Leadbelly – Important Recordings 1934 - 1949

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Label:	JSP Records – JSP7764
Format:	4 x CD, Compilation, Remastered Box Set
Country:	UK
Released:	Mar 20, 2006
Genre:	Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk

Tracklist

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

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Credits

Concertina – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 4-1, 4-10)
Double Bass [Bass] – George 'Pops' Foster* (tracks: 4-21 to 4-24)
Guitar – Brownie McGhee (tracks: 4-21 to 4-24), Josh White (tracks: 4-6)
Harmonica – Sonny Terry (tracks: 3-23 to 3-26, 4-5, 4-7, 4-21 to 4-24)
Piano – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 4-18), Willie 'The Lion' Smith* (tracks: 4-21 to 4-24)
Recorded By – Alan Lomax (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9), John Lomax* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9)
Vocals – Brownie McGhee (tracks: 21), The Golden Gate Quartet (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11, 3-18 to 3-22)
Vocals, Guitar – Huddie Ledbetter
Zither – Paul Mason Howard (tracks: 4-11 to 4-20)

Notes

Disc 1:
1 to 4: Recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA. probably July 1, 1934.
5: Recorded at Wilton, CT. February 1935.
6 to 9: Recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA. probably July 1, 1934.
10 to 13: Recorded at Wilton, CT. February 1935.
14, 15: Recorded at Wilton, CT. March 1935.
16 to 18: Recorded at Washington, DC. June 22, 1937.
19, 20: Recorded at New York City, December 26, 1938.

Disc 2:
1 to 10: New York City, January 23, 1935.
11 to 18: New York City, January 24, 1935.
19 to 23: New York City, February 5, 1935.
24, 25: New York City, March 25, 1935.

Disc 3:
1 to 3: New York City, March 25, 1935.
4 to 7: New York City, April 1, 1939.
8 to 16: New York City, June 15, 1940.
17 to 22: New York City, June 17, 1940.
23 to 26: New York City, Jul/Aug, 1943.

Disc 4:
1: New York City, November 1943.
2 to 4: New York City, February 17, 1944.
5: New York City, April 25, 1944.
6: New York City, c. April 1944.
7: New York City, c. May 1944.
8 to 10: New York City, c. May 1944.
11 to 14: Hollywood, October 4, 1944.
15 to 17: Hollywood, October 11, 1944.
18 to 20: Hollywood, October 27, 1944.
21 to 24: New York City, c. June 1946.
25: New York City, 1947.
26: Austin, Texas, June 15, 1949.

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Important Recordings 1934 - 1949 (4×CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Box Set, Reissue)	JSP Records	JSP7764	UK & Europe	2010