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Lead Belly Sings Folk Songs

Lead Belly
Lead Belly Sings Folk Songs
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Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." — Boston Globe "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." -- Boston Globe

Track Listing

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There's a Man Going Around Taking Names Lead Belly 1:26
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102
Stewball Lead Belly 2:30
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103
Keep Your Hands Off Her Lead Belly 2:53
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104
Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Thru the Valley (medley) Lead Belly 2:13
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105
Linin' Track Lead Belly 1:13
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106
Outskirts of Town Lead Belly 2:42
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107
We Shall Be Free Lead Belly 2:36
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108
Ain't You Glad (Blood Done Signed My Name) Lead Belly 2:21
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201
On a Monday Lead Belly 1:50
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202
Jean Harlow Lead Belly 1:42
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203
Corn Bread Rough Lead Belly 2:09
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204
National Defense Blues Lead Belly 3:02
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205
Little Children's Blues Lead Belly 2:29
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206
Fiddler's Dram Lead Belly 2:30
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207
Meeting at the Building Lead Belly 1:00

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

SFW40010, FTS 31006; FA 2488

Year(s) Released

1989, 1968, 1962

Label/Collection

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Genre(s)

African American Music; American Folk; Blues

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American

Instrument(s)

Guitar; Vocals

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Lead Belly - Artist
 Moses Asch - Producer, Recorder
 Craig Mierop - Designer
 Berenice Abbott - Photographer (Cover)
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