Folkways: The Original Vision (Songs of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly)

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Tracklist

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1Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1941)
vocals:
Anne Graham (Recorded "Sylvie" with Lead Belly) (in 1941) and Lead Belly (in 1941)
recording of:
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie (in 1941)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654)
Lead Belly0:53
2Pretty Boy Floyd
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Pretty Boy Floyd (on 1944-04-19)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:04
3Do-Re-Mi
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Do Re Mi
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie2:34
4I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asch Recordings and Folkways Records
recorded at:
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1940-03-21 until 1940-03-22)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got No Home
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1938)
Woody Guthrie2:49
5Jesus Christ
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944-04)
recording of:
Jesus Christ (in 1944-04)
additional lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie2:41
6Cotton Fields
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
recording of:
Cotton Fields (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:10
7Rock Island Line
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recorded at:
Asch Records Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1942-01)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1942-01)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lead Belly2:07
8Grand Coulee Dam
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam (on 1944-04-19)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
Woody Guthrie2:14
94, 5, and 9
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (in 1946-06)
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1946-06) and Brownie McGhee (in 1946-06)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (in 1946-06)
piano:
Willie “The Lion” Smith (in 1946-06)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1946-06)
recording of:
4, 5, and 9 (in 1946-06)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:38
10Will Geer Reading Woody Guthrie
spoken vocals:
Will Geer
Will Geer1:00
11Hard Traveling
guitar:
Cisco Houston (in 1947)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (in 1947)
mandolin:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947)
recording of:
Hard Travelin’ (in 1947)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie2:35
12Fannin Street
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1949)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1949)
recording of:
Fannin Street (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
Lead Belly3:06
13Philadelphia Lawyer
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19) and Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
background vocals [harmony]:
Cisco Houston (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Philadelphia Lawyer (on 1944-04-19)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie2:34
14Hobo's Lullaby
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-25)
cover recording of:
Hobo’s Lullaby (on 1944-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
Goebel Reeves
Woody Guthrie2:28
15Bourgeois Blues
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1944-05)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1944-05)
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues (in 1944-05)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly2:22
16Gray Goose
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly
recording of:
Grey Goose (in 1947)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Lead Belly1:29
17Irene
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1943-08)
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (in 1943-08)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1943-08)
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (in 1943-08)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Lead Belly1:57
18Vigilante Man
producer:
Robert P. Wetherald
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Buddah Records (revived/renamed in 1998 as Buddha Records), Folkways Records, RCA Victor and Victor Records (Victor, defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1940-04-26)
recording of:
Vigilante Man (on 1940-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Woody Guthrie53:27
19Gallis Pole
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1948-10)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1948-10)
recording of:
The Gallis Pole (in 1948-10)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
version of:
The Maid Freed From the Gallows (traditional song - not the Led Zep arrangement)
Lead Belly2:49
20This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie3.652:20
21Talking Hard Work
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:27
22Midnight Special
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1948)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1948)
recording of:
Midnight Special (in 1948)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Lead Belly2:06
23In the Pines
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl) (in 1947)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
Lead Belly2:11
24Pastures of Plenty
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty (in 1947-04)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Woody Guthrie2:28
25Car Song
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Car Song
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie1:53
26We Shall Be Free
harmonica:
Sonny Terry (in 1944)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1944), Cisco Houston (in 1944) and Lead Belly (in 1944)
recording of:
We Shall Be Free (in 1944)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly & Woody Guthrie2:33

Credits

Release

liner notes:Guy Logsdon
Jeff Place
Anthony Seeger (Smithsonian/Folkways director) (in 2000-10)
mastering:Pete Reiniger
compiler:Jeff Place
Anthony Seeger (Smithsonian/Folkways director)
ASIN:US: B0007YJGEU [info]