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Leadbelly the Library of Congress recordings
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Title
Leadbelly [sound recording] : the Library of Congress recordings.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Elektra, [1966]
Physical Description
3 sound discs (164 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Folk-songs, blues and original songs, principally with guitar acc.
Biographical notes, notes on the recordings by Lawrence Cohn, and transcription of sung and spoken texts (23 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.) laid in container.
Automatic sequence.
Originally recorded by John A. and Alan Lomax in various locations, 1933-1942.
Variant and related titles
Mr. Tom Hughes' town.
Kalb blues.
Take a whiff on me.
Medicine man.
I'm sorry Mama.
Po' Howard.
Gwine dig a hole.
Tight like that.
Green corn.
Becky Dean.
Midnight Special.
I ain't gonna ring dem yellow women's do'bells.
Rock Island Line.
Governor Pat Neff.
Irene.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 10, 2012
Performers
Leadbelly, voice and guitar.
Contents
Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse: Mr. Tom Hughes' town (5:11) ; De Kalb blues (5:00) ; Take a whiff on me (2:57) ; Medicine man (3:37) ; I'm sorry Mama (2:04)
Square dances, Sooky jumps, Reels: Monologue: Square dances, sooky jumps ; Po' Howard (4:11) ; Monologue: Dance calls, dance steps (1:58) ; Gwine dig a hole (3:37) ; Tight like that (1:35) ; Green corn (2:09) ; Becky Dean (3:57)
Penitentiaries: (Monologue: Prison singing (4:38) ; Midnight Special (2:53) ; I ain't gonna ring dem yellow women's do'bells ; Rock Island Line (3:29) ; Governor Pat Neff (4:53) ; Irene (6:55) ; Governor OK Allen (4:10)
Contents (cont.): Spirituals: Git on board (3:45) ; Hallelujah ; Monologue: Joining the Church ; Backslider ; Fare you well ; Amazing grace ; Must I be carried to the sky on flowered beds of ease? ; Amazing grace ; Flowered beds of ease ; Down in the valley to pray (15:06) ; Let it shine on me (2:18) ; Run sinners (1:41) ; Ride on (1:35)
Blues Monologue: The blues (2:08) ; Thirty days in the workhouse (3:53) ; 'Fo day worry blues (3:5l) ; Matchbox blues (4:40) ; You don't know my mind (4:11) ; Got a gal in town with her mouth chock full of gold (3:48) ; Alberta (4:50) ; Take me back (1:17) ; Henry Ford blues (3:27)
Contents (cont.): Ballads: (Ella speed (9:08) ; Billy the weaver(1:30) ; Frankie & Albert (4:20) ; If it wasn't for Dicky (4:10) ; Mama, did you bring me any silver? (6:17)
Topical, Protest: Bourgeois blues (5:35) ; Howard Hughes (2:10) ; Scottsboro boys (5:01) ; Hindenburg disaster (3:19) ; Turn yo' radio on (3:07) ; Roosevelt song (2:19).
Issue number
EKL-301/2 Elektra
Subjects
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Library of Congress. Music Division.
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