Editing Lead Belly (section)

== Posthumous discography ==

=== The Library of Congress recordings ===
The [[Library of Congress]] recordings, made by [[John Lomax|John]] and [[Alan Lomax]] from 1934 to 1943, were released in a six-volume series by [[Rounder Records]]:

* ''Midnight Special'' (1991)
* ''Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In'' (1991)
* ''Let It Shine on Me'' (1991)
* ''The Titanic'' (1994)
* ''Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen'' (1994)
* ''Go Down Old Hannah'' (1995)

=== Folkways recordings ===
The [[Folkways Records|Folkways]] recordings, done for [[Moses Asch]] from 1941 to 1947, were released in a three-volume series by [[Smithsonian Folkways]]:

* ''Where Did You Sleep Last Night'', Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 (1996)
* ''Bourgeois Blues'', Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2 (1997)
* ''Shout On'', Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3 (1998)

[[Smithsonian Folkways]] has released several other collections of his recordings:

* ''[[Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs]]'' (1989)
* ''Lead Belly's Last Sessions'' (4-CD box set, 1994), recorded late 1948 in New York City;<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/release/2877274 ''Leadbelly's Last Sessions'', vol. 1]. Folkways Records (FP 241) U.S.</ref> his only commercial recordings on [[magnetic tape]]
* ''[[Lead Belly Sings for Children]]'' (1999)
* ''Folkways: The Original Vision'', Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly (2004), expanded version of the 1989 compilation
* ''[[Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection]]'' (2015)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mazor|first1=Barry|title=Going From Prison Zero to Folk Hero|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=February 25, 2015|page=D5}}</ref><ref>[http://www.discogs.com/release/6711938 ''The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'', 2015 remastered compilation]. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (SFW 40201) U.S.</ref>

=== Live recordings ===
* ''Leadbelly Recorded in Concert, University of Texas, Austin, June 15, 1949'' (1973, Playboy Records PB 119)
*"[https://www.wnyc.org/story/king-twelve-string-guitar-wnyc-regular-through-1940s/ The King of the Twelve-String Guitar is a Regular on WNYC Through the 1940s]" Extant Lead Belly WNYC broadcasts 1940–1949.

=== Other compilations ===
* ''A Leadbelly Memorial, Vol II'' (1963, Stinson Records, SLP 19), red vinyl pressing
* ''Alabama Bound'' (1989, RCA Heritage Series), a [https://www.discogs.com/release/8123036-Leadbelly-Alabama-Bound 16 track CD] manufactured for BMG Direct Marketing
* ''Huddie Ledbetter's Best'' (1989, [[BGO Records]]), containing recordings made for [[Capitol Records]] in 1944 in California
* ''King of the 12-String Guitar'' (1991, [[Sony Records|Sony/Legacy Records]]), a collection of [[blues]] songs and prison ballads recorded in 1935 in New York City for the [[American Record Corporation]], including previously unreleased alternate takes
* ''Lead Belly Sings and Plays'' (1962, Stinson Records, SLPS 91), red vinyl pressing
* ''Private Party November 21, 1948'' (2000, Document Records), containing Lead Belly's intimate performance at a private party in late 1948 in [[Minneapolis]]
* ''Take This Hammer'', When the Sun Goes Down series, vol. 5 (2003, RCA Victor/Bluebird Jazz), CD collection of all 26 songs Lead Belly recorded for [[Victor Records]] in 1940, half of which feature the [[Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet]] (a 1968 LP released by [[RCA Victor]] included about half of these recordings)
* ''The Definitive Lead Belly'' (2008, Not Now Music), a 50-song retrospective on two CDs
* ''Leadbelly – American Folk & Blues Anthology'' (2013, Not Now Music), 75 songs on three CDs
*''[[American Epic: The Best of Lead Belly]]'' (2017, Lo-Max, [[Legacy Recordings|Sony Legacy]], [[Third Man Records|Third Man]])