ODETTA

Albums recorded by Odetta, with release dates and UK CD availability.

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The Tin Angel

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Sings Ballads & Blues

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At The Gate Of Horn

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My Eyes Have Seen

10/59

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The Ballad For Americans

07/60

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Odetta At Carnegie Hall [live]

12/60

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Christmas Spirituals

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Odetta And The Blues

04/62

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Sometimes I Feel Like Crying

12/62

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At Town Hall [live]

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Odetta Sings Folk Songs

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One Grain Of Sand

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It's A Mighty World

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Odetta Sings Of Many Things

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Odetta In Japan

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Odetta Sings Dylan

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Odetta

--/67

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Odetta Sings The Blues

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Odetta Sings

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Everest Archive Of Folk And Jazz

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Movin' It On [live]

--/87

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Women In (E)motion

11/94

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To Ella [live]

10/98

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Blues Everywhere I Go

09/99

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Livin' With The Blues [compilation, includes rarities]

04/00

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Lookin' For A Home

08/01

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Gonna Let It Shine: A Concert For The Holidays

10/05

New

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John Henry
Old Cotton Fields At Home
The Frozen Logger
Run, Come See Jerusalem
Old Blue
Water Boy
Santy Anna
I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago/
The Biggest Thing
The Car-Car Song
No More Cane On The Brazos
Pay Day At Coal Creek
I've Been 'Buked And I've Been Scorned
Rock Island Line

Larry Mohr
Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Banjo
Vocals, Guitar

Peggy Tolk-Watkins

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Santy Anno
If I Had A Ribbon Bow
Muleskinner Blues
Another Man Done Gone
Shame And Scandal
Jack O' Diamonds
Buked And Scorned
Easy Rider
Joshua
Hound Dog
Glory, Glory
Alabama Bound
Been In The Pen
Deep Blue Sea
God's Gonna Cut You Down
Trilogy: Oh, Freedom/Come And Go With Me/
I'm On My Way

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Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Sail Away Ladies, Sail Away
The Gallows Pole
Lowlands
The Fox
Maybe She Go
The Lass From The Low Countree
Timber
Deep River
Chilly Winds
Green Sleeves
Devilish Mary
All The Pretty Little Horses
The Midnight Special
Take This Hammer

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CD Reissue

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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Poor Little Jesus
Bald Headed Woman
Motherless Children
I Know Where I'm Goin'
The Foggy Dew
I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain/Water Boy
Ox-Driver Song (The Ox Drivers)
Down On Me
Saro Jane
Three Pigs
No More Cane On The Brazos
Jumpin' Judy
Battle Hymn Of The Republic

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CD Issue

Bill Lee
Odetta

Producer:

Bass
Guitar, Vocals

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This Land
On Top Of Old Smokey
Hush Little Baby
Dark As A Dungeon
Great Historical Bum
Payday At Coal Creek
Going Home
Pastures Of Plenty

Fred Hellerman
Bill Lee
Odetta


Producer:

Guitar
Bass
Vocals, Guitar
The Robert DeCormier Chorale

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If I Had A Hammer
Red Clay Country
When I Was A Young Girl
Gallows Pole
God's A Gonna Cut You Down
John Riley
John Henry
Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho
All The Pretty Little Horses
Prettiest Train
Meetings At The Building
No More Auction Block
Hold On
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall,
New York City, USA on 8 April 1960

Bill Lee
Odetta



Producer:

Bass
Vocals, Guitar
The Choir Of The Church Of The Master (Tracks 12-14)

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Virgin Mary Had One Son
Somebody's Talking About Jesus
Ain't That A Rocking
Mary Had A Baby
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Beautiful Star
Poor Little Jesus
Shout For Joy
Oh, Jerusalem
Rise Up Shepherd And Follow
If Anybody Asks You
What Month Was Jesus Born In?
Children, Go Where I Send Thee

Original LP

CD Issue

Lincoln Goines
Bill Lee
Odetta
Jeff Salisbury
Carol Steele

Producer:

Bass
Bass
Vocals, Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Percussion

Rachel Faro

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Hard, Oh Lord
Believe I'll Go
Oh, Papa
How Long Blues
Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
Go Down Sunshine
Leavin' This Mornin'
Hogan's Alley
Oh, My Babe
Yonder Comes The Blues
Weeping Willow Blues
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Buck Clayton
Vic Dickenson
Herb Hall
Odetta
"Shep" Shepherd
Dick Wellstood

Producer:

Bass
Trumpet
Trombone
Clarinet
Vocals, Guitar
Drums
Piano

Orrin Keepnews

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House Of The Rising Sun
Gonna Take My Time
Stranger Here
Misery Blues
I've Been Living With The Blues
Empty Pocket Blues
Be My Woman
Poor Man
I Just Can't Keep From Cryin'
If I Had Wings
Special Delivery
Darlin' Baby

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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Let Me Ride
The Fox
Santy Anno
Devilish Mary
Another Man Done Gone
Children's Trilogy
He Had A Long Chain On
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
Take This Hammer
Ox Drivers
Hound Dog
Carry It Back To Rosie
What Month Was Jesus Born In?
The Frozen Logger
Timber
Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/
Come And Go With Me/I'm On My Way

Recorded live at The Town Hall,
New York City, USA on 5 April 1963

Original LP

CD Issue

Bill Lee
Odetta



Producer:

Bass
Vocals, Guitar

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900 Miles
Blowing In The Wind
Maybe She Go
I Never Will Marry
Yes I See
Why Oh Why
Shenandoah
The Golden Vanity
Roberta
Anthem Of The Rainbow
All My Trials
This Little Light Of Mine

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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Sail Away Ladies
Moses, Moses
Midnight Special
Rambler-Gambler
Cotton Fields
Roll On Buddy
Ain't No Grave
Special Delivery Blues
Rambling 'Round Your City
Boll Weevil
Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies
She Moved Through The Fair
Cool Water
One Grain Of Sand

Bill Lee
Odetta



Producer:

Bass
Vocals, Guitar

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It's A Mighty World
I've Been Told
Reminiscing
Hush Hush Mamie
Camphorated Oil
Bull Jine Run (Clear The Track)
Come A Lady´s Dream
Sweet Potatoes
Chevrolet
Love Proved False (Waly, Waly)
One Man's Hands
Got My Mind On Freedom

Leslie Grinage
Bruce Langhorne
Odetta

Producer:

Bass
Guitar
Vocals, Guitar

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Troubled
Katy Cruel
Anathea
Sun's Comin' Up
Boy
Looky Yonder
Froggy Went A-Courtin'
Wayfarin' Stranger
Four Marys
Paths Of Victory
Sea Lion Woman
Deportee

Les Grinage
Bruce Langhorne
Odetta

Producer:

Bass
Guitar
Vocals, Guitar

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If I Had A Hammer
Kaeshite Okure Ima Suguni
The Fox
Chilly Winds
No More Cane On The Brazos
One Man's Hands
On Top Of Old Smokey
Sakura
Hush Little Baby
Why Oh Why
Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho
We Shall Overcome

Les Grinage
Bruce Langhorne
Odetta

Producer:

Bass
Guitar, Tambourine
Vocals, Guitar

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Baby, I'm In The Mood For You
Long Ago, Far Away
Don't Think Twice, It's Allright
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Masters Of War
Walkin' Down The Line
The Times They Are A Changing
With God On Our Side
Long Time Gone
Mr Tambourine Man

Original LP

CD Issue

Peter Childs
Les Grinage
Bruce Langhorne
Odetta

Producer:

Guitar
Bass
Guitar, Tambourine
Vocals, Guitar

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Give Me Your Hand
Strawberry Fields Forever
Love Songs Of The Nile
Oh My Babe
Little Red Caboose
Child Of God
Hogan's Alley
Little Girl Blue
African Prayer
Oh Papa
Turn Me 'Round

John Foster
Les Grinage
Odetta
John Seiter

Producer:

Piano
Bass
Vocals, Guitar
Drums

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Side 1 - unknown
Oh My Babe
Yonder Come The Blues
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Weeping Willow Blues
Go Down Sunshine
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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Take Me To The Pilot
Mama Told Me Not To Come
Every Night
Hit Or Miss
Give A Damn
My God And I
Lo And Behold
Bless The Children
No Expectations
Movin' It On

Barry Beckett
John Boylan
Merry Clayton
Venetta Field
Roger Hawkins
Eddie Hinton
David Hood
Carole King
Clydie King
Russ Kunkel
Bernie Leadon
Sherlie Matthews
Odetta
Bob West

Producer:

Keyboards
Guitar
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Drums
Guitar
Bass
Piano
Backing Vocals
Drums
Guitar
Backing Vocals
Vocals, Guitar
Bass

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Greensleeves
Midnight Special
Easy Rider
Alabama Bound
Spiritual Trilogy
Oh Freedom
Come And Go With Me
I'm On My Way
Timber
Deep River
Chilly Winds
Santy Anno
Jack O'Diamonds
Deep Blue Sea

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Give Me Your Hand
Sail Away, Ladies
Suite, Ancestors 1: Roll On Buddy
Take This Hammer
Lowlands
Deep Blue Sea
Michael Rowed The Boat Ashore
Suite, Ancestors 2: Ol' Howard's dead & Gone
House Of The Rising Sun
When I Was A Young Girl
Ol' Howard
Irene, Goodnight
Movin' It On
This Little Light Of Mine

Recorded live in concert at The Wisconsin Union Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin, USA on 22 November 1986

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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Rambler And Gambler
Before I Can Change My Clothes/Alabama Bound/
Bo Weavil
Ninehundred Miles/Going With The Chilly Winds/
Don't Blow/Another Man Done Gone
Until It's Time For You To Go
Carry It Home To Rosie
Many Of Miles
Why Don't We Go
Black Woman
God's Gonna Cut You Down

Recorded live for the Women In (E)motion Festival
in a church in Bremen, Germany in 1990

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Black Women
The Fox
Suite: Ancestors/900 Miles/Red Clay Country/
Another Man Done Gone/
No More Cane On The Brazos
Ol' Lady Sally
Amazing Grace

Recorded live at The Kerrville Folk Festival, Kerville,
Vermont, USA on 15 June 1996 (Ella Fitzgerald's
date of death)

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

Murray Krugman

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Blues Everywhere I Go
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Dink's Blues
Unemployment Blues
TB Blues
Trouble Everywhere/I've Been Living With The Blues
Can't Afford To Lose My Man
Homeless Blues
Oh, Papa
Look The World Over
Careless Love/St Louis Blues
Hear Me Talking To You
Rich Man Blues
WPA Blues
You Gotta Know How

Dr John
Larry Eagle
Seth Farber
Tom "Bones" Malone
Odetta
Paul Ossola
Shawn Pelton

Producer:

Piano, Vocals
Drums
Piano
Tenor Saxophone
Vocals, Guitar
Bass
Drums

Seth Farber

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Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
Mean And Evil
Livin' With The Blues
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
House Of The Rising Sun
Empty Pocket Blues
Fare Thee Well
Rosie
Special Delivery Blues
Down On Me
Another Man Done Gone
Jumpin' Judy
Timber
Rambler Gambler
Sail Away Ladies
Midnight Special
Rambling Round Your City
Bald Headed Woman
Ain't No Grave
Roll On Buddy

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Goodnight Irene
You Don't Know My Mind
Mother's Blues
When I Was A Cowboy
In The Pines
How Long
Bourgeois Blues
Alabama Bound/Boll Weevil
Roberta
New Orleans
Jim Crow Blues
Rock Island Line
Julie Anne Johnson/Whoa Black Buck
Easy Rider
Midnight Special

Odetta

Producer:

Vocals, Guitar

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Intro
This Little Light Of Mine
Rise Up Shepherd
Mary Had A Baby
What Month Was Jesus Born In?
Shout For Joy
Virgin Mary Had One Son
Down By The Riverside
Poor Little Jesus
Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/
Come & Go with Me/I'm On My Way
Somebody Talking 'Bout Jesus
Keep On Movin' It On
O Jersualem
If Anybody Asks You
Midnight Special
This Little Light Of Mine

Recorded live at Fordham University, New York City,
USA for a WFUV public radio broadcast

Seth Farber
The Holmes Brothers
Odetta

Producer:

Piano
Vocals (Tracks 2,8,16)
Vocals