Elizabeth Cotten Folksongs & Instrumentals Original LP

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Great copy of Elizabeth Cotten on Folkways LP 3526 from 1958, original mono pressing with the blue and silver label, Folk Songs & Instrumentals With Guitar.  Jacket is VG+++ with a touch of wear along the side open side and the upper left corner, nothing more.  Label has one or two very light spindle tracks and the vinyl is VG+++ with a few light scuffs here and there, great new gloss.

About:

Elizabeth Cotten's first LP is best known for containing the original recording of her classic Freight Train. The breadth of her repertoire and endearing style have captivated generations of guitarists and fans of traditional American music. Freight Train includes guitar and banjo accompanied songs and tunes and features Mike Seeger's updated notes that include comments on Cotten's life, musical style and song lyrics. Cotten's self-taught, upside-down, left-handed style made her one of the most original guitar and banjo players in the history of American folk music. Several of her deeply personal compositions, such as the immortal Freight Train and Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie, are included.

"...[A] classic and belongs in every collection..." — Blues Review Quarterly.

Track listing:

1. Wilson rag                 

2. Freight train            

3. Going down the road feeling bad                

4. I don't love nobody               

5. Ain't got no honey baby now                 

6. Graduation march                 

7. Honey baby your papa cares for you               

8. Vastopol

9. Here old rattler here / Sent for my fiddle sent for my bow (Sent for my fiddle sent for my son) / Georgia Buck                   

10. Run...run / Mama your son done gone                

11. Sweet bye and bye / What a friend we have in Jesus                 

12. Oh babe it ain't no lie              

13. Spanish Flang Dang             

14. When I get home    
  

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