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Released
  
1963

Artist
  
Odetta

Label
  
Vanguard Records

Length
  
46:11

Release date
  
1963

Genres
  
Blues, Folk music

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Recorded
  
The Town Hall, New York, NY

Odetta at Town Hall (1963)
  
One Grain of Sand (1963)

Similar
  
Odetta albums, Blues albums

Odetta at Town Hall is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, recorded at Town Hall, New York, NY, on April 5, 1963 and first released later that year.

Contents

At Town Hall is also available along with At Carnegie Hall from the same era, on Vanguard's double-LP The Essential Odetta, but the CD version of that release omits eight songs from the Town Hall LP and two songs from the Carnegie Hall LP.

Track listing

  1. "Let Me Ride" (Traditional) – 1:34
  2. "The Fox" (Traditional) – 1:51
  3. "Santy Anno" (Traditional) – 2:35
  4. "Devilish Mary" (Traditional) – 1:56
  5. "Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:33
  6. "Children's Trilogy" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 2:07
  7. "He Had a Long Chain On" (Traditional) – 6:26
  8. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Traditional) – 2:06
  9. "Take This Hammer" (Traditional) – 3:57
  10. "Ox Driver" (Traditional) – 3:07
  11. "Hound Dog" (Traditional) – 4:44
  12. "Carry It Back to Rosie" (Traditional) – 3:27
  13. "What Month Was Jesus Born In?" (Traditional) – 2:22
  14. "The Frozen Logger" (Ivar Haglund, James Stevens) – 2:52
  15. "Timber" (Sam Gray, Josh White) – 3:26
  16. "Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/ Come and Go with Me/ I'm on My Way" (Traditional) – 7:29

Personnel

  • Odetta Holmes – vocals, guitar
  • Bill Lee – bass

    • Songs

    1Let Me Ride1:34
    2The Fox1:52
    3Santy Anno2:35

    References

    Odetta at Town Hall Wikipedia
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