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Important Recordings 1934 - 1949

Important Recordings 1934 - 1949

Compilation by Lead Belly

Released 20 March 2006
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: Leadbelly & the Library of Congress: 1934 - 1938
  • 1
    Western Cowboy
    3:40
  • 2
    Blind Lemon Blues
    4:18
  • 3
    Midnight Special
    2:58
  • 4
    Irene
    4:52
  • 5
    C.C. Rider
    4:14
  • 6
    Governor O.K. Allen
    2:44
  • 7
    Julie Ann Johnson
    2:10
  • 8
    I'm Sorry Mama
    3:04
  • 9
    Take a Whiff on Me
    2:08
  • 10
    Boll Weevil
    3:38
  • 11
    The Titanic
    4:46
  • 12
    Green Corn
    2:16
  • 13
    Po' Howard
    3:10
  • 14
    De Kalb Blues
    5:10
  • 15
    Frankie and Albert
    4:28
  • 16
    Queen Mary
    4:55
  • 17
    The Hindenburg Disaster, Part 1
    1:16
  • 18
    The Hindenburg Disaster, Part 2
    2:13
  • 19
    Leaving on the Morning Train Blues
    9:49
  • 20
    The Bourgeois Blues
    5:46
  • CD 2: Leadbelly in the Studio: 1935
  • 1
    Roberta, Part 1
    3:01
  • 2
    Roberta, Part 2
    3:04
  • 3
    Packin' Trunk Blues
    2:56
  • 4
    C.C. Rider
    2:59
  • 5
    Becky Deem, She Was a Gamblin' Girl
    3:05
  • 6
    Honey, I'm All Out and Down
    3:13
  • 7
    Four Day Worry Blues
    3:07
  • 8
    You Can't Lose Me, Charlie
    2:59
  • 9
    New Black Snake Moan
    3:12
  • 10
    Alberta
    3:07
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    Baby Don't You Love Me No More
    2:53
  • 12
    Ox Drivin' Blues
    2:55
  • 13
    Death Letter Blues, Part 1
    3:01
  • 14
    Death Letter Blues, Part 2
    3:01
  • 15
    Kansas City Papa
    2:50
  • 16
    Red River Blues
    3:02
  • 17
    Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
    3:02
  • 18
    You Don't Know My Mind
    3:04
  • 19
    Daddy I'm Coming Back to You
    2:50
  • 20
    My Friend Blind Lemon
    3:06
  • 21
    Mr Tom Hughes Town
    3:05
  • 22
    Shorty George
    3:07
  • 23
    Matchbox Blues
    3:03
  • 24
    Yellow Jacket
    2:53
  • 25
    T.B. Woman Blues
    3:08
  • CD 3: Leadbelly in the Studio: 1935 - 1943
  • 1
    Pig Meat Papa
    3:17
  • 2
    Bull Cow
    2:45
  • 3
    My Baby Quit Me
    2:54
  • 4
    Frankie and Albert, Part 1
    2:51
  • 5
    Frankie and Albert, Part 2
    3:07
  • 6
    Poor Howard / Green Corn
    3:11
  • 7
    The Gallis Pole
    3:01
  • 8
    Pick a Bale of Cotton
    3:02
  • 9
    Whoa Back, Buck
    3:07
  • 10
    Midnight Special
    3:05
  • 11
    Rock Island Line
    2:37
    4.0 ★
  • 12
    Good Morning Blues
    2:53
  • 13
    T.B. Blues
    3:09
  • 14
    Red Cross Store Blues
    3:08
  • 15
    Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
    3:17
  • 16
    I'm on My Last Go-Round
    3:11
  • 17
    New York City
    3:02
  • 18
    Grey Goose
    3:04
  • 19
    Stew Ball
    3:00
  • 20
    Take This Hammer
    3:01
  • 21
    Can't You Line 'em
    2:56
  • 22
    Ham an' Eggs
    2:57
  • 23
    On a Monday
    1:47
  • 24
    John Henry
    2:16
  • 25
    How Long
    2:13
  • 26
    Ain't You Glad
    2:03
  • CD 4: Leadbelly, The Last Years: 1943 - 1949
  • 1
    John Hardy
    4:18
  • 2
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night
    3:01
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Pretty Flowers in Your Backyard
    2:45
  • 4
    In New Orleans
    3:15
  • 5
    Outskirts of Town
    2:40
  • 6
    Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
    2:32
  • 7
    In the Evenin' (When the Sun Goes Down)
    2:33
  • 8
    Jim Crow Blues
    2:25
  • 9
    Mr Hitler
    3:06
  • 10
    Corn Bread Rough
    2:08
  • 11
    Ella Speed
    2:45
  • 12
    Rock Island Line
    2:55
  • 13
    Tell Me Baby
    2:57
  • 14
    Take This Hammer
    2:54
  • 15
    Irene (Goodnight Irene)
    2:54
  • 16
    On a Christmas Day
    2:52
  • 17
    Backwater Blues
    2:58
  • 18
    Eagle Rock Rag
    2:51
  • 19
    Sweet Mary Blues
    2:57
  • 20
    Grasshoppers in My Pillow
    2:48
  • 21
    Diggin' My Potatoes
    2:35
  • 22
    Defense Blues
    3:19
  • 23
    Easy Rider
    2:50
  • 24
    Pigmeat
    2:19
  • 25
    Howard Hughes
    3:02
  • 26
    Shine on Me
    4:12

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Release credits

  • recording [1-4, 6-9]
  • acoustic guitar [21-24], guest [21, 21-24]
  • double bass [21-24], guest [21-24]
  • recording [1-4, 6-9]
  • acoustic guitar [6], guest [6]
  • acoustic guitar, vocal, acoustic guitar [4.2-9, 4.11-13, 4.15-17, 4.19-26, 1.1-20], concertina [1, 10], double bass [14], guitar [2.1-10, 2.10-25, 3.1-3, 3.11, 3.11-12, 3.12, 3.14-17, 3.21, 3.25, 4.19-20, 4.25], lead vocals [2.1-10, 2.10-25, 3.1-3, 1.1-20], piano [18], vocal [3.11, 3.11-12, 3.12, 3.14-17, 3.21, 3.25, 4.19-20, 4.25]
  • guest [11-20], zither [11-20]
  • guest [3.23-26, 4.5, 4.7, 4.21-24], harmonica [3.23-25, 3.25-26, 4.5, 4.7, 4.21-24], performer [25]
  • guest [8-11, 18-22], vocal [11, 17, 21]
  • guest [21-24], piano [21-24]
  • background vocals [11-12], clarinet [11-12], percussion [11-12], piano [11-12], tenor saxophone [11-12], trumpet [11-12]

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