093070203419

Easy Rider

Lead Belly

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Format: LP

Cat No: FWLP02034

Release Date:  18 January 2019

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways Special

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093070203419

Genres:  Blues  Folk  

  • Description

    This collection of songs by Lead Belly was assembled
    by Folkways founder Moses Asch from recordings
    made in the early to mid-1940s, and it focuses
    primarily on Lead Belly’s observations on the hate
    and racism that permeated America and the world
    during this turbulent period of history. Songs like “Jim
    Crow” and “Bourgeois Blues” reflect his anger at the
    discrimination he and others experienced as African
    Americans, while “Hitler” was his condemnation of
    Hitler and anti-Semitism. This vinyl reissue is part of a Folkways Records’ series,
    revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums
    released on the record label, continuing with Lead Belly
    (FW-LP-02034), Dave Van Ronk (FWLP03818), and
    Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry (FWLP02327).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. There's A Man Going Around Taking Names
      • 2. Easy Rider
      • 3. Red Bird
      • 4. Line Em'
      • 5. T.B. Blues

      Side 2

      • 1. Jim Crow
      • 2. Bourgeois Blues
      • 3. Army Life
      • 4. Hitler Song