Negro Prison Songs From The Mississippi State Penitentiary

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Release Date: 1958

Label: Tradition Records

Collection of work songs and blues recorded in 1947 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi.

Includes booklet of commentary and lyrics.

Credits as presented in the booklet:
Side A Band 1: Sung by Jimpson with five others
Side A Band 2: Sung by Jimpson with five others
Side A Band 3: Sung by B.B. with six others
Side A Band 4: Sung by B.B. with six others
Side A Band 5: Sung by Tangle Eye, Fuzzie Red, Hard Hair and others
Side A Band 6: Sung by C.B
Side A Band 7: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side A Band 8: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side A Band 9: Sung by "22" with 20 others
Side B Band 1: Sung by C.B. with ten others with axes
Side B Band 2: Sung by Bama
Side B Band 3: Not documented
Side B Band 4: Sung by "22", Little Red, Tangle Eye and Hard Hair
Side B Band 5: Not documented
Side B Band 6: Sung by Tangle Eye
Side B Band 7: Sung by Bama
Side B Band 8: Sung by Alex

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