Blues & Folk Singer: Sagablues, Volume 1

~ Release by Lead Belly (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Packin' Truck
2:58
2Death Letter Blues
recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
6:10
3The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax
3:26
4Easy Rider
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-17)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
arranger:
Lead Belly
recorded at:
Victor Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-17)
cover recording of:
See See Rider Blues (on 1940-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10056)
3:15
5T.B. Blues
3:10
6I'm on My Last Go Round
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-15)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
recording of:
I'm on My Last Go Round (on 1940-06-15)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
3:10
7Good Morning Blues
recording of:
Good Morning Blues
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
2:26
8How Long Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1943-08)
guest harmonica and harmonica:
Sonny Terry (in 1943-08)
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1943-08)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1943-08)
performer:
Sonny Terry (in 1943-08)
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (in 1943-08)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing
2:12
9Roberta
3:10
10Backwater Blues
recording of:
Backwater Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
recording of:
Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement)
guitar arranger:
Lead Belly
version of:
Backwater Blues
2:59
11Grasshopper in My Pillow
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-10-27)
acoustic guitar:
Lead Belly
guest zither:
Paul Mason Howard
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1944-10-27)
vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1944-10-27)
recording of:
Grasshoppers in My Pillow (on 1944-10-27)
writer:
[traditional]
2:50
12The National Defense Blues
3:34
13Beeky Deem, She Was a Gamblin' Girl
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-01-23)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1935-01-23)
3:06
14The Gallis Pole
recording of:
The Gallis Pole
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
version of:
The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)
3:10
15Frankie and Albert
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”)
publisher:
Hughie Cannon (in 1904) and Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
6:12
16Rock Island Line
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (on 1945-02-15)
clarinet, percussion, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet and background vocals:
[unknown] (on 1945-02-15)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
guest vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (on 1945-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1948)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
2:39
17Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Union Songs AB
3:07
18Take This Hammer
3:01
19Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
2:35
20John Henry
2:16
21John Hardy
4:17
22Black Gal (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?)
3:04
23In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
3:19
24Stewball
2:33