Play Parties in Song and Dance

Play Parties in Song and Dance (or Play Parties in Song and Dance as Sung by Lead Belly) is an album by Lead Belly recorded in 1941 and released a few months later by Asch Recordings.[1]

Play Parties in Song and Dance
Studio album by
Lead Belly
Released1941
RecordedMay and July 1941, New York City
Genre
Length14:54
LabelAsch Recordings
ProducerMoses Asch
Lead Belly chronology
The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs
(1940)		 Play Parties in Song and Dance
(1941)		 Work Songs of the U.S.A.
(1942)

In 1941, Lead Belly was introduced to Moses "Moe" Asch by mutual friends. Asch ran a small record label, mainly releasing folk records for the local New York City market.[2] Lead Belly's initial recording sessions for Asch were held in May and July 1941 at the Asch Recording Studios, located on West 46th Street in New York City.[3] He recorded a total of eight songs, six of which were released. The three-disc 78 rpm album was released around October 1941 and each copy was sold for $2.50. According to royalty statements from Asch, the album had sold 492 copies by the end of April 1942. Lead Belly received $29.52 in royalties at the rate of six cents an album, or two cents an individual record. Charles Wolfe and Kip Lornell notes that this rate was "in line for that . . . time."[1]

Track listing
No.TitleMatrix NumberLength
1."Ha-Ha This Way"SC-261:37
2."Sally Walker"SC-272:42
3."Christmas Song"SC-34-X2:44
4."Redbird"SC-322:57
5."Skip to My Lou"SC-792:14
6."You Can't Lose Me, Cholly"SC-802:40

References
  1. Wolfe, Charles; Lornell, Kip (1992). The Life and Legend of Leadbelly. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 225–26, 304. ISBN 0060168625.
  2. Place, Jeff (2015). "The Life and Legacy of Lead Belly". Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (PDF). Washington: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. p. 22-23. ISBN 9780970494252. UPC 093074020128.
  3. Alicoate, Jack, ed. (1941). The 1941 Radio Annual. New York: Radio Daily. p. 652.
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