Odetta - Sings Ballads & Blues / at Carnegie Hall [New CD] Rmst

2 LPs ON 1 CD4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDEMartin Luther King, Jr. called Odetta the Queen of American folk music. She was one of the first female singers to forge the bond between traditional folk music and more contemporary forms, such as the blues, gospel music and protest songs. With her strong, booming voice and spare guitar, she sang songs about the lives of bluecollar workers and convicts, housewives and peasants, blacks and whites.This quintessential release includes two of Odetta’s finest albums from her most inspired years: the influential 1956 LP Sings Ballads and Blues (Bob Dylan once said that this record inspired him to trade in his electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustic guitar), and the long unavailable At Carnegie Hall, released on the Vanguard label in 1960.These two albums have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition. Both masterpieces are widely regarded as landmarks of the late-‘50s/early-‘60s folk & blues revival.PERSONNEL:ODETTA HOLMES, vocals and guitar, plus:Bill Lee (double bass on tracks 17-28),Choir of the Church of the Master (backing vocals on tracks 26-28).Recorded in San Francisco and New York, between 1956 and 1960.Original recordings produced by Dean Gitter.INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET RARE PHOTOS - VINTAGE MEMORABILIAAND DETAILED LINER NOTES.TRACKS:SINGS BALLADS AND BLUES01. SANTY ANNO02. IF I HAD A RIBBON BOW03. MULESKINNER BLUES04. ANOTHER MAN DONE GONE05. SHAME AND SCANDAL06. JACK O’ DIAMONDS07. BUCKED AND SCORNED08. EASY RIDER09. JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO10. HOUND DOG11. GLORY, GLORY12. ALABAMA BOUND13. BEEN IN THE PEN14. DEEP BLUE SEA15. GOD’S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN16. SPIRITUAL TRILOGY (OH FREEDOM / COME AND GO WITH ME / I’M ON MY WAY)AT CARNEGIE HALL17. IF I HAD A HAMMER18. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL19. THE GALLOW’S POLE20. GOD’S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN21. JOHN RILEY22. JOHN HENRY23. JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO24. ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES25. MEETING AT THE BUILDING26. HOLD ON27. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD28. AIN’T NO GRAVE CAN HOLD MY BODY DOWNTOTAL TIME: 79:30