MY EYES HAVE SEEN, VANGUARD, 1959

   A fine album of classic American folk songs and spirituals. Odetta burst into the American folk scene with this recording. A great record to start a career with a great way to begin exploring Odetta's music. This record has recently become available on cd.

   I have just found this recording!! I will post on the record soon!

BALLAD FOR AMERICANS, VANGUARD, 1959

    Well, I am listening to BALLADS FOR AMERICANS for the 10th time now, and I feel ready to tell you what I think of the record. I think it's GREAT! One side of the record is great old American folk standards such as This Land, On Top Of Old Smokey, Hush Little Baby, Going Home. My favorite is Great Historical Bum. I can really hear Odetta's humor and humanity during this wonderful song.  The other side is Ballad for Americans.  Ballad for Americans is an historical work that tells the story of the Americans that built this country and made it what it was. This record, (and others like it) should be in every classroom and every library in the country. They should be required listening. This record is a beautiful, innocent and earnest piece of work.

ODETTA AT CARNEGIE HALL, VANGUARD, 1960

   Just received a copy of this record also, I have been very lucky recently!

   Still need your help with this one.

   Some folks say this is a case of a fine folksinger taking a turn at the Blues. In my opinion this is a case of a voice for the ages singing what comes natural, in this case the Blues. Listen to "Hard, Oh Lord," or "How Long Blues," and you will know what the blues is. All famous blues songs that were done first by ladies at the very top of their game. Yet Odetta makes each song her own. A great performance.

ODETTA AT TOWN HALL, RIVERSIDE, 1962

   Need your help with this one too!

ONE GRAIN OF SAND, VANGUARD, 1963

ODETTA AT CARNEGIE HALL, VANGUARD, 1967

   Same as above

THE ESSENTIAL ODETTA, VANGUARD, 1973

   A beautiful compilation and probably the one most new fans cut their teeth on, it has many of Odetta's most powerful and popular songs. That may be what concerns me most; this collection should not take the place of such a tremendous artists' complete body of work.

ODETTA, FANTASY, 1963

   See the Verve copy below.

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE CRYING, RCA, 1962

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ODETTA SINGS FOLK SONGS, RCA, 1963

   This is Odetta at the top of her game. She is the Queen of American Folk and she proves it with this album. All the songs are American classics and she makes them her own and then gives them away as a present to the world. (I never said I was impartial).

IT'S A MIGHTY WORLD, RCA, 1964

    If I might quote a professional music critic of the time & quote ;...if you had to settle for one in a lifetime, this is the one you'd pick. ....the best folk singing you will ever hear." The Washington Star. (See, it's not just me!)

ODETTA SINGS OF MANY THINGS, RCA, 1964

   Harry Belafonte wrote "Those of us that call ourselves artists can learn much from her strength, simplicity, warmth, humor and complete humanity."

ODETTA SINGS DYLAN, RCA, 1965

   Don't Think Twice, Masters of War, The Times They Are A-Changin', Long Time Gone, Mr.Tambourine Man etc. Enough said.

ODETTA IN JAPAN, RCA, 1966

   Once more I await your assistance

ODETTA SINGS BALLADS AND BLUES, TRADITION, 1965 

   Just got this one too! I will let you know as soon as possible.

AT THE GATE OF HORN, TRADITION, 1966 

   Great Gospel and Folk. If I had to choose one, this would be it; this record does for me what music is supposed to do..it inspires me.

ODETTA, VERVE/FOLKWAYS, 1974 

   An album of folksongs-some you will know, some you won't, but you'll love them all when you finish with this LP.

ODETTA SINGS THE BLUES, RIVERGATE, 1968

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ODETTA, ARCHIVE OF FOLK AND JAZZ, 1974

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BALLAD FOR AMERICANS/LONESOME TRAIN, UNITED ARTIST, 1976

   I have no information on this record, do you?

MOVIN' IT ON, ROSE QUARTZ, 1987 

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, ALCAZAR, 1998 

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   Recorded live the night Ella Fitzgerald died.