Rock Island Line

~ Recording by Lead Belly

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.12Rock Island Line2:40Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Jubilee QuartetAlabama BoundLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • -1989
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)9600-2-R RE
1.12Rock Island Line2:40Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Jubilee QuartetAlabama BoundLeadbellyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-10-25
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)9600-2-R, D 102234
1.12Rock Island Line2:40Lead Belly and The Golden Gate Jubilee QuartetAlabama BoundLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-10-25
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)9600-2-R
1.6Rock Island Line2:38Lead BellyIrene GoodnightLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993-11
Blues Encore
1.11Rock Island Line2:34Lead BellyThe Very Best of LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-12-31
Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)MCCD 106
1.11Rock Island Line2:34Lead BellyComplete Recorded Works 1939–1947 in Chronological Order: Volume 5, 27 October 1944 to October 1946Lead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5311
1.10Rock Island Line2:37LeadbellyThe Blues Collection: Leadbelly, Midnight SpecialLeadbellyAlbum + Compilation
Orbis (British subsidiary publishing house of De Agostini Group)BLU NC 030
1.7Rock Island Line2:34Lead BellyMidnight SpecialLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)PLATCD 290
3.19Rock Island Line2:37Lead Belly & The Golden Gate QuartetComplete Blues: The Definitive LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-05-21
Snapper MusicSBLUECD506X
3.19Rock Island Line2:37Lead Belly & The Golden Gate QuartetThe Definitive LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Catfish Records (UK; blues, jazz, country, bluegrass)KATCD220
1.5Rock Island Line2:37Lead Belly & The Golden Gate QuartetWhen the Sun Goes Down, Volume 5: Take This HammerLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-05
Bluebird (US label, originally a budget subsidiary of RCA Victor)82876 50957 2
1.16Rock Island Line2:39Lead BellyBlues & Folk Singer: Sagablues, Volume 1Lead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2004-08-23
Saga (French, has series 'Saga Jazz', 'Saga Blues' and 'Modern Series')982 076-7
1.3Rock Island Line2:37Lead BellyComplete Blues: Take This HammerLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Snapper MusicSBLUECD004
1.11Rock Island Line2:35Lead BellyKings of the Blues: LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Castle Pulse (aka "Pulse" , sub-label in the Castle/Sanctuary "family")PLSCD 680
3.19Rock Island Line2:37Lead Belly & The Golden Gate QuartetThe Definitive LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Snapper MusicSBOX022
3.11Rock Island Line2:37Lead BellyImportant Recordings 1934 - 1949Lead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-03-20
JSP RecordsJSP7764
1.12Rock Island Line2:35Lead BellyDiggin' My PotatoesLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Blue Label (German, division of SPV GmbH)SPV 49902 CD
1.22Rock Island Line2:35Lead Belly & The Golden Gate QuartetLegends of the Blues, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-05-02
Blue Label (German, division of SPV GmbH)
1.7Rock Island Line2:34Lead BellyThe Definitive Lead BellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD261
1.10Rock Island Line2:37Lead BellyThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-10-09
World Music NetworkRGNET1244CD
1.9Rock Island Line2:36Lead BellyThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-09-24
World Music NetworkRGNET1244LP
1.2Rock Island Line2:37Lead BellyThe Only Folk Collection You'll Ever NeedVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-12-09
Shout! FactorySF 15476, SF 15477, SF 15478
7.7Rock Island Line2:35LeadbellyDelta Blues: Milestones of LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)600378
1.6Rock Island Line2:36Lead BellyThe BluesLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
One & OnlySTARBCD035
Bootleg
1.9Rock Island Line2:37Lead BellyNublomenaje a Johnny CashVarious ArtistsOther + Compilation
  • ES2011-07-21
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)
(unknown)
1.11Rock Island Line2:35Lead BellyGood Morning Blues: The Essential Recordings of LeadbellyLead BellyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-12-15
Indigo (a sub-label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)IGOCD 2007

Relationships

recorded in:San Francisco, California, United States (on 1945-02-15)
clarinet, percussion, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet and background vocals:[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1945-02-15)
guitar:Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
guest vocals:The Golden Gate Quartet
vocals:The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15)
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15, on 1945-02-15)
recording of:Rock Island Line (on 1945-02-15: cover)
Rock Island Line (in 1948)

Related works

Rock Island Line

lyricist and composer:Lead Belly
publisher:Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
later parody versions:Rock Island Line (Freberg Parody)