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Leadbelly
The Library Of Congress Recordings
Compil. US 1965 on Elektra label
Blues, Folk, World and (Country Blues, Folk)
Issued with a full-size, 23-page booklet with liner notes, photographs, and complete lyrics. The initial session took place at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola...and the final one was made in Washington D.C. in 1942. along the was there were numerous sessions ... in a varied number of locations: Wilton, Conn., New York City, Pineville, Ky., Cummings State Prison Farm, Arkansas and Bellwood County Prison Camp, Atlanta, Ga. A1 to A4, A6.2, B1 to B3, B6 to B8, C2 to C4.1, C4.3, C4.8, D6, D7, E1 to F7: Publisher: Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.-BMI C1: Publisher: Ludlow Music, Inc.-BMI
Musicians
 | Leadbelly voc, g, 1888-1949 US vocals, guitar, album by |
 | Lawrence Cohn , *1942 US compiled by, liner notes, annotated by |
 | Huddie Ledbetter stg, acc, g, p, voc, 1888-1949 US music by, lyrics by, arranged by, new music, words by, new words, adapted by, new music adaptation, words by, new words |
 | Alan Lomax voc, g, 1915-2002 US interviewer, voice, speech |
 | John A. Lomax , 1867-1948 US music by, lyrics by |
Producers
| Alan Lomax recorded by, edited by, edited with additional material by, edited by, edited with new additional material by |
| John A. Lomax recorded by |
| John And Alan Lomax edited by, edited with additional material by |
Composers
| Huddie Ledbetter |
| John A. Lomax |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse | Leadbelly | ||
| 2 | Mr. Tom Hughes' Town | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 5:11 |
| 3 | De Kalb Blues | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 5:00 |
| 4 | Take A Whiff On Me | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 2:57 |
| 5 | The Medicine Man | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:37 |
| 6 | I'm Sorry Mama | Leadbelly | 2:04 | |
| 7 | Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels | Leadbelly | ||
| 8 | Monologue: Square Dances, Sooky Jumps | Leadbelly | 4:11 | |
| 9 | Po' Howard | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | |
| 10 | Monologue: Dance Calls, Dance Steps | Leadbelly | 1:58 | |
| 11 | Gwine Dig A Hole | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:37 |
| 12 | Tight Like That | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 1:35 |
| 13 | Green Corn | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 2:09 |
| 14 | Becky Dean | Leadbelly | 3:57 | |
| 15 | Penitentiaries | Leadbelly | ||
| 16 | Monologue: Prison Singing | Leadbelly | 4:38 | |
| 17 | Midnight Special | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 2:53 |
| 18 | I Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yellow Women's Do Bells | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:29 |
| 19 | Rock Island Line | Leadbelly | ||
| 20 | Governor Pat Neff | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 4:53 |
| 21 | Irene (Part I, Part II) | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax | 6:55 |
| 22 | Governor OK Allen | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 4:10 |
| 23 | Spirituals | Leadbelly | ||
| 24 | Git On Board | Leadbelly | 3:45 | |
| 25 | Hallelujah | Leadbelly | 15:06 | |
| 26 | Monologue: Joining The Church | Leadbelly | ||
| 27 | Backslider, Fare You Well | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | |
| 28 | Amazing Grace | Leadbelly | ||
| 29 | Must I Be Carried To The Sky On Flowered Beds Of Ease? | Leadbelly | ||
| 30 | Amazing Grace | Leadbelly | ||
| 31 | Flowered Beds Of Ease | Leadbelly | ||
| 32 | Down In The Valley To Pray | Leadbelly | ||
| 33 | Let It Shine On Me | Leadbelly | 2:18 | |
| 34 | Run Sinners | Leadbelly | 1:41 | |
| 35 | Ride On | Leadbelly | 1:35 | |
| 36 | Blues | Leadbelly | ||
| 37 | Monologue: The Blues | Leadbelly | 2:08 | |
| 38 | Thirty Days In The Workhouse | Leadbelly | 3:53 | |
| 39 | 'Fo Day Worry Blues | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:51 |
| 40 | Matchbox Blues | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 4:40 |
| 41 | You Don't Know My Mind | Leadbelly | 4:11 | |
| 42 | Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold | Leadbelly | 3:48 | |
| 43 | Alberta | Leadbelly | 4:50 | |
| 44 | Take Me Back | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 1:17 |
| 45 | Henry Ford Blues | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:27 |
| 46 | Ballads | Leadbelly | ||
| 47 | Ella Speed | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 9:08 |
| 48 | Billy The Weaver | Leadbelly | 1:30 | |
| 49 | Frankie & Albert | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 4:20 |
| 50 | If It Wasn't For Dicky | Leadbelly | 4:10 | |
| 51 | Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver? | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 6:17 |
| 52 | Topical, Protest | Leadbelly | ||
| 53 | The Bourgeois Blues | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 5:35 |
| 54 | Howard Hughes | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 2:10 |
| 55 | Scottsboro Boys | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 5:01 |
| 56 | The Hindenburg Disaster | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:19 |
| 57 | Turn Yo' Radio On | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:07 |
| 58 | The Roosevelt Song | Leadbelly | Huddie Ledbetter | 2:19 |
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