Odetta is a 1963 compilation album by American folk

American folk music

American folk music is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres, many of which are known as traditional music or roots music. Roots music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American...

 singer Odetta

Odetta

Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...

. It is now out of print.

Odetta is the first official compilation of Odetta songs. It features songs from The Tin Angel

The Tin Angel

The Tin Angel is now the common name for Odetta & Larry's only album, a collection of all their recordings, originally released in 1954 as "Odetta And Larry".- Background :...

, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues

Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues is the debut solo album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1956.Like much of Odetta's early work, Ballads and Blues combines traditional songs with blues covers...

, At the Gate of Horn

At the Gate of Horn

At the Gate of Horn is the second solo album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1957. It was named for the Gate of Horn club in Chicago.Odetta is joined by bassist Bill Lee...

and Odetta At Town Hall

Odetta At Town Hall

Odetta at Town Hall is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, recorded at Town Hall, New York, NY, on April 5, 1963 and first released later that year....

although not necessarily versions from those albums.

It had a poorer reputation than the above-mentioned original albums, being seen as thrown-together by the label

Record label

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. This LP

Gramophone record

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 has subsequently not been released on CD like those three albums. As a result, this album is rarer than most Odetta releases; the album is sometimes quoted as being released on "01-01-63", but this is probably not true, and rather a result of computer-automation on one music website which led to others quoting it as fact

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Track listing

Side A:

1. "Greensleeves
   Greensleeves
   "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of...
   
   " (Traditional)
2. "Midnight Special
   Midnight Special (song)
   "Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The title comes from the refrain which refers to the Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light" ....
   
   " (Traditional)
3. "Easy Rider" (Traditional)
4. "Alabama Bound
   I'm Alabama Bound
   "I'm Alabama Bound" is a ragtime melody composed by Robert Hoffman in 1909. Hoffman "respectfully" dedicated it to one M. T. Scarlata. The cover of its first edition advertises the music as "Also Known As The Alabama Blues" which has led some to suspect it of being one of the first blues songs...
   
   " (Leadbelly
   Leadbelly
   Huddie William Ledbetter was an iconic American folk and blues musician, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook of folk standards he introduced....
   
   )
5. "Spiritual Trilogy":
   1. "Oh, Freedom
      Oh, Freedom
      Oh, Freedom is a post Civil War African American freedom song, notably associated with Odetta, who recorded it as part of the Spiritual Trilogy, on her "Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues", and Joan Baez, who first performed the song at the 1963 March on Washington, and has since performed the song...
      
      " (Traditional)
   2. "Come and Go with Me" (Traditional)
   3. "I'm on My Way'" (Traditional)

Side B:

1. "Timber" (Sam Gary
   Sam Gary
   Sam Gary was an African-American blues, spiritual and folk singer, who to the wider public is known for his long-lasting musical co-operation with Josh White....
   
   )
2. "Deep River" (Traditional)
3. "Chilly Winds" (Traditional)
4. "Santy Anno
   Santianna
   "Santianna", also known as "Santiana", "Santy Anna", "Santayana", "Santiano", "Santy Anno" and other variations, is a sea shanty relating to the Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Supposedly, the last whaler to return to New Bedford hauled in to this tune...
   
   " (Traditional)
5. "Jack o' Diamonds" (Traditional)
6. "Deep Blue Sea"(Traditional)

External links

• Odetta - "Odetta" at Music Stack
• [ AMG]