Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-68

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Annotation

Recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, 1959-68.

Annotation last modified on 2014-10-07 05:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Delta Blues
2▼CD: Country Blues
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Levee Camp Blues
Robert Pete Williams5:22
2Midnight Boogie
Robert Pete Williams3:26
3On My Way From Texas
Robert Pete Williams3:52
4Freddie
Mance Lipscomb1:53
5So Different Blues
recorded at:
Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, United States (from 1965-07-22 until 1965-07-25)
live recording of:
So Different Blues (from 1965-07-22 until 1965-07-25)
lyricist and composer:
Mance Lipscomb
publisher:
Tradition Music Co.
recording of:
So Different Blues
lyricist and composer:
Mance Lipscomb
publisher:
Tradition Music Co.
Mance Lipscomb2:33
6God Moves on the Water
live recording of:
God Moves on the Water
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie Johnson
Mance Lipscomb2:36
7San Francisco Bay Blues
live recording of:
San Francisco Bay Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller2:49
8I Double Double Do Love You
Jesse Fuller2:45
9Samson & Delilah
live recording of:
Samson and Delilah
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
version of:
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
recording of:
Samson and Delilah
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
version of:
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
Reverend Gary Davis3:37
10I Won't be Back No More
Reverend Gary Davis3:43
11The Train Is Leaving
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee6:46
12Drink Muddy Water
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:53
13Long Gone
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee3:00
14Key to the Highway
live recording of:
Key to the Highway
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar (blues pianist and occasional singer)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee3:53
15My Baby Done Changed
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:42
16Clean up at Home
Sleepy John Estes3:00
3▶CD: Urban Blues

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Meredith Steele
photography:Ray Flerlage (photographer)
David Gahr (photographer)
liner notes:John Milward
engineer:Jeff Zaraya
producer:Tom Vickers
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2536922 [info]
ASIN:US: B00005AKJG [info]