On May 6, BMG plans to release a Ledbelly disc as part of their Secret History of R&R entitled "Take This Hammer." It claims to be his complete RCA recordings and contains all 16 of the songs they released on "Alabamy Bound" plus 10 more tracks.

Track listing: Pick a Bale of Cotton; Alabama Bound; Yellow Gal; Midnight Special; Rock Island Line; Whoa Back Buck; Good Morning Blues; Leaving Blues; TB Blues; Red Cross Store; Sail On Little Girl; Roberta; Alberta; On My Last Go 'Round; Grey Goose; ... John Cross the Water; Stewball; Take This Hammer; Can You Line 'em; Julianne Johnson; Ham and Eggs, Easy Rider; New York City; Worried Blues; Don't You Love Your Daddy No More; You Can't Lose Me Cholly.