Important Recordings 1934-1949

Original Release Date:  April 25, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. Western Cowboy
• 2. Blind Lemon Blues
• 3. Midnight Special
• 4. Goodnight Irene
• 5. C.C. Rider
• 6. Governor O.K. Allen
• 7. Julie Ann Johnson
• 8. I'm Sorry Mama
• 9. Take a Whiff on Me
• 10. Boll Weevil
• 11. The Titanic
• 12. Green Corn
• 13. Po' Howard
• 14. De Kalb Blues
• 15. Frankie and Albert
• 16. Queen Mary
• 17. The Hindenburg Disaster, Pt. 1
• 18. The Hindenburg Disaster, Pt. 2
• 19. Leaving on the Morning Train Blues
• 20. The Bourgeois Blues
• 21. Roberta, Pt. 1
• 22. Roberta, Pt. 2
• 23. Packin' Trunk Blues
• 24. C.C. Rider
• 25. Becky Deem, She Was a Gamblin' Girl
• 26. Honey, I'm All out and Down
• 27. Four Day Worry Blues
• 28. You Can't Lose Me, Charlie
• 29. New Black Snake Moan
• 30. Alberta
• 31. Baby, Don't You Love Me No More
• 32. Ox Drivin' Blues
• 33. Death Letter Blues, Pt. 1
• 34. Death Letter Blues, Pt. 2
• 35. Kansas City Papa
• 36. Red River Blues
• 37. Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
• 38. You Don't Know My Mind
• 39. Daddy I'm Coming Back to You
• 40. My Friend Blind Lemon
• 41. Mr Tom Hughes' Town
• 42. Shorty George
• 43. Matchbox Blues
• 44. Yellow Jacket
• 45. T.B. Woman Blues
• 46. Pig Meat Papa
• 47. Bull Cow
• 48. My Baby Quit Me
• 49. Frankie and Albert, Pt. 1
• 50. Frankie and Albert, Pt. 2
• 51. Poor Howard/Green Corn
• 52. The Gallis Pole
• 53. Pick a Bale of Cotton
• 54. Whoa Back, Buck
• 55. Midnight Special
• 56. Rock Island Line
• 57. Good Morning Blues
• 58. T.B. Blues
• 59. Red Cross Store Blues
• 60. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
• 61. I'm on My Last Go-Round
• 62. New York City
• 63. Grey Goose
• 64. Stew Ball
• 65. Take This Hammer
• 66. Can't You Line 'Em
• 67. Ham an' Eggs
• 68. On a Monday
• 69. John Henry
• 70. How Long
• 71. Aren't You Glad
• 72. John Hardy
• 73. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
• 74. Pretty Flowers in Your Backyard
• 75. In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
• 76. Outskirts of Town
• 77. Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
• 78. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
• 79. Jim Crow Blues
• 80. Mr Hitler
• 81. Corn Bread Rough
• 82. Ella Speed
• 83. Rock Island Line
• 84. Tell Me Baby
• 85. Take This Hammer
• 86. Goodnight Irene
• 87. On a Christmas Day
• 88. Backwater Blues
• 89. Eagle Rock Rag
• 90. Sweet Mary Blues
• 91. Grasshoppers in My Pillow
• 92. Diggin' My Potatoes
• 93. Defense Blues
• 94. Easy Rider
• 95. Pigmeat
• 96. Howard Hughes
• 97. Shine on Me

Credits

• Leadbelly: Guitar, Piano, Concertina, Vocals
• Josh White: Guitar
• Golden Gate Quartet: Vocals
• Brownie McGhee: Guitar, Vocals
• Pops Foster: Bass
• Neil Slaven: Liner Notes
• Willie "The Lion" Smith: Piano
• Sonny Terry: Harmonica
• Henry Owens: Vocals
• Clyde Riddick: Vocals
• Orlandus Wilson: Vocals
• William Langford: Vocals
• Paul Mason Howard: Zither