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Leadbelly Anthology Version 1.0

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??/??/1933
Leadbelly
Set 1Total Time-72:38
1a-e.The Western Cowboy/Honey Take a Whiff
on Me/Angola Blues 1&2Frankie and Albert 4:13
2a-f.Irene/Take a Whiff on Me/You Can't Lose
Me Cholly/Irene/Irene/Ella Speed 5:00
3.Mister Tom Hughes' Town 4:38
4.I Got Up This Morning. Had to Get Up So Soon 3:01
5.Western Cowboy 3:36
6.Blind Lemon Blues 4:14
7.Matchbox Blues 4:27
8.Midnight Special 3:11
9.Irene 3:09
10.Irene 1:11
11.Governor O.K. Allen 2:50
12.Frankie and Albert 4:10
13.Ella Speed 6:07
14.Julie Ann Johnson 2:08
15.You Can't Lose-a-Me Cholly 1:07
16.Take a Whiff on Me 2:16
17.I'm Sorry Mama 2:19
18.Mister Tom Hughes' Town 2:17
19.Julie Ann Johnson 0:45
20.Julie Ann Johnson 0:42
21.Mister Tom Hughes' Town 2:18
22.Julie Ann Johnson 1:15
23.Boll Weevil 1:01
24.The Shreveport Jail 2:06
25.Julie Ann Johnson 2:00
26.Dance Calls 2:26
CommentComments: This disc is only missing 3 tracks known to have been recorded
During this time period. The tracks to my knowledge are unissued.
1-2; July 16, 1933 recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana
3-17; July 1, 1934 recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana
18-19; September 27, 1934 recorded in Little Rock, Arkansas
20; September 29, 1934 recorded at State Farm, Pine Fluff, Arkansas
21; October 1, 1934 recorded in State Farm, Tucker, Arkansas
22; October 5, 1934 recorded in Gould, Arkansas
23; October 15, 1934 recorded in Shreveport, Lousiana
24-26; December 12, 1934 Bellwood Prison Camp, Atlanta, Georgia
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??/??/1940
Leadbelly
Set 11940 Volume 1
Total Time-76:59
1.Pick a Bale of Cotton 3:03
2.Whoa Back, Buck 3:08
3.Midnight Special 3:07
4.Alabama Bound 3:07
5.Rock Island Line 2:38
6.Good Morning Blues 2:54
7.Leaving Blues 3:06
8.T.B. Blues 3:11
9.Red Cross Store Blues 3:08
10.Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On 3:18
11.Roberta 3:00
12.Alberta 3:10
13.I'm on My Last Go Round 3:12
14.Easy Rider 3:13
15.New York City 3:04
16.Worried Blues 3:12
17.Don't You Love Your Daddy No More? 3:07
18.You Can't Lose-a Me Cholly 3:07
19.Grey Goose 3:05
20.Stew Ball 3:01
21.Take This Hammer 3:03
22.Can't You Line 'Em? 2:58
23.Ham an' Eggs 2:58
24.Introduction 1:01
25.I Ain't Going Down 0:31
26.Went Out on the Mountain 1:28
27.Whoa Buck 2:55
1940 Volume 2
Total Time-78:06
1.Worried Blues 2:39
2.Good Mornin' Blues 1:50
3.You Can't Lose Me Charlie 1:32
4.Boll Weevil 1:42
5.Don't You Love Your Daddy No More 2:48
6.You Can't Lose Me Cholly 1:37
7.Last Night in the Evening 3:31
8.T.B. Blues 3:32
9.How Long? 2:16
10.When the Train Comes Along 1:01
11.Monologue on Square Dances/Sooky Jumps 12:58
12.Po' Howard 1:20
13.Dance Calls (including "A Dollar Bill: Baby Won't You Buy Any Shoes")
1:47
14.Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil in It 1:36
15.Green Corn 1:46
16.Monologue On (The) Blues 7:55
17.Sail On, Little Girl 5:29
18.Monologue on the Mourner's Bench 14:33
19.Hallelujah 2:38
20.Backslider, Fare You Well 0:45
21.Amazing Grace 0:56
22.Must I Be Carried to the Sky on Flowered Beds of Ease?
0:47
23.Down in the Valley to Pray 1:03
24.Meeting at the Building 1:51
1940 Volume 3
Total Time-41:07
1.When That Train Comes Along 3:34
2.The Blood Done Signed My Name 2:14
3.Witness for My Lord 0:54
4.Soldier In The Army Of The Lord 1:12
5.Outshine the Sun 4:50
6.Let It Shine on Me 2:00
7.Way Over in the Promised Land 2:15
8.Oh, Something on My Mind 1:19
9.How Long? 2:07
10.Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 0:52
11.Ain't Goin' Study War No More 1:26
12.Join the Band 1:00
13.Old Time Religion 0:44
14.Stand Your Test in Judgement 0:55
15.Must I Be Carried to the Sky on Flowered Beds of Ease?
2:24
16.Run, Sinners 1:20
17.Ride On 1:18
18.Prayer 2:11
19.Christmas 6:59
20.John Henry 1:25
1940 Volume 4
Total Time-39:55
1.John Hardy 3:22
2.Howard Hughes 1:48
3.Bottle Up and Go 3:50
4.Cowboy Song 2:17
5.Leaving Blues 3:36
6.The Roosevelt Song 2:07
7.The Scottsboro Boys 2:42
8.Don't You Love Me No More? 4:48
9.Noted Rider Blues 2:52
10.The Gallows Song 4:29
11.So Doggone Soon 3:41
12.Ham and Eggs 3:06
13.Bottle Up and Go [fragment] 1:10

CommentThis set of discs is missing 10 tracks, 5 of which have been issued on vinyl.
Volume 1
1-13; recorded on June 15, 1940 in New York City
14-23; recorded on June 17, 1940 in New York City
24-27; recorded on June 19, 1940 in New York City
Volume 2
1-4; recorded on June 19, 1940 in New York City
5-6; recorded on August 4, 1940 at the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street in New York City
7-24; recorded on August 23, 1940 in Washington, D.C.
Volume 3
1-20; recorded on August 23, 1940 in Washington, D.C.
Volume 4
1-13; recorded on August 23, 1940 in Washington, D.C.
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