Odetta discography

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
 * 1988 Christmas Spirituals (new recording) ALC104
 * 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
 * 1976 It's Impossible, a.k.a. Odetta at the Best of Harlem
 * 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 re-issue 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