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Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
Studio album by Odetta
Released1957 (original),
February 6, 1996,
February 1, 2005 (re-releases)
RecordedSan Francisco, California,
September 1956
GenreFolk, blues, vocal, calypso
Length45:14 (reissue)
LabelTradition
TLP 1010 (LP)
Rykodisc 1004 (1996 CD)
V.I. Music 450661 (2005 CD)
ProducerDean Gitter
Odetta chronology
The Tin Angel - Odetta & Larry
(1954) 		Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
(1957) 		At the Gate of Horn
(1957)
Original cover (1956)
The vinyl cover of Ballads and Blues
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Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues is the debut solo album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1957.

Like much of Odetta's early work, Ballads and Blues combines traditional songs (e.g. spirituals) with blues covers. Some songs on this album were also recorded for Odetta & Larry's 1954 album The Tin Angel.

The initial vinyl release has tracks 1-8 as side A, then tracks 9-16 as side B (the "Spiritual Trilogy" being counted as one track, a medley). The "enhanced" CD version of this album, released in 2005, contains four bonus tracks and has a slightly different cover with a different photo of the singer. Some tracks are included on the Collectables re-release The Best of Odetta.

Bob Dylan singled this album out as one of his favorites by Odetta; indeed, it was albums like this that inspired him to play folk music instead of rock 'n' roll.

Track listing

  1. "Santy Anno" (Traditional) – 1:55
  2. "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Huey Prince, Lou Singer) – 2:42
  3. "Muleskinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:51
  4. "Another Man Done Gone" (Traditional) – 2:11
  5. "Shame and Scandal" (Traditional) – 2:23
  6. "Jack o' Diamonds" (Traditional) – 3:15
  7. "'Buked and Scorned" (Traditional) – 2:40
  8. "Easy Rider" (Traditional) – 5:06
  9. "Joshua" (Traditional) – 1:53
  10. "Hound Dog" (Traditional) – 3:50
  11. "Glory, Glory" (Traditional) – 2:12
  12. "Alabama Bound" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 1:42
  13. "Been in the Pen" (Traditional) – 2:32
  14. "Deep Blue Sea" (Traditional) – 3:00
  15. "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (Traditional) – 1:51
  16. Spiritual Trilogy: "Oh, Freedom", "Come and Go With Me", "I'm on My Way" (Traditional) – 6:06

2005 CD bonus tracks

  1. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Traditional)' – 1:53
  2. "Take This Hammer" (Ledbetter) – 3:27
  3. "Deep River" (Traditional) – 3:00
  4. "Chilly Winds" (Traditional) – 2:41

Personnel

References

  1. Canby, Edward (April 1957). "The New Recordings". Harper's Magazine. Harper & Brothers.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Playboy interview with Bob Dylan, 1978
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