1 | Thirty Days In The Workhouse | 3:53 |
2 | Git On BoardEdited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan LomaxWords By [New Words ], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:45 |
3 | The Medicine ManMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:37 |
4 | Down In The Valley To PrayEdited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan LomaxWords By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter |
5 | Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels |
6 | Mr. Tom Hughes' TownMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 5:11 |
7 | Monologue: Joining The ChurchInterviewer – Alan Lomax |
8 | Monologue: Dance Calls, Dance StepsInterviewer – Alan Lomax | 1:58 |
9 | Governor OK AllenMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 4:10 |
10 | If It Wasn't For DickyEdited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan LomaxWords By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter | 4:10 |
11 | Midnight SpecialMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 2:53 |
12 | Flowered Beds Of Ease |
13 | Take Me BackMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 1:17 |
14 | I Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yellow Women's Do BellsMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:29 |
15 | Turn Yo' Radio OnMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:07 |
16 | The Roosevelt SongMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 2:19 |
17 | Matchbox BluesMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 4:40 |
18 | Henry Ford BluesMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:27 |
19 | Tight Like ThatInterviewer – Alan LomaxMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 1:35 |
20 | Ballads |
21 | Run Sinners | 1:41 |
22 | Frankie & AlbertMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 4:20 |
23 | Monologue: The BluesInterviewer – Alan Lomax | 2:08 |
24 | You Don't Know My Mind | 4:11 |
25 | Must I Be Carried To The Sky On Flowered Beds Of Ease? |
26 | The Bourgeois BluesEdited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan LomaxMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 5:35 |
27 | Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse |
28 | De Kalb BluesMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 5:00 |
29 | Irene (Part I, Part II)Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax | 6:55 |
30 | HallelujahEdited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan LomaxWords By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter | 15:06 |
31 | Let It Shine On Me | 2:18 |
32 | Ella SpeedMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 9:08 |
33 | Becky DeanVoice [Speech] – Alan Lomax | 3:57 |
34 | Ride On | 1:35 |
35 | AlbertaWords By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter | 4:50 |
36 | I'm Sorry Mama | 2:04 |
37 | Spirituals |
38 | Billy The WeaverEdited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan LomaxWords By [New Words], Adapted By [New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter | 1:30 |
39 | 'Fo Day Worry BluesMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:51 |
40 | Monologue: Prison SingingInterviewer – Alan Lomax | 4:38 |
41 | Rock Island LineEdited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – Alan LomaxWords By [New Words], Arranged By [New Music] – Huddie Ledbetter |
42 | Po' HowardMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter |
43 | Governor Pat NeffMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 4:53 |
44 | Backslider, Fare You WellMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter |
45 | Amazing Grace |
46 | Green CornMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 2:09 |
47 | Monologue: Square Dances, Sooky JumpsInterviewer – Alan Lomax | 4:11 |
48 | Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold | 3:48 |
49 | Topical, Protest |
50 | Gwine Dig A HoleMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:37 |
51 | Howard HughesMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 2:10 |
52 | Blues |
53 | Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver?Edited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan LomaxMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 6:17 |
54 | The Hindenburg DisasterMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 3:19 |
55 | Penitentiaries |
56 | Take A Whiff On MeMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 2:57 |
57 | Scottsboro BoysMusic By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter | 5:01 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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EKL-301/2 | Leadbelly | The Library Of Congress Recordings (3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) | Elektra | EKL-301/2 | US | 1965 |
EKL-301/2, EKL 301, EKL-30116 | Leadbelly | The Library Of Congress Recordings (3xLP, Comp, Mono + Box) | Elektra, Elektra, Elektra | EKL-301/2, EKL 301, EKL-30116 | US | Unknown |
EKL-301/2 | Leadbelly | The Library Of Congress Recordings (3xLP, Comp, Mono, RE + Box) | Elektra | EKL-301/2 | US | 1976 |
EKL-301/2 | Leadbelly | The Library Of Congress Recordings (3xLP, Comp, RP + Box) | Elektra | EKL-301/2 | US | 1969 |
EKL-301/2 | Leadbelly | The Library Of Congress Recordings (3xLP, Comp, RE + Box) | Elektra | EKL-301/2 | US | 1970 |
Same matrices as Leadbelly - The Library Of Congress Recordings but with brown "Big E" labels, used 1966-69.
Issued with a full-size, 23-page booklet with liner notes, photographs, and complete lyrics.
The initial session took place at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola...and the final one was made in Washington D.C. in 1942. along the was there were numerous sessions...in a varied number of locations: Wilton, Conn., New York City, Pineville, Ky., Cummings State Prison Farm, Arkansas and Bellwood County Prison Camp, Atlanta, Ga.
A1 to A4, A6.2, B1 to B3, B6 to B8, C2 to C4.1, C4.3, C4.8, D6, D7, E1 to F7: Publisher: Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.-BMI
C1: Publisher: Ludlow Music, Inc.-BMI