Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook SACD

Has anyone here heard this SACD yet? I was unaware that it had been released but Rounder put it out on August 26th. Curious as to how recordings like this would come across in a hi-res format.





Here's the tracklisting:

1. Joe Lee's Rock - Alan Lomax Collection
2. Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie
3. Jesus on the Mainline - Alan Lomax Collection
4. Midnight Special - Lead Belly
5. Stagolee - Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson
6. Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall
7. Motherless Children - Felix Dukes and Mississippi Fred McDowell
8. Sometimes - Bessie Jones
9. Black Betty - James "Iron Head" Baker and group
10. Take a Whiff on Me - Lead Belly
11. Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby - Sidney Lee Carter
12. Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad - Woody Guthrie
13. Rock Island Line - Kelly Pace and group
14. Join the Band - John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island singers
15. Sloop John B. (Histe Up the John B.'s Sails) - Cleveland Simmons
16. Man Smart, Woman Smarter - Macbeth the Great
17. Ugly Woman (If You Wanna Be Happy) - Duke of Iron
18. Gallows Pole - Lead Belly
19. Rosie - Alan Lomax Collection
20. Alborada de Vigo - Alan Lomax Collection
21. The House of the Rising Sun (Rising Sun Blues) - Georgia Turner
22. Irene Goodnight (Goodnight Irene) -Lead Belly

Here's more info at Rounder:

Alan Lomax: Popular Songbook SACD

 

Mastering credits: 24 bit remastering by Bob Ludwig (CD, SACD) and Adam Ayan (SACD).

 

Looks cool!

 

I've recently read an excellent review of this disc, and put it on my want list as a result. Unfortunately, I don't remember the source of the compliments, but from what i can see it doesn't look like an American Music fan could go wrong... Hopefully there are additional volumes.

 

Aren't these recordings like ancient? How much better can SACD make them sound?

 

Good point, but nice to see them released......are he and his dad in that crappy R and R Hall of Fame? They should be!

 

What about this one? Anyone know?



http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6517

 

Info is scanty about this one. Amazon seems to have it (vary the spelling of "song book/ songbook" to bring it up). Oddly, Rounder's site says this one, like the other one, is DSD-mastered but doesn't mention SACD!