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Leadbelly
Memorial, Vol. 1-2
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
1. Goodnight Irene
2. T.B. Blues
3. Man Going Around Taking Names - Leadbelly,
4. Rock Island Line
5. How Long - Leadbelly, Carr, Leroy
6. Good Morning Blues
7. John Henry
8. Pigmeat
9. On a Monday
10. Ain't You Glad - Leadbelly,
11. Old Riley
12. C.C. Rider
13. Meeting at the Building
14. Talking, Preaching - Leadbelly,
15. We Shall Walk Through the Valley - Leadbelly,
16. Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea
17. Out on the Western Plains - Leadbelly,
18. Fiddler's Dream
19. Yellow Gal
20. Green Corn - Leadbelly, Traditional
21. Noted Rider - Leadbelly, Traditional
22. Big Fat Woman - Leadbelly, Traditional
23. Bottle Up and Go - Leadbelly, Traditional
24. Bring Me a Li'l Water, Silvy
25. Julie Ann Johnson - Leadbelly, Traditional
26. Line 'Em - Leadbelly, Traditional
27. Whoa Back, Buck - Leadbelly, Traditional
28. John Hardy - Leadbelly, Traditional

CD Details

All Artists: Leadbelly
Title: Memorial, Vol. 1-2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Collectables
Release Date: 2/28/1995
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop
Styles: Classic Country, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090431560327

CD Reviews

1st of 2 CDs in Lead Belly Memorial series

11/12/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"(52') One of Collectables' "Stinson Collectors Series" CD reissues. Taken from expertly reprocessed and cleaned-up 78s, this is a fine selection of Lead Belly guitar/vocal solos, with very acceptable sound. Also see their companion disk "Lead Belly Memorial Vols. 3 & 4" COL5604 (54'). All these tracks were originally recorded by Moses Asch in his studio, and his pressings went to Stinson Records as a result of Asch's Folkways bankruptcy; however, Asch's masters are now at the Smithsonian, which has produced its own "Lead Belly Legacy" series of CDs.Collectables has also issued another earlier 2-CD series "Leadbelly Golden Classics", Parts 1 and 2. Golden Classics Part 1 "Bourgeois Blues" COL5183 (28') also has good sound, but all tracks on that CD are entirely duplicated on either "Vols. 1 & 2" or "Vols. 3 & 4" of this "Memorial" series; on Golden Classics Part 2 "Defense Blues" COL5196 (24') four of the ten tracks are duplicated in this "Memorial" series, and six are unique; but the sound quality of the CD is very poor. These 6 unique tracks appear not to be Asch recordings, but I haven't tried to verify this."