LEADBELLY THE LAST SESSIONS
Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Original Year 1994
Format:[email protected]
Includes Complete Liner Notes (pdf Document)
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Spontaneous, intimate, spellbinding recordings from 1948. Four discs contain 96 songs and include the two remaining unissued tracks from the Last Sessions, plus Lead Belly's best-known songs such as Midnight Special, Goodnight Irene, and Rock Island Line.
Tracklist:
Disc 1
101 Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom 1:40
102 Yes, I'm Going Down in Louisiana 0:42
103 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More 1:23
104 Dick Ligger's Holler 0:43
105 Liza Jane 2:08
106 Dog Latin Song 0:52
107 Leaving Blues 0:31
108 Go Down, Old Hannah 4:59
109 The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn) 2:20
110 Nobody in This World is Better Than Us 1:26
111 We're in the Same Boat, Brother 2:18
112 Looky Looky Yonder 1:33
113 Jolly O the Ransom 0:57
114 Old Ship of Zion 1:51
115 Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy 1:27
116 Mistreatin' Mama 1:24
117 Black Betty 1:52
118 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More 2:45
119 Yes, I'm Going Down in Louisiana 0:28
120 I Don't Know You, What Have I Done? 3:11
121 Rock Island Line 1:03
122 Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit? 1:29
123 Shorty George 0:46
124 Stewball 2:34
125 Bottle Up and Go 1:25
126 You Know I Got to Do It 0:52
127 Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin'on Sunday 1:21
128 DeKalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)2:37
129 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues 2:18
130 My Lindy Lou 1:08
131 I'm Thinking of a Friend 3:22
132 He Never Said a Mumbling Word 2:28
133 Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)3:59
134 In the World 2:01
135 I Want to Go Home 1:26
Disc 2
201 New Iberia 3:08
202 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 3:11
203 John Henry 4:59
204 Salty Dog 3:29
205 National Defense Blues 3:30
206 Easy, Mr. Tom 2:08
207 Relax Your Mind 4:09
208 Bottle Up and Go 3:36
209 Polly Wolly Wee 1:45
210 Pig Latin Song 2:10
211 Hawaiian Song 2:15
212 Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla 1:50
213 The Gray Goose 2:17
214 Silver City Bound 6:01
215 The Titanic 5:14
216 Death Letter Blues 3:30
217 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep 3:28
218 He Never Said a Mumbling Word 2:49
Disc 3
301 The Midnight Special 2:11
302 Boll Weevil 3:06
303 Careless Love 6:29
304 Easy Rider 3:00
305 Fannin Street(Mr.Tom Hughes'Town)(Cry to Me) 3:31
306 DeKalb Blues (Ain't Going to Drink No More) 3:54
307 Birmingham Jail 2:56
308 Old Riley 1:46
309 Julie Ann Johnson 1:11
310 It's Tight Like That 3:12
311 4, 5 and 9 4:53
312 Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do? 0:41
313 Jail House Blues 4:31
314 Well, You Know I Had to Do It 2:56
315 Irene (Goodnight Irene) 1:22
316 Story of the 25 Cent Dude 2:20
317 How Come You Do Me Like You Do? 3:24
318 Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone 5:29
319 Hesitation Blues 2:17
320 I'll Be Down on the Last Bread Wagon 3:35
Disc 4
401 Digging My Potatoes 4:00
402 Springtime in the Rockies 3:02
403 Chinatown 1:12
404 Rock Island Line 1:57
405 Backwater Blues 3:27
406 Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary) 3:12
407 Irene (Goodnight Irene) 2:44
408 Easy, Mr. Tom 2:16
409 In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down 2:54
410 I'm Alone Because I Love You 2:54
411 House of the Rising Sun 2:23
412 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep 1:58
413 Talk About Fannin Street 3:41
414 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town) 3:36
415 Sugar'd Beer 1:40
416 Didn't Old John Cross the Water? 2:01
417 Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out 3:19
418 Bully of the Town 2:08
419 Sweet Jenny Lee 1:54
420 Yellow Gal 2:04
421 He Was the Man 3:48
422 We're in the Same Boat, Brother 4:16
423 Leaving Blues 2:36