Negro Prison Songs Vinyl LP - Alan Lomax Tradition Records TLP 1020 (Arhoolie)

$

60

Description

A1 Murder's Home A2 No More, My Lawd A3 Old Alabama A4 Black Woman A5 Jumpin' Judy A6 Whoa Buck A7 Prettiest Train A8 Old Dollar Mamie A9 It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad B1 Rosie B2 Levee Camp Holler B3 What Makes A Work Song Leader? B4 Early In The Mornin' B5 How I Got In The Penitentiary B6 Tangle Eye Blues B7 Stackerlee B8 Prison Blues

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi

Credits

• Cover, Design [Jacket Design] – Raphael Boguslav
• Recorded By [Recorded, Collected by], Edited By, Liner Notes [Annotated By] – Alan Lomax

Notes

Collection of work songs and blues recorded in 1947 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi.

Includes booklet of commentary and lyrics.

Credits as presented in the booklet: 
Side A Band 1: Sung by Jimpson with five others
Side A Band 2: Sung by Jimpson with five others
Side A Band 3: Sung by B.B. with six others
Side A Band 4: Sung by B.B. with six others
Side A Band 5: Sung by Tangle Eye, Fuzzie Red, Hard Hair and others
Side A Band 6: Sung by C.B
Side A Band 7: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side A Band 8: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side A Band 9: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side B Band 1: Sung by C.B. with ten others with axes
Side B Band 2: Sung by Bama
Side B Band 3: Not documented
Side B Band 4: Sung by "22", Little Red, Tangle Eye and Hard Hair
Side B Band 5: Not documented
Side B Band 6: Sung by Tangle Eye
Side B Band 7: Sung by Bama
Side B Band 8: Sung by Alex

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