Leadbelly Library of Congress Recordings- 3 LP Box set - Elektra

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Leadbelly ?

The Library Of Congress Recordings

Elektra ?– EKL-301/2

3 Vinyl LPs, Mono, Compilation, Box Set 

Released 1976

More information on this LP box set at Discogs

CONDITION:

Hinged Box- see photos; corner wear, edge wear & scuffs, corner crimp.  

Booklet- 23 pages; good condition, minor evidence of handling.

Sleeves- printed paper sleeves; good condition- some fading, some discoloration; 

no slits or tears

Labels- look good; 1 label has very minor spindle mark

Vinyl- very minor scuffs & could use light cleaning; looks great, sounds great!!

Tracklist- from Discogs

A1  Mr. Tom Hughes' Town  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 5:11

A2  De Kalb Blues  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 5:00

A3  Take A Whiff On Me  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 2:57

A4  The Medicine Man  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 3:37

A5  I'm Sorry Mama 2:04

Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels

A6.1  Monologue: Square Dances, Sooky Jumps  Interviewer – Alan Lomax 4:11

A6.2  Po' Howard  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter

A7  Monologue: Dance Calls, Dance Steps  Interviewer – Alan Lomax 1:58

B1  Gwine Dig A Hole  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 3:37

B2  Tight Like That  Interviewer – Alan Lomax  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 1:35

B3  Green Corn  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 2:09

B4  Becky Dean  Voice [Speech] – Alan Lomax 3:57

Penitentiaries

B5  Monologue: Prison Singing  Interviewer – Alan Lomax 4:38

B6  Midnight Special  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 2:53

B7.1  I Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yellow Women's Do Bells  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 3:29

B7.2  Rock Island Line  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Arranged By] – Huddie Ledbetter

Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – Alan Lomax

B8  Governor Pat Neff  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 4:53

C1  Irene (Part I, Part II)  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax 6:55

C2  Governor OK Allen  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 4:10

Spirituals

C3  Git On Board  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter

Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax* 3:45

C4.1  Hallelujah  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter

Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax* 15:06

C4.2  Monologue: Joining The Church  Interviewer – Alan Lomax

C4.3  Backslider, Fare You Well  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter

C4.4  Amazing Grace

C4.5  Must I Be Carried To The Sky On Flowered Beds Of Ease?

C4.6  Amazing Grace

C4.7  Flowered Beds Of Ease

C4.8  Down In The Valley To Pray  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter  Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*

D1  Let It Shine On Me 2:18

D2  Run Sinners 1:41

D3  Ride On 1:35

Blues

D4  Monologue: The Blues  Interviewer – Alan Lomax 2:08

D5  Thirty Days In The Workhouse 3:53

D6  'Fo Day Worry Blues  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 3:51

D7  Matchbox Blues  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 4:40

D8  You Don't Know My Mind 4:11

D9  Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold 3:48

E1  Alberta  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter 4:50

E2  Take Me Back  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 1:17

E3  Henry Ford Blues  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 3:27

Ballads

E4  Ella Speed  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 9:08

E5  Billy The Weaver  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter

Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax* 1:30

E6  Frankie & Albert  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 4:20

E7  If It Wasn't For Dicky  Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter

Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax* 4:10

F1  Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver?  Edited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan Lomax

Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 6:17

Topical, Protest

F7  The Roosevelt Song  Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter 2:19

Companies, etc.

1. Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
2. Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
3. Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders

Credits

1. Compiled By, Liner Notes [Annotated By] – Lawrence Cohn
2. Mastered By – TD*

1. Recorded By – Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax

Notes:  Issued with a full-size, 23-page booklet with liner notes, photographs, and complete lyrics. 

Mfg. by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, a division of Warner Communications.

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