tracks

Western Cowboy
Blind Lemon Blues
Midnight Special
Irene
C.C. Rider
Governor O.K. Allen
Julie Ann Johnson
I'm Sorry Mama
Take A Whiff On Me
Boll Weevil
The Titanic
Green Corn
Po' Howard
De Kalb Blues
Frankie And Albert
Queen Marie
The Hindenburg Disaster Part 1
The Hindenburg Disaster Part 2
Leaving On The Morning Train Blues
The Bourgeois Blues
Roberta Part 1
Roberta Part 2
Packin' Trunk Blues
C.C. Rider
Becky Deem, She Was A Gamblin' Girl
Honey, I'm All Out And Down
Four Day Worry Blues
You Can't Lose Me Charlie
New Black Snake Moan
Alberta
Baby, Don't You Love Me No More
Ox Drivin' Blues
Death Letter Blues Part 1
Death Letter Blues Part 2
Kansas City Papa
Red River Blues
Fort Worth And Dallas Blues
You Don't Know My Mind
Daddy I'm Coming Back To You
My Friend Blind Lemon
Mr Tom Hughes' Town
Shorty George
Matchbox Blues
Yellow Jacket
T.B. Woman Blues
Pig Meat Papa
Bull Cow
My Baby Quit Me
Frankie And Alberta Part 1
Frankie And Alberta Part 2
Poor Howard / Green Corn
The Gallis Pole
Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Woah Back, Buck
Midnight Special
Rock Island Line
Good Morning Blues
T.B. Blues
Red Cross Store Blues
Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
I'm On My Last Go-Round
New York City
Grey Goose
Stew Ball
Take This Hammer
Can't You Line 'Em
Ham An' Eggs
On A Monday
John Henry
How Long
Ain't You Glad
John Hardy
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard
In New Orleans
Outskirts Of Town
Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down
Jim Crow Blues
Mr Hitler
Corn Bread Rough
Ella Speed
Rock Island Line
Tell Me Baby
Take This Hammer
Irene (Goodnight Irene)
On A Christmas Day
Backwater Blues
Eagle Rock Rag
Sweet Mary Blues
Grasshoppers In My Pillow
Diggin' My Potatoes
Defense Blues
Easy Rider
Pigmeat
Howard Hughes
Shine On Me

notes

Disc 1:
1 to 4 and 6 to 9: Recorded at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, LA. probably July 1, 1934.
5: Recorded at Wilton, CT. February 1935.
10 to 13: Recorded at Wilton, CT. February 1935.
14, 15: Recorded at Wilton, CT. March 1935.
16 to 18: Recorded at Washington, DC. June 22, 1937.
19, 20: Recorded at New York City, December 26, 1938.

Disc 2:
1 to 10: New York City, January 23, 1935.
11 to 18: New York City, January 24, 1935.
19 to 23: New York City, February 5, 1935.
24, 25: New York City, March 25, 1935.

Disc 3:
1 to 3: New York City, March 25, 1935.
4 to 7: New York City, April 1, 1939.
8 to 16: New York City, June 15, 1940.
17 to 22: New York City, June 17, 1940.
23 to 26: New York City, Jul/Aug, 1943.

Disc 4:
1: New York City, November 1943.
2 to 4: New York City, February 17, 1944.
5: New York City, April 25, 1944.
6: New York City, c. April 1944.
7 to 10: New York City, c. May 1944.
11 to 14: Hollywood, October 4, 1944.
15 to 17: Hollywood, October 11, 1944.
18 to 20: Hollywood, October 27, 1944.
21 to 24: New York City, c. June 1946.
25: New York City, 1947.
26: Austin, Texas, June 15, 1949.

Manufactured in the United Kingdom
℗ & © 2006 JSP Records

credits

Concertina – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 4-1, 4-10)
Double Bass [Bass] – George 'Pops' Foster, (tracks: 4-21 to 4-24)
Guitar – Brownie McGhee (tracks: 4-21 to 4-24), Josh White (tracks: 4-6)
Harmonica – Sonny Terry (tracks: 3-23 to 3-26, 4-5, 4-7, 4-21 to 4-24)
Piano – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 4-18), Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 4-21 to 4-24)
Recorded By – Alan Lomax (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9), John Lomax, (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9)
Vocals – Brownie McGhee (tracks: 21), The Golden Gate Quartet (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11, 3-18 to 3-22)
Vocals, Guitar – Huddie Ledbetter
Zither – Paul Mason Howard (tracks: 4-11 to 4-20)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – JSP Records
Copyright (c) – JSP Records
Made By – GZ Digital Media – W12961
Made By – GZ Digital Media – W12962
Made By – GZ Digital Media – W12963
Made By – GZ Digital Media

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