Important Recordings 1934 - 1949

Release by Lead Belly

Track list

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)
=> 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)
=> 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)
=> 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)

Labels

=> JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)

JSP7764

Release events

2006-03-20 United Kingdom

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