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 ...

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, Vol. 5 (1994) more music like this

by Leadbelly

Lead Belly recorded a prodigious amount of music for Folkways, Stinson, and the Library of Congress between the time of his release from Angola State Prison in 1934 to his death from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1949. While anyone unfamiliar with the rougher edges of earlier folk recordings will prefer the recordings he made in the ‘40s for Folkway, ...

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Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (1996) more music like this

by Leadbelly

The bulk of the best performances by Leadbelly -- whose influence on the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s cannot be overstated -- were recorded during the 1940s for Folkways Records founder Moses Asch. Inferior copies and rerecordings of these tunes have appeared over the years, but the original masters have sat in the vaults of Folkways. The ...

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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, ...

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Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 (1998) more music like this

by Various Artists

Giants of the Folk Tradition is a budget box set that includes complete albums by Leadbelly (In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole), Woody Guthrie (Early Masters), and Odetta (At the Gate of Horn), all of which have been released in single-disc versions by Tradition Records. The three albums actually work kind of well together, and it is interesting ...

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Leadbelly [ABC] (1976) more music like this

by Original Soundtrack

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Tribute to Leadbelly (1997) more music like this

by Various Artists

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