The Library of Congress Recordings [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1966
name: label: performer
content: Leadbelly 1885-1949
label: producer
content: Lomax, Alan 1915-2002
label: liner notes
content: Cohn, Lawrence 1932-
notes: label: Notes
content: Title from container. Folk-songs, blues and original songs, principally with guitar acc. Biographical notes, notes on the recordings by Lawrence Cohn, and transcription of sung and spoken texts (23 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.) laid in container. Automatic sequence.
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States.
label: Table of contents
content: Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse: Mr. Tom Hughes' town (5:11) ; De Kalb blues (5:00) ; Take a whiff on me (2:57) ; Medicine man (3:37) ; I'm sorry Mama (2:04) -- Square dances, Sooky jumps, Reels: Monologue: Square dances, sooky jumps ; Po' Howard (4:11) ; Monologue: Dance calls, dance steps (1:58) ; Gwine dig a hole (3:37) ; Tight like that (1:35) ; Green corn (2:09) ; Becky Dean (3:57) -- Penitentiaries: (Monologue: Prison singing (4:38) ; Midnight Special (2:53) ; I ain't gonna ring dem yellow women's do'bells ; Rock Island Line (3:29) ; Governor Pat Neff (4:53) ; Irene (6:55) ; Governor OK Allen (4:10) -- Contents (cont.): Spirituals: Git on board (3:45) ; Hallelujah ; Monologue: Joining the Church ; Backslider ; Fare you well ; Amazing grace ; Must I be carried to the sky on flowered beds of ease? ; Amazing grace ; Flowered beds of ease ; Down in the valley to pray (15:06) ; Let it shine on me (2:18) ; Run sinners (1:41) ; Ride on (1:35) -- Blues Monologue: The blues (2:08) ; Thirty days in the workhouse (3:53) ; 'Fo day worry blues (3:5l) ; Matchbox blues (4:40) ; You don't know my mind (4:11) ; Got a gal in town with her mouth chock full of gold (3:48) ; Alberta (4:50) ; Take me back (1:17) ; Henry Ford blues (3:27) -- Contents (cont.): Ballads: (Ella speed (9:08) ; Billy the weaver(1:30) ; Frankie & Albert (4:20) ; If it wasn't for Dicky (4:10) ; Mama, did you bring me any silver? (6:17) -- Topical, Protest: Bourgeois blues (5:35) ; Howard Hughes (2:10) ; Scottsboro boys (5:01) ; Hindenburg disaster (3:19) ; Turn yo' radio on (3:07) ; Roosevelt song (2:19)
label: Track information
content: 101 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes Town) / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 102 DeKalb Blues / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 103 Take a Whiff on Me / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 104 The Medicine Man / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 105 I'm Sorry Mama / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 106 Monologue / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 106 Sukey Jump / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 106 Poor Howard / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 107 Monologue: Dance Calls / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 201 Gwine Dig a Hole / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 202 Tight Like That / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 203 Green Corn / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 204 Becky Dean / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 205 Monolgue: Prison Singing / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 206 The Midnight Special / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 207 Yellow Woman's Doorbell / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 208 Rock Island Line / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 208 Governor Pat Neff / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 301 Irene (Goodnight Irene) / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 302 Governor O.K. Allen / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 303 Git on Board / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 304 Hallelujah / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 304 Monologue: Joining the Church / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 304 Backslider, Fare You Well / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 304 Amazing Grace / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 304 Must I Be Carried to the Sky on Flowered Beds of Ease? / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 304 Down in Valley to Pray / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 401 Let it Shine on Me / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 402 Run Sinners / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 403 Ride On / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 404 Monologue: The Blues / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 405 Thirty Days in the Workhouse / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 406 Fo' Day Worry Day / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 407 Matchbox Blues / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 408 You Don't Know My Mind / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 409 Got a Gal in Town with Her Mouth Chock Full of Gold / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 501 Alberta / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 502 Take Me Back / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 503 Henry Ford Blues / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 504 Ella Speed / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 505 Billy the Weaver / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 506 Frankie and Albert / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 507 If It Wasn't for Dicky / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 601 Gallis Pole (Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver) (Child No. 95) / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 602 Bourgeois Blues / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 603 Howard Hughes / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 604 Scottsboro Boys / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 605 Hindenburg Disaster / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 606 Turn Your Radio On / Guitar
label: Track information
content: 607 The Roosevelt Song / Guitar
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
label: Place
content: Louisiana
label: Place
content: New York
topic: label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Folk songs
label: Topic
content: Guitar
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ralph Rinzler papers and audiorecordings, 1950-1994 292071
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Elektra.301/2
label: Local number
content: FP-RINZ-LP-2108
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 3 phonograph records : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in