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1944 Volume 1 Total Time-78:29 1.Roberta 3:08 2.Bill Brady 3:06 3.(Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night? 3:02 4.Yellow Gal 3:06 5.When the Boys Were on the Western Plain 2:57 6.Pretty Flowers in My Backyard 2:47 7.In New Orleans 3:16 8.John Hardy 3:14 9.I've a Pretty Flower 2:27 10.Don't Lie Buddy 2:22 11.How Do You Know/Don't Mind the Weather 2:18 12.(What Are) Little Boys (Made Of)/Let Me Hold Your Hand (All For You)/Polly Welly (Polly) Wee 2:19 13.Skip to My Lou/Christmas Day (It's Almost Day) 2:02 14.Little Sally Walker/Ha,Ha Thisaway/Red Bird 2:37 15.Outskirts of Town 2:41 16.Red River/Black Girl/You Don't Miss Your Water Blues 4:15 17.Blind Lemon (Memorial Record) 1:26 18.Leadbelly's Dance 0:53 19.Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues) 2:33 20.Mo' Yet/(Little Boy) How Old Are You/There's a Limb on the Tree (Green Grass Grows All Around) 2:51 21.In The Evenin' When the Sun Goes Down 2:33 22.Easy Rider (See See Rider) 2:50 23.We Shall Be Free 2:35 24.Keep Your Hands off Her 2:53 25.There's a Man Going Round Taking Names 1:26 26.Red Bird 2:55 27.Line 'Em 1:13 28.T.B. Blues 3:43 29.Jim Crow Blues 2:25 30.Bourgeois Blues 2:20 1944 Volume 2 Total Time-57:56 1.Army Life 1:48 2.Mr. Hitler 3:06 3.Juliana Johnson 1:09 4.Jean Harlow 1:42 5.Corn Bread Rough 2:08 6.National Defense Blues 3:02 7.Children's Blues 2:28 8.The Blood Done Sign Your Name 2:21 9.Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea 1:33 10.Ella Speed 2:45 11.Rock Island Line 2:57 12.Tell Me Baby 2:57 13.Take This Hammer 2:54 14.Irene 2:54 15.Western Plain (When I Was a Cowboy) 2:44 16.On a Christmas Day 2:53 17.Backwater Blues 2:58 18.Eagle Rock Rag 2:47 19.Eagle Rock Rag 2:44 20.Sweet Mary Blues 2:58 21.Grasshopper in My Pillow 2:50 22.Rock Island Line 1:39 23.Jim Crow Blues 2:27

These 2 discs are missing 11 tracks of Leadbelly's known recordings. 1 of which I know has been released on vinyl. Volume 1 1-8; recorded on February 17, 1944 in New York City 9-10; recorded on April 19, 1944 in New York City 11-14; recorded on April 23, 1944 in New York City 15-20; recorded on April 25, 1944 in New York City 21-30; recoded May 1944 in New York City Volume 2 1-8; recoded May 1944 in New York City 9; recorded July 1944 in New York City 10-13; recorded on October 4, 1944 in Hollywood,California 14-17; recorded on October 11, 1944 in Hollywood, California 18-21; recorded on October 27, 1944 in Hollywood, California 22-23; recorded on November 6, 1944 in Hollywood, California

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