Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume Two

Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume Two

Label: Folkways Records / FA 2942 Format: 2xLP, Album + Box Country: US Release: 1953 Genres: Blues Folk, World, & Country Styles: Country Blues Delta Blues Folk
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Audio preview
42 tracks · A / B load the booth
Credits (4)
  • Lacquer Cut By - David Hancock
  • Lacquer Cut By - Mel Kaiser
  • Lacquer Cut By - Peter Bartok
  • Recorded By - Frederic Ramsey Jr.
Description

Leadbelly – Leadbelly's Last Sessions Volume Two, 2xLP album + box vinyl, on Folkways Records (FA 2942), US 1953.

Blues, Folk, World, & Country — Country Blues, Delta Blues, Folk.

Condition: media Very Good (VG), sleeve Good (G), graded to the Discogs standard.

Note on this copy: Only disc 1.

Tracklist

  • A1.53 Midnight Special
  • A1.54 Boll Weevil Blues
  • A1.55 Careless Love
  • A2.56 Easy Rider
  • A2.57 Cry For Me
  • A2.58 Ain't Going' Drink No More
  • A3.59 Birmingham Jail
  • A3.60 Old Riley
  • A3.61 Julie Ann Johnson
  • A3.62 It's Tight Like That
  • B1.63 4, 5, And 9
  • B2.64 Good Morning Babe
  • B2.65 Jail House Blues
  • B3.66 Well You Know I Had To Do It
  • B3.67 Irene
  • B4.68 Story Of The 25 Cent Dude
  • B4.69 How Come You Love Me Like You Do Do Do
  • B4.70 Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
  • B4.71 The Hesitation Blues
  • B5.72 I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon
  • C1.73 Springtime In The Rockies
  • C1.74 Chinatown
  • C2.75 Rock Island Line
  • C2.76 Backwater Blues
  • C2.77 Sweet Mary
  • C3.78 Irene
  • C3.79 Easy, Mr Tom
  • C3.80 In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
  • C4.81 I'm Alone Because I Love You
  • C4.82 House Of The Rising Sun
  • C4.83 Mary Don't You Weep And Don't You Moan
  • D1.84 Talk About Fannin' Street
  • D1.85 Fannin Street
  • D1.86 Sugared Beer
  • D1.87 Didn't Old John Cross The Water
  • D2.88 Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
  • D2.89 Bully Of The Town
  • D3.90 Sweet Jenny Lee
  • D3.91 Yellow Gal
  • D3.92 He Was The Man
  • D3.93 We're In The Same Boat, Brother
  • D4.94 Leaving Blues

Box:
• Text on spine has FA 2942 catalog number
Center labels:
• Blue deep-groove labels with silver text
• 117 W. 46 St., N.Y.C. address
• Copyright 1953 by Folkways Records & Service Corp., N.Y.
Recorded over three nights in September / October 1948 in the NYC apartment of Frederic Ramsey Jr. Apart from a few minor edits, the sessions are presented as recorded, including Leadbelly's introductions and general between-song chat.

Used vinyl, in stock at Rectangle Triangle — record shop in Montréal. Ships worldwide, or pick up in store.

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