Audio CD review:
Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene

Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene

Band: Leadbelly Title: Goodnight Irene Rating: Release Date: Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Frankie and Albert, Pt. 1 2: Frankie and Albert, Pt. 2 3: Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No Mo'/Goin' Down Old Hannah 4: Looky Looky Yonder, Black Belly/Yella Woman's Doorbell 5: Dekalb Blues 6: Boll Weevil 7: Fannin Street 8: Poor Howard/Green Corn 9: Goodnight Irene 10: John Hardy 11: Jean Harlow 12: Blood Done Signed My Name

Customer Reviews Correcting Label mis-infortmation They also claim that most of these tracks were recorded "in the New York studios of Musicraft Records in 1939. According to the label, this is a reissue of his "first commercially available album" (which would be "Negro Sinful Songs," released in 1939). " As far as I can tell, neither statement is true! First, the track list is entirely different from "Negro Sinful Songs. " More importantly, the liner notes give us contrary recording dates of August of 1943, February 17, 1944, and April 19, 1944 (a full four to five years after his first album came out!)[. . . ] This was my first Lead Belly album, and it certainly isn't a bad place to start. Just beware what you're actually purchasing. Misinformation like this is why it's so hard to know which CDs of Lead Belly's music to buy so you don't end up with twelve copies of the exact same recording sessions. -Devin. Hear it now and later If you have problems with decades old audio maybe you shouldn't bother, or at don't whine about it not sounding good enough. A great record. Get over it. This CD has great songs on it that you can still hear directly and inderectly throughout the rock & roll canon. To me, that's good stuff, I enjoy hearing what turned people on long ago. Besides, as folk/blues recording go, this one is one of the best. This a great old-time blues CD with great sound This is the best album from leadbelly that I have heard. Leadbelly is one of the greatest old-time blues guys. Many of them have poor sound quality, but the quality on this disc is excellent. Plus, not many have "Where did you sleep last night" which is a great leadbelly tune. I highly recommend this disc to any leadbelly fan or anyone interested in old-time blues. . You can see a complete list of all Leadbelly discography, or go back to the Leadbelly tabs