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
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