Leadbelly - Lead Belly's Last Sessions

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Leadbelly
Lead Belly's Last Sessions

Compil. US 1994 on Smithsonian Folkways label
Blues, Folk, World and (Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk, Texas Blues)

Previously issued as Folkways 241/2941 and 242/2942. Contains 2 previously unissued selections (tracks 1-29 and 4-1), recorded Fall, 1948, New York, N.Y. Tracks 1-1 to 1-35 recorded September 27, 1948. Tracks 2-1 to 4-3 recorded October 15, 1948. Tracks 4-4 to 4-23 recorded November 5, 1948. All songs published by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc./BMI except tracks 3-15 and 4-7 published by Ludlow Music Inc., BMI and track 4-2 published by Woolsey/Sauer/CBS Catalogue Partnership, ASCAP Mastered at A & M Mastering, Hollywood, CA. Slipcase, booklet, and CD back cover: 1937, courtesy of Lead Belly Society. ℗©1994 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings. Manufactured in USA.

Musicians

	Leadbelly voc, g, 1888-1949 US album by
	Jeff Place , US liner notes, music librarian, archival assisance
	Steve Weiss , music librarian, archival assisance

Producers

Visual Dialogue design

Mary Monseur edited by, editorial assistance

Anthony Seeger liner notes, supervised by

Matt Walters liner notes, supervised by

Moses Asch liner notes

Sean Killeen liner notes

Alan Yoshida mastered by

Frederic Ramsey Jr. recorded by, liner notes

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Duration
1	Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom	Leadbelly	1:40
2	Yes, I'm Going Down To Louisiana	Leadbelly	0:43
3	I Ain't Going Down To The Well No More	Leadbelly	1:23
4	Dick Ligger's Holler	Leadbelly	0:43
5	Miss Liza Jane	Leadbelly	2:09
6	Dog Latin Song	Leadbelly	0:52
7	Leaving Blues	Leadbelly	0:29
8	Go Down, Old Hannah	Leadbelly	5:00
9	Blue Tail Fly	Leadbelly	2:20
10	Nobody In This World Is Better Than Us	Leadbelly	1:24
11	We're In The Same Boat, Brother	Leadbelly	2:18
12	Looky, Looky Yonder	Leadbelly	1:33
13	Jolly O' The Ransom	Leadbelly	0:56
14	Old Ship Of Zion	Leadbelly	1:52
15	Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy	Leadbelly	1:27
16	Mistreatin' Mama	Leadbelly	1:25
17	Black Betty	Leadbelly	1:53
18	Ain't Going Down To The Well No More	Leadbelly	2:43
19	I'm Going Back Down In Louisiana	Leadbelly	0:29
20	I Don't Know You, What Have I Done	Leadbelly	3:11
21	Rock Island Line	Leadbelly	1:03
22	Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch A Rabbit?	Leadbelly	1:30
23	Shorty George	Leadbelly	0:46
24	Stewball	Leadbelly	2:34
25	Bottle Up & Go	Leadbelly	1:25
26	You Know I Got To Do It	Leadbelly	0:52
27	Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On A Sunday	Leadbelly	1:22
28	I Ain't Gonna Drink Anymore	Leadbelly	2:35
29	Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues	Leadbelly	2:15
30	My Lindy Lou	Leadbelly	1:08
31	I'm Thinking Of A Friend	Leadbelly	3:18
32	He Never Said A Mumbling Word	Leadbelly	2:28
33	I Don't Want No More Of Army Life	Leadbelly	4:00
34	In The World	Leadbelly	2:01
35	I Want To Go Home	Leadbelly	1:26
36	New Iberia	Leadbelly	3:08
37	Dancing With Tears In My Eyes	Leadbelly	3:12
38	John Henry	Leadbelly	4:56
39	Salty Dog	Leadbelly	3:29
40	National Defense Blues	Leadbelly	3:30
41	Easy, Mr. Tom	Leadbelly	2:08
42	Relax Your Mind	Leadbelly	4:07
43	Bottle Up And Go	Leadbelly	3:37
44	Polly Wolly Wee	Leadbelly	1:42
45	Pig Latin Song (2nd Version)	Leadbelly	2:11
46	Hawaiian Song	Leadbelly	2:16
47	Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla	Leadbelly	1:50
48	The Grey Goose	Leadbelly	2:17
49	Silver City Bound	Leadbelly	6:01
50	The Titanic	Leadbelly	5:12
51	Death Letter Blues	Leadbelly	3:26
52	Mary Don't You Weep	Leadbelly	3:24
53	He Never Said A Mumbling Word	Leadbelly	2:49
54	Midnight Special	Leadbelly	2:11
55	Boll Weevil Song	Leadbelly	3:07
56	Careless Love	Leadbelly	6:27
57	Easy Rider	Leadbelly	3:00
58	Cry For Me	Leadbelly	3:30
59	Ain't Going To Drink No More (De Kalb Blues)	Leadbelly	3:51
60	Birmingham Jail	Leadbelly	2:57
61	Old Riley	Leadbelly	1:47
62	Julie Ann Johnson	Leadbelly	1:12
63	It's Tight Like That	Leadbelly	3:09
64	4, 5 & 9	Leadbelly	4:53
65	Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?	Leadbelly	0:40
66	Jail House Blues	Leadbelly	4:31
67	Well, You Know I Had To Do It	Leadbelly	2:53
68	Irene	Leadbelly	1:19
69	25 Cent Dude	Leadbelly	2:20
70	How Come You Do Me Like You Do?	Leadbelly	3:23
71	Hello Central	Leadbelly	5:27
72	Hesitation Blues	Leadbelly	2:17
73	I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon	Leadbelly	3:35
74	Somebody's Diggin' My Potatoes	Leadbelly	3:57
75	Springtime In The Rockies	Leadbelly	3:02
76	Chinatown	Leadbelly	1:09
77	Rock Island Line	Leadbelly	1:55
78	Backwater Blues	Leadbelly	3:25
79	Sweet Mary	Leadbelly	3:10
80	Irene	Leadbelly	2:40
81	Easy, Mr. Tom	Leadbelly	2:12
82	In The Evening, When The Sun Goes Down	Leadbelly	2:51
83	I'm Alone Because I Love You	Leadbelly	2:52
84	House Of The Rising Sun	Leadbelly	2:21
85	Mary Don't You Weep	Leadbelly	1:55
86	Talk About Fannin Street	Leadbelly	3:41
87	Fannin Street	Leadbelly	3:37
88	Sugared The Beer	Leadbelly	1:37
89	Didn't Old John Cross The Water	Leadbelly	1:58
90	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	Leadbelly	3:16
91	Bully Of The Town	Leadbelly	2:04
92	Sweet Jenny Lee	Leadbelly	1:52
93	Yellow Gal	Leadbelly	2:04
94	He Was The Man	Leadbelly	3:48
95	We're In The Same Boat, Brother	Leadbelly	4:14
96	Leaving Blues	Leadbelly	2:37

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