Midnight Special

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

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Midnight Special
performer:
The Golden Gate Quartet
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Quartet43:07
2John Hardy
Lead Belly3:15
3Where Did You Sleep Last Night
acoustic guitar:
Lead Belly
recording of:
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Lead Belly
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
version of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
Lead Belly43:03
4T.B. Blues
Lead Belly3:11
5Easy Rider
cover recording of:
See See Rider Blues
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Lead Belly3:13
6Alberta
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)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter (in 1935)
recording of:
Alberta (on 1940-06-15)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter (in 1935)
Lead Belly43:11
7Rock 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)
Lead Belly42:34
8Alabama Bound
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Quartet43:05
9You Can't Loose-A Me Cholly
Lead Belly3:03
10New York City
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
Lead Belly3:01
11Roberta
Lead Belly43:07
12Leaving Blues
recording of:
Leaving Blues
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly3:02
13When the Boys Were Out on the Western Plains
Lead Belly42:57
14I'm on My Last Go Round
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
Lead Belly3:12
15Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
performer:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
Lead Belly with Josh White2:33
16Pretty Flowers in My Back Yard
performer:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
Lead Belly with Josh White2:27
17Pick a Bale O'CottonLead Belly with The Golden Gate Quartet2:59
18Sail on Little Girl
Lead Belly3:15
19Fannin Street
recording of:
Fannin Street
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
Lead Belly2:36
20Packing Trunk Blues
recording of:
Packing Trunk Blues
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:57
21The Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly3:24
22Good 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.
Lead Belly2:56
23The Boll Weevil
Lead Belly3:04
24Goodnight 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
Lead Belly2:39