CD · 2014

A Short Cut To The Grave (Gin, Justice, Jail & Judgement 1924-1942)

Various

JSP Records JSP77121 · 2014 · UK

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Blues

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100Tracks

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4×CD · Compilation · Remastered

Tracklist

100 tracks

1-1

Four-Eleven-Forty Four

Papa Charlie Jackson

3:02
1-2

Numbers On The Brain

'New Orleans' Willie Jackson

3:04
1-3

Coon Can Blues

Charlie 'Dad' Nelson

2:47
1-4

Skin Game Blues

Peg Leg Howell

3:07
1-5

Georgia Skin

Walter Beasley

2:58
1-6

Snitchin' Gambler Blues

Memphis Jug Band

3:23
1-7

Policy Blues

Jim Jackson

3:10
1-8

Alley Crap Game

Foster & Harris (Ma Rainey's Boys)

3:03
1-9

Gambler's Blues

Leroy Carr

3:09
1-10

Poker Woman Blues

Blind Blake

2:43
1-11

Bad Luck Dice

Clifford Gibson

3:16
1-12

Hitting The Numbers

Mississippi Sheiks

3:01
1-13

Dices Blues

Bob Campbell

2:51
1-14

Policy Blues

Louisiana Johnny

2:52
1-15

Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get On It)

Bumble Bee Slim

2:48
1-16

Policy Blues

Cripple Clarence Lofton

3:11
1-17

Policy Wheel Blues

Kokomo Arnold

2:57
1-18

I'm A Gamblin' Woman

Memphis Minnie

3:12
1-19

Coon Can Shorty

Peetie Wheatstraw

2:55
1-20

Gambling Man

Red Nelson

2:48
1-21

Drunken Gambler

Roosevelt Sykes

2:40
1-22

Policy Writer's Blues

Washboard Sam

2:41
1-23

Number Runner's Blues

Jimmie Gordon

2:45
1-24

Good Gamblin'

Robert Nighthawk

3:08
1-25

Roaming Gambler

Peter Cleighton

2:47
2-1

Booze And Blues

Ma Rainey

3:11
2-2

Corn Liquor Blues

Lewis Black

2:59
2-3

Dope Head Blues

Victoria Spivey

3:20
2-4

Cocaine Blues

Luke Jordan

3:25
2-5

Dead Drunk Blues

Margaret Johnson

3:07
2-6

Bootlegging Blues

Jim Jackson

2:57
2-7

Canned Heat Blues

Tommy Johnson

3:39
2-8

Don't Drink It In Here

Bill Johnson's Jug Band

2:53
2-9

Whiskey Moan Blues

Clifford Gibson

2:45
2-10

Whiskey Drinkin' Blues

Jenny Pope

3:15
2-11

Me And My Whiskey

Barbecue Bob

3:09
2-12

Cocaine Habit Blues

Memphis Jug Band

2:51
2-13

Papa Wants To Knock A Jug

Leroy Carr

2:32
2-14

Corn Whiskey Blues

Funny Paper Smith

2:55
2-15

Barrel Of Whiskey Blues

James 'Stump' Johnson

2:54
2-16

Devil's Island Gin

Roosevelt Sykes

3:03
2-17

Drinking Blues

Lucille Bogan

2:57
2-18

Bad Liquor Blues

Scrapper Blackwell

2:48
2-19

Drunken Woman Blues

Jimmie Gordon

2:49
2-20

Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More

Blind Teddy Darby

3:08
2-21

Blackberry Wine

Jack Newman

2:49
2-22

Haven't Seen No Whiskey

Joe Williams

3:24
2-23

Good Gin Blues

Bukka White

2:23
2-24

Beer Drinking Woman

Memphis Slim

3:00
2-25

Blues That Made Me Drunk

Sonny Boy Williamson

3:01
3-1

New Prison Blues

Peg Leg Howell

3:18
3-2

Ninety Nine Year Blues

Julius Daniels

3:05
3-3

The Jail House Blues

Sam Collins

2:32
3-4

Jailhouse Fire Blues

Buddy Boy Hawkins

2:31
3-5

The Escaped Convict

George 'Bullet' Williams

2:58
3-6

Penitentiary Bound Blues

Sylvester Weaver

3:04
3-7

Hangman's Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson

3:25
3-8

Judge Harsh Blues

Furry Lewis

3:00
3-9

Penitentiary

Bessie Tucker

3:27
3-10

Prison Bound Blues

Tampa Red

3:30
3-11

My Crime Blues

Ed Bell

2:50
3-12

Police Sergeant Blues

Robert Wilkins

3:04
3-13

Whiskey Selling Woman

Lucille Bogan

3:12
3-14

Robbin' And Stealin' Blues

Gene Campbell

2:45
3-15

He's In The Jailhouse Now

Memphis Jug Band

3:13
3-16

Buggy Jail House Blues

Lillie Mae

2:45
3-17

Big House Blues

Leroy Carr

3:04
3-18

Joliet Bound

Joe McCoy

3:09
3-19

High Sheriff Blues

Charley Patton

3:13
3-20

Chain Gang Blues

Kokomo Arnold

3:05
3-21

Jailhouse Blues

Red Nelson

2:59
3-22

Parchman Farm Blues

Bukka White

2:40
3-23

Jailhouse Blues

Sleepy John Estes

2:57
3-24

Angola Blues

Champion Jack Dupree

2:55
3-25

County Jail Blues

Big Maceo

2:54
4-1

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

Blind Lemon Jefferson

2:54
4-2

My Daddy's Coffin Blues

Bessie Mae Smith

3:11
4-3

Burying Ground Blues

Mooch Richardson

2:48
4-4

Death Bell Blues

Tom Dickson

3:13
4-5

Down In The Cemetery

Billy Bird

3:14
4-6

Dying Pickpocket Blues

Nolan 'Barrel House' Welsh

2:51
4-7

Prayer Of Death Part 2

Charley Patton

2:51
4-8

Suicide Blues

Georgia Tom

2:35
4-9

Dying Mercy Blues

Tampa Red

3:11
4-10

Laying In The Graveyard

Leola Manning

3:04
4-11

Death Cell Blues

Blind Willie McTell

3:09
4-12

Dead And Gone Mother

Bumble Bee Slim

3:02
4-13

Graveyard Blues (Dead And Gone Blues)

Jimmie Gordon

3:13
4-14

Death Letter Blues

Leadbelly

3:02
4-15

Six Cold Feet In The Ground

Leroy Carr

3:04
4-16

Graveyard Blues

Georgia White

2:35
4-17

Crying Mother Blues

Red Nelson

2:39
4-18

When The Breath Bids The Body Goodbye

Walter Vincson

3:02
4-19

Death Of The Gambler

Black Spider Dumplin'

2:40
4-20

Gonna Kill My Baby

Washboard Sam

3:06
4-21

Bone Yard Blues

Little Son Joe

2:15
4-22

Strange Place Blues

Bukka White

2:53
4-23

Death Of Walter Barnes

Baby Doo

2:57
4-24

A Short Cut To The Grave

Bill Gaither

2:49
4-25

Death Valley Blues

Big Boy Crudup

3:14