Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1997-09-28
Music Label: Rounder Select
Soundtracks:
- Murderer's Home
- No More, My Lord - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Old Alabama
- Black Woman
- Jumpin' Judy - Hard Hair, Tangle Eye, Tangle Eye
- Whoa Buck - C.B.
- Prettiest Train - Twenty Two, Twenty Two
- Old Dollar Mamie - Twenty Two, Twenty Two
- It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad - Twenty Two, Twenty Two
- Rosie - C.B.
- Levee Camp Holler - Bama, Bama, Bama
- What Makes a Work Song Leader? [Interview] - Bama, , Alan Lomax
- Early in the Mornin' - Hard Hair, Little Red, Tangle Eye, Tangle Eye, Twenty Two, Twenty Two
- How I Got in the Penitentiary [Interview] - Bama, Alan Lomax
- Tangle Eye Blues - Tangle Eye, Tangle Eye
- Stackerlee - Bama, Bama, Bama
- Prison Blues - Alex, Alex
Music reviews of Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home
Music Review: six tracks...
Rating: 4 Stars
As far as I can tell, the sound is nicer on this release than the old Legacy "Negro Prison Blues and Songs," but unfortunately there are six (really good) tracks at the end of that CD that aren't on vol. 1 or 2 in the Rounder set. I think it's worth it to get the older Legacy release, and then vol.2 from Rounder to have it all. These are astounding compilations.
Description of Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home
"These songs belong to the musical tradition which Africans brought to the New World, but they are also as American as the Mississippi River. They were born out of the very rock and earth of this country, as black hands broke the soil, moved, reformed it, and rivers of stinging sweat poured upon the land under the blazing heat of Southern skies, and are mounted upon the passion that this struggle with nature brought forth. They tell us the story of the slave gang, the sharecropper system, the lawless work camp, the chain gang, the pen." --Alan LomaxThis is a reissue of Alan Lomax's legendary album Negro Prison Songs in its entirety. A complete CD of previously unissued material from the same field recordings is also available: Prison Songs Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?General CDs
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