# Odetta discography

Odetta's discography is large and diverse, covering over 50 years and many record labels.
** denotes Grammy nomination. *** denotes Grammy Winner

## Studio albums

* 1954 The Tin Angel (with Larry Mohr)
* 1956 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues Tradition TLP1010
* 1957 At the Gate of Horn Tradition TLP1025
* 1959 My Eyes Have Seen Vanguard VSD2046
* 1960 Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads Vanguard VSD2057
* 1960 Christmas Spirituals Vanguard VSD2079
* 1962 Odetta and The Blues Riverside RLP9417
* 1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' RCA Victor LSP-2573
* 1963 One Grain of Sand Vanguard VSD2153
* 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs RCA Victor LSP-2643
* 1964 It's a Mighty World RCA Victor LSP-2792
* 1964 Odetta Sings of Many Things RCA Victor LSP-2923
* 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan RCA Victor LSP-3324
* 1967 Odetta FTS3014
* 1970 Odetta Sings Polydor
* 1988 Christmas Spirituals (new recording) ALC104
* 1999 Blues Everywhere I Go ** MC0038
* 2001 Looking For a Home

## Live albums

* 1960 Odetta at Carnegie Hall Vanguard VSD2072
* 1962 Town Hall Vanguard VSD2109
* 1966 Odetta in Japan RCA LSP3457
* 1976 It's Impossible, a.k.a. Odetta at the Best of Harlem
* 1987 Movin' It On RQ101
* 1998 To Ella
** Also released as Odetta & American Folk Pioneer
* 2002 Women in (E)motion
* 2005 Gonna Let It Shine **

## Compilation albums

* 1963 Odetta
* 1967 The Best of Odetta
* 1968 Odetta Sings The Blues Riverside RS 3007
* 1973 The Essential Odetta (live)
** This album is a combination of the Carnegie Hall & Town Hall albums
* 1994 The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
* 1999 The Best of the Vanguard Years
* 2000 Livin' with the Blues
* 2000 Absolutely the Best
* 2002 The Tradition Masters
* 2003 American Folk Pioneer (This album is a reissue of To Ella)
* 2006 Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
* 2007 Vanguard Visionaries

## Appearances

* 1959 Newport Folk Festival
* 1960 Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (Harry Belafonte)
** Tracks: "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain", "Water Boy", "There's a hole in the bucket"
* 1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2
* 1962 Folk Song and Minstrelsy
* 1963 Jimmy Witherspoon
** Track: duet on "Lonesome Road."
* 1964 We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington
** Tracks: "Freedom Trilogy": "I'm on My Way", "Come and Go with Me" & "Oh Freedom".
* 1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1
** Track: "This Land Is Your Land/Narration" (with Arlo Guthrie & co. and Will Geer)
* 1969 The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies From The Motion Picture "Easy Rider"
** Track: "Ballad of Easy Rider"
* 1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 2, "Pastures of Plenty"
* 1972 Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie
* 1976 Aftertones (Janis Ian)
* 1987 Songs of the Working People
* 1987 Greatest Folksingers of the 'Sixties
** Track: "John Henry"
* 1988 Greenwich Folk Festival
* 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) **
* 1993 Rare, Live and Classic (Joan Baez)
* 1994 Freedom is a Constant Struggle
* 1995 Scenes from a Scene: Greenwich Village
* 1995 A Folksinger's Christmas
* 1995 Assassins in the Kingdom (Michael Jonathan)
* 1996 At Home/Around the World (David Amram & Friends)
* 1997 Mojo Club: V.4 Light My Fire
* 1998 Other Voices TOO (Nanci Griffith)
* 1998 Miriam McKeba-Odetta (Harry Belafonte)
* 1998 Giants of Folk: Leadbelly/Guthrie/Odetta
* 1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
* 1998 Original Seeds: Songs that Inspired Nick Cave
* 1998 Folk Hits of the 1960s
* 2000 Sounds of a Better World
* 2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack **
* 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles (the 6ths)
** Track: "Waltzing Me All The Way Home"
* 2000 Women of Silverworlf
* 2000 Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
* 2000 Gospel
* 2000 Route 50: Driving New Routes
* 2000 Queens of the Blues
* 2001 Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den **
* 2001 Washington Square Memories
* 2001 Jazz Ladies
* 2001 Say Yo' Business
* 2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
* 2001 Say It Out Loud
* 2001 Folk Music
* 2001 Sounds of a Better World (Small Voices Calling)
* 2002 Blues Treasures
* 2002 This Land Is Your Land
* 2002 Soul & Inspiration
* 2003 Broken Hearted Blues
* 2003 Blues Had a Baby & It's Rock 'n Roll
* 2003 In the Wind
* 2003 Beginner's Guide to Folk Music
* 2003 Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger
* 2003 Respond II
* 2003 The Prestige Blues Sampler
* 2003 Corner of Bleeker and Blues
* 2003 Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002
* 2003 Let Freedom Sing
* 2003 Best of Kerrville Festival
* 2003 Patriot's Songbook
* 2003 Blue Box of Blues
* 2003 Shout Sister Shout: Rosetta Tharpe Tribute
* 2004 Baby Don't Tear My Clothes (James Cotton)
* 2004 Ladies Man (Pinetop Perkins) **
* 2004 My Country Awake: Freedom Compilation
* 2004 Eric Bibb & Friends
* 2004 Salute to the Blues: Listening in the Bottle
* 2005 Folk: The Life, Times & Music Series

## Tribute Albums

* Beautiful Star: The Songs Of Odetta, by Wears The Trousers Records
* Requiem for a Heavyweight (Tribute to Odetta), by Sista Jean & CB