805520092456

The Essential Recordings

Lead Belly

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: PRMCD6245

Release Date:  31 August 2018

Label:  Primo

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  805520092456

Genres:  Blues  Blues  

  • Description

    Lead Belly was a towering presence in twentieth century popular music, bestriding many musical styles and genres. Sometimes simply regarded as a Bluesman, his music in fact transcended all racial and musical boundaries, and his vast repertoire of songs encompassed songs from the American Folk tradition, Blues, Gospel, Chain Gang songs, Spirituals, Children's Songs, and Protest songs. His greatest recordings are all included here.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Goodnight, Irene
      • 2. Rock Island Line
      • 3. Alabama Bound
      • 4. Cotton Fields
      • 5. Packin' Trunk Blues
      • 6. The Bourgeois Blues
      • 7. The Boll Weevil
      • 8. The Gallis Pole
      • 9. Fannin Street
      • 10. De Kalb Blues
      • 11. Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Woman's Doorbell
      • 12. Easy Rider
      • 13. New York City
      • 14. Roberta
      • 15. Leaving Blues
      • 16. Good Morning, Blues
      • 17. Worried Blues
      • 18. Whoa Back, Buck
      • 19. Alberta
      • 20. You Can't Lose Me Cholly

      Disc 2

      • 1. Midnight Special
      • 2. New Orleans
      • 3. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
      • 4. T.B. Blues
      • 5. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
      • 6. Stewball
      • 7. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
      • 8. I'm On My Last Go-Round
      • 9. Red Cross Store
      • 10. John Hardy
      • 11. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
      • 12. Take This Hammer
      • 13. Hitler Song
      • 14. Pretty Flowers In My Back Yard
      • 15. Jim Crow Blues
      • 16. Mothers Blues
      • 17. Sweet Mary
      • 18. Digging My Potatoes
      • 19. How Long
      • 20. When The Boys Were Out On The Western Plains