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Leadbelly, the essential DOUBLE CD More Info >> |
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Leadbelly and Josh White 1937 - 1946 The Remaing Titles Lead Belly, vocal, 12-string guitar. With contributions by; Genres: Blues, guitar; 12-string guitar; Folk. Leadbelly kicks off with an Untitled song (from the 1937 Library of Congress session) about the 1898 Spanish American War, which transformed the U.S.A. into a world power. The track "Ain't Going Down" is from the live New York radio station WNYC Leadbelly session introduced by Woody Guthrie. In another radio session 2 months later Leadbelly recorded "Don't Lose Your Daddy" and "You Can't Lose Me Charlie". With the entry of the U.S.A. into World War 2, Leadbelly recorded supportive songs such as "Uncle Sam Says", "If You Want To Do Your Part", "Hitler Song" and "Dear Mr. President/President Roosevelt". Leadbelly also contributed to the war effort by performing for the Armed Forces Radio Service a version of "Rock Island Line". Continued... More Info >> |
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Blues, Blues Christmas 1925 - 1955 Various artists
Double album with full colour 20 page booklet by Jeff Harris. Detailed discography The idea of Christmas themed blues and gospel numbers stretches back to the very dawn of the recorded genres. “Hooray for Christmas” exclaims Bessie Smith to kick off her soon to be classic “At The Christmas Ball”, which inaugurated the Christmas blues tradition when it was recorded in November 1925 for Columbia. A year later, circa December 1926, the gospel Christmas tradition was launched when the Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers recorded “Silent Night, Holy Night” for Paramount Records. After these recordings it was off to the races with numerous Christmas blues numbers recorded by singers of all stripes, a pace that continued as blues evolved into R&B and then rock and roll. Continued... More Info >> |
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Leadbelly Vol 1 1939 - 1940 More Info >> |
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Leadbelly Vol 2 1940 - 1943 More Info >> |
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Leadbelly Vol 3 1939 - 1947 More Info >> |
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Too Late Too Late Vol 3 1927 - 1960's More Info >> |
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Leadbelly Vol 4 1944 More Info >> |
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Leadbelly Vol 5 1944 - 1946 More Info >> |
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Too Late Too Late Vol 5 1927 - 1964 More Info >> |
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