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Leadbelly on Capitol Records

Leadbelly Capitol Records with zither, etc. photo by E. Gomez

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:
Dolceola

Leadbelly Capitol Records with zither, etc. back of LP with notes Photo by E. Gomez
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Posted on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 7:34 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS feed. Please leave a comment.

7 Responses to “Leadbelly on Capitol Records”

  1. FadingIntoBlue Says:
    August 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    Thanks – great to see this old treasure out there in the wild again :-)

  2. kgringo Says:
    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!

  3. matthew themon Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    thank you very much for this wonderful l.p..i enjoyed it so much.

  4. p. b. mizell Says:
    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

  5. Private Beach Says:
    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.

  6. toomanyfiles Says:
    April 11th, 2010 at 11:05 pm

    Thanks for sharing this album….

  7. Jackson Hart Says:
    January 9th, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    I’m so gratified to find this. It was one of my favorite albums when I was a young fellow and collected folk music. My original album of it is long gone and, thanks to you, I can hear it once again!…..Thank you!

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