Released 1994 Length 50:46 | Recorded 1956-1957 Release date 1994 | |
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The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 1994.
Contents
The focus of the material is the music Odetta performed when recording for the Tradition label — Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956) and Odetta at the Gate of Horn (1957). Tradition released The Best of Odetta on LP with a slightly different track list in 1967.
It was also re-released on CD on the Collectables label in 2006.
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
- "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 1:59
- "Lowlands" – 2:41
- "The Fox" – 1:53
- "The Lass from the Low Countree" (John Jacob Niles) – 4:40
- "Devilish Mary" – 1:57
- "Take This Hammer" (Ledbetter) – 3:33
- "Greensleeves" – 2:49
- "Deep River" – 3:00
- "Chilly Winds" – 2:43
- "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Huey Prince/Lou Singer) – 2:43
- "Shame and Scandal" (Sir Lancelot) – 2:23
- "'Buked and Scorned" – 2:40
- "Joshua" – 1:54
- "Glory, Glory" – 2:13
- "Been in the Pen" – 2:32
- "Deep Blue Sea" – 3:02
- "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – 1:51
- Spiritual Trilogy" – 6:05
Personnel
Songs
1He's Got the Whole World in His Hands2:00
2Lowlands2:42
3The Fox1:53
References
The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA