 1253
15196?Spotlight On Carl Sandburg

- Mama Have You Heard The News
- The Good Boy
- Woven Spirituals
- I'm Sad And I'm Lonely

- The Horse Named Bill
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- I Ride An Old Paint
- Gallows Song
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Tiara Spotlight Series
TST-522
16196?
2 LP set
Carl Sandburg:
"The People, Yes"



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= Caedmon TC 2023
16a1964Carl Sandburg:
Cowboy Songs and Negro Spirituals


- I Ride An Old Paint - Colorado Trail
- Whoopie-Ti-Yi-Yo
- Sam Bass
- Jesse James
- Sam Hall
- The Buffalo Skinners
- When The Work's All Done This Fall

- I Don't Want To Be Buried In The Storm
- Levee Moan
- Go Down, Moses
- O Freedom - Macedoni - Wasn't That A Mighty Day
- I Know Moonlight - All Night Long - Zek'l Weep
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Decca DL 9105
171965Josh White and Carl Sandburg

Josh White
- Motherless Children (part 1)
- Hard Time Blues
- Monday Tuesday Wednesday
- Prison Road
- Motherless Children (part 2)


Carl Sandburg
- Boll Weevil Song
- Careless Love
- Woven Spirituals
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- The Gallows Song
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Society SOC 988
181967Carl Sandburg sings his American Songbag

- El-A-Noy
- What Was Your Name In The States?
- The Erie Canal
- Bigerlow
- The Hearse Song
- Whisky Johnny
- Abalone
- Now, There Once Was A Young Girl
- He Came From His Palace Grand;
  Bonnie Eloise
- I Could Not Find My Baby-O!
- The Maid Freed From The Gallows
- Man Goin' Roun'
- Won't It Be Wonderful After The War!
- Somebody
- Get The Money
- Money

- Frankie And Johnny
- The Horse Named Bill
- If I Die A Railroad Man
- Jerry Go An' Ile That Car
- There's Many A Man Killed On The Railroad
- Bolsum Brown
- Jungle Mammy Song
- By'm Bye
- Go Get The Axe
- Blow The Man Down
- I Catcha Da Plenty Of Feesh


- One Morning In May
- Sucking Cider Through A Straw
- Satan's A Liah
- The Roving Gambler
- Down In The Valley
- When The Work's All Done This Fall
- I'm Sad And I'm Lonely
- When The Curtains Of Night Are Pinned Back
- If I Had Wings Like Nora's Dove
- Waillie, Waillie! [= The Water Is Wide]

- Alaska Hahves' Moon
- Bring Me On My Supper, Boys
- The Son Of A Gambolier
- Yonder Comes The High Sheriff
- Bird In A Cage
- Portland County Jail
- Levee Moan
- Those Gambler's Blues
- De Blues Ain't Nothin'
- When A Woman Blue
- Coo-Coo (Peacock Song)
- C.C. Rider
- The Ship That Never Returned

rec. early 1950s

2 disc album
notes by Oscar Brand
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Caedmon TC 2025
191972Carl Sandburg:
Flat Rock Ballads


- Wanderin'
- I Ride An Old Paint
- Careless Love
- Down In The Valley
- Ship That Never Returned
- Alice B.
- My Name Is Yon Yonson
- Red River Valley
- Turkey In The Straw
- Old Grey Mare

- Eating Goober Peas
- If I Die A Railroad Man
- Medley:
  Sailing Sailing
  Fancies Fancies
  In The Evening By The Moonlight
  Carry Me Back To Old Virginia
- He's Gone Away
- Suckin' Cyder Through A Straw
- Nora's Dove
- A Horse Named Bill
- Showers Of Dollars
- Get The Money
- In De Vinter Time
- I Could Not Find My Baby-O
- The Hearse Song
- Unconstant Lover
- The Doughnut Man

rec. at Carl Sandburg's home at Flat Rock, North Carolina

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Columbia AML 5339
2019??Carl Sandburg Sings Americana

- Mama Have You Heard The News
- The Good Boy
- Woven Spirituals
- I'm Sad And I'm Lonely

- The Horse Named Bill
- Foggy, Foggy Dew
- I Ride An Old Paint
- Gallows Song
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Everest / Archive of Folk
& Jazz FS 309
211999The Great Carl Sandburg:
Songs Of America


- Boll Weevil Song
- Careless Love
- In De Vinter Time
- Moonish Lady!
- Foggy, Foggy Dew
- I Wish I Was A Little Bird
- I'm Sad And I'm Lonely
- Cigarettes Will Spoil Yer Life
- The Horse Named Bill
- Jay Gould's Daughter
- He's Gone Away
- Casey Jones
- I Ride On Old Paint
- Man Goin' Roun'
- Gallows Song
- We'll Roll Back The Prices
- The Good Boy

Lyrichord CD LYR 6003
Thanks to Sue Dickman and Alan Balfour for additional information

 

The American Songbag 1927 (?) The American Songbag 1970
The American Songbag 19??; click to enlarge ! The American Songbag 1990
Carl Sandburg: The American Songbag.
A collection of 280 songs from all regions of the United States
Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, 1927, 1970, 19??, 1990

 

Carl Sandburg's New American Songbag 1950 Carl Sandburg's New American Songbag 1950; click to enlarge !
Carl Sandburg's New American Songbag
New York Broadcast Music Co. 1950
(with 60% new songs not in the first American Songbag)

 

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Gregory d'Alessio: Old Troubadour
Carl Sandburg with his Guitar Friends
New York, Walker, 1987

Carl Sandburg, Andrés Segovia - The Guitar
by Jhon C. Akers

 

autograph

 

Carl Sandburg's Home, Connemara, Flat Rock, NC

Carl Sandburg's Home, Connemara, Flat Rock, NC
Carl Sandburg's Home, Connemara, Flat Rock, NC

Carl Sandburg Web

Carl Sandburg 'American Poet' FDC

 

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