VINYL FORMAT. "The bulk of the best performances by Leadbelly - whose influence on the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s cannot be overstated - were recorded during the '40s for Folkways Records founder Moses Asch. Inferior copies and re-recordings of these tunes have appeared over the years, but the original masters have sat in the vaults of Folkways. The three-volume Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy collection shows what we've been missing: the compilers dug out the best available versi...   [ read more ]

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Leadbelly's solo public concert, from June of 1949 at the University of Texas at Austin, has been circulating around at least since the early '70s when Playboy's short-lived record label issued it on vinyl. It's a poignant and beautiful performance by a man who was drawing on some of the last strength he would have for such endeavors -- despite his obvious enjoyment, each of his 61 years shows in the performance here, and it's very sad to hear him mention his illness (ALS) obliquely and the idea t...   [ read more ]

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