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CD · 2008

Ain't Times Hard: Political & Social Comment In The Blues

Various

JSP Records JSP77109 · 2008 · UK

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Blues
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4×CD · Compilation

Tracklist

100 tracks
  1. 1-1
    Labor Blues
    Tom Dickson
  2. 1-2
    No Dough Blues
    Blind Blake
  3. 1-3
    Down And Out Blues
    Scrapper Blackwell
  4. 1-4
    Starvation Blues
    Big Bill Broonzy
  5. 1-5
    Bad Time Blues
    Barbecue Bob
  6. 1-6
    Miss Meal Cramp Blues
    Alec Johnson
  7. 1-7
    Shelby County Workhouse Blues
    Hambone Willie Newbern
  8. 1-8
    We Sure Got Hard Times
    Barbecue Bob
  9. 1-9
    Levee Camp Man Blues
    Gene Campbell
  10. 1-10
    Hard Times On Me Blues
    Andy Chatman
  11. 1-11
    Tough Times Blues
    Charley Jordan
  12. 1-12
    Northern Starvers Are Returning Home
    Charlie McCoy/ Bo Carter
  13. 1-13
    Hard Times Done Drove Me To Drink
    Leroy Carr
  14. 1-14
    Starvation Blues
    Charley Jordan
  15. 1-15
    Hard Time Blues
    Charlie Spand
  16. 1-16
    Chain Gang Bound
    Bumble Bee Slim
  17. 1-17
    Days Of The Weeks Blues
    Charley Jordan
  18. 1-18
    Times Has Done Got So Hard
    King Solomon Hill
  19. 1-19
    Hard Time Blues
    Carrie Edwards
  20. 1-20
    The Depression Blues
    Leroy Carr
  21. 1-21
    Turpentine Blues
    Tampa Red
  22. 1-22
    Hard Time Blues
    Scrapper Blackwell
  23. 1-23
    DeKalb Chain Gang
    Fred McMullen
  24. 1-24
    Hard Time Blues
    Buddy Moss
  25. 1-25
    Red Cross Blues
    Walter Roland
  26. 2-1
    Red Cross Man
    Lucille Bogan
  27. 2-2
    Coal Mountain Blues
    Sonny Scott
  28. 2-3
    Red Cross Blues, No. 2
    Walter Roland
  29. 2-4
    It's Hard Time
    Joe Stone
  30. 2-5
    R.F.C. Blues
    Jack Kelly
  31. 2-6
    Red Cross Blues
    Walter Davis
  32. 2-7
    Sales Tax
    Mississippi Sheiks
  33. 2-8
    Welfare Blues
    Joshua White
  34. 2-9
    C.W.A. Blues
    Walter Roland
  35. 2-10
    Starvation Farm Blues
    Bob Campbell
  36. 2-11
    Charity Blues
    Charlie McCoy
  37. 2-12
    Sylvester And His Mule Blues
    Memphis Minnie
  38. 2-13
    Providence Help The Poor People
    Big Joe Williams
  39. 2-14
    Meat And Bread Blues
    Blind Teddy Darby
  40. 2-15
    Hard Time Blues
    Lane Hardin
  41. 2-16
    Let's Have A Good Deal
    Joe Pullum
  42. 2-17
    Bonus Blues
    Joe Pullum
  43. 2-18
    W.P.A. Blues
    Casey Bill Weldon
  44. 2-19
    When I Get My Bonus
    Peetie Wheatstraw
  45. 2-20
    When I Get My Money
    Bumble Bee Slim
  46. 2-21
    I'm Gonna Have My Fun
    Bumble Bee Slim
  47. 2-22
    Jungle Man Blues
    Peetie Wheatstraw
  48. 2-23
    When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus
    Bumble Bee Slim
  49. 2-24
    W.P.A. Blues
    Big Bill Broonzy
  50. 2-25
    Don't Take Away My P.W.A.
    Jimmie Gordon
  51. 3-1
    Hobo Jungle Blues
    Bumble Bee Slim
  52. 3-2
    New Red Cross Blues
    Frank "Springback" James
  53. 3-3
    Working For The P.W.A.
    Black Ivory King
  54. 3-4
    Government Money
    Sleepy John Estes
  55. 35
    Working On The Project
    Peetie Wheatstraw
  56. 3-6
    Hobo Jungle Blues
    Sleepy John Estes
  57. 3-7
    Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where
    Lonnie Johnson
  58. 3-8
    I Have Spent My Bonus
    Robert Lee McCoy
  59. 3-9
    Relief Blues
    Red Nelson
  60. 3-10
    Unemployment Stomp
    Big Bill Broonzy
  61. 3-11
    304 Blues
    Peetie Wheatstraw
  62. 3-12
    Old Bachelor Blues
    Son Bonds
  63. 3-13
    Welfare Blues
    Calvin Frazier
  64. 3-14
    Back In My Cell Again
    George Curry
  65. 3-15
    Welfare Blues
    Speckled Red
  66. 3-16
    C.C.C. Blues
    Washboard Sam
  67. 3-17
    Welfare Blues
    Sampson Pittman
  68. 3-18
    '29 Blues
    Alfred Fields
  69. 3-19
    Charity Blues
    Gene Gilmore
  70. 3-20
    Four-O-Three Blues
    Lonnie Johnson
  71. 3-21
    Warehouse Man Blues
    Champion Jack Dupree
  72. 3-22
    Nothing In Rambling
    Memphis Minnie
  73. 3-23
    Hobo Blues
    Yank Rachell
  74. 3-24
    Stamp Blues
    Tony Hollins
  75. 3-25
    Hard Times Is on Me
    Ollie Shepard
  76. 4-1
    Keep Straight Blues
    Jelly Belly& Guitar Slim
  77. 4-2
    Red Cross Store Blues
    Brownie McGhee& Sonny Terry
  78. 4-3
    Working Man Blues
    Jelly Belly, Guitar Slim
  79. 4-4
    Post-War Future Blues
    Cousin Joe
  80. 4-5
    Shipyard Woman
    Jim Wynn
  81. 4-6
    Living In A Different World
    Roosevelt Sykes
  82. 4-7
    Reconversion Blues
    Ivory Joe Hunter
  83. 4-8
    Sunny Road
    Roosevelt Sykes
  84. 4-9
    Bonus Pay
    Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
  85. 4-10
    Luxury Tax Blues
    Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
  86. 4-11
    Unemployment Blues
    Smokey Hogg
  87. 4-12
    Hard Times
    Smokey Hogg
  88. 4-13
    Stockyard Blues
    Floyd Jones
  89. 4-14
    High Cost Low Pay Blues
    Ivory Joe Hunter
  90. 4-15
    Homeless Blues
    Willie "Long Time" Smith
  91. 4-16
    Inflation Blues
    Jack McVea
  92. 4-17
    Strike Blues
    L.C. Williams
  93. 4-18
    Strike Blues
    John Lee Hooker
  94. 4-19
    Cotton Picking Blues
    Big Mama Thornton
  95. 4-20
    Ain't Times Hard
    Floyd Jones
  96. 4-21
    Tough Times
    John Brim
  97. 4-22
    Depression Blues
    Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
  98. 4-23
    The Panic's On
    Jimmy McCracklin
  99. 4-24
    Things Are So Slow
    J.B. Hutto
  100. 4-25
    Eisenhower Blues
    J.B. Lenoir
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