Odetta discography

Odetta's discography is large and diverse, covering over 50 years and many record labels.

** denotes Grammy nomination. *** denotes Grammy Winner

Studio albums

• 1954 The Tin Angel (with Larry Mohr)
• 1956 Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues Tradition TLP1010
• 1957 At the Gate of Horn Tradition TLP1025
• 1959 My Eyes Have Seen Vanguard VSD2046
• 1960 Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads Vanguard VSD2057
• 1960 Christmas Spirituals Vanguard VSD2079
• 1962 Odetta and The Blues Riverside RLP9417
• 1962 Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' RCA LSP2573
• 1963 One Grain of Sand Vanguard VSD2153
• 1963 Odetta and Larry Fantasy FS3252
• 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs RCA LSP2643
• 1964 It's a Mighty World RCA LSP2792
• 1964 Odetta Sings of Many Things RCA LSP2923
• 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan RCA LSP3324
• 1967 Odetta FTS3014
• 1970 Odetta Sings
• 1987 Movin' It On RQ101
• 1988 Christmas Spirituals (new recording) ALC104
• 1999 Blues Everywhere I Go ** MC0038
• 2001 Looking For a Home

Live albums

• 1960 Odetta at Carnegie Hall Vanguard VSD2072
• 1962 Town Hall Vanguard VSD2109
• 1966 Odetta in Japan RCA LSP3457
• 1973 The Essential Odetta

This album is a combination of the Carnegie Hall & Town Hall albums

• 1976 Odetta at the Best of Harlem
• 1998 To Ella

Also released as Odetta & American Folk Pioneer

• 2002 Women in (E)motion
• 2005 Gonna Let It Shine **

Compilation albums

• 1963 Odetta
• 1967 The Best of Odetta
• 1973 The Essential Odetta (live)

This album is a combination of the Carnegie Hall & Town Hall albums

• 1994 The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
• 1999 The Best of the Vanguard Years
• 2000 Livin' with the Blues
• 2000 Absolutely the Best
• 2002 The Tradition Masters
• 2003 American Folk Pioneer (This album is a re-issue of To Ella)
• 2006 Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
• 2007 Vanguard Visionaries

Appearances

• 1959 Newport Folk Festival
• 1960 Belafonte Returns To Carnegie Hall (Harry Belafonte)
  Tracks: "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain", "Water Boy", "There's a hole in the bucket"
• 1960 Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2
• 1962 Folk Song and Minstrelsy
• 1963 Jimmy Witherspoon
  Track: duet on "Lonesome Road."
• 1964 We Shall Overcome: The March on Washington ***
  Tracks: "Freedom Trilogy": "I'm on My Way", "Come and Go with Me" & "Oh Freedom".
• 1968 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 1 **
  Track:"This Land Is Your Land/Narration" (with Arlo Guthrie & co. and Will Geer)
• 1969 The Original Hits Of Right Now Plus Some Heavies From The Motion Picture "Easy Rider"
  Track:"Ballad of Easy Rider"
• 1970 A Tribute To Woodie Guthrie Vol. 2, "Pastures of Plenty"
• 1972 Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie
• 1976 Aftertones (Janis Ian)
• 1987 Songs of the Working People
• 1987 Greatest Folksingers of the 'Sixties **
  Track:"John Henry"
• 1988 Greenwich Folk Festival
• 1993 Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith) **
• 1993 Rare, Live and Classic (Joan Baez)
• 1994 Freedom is a Constant Struggle
• 1995 Scenes from a Scene: Greenwich Village
• 1995 A Folksinger's Christmas
• 1995 Assassins in the Kingdom (Michael Jonathan)
• 1996 At Home/Around the World (David Amram & Friends)
• 1997 Mojo Club: V.4 Light My Fire
• 1998 Other Voices TOO (Nanci Griffith)
• 1998 Miriam McKeba-Odetta (Harry Belafonte)
• 1998 Giants of Folk: Leadbelly/Guthrie/Odetta
• 1998 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
• 1998 Original Seeds: Songs that Inspired Nick Cave
• 1998 Folk Hits of the 1960s
• 2000 Sounds of a Better World
• 2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack **
• 2000 Hyacinths and Thistles (the 6ths)
  Track: "Waltzing Me All The Way Home"
• 2000 Women of Silverworlf
• 2000 Rollin' Into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
• 2000 Gospel
• 2000 Route 50: Driving New Routes
• 2000 Queens of the Blues
• 2001 Roger McGuinn: Treasures from the Folk Den **
• 2001 Washington Square Memories
• 2001 Jazz Ladies
• 2001 Say Yo' Business
• 2001 Philadelphia Folk Festival: 40th Anniversary
• 2001 Say It Out Loud
• 2001 Folk Music
• 2001 Sounds of a Better World (Small Voices Calling)
• 2002 Blues Treasures
• 2002 This Land Is Your Land
• 2002 Soul & Inspiration
• 2003 Broken Hearted Blues
• 2003 Blues Had a Baby & It's Rock 'n Roll
• 2003 In the Wind
• 2003 Beginner's Guide to Folk Music
• 2003 Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger
• 2003 Respond II
• 2003 The Prestige Blues Sampler
• 2003 Corner of Bleeker and Blues
• 2003 Best of M.C. Records 1996-2002
• 2003 Let Freedom Sing
• 2003 Best of Kerrville Festival
• 2003 Patriot's Songbook
• 2003 Blue Box of Blues
• 2003 Shout Sister Shout: Rosetta Tharpe Tribute
• 2004 Baby Don't Tear My Clothes (James Cotton)
• 2004 Ladies Man (Pinetop Perkins) **
• 2004 My Country Awake: Freedom Compilation
• 2004 Eric Bibb & Friends
• 2004 Salute to the Blues: Listening in the Bottle
• 2005 Folk: The Life, Times & Music Series

References

• Discography at Allmusic
• Discography at Discogs.com