708535704126

Sings Folk Songs

Lead Belly

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDSBR7041

Release Date:  30 August 2024

Label:  Sunset Blvd Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  708535704126

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description

    A 2 CD / 40 Track Limited Edition Release - Only 1500 Units Pressed Cover Artwork By Award Winning Artist Joe Ciardiello Liner Notes By Musicologist Bill Dahl.

    The richness of his legacy is shown to its full extent in this superb 2 CD Limited Edition collection called Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs. The Telegraph called this collection "Brilliant." It includes two CDs covering over two hours of music, over 40 tracks. Disc one represents his most famous master recordings. Six of the "live performances" on disc 2 are previously unreleased from New York Radio sessions in 1948. The other live tracks are from Austin and Chicago in 1949. Only 1500 units have been pressed for this Compact Disc Release.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Midnight Special
      • 2. The Gallis Pole
      • 3. Dekalb Blues
      • 4. John Hardy
      • 5. Goodnight Irene
      • 6. The Bourgeois Blues
      • 7. Pretty Flower In Your Backyard
      • 8. Borrow Love & Go
      • 9. Big Fat Woman
      • 10. Julie Ann Johnson
      • 11. Be So Glad When I Get Home
      • 12. Old Ship Zion
      • 13. I Don't Want No More Army Life
      • 14. Ella Louise
      • 15. Backwater Blues
      • 16. Rock Island Line
      • 17. Mary And Martha
      • 18. Go Down Old Hannah

      Disc 2

      • 1. Goodnight Irene
      • 2. Ho-Day / Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
      • 3. Rock Island Line
      • 4. Go Down Old Hannah
      • 5. Shine On Me
      • 6. What Can I Do To Change Your Mind
      • 7. Skip To My Lou
      • 8. Mary And Martha
      • 9. C'est Bon, Les Oeufs (Scrambled Egg Song)
      • 10. Whoa Back Buck
      • 11. John Henry
      • 12. Blackwater Blues
      • 13. Ella Lousie
      • 14. I Don't Want No More Of Army Life
      • 15. Relax Your Mind
      • 16. Goodnight Irene (Version 2)
      • 17. Old Ship Of Zion
      • 18. I Will Be So Glad When I Get Home
      • 19. Old Black Crow
      • 20. Jean Harlow
      • 21. Borrow Love Blues
      • 22. Good Morning Blues