Another lavishly packaged 2-CD set from the Tompkins Square label, this one featuring love songs from a variety of sources, but heavy on Cajun (10 songs) and ethnic songs & dance music from eastern Europe (19 cuts, many Ukrainian). There is also a smattering of old-time southern pieces, including Dock Boggs FALSE HEARTED LOVER, the Carter Family's I NEVER WILL MARRY, Emry Arthur's SHE LIED TO ME and the Stoneman Family's lovely TOO LATE, TOO LATE. Though this may be of limited interest to most of our customers, those who enjoy the classic Cajun sounds of the 1920s will find this worthwhile for cuts like QUELQ'UN EST JALOUX by Guillory & LeFleur and others that feature Dennis McGee, the Breaux Freres, Soileau & Robin and Joe & Cleoma Falcon. A lovely booklet is included, though there are some problems with the transcribing of the words to songs. Lovely production!
- AIMER ET PERDRE (TO LOVE AND TO LOSE) Cleoma & Joe Falcon
- POLKA MAZURKA Ukrainska Selska Orchestra
- LADIES QUADRILLE Happy Hayseeds
- JE VEUX MARIER (I WANT TO MARRY) Leo Solieau & Moise Robin
- I NEVER WILL MARRY Carter Family
- ASSI DANS LES FENETRE DE MA CHAMBRE (SITTING BY THE WINDOW OF MY ROOM) Blind Uncle Gaspard
- OBEREK Z MIGRODA (OBEREK FROM MIGRODA) Jozef Brangel I Wiejska Orchestra
- DE TUY BEW YAMIEZKU? (WHERE WERE YOU JOHNNY?) Samuil Philip & Lemko Orchestra
- UKRAINSKE WESILLA W AMERYCI, PART 1 (UKRAINIAN WEDDING IN AMERICA) Ukrainska Orchestra Pawla Humeniuka
- UKRAINSKE WESILLA W AMERYCI, PART 2 (UKRAINIAN WEDDING IN AMERICA) Ukrainska Orchestra Pawla Humeniuka
- A FREILACHS VON DER CHUPPE (A HAPPY DANCE FROM THE WEDDING CEREMONY) Kandel's Orchestra
- UWIEDZIONA DZIEWCZYNA (THE CHEATED GIRL) Franciszek Dukli Wiejska Banda
- FALSE HEARTED LOVER'S BLUES Dock Boggs
- MADAM YOUNG, DONNEZ OI VOTRE PLUS JOLIE BLOND (Madam Young, Give Me Your Sweetest Blonde) Dennis McGee & Sady Courville
- KOLOMYIKA BUCZACKA (KOLOMYIKA FROM BUCZACK) Michael Thomasa
- OBERTANA Z MOLODOM (HOEDOWN WITH THE BRIDE) Bratia Orkiestra
- I WENT TO SEE MY SWEETHEART Lewis McDaniel & Gid Smith
- TWO STEP DE MAMAN (MAMA'S TWO STEP) Amede Ardoin & Dennis McGee
Disc Two:
- LE VALSE LA PRISON (THE PRISON WALTZ) Douglas Bellard & Kirby Riley
- HUTZUIKA W SEMERCZYNI (HUTZULKA FROM SEMERCZYNI) Ukrainska Orchestra Michala Thomasas
- MARUSIA (LITTLE MARY) Ukrainska Selska Orchestra
- VOU M'AVEZ DONNE VOTRE PAROLE (YOU GAVE ME YOUR WORD) Dennis McGee & Sady Courville
- SHE LIED TO ME Emry Arthur
- L'ABANDONNER (THE FORSAKE) Montet & Dupuis
- TANAEC HUSAR (HUSSAR DANCE) Michael Thomasa
- WESILNY KOZAK (WEDDING BREAKDOWN) Ukrainska Selska Orchestra
- CYGANSKE VESILLA PART 3 (A GYPSY WEDDING) Stefana Shkimby I. Cyganska Orchestra
- CYGANSKE VESILLA PART 4 (A GYPSY WEDDING) Stefana Shkimby I. Cyganska Orchestra
- CHERNOVITZER BULGAR (DANCE FROM CHEMOVITZ) Broder Kapelle
- PO COS DZIEWCE POWLEDZIALA (GIRL, WHY DID YOU TELL?) Muzyka Karola Stocha Goralska Orchestra
- TOO LATE Stoneman Family
- QUEIQU'UN EST JALOUS (SOMEONE IS JEALOUS) Guillory & LaFleur
- PRYDANY Pawlo Humeniuk, Ewgene Zukowsky, Rosa Krasonowka
- HOLUBKA POLKA Ukrainska Selska Orchestra
- NEVER LET THE SAME BEE THAT STUNG YOU, STING YOU TWICE Richard "Rabbit' Brown
- ONE STEP A MARIE (MARY'S ONE-STEP) Breaux Freres