Leadbelly - Take This Hammer (26 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Leadbelly
Take This Hammer
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. Pick a Bale of Cotton - Leadbelly, Leadbelly
2. Alabama Bound - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
3. Yellow Gal - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
4. Midnight Special - Leadbelly, Leadbelly
5. Rock Island Line - Leadbelly, Leadbelly
6. Whoa Back, Buck - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
7. Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
8. Leaving Blues - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
9. TB Blues - Leadbelly, Traditional
10. Red Cross Store Blues - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
11. Sail on Little Girl, Sail On - Leadbelly, Traditional
12. Roberta - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
13. Alberta - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
14. I'm on My Last Go Round - Leadbelly, Traditional
15. Grey Goose - Leadbelly, Traditional
16. Didn't Ol' John Cross the Water - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
17. Stewball - Leadbelly, Lead Belly
18. Take This Hammer - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
19. Can't You Line 'Em - Leadbelly, Traditional
20. Julie Ann Johnson - Leadbelly, Traditional
21. Ham an' Eggs - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
22. Easy Rider - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
23. New York City - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie
24. Worried Blues - Leadbelly, Traditional
25. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More - Leadbelly, Traditional
26. You Can't Lose-A-Me Cholly - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie

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CD Details

All Artists: Leadbelly
Title: Take This Hammer
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
Release Date: 5/6/2003
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Classic Country, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Traditional Folk, Comedy & Spoken Word
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 828765095723

Synopsis

Product Description

CD > POPULAR MUSIC > JAZZ

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CD Reviews

****1/2 - a great collection of Ledbetter's Victor sides

Docendo Discimus | Vita scholae | 03/07/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hudy (or "Huddie") Ledbetter was a songster, a folk singer, a blues singer and a gospel singer, and "Take This Hammer" is an excellent compilation of Leadbelly's 1940 Victor recordings, showing his versatility and the power of his huge, resonant baritone.

On half of these 26 tracks, Leadbelly is joined by The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (a vocal ensemble); the rest are solo performances. The sound is exceptionally good for 64-year-old recordings, and while "Take This Hammer" is not an exhaustive career overview, it does include many of Huddie Ledbetter's best and best-known songs, including "Pick A Bale Of Cotton", "Alberta", "Yellow Gal", "Alabama Bound", "Rock Island Line", "The Midnight Special", "TB Blues", and the title track. The presence of The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet on tracks 1-6 and 15-21 lends a new dimension to Leadbelly's songs, adding texture and depth to them without robbing songs like "Can't You Line 'Em" and "Whoa Buck, Back" of any of their power. These sides have inspired artists from Muddy Waters to Aerosmith (!), and they are also some of the most accessible Hudy Ledbetter ever recorded.

Originally released in 1965 on Smithsonia Folkways, these wonderful recordings are an essential part of Hudy William Ledbetter's recorded legacy.

Highly recommended."

Excellent recording

Docendo Discimus | 07/30/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had the "Absolutely the Best" CD and decided to get this one because of the number of tracks. I couldn't believe the the difference in sound quality of this cd compared to others I've heard. I would highly recommend this album to the casual leadbelly listener."

Fish out of water

Sarcalogos misericordia vobis | 07/11/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I love Leadbelly, and I love black gospel, but this is a strange, unnatural marriage. Leadbelly is phenomenal. The Golden Gate gospel group is wonderful, but together they are not that great. The seven or so solo Leadbelly tunes are breathtaking; the combined tunes are clumsy. Sort of reminds me of B. B. King and Bobby Bland "Together Again for the First Time" album; both artists are great, but something didn't click for the combined album."