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

Infobox Album |
Name = Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005
Type = compilation album
Artist = Odetta


Released = 2006
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, blues
Length =
Label = Acadia
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic (no rating) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:avftxq9dlddee link]
Last album = "Gonna Let It Shine"
(2005)
This album = "Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999-2005"
(2006)
Next album = "Vanguard Visionaries"
(2007)

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