My Eyes Have Seen

My Eyes Have Seen
Original LP cover
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)[1][2]
GenreFolk, blues
Length40:16
LabelVanguard
Odetta chronology
At the Gate of Horn
(1957)
My Eyes Have Seen
(1959)
Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads
(1960)
Alternative Cover
The CD re-issue of My Eyes Have Seen

My Eyes Have Seen is a studio album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in July 1959.[1][2] It is the first record by Odetta to be released by Vanguard Records.

Milt Okun arranged and conducted a choir on a portion of the songs, notably "Motherless Children", "Ox-Driver Song" and the title piece.

My Eyes Have Seen was re-released on CD in 1994.

  1. ^ a b "12 New Vanguard LP's" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 18 July 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "My Eyes Have Seen". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 27 July 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.