Release Date: 18 January 2019
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Special
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093070203419
Release Date: 18 January 2019
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Special
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093070203419
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
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
Various Artists: Mike Seeger
Joseph Spence
Dom Flemons
Elizabeth Cotten
Sunny Jain
Various Artists
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Lead Belly