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1	Childern's Music Collection (1998) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $5.70! new only from $5.70!
2	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection (1996) more music like this by var art This assemblage of blues, bluegrass, mountain ballads, topical songs, and jazz shows the wide range of American vernacular music, and Smithsonian Folkways' commitment to it. Among the many highlights here are Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson's ragged and yet sleek version of "The Coo Coo Bird," Doug Wallin's creaky and breathless a cappella version ... see all copies from $10.83! new only from $10.83!
3	Leadbelly's Last Sessions (1994) more music like this by Leadbelly Four CDs containing the best part of Leadbelly's only recordings on magnetic recording tape, which allowed him to stretch his songs to their usual length for the first time on record. The clarity of the recording, the presence of the between-song comments, and the selection of material makes this a seminal part of any serious collection. Bruce ... see all copies from $19.00! new only from $43.86!
4	Sings for Children (1999) more music like this by Leadbelly A dozen of these 28 songs were first issued on the 1960 Folkways album Negro Folk Songs for Young People. But this is not so much a CD expansion of that album as a lengthy compilation of children-friendly performances from the 1940s that uses Negro Folk Songs for Young People as its core. The additional tracks were recorded by Moe Asch of Folkways ... see all copies from $13.75! new only from $14.95!
5	The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives, & Steel, Vol. 1 (1991) more music like this by Various Artists This CD is a hodgepodge sampling of blues records featuring mostly pre-war slide guitarists ranging from the simplicity of Barbecue Bob (who was much better-known as a pianist) and Sylvester Weaver to the sophistication of Blind Willie McTell (backing Ruth Willis on "Experience Blues") and Tampa Red. Among the highlights are Blind Willie Johnson's ... see all copies from $4.45! new only from $5.47!
6	Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In (1991) more music like this by Leadbelly Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In is an excellent sampling of material from Leadbelly's early Library of Congress sessions, including versions of some of the first songs he ever learned, "Green Corn" and "Po' Howard," his song to Governor Neff that helped secure his release from a Texas prison in 1925, his first recorded version of "If It Wasn ... see all copies from $15.98! new only from $15.98!
7	Absolutely the Best (2000) more music like this by Leadbelly Leadbelly stands like a cornerstone in modern folk music. He showed that folk songs didn't have to be 300 years old and originate from the British Isles; instead they could be born out of American experience. Absolutely the Best offers a number of Leadbelly classics including "Roberta," "Midnight Special," and "In New Orleans (House of the Rising ... see all copies from $10.29! new only from $10.29!
8	The Best of Leadbelly [2004] (2004) more music like this by Leadbelly/Golden Gate see all copies from $4.51! new only from $4.51!
9	The Definitive Leadbelly (2002) more music like this by Leadbelly Although he has often been labeled a blues artist, Leadbelly had a much wider palette than that, and routinely sang spirituals, work songs, folk ballads, and children's pieces, and he had an amazing affinity for material that would later find its way into the pop world. Songs like "Goodnight Irene," "Midnight Special," "Gallows Pole," "Rock Island ... see all copies from $34.31! new only from $34.31!
10	Important Recordings 1934-1949 (2006) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $25.71! new only from $25.71!
11 view cover	American Roots Music [Highlights] (2001) more music like this by Various Artists The successes of the breakthrough soundtrack from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? and the in-depth PBS television series Ken Burns' Jazz seem to have combined in the 2001 production of Palm Pictures' four-part TV series American Roots Music. The series touches on the development of the distinctly American styles of traditional folk, country, ... see all copies from $9.43! new only from $9.43!
12 view cover	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1939-1947) (1995) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $15.76! new only from $15.76!
13 view cover	The Beauty of the Blues (1991) more music like this by Various Artists This is a beautiful 18-track collection from a sampling of Columbia/Legacy's Roots 'N' Blues series. The recordings, from 1929-1947, include a wide variety of traditional blues and blues-related styles. Excellent sound, with music from Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, and others. Niles J. Frantz, All Music Guide see all copies from $2.95!
14 view cover	Alabama Bound [BMG] (1989) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $3.90! new only from $33.50!
15 view cover	Goodnight Irene [Tradition] (1996) more music like this by Leadbelly The date of these recordings is unclear, and the sleeve is not of much help. The liner notes identify them as being taped in 1943 and 1944, while the back cover confidently refers to a 1939 date [though it seems much more likely that they were made in the 1940s]. At any rate, these are very good performances, with Leadbelly in fine voice. Most are ... see all copies from $3.93! new only from $3.93!
16 view cover	The Tradition Masters (2002) more music like this by Leadbelly Along with Woody Guthrie, Huddie Leadbetter modernized folk music, laying down a sturdy foundation for the folk revival that would blossom in the late '50s and early '60s. And even if one has never heard of Leadbelly, he or she's probably heard the Animals' version of "House of the Rising Sun" or Nirvana's take on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $13.16!
17 view cover	Borrow Love and Go (2006) more music like this by Leadbelly Whether Leadbelly actually wrote the songs he claimed he did or simply adapted and redefined traditional material with a keen sense of compositional placement is a matter for music historians and scholars to decide, but there is little doubt about Leadbelly's ability to craft lasting and even definitive arrangements of the songs he performed, ... see all copies from $11.17! new only from $11.17!
18 view cover	Take This Hammer [Snapper] (2004) more music like this by Leadbelly Whether Leadbelly actually wrote the classic songs attributed to him or had the good sense and fortune to rework existing folk songs into a final form isn't particularly important. The songs he delivered into the American mainstream ("Rock Island Line," "Goodnight Irene," "Midnight Special," "Take This Hammer," among others) have shaped the ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $9.97!
19 view cover	Collector's Edition (2006) more music like this by Leadbelly This set does the obvious, and combines Fuel's Absolutely the Best and Absolutely the Best, Vol. 2: In Concert into a single Leadbelly package. The first volume is made up of studio tracks recorded between 1939 and 1944, most of them done for Musicraft Records, while the second volume presents a live show Leadbelly did at the University of Texas ... see all copies from $15.98! new only from $15.98!
20 view cover	Midnight Special [Prism] (1998) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $15.00!
21 view cover	Folk Classics (1989) more music like this by Various Artists Though one thinks of Elektra and Vanguard as the main record labels of the folk revival, the giant Columbia Records also made some inroads into the field, signing up not only Bob Dylan but also a wide range of folkies, from Pete Seeger to The New Christy Minstrels. This 15-track compilation delves deeper into the Columbia vault for tracks by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.12!
22 view cover	Best of the Blues [Box] (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $7.34! new only from $7.34!
23 view cover	Midnight Blues [Madacy] (2000) more music like this by Various Artists Midnight Blues delivers just what the title promises: a collection of some of the blues' most memorable songs and artists, including Lightnin' Hopkins' "Lonesome Dog Blues," Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene," Memphis Slim's "Cold Blooded Woman," and B.B. King's "Catfish Blues." Big Joe Williams' "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," Charles ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $3.99!
24 view cover	Cowboy Songs from Folkways (1991) more music like this by Various Artists Richly varied set, from Leadbelly to Woody Guthrie, drawn from the vast Folkways archives and dating from the early 40s to the 60s. Excellent annotations. Charles S. Wolfe, All Music Guide see all copies from $7.60! new only from $15.49!
25 view cover	In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole (1996) more music like this by Leadbelly There seems to be some kind of unwritten rule against giving exact session dates on most Tradition CD reissues, although at least one of the tracks on In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole comes from 1939. The sleeve does note that the material "is digitally remastered directly from rare, mint condition 78s contained in Leadbelly's first full album, ... see all copies from $4.86! new only from $4.86!

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