Media Condition : Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Format : 2xLP, Comp, Mono
Genre : Blues
Style : Gospel, Country Blues
Label : Matchbox Records
Country : UK
Released: 1984
Notes:
This set is issued to complement the book "Songsters & Saints: Vocal Traditions On Race Records" by Paul Oliver (1984; Cambridge University Press) Original recordings from the collections of Johnny Parth, Roger Misiewicz, John R. T. Davies and Paul Oliver C1 to C8 "with congregation" Gatefold sleeve
Track List:
. Dances And Traveling Shows
A1. Peg Leg Howell, Eddie Anthony - Turkey Buzzard Blues
A2. Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley - Gonna Tip Out Tonight
A3. Beans Hambone & El Morrow - Beans
A4. Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band - Under The Chicken Tree
A5. Alec Johnson (2) - Mysterious Coon
A6. George "Big Boy" Owens - The Coon Crap Game
A7. Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jailhouse Now
A8. Charley Patton - Elder Greene Blues
A9. Hambone Willie Newbern - Way Down In Arkansas
. Comment, Parodies And Ballad Heroes
B1. Lil McClintock - Furniture Man
B2. Julius Daniels - Can't Put The Bridle On The Mule This Morning
B3. Hezekiah Jenkins - The Panic Is On
B4. Bogus Ben Covington - I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop
B5. Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop - G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again
B6. Bo Chatman - Good Old Turnip Greens
B7. Two Poor Boys - John Henry Blues
B8. Will Bennett - Railroad Blues
B9. Kid Coley - Clair And Pearley Blues
. Baptist And Sanctified Preachers
C1. Rev. Jim Beal - The Hand Of The Lord Was Upon Me (And I Went Out In The Spirit)
C2. Rev. A.W. Nix - After The Ball Is Over
C3. Rev. Isaiah Shelton - As The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest
C4. Rev. J.M. Milton - Silk Worms And Boll Weevils
C5. Rev. R. M. Massey - Old Time Baptism - Part 2
C6. Elder J.E. Burch - Baptism By Water, And Baptism By The Holy Ghost
C7. Rev. E.S. (Shy) Moore - The Solemn Warning
C8. Elder Curry - Prove All Things
C9. Rev. Leora Ross - God's Mercy To Colonel Lindbergh
. Gospel Soloists And Evangelists
D1. Josie Miles, Elizabeth Cooper (3) - You Have Lost Jesus
D2. Mother McCollum - When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
D3. Eddie Head & Family - Down On Me
D4. Washington Phillips - I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
D5. Roosevelt Graves And Brother - Telephone To Glory
D6. The Guitar Evangelist - Death Is Only A Dream
D7. Blind Willie Davis - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You
D8. Blind Gussie Nesbit - Pure Religion
D9. William And Versey Smith - When The Great Ship Went Down