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Although the 1993 CD version of this album is credited to Odetta and titled The Tin Angel, it's actually a reissue of a Fantasy LP credited to Odetta & Larry, which bore the slightly different title The Tin Angel Presents Odetta & Larry. That original LP had 13 tracks recorded in 1953 and 1954, some of them live at the Tin Angel club in San Francisco, with Larry Mohr contributing some banjo and harmony and lead vocals, though Odetta was the more prominent presence. This source of confusion duly noted, this is pretty much an Odetta album in most respects, as she takes a considerably larger part of the vocal duties on a set of traditional folk material including such standards as "John Henry," "Rock Island Line," and "Old Cotton Fields at Home," as well as some blues and spirituals, plus a good version of Woody Guthrie's "The Car-Car Song." Odetta's stirring vocal style is pretty fully formed on this, the first group of her recordings in wide distribution, as is her ability to emit bluesy grunts, as you can hear on "John Henry." Mohr's vocals (he takes unaccompanied lead on "Old Blue") and banjo are comparatively bland, but they're not much of a distraction from Odetta, who's definitely the main feature. The 1993 CD reissue adds six tracks, including some very popular folk revival tunes in "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," "Wade in the Water," and "Another Man Done Gone."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Bob Hadley, Adapter - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Woody Guthrie, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Woody Guthrie, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
Geoff Love, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Odetta, MainArtist - Larry Mohr, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Although the 1993 CD version of this album is credited to Odetta and titled The Tin Angel, it's actually a reissue of a Fantasy LP credited to Odetta & Larry, which bore the slightly different title The Tin Angel Presents Odetta & Larry. That original LP had 13 tracks recorded in 1953 and 1954, some of them live at the Tin Angel club in San Francisco, with Larry Mohr contributing some banjo and harmony and lead vocals, though Odetta was the more prominent presence. This source of confusion duly noted, this is pretty much an Odetta album in most respects, as she takes a considerably larger part of the vocal duties on a set of traditional folk material including such standards as "John Henry," "Rock Island Line," and "Old Cotton Fields at Home," as well as some blues and spirituals, plus a good version of Woody Guthrie's "The Car-Car Song." Odetta's stirring vocal style is pretty fully formed on this, the first group of her recordings in wide distribution, as is her ability to emit bluesy grunts, as you can hear on "John Henry." Mohr's vocals (he takes unaccompanied lead on "Old Blue") and banjo are comparatively bland, but they're not much of a distraction from Odetta, who's definitely the main feature. The 1993 CD reissue adds six tracks, including some very popular folk revival tunes in "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," "Wade in the Water," and "Another Man Done Gone."
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:43
- Main artists: Odetta Larry Mohr
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Original Blues Classics
- Genre: Blues
© 1993 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
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