Blues · 2024

Lead Belly

Sings Folk Songs

Label: Sunset Blvd Records CD-SBR-7041

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Track Listing

Original Masters

Midnight Special
The Gallis Pole
DeKalb Blues
John Hardy
Goodnight Irene
The Bourgeois Blues
Pretty Flower In Your Backyard
Borrow Love & Go
Big Fat Woman
Julie Ann Johnson
Be So Glad When I Get Home
Old Ship Zion
I Don't Want No More Army Life
Ella Louise
Backwater Blues
Rock Island Line
Mary And Martha
Go Down Old Hannah

In Concert

Goodnight Irene
Ho-Day / Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
Rock Island Line
Go Down Old Hannah
Shine On Me
What Can I Do To Change Your Mind
Skip To My Lou
Mary And Martha
C'est Bon, Les Oeufs (Scrambled Egg Song)
Whoa Back Buck
John Henry
Blackwater Blues
Ella Louise
I Don't Want No More Of Army Life
Relax Your Mind
Goodnight Irene (Version 2)
Old Ship Of Zion
I Will Be So Glad When I Get Home
Old Black Crow
Jean Harlow
Borrow Love Blues
Good Morning Blues

A 2 CD / 40 Track Limited Edition Release - Only 1500 Units Pressed

Cover Artwork By Award Winning Artist Joe Ciardiello. Liner Notes By Musicologist Bill Dahl.

The richness of his legacy is shown to its full extent in this superb 2 CD Limited Edition collection called Lead Belly Sings Folk Songs. The Telegraph called this collection "Brilliant." It includes two CDs covering over two hours of music, over 40 tracks. Disc one represents his most famous master recordings. Six of the "live performances" on disc 2 are previously unreleased from New York Radio sessions in 1948. The other live tracks are from Austin and Chicago in 1949. Only 1500 units have been pressed for this Compact Disc Release.