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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#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
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