Songs by Lead Belly is an album by Lead Belly, recorded in 1943 by Asch Recordings and probably released in 1944.
At this point in Lead Belly's career he had split with John Lomax and was mainly recording with Moe Asch.[1] In August 1943, Lead Belly recorded six songs for Asch.[2]: 306–07 These songs were likely released as singles before being compiled into an album. In April 1944, Asch stated that Lead Belly was paid $250 for a special run of 10,000 copies of "How Long Blues," a cover of Leroy Carr's 1928 song.[2]: 226 Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that in June 1944, Songs by Lead Belly was issued as a new album.[3]Songs by Lead Belly (catalog number: Asch A-343) was Lead Belly's third album for Moe Asch. It was released as a three-disc collection of 10" 78 rpm records, with notes prepared by Charles Edward Smith.[4]
^Place, Jeff (2015). "The Life and Legacy of Lead Belly". Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection(PDF). Washington: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9780970494252. UPC 093074020128.
^ abWolfe, Charles; Lornell, Kip (1992). The Life and Legend of Leadbelly. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0060168625.
^"Records: A Round-Up". New York Times. June 18, 1944. p. X4. Admirers of Lead Belly will be glad to hear that a new album of 'Songs by Lead Belly' has been issued by Asch (A-343, three ten-inch records).
^Smithsonian National Museum of American History. "Good Morning Blues; How Long". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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