Cityhall:Lost Radio Broadcasts: Wnyc, 1948

Artist:	Lead Belly
Title:	Lost Radio Broadcasts: Wnyc, 1948
Limited Edition:	Only 1000 Total Units
Format:	10 Blue Vinyl
Label:	ORIGIN JAZZ ( http://www.originjazz.com )
Catalog Number:	8055
Barcode:	784554805518 itemnumber=1000117536
Price:	$27.98 (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre:	BLUES
Release Date:	1/20/2015
Availability:	Not Currently In Stock
Return Eligibility:	NON-RETURNABLE
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Promotional Info

Grammy Museum launch, November 17, Los Angeles

This LP features two previously unknown radio programs hosted by blues/folk legend Huddie Ledbetter (a.k.a Lead Belly). "The Story of Folklore" was a weekly radio program broadcast on Sunday nights on WNYC New York. The programs were recently discovered and acquired by OJL, with the assistance and cooperation of the Lead Belly Estate. Available in a 1950s-styled 10-inch LP with album notes by Lead Belly biographer Kip Lornell with song notes by Lornell and Cary Ginell. Special blue vinyl edition limited to 1,000 copies.

Track Listing

Side One:

[ 1:02] Irene (opening theme)

[ 2:42] Backwater Blues

[ 2:23] House of the Rising Sun

[ 3:05] Leavin' Blues

[ 2:00] Hollywood and Vine

[ 1:00] Irene (closing theme)

Side Two:

[ 1:02] Irene (opening theme)

[ 2:18] If It Wasn't for Dicky

[ 1:58] House of the Rising Sun

[ 2:27] Careless Love

[ 2:30] Hollywood and Vine

[ 1:14] Irene (closing theme)

Performers on this Album

Lead Belly: vocal & twelve-string guitar

Additional Technical Information Available For This Album

Release Format:	10
Vinyl Color:	Blue
Initial Source Master Format:	Direct To Analog Acetate Disk
Mastering Engineer:	Michael Kieffer

City Hall Records Catalog

Lost Radio Broadcasts: Wnyc, 1948

Lead Belly

Origin Jazz