Midnight Special (Lead Belly album)

Midnight Special is an album by Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston, recorded in 1946 and released as an album in 1947.

Released1947

RecordedOctober 1946, New York City

GenreFolk, blues

Length13:59

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Midnight Special
Studio album by Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston
Released	1947
Recorded	October 1946, New York City
Genre	Folk, blues
Length	13:59
Label	Disc Records
Producer	Moses Asch
Lead Belly chronology
Negro Folk Songs (1946) Midnight Special (1947)

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In October 1946, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston went into the studio to record for producer Moe Asch.^[1] They recorded eight tracks, six of which were released to the public.^[2]: 313 Initially those tracks were released as singles, but eventually they were collected into a three-disc 10" 78 rpm album, Midnight Special (catalog number, Disc 726).^[3][4] Ultimately, this would be the last album Lead Belly would release while he was still alive.^{[2]: 313–22}