Leadbelly on Capitol Records
This is an incredible Leadbelly record, which he did for a mainstream commercial recording company, Capitol Records (as opposed to Folkways), out in Hollywood, CA in 1944. These were his last sessions for a major label and he really seems to have put everything into the recordings he made here. They’re great! This might be my favorite Leadbelly. He plays 12 string guitar, piano, and is accompanied by Paul Mason Howard on what is supposed to be zither, but seems to in fact be a Dolceola, a very small piano like instrument seen below. This record was loaned to me by a friend and as with all the records I post here I fed it into my computer, chopped it up into tracks, and here it is! Hope you enjoy.
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See below for the back of the record / notes / song list
Dolceola:
August 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Thanks – great to see this old treasure out there in the wild again
December 26th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Many many thanks….my friend had a copy of this way back and we listened to many, many times with a glass or two of beer….it’s brought back happy memories, so thanks once again. WHAT A FIND!
January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
thank you very much for this wonderful l.p..i enjoyed it so much.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
i hace a copy of this album. i would like to sell it.
the record is in very good condition; the cover is in fair condition
January 12th, 2010 at 9:16 am
There’s a lot of interesting stuff about the dolceola (with links to more) at http://www.minermusic.com/dolceola/dolceola.htm.