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Odetta discography

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Studio albums
  
18

Compilation albums
  
11

Live albums
  
7

Tribute albums
  
1

Odetta's discography is large and diverse, covering over 50 years and many record labels.

Contents

** denotes Grammy nomination. *** denotes Grammy Winner

Studio albums

  • 1954 The Tin Angel (with Larry Mohr)
  • 1956 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues Tradition TLP1010
  • 1957 At the Gate of Horn Tradition TLP1025
  • 1959 My Eyes Have Seen Vanguard VSD2046
  • 1960 Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads Vanguard VSD2057
  • 1960 Christmas Spirituals Vanguard VSD2079
  • 1962 Odetta and The Blues Riverside RLP9417
  • 1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' RCA Victor LSP-2573
  • 1963 One Grain of Sand Vanguard VSD2153
  • 1963 Odetta and Larry Fantasy FS3252
  • 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs RCA Victor LSP-2643
  • 1964 It's a Mighty World RCA Victor LSP-2792
  • 1964 Odetta Sings of Many Things RCA Victor LSP-2923
  • 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan RCA Victor LSP-3324
  • 1967 Odetta FTS3014
  • 1970 Odetta Sings Polydor
  • 1987 Movin' It On RQ101
  • 1988 Christmas Spirituals (new recording) ALC104
  • 1999 Blues Everywhere I Go ** MC0038
  • 2001 Looking For a Home

    • Live albums

  • 1960 Odetta at Carnegie Hall Vanguard VSD2072
  • 1962 Town Hall Vanguard VSD2109
  • 1966 Odetta in Japan RCA LSP3457
  • 1973 The Essential Odetta
  • 1976 Odetta at the Best of Harlem
  • 1998 To Ella
  • 2002 Women in (E)motion
  • 2005 Gonna Let It Shine **

    • Compilation albums

  • 1963 Odetta
  • 1967 The Best of Odetta
  • 1973 The Essential Odetta (live)
  • 1994 The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
  • 1999 The Best of the Vanguard Years
  • 2000 Livin' with the Blues
  • 2000 Absolutely the Best
  • 2002 The Tradition Masters
  • 2003 American Folk Pioneer (This album is a re-issue of To Ella)
  • 2006 Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
  • 2007 Vanguard Visionaries

    • Appearances

  • 1959 Newport Folk Festival
  • 1960 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall (Harry Belafonte)
  • 1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2
  • 1962 Folk Song and Minstrelsy
  • 1963 Jimmy Witherspoon
  • 1964 We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington
  • 1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1
  • 1969 The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies From The Motion Picture "Easy Rider"
  • 1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 2, "Pastures of Plenty"
  • 1972 Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie
  • 1976 Aftertones (Janis Ian)
  • 1987 Songs of the Working People
  • 1987 Greatest Folksingers of the 'Sixties
  • 1988 Greenwich Folk Festival
  • 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) **
  • 1993 Rare, Live and Classic (Joan Baez)
  • 1994 Freedom is a Constant Struggle
  • 1995 Scenes from a Scene: Greenwich Village
  • 1995 A Folksinger's Christmas
  • 1995 Assassins in the Kingdom (Michael Jonathan)
  • 1996 At Home/Around the World (David Amram & Friends)
  • 1997 Mojo Club: V.4 Light My Fire
  • 1998 Other Voices TOO (Nanci Griffith)
  • 1998 Miriam McKeba-Odetta (Harry Belafonte)
  • 1998 Giants of Folk: Leadbelly/Guthrie/Odetta
  • 1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
  • 1998 Original Seeds: Songs that Inspired Nick Cave
  • 1998 Folk Hits of the 1960s
  • 2000 Sounds of a Better World
  • 2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack **
  • 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles (the 6ths)
  • 2000 Women of Silverworlf
  • 2000 Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
  • 2000 Gospel
  • 2000 Route 50: Driving New Routes
  • 2000 Queens of the Blues
  • 2001 Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den **
  • 2001 Washington Square Memories
  • 2001 Jazz Ladies
  • 2001 Say Yo' Business
  • 2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
  • 2001 Say It Out Loud
  • 2001 Folk Music
  • 2001 Sounds of a Better World (Small Voices Calling)
  • 2002 Blues Treasures
  • 2002 This Land Is Your Land
  • 2002 Soul & Inspiration
  • 2003 Broken Hearted Blues
  • 2003 Blues Had a Baby & It's Rock 'n Roll
  • 2003 In the Wind
  • 2003 Beginner's Guide to Folk Music
  • 2003 Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger
  • 2003 Respond II
  • 2003 The Prestige Blues Sampler
  • 2003 Corner of Bleeker and Blues
  • 2003 Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002
  • 2003 Let Freedom Sing
  • 2003 Best of Kerrville Festival
  • 2003 Patriot's Songbook
  • 2003 Blue Box of Blues
  • 2003 Shout Sister Shout: Rosetta Tharpe Tribute
  • 2004 Baby Don't Tear My Clothes (James Cotton)
  • 2004 Ladies Man (Pinetop Perkins) **
  • 2004 My Country Awake: Freedom Compilation
  • 2004 Eric Bibb & Friends
  • 2004 Salute to the Blues: Listening in the Bottle
  • 2005 Folk: The Life, Times & Music Series

    • References

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