Odetta sings ballads and blues megaupload

In its day, it was quite an influential recording; Bob Dylan, in fact, once cited this record in particular as the one that made him decide to trade in his electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustic guitar. Several of the songs would find their ways into the repertoires of subsequent folkies, and even some folk-rock bands. There's no way of knowing whether they heard the tunes first on this release, but it's entirely possible, as it was one of the first strong traditional folk LPs.

This is the initial vinyl release which has tracks as side A, then tracks as side B the "Spiritual Trilogy" being counted as one track, a medley. Odetta - Sings Ballads And Blues It belongs to a woman whom we believe to be the queen of American folksingers. Her name is Odetta. When one first sees her. In her normal speech her voice is quiet and delicate, but when she sings she can unleash a force that is startling. In her rendition of a number like Joshua she displays a power and intensity that could well have tumbled the walls of Jericho, while a few minutes later her voice in Glory, Glory is more like the shuffling of angels' feet.

This album is an important milestone in the history of folk-recording. For the first time devotees of traditional music may hear a truly great folk-artist in her prime—though it would be foolhardy to assume that Odetta has yet reached the height of her musical powers. She is now in her twenty-fifth year and comes to the public at a time when the recording industry is approaching the borders of perfect fidelity.

My Profile. Advanced Search. Track Listing. Santy Anno. If I Had a Ribbon Bow. Mule Skinner Blues. Another Man Done Gone. Shame and Scandal. Public Domain. Jack O'Diamonds. Easy Rider. Lead Belly. Hound Dog. Glory, Glory. Alabama Bound. Been in the Pen. Though Odetta was born in Birmingham, Alabama — deep in the heartland of American traditional music — she has spent most of her life in California.

Folk music was hardly her first love; she has had several years of operatic training and made her professional stage debut — as did Sonny Terry — in the hit musical, "Finian's Rainbow". She was on the road with this show when she fell in with a group of enthusiastic young balladeers in San Francisco, and for the past five years she has concentrated on folksinging.

This album has entertained more people in the month before its release than most albums do in the month after they are released.

At least a half-dozen acetate copies of the original tapes have been worn to a nubbin through incessant replays, and with each hearing our own delight and admiration for her power and artistry has increased. It is our sincere belief that the listening public will echo our enthusiasm.