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- Artist: Odetta
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1973 09
- Total Time: 62:19
- Type: Compilation (best of), Live
- Genre: Folk
Review
Although the title leads one to believe this is a best-of of sorts, in fact it's a straight pairing of two live concerts from the early '60s that were originally released as Odetta at Carnegie Hall and At Town Hall. It's still a worthy representation of Odetta in good form, accompanied throughout by Bill Lee on bass, and covering a variety of traditional folk songs, spirituals, and later compositions such as "If I Had a Hammer." Be aware that the CD reissue of this title omits a few tracks from each LP, although the double-LP version has everything. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| If I Had a Hammer | Pete Seeger, |
Odetta | (1:55) |
| When I Was a Young Girl | Traditional | Odetta | (2:51) |
| Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole) | Traditional | Odetta | (2:40) |
| God's Gonna Cut You Down | Traditional | Odetta | (2:12) |
| John Riley | Odetta | (3:24) | |
| Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho | Traditional | Odetta | (2:23) |
| All the Pretty Little Horses | Traditional | Odetta | (3:03) |
| Prettiest Train | Traditional | Odetta | (3:25) |
| Meetin' at the Building | Traditional | Odetta | (2:35) |
| No More Auction Block | Traditional | Odetta | (2:18) |
| Hold On | Traditional | Odetta | (2:42) |
| Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | Traditional | Odetta | (3:22) |
| Ain't No Grave | Traditional | Odetta | (3:19) |
| Santy Anno | Traditional | Odetta | (2:34) |
| Another Man Done Gone | Alan Lomax, John A. Lomax, Vera Hall, |
Odetta | (2:31) |
| He Had a Long Chain On | Jimmie Driftwood | Odetta | (6:23) |
| He's Got the Whole World in His Hands | Traditional | Odetta | (2:05) |
| Take This Hammer | Traditional | Odetta | (3:47) |
| Ox-Driver Song | Odetta | (3:06) | |
| What Month Was Jesus Born In? | Traditional | Odetta | (2:21) |
| Timber (Jerry) | Odetta | (3:23) |
