Odetta in Japan is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 1965. It was her final album for RCA Victor.
The song "Sakura" went on to become an iconic hip-hop sample of the 1990s, as featured in East Flatbush Project's "Tried By 12".
Track listing All tracks arranged by Odetta; except where indicated: "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) – 1:58 "Kaeshite Okure Ima Suguni" (Taku Izumi, Toshio Fujita) – 4:43 "The Fox" – 2:00 "Chilly Winds" – 3:59 "Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos" – 3:40 "One Man's Hand" (Alex Comfort, Pete Seeger) – 3:10 "On Top of Old Smokey" (Traditional) – 3:40 "Sakura" – 2:22 "Hush Little Baby" – 1:21 "Why Oh Why" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:10 "Joshua Fought The Battle of Jericho" – 2:10 "We Shall Overcome" (Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger, Zilphia Horton) – 5:23
Personnel Odetta – vocals, guitar Bruce Langhorne – guitar Les Grinage (aka Raphael Grinage) – bass
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