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 Victor LSP-2573 1963 One Grain of Sand Vanguard VSD2153 1963 Odetta Sings Folk Songs RCA Victor LSP-2643 1964 It's a Mighty World RCA Victor LSP-2792 1964 Odetta Sings of Many Things RCA Victor LSP-2923 1965 Odetta Sings Dylan RCA Victor LSP-3324 1967 Odetta FTS3014 1970 Odetta Sings Polydor 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 1985 Live in Mestre Venezia 1985 Caligola Records
1976 It's Impossible, a.k.a. Odetta at the Best of Harlem - songs included: "Michael Row the Boat" "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) "Until It's Time for You to Go" "It's Impossible" 1987 Movin' It On RQ101 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 1968 Odetta Sings The Blues Riverside RS 3007 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 reissue 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
Tribute Albums Beautiful Star: The Songs Of Odetta, by Wears The Trousers Records Requiem for a Heavyweight (Tribute to Odetta), by Sista Jean & CB
References
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