As featured in the recent Martin Scorcese directed Bob Dylan documentary - No Direction Home, John Jacob Niles was a major influence and key progenitor of the 1950's folk resurgence in America. Historian, musicologist, performance artist - Niles was one of the first American folk artists to take traditional material and completely make it his own, years before a young Bob Dylan started channeling Woody Guthrie. Today the late, great John Jacob Niles is admired by a new generation of folk enthusiasts and will no doubt inspire generations to come. "The Ballads of John Jacob Niles" appears for the first time on CD.CD 1

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01. Bowie, Bowerie 02. Brothers Revenge 03. Jimmy Randal 04. The Murdered Brother 05. Bonny Farday 06. Old Bangum 07. The Cherry Tree 08. Lady Margot and Love Henry 09. Who's Goin' To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? 10. Little Mattie Groves 11. Barb'ry Ellen 12. The Hangman

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01. The Shepherd's Daughter and The King 02. Fair John and The Seven Foresters 03. The Fency King and The English King 04. The Death of Queen Jane 05. Mary Hamilton 06. The Lady and The Gypsy 07. The Dreary Dream 08. The Good Old Man 09. The Unwilling Bride 10. The Old Woman and The Devil 11. The Weep-Willow Tree 12. John of Hazel Green