Lead Belly (8 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Selected from the historic field research of John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. Original recordings of the Library of Congress. ARC, Capitol Records, Musicraft, RCA Records and Smithsonian Folkway Records. Music transcriptions (from Lead Belly's original recordings) by Harry Lewman. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sheet Music.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Prima edizione (First Edition). Introduzione di Tom Waits. Testid i Tyehimba. Postfazione di Glenn O'Brien. Fotografie ed illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero. Biografie . Cm 30,5x23,5. pp. 256. . Perfetto (Mint). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . Questa è una nuova edizione di "Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures", la ricca biografia per immagini del leggendario musicista folk americano Lead Belly, originariamente pubblicata da Steidl nel 2007. Il volume racchiude un tesoro di fotografie rare, ritagli di notizie, programmi di concerti, corrispondenza personale (incluse lettere di Woody Guthrie), album di dischi, premi e altri cimeli, alcuni dei quali sono stati scoperti in un baule di Brooklyn, conservati al sicuro dalla moglie di Lead Belly. Nato Huddie William Ledbetter (1889-1949), Lead Belly fu un influente bluesman della Louisiana che scrisse e interpretò alcune delle canzoni più amate del ventesimo secolo, tra cui "The Midnight Special", "Cotton Fields", "Rock Island Line", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" e la sua firma "Goodnight, Irene".  L'eredità di Lead Belly è significativa: Bob Dylan lo ha citato come il suo primo riferimento nel suo discorso di accettazione del premio Nobel nel 2016, mentre altri musicisti influenzati da lui includono Van Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Plant, Dan Zanes, Bonnie Raitt e Beck. Book.

Periodical. Wraps, the last 8 issues, some of which are double issues, for a total of 100pp. Volume 5 No 3 has a subscription coupon clipped from the rear wrap, but the verso of the coupon was only the blank for subscriber's address. Otherwise near fine copies. Killeen began his newsletter several years before the Wolfe and Lornell biography came out, and he was one of the earliest to use Lead Belly's own spelling of his name. A pioneering work. Extra postage may be required for heavy or oversize books.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.

paperback. Condition: G-VG in rubbed wraps. Collection of Lead Belly classics, with words and music for each song, and including Lead Belly's original songs plus his versions of folk and blues standards; edited with new additional material by John and Alan Lomax; introduction by Alan Lomax, note on the music by Hally Wood, and a short text by Pete Seeger on Lead Belly's 12-String Guitar; mild foxing, text block tanned, mild creases to corners of pages, o.w. G-VG throughout; wraps rubbed and tanned (heavier foxing/tanning to rear), music store stamp to front cover. . 80pp. 8vo. G-VG in rubbed wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Ex-library copy w/ typical markings present; First printing w/ no additonal printings stated; Sound binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards, mild toning to edges and spine; Previous owner gift inscription present at front free-end page; Pages else free of markings; Clipped jacket in poor condition w/ edges heavily worn/chipped, sporadic rubbing/spotting present, library catalog sticker present at lower jacket spine; Jacket mylar wrapped to ensure further preservation; A Good copy overall; Scarce w/ jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1936 1st Edition in the RARE original publisher dust jacket. An oral autobiography of Lead Belly, born Huddie William Ledbetter (1888-1949), features original lyrics and scores in addition to life stories and other biographical material. Lead Belly was a gifted musician, usually playing a 12-string guitar, but also proficient on the mandolin, accordion, piano, harmonica and violin. Lead Belly served several prison sentences over the course of a 24 year period, ending in 1939, for a variety of charges, including twice for murder. It was during one of these sentences that he was 'discovered' by the Lomaxes, who were working on a project for the Library of Congress recording different styles of Southern music. They recorded hundreds of his songs during 1933 and 1934 and the rest, as they say, is history. Tan cloth with titling stamped in red to the front board and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for the small name 'Huddy Ledbetter' (not Lead Belly's signature), written in pencil to the front pastedown. Mild rubbing and edge wear with some light soiling to binding. Dust jacket with moderate soiling and edge wear, mainly along the top. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by John A. Lomax with a lengthy inscription to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's coarse ochre cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with bottom corner bumped, non-authorial former owner gift inscription to half-title page, pages tanned; a very sharp copy. In a Very Good dust jacket, worn and chipped along the extremities, spine faded and with a large but somewhat light stain affecting the spine and the majority of the rear panel. Features annotated songs and an oral biography of the iconic blues legend, transcribed by the folklorist father-and-son duo John and Alan Lomax.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's coarse tan cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light browning to endsheets and toning to pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact though machine-clipped corners on the front flap, sunning at the edges and several tape reinforcements to the blindside. A fantastic copy in the illusive dust jacket uncommon in such nice condition. Features annotated songs and an oral biography of the iconic blues legend, transcribed by the folklorists John and Alan Lomax.