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By the time the independent folk label Vanguard Records got around to releasing its sixth Odetta album, One Grain of Sand, in 1963, the singer had already decamped to RCA Victor and released her major-label debut, Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin', in 1962. But One Grain of Sand is not just a collection of outtakes assembled to fulfill a contract and take revenge on a departed artist. It finds Odetta accompanying herself as usual on acoustic guitar and joined by Bill Lee on string bass, putting her inimitable stamp on a good set of traditional folk songs along with numbers associated with Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. She also brings in spirituals, blues, and even country on a cover of "Cool Water." But, given her distinctive vocal approach, every song from every genre becomes an Odetta song, with her contralto finding unusual depths of feeling in even the lighter fare. It might be argued that, in the early '60s, partially because of record company machinations, Odetta had a glut of LPs in release. But when even a minor one displays such quality, it's hard to complain.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Davis, ComposerLyricist - ALAN LOMAX, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Huddie Ledbetter, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Woody Guthrie, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
BOB NOLAN, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
PETE SEEGER, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
By the time the independent folk label Vanguard Records got around to releasing its sixth Odetta album, One Grain of Sand, in 1963, the singer had already decamped to RCA Victor and released her major-label debut, Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin', in 1962. But One Grain of Sand is not just a collection of outtakes assembled to fulfill a contract and take revenge on a departed artist. It finds Odetta accompanying herself as usual on acoustic guitar and joined by Bill Lee on string bass, putting her inimitable stamp on a good set of traditional folk songs along with numbers associated with Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. She also brings in spirituals, blues, and even country on a cover of "Cool Water." But, given her distinctive vocal approach, every song from every genre becomes an Odetta song, with her contralto finding unusual depths of feeling in even the lighter fare. It might be argued that, in the early '60s, partially because of record company machinations, Odetta had a glut of LPs in release. But when even a minor one displays such quality, it's hard to complain.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:08
- Main artists: Odetta
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vanguard
- Genre: Folk/Americana
© 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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