[Magdalen] RIP Fred Hellerman, 89.

[Charles Wohlers]

That is likely the concert I mentioned which I have on a Playboy LP. It was 
on June 15, 1949, at the Univ. of Texas, and he died within the year.

To pique Roger's interest - there was a big foldout picture of Lead Belly 
inside the Playboy LP. Fortunately, he was fully clothed.     ;=)

Lead Belly recorded for a number of labels other than Folkways (now owned by 
the Smithsonian) and the Library of Congress. I have a Biograph LP of some 
early (1935) work of his, and also the Library of Congress recordings on an 
Elektra 3-LP set - which I presume the Smithsonian now has on CD.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Handsfield
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 4:18 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] RIP Fred Hellerman, 89.

The entire collection of Leadbelly's music is available on CDs from the 
Smithsonian.  It includes a concert late in life as he was weakening due to 
ALS.

Jim Handsfield
Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 3, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> On 03/09/2016 19:58, Charles Wohlers wrote:
>> A memorable concert! As you can see, Lee Hays wasn't well - he died the 
>> following year.
>>
>> About a month ago I was browsing in the local record shop and came upon 
>> an album (vinyl LP) of Leadbelly in a 1949 concert on (of all things) 
>> Playboy Records. I'd never known that they put out records too.
>
> The naughty side of me wonders what the cover was like ;-)
>
> Roger