1 – Sweet Mary Blues
2 – Grasshoppers In My Pillow
3 – Irene, Goodnight
4 – John Henry
5 – Boll Weevil
6 – When A Man’s A Long Way From Home
7 – Good Morning Blues
8 – By And By When The Morning Comes
– Medley
10 – Swing Low Sweet Chariot
11 – Rock Island Line
12 – Julie Ann Johnson
13 – Haul Away Joe
14 – Christmas Is Coming
15 – We’re In The Same Boat Brother
16 – Diggin’ My Potatoes
17 – Defense Blues
18 – Easy Rider
19 – Pigmeat
20 – John Henry
21 – Alabama Bound
22 – Ham And Eggs
23 – Yellow Gal
24 – Stew Ball
25 – Gray Goose
26 – Midnight Special
27 – Green Corn
28 – Fiddler’s Dram
Remastered at Soundborn Studios, Vienna.
Original recordings from the collections of Franz Mayrhofer, Johnny Parth, and Ernst Weber.
Original Matrix Information:
1: Hollywood, California, October 27, 1944 (459-2A, Capitol 40038)
2: Hollywood, California, October 27, 1944 (460-3A, Capitol 40038)
3: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
4: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
5: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
6: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
7: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
8: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
9: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
10: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
11: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
12: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
13: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
14: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
15: San Francisco, California, February 15, 1945 (none, Folkways 7533)
16: New York City, c. June 1946 (D385, Disc 5085)
17: New York City, c. June 1946 (D385, Disc 5085)
18: New York City, c. June 1946 (none, Disc 5501)
19: New York City, c. June 1946 (none, Disc 5501)
20: New York City, c. June 1946 (none, Folkways 53)
21: New York City, c. October 1946 (D669, Disc 6045)
22: New York City, c. October 1946 (D670, Disc 6043)
23: New York City, c. October 1946 (D671, Disc 6044)
24: New York City, c. October 1946 (D672, Disc 6045)
25: New York City, c. October 1946 (D673, Disc 6044)
26: New York City, c. October 1946 (D674, Disc 6043)
27: New York City, c. October 1946 (none, Folkways 4)
28: New York City, c. October 1946 (none, Folkways 2488)
Leadbelly recorded 4 titles "live" with Bunk Johnson in NYC in spring 1946, which are available on American Music CD 46 and therefore not included here.
?© 1994 by Document Records Ltd., Vienna.
Made in EU.