Take This Hammer - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings - When The Sun Goes Down Series
byLead Belly
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- Date Released: May 6, 2003
- Genre: Blues
- Label: RCA Bluebird
- Copyright: (P) 2003 BMG
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The fifth issue in Bluebird's Secret History of Rock & Roll project is the first by a single artist; the previous four have all been various-artists compilations. All feature excellent sound and decent if not exceptional packaging. This set, the complete RCA Victor recordings of Leadbelly, is up to that standard. All of the 26 tracks here were recorded in June of 1940 and released at various times as 78s by Bluebird. Some of the material includes virtually definitive versions of "Midnight Special," "Rock Island Line" (primarily because of the quality of the recording itself; the performance is awesome, but all of Leadbelly's performances of this song are), "Easy Rider," "Grey Goose," "TB Blues," "Don't You Love Your Daddy No More," the title track, "Stewball," and "I'm on My Last Go 'Round." This alone is reason enough for any fan of Leadbelly to purchase the CD, and these transfers are so fine, so warm, and so true sounding that they mark a new standard in remastering material from worn master tapes. (Give a listen to the back-to-back tracks "Good Morning Blues" and "Leaving Blues" -- they sound as if Leadbelly is hanging on your couch singing these songs.) The music here doesn't sound like archival material; it sounds alive and it becomes possible to hear what those who were initially knocked out by Leadbelly were able to experience. For anyone interested in Leadbelly's music, this is as essential as the Folkways recordings -- and in some ways, more so.
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| 01. |  |
Pick A Bale of Cotton |
2:59 |
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| 02. | |
Alabama Bound |
3:03 |
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| 03. | |
Yellow Gal |
2:58 |
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| 04. | |
The Midnight Special
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3:06 |
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| 05. | |
Rock Island Line |
2:35 |
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| 06. | |
Whoa! Back Buck! |
3:06 |
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| 07. | |
Good Morning Blues
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2:52 |
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| 08. | |
Leavin' Blues
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3:00 |
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| 09. | |
TB Blues
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3:07 |
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| 10. | |
Red Cross Store Blues
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3:07 |
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| 11. | |
Sail On Little Girl, Sail On
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3:15 |
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| 12. | |
Roberta
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3:00 |
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| 13. | |
Alberta
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3:10 |
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| 14. | |
I'm on My Last Go Round
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3:07 |
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| 15. | |
Grey Goose |
2:56 |
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| 16. | |
Didn't Ol' John Cross the Water |
3:07 |
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| 17. | |
Stewball |
2:59 |
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| 18. | |
Take This Hammer |
2:58 |
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| 19. | |
Can't You Line 'Em |
2:53 |
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| 20. | |
Julianne Johnson |
3:12 |
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| 21. | |
Ham an' Eggs
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2:58 |
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| 22. | |
Easy Rider
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3:12 |
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| 23. | |
New York City
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3:01 |
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| 24. | |
Worried Blues
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3:12 |
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| 25. | |
Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
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3:04 |
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| 26. | |
You Can't Lose-a-Me Cholly
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3:05 |
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26 Total Tracks, 79:02 Total Length
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Credits
- Leadbelly - Guitar // Leadbelly - Vocals // Leadbelly - Main Performer // Alan Lomax - Producer // Alan Lomax - Producer // Colin Escott - Liner Notes // Colin Escott - Reissue Producer // Barry Feldman - Reissue Producer // Doug Pomeroy - Mastering // Doug Pomeroy - Audio Restoration // Doug Pomeroy - Transfers // Willie Johnson - Vocals // Henry Owens - Vocals // Orlandus Wilson - Vocals // Dr. David Evans - Liner Notes // Dr. David Evans - Reissue Producer // Sheryl Lutz-Brown - Design // William Langford - Vocals // Joshua Sherman - Series Producer
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