The Essential Odetta

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The Essential Odetta
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Live album by
Odetta
Released1973
Recorded Carnegie Hall and The Town Hall, New York, NY
Genre Folk, blues
Length62:19
Label Vanguard
Odetta chronology
Odetta Sings
(1970)		The Essential Odetta
(1973)		 Odetta at the Best of Harlem
(1987)

The Essential Odetta is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released on LP in 1973.

Contents

The original double-LP The Essential Odetta included the live performances At Town Hall and At Carnegie Hall , but the CD version of that release omits ten songs from the original total of both LPs (eight from Town Hall and two from Carnegie Hall). Tracks 1-13 on the CD are from the Carnegie Hall concert and tracks 14-21 are from the Town Hall concert. The CD liner notes incorrectly state the entire CD was recorded at Carnegie Hall.

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Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "If I Had a Hammer" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays) – 1:55
  2. "When I Was a Young Girl" – 2:51
  3. "Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole)" – 2:40
  4. "God's A-Gonna Cut You Down" – 2:12
  5. "John Riley" (Neff) – 3:24
  6. "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" – 2:23
  7. "All the Pretty Little Horses" – 3:03
  8. "Prettiest Train" – 3:25
  9. "Meeting at the Building" – 2:35
  10. "No More Auction Block" – 2:18
  11. "Hold On" – 2:42
  12. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" – 3:22
  13. "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down" – 3:19
  14. "Santy Anno" – 2:34
  15. "Another Man Done Gone" (Hall, Lomax, Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:31
  16. "He Had a Long Chain On" (Driftwood) – 6:23
  17. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 2:05
  18. "Take This Hammer" – 3:47
  19. "Ox Driver Song" – 3:06
  20. "What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 2:21
  21. "Timber" (Gary, Gray, White) – 3:23 [1] [2]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Essential Odetta - Odetta | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Odetta – The Essential Odetta (Paisley Labels, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
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