Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs
1989 compilation album by Leadbelly
Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs | |
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Compilation album by Leadbelly | |
Released | 1989 |
Recorded | 1940s |
Genre | Folk |
Length | 32:01 |
Label | Folkways Records[1] |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs is a remastered compilation album of American folk songs sung by legend Leadbelly accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry, originally recorded by Moses Asch in the 1940s and re-released in 1989 by Folkways Records.[2]
Critical reception
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings called it a "good LP," but one that has been superseded by superior reissues.[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Huddie Ledbetter
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "There's a Man Going Around Taking Names" | 1:24 |
2. | "Stewball" | 2:27 |
3. | "Keep Your Hands Off Her" | 2:51 |
4. | "Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching)/We Shall Walk Thru the Valley" | 2:11 |
5. | "Linin' Track" | 1:11 |
6. | "Outskirts of Town" | 2:39 |
7. | "We Shall Be Free" | 2:33 |
8. | "Ain't You Glad (Blood Done Signed My Name)" | 2:19 |
9. | "On a Monday" | 1:47 |
10. | "Jean Harlow" | 1:39 |
11. | "Corn Bread Rough" | 2:06 |
12. | "National Defense Blues" | 3:00 |
13. | "Little Children's Blues" | 2:27 |
14. | "Fiddler's Dram" | 2:28 |
15. | "Meeting At the Building" | 0:59 |
Total length: | 32:01 |
All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes.[6]
References
- ^ Heim, Chris. "LEADBELLY, WOODY GUTHRIE LEAD FOLKWAYS TITLE REISSUES". chicagotribune.com.
- ^ a b "Sings Folk Songs - Lead Belly | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 381.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 413.
- ^ Leadbelly. Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs. Folkways Records. 1989.
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- Folkways: The Original Vision (Woody and LeadBelly)
- The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
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- "Take This Hammer"
- "Rock Island Line"
- "The Bourgeois Blues"
- "Black Betty"
- "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"
- "Pick a Bale of Cotton"
- "Cotton Fields"
- "Boll Weevil"
- "Alabama Bound"
- "Duncan and Brady"
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- "Mr. Hitler"
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- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
- "House of the Rising Sun"
- "Backwater Blues"
- "Vigilante Man"
- "Skip to My Lou"
- "The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)"
- Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Pat Morris Neff
- Leadbelly (1976 film)
- MTV Unplugged in New York