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Legend has it that when Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter was shown one of the first commercially available tape recorders--as opposed to the then-standard disc-cutting machines--in the fall of 1948, he immediately sat down in front of it for a marathon impromptu recording session. This fact comes across on the first of these discs taken from those tapes: most of its 35 tracks are traditional blues hollers without even his trademark 12-string guitar for accompaniment.
The other three discs are jam-packed with songs, fragments, and often fascinating conversations. Rather than edit the material--which the listener can do quite nicely with a programmable CD player and blank cassettes--the archivists at Smithsonian/Folkways wisely chose to release these four hours of material exactly as it was recorded. As a result, the sound quality is occasionally a bit dodgy, but the historical import and musical quality of these recordings are undeniable.
Recorded between September and November, 1948. Originally released on Folkways (241/2941, 242/2942). Includes liner notes by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. Moses Asch, Sean Killeen, Anthony Seeger, Jeff Place and Matt Walters.
Personnel includes: Leadbelly (vocals, acoustic guitar).
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Q (3/95, p.118) - 3 Stars - Good - "...though these were his last recordings, they were his first made on magnetic tape and the medium's fidelity communicates a greater intimacy than was achieved on his many other recordings..."
Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Leadbelly's Last Sessions Music | | Leadbelly's Last Sessions CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom | |
| 2. | Yes, I'm Going Down to Louisiana | |
| 3. | I Ain't Going Down to the Well No More | |
| 4. | Dick Ligger's Holler | |
| 5. | Miss Liza Jane | |
| 6. | Dog Latin Song | |
| 7. | Leaving Blues | |
| 8. | Go Down, Old Hannah | |
| 9. | Blue Tail Fly | |
| 10. | Nobody in This World Is Better Than Us | |
| 11. | We're in the Same Boat, Brother | |
| 12. | Looky, Looky Yonder | |
| 13. | Jolly O' the Ransom | |
| 14. | Old Ship of Zion | |
| 15. | Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy | |
| 16. | Mistreatin' Mamma | |
| 17. | Black Betty | |
| 18. | Ain't Goin Down to the Well No More | |
| 19. | I'm Going Back Down in Louisiana | |
| 20. | I Don't Know You, What Have I Done | |
| 21. | Rock Island Line | $0.99 | |
| 22. | Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit? | |
| 23. | Shorty George | $0.69 | |
| 24. | Stewball | |
| 25. | Bottle up & Go | |
| 26. | You Know I Got to Do It | |
| 27. | Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin' on a Sunday | |
| 28. | I Ain't Gonna Drink Anymore | |
| 29. | Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues - (previously unreleased) | |
| 30. | My Lindy Lou | |
| 31. | I'm Thinking of a Friend | |
| 32. | He Never Said a Mumbling Word | |
| 33. | I Don't Want No More of Army Life | |
| 34. | In the World | |
| 35. | I Want to Go Home | |
| | Leadbelly's Last Sessions Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | New Iberia | |
| 2. | Dancing With Tears in My Eyes | |
| 3. | John Henry | |
| 4. | Salty Dog | |
| 5. | National Defense Blues | |
| 6. | Easy, Mr. Tom | |
| 7. | Relax Your Mind | |
| 8. | Bottle up and Go | |
| 9. | Polly Wolly Wee | |
| 10. | Pig Latin Song - (alternate take) | |
| 11. | Hawaiian Song | |
| 12. | Drinkin' Lum y a Alla | |
| 13. | Grey Goose, The | |
| 14. | Silver City Bound | |
| 15. | Titanic, The | |
| 16. | Death Letter Blues | |
| 17. | Mary Don't You Weep | |
| 18. | He Never Said a Mumbling Word | |
| | Leadbelly's Last Sessions Album DISC 3: |
| 1. | Midnight Special | |
| 2. | Boll Weevil Song | |
| 3. | Careless Love | |
| 4. | Easy Rider | |
| 5. | Cry For Me | |
| 6. | Ain't Going to Drink No More (De Kalb Blues) | |
| 7. | Birmingham Jail | |
| 8. | Old Riley | |
| 9. | Julie Ann Johnson | $0.99 | |
| 10. | It's Tight Like That | |
| 11. | 4, 5 & 9 | |
| 12. | Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do? | |
| 13. | Jail House Blues | |
| 14. | Well, You Know I Had to Do It | |
| 15. | Irene | |
| 16. | 25 Cent Dude | |
| 17. | How Come You Do Me Like You Do? | |
| 18. | Hello Central | |
| 19. | Hesitation Blues | |
| 20. | I'll Be Down on the Last Bread Wagon | |
| | Leadbelly's Last Sessions CD DISC 4: |
| 1. | Somebody's Diggin' My Potatoes - (previously unreleased) | |
| 2. | Springtime in the Rockies | |
| 3. | Chinatown | |
| 4. | Rock Island Line | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Backwater Blues  | |
| 6. | Sweet Mary | |
| 7. | Irene | |
| 8. | Easy, Mr. Tom | |
| 9. | In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down | |
| 10. | I'm Alone Because I Love You | |
| 11. | House of the Rising Sun | |
| 12. | Mary Don't You Weep | |
| 13. | Talk About Fannin Street | |
| 14. | Fannin Street | |
| 15. | Sugared the Beer | |
| 16. | Didn't Old John Cross the Water | |
| 17. | Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | |
| 18. | Bully of the Town | |
| 19. | Sweet Jenny Lee | |
| 20. | Yellow Gal | $0.99 | |
| 21. | He Was the Man | |
| 22. | We're in the Same Boat, Brother | |
| 23. | Leaving Blues | |
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