STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - LEADBELLY - THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS

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Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate what would have been the 134th Birthday of Louisiana born folk and blues singer and  musician, Huddie William Ledbetter, also known as Leadbelly. Now I say we celebrate today but depending on where you look you might find a different date. I've seen the 15th, the 20th, 21st, and 23rd. I've even seen the year 1888 called into question, but The Lead Belly Foundation gives 01/20/1888 as the date and that's good enough for me. With him in mind, we proudly present this 3 record box set, The The Library Of Congress Recordings. These songs were oroginally recorded by Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax in Washington, D.C. in 1934. Our set, which includes the 23 page booklet with liner notes, photographs, and lyrics was released in 1976 by Elektra Records. It is broken up into 7 sections :

Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse

Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels

Penitentiaries

Spirituals

Blues

Ballads

Topical, Protest

My beautiful Wife Lynn came home from work this week with this. I did not complain. 

(Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse)

A1 Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:11

A2 De Kalb Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:00

A3 Take A Whiff On Me
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:57

A4 The Medicine Man
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:37

A5 I'm Sorry Mama 2:04

(Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels)

A6.1 Monologue: Square Dances, Sooky Jumps
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
4:11

A6.2 Po' Howard
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter

A7 Monologue: Dance Calls, Dance Steps
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
1:58

B1 Gwine Dig A Hole
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:37

B2 Tight Like That
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
1:35

B3 Green Corn
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:09

B4 Becky Dean
Speech – Alan Lomax
3:57

(Penitentiaries)

B5 Monologue: Prison Singing
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
4:38

B6 Midnight Special
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:53

B7.1 I Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yellow Women's Do Bells
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:29

B7.2 Rock Island Line
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Arranged By] – Huddie Ledbetter
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – Alan Lomax

B8 Governor Pat Neff
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:53

C1 Irene (Part I, Part II)
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax
6:55

C2 Governor OK Allen
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:10

(Spirituals)

C3 Git On Board
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*
3:45

C4.1 Hallelujah
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax*
15:06

C4.2 Monologue: Joining The Church
Interviewer – Alan Lomax

C4.3 Backslider, Fare You Well
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter

C4.4 Amazing Grace

C4.5 Must I Be Carried To The Sky On Flowered Beds Of Ease?

C4.6 Amazing Grace

C4.7 Flowered Beds Of Ease

C4.8 Down In The Valley To Pray
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax

D1 Let It Shine On Me 2:18

D2 Run Sinners 1:41

D3 Ride On 1:35

(Blues)

D4 Monologue: The Blues
Interviewer – Alan Lomax
2:08

D5 Thirty Days In The Workhouse 3:53

D6 'Fo Day Worry Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:51

D7 Matchbox Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:40

D8 You Don't Know My Mind 4:11

D9 Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold 3:48

E1 Alberta
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
4:50

E2 Take Me Back
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
1:17

E3 Henry Ford Blues
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:27

(Ballads)

E4 Ella Speed
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
9:08

E5 Billy The Weaver
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax
1:30

E6 Frankie & Albert
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
4:20

E7 If It Wasn't For Dicky
Arranged By [New Words And New Music Adaptation] – Huddie Ledbetter
Edited By [Edited With Additional Material By] – John A. Lomax And Alan Lomax
4:10

F1 Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver?
Edited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan Lomax
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
6:17

(Topical, Protest)

F2 The Bourgeois Blues
Edited By [Edited With New Additional Material By] – Alan Lomax
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:35

F3 Howard Hughes
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:10

F4 Scottsboro Boys
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
5:01

F5 The Hindenburg Disaster
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:19

F6 Turn Yo' Radio On
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
3:07

F7 The Roosevelt Song
Music By, Lyrics By – Huddie Ledbetter
2:19

Leadbelly - vocals, instruments