Leadbelly – Easy Rider – Limited Edition Smithsonian Folkways

Description

Artist:Leadbelly |Label:Smithsonian Folkways | Format:LP | Genre:Blues | LP condition: Mint | Jacket condition: Sealed

LEADBELLY
The Leadbelly Legacy Volume Four
Smithsonian Folkways FA 2034
Limited Edition LPNew vinyl reissue remastered from the original 1940s master tapes, packaged in classic Folkways-style tip-on jackets with original liner notes.

This collection of songs by Lead Belly was assembled by Folkways founder Moses Asch from recordings made in the early to mid-1940s, and it focuses primarily on Lead Bellys observations on the hate and racism that permeated America and the world during this turbulent period of history. Songs like Jim Crow and Bourgeois Blues reflect his anger at the discrimination he and others experienced as African Americans, while Hitler was his condemnation of Hitler and anti-Semitism.

The vinyl reissue ofEasy Riderincludes the original liner notes and is part of Folkways Records Vinyl Reissue Series, revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albums released on the record label.
Track Listings

There’s A Man Going Around Taking Names
Easy Rider
Red Bird
Line ‘Em
T. B. Blues
Jim Crow
Bourgeois Blues
Army Life
Hitler Song

New Sealed LP