Hard Time Blues 1927–1960

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Exactly as on covers except belows, see edit history for questions
There are some differences between booklet and back cover, kept the most accurate ones
1.6 "The" or "This" instead of "That"

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Uncle Sam Says
Josh White2:45
2Defense Factory Blues
Josh White2:47
3Million Lonesome Women
Brownie McGhee2:36
4You Better Be Ready to Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1941-06-24)
Tampa Red3:04
5Uncle Sam Came and Get It
Wee Bea Booze3:17
6That Number of Mine
Big Bill Broonzy2:45
7Get Back (Black Brown and White)
Big Bill Broonzy3:04
8Cell no. 13 Blues
Big Bill Broonzy2:57
9County Jail Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
Big Maceo2:58
10No Job Blues
Ramblin’ Thomas3:12
11There Is No Justice
Lonnie Johnson2:43
12Parchman Farm Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Parchman Farm Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
recording of:
Parchman Farm (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:43
13I’m Prison Bound (Doin’ Time Blues)
Lowell Fulson3:14
14Penitentiary Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:57
15The Bourgeois Blues
Lead Belly3:26
16Jim Crow (Blues)
Lead Belly2:26
17Jim Crow Train
Josh White2:50
18Back‐Water Blues
Bessie Smith3:21
19When the Levee Breaks
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
Joe McCoy3:18
20Mean Old Twister
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-03-30)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1937-03-30)
Kokomo Arnold3:00
21Florida Hurricane
St‐Louis Jimmy2:57
22Income Tax Blues
Ralph Willis2:39
23Collector Man Blues
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-11-11)
guitar:
Henry Townsend (on 1937-11-11)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1937-11-11)
piano:
Walter Davis (on 1937-11-11)
Sonny Boy Williamson3:20
24It’s Hard Time
Joe Stone (J.D. Short)3:11
2▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1President Roosevelt
Big Joe Williams3:53
2Don’t Take Away My P.W.A.
Jimmie Gordon2:58
3W.P.A. Blues
Casey Bill Weldon3:21
4Working on the Project
Peetie Wheatstraw3:08
5Let’s Have a New Deal
Carl Martin2:47
6Welfare Store Blues
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1940-05-17)
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:53
7Warehouse Man Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:50
8F.D.R. Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:40
9God Bless Our New President
Champion Jack Dupree2:45
10President’s Blues
Herman Ray3:18
11Eisenhower Blues
J.B. Lenoir2:54
12Korea Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1951)
J.B. Lenoir2:46
13Back to Korea Blues
Sunnyland Slim3:14
14Crazy World
Julia Lee3:02
15The World Is in a Tangle
Jimmy Rogers2:58
16Hard Times Blues
Ida Cox2:59
17Hard Times
recording of:
Hard Times (Leiber & Stoller)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
Charles Brown3:12
18No Shoes
Eddie Kirkland2:40
19Lonesome Cabin Blues
Baby Boy Warren3:01
20Poor Boy Blues
Brownie McGhee2:49
21Pawnshop Blues
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry3:30
22The Alabama Bus, Parts 1 & 2
Brother Will Hairston4:33
23Democrat Man
John Lee Hooker3:31
24The Big Race
Memphis Slim5:48