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Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963) [2005, Ace Records, VMD 2153]

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Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963) [2005, Ace Records, VMD 2153]

Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & iPod M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2005 | Ace Records, VMD 2153 | ~ 216 or 218 or 105 Mb | Scans(png) -> 211 Mb
Roots / Blues / Folk

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.

by William Ruhlmann


Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963) [2005, Ace Records, VMD 2153]

Odetta Biography

One of the strongest voices in the folk revival and the civil rights movement, Odetta was born on New Year's Eve 1930 in Birmingham, AL. By the time she was six years old, she had moved with her younger sister and mother to Los Angeles. She showed a keen interest in music from the time she was a child, and when she was about ten years old, somewhere between church and school, her singing voice was discovered. Odetta's mother began saving money to pay for voice lessons for her, but was advised to wait until her daughter was 13 years old and well into puberty. Thanks to her mother, Odetta began voice lessons when she was 13. She received a classical training, which was interrupted when her mother could no longer afford to pay for the lessons. The puppeteer Harry Burnette interceded and paid for Odetta to continue her voice training.

When she was 19 years old, Odetta landed a role in the Los Angeles production of Finian's Rainbow, which was staged in the summer of 1949 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. It was during the run of this show that she first heard the blues harmonica master Sonny Terry. The following summer, Odetta was again performing in summer stock in California. This time it was a production of Guys and Dolls, staged in San Francisco. Hanging out in North Beach during her days off, Odetta had her first experience with the growing local folk music scene. Following her summer in San Francisco, Odetta returned to Los Angeles, where she worked as a live-in housekeeper. During this time she performed on a show bill with Paul Robeson.

In 1953, Odetta took some time off from her housecleaning chores to travel to New York City and appear at the famed Blue Angel folk club. Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte had both taken an interest in her career by this time, and her debut album, The Tin Angel, was released in 1954. From this time forward, Odetta worked to expand her repertoire and make full use of what she has always termed her "instrument." When she began singing, she was considered a coloratura soprano. As she matured, she became more of a mezzo-soprano. Her experience singing folk music led her to discover a vocal range that runs from coloratura to baritone.

Odetta's most productive decade as a recording artist came in the 1960s, when she released 16 albums, including Odetta at Carnegie Hall, Christmas Spirituals, Odetta and the Blues, It's a Mighty World, and Odetta Sings Dylan. In 1999 she released her first studio album in 14 years, Blues Everywhere I Go. On September 29, 1999, President Bill Clinton presented Odetta with the National Endowment for the Arts' Medal of the Arts, a fitting tribute to one of the great treasures of American music.

The next few years found Odetta releasing some new full-length albums, including Livin' with the Blues and a collection of Leadbelly tunes, Looking for a Home. She toured North America, Latvia, and Scotland and was mentioned in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary, No Direction Home. That same year Odetta released Gonna Let It Shine, which went on to receive a 2007 Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album. In December 2008, she died of heart disease in New York.

by Philip Van Vleck
Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963)

Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963) [2005, Ace Records, VMD 2153]

Tracklist:

01 - Sail Away, Ladies
02 - Moses, Moses
03 - Midnight Special
04 - Rambler-Gambler
05 - Cotton Fields
06 - Roll On, Buddy
07 - Ain't No Grave
08 - Special Delivery Blues
09 - Rambling Round Your City
10 - Boll Weevil
11 - Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies
12 - She Moved Through the Fair
13 - Cool Water
14 - One Grain of Sand

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 16. March 2013, 15:17

Odetta / One Grain of Sand

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foobar2000 1.1.18 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-03-29 12:12:39

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Analyzed: Odetta / One Grain of Sand
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -9.10 dB -25.24 dB 3:08 13-Cool Water
DR11 -11.55 dB -27.35 dB 2:10 14-One Grain of Sand
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 661 kbps
Codec: FLAC

Odetta - One Grain Of Sand (1963) [2005, Ace Records, VMD 2153]

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