Jean Ritchie
 Jean Ritchie |
| Album’s Overview |
| “A-list” |
#1  1952 [16, 29:40] Jean Ritchie - Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family (Elektra EKLP-2) studio • new music  “Good” Folk |
#2  1953 [10, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Songs From Kentucky [1953i] (Argo ARL-1012) studio • new music |
#3  1954 [12, ??:??] Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand - Courting Songs (Elektra EKLP-22) studio collaboration • new music |
#4  1954 [14, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Kentucky Mountains Songs (Elektra EKLP-25) studio • new music  “Decent enough” Folk |
#5  1955 [17, 41:10] Jean Ritchie - Shivaree! (Esoteric ES-538) studio • new music |
#6  1956 [15, 34:51] Jean Ritchie and Paul Clayton / Richard Chase - American Folk Tales And Songs (Tradition TLP-1011) studio collaboration / studio split • new music |
#7  1956 [20, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Saturday Night And Sunday Too (Riverside Records RLP 12-620) studio • new music |
#8  1958 [8, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Singing Family Of The Cumberlands (Riverside Records RLP 12-653) studio • new music |
#9  1959 [17, 36:30] Jean Ritchie - Carols Of All Seasons (Tradition TLP-1031) studio • new music |
#10  1960 [16, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - A Day In The Parkː Music For A Child’s World (Classic Editions CE-1043) studio • new music |
#11  1960 [18, 24:17] Jean Ritchie - Children’s Songs And Games From The Southern Mountains (Folkways Records FC-7054) studio mini • new music / reworkings |
#12  1962 [16, 44:04] Jean Ritchie - Precious Memories (Folkways Records FA-2427) studio • new music / reworkings |
#13  1964 [24, 46:42] Jean Ritchie - The Appalachian Dulcimerː An Instruction Record (Folkways Records FI-8352) studio • new music / compilation |
#14  1965 [12, 31:36] Jean Ritchie - A Time For Singing (Warner Bros. Records W-1592) studio • new music / reworkings  “Good” Folk |
#15  1971 [14, 38:01] Jean Ritchie - Clear Waters Remembered (Sire Records Company SES-97014) studio • new music / reworkings |
#16  1981 [15, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Sweet Rivers (June Appal Recordings JA-037) studio • new music / reworkings |
 19-Oct-2018 The end. Died 2015, aged 92. Some discographies are erroneously listing "Field Trip-England" (Folkways FW8871, 1960) and "As I Roved Out (Field Trip-Ireland)" (Folkways FW8872, 1960) as Jean Ritchie albums but they are out and out various artist compilations, made up from the songs collected by Jean in the British Isles in 1952-53. I also ruled out the 1982 LP "Wassai! Wassai!" which was billed to The Christmas Revels, a project which was directed by John Langstaff. Subsequent re-issues gave Jean’s name on the front cover, but I can’t be convinced to include it as a Jean Ritchie album. |
| “B-list” |
 1953 [11, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Songs From Kentucky [1953ii] (Argo ARL-1013) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1954 [21, 49:24] Jean Ritchie - Field Trip (Collector Limited Editions CLE-1201) field recordings • new music / reworkings |
 1956 [17, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Songs From Kentucky (Westminster WP-6037) studio • compilation |
 1957 [17, 41:02] Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand / Tom Paley - Courtin’s A Pleasure And Other Folk Songs Of The Southern Appalachians (Elektra EKL-122) studio collaboration / studio split • compilation |
 1957 [19, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Jean Ritchie (Elektra EKL-125) studio • compilation |
 1958 [16, ??:??] Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand - Riddle Me This (Riverside Records RLP 12-646) studio collaboration • new music / reworkings |
 1960 [11, 48:14] Jean Ritchie - British Traditional Ballads In The Southern Mountains Volume 1 (Folkways Records FA-2301) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1960 [10, 46:59] Jean Ritchie - British Traditional Ballads In The Southern Mountains Volume 2 (Folkways Records FA-2302) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1960 [9, 41:45] Jean Ritchie - The Ritchie Family Of Kentucky (Folkways Records FA-2316) field recordings • reworkings / new music |
 1962 [18, 43:46] Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear - A Folk Concert In Town Hall, New York (Folkways Records FA-2428) live collaboration • new music / reworkings |
 1963 [15, 41:59] Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson - Jean Ritchie And Doc Watson At Folk City (Folkways Records FA-2426) live collaboration • new music / reworkings |
 1967 [10, 18:11] Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie - Oscar Brand And Jean Ritchie (Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music FS-207) studio collaboration mini • compilation |
 1967 [18, ??:??] Oscar Brand, Jean Ritchie and Bob Gibson - An Introduction To Folk Music And Folk Lore (Golden Records GW-223) studio collaboration / studio split • new music / reworkings |
 1968 [16, 34:43] Jean Ritchie - Marching Across The Green Grass And Other American Children Game Songs (Folkways Records FC-7702) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1974 [17, ??:??] Jean Ritchie - Jean Ritchie At Home (Pacific Cascades Records LPL-7026) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1977 [11, 38:08] Jean Ritchie - None But One (Sire SA-7530) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1979 [13, 38:45] Jean Ritchie - High Hills And Mountains (Greenhays Recordings GR-701) studio • new music |
 1984 [16, 45:04] Jean Ritchie - The Most Dulcimer (Greenhays Recordings GR-714) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1985 [54, ??:??] Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley and others - O Love Is Teasin’ (Elektra 9-60402-1-U) studio split triple • compilation |
 1987 [13, 38:37] Jean Ritchie, family and friends - Kentucky Christmas, Old And New (Greenhays Recordings GR-717) studio • new music / reworkings |
 1994 [17, 34:44] Jean Ritchie - Childhood Songs (Greenhays Recordings GR-723) studio • reworkings |
 1995 [15, 46:18] Jean Ritchie and sons - Mountain Born (Greenhays Recordings GR-70-725) studio • new music / reworkings |
 2003 [16, 72:00] Jean Ritchie - Ballads From Her Appalachian Family Tradition (Folkways Records SFW-40145) studio • compilation |
 2004 [37, 73:34] Jean Ritchie - Mountain Hearth And Home  (review pending upload) (Rhino Handmade RHM2-7867) studio • compilation |
| Random list, no intention to be complete. |
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