Complete Blues: Take This Hammer

~ Release by Lead Belly (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Can't You Line 'em
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
guest vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-17) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
2:57
2Fannin' Street
recording of:
Fannin Street (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
3:26
3Rock Island Line
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (on 1945-02-15)
clarinet, percussion, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet and background vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1945-02-15)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
guest vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (on 1945-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1948)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
42:37
4C.C. Rider
recording of:
See See Rider Blues
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10056)
2:59
5New York City
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-17)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-17) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
recording of:
New York City (on 1940-06-17)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
3:03
6Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
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
1:53
7Pick a Bale of Cotton
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1947-02)
background vocals:
The Oleander Singers (in 1947-02)
recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton (in 1935)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton (in 1947-02)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
1:45
8TB Blues
3:09
9Good Morning Blues
recorded in:
San Francisco, California, United States (on 1945-02-15)
clarinet, percussion, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet and background vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1945-02-15)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
recording of:
Good Morning Blues (from 1940 to present)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
recording of:
Good Morning Blues (on 1945-02-15)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
2:54
10Alberta
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1935-01-23, on 1940-06-15)
recorded at:
Victor Studios (Cherokee (A,B,C,D)) in New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-15)
recording of:
Alberta (on 1935-01-23)
lyricist:
Huddie William Ledbetter
composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter (in 1935)
recording of:
Alberta (on 1940-06-15)
lyricist:
Huddie William Ledbetter
composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter (in 1935)
43:08
11Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special (in 1934)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:04
12Take This Hammer
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01, from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01, from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
Take This Hammer (in 1942-01)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4299)
recording of:
Take This Hammer (from 1948-09 until 1948-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4299)
2:16
13Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues (from 1938 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
5:37
14Salty Dog
3:02
15Matchbox Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-02-05)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1935-02-05)
recording of:
Match Box Blues (on 1935-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
3:04
16Tell Me Baby
3:17
17Black Gal
2:10
18Somebody's Diggin' My Potatoes
3:59
19Tight Like That
3:12
20Leaving Blues
guitar:
Lead Belly
vocals:
Lead Belly
recording of:
Leaving Blues (on 1940-08-23)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recording of:
Leaving Blues (from 1948 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
3:36

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ASIN:UK: B0001BYLBM [info]