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1	The Legend [Columbia] (2005) more music like this by Johnny Cash There have been in the neighborhood of ten CD box sets devoted to Johnny Cash, released on Columbia, Bear Family, and Collectables (this does not count overseas releases by Sony, or budget-line repackagings of three albums into one box set). Since 2000 there have been roughly 15 new major-label compilations, and that number balloons to nearly 90 ... see all copies from $20.88! new only from $34.13!
2	The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958 (2005) more music like this by Johnny Cash Johnny Cash's classic recordings for Sun have been reissued many times, and they have been issued in complete form before, most notably in Bear Family's exhaustive five-disc 1990 box set, The Man in Black: 1954-1958. Because of this glut of product, it's easy to look at Time-Life's 2005 three-disc set, The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958, and ... see all copies from $29.10! new only from $34.02!
3	Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings (2005) more music like this by Johnny Cash Metro's 2005 release Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings is a budget-priced triple-disc set that contains the great majority of the 60-some songs that Johnny Cash recorded for Sun. Since it weighs in at 54 songs, it doesn't have everything, and some of the missing items are pretty good, but all the big hits are here, presented with no ... see all copies from $8.53! new only from $8.53!
4	The Legend [Columbia] [Bonus CD & DVD] (2005) more music like this by Johnny Cash There have been in the neighborhood of ten CD box sets devoted to Johnny Cash, released on Columbia, Bear Family, and Collectables (this does not count overseas releases by Sony, or budget-line repackagings of three albums into one box set). Since 2000 there have been roughly 15 new major-label compilations, and that number balloons to nearly 90 ... see all copies from $206.36! new only from $206.36!
5	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 $20.99! new only from $43.79!
6	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 $9.32! new only from $9.32!
7	The Best of Leadbelly [2004] (2004) more music like this by Leadbelly/Golden Gate see all copies from $3.79! new only from $4.51!
8	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 $10.33! new only from $10.33!
9	Blues: The Essential Album (2004) more music like this by Various Artists The title of this two-CD compilation rather wildly overstates its importance, as does the subtitle "the most important artists, the classic performances, the key songs." Few would consider, for example, Little Esther's "Lost in a Dream" or Big Joe Turner's "S.K. Blues" among the greatest blues cuts of all time, and as significant as Helen Humes ... see all copies from $3.28! new only from $9.97!
10	Best of Sun Records, Vol. 2 (2005) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $3.99! new only from $3.99!
11 view cover	Folkways: The Original Vision [Bonus Tracks] (2005) more music like this by Various Artists Folkways: The Original Vision was released in 1988 as a complement to the Columbia album Folkways: A Vision Shared (which featured modern performers doing interpretations of Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie songs), which in turn was done to help provide funds for the Smithsonian Institution to incorporate the Folkways Record Company into its archives. ... see all copies from $7.49! new only from $15.28!
12 view cover	Easy Rider Blues (2003) more music like this by Leadbelly The sound on this 16-track Leadbelly collection is clear and uncluttered, and it sounds like a live concert recording, or perhaps a live-in-the-studio radio recording, or maybe even several Alan Lomax tracks from the early- to mid-1940s run through VAP (Virtual Ambience Processing). At any rate, the sound is great, and the versions of "Irene," ... see all copies from $3.81! new only from $3.90!
13 view cover	You Don't Know My Mind (2002) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $8.24! new only from $11.85!
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	Essential Guide to Folk [Essential Guide] (2007) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $9.97! new only from $9.97!
16 view cover	Complete Recorded Works: 1939-1947 In Chronological Order, Vol. 6: 1947 (2000) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $14.19! new only from $14.19!
17 view cover	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1940-1943) (1995) more music like this by Leadbelly see all copies from $7.57! new only from $7.57!
18 view cover	Looking for a Home (2001) more music like this by Odetta Harry Belafonte once wrote of blues singer Odetta: "Few possess the fine understanding of a song's meaning which transforms it from a melody into a dramatic experience." Pete Seeger heard this collection and declared, "I've been waiting for this album for 50 years!" In continuing her tribute to the classics, Odetta turns her legendary vocal ... see all copies from $14.77! new only from $14.77!
19 view cover	Live: New York 1947 & Austin, Texas 1949 (2004) more music like this by Leadbelly Whether Leadbelly actually ever wrote a song from scratch is debatable, but perhaps his real talent was his ability to distill traditional pieces to their central elements, then refine them from there into decidedly modern shapes that managed to still keep their folk character intact, creating, in essence, definitive versions. Songs like "Midnight ... see all copies from $14.80! new only from $14.80!
20 view cover	Rock Island Line [Naxos] (1951) more music like this by Leadbelly This compilation assembles digital transfers from 78 rpm records of some of the earliest discs to be issued by Leadbelly. The first six tracks reproduce the three singles released from the singer's 1935 sessions with the American Record Company (ARC) on the Melotone and Perfect labels in 1935 and 1936. (Its catalog is now controlled by Sony, but ... see all copies from $25.00!
21 view cover	Sun Records Collection [Pazzazz] (2005) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $8.16! new only from $8.16!
22 view cover	When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 5: Take This Hammer (2003) more music like this by Leadbelly The fifth issue in Bluebird's Secret History of Rock & Roll project is the first by a single artist; the previous four have all been various-artists compilations. All feature excellent sound and decent if not exceptional packaging. This set, the complete RCA Victor recordings of Leadbelly, is up to that standard. All of the 26 tracks here were ... see all copies from $4.00!
23	I Walk the Line [2005] (2004) more music like this by Johnny Cash see all copies from $3.48! new only from $3.48!
24 view cover	The First Rays of Protest in the 20th Century (2006) more music like this by Woody Guthrie/Pete Seeger European law limits the copyrights on recordings to only 50 years, and the Primo label ("Made in The Czech Republic") is one of many record companies to take advantage of that by issuing unlicensed collections by vintage artists. This album contains two 20-track discs, the first devoted to Woody Guthrie, the second to Pete Seeger. The Guthrie CD ... see all copies from $5.83! new only from $5.83!
25 view cover	Hard, Ain't It Hard: Weavers Greatest Songs (2007) more music like this by The Weavers Hearing the Weavers' carefully orchestrated hits from the early '50s like "Goodnight Irene" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" in the harsh, postmodern light of the 21st century, it's difficult to imagine how on earth this sweet-sounding folk quartet could ever have been considered a political threat. Rising out of the ashes of the loosely focused and ... see all copies from $11.40! new only from $11.40!

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