Leadbelly – Selected Sides – Vol. 2 1934-1948 – 4CD

This 4CD set contains many rare sides issued on CD for the first time and some that have never previously been re-released. Leadbelly is an iconic and hugely influential musician.

Compiled by Neil Slaven utilising his own, world renowned collection this is 4 Cds of superb Leadbelly that show his story from prison recordings to being lionised by the intelligentsia in Washington D.C. But it's the music that counts and every track is a wonderful example of Leadbelly's unique brand of acoustic blues.

Track Listing:

CD1:
1. Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - 4:45   2. I Got Up This Mornin', Had to Get Up So Soon - 3:04   3. Matchbox Blues - 4:22   4. Blues I Got Make a Newborn Baby Cry - 5:54   5. Irene, Pt. 1 - 4:50   6. Irene, Pt. 2 - 2:15   7. Angola Blues - 4:22   8. Careless Love - 4:16   9. Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More - 3:16   10. Frankie and Albert - 4:11   11. Ella Speed - 6:03   12. Governor Pat Neff - 5:02   13. Which Way Do the Red River Run - 4:00   14. You Don't Know My Mind - 4:19   15. Thirty Days in the Workhouse - 3:58   16. Forth Worth and Dallas Blues - 4:35   17. Death Letter Blues - 6:02  18. Easy Mr Tom - 3:16

CD2:
1. Becky Dean - 3:53   2. Got a Gal in Town With Her Mouth Chock Full of Gold - 3:56   3. Midnight Special - 3:36   4. The Shreveport Jail - 3:08   5. I Ain't Bothered a Bit, Pt. 1 - 2:13   6. I Ain't Bothered a Bit, Pt. 2 - 1:52   7. Blind Lemon Blues - 4:18   8. The Medicine Man - 3:44   9. Red Cross Sto' - 3:37   10. Fo' Day Worry Blues - 3:59   11. Take Me Back - 1:23   12. Matchbox Blues - 4:50   13. Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil in it - 2:37   14. Henry Ford Blues - 3:36   15. Don't You Love Me No More - 3:52   16. De Kalb Blues - 4:44   17. I'm Gonna Hold it in Her While She's Young and Tender - 4:46   18. Dick Licker's Holler - 4:10   19. Shorty George - 4:46   20. Elnora - 3:35   21. Last Night in the Evening - 3:53   22. Something, Something Keeps A-Worryin' Me - 2:21

CD3:
1. Rock Island Line (A Cappella) - 1:23   2. Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver (Galls Pole) - 6:30   3. John Henry (A Cappella) - 4:33   4. The Bourgeois Blues - 3:15   5. The Boll Weevil - 3:06   6. Leaving Blues - 3:05   7. Alberta - 3:10   8. Easy Rider - 3:12   9. Worried Blues - 3:11   10. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More - 3:06   11. You Can't Lose-a Me Cholly - 3:06   12. T.B. Blues - 3:31   13. Sail On, Little Girl - 5:32   14. John Hardy - 3:43   15. Howard Hughes - 2:46   16. Bottle Up and Go - 4:04   17. Leaving Blues - 4:35   18. The Gallows Song - 4:35   19. So Doggone Soon-  4:38   20. The Roosevelt Song - 2:50   21. Noted Rider Blues - 2:50

CD4:
1. Rock Island Line - 2:06   2. Haul Away, Joe - 2:15   3. T.B. Blues - 3:01   4. Good Morning Blues - 2:25   5. Bill Brady - 3:05   6. Blind Lemon (Memorial Record) - 1:25   7. Jim Crow Blues - 2:25   8. Jean Harlow - 1:41   9. National Defense Blues - 3:02   10. Children's Blues - 2:28   11. John Henry - 4:02   12. When a Man's a Long Way From Home - 3:03   13. Laura - 1:41   14. Big Fat Woman - 1:11   15. Borrow Love and Go - 2:13   16. Pigmeat - 2:18   17. New York City - 3:18   18. I'm Leavin' on the Morning Train - 4:18   19. Good Morning Blues - 3:40   20. Tell Me Baby What Was Wrong With You - 3:17   21. John Henry - 3:11   22. It Was Early One Morning (Jail House Blues) - 2:25   23. Goin' Back to Mary (Governor Pat Neff) - 3:41   24. Ain't Gonna Let You Worry My Life No More - 2:19   25. Pretty Papa - 2:38   26. Samuel Hall - 2:32   27. Fannin Street - 4:28   28. Bourgeois Blues - 4:04