Tracklist
1 | Up And Down Blues | 6:00 |
2 | Levee Camp Blues | 7:07 |
3 | Motherless Children Have A Hard Time | 5:24 |
4 | Louise | 4:24 |
5 | I'm Blue As A Man Can Be | 5:23 |
6 | Texas Blues | 5:07 |
7 | Please Lord, Help Me On My Way | 4:00 |
8 | Pardon Denied Again | 4:44 |
9 | Two Wings | 3:42 |
10 | Come Here Baby | 1:57 |
11 | Angola Special | 4:12 |
12 | So Much Is Happenin' In This Wicked World | 4:13 |
13 | Just Tippin' In | 4:09 |
14 | Church On Fire #2 | 3:01 |
15 | This Wild Old Life | 4:20 |
Credits
- Cover – Wayne Pope
- Edited By, Liner Notes – Henry Kaiser
- Producer – Chris Strachwitz
- Recorded By – Chris Strachwitz (tracks: 3)
- Recorded By, Producer, Photography By – Dr. Harry Oster (tracks: 1 to 2, 4 to 15)
- Vocals, Guitar, Composed By, Arranged By – Robert Pete Williams
Notes
Recorded at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, in 1959 and 1960, except track 3, recorded in Berkeley, California, April 1970.
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10 previously issued on Arhoolie LP 2015; Tracks 11 and 14 previously released on Arhoolie LP 2011; Track 13 previously issued on Folklyric LP 109 and 77 LP 12/17.
Tracks 3, 5, 9, 12, and 15 previously unreleased.
This CD is volume one of two. Volume two is available as Arhoolie CD 395.
Catalog number CD 394 on spine and rear cover; catalog number CD-394 on disc face; catalog number 394 on front cover.
© & ℗ 1959 & 1994 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
Barcodes
- Barcode (Text): 0 9629-70394-2 7
- Barcode (String): 096297039427
- Matrix / Runout: RPP-CA CR50775 CD394 01
- Mastering SID Code: IFPI LL26
Companies
- Recorded At – Louisiana State Penitentiary At Angola
- Copyright (c) – Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
- Pressed By – Reel Picture Productions – CR50775
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