Odetta in Japan
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{{Infobox album
| name = Odetta in Japan
| type = live album
| artist = Odetta
| cover = OdettaInJapan.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Folk, blues, acoustic
| length =
| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Jack Somer
| prev_title = Odetta Sings Dylan
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = Odetta
| next_year = 1967
}}
Odetta in Japan is a live album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 1965.{{Cite book |last=Popoff |first=Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ |title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide |date=2009-09-08 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-4402-2916-9 |pages=4954 |language=en}}{{Cite web | title=Odetta – Odetta In Japan (1966, Vinyl) - Discogs | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/945294-Odetta-Odetta-In-Japan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002224447/https://www.discogs.com/release/945294-Odetta-Odetta-In-Japan | access-date=2025-04-26 | archive-date=2021-10-02}} It was her final album for RCA Victor.
The song "Sakura" went on to become an iconic hip-hop sample of the 1990s, as featured in East Flatbush Project's "Tried By 12".
Track listing
All tracks arranged by Odetta; except where indicated:
- "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) – 1:58
- "Kaeshite Okure Ima Suguni" (Taku Izumi, Toshio Fujita) – 4:43
- "The Fox" – 2:00
- "Chilly Winds" – 3:59
- "Ain't No More Cane on This Brazos" – 3:40
- "One Man's Hand" (Alex Comfort, Pete Seeger) – 3:10
- "On Top of Old Smokey" (Traditional) – 3:40
- "Sakura" – 2:22
- "Hush Little Baby" – 1:21
- "Why Oh Why" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:10
- "Joshua Fought The Battle of Jericho" – 2:10
- "We Shall Overcome" (Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger, Zilphia Horton) – 5:23
Personnel
- Odetta – vocals, guitar
- Bruce Langhorne – guitar
- Les Grinage (aka Raphael Grinage) – bass