Document Records - Vintage Blues and Jazz

Leadbelly Vol 5 1938 - 1942

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FEATURED ARTIST / S
Leadbelly
    TRACK LIST
01 - Scottsboro boys (2502-a-1)
02 - Noted rider blues (2502-b-1)
03 - John Henry (2503-b)
04 - John Henry (2504-a)
05 - Eva (2504-b)
06 - Last night in the evening (4469-a-1)
07 - Meeting at the building (4471-a-1)
08 - When that train comes along (4471-a-2)
09 - The blood done sign my name (4471-a-3)
10 - Witness for my Lord (4471-a-4)
11 - Soldier in the army of my lord (4471-a-4[a])
12 - Outshine the sun (4471-a-5)
13 - Way over in the promised land (4471-b-2)
14 - Must I be carried to the sky on flowered beds of ease? (4471-b-10)
15 - Bottle up and go (4472-b-3)
16 - Don`t you love me no more? (4473-a-4)
17 - The gallows song (4473-b-2)
18 - Ham and eggs (4473-b-4)
19 - Bottle up and go (fragment) (4473-b-5)
20 - How long (w. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) (6502-a-3)
21 - TB. blues (6502-b-1)
The sessions on this Leadbelly CD were recorded in Havers Studio, New York City (1938) and in Washington D.C. (1940 - 1942).
During this time Leadbelly was recording and socialing with the political/urban folk scene. This is shown on the first track on this CD "Scottsboro Boys" reflects Leadbelly's political awareness in which he tells the story of a group of black boys who were wrongly accused of a gang rape of two white girls in 1931. The second and third tracks recount the story of "John Henry" a legendary black rail worker who challenged a steam drilling machine to a contest, which he won, but then died of exhaustion.
Alot of the tracks on this CD exemplify the way in which Leadbelly would not only sing a song but also to describe the context of the story and his personal involvement in the song.
Near the end of the CD are the blues tracks "How Long" and "T.B. Blues" recorded with Brownie McGhee on vocals/guitar and Sonny Terry on vocals/Harmonica, which show Leadbelly enjoying the accompaniament of other artists.
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