tracks 1, 5, 8, 11, 17, 21, 22, 24 arranged by Huddie Ledbetter
tracks 23, 28, 30, 31 arranged by Huddie Ledbetter
booklet editor Carla Borden
booklet editor Peter Seitel
compiled by [reissue] Jeff Place
coordinator Mary Monseur
coordinator Michael Maloney
design, layout Visual Dialogue
engineer [nonoise work] Charlie Pilzer
engineer [nonoise work] Eric Conn
engineer [sound and technical assistance] Pete Reiniger
tracks 1 to 3, 5 to 29, 31, 32 guitar Leadbelly
liner notes Pete Seeger
liner notes [annotated by] Jeff Place
liner notes [annotated by] Kip Lornell
management [financial assistant] Heather MacBride
management [marketing assistant] Chris Weston
management [marketing] Brenda Dunlap
mastered by Charlie Pilzer
photography by Stephen Deutch
photography by Willa Freeman Grunes
recorded by Frederic Ramsey Jr.
recorded by Moses Asch
reissue producer [production assistance] Kip Lornell
research [assistant archivist] Stephanie Smith
supervised by Amy Horowitz
supervised by Anthony Seeger
transferred by [acetate transfers] Jack Towers
transferred by [acetate transfers] Pete Reiniger
vocals Leadbelly
tracks 2 to 4, 10, 12 to 16 written-by Huddie Ledbetter
tracks 29 written-by Huddie Ledbetter
Phonographic Copyright (p) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Copyright (c) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Copyright (c) Folkways Music
Published By TRO-Folkways
Published By MCA Music
Mastered At Airshow Mastering, Springfield, VA
Pressed By Disctronics Group, United States
Recorded 1941-1948, New York City.
Mastered at AirShow, Springfield, VA.
NoNoise work at AirShow, Springfield, VA.

Publishers:
All songs TRO-Folkways, BMI, except:
Track 7 - MCA Music, ASCAP

Track 2 to 5, 10, 12, 16, 17, 24 - Copyright Folkways Music

The title of track 14 is shown in the booklet as Uncle Sam Says (Bottle Up And Go).

Cover photograph courtesy of Sean Killeen, The Lead Belly Society
Back cover of Moses Asch courtesy of Folkways Archive
Photo on page 1 courtesy of Lead Belly Society.
Photo on page 13 courtesy of Millard Lampell

℗© 1998 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Manufactured in USA.
Barcode: 0 9307-40105-2 5 (Text)
Barcode: 093074010525 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 9628
Rights Society: BMI (1 to 6, 8, 10 to 12, 15 to 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32)
Rights Society: ASCAP (9)
Matrix / Runout: 10/11/01 SFWCD40105 02 DISCTRONICS MADE IN THE USA (Variant 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L794 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2D1B (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: [Disctronics logo] 162033-4W2-8048-A **SFW40105** (Variant 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L793 (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 2D1N (Variant 2)