Leadbelly - The Library Of Congress Recordings

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Performer: Leadbelly
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Album: The Library Of Congress Recordings
Released: 1965
Style: Country Blues, Folk

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Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse
A1 Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:11
A2 De Kalb Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:00
A3 Take A Whiff On Me
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:57
A4 The Medicine Man
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:37
A5 I'm Sorry Mama 2:04
Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels
A6.1 Monologue: Square Dances, Sooky Jumps
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
4:11
A6.2 Po' Howard
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
A7 Monologue: Dance Calls, Dance Steps
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
1:58
B1 Gwine Dig A Hole
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:37
B2 Tight Like That
Interviewer – Alan LomaxMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
1:35
B3 Green Corn
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:09
B4 Becky Dean
Voice [Speech] – Alan Lomax
3:57
Penitentiaries
B5 Monologue: Prison Singing
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
4:38
B6 Midnight Special
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:53
B7.1 I Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yellow Women's Do Bells
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:29
B7.2 Rock Island Line
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – Alan LomaxWords By [New Words], Arranged By [New Music] – Huddie Ledbetter
B8 Governor Pat Neff
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:53
C1 Irene (Part I, Part II)
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax
6:55
C2 Governor OK Allen
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:10
Spirituals
C3 Git On Board
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*Words By [New Words ], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
3:45
C4.1 Hallelujah
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*Words By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
15:06
C4.2 Monologue: Joining The Church
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
C4.3 Backslider, Fare You Well
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
C4.4 Amazing Grace
C4.5 Must I Be Carried To The Sky On Flowered Beds Of Ease?
C4.6 Amazing Grace
C4.7 Flowered Beds Of Ease
C4.8 Down In The Valley To Pray
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*Words By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
D1 Let It Shine On Me 2:18
D2 Run Sinners 1:41
D3 Ride On 1:35
Blues
D4 Monologue: The Blues
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
2:08
D5 Thirty Days In The Workhouse 3:53
D6 'Fo Day Worry Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:51
D7 Matchbox Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:40
D8 You Don't Know My Mind 4:11
D9 Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold 3:48
E1 Alberta
Words By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
4:50
E2 Take Me Back
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
1:17
E3 Henry Ford Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:27
Ballads
E4 Ella Speed
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
9:08
E5 Billy The Weaver
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*Words By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
1:30
E6 Frankie & Albert
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:20
E7 If It Wasn't For Dicky
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*Words By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
4:10
F1 Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver?
Edited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan LomaxMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
6:17
Topical, Protest
F2 The Bourgeois Blues
Edited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan LomaxMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:35
F3 Howard Hughes
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:10
F4 Scottsboro Boys
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:01
F5 The Hindenburg Disaster
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:19
F6 Turn Yo' Radio On
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:07
F7 The Roosevelt Song
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:19

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Elektra Records
  • Recorded At – Louisiana State Penitentiary At Angola
  • Recorded At – Cummings State Prison Farm
  • Recorded At – Bellwood Prison Camp, Atlanta
  • Published By – Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
  • Published By – Ludlow Music, Inc.
  • Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

  • Compiled By, Liner Notes [Annotated By] – Lawrence Cohn
  • Recorded By – Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax

Notes

Big E Elektra with light tan/brownish labels. Labels have different Cat. numbers than box.
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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): EKL-301/2-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): EKL-301/2-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): EKL-301/2-C
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): EKL-301/2-D
  • Matrix / Runout (Side E label): EKL-301/2-E
  • Matrix / Runout (Side F label): EKL-301/2-F
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, hand-etched): o EKL 301--02 A -1A T C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, hand-etched): o EKL 301--02 B -1A / T C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, hand-etched): o EKL 301--02C-1A / T C2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, hand-etched): o EKL 301--02D-1A / T C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side E runout, hand-etched): o EKL 301--02E -1B /T B2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side F runout, hand-etched): o EKL 301-02F -1A / T C1
  • Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
EKL-301/2 Leadbelly The Library Of Congress Recordings ‎(3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) Elektra EKL-301/2 US 1965
EKL-301/2 Leadbelly The Library Of Congress Recordings ‎(3xLP, Comp, Mono, RE + Box) Elektra EKL-301/2 US 1976
EKL-301/2 Leadbelly The Library Of Congress Recordings ‎(3xLP, Comp, RP + Box) Elektra EKL-301/2 US 1969
EKL-301/2 Leadbelly The Library Of Congress Recordings ‎(3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) Elektra EKL-301/2 US 1965
EKL-301/2 Leadbelly The Library Of Congress Recordings ‎(3xLP, Comp, RE + Box) Elektra EKL-301/2 US 1970
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