Audio CD review:
Leadbelly - Important Recordings 1934-1949

Leadbelly - Important Recordings 1934-1949

Band: Leadbelly Title: Important Recordings 1934-1949 Rating: Release Date: 25 April, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Western Cowboy 2: Blind Lemon Blues 3: Midnight Special 4: Irene 5: C.C. Rider 6: Governoe O.K. Allen 7: Julie Ann Johnson 8: I'm Sorry Mama 9: Take A Whiff Of Me 10: Boll Weevil 11: The Titanic 12: Green Corn 13: Po' Howard 14: Da Kalb Blues 15: Frankie And Albert 16: Queen Mary 17: The Hindenburg Disaster Part 1 18: The Hindenburg Disaster Part 2 19: Leaving On The Morning Train Blues 20: The Bourgeois Blue 21: Roberta Part 1 22: Roberta Part 2 23: Packin; Trunk Blues 24: C.C. Rider 25: Becky Deem, She Was A Gamblin' Girl 26: Honey, I'm All Out And Down 27: Four Day Worry Blues 28: You Can't Lose Me, Charlie 29: New Black Snake Moan 30: Alberta 31: Baby, Don't You Love Me No More 32: Ox Drivin' Blues 33: Death Letter Blues Part 1 34: Death Letter Blues Part 2 35: Kansas City Papa 36: Red River Blues 37: Forth Worth And Dallas Blues 38: You Don't Know My Mind 39: Daddy I'm Coming Back To You 40: My Friend Blind Lemon 41: Mr. Tom Hughes' Town 42: Shorty George 43: Matchbox Blues 44: Yellow Jacket 45: T.B. Woman Blues 46: Pig Meat Papa 47: Bull Cow 48: My Baby Quit Me 49: Frankie And Albert Part 1 50: Frankie And Albert Part 2 51: Poor Howard-Green Corn 52: The Gallis Pole 53: Pick A Bale Of Cotton 54: Whoa Back, Buck 55: Midnihgt Special 56: Rock Island Line 57: Good Morning Blues 58: T.B. Blues 59: Red Cross Store Blues 60: Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On 61: I'm On My Last Go-Round 62: New York City 63: Grey Goose 64: Stew Ball 65: Take This Hammer 66: Can't You Line 'Em 67: Ham An' Eggs 68: On A Monday 69: John Henry 70: How Long 71: Ain't You Glad 72: John Hardy 73: Where Did You Sleep Last Night 74: Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard 75: In New Orleans 76: Outskirts Of Town 77: Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues) 78: In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down 79: Jim Crow Blues 80: Mr Hitler 81: Corn Bread Rough 82: Ella Speed 83: Rock Island Line 84: Tell Me Baby 85: Take This Hammer 86: Irene (Goodnight Irene) 87: On A Christmas Day 88: Backwater Blues 89: Eagle Rock Rag 90: Sweet Mary Blues 91: Grasshoppers In My Pillow 92: Diggin' My Potatoes 93: Defense Blues 94: Easy Rider 95: Pigmeat 96: Howard Hughes 97: Shine On Me

Customer Review True Blues!!! Leadbelly became known to the white audience through his association with the early folk scene, but he himself was a straight-up bluesman. This is the blues; the real thing, not blues-rock. If you've been into stuff like Cream, The Yardbirds or Ten Years After thinking that they are blues, I've got news for ya!! Those bands are excellent, and were obviously blues-influenced,(and even recorded blues here and there!!) but they were rock bands more than they were blues artists. Check out this box, and any of the other blues boxes from JSP, and you will get a dose of TRUE blues!!. . You can see a complete list of all Leadbelly discography, or go back to the Leadbelly tabs