The Definitive Leadbelly | 
 enlarge | Artist: Leadbelly
Label: Snapper Music Group
Category: Music
Buy New: $23.98
New (23) Used (7) from $15.33
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 66717
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.2 x 0.8
UPC: 636551050623
EAN: 0636551050623
ASIN: B000Y9NSZ6
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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Disc 1
| • | Grasshoppers in My Pillow - Leadbelly, | | • | Tight Like That - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | C.C. Rider - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Well You Know I Had to Do It - Leadbelly, | | • | Alberta - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Sweet Mary Blues - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | New Orleans - Leadbelly, | | • | New York City - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Baby, Don't You Love Me No More? - Leadbelly, | | • | Thirty Days in the Work House - Leadbelly, | | • | You Cain' Loose-A-Me Cholly - Leadbelly, | | • | Midnight Special - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | I'm Leavin' on the Midnight Train - Leadbelly, | | • | Fannin' Street - Leadbelly, Traditional | | • | Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Pick a Bale of Cotton - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Black Girl - Leadbelly, Ledbetter | | • | Turn Yo' Radio On - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Children's Blues - Leadbelly, | | • | John Henry - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Corn Bread Rough - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Can't You Line 'Em - Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Huddie | | • | Ella Speed - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Tell Me Baby - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Go Down, Old Hannah - Leadbelly, |
Disc 2
| • | Somebody's Diggin' My Potatoes - Leadbelly, Lawlars, Ernest | | • | Dancing With Tears in My Heart - Leadbelly, | | • | Salty Dog - Leadbelly, Ledbetter | | • | Whoa Back Up - Leadbelly, | | • | Sukey Jump - Leadbelly, | | • | How Long - Leadbelly, Carr, Leroy | | • | Eagle Rock Rag - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Laura - Leadbelly, Mercer, Johnny | | • | Big Fat Woman - Leadbelly, Traditional | | • | My Friend Blind Lemon - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Easy Mr Tom - Leadbelly, | | • | New Black Snake - Leadbelly, | | • | Matchbox Blues - Leadbelly, Jefferson | | • | Death Letter Blues, Pt. 1 - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Death Letter Blues, Pt. 2 - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | We're in the Same Boat, Brother - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Jean Harlow - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Howard Hughes - Leadbelly, Lomax, Alan | | • | Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | When I Was a Cowboy - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | T B Blues - Leadbelly, | | • | Alabama Bound - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Shout On (Honey I'm All Out and Down) - Leadbelly, | | • | He Never Said a Mumbling Word - Leadbelly, Leadbelly |
Disc 3
| • | It Was Early One Morning - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Tom Hughes Town - Leadbelly, | | • | Bull Cow - Leadbelly, Broonzy, Big Bill | | • | Looky Look Yonder - Leadbelly, | | • | The Blood Done Sign My Name - Leadbelly, | | • | Tell Me Baby, What Was Wrong With You - Leadbelly, | | • | Birmingham Jail (Down in the Valley) - Leadbelly, | | • | Red Cross Store Blues - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Sail on, Little Girl, Sail On - Leadbelly, Bumble Bee Slim | | • | Roberta - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Jim Crow Blues - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Gray Goose - Leadbelly, | | • | I'm on My Last Go-Round - Leadbelly, | | • | Stewball - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Spring Time in the Rockies - Leadbelly, | | • | Ain't Going Down to the Well No More - Leadbelly, | | • | Take This Hammer - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Rock Island Line - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Midnight Special - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Sylvie - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | I'll Be Down on the Last Bread Wagon - Leadbelly, | | • | Chinatown - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | I'm Alone Because I Love You - Leadbelly, Leadbelly | | • | Leaving Blues - Leadbelly, Leadbelly |
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Album Description
2008 three CD set from one of the singular most important Blues artists of all time. Features 75 Leadbelly classics including 'Jim Crow Blues', 'Ain't Going Down To The Well No More', 'Sweet Mary Blues', 'Midnight Special' and more. Complete Blues.
Album Details
Three CD box set with 24 Page Booklet featuring Rare Photos.
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Definitive Leabelly CD's Are Great, But........... May 6, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Definitive Leadbelly cd box set is a well-worth investment, especially for the first-time Leadbelly listeners, but there a few flaws with this compilation:
1. The version of 'Goodnight Irene' on the first disc is of great sound quality, but Catfish Records seem to cut this song off about 40 seconds early. This bothered me a lot.
2. If you can find this box set, go ahead and buy it, just be careful that the seller actually has it, not just something listed by a power-seller or on some internet store. Since Catfish Records is a British-based record company, it is harder to find this compilation in the United States.
3. The booklet contains little information. Besides a good biography, it only has a song list in the back 2 pages of the booklet. It has no information pertaining to when and where the tracks were recorded. Not even composer rights are listed in this booklet, but the composer information can be found on [...] ,Leadbelly recorded several of his songs more than once, so it's pretty hard to figure out where to go from here for more Leadbelly CD's.
Besides these few little flaws, it is a great collection if you can find it. The sound quality is, for the most part, awesome (considering the recordings are about 65 years old)!
Where and when were these songs recorded? April 3, 2006
Don't get me wrong--the music here is great. The problem is that the liner notes only give you biographical information about Leadbelly. There's ZERO information about the songs--where and when they were recorded. Since he recorded many songs numerous times, this collection really leaves you in the dark.
So, five stars for the music and one star for the booklet averages out to three stars.
 Great Compilation March 5, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
For some reason very few people know about this compilation. I'm not sure why, as it's definitely the best Leadbelly compilation on the market. The sound quality is great, it's comprehensive without being too long, and it's got great liner notes. The way the songs are divided on the discs is great too. Disc one contains most of the big hits, making it a sort of greatest hits album, while discs two and three contain more rarities and alternate takes. Definitely recommended for any Leadbelly fan or anyone looking for an introduction to the artist.
A Great Bargain October 7, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful set of 3 CDs. The sound quality is terrific. How they clean up these old recordings is a wonder! If you're not familiar with him, Leadbelly's style is stiff and somewhat formal, but he grows on you. His 12-string playing is fairly simple, with occasional boogie-woogie riffs. He was influential though and a friend of the folkies of his day - Woody Guthrie, the Weavers, Pete Seeger, etc. This collection is a great buy.
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