This is volume 2 of a 3-volume set of Leadbelly's performances recorded by Moses Asch during the 1940s. The original masters now reside in the Folkways Archive at the Smithsonian Institution. Completely remastered from the best sources, this recording contains the highest sound quality possible. The liner notes contain extensive annotation and reflections on Leadbelly's music as you've never heard it before.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
2. Bourgeois Blues
3. Easy Rider
4. Alabama Bound
5. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?
6. Gallis Pole
7. Leaving Blues
8. Midnight Special, The
9. T.B. Blues
10. Linin' Track
11. Julie Ann Johnson
12. John Henry
13. Jim Crow Blues
14. Jim Crow Blues #2
15. Good Morning Blues #2
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)
18. Hitler Song
19. Careless Love
20. Haul Away Joe
21. Don't Mind the Weather
22. Skip to My Lou
23. Red Bird
24. Out on the Western Plains
25. Cowboy Song
26. You Can't Mistreat Me
27. Digging My Potatoes
28. John Hardy