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Louisiana (1933-1940)
1	–Unknown Artist	Shake, Shake Mattie	0:34
2a	–Huddie Ledbetter	The Western Cowboy	0:36
2b	–Huddie Ledbetter	Honey, Take A Whiff On Me	0:51
2c	–Huddie Ledbetter	Angola Blues	0:20
2d	–Huddie Ledbetter	Angola Blues	0:56
2e	–Huddie Ledbetter	Frankie And Albert	1:22
3a	–Huddie Ledbetter	Irene	0:36
3b	–Huddie Ledbetter	Take A Whiff On Me	0:38
3c	–Huddie Ledbetter	You Cain' Lose Me, Cholly	1:04
3d	–Huddie Ledbetter	Irene	0:25
3e	–Huddie Ledbetter	Irene	0:31
3f	–Huddie Ledbetter	Ella Speed	1:37
4	–Huddie Ledbetter	Mr. Tom Hughes' Town (121-A)	4:35
5	–Huddie Ledbetter	I Got Up This Morning, Had To Get Up Soon (122-A-2)	2:57
6	–Huddie Ledbetter	Western Cowboy (122-B)	3:32
7	–Huddie Ledbetter	Blind Lemon Blues (123-A)	4:10
8	–Huddie Ledbetter	Matchbox Blues ("Hawaiian Blues") (123-B)	4:14
9	–Curtis Harton And Group	(Don't) The Moon Looks Pretty	2:30
10	–Jimmy Peters	Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés Percussion – Unknown ArtistVocals – Unknown Artist	1:44
11	–Joe Harris & Kid West	Railroad Rag	1:45
12	–Joe Harris & Kid West	Nobody's Business If I Do	1:09
13	–Joe Harris & Kid West	Bully Of The Town	1:46
14	–Joe Harris & Kid West	Old Hen Cackled And Rooster Laid An Egg	1:22
15	–Noah Moore	I Done Tole You	6:15
16	–Uncle Bob Ledbetter & Noah Moore	Irene	1:58
17	–Willie George Albertine King	Boll Weevil	0:33
Texas
18	–Sin-Killer Griffin	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Choir [Congregation] – Unknown Artist	3:43
19	–Sin-Killer Griffin	The Man Of Calvary (Easter Service) Choir [Congregation] – Unknown Artist	4:23
Bahamas
20	–David Pryor	Roll 'Im On Down (Bahamian Launching Song) Vocals [Group Of Landros Island Men] – Unknown Artist	2:36
21	–David Pryor	Dig My Grave (Spiritual) Vocals – Henry Lundy	1:42
22	–David Pryor	Round The Bay Of Mexico (Sea Shanty) Vocals – Henry Lundy	1:14
23	–David Pryor	Bowline (Sea Shanty) Vocals – Henry Lundy	0:38
24	–Elizabeth Austin	Sail, Gal (Ring Game) Vocals [Group Of Children] – Unknown Artist	0:51
25	–Unknown Artist	Hallie Rock (Jumping Dance)	0:55
26	–Nassau String Band	Bimini Gal	1:25

Companies, etc.

• Remastered At – Soundborn Studios
• Pressed By – DADC Austria – A0100229400-0101
• Copyright (c) – Document Records
• Recorded At – Louisiana State Penitentiary At Angola
• Recorded At – Darrington State Farm, Sandy Point

Credits

• Guitar – Noah Moore (tracks: 16)
• Guitar, Vocals – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 2a to 8)
• Liner Notes – Howard Rye
• Mandolin – Kid West (tracks: 11 to 14)
• Recorded By – Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax
• Vocals – David Pryor (tracks: 20 to 23), Elizabeth Austin (tracks: 24), Jimmy Peters (tracks: 10), Kid West (tracks: 11, 13), Sin-Killer Griffin (tracks: 18), Uncle Bob Ledbetter (tracks: 16), Willie George Albertine King (tracks: 17)
• Vocals [Unidentified Convict (Female)] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1)
• Vocals, Banjo, Piano, Guitar – Nassau String Band (tracks: 26)
• Vocals, Drums [Group From Nassau With Drum] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 25)
• Vocals, Guitar – Joe Harris (tracks: 11 to 14), Noah Moore (tracks: 15)
• Vocals, Harmonica, Kazoo, Washboard, Percussion [Other Percussion] – Curtis Harton And Group (tracks: 9)
• Voice [Sermon] – Sin-Killer Griffin (tracks: 18, 19)

Notes

Remastered at Soundborn Studios, Vienna.

Original recordings from the collections of Larry Cohn, Johnny Parth, Ernst Weber, and Karl Weiss.

Original Matrix Information:
1: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (119-B-3, Library of Congress unissued)
2a: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (119-B-1, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
2b: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (119-B-2, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
2c: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (119-B-4, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
2d: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (119-B-5, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
2e: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (119-B-6, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
3a: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (120-A-1, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
3b: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (120-A-2, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
3c: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (120-A-3, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
3d: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (120-A-6, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
3e: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (120-A-7, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
3f: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, c. July 16-20, 1933 (120-B-5, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
4: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, probably July 1, 1934 (121-A, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
5: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, probably July 1, 1934 (122-A-2, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
6: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, probably July 1, 1934 (122-B, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
7: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, probably July 1, 1934 (123-A, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
8: Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, probably July 1, 1934 (123-B, Library of Congress, Document DLP 601)
9: River Lake Plantation, Oscar Post Office, Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, July 3, 1934 (1852-A, Library of Congress Folk Music in America series LBC-13)
10: Jennings, Louisiana, c. August 1, 1934 (79-A-1, Library of Congress Folk Music in America series LBC-13)
11: Shreveport, Louisiana, October 9, 1940 (3990-A-3, Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song L-61)
12: Shreveport, Louisiana, October 9, 1940 (3991-A-1, Library of Congress, Flyright 260)
13: Shreveport, Louisiana, October 9, 1940 (3991-A-3, Library of Congress, Flyright 260)
14: Shreveport, Louisiana, October 9, 1940 (3991-A-4, Library of Congress, Flyright 260)
15: Oil City, Louisiana, October 10, 1940 (3993-A-2, Library of Congress, Flyright 260)
16: Oil City, Louisiana, October 10, 1940 (3993-B-2, Library of Congress, Flyright 260)
17: Winnfield, Louisiana, October 15, 1940 (3999-B-1, Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song L-51)
18: Darrington State Farm, Sandy Point, Texas, probably April 1934 (185-B-2, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 48)
19: Darrington State Farm, Sandy Point, Texas, probably April 1934 (187-A/B, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 48)
20: Nassau, Bahamas, 1935 (574-A, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 40)
21: Nassau, Bahamas, 1935 (25-A-1, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 21)
22: Nassau, Bahamas, 1935 (25-A-2, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 21)
23: Nassau, Bahamas, 1935 (25-A-3, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 21)
24: Old Bight, Cat Island, Bahamas, 1935 (27-B-1, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 21)
25: Nassau, Bahamas, 1935 (27-B-2, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 21)
26: Nassau, Bahamas, 1935 (27-B-3, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song 21)

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Made in Austria.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 14298 55792 3
• Matrix / Runout: A0100229400-0101 15 A0 DADC AUSTRIA
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L555
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 94G7
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Rights Society: Austro Mechana