The Essential Odetta

Infobox Album |
Name = The Essential Odetta
Type = compilation album
Artist = Odetta


Released = 1973
Recorded = Carnegie Hall and The Town Hall, New York, NY
Genre = Folk, blues
Length = 62:19
Label = Vanguard
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wjfexqt5ldfe link]
Last album = "Odetta Sings"
(1970)
This album = "The Essential Odetta"
(1973)
Next album = "Odetta at the Best of Harlem"
(1987)

"The Essential Odetta" is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released on LP in 1973.

The original double-LP "The Essential Odetta" included the live performances "At Town Hall" and "At Carnegie Hall", but the CD version of that release omits nine songs from the original total of both LPs.

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
#"If I Had a Hammer" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays) – 1:55
#"When I Was A Young Girl" – 2:51
#"Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole)" – 2:40
#"God's Gonna Cut You Down" – 2:12
#"John Riley" (Neff) – 3:24
#"Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho" – 2:23
#"All The Pretty Little Horses" – 3:03
#"Prettiest Train" – 3:25
#"Meetings At The Building" – 2:35
#"No More Auction Block" – 2:18
#"Hold On" – 2:42
#"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" – 3:22
#"Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down" – 3:19
#"Santy Anno" – 2:34
# "Another Man Done Gone" (Hall, Lomax, Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) – 2:31
#"He Had a Long Chain On" (Driftwood) – 6:23
#"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Traditional) – 2:05
#"Take This Hammer" – 3:47
#"Ox Driver Song" – 3:06
#"What Month Was Jesus Born In?" – 2:21
#"Timber" (Gary, Gray, White) – 3:23

Personnel

*Odetta – vocals, guitar
*Bill Lee – bass