Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999–2005

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
BestOfTheMCYears.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Odetta
Released2006
GenreFolk, blues
LabelAcadia
Odetta chronology
Gonna Let It Shine
(2005) 		Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
(2006) 		Vanguard Visionaries
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(no rating) link

Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999–2005 is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 2006. It contains songs she recorded on the M.C. Records label.

Track listing[]

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Blues Everywhere I Go" (Scott Shirley) – 4:53
  2. "Goodnight, Irene" (Lead Belly, Alan Lomax) – 4:58
  3. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:34
  4. "This Little Light of Mine" (Harry Loes) – 4:43
  5. "Bourgeois Blues" (Huddie Ledbetter) – 4:33
  6. "Trouble in Mind" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 4:27
  7. "New Orleans" (Broonzy) – 4:43
  8. "Freedom Trilogy: Oh Freedom/Come & Go with Me/I'm on My Way" – 6:34
  9. "Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread" (Bernie Haneghen) – 3:24
  10. "Roberta" (Ledbetter, Lomax) – 5:36
  11. "Can't Afford to Lose My Man" (Ernest Lawlars) – 2:56
  12. "Midnight Special" (Ledbetter) – 4:54
  13. "Poor Little Jesus" – 2:17
  14. "Alabama Bound/Boll Weevil" (Leadbelly, Traditional) – 7:20
  15. "What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 1:48
  16. "Oh, Papa" (Davide Elman) – 3:01
  17. "You Gotta Know How" (Sippie Wallace) – 3:38

Personnel[]

  • Odetta – vocals
  • Henry Butler – piano
  • Mark Carpentieri – drums
  • Richard Crooks – drums
  • Popsy Dixon – drums
  • Dr. John – piano, vocals
  • Seth Farber – piano, organ
  • Sherman Holmes – bass
  • Wendell Holmes – guitar, piano
  • Freddy Koella – violin
  • Michael Merritt – bass
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Pinetop Perkins – piano
  • Jim Saporito – percussion
  • Brad Vickers – bass
  • Jimmy Vivino – guitar (electric, acoustic, and 12-string), banjo
  • Kim Wilson – harmonica

Production notes[]

  • Liner Notes by Alan Robinson
Retrieved from ""