NMAS 008: As Has It, 240-page book & 2xCD
As Has It is a collection of interviews, photographs, and field recordings captured throughout central Appalachia between May 2015 and July 2019. These documents explore the connections between vernacular culture, landscape, and contemporary life in central Appalachia.
As Has It features interviews with Kelley Breiding, Dom Flemons, John Haywood, Billy C. Hurt Jr., Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Frank Newsome, Kinney Rorrer, Ada Smith, Emily Spencer, Martha Spencer, Betty Vornbrock and Earl White; and is accompanied by two CD’s of field recordings by Josh Bearman, Bonnie Bond, Eddie Bond, Debbie Bramer, Kelley Breiding, Karen Carr, Wayne Dye, Dom Flemons, Trish Fore, Russell Griswald, John Haywood, Wayne Henderson, Donald Hill, Kevin Howard, Billy C. Hurt Jr., Chris Johnson, Minnie Lou Johnson, Carl Jones, Erynn Marshall, Rich Miller, Tom Mylet, Frank Newsome, Ethan Pardue, Hazel Pasley, Lucas Pasley, John Perry, Kinney Rorrer, Kyle Dean Smith, Emily Spencer, Kilby Spencer, Martha Spencer, Thornton Spencer, Robert Stowe, Kirk Sutphin, Janet Turner, Betty Vornbrock, Peco Watson, Earl White, and Chris Wolf.
Available to purchase in spring 2021 from www.nevermetastranger.org
As Has It is a collection of interviews, photographs, and field recordings captured throughout central Appalachia between May 2015 and July 2019. These documents explore the connections between vernacular culture, landscape, and contemporary life in central Appalachia.
As Has It features interviews with Kelley Breiding, Dom Flemons, John Haywood, Billy C. Hurt Jr., Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Frank Newsome, Kinney Rorrer, Ada Smith, Emily Spencer, Martha Spencer, Betty Vornbrock and Earl White; and is accompanied by two CD’s of field recordings by Josh Bearman, Bonnie Bond, Eddie Bond, Debbie Bramer, Kelley Breiding, Karen Carr, Wayne Dye, Dom Flemons, Trish Fore, Russell Griswald, John Haywood, Wayne Henderson, Donald Hill, Kevin Howard, Billy C. Hurt Jr., Chris Johnson, Minnie Lou Johnson, Carl Jones, Erynn Marshall, Rich Miller, Tom Mylet, Frank Newsome, Ethan Pardue, Hazel Pasley, Lucas Pasley, John Perry, Kinney Rorrer, Kyle Dean Smith, Emily Spencer, Kilby Spencer, Martha Spencer, Thornton Spencer, Robert Stowe, Kirk Sutphin, Janet Turner, Betty Vornbrock, Peco Watson, Earl White, and Chris Wolf.
Available to purchase in spring 2021 from www.nevermetastranger.org
NMAS 007: Martha Spencer - The Grassy Creek Sessions 7" EP
Over two-days in July 2019, Never Met A Stranger conducted an intimate recording session with Martha Spencer in a farmhouse in Grassy Creek, North Carolina. This session resulted in 24-tracks of original and traditional material featuring Martha singing and playing guitar and banjo. 4 of these tracks have been selected for inclusion on NMAS 007: The Grassy Creek Sessions EP – a 7” record pressed at 45rpm and housed in an offset-printed picture sleeve in an edition of 500 copies.
Side One:
Lover's Return (AP Carter)
Shelter from the Storm (Martha Spencer)
Side Two:
Albert Hash Letters (Albert Hash, Martha Spencer)
Lights in the Valley (Wade Mainer)
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Over two-days in July 2019, Never Met A Stranger conducted an intimate recording session with Martha Spencer in a farmhouse in Grassy Creek, North Carolina. This session resulted in 24-tracks of original and traditional material featuring Martha singing and playing guitar and banjo. 4 of these tracks have been selected for inclusion on NMAS 007: The Grassy Creek Sessions EP – a 7” record pressed at 45rpm and housed in an offset-printed picture sleeve in an edition of 500 copies.
Side One:
Lover's Return (AP Carter)
Shelter from the Storm (Martha Spencer)
Side Two:
Albert Hash Letters (Albert Hash, Martha Spencer)
Lights in the Valley (Wade Mainer)
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NMAS 006: Eddie Bond, Karen Carr, Donald Hill, and Peco Watson - The Fries Session CD
Recorded May 18, 2016 at the Fries Community Center in Fries, VA. Eddie Bond, Karen Carr, Donald Hill, and Peco Watson rip through twelve tracks of great old-time classics. An excellent recording of a truly remarkable performance.
1. Hell Amongst The Yearlings
2. Sally Anne
3. Arkansas Traveler
4. Durang’s Hornpipe
5. Forked Deer
6. Hangman’s Reel
7. John Brown’s Dream
8. Susanna Gal
9. Lonesome Road Blues
10. New River Train
11. Reuben
12. Jimmy Sutton
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Recorded May 18, 2016 at the Fries Community Center in Fries, VA. Eddie Bond, Karen Carr, Donald Hill, and Peco Watson rip through twelve tracks of great old-time classics. An excellent recording of a truly remarkable performance.
1. Hell Amongst The Yearlings
2. Sally Anne
3. Arkansas Traveler
4. Durang’s Hornpipe
5. Forked Deer
6. Hangman’s Reel
7. John Brown’s Dream
8. Susanna Gal
9. Lonesome Road Blues
10. New River Train
11. Reuben
12. Jimmy Sutton
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NMAS 005: The Uncommitted LP
Produced over two years, this 20-track LP was pressed at 45rpm and clocks in at just over 14-minutes – a blazing soundtrack companion to the New Year touching on everything here from geophagy to dormophonics to self-annihilation. This debut features a cover of The Fugs’ “Nothing” and some scorching lap steel!
From 1985 to 1992 Tim Freeborn fronted the Meaford/Toronto hardcore band SONS OF ISHMAEL, whose “Hayseed Hardcore” 7” was included on Pushead’s infamous “Unofficial Top 100 of the 80s” list of hardcore albums.Side One
Omnicide
If Czolgosz was an Onanist
Olé, the Styx!
My Ether Boutonniere
Raze It
Torn
Don't Wake Me
Fail is Me
Best Hell
Fun with Dormophonics
Side Two
Damp Units
The Dusk of Nations
Nothing
The Pleasures of Geophagy
’68 Comeback
Tania Agonistes
Changes
Dupesque
I Want to Euthanize Myself
Nothing Personal
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Produced over two years, this 20-track LP was pressed at 45rpm and clocks in at just over 14-minutes – a blazing soundtrack companion to the New Year touching on everything here from geophagy to dormophonics to self-annihilation. This debut features a cover of The Fugs’ “Nothing” and some scorching lap steel!
From 1985 to 1992 Tim Freeborn fronted the Meaford/Toronto hardcore band SONS OF ISHMAEL, whose “Hayseed Hardcore” 7” was included on Pushead’s infamous “Unofficial Top 100 of the 80s” list of hardcore albums.Side One
Omnicide
If Czolgosz was an Onanist
Olé, the Styx!
My Ether Boutonniere
Raze It
Torn
Don't Wake Me
Fail is Me
Best Hell
Fun with Dormophonics
Side Two
Damp Units
The Dusk of Nations
Nothing
The Pleasures of Geophagy
’68 Comeback
Tania Agonistes
Changes
Dupesque
I Want to Euthanize Myself
Nothing Personal
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NMAS 003: Thornton Spencer - Things Left Behind CD
The last recordings of renowned Old Time fiddler Thornton Spencer (Whitetop Mountain Band). Accompanied by Emily Spencer, Kilby Spencer, Deb Bramer, Kelly Breiding, and Cameron DeWhitt. Recorded in May and July 2017 in Crumpler NC. Included with this CD is a hand-numbered limited edition commemorative print.
1. Cacklin' Hen
2. Cumberland Gap
3. Rachel
4. Great Big Taters
5. Lafeyette
6. Lost John
7. Johnson Boys
8. Sally Was a Poor Girl
9. Thornton Spencer Discusses Learning Tunes and Passing Them On
10. Loafer's Dream
11. Liberty
12. Sugar Hiil
13. Lost Indian
14. Thornton Spencer Discusses How He Got Started Playing Music
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The last recordings of renowned Old Time fiddler Thornton Spencer (Whitetop Mountain Band). Accompanied by Emily Spencer, Kilby Spencer, Deb Bramer, Kelly Breiding, and Cameron DeWhitt. Recorded in May and July 2017 in Crumpler NC. Included with this CD is a hand-numbered limited edition commemorative print.
1. Cacklin' Hen
2. Cumberland Gap
3. Rachel
4. Great Big Taters
5. Lafeyette
6. Lost John
7. Johnson Boys
8. Sally Was a Poor Girl
9. Thornton Spencer Discusses Learning Tunes and Passing Them On
10. Loafer's Dream
11. Liberty
12. Sugar Hiil
13. Lost Indian
14. Thornton Spencer Discusses How He Got Started Playing Music
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NMAS 002: Jeremy Drummond & David Poolman - Old Time Mountain Music & Other Songs LP
A vinyl record composed of environmental soundscapes, field recordings, sound collages, and re-interpretations of tradition music as produced and documented by Never Met a Stranger throughout central Appalachia. Composed, recorded, and mixed by Jeremy Drummond and David Poolman. Pressing of 500.
Side One:
Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone
Freight Train
Roll on Buddy
Dark Holler
Iduema
He is Coming to Us Dead
Down On a Lonesome Heavy-Hearted Hog
Side Two:
Flying Clouds
My Savior’s Precious Blood
Hangman’s Reel
Beulah Land
Betty
Galax
If The River Was Whiskey
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A vinyl record composed of environmental soundscapes, field recordings, sound collages, and re-interpretations of tradition music as produced and documented by Never Met a Stranger throughout central Appalachia. Composed, recorded, and mixed by Jeremy Drummond and David Poolman. Pressing of 500.
Side One:
Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone
Freight Train
Roll on Buddy
Dark Holler
Iduema
He is Coming to Us Dead
Down On a Lonesome Heavy-Hearted Hog
Side Two:
Flying Clouds
My Savior’s Precious Blood
Hangman’s Reel
Beulah Land
Betty
Galax
If The River Was Whiskey
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NMAS 001: The Uncommitted, Cassette
Debut seven-song EP by The Uncommitted. (Tim Freeborn, formerly of Sons of Ishmael).
1. Demon Sheep
2. Jesus Was a Man's Man
3. Autosite / Parasite
4. Dear Mr. Anemic
5. Gastropod High
6. Hearth
7. John Brown's Dream
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Debut seven-song EP by The Uncommitted. (Tim Freeborn, formerly of Sons of Ishmael).
1. Demon Sheep
2. Jesus Was a Man's Man
3. Autosite / Parasite
4. Dear Mr. Anemic
5. Gastropod High
6. Hearth
7. John Brown's Dream
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