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Odetta in Japan

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Released
  
1966

Odetta in Japan (1966)
  
Odetta (1967)

Release date
  
1966

Producer
  
Jack Somer

Artist
  
Odetta

Label
  
RCA/Legacy

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Genres
  
Folk music, Blues, Acoustic music

Similar
  
Odetta albums, Blues albums

Odetta in Japan is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 1966. It was her final album for RCA Victor.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) – 1:58
  2. "Kaeshite Okure Ima Suguni" (Taku Izumi, Toshio Fujita) – 4:43
  3. "The Fox" – 2:00
  4. "Chilly Winds" – 3:59
  5. "Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos" – 3:40
  6. "One Man's Hand" (Alex Comfort, Pete Seeger) – 3:10
  7. "On Top of Old Smokey" (Traditional) – 3:40
  8. "Sakura" – 2:22
  9. "Hush Little Baby" – 1:21
  10. "Why Oh Why" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:10
  11. "Joshua Fought The Battle of Jericho" – 2:10
  12. "We Shall Overcome" – 5:23

Personnel

  • Odetta – vocals, guitar
  • Bruce Langhorne – guitar
  • Les Grinage (aka Raphael Grinage) – bass

    • Songs

    1If I Had a Hammer (Live)2:51
    2Kaeshite Okure Ima Suguni (Live)4:49
    3The Fox (Live)2:09

    References

    Odetta in Japan Wikipedia
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