Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1

Forty years after his death, Lead Belly’s songs and style have continued to influence folk, blues, and rock artists including Neil Young, William Styron, Ben Harper, Keb’ Mo, Dionne Farris, and the late Kurt Cobain (Nirvana). Between 1941 and 1947 Lead Belly recorded some of his best music in Moses Asch’s tiny New York studio. The only surviving Asch masters of Lead Belly are now part of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. For the first time in almost 50 years these original acetates have been carefully remastered and newly annotated. 34 tracks, including Irene, Where Did You Sleep Last Night, In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down, and Rock Island Line. Originally released as a tribute to Lead Belly after his death in 1948, this reissue includes many out-takes and previously unreleased and alternate versions. Extensive notes include Lead Belly’s own song commentary. Annotated by Jeff Place. Compiled by Jeff Place, Anthony Seeger and Kip Lornell. "The soul expressed is full-fledged and sublime." — New England Folk Almanac

Track Listing

101	Irene (Goodnight Irene)	Lead Belly	01:54
102	Pick a Bale of Cotton	Lead Belly	01:32
103	Good Morning Blues	Lead Belly	02:26
104	The Grey Goose	Lead Belly	01:26
105	Black Girl (In the Pines)	Lead Belly	02:09
106	Take This Hammer	Lead Belly	02:17
107	On a Monday	Lead Belly	01:49
108	Cotton Fields	Lead Belly	02:09
109	Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy	Lead Belly	00:52
110	Moaning	Lead Belly	01:03
111	Laura	Lead Belly	01:44
112	Duncan and Brady (Brady)	Lead Belly	04:09
113	Rock Island Line	Lead Belly	02:05
114	Big Fat Woman	Lead Belly	01:13
115	House of the Rising Sun	Lead Belly	01:55
116	Chicken Crowing for Midnight (Christmas Song)	Lead Belly	01:06
117	You Can't Lose Me, Cholly	Lead Belly	02:39
118	Sally Walker	Lead Belly	02:42
119	Ha-Ha This a Way	Lead Belly	01:36
120	Yellow Gal	Lead Belly	01:19
121	Green Corn	Lead Belly	01:18
122	Let it Shine on Me	Lead Belly	03:31
123	Meeting at the Building	Lead Belly	01:02
124	In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down	Lead Belly	03:32
125	Pigmeat	Lead Belly	02:35
126	Blind Lemon	Lead Belly	01:42
127	Bottle Up and Go	Lead Belly	01:55
128	Sukey Jump (Win'jammer)	Lead Belly	01:07
129	Old Riley (Hey Rattler)	Lead Belly	02:01
130	4, 5 and 9	Lead Belly	02:36
131	Noted Rider (No Good Rider)	Lead Belly	02:08
132	Shorty George	Lead Belly	01:31
133	Duncan and Brady (Brady)	Lead Belly	01:08
134	Leaving Blues	Lead Belly	02:21