Odetta - Odetta And The Blues. CD. (Original Blues Classics - OBCCD 509) Tracks:- Hard, Oh Lord - Believe I'll Go - Oh Papa - How Long Blues - Hogans Alley - Leavin' This Mornin' - Oh My Babe - Yonder Come The Blues - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - Weeping Willow Blues - Go Down, Sunshine - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out -

Odetta - One Grain Of Sand. CD. (Vanguard Masters - VMD 2153) A midprice release of one of the most unique albums of the early 60s US folk boom, which was originally released on vinyl in 1963 and has been hard to find for some time. Originally trained as an opera singer (an oddity itself for a black artist), Odetta threw over the 'orthodox' musical life after visiting a folk-based coffee house in San Fransisco, and was a major part, alongside Pete Seeger, of the embryonic Geeenwich Vllage scene. This was her first album, and shows her unusual finger-based guitar style (which influenced Nick Drake) and peerless vocal on a mixture of original compositions (radical at the time) and traditional melodies. Accompanied only by the upright bass of Bill Lee, this is American folk at one of its most outstanding peaks.

Odetta - Odetta At Town Hall. CD. (Vanguard Records - VMD 2109) Definitive female voice of the folk song revival with roots as far back as the post Civil War Jubilee singers tradition and encompassing spirituals and songs from the dust bowl. Tracks:- Let Me Ride - The Fox - Santy Anno - Devilish Mary - Another Man Done Gone - Children's Trilogy: One And One Are Two - Children's Trilogy: Old Lady Sally - Children's Trilogy: I'm On My Way - Spoken Intro /He Had A Long Chain On: Spoken Intro - Spoken Intro /He Had A Long Chain On: He Had A Long Chain On - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Take This Hammer - Ox Driver - Hound Dog - Carry It Back To Rosie - What Month Was Jesus Born In? - The Frozen Logger - Timber - Freedom Trilogy: Come And Go With Me - Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom - Freedom Trilogy: I'm On My Way (Five In The Bed) -

Odetta - Livin' With The Blues. CD. (Vanguard Records - VCD 79557) A strong blues influence here on this 20 track collection of which four are previously unreleased. Tracks:- Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - Mean And Evil - Livin' With The Blues - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - House Of The Rising Sun - Empty Pocket Blues - Fare Thee Well - Rosie - Special Delivery Blues - Down On Me - Another Man Done Gone - Jumpin' Judy - Timber - Rambler Gambler - Sail Away Ladies - Midnight Special - Rambling Round Your City - Bald Headed Woman - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Roll On Buddy.

Odetta - Essential Odetta. CD. (Vanguard Records - VCD 43) Carnegie Hall concert by Odetta captures something fundamental in American music, crossing boundaries between country, blues and gospel. Vocal, guitar, bass and the Choir of the Church of the Master say it all. Tracks:- If I Had A Hammer - When I Was A Young Girl (One Morning In May) - Gallows Pole - God's A-Gonna Cut You Down - John Riley - Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho - All The Pretty Little Horses - The Prettiest Train - Meetin' At The Building - No More Auction Block For Me - Hold On (Gospel Plow) - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Santy Ana - Another Man Done Gone - Spoken Intro /He Had A Long Chain On: He Had A Long Chain On - Spoken Intro /He Had A Long Chain On: Spoken Intro - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Take This Hammer - The Ox-Drivers - What Month Was Jesus Born In? - Timber -

Odetta - Christmas Spirituals. CD. (Vanguard Records - VMD 79079) Afro-American spirituals mainly drawn from the days of slavery, free of Santa Claus and celebrating the spirit of Christmas in a poignant way. Tracks:- Virgin Mary Had One Son - Somebody's Talking About Jesus - Ain't That A-Rocking - Mary Had A Baby - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Beautiful Star - Poor Little Jesus - Shout For Joy - Oh, Jerusalem - Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow! - If Anybody Asks You - What Month Was Jesus Born In? - Children, Go Where I Send Thee.

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