1961年〜1965年にかけて、大都会 N.Y. の市民に米国南部の伝統音楽を啓蒙する目的で開催されていたフォークリヴァイヴァル時代の伝説ライヴ・イベント FOLK ARRIVAL。

その昔、同名タイトルでLP盤が FOLKWAYS からリリースされていましたが、その音源とは全く異なる、53曲の未発表ライヴ音源を収録した全55曲のCD3枚組/60頁ブックレット付の驚愕のボックス・セットが老舗 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS からリリースされました。

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[DISC 1]
01. DOC & ARNOLD WATSON / I'M TROUBLED
02. DOCK BOGGS / THE COUNTRY BLUES
03. FRED MCDOWELL / GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER
04. ROSCOE HOLCOMB / EAST VIRGINIA BLUES
05. MAYBELLE CARTER / THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN
06. THE STANLEY BROTHERS / THE DREAM OF THE MINER'S CHILD
07. HOBART SMITH / SOLDIER'S JOY
08. MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT / COFFEE BLUES
09. BILL MNROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS / LIVE AND LET LIVE
10. THE WATSON FAMILY / LONELY TOMBS
11. JESSE FULLER / ROCKIN' BOOGIE
12. GAITHER CARLTON & DOC WATSON / BROWN'S DREAM
13. DOCK BOGGS / DOWN SOUTH BLUES
14. SAM MCGEE / KNOXVILLE BLUES
15. THE STANLEY BROTHERS / HAVE A FEAST HERE TONIGHT
16. JOHN DAVIS & THE GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS / RILEY
17. JESSE FULLER / BUCK AND WING

[DISC 2]
01. ARTHUR SMITH / HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS
02. THE GREENBRIAR BOYS / AMELIA EARHART'S LAST FLIGHT
03. BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS / THE BRAKEMAN'S BLUES
04. MAYBELLE CARTER / FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP
05. DOC WATSON / HICKS' FAREWELL
06. THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS / JORDAN IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL
07. FRED MCDOWELL / WRITE ME A FEW OF YOUR LINES
08. JOSEPH SPENCE / BIMINI GAL
09. BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS / SHADY GROVE
10. BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS / GREY EAGLE
11. BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS / WALKIN' THE DOG
12. JESSE FULLER / SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES
13. DOC & ARNOLD WATSON / SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE
14. ROSCOE HOLCOMB / JOHN HENRY
15. STANLEY THOMPSON / KNEELIN' DOWN INSIDE THE GATE
16. MCKINLEY PEEBLES / TELL ME WHY YOU LIKE ROOSEVELT
17. MAYBELLE CARTER / BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW
18. THE STANLEY BROTHERS / MANSIONS FOR ME
19. BESSIE JONES & THE GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS / BEFORE THIS TIME ANOTHER YEAR

[DISC 3]
01. MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT / MY CREOLE BELLE
02. JESSE FULLER / GUITAR LESSON
03. JESSE FULLER / CINCINNATI BLUES
04. DOCK BOGGS / POOR BOY IN JAIL
05. MAYBELLE CARTER / HE'S SOLID GONE
06. THE CLARENCE ASHELY GROUP / MAGGIE WALKER BLUES
07. ED YOUNG & EMMA RAMSAY / CHEVROLET
08. ROSCOE HOLCOMB / RISING SUN BLUES
09. BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS / LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN IN GLORY
10. MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT / FRANKIE AND ALBERT
11. THE STANLEY BROTHERS / HARD TIMES
12. HORTON BARKER / THE MILLER'S WILL
13. CLARENCE ASHLEY / THE COO COO BIRD
14. GAITHER CARLTON & DOC WATSON / DOUBLE FILE
15. ANNIE BIRD / THE WANDERING BOY
16. JESSE FULLER / STRANGER BLUES
17. BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASSY BOYS / I SAW THE LIGHT
18. MAYBELLE CARTER / SUGAR HILL
19. THE CLARENCE ASHLEY GROUP / AMAZING GRACE