Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly - The Original Folkways Recordings

Few independent labels have had the long and enduring impact that Folkways Records has had. Founded in 1948 by Moses Asch and Marian Distler, the label issued an astounding 2,168 titles (which ranged across genres from American folk to spoken word, world music and all points in-between) before Asch's death in 1986, at which time maintenance of the catalog fell to the Smithsonian.

Under the umbrella of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, each of those titles has remained continually in print and available. Asch also licensed tracks to other independents, including the material found in this brief collection, which combines nine tracks by Woody Guthrie (several of them with Cisco Houston and one with Sonny Terry helping out), ten by Pete Seeger and two by Leadbelly (one with Terry and another with Josh White on board) into what amounts to a sampler of three of the most important influences (actually six, if you count Terry, Houston and White, which one should) on the folk revival of the late '50s and early '60s.     

Tracklist:

1. Brown Eyes
2. Jack Hammer Blues
3. John Henry
4. House Of The Rising Sun
5. Little Black Train
6. Who's Goin To Shoe Your Pretty Feet
7. Bed On The Floor
8. Danville Girl, No. 2
9. Ride Old Point
10. Michael, Row The Boat
11. Big Rock Candy Mountain
12. I've Been Working On The Railroad
13. Down In The Valley
14. Blue Tail Fly
15. Black Is The Color
16. Boll Weevil
17. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
18. Fox
19. Casey Jones
20. How Long
21. I'v Got A Pretty Flower

Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly - The Original Folkways Recordings
(256 kbps, cover art included)