Performer: Various
Genre: Blues / Folk, World, & Country
Album: Prison Worksongs
Released: 1997
Style: Country Blues, Folk
MP3 version ZIP size: 1681 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1391 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1836 mb
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 529
Other Formats: MPC AU MMF VQF AAC DXD TTA

Tracklist

1	–Big Louisiana (Rodney Mason)*, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles	Berta	3:52
2	–Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Andy Mosely	Take This Hammer	3:28
3	–Rev. Rogers, Big Louisiana & Jose Smith	Stewball	2:25
4	–Odea Matthews	Five Long Years For One Man	1:30
5	–Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Andy Mosely	Alberta Let Your Bangs Grow Long	3:28
6	–James Russell	I Had Five Long Years	2:17
7	–Johnny Butler	Early In The Mornin'	5:29
8	–Roosevelt Charles, Arthur Davis & Big Louisiana	All Teamed Up In Angola's Mule Lot	3:32
9	–Willy Rafus And Unknown Artist	I Got A Hurtin' In My Right Side	2:14
10	–Big Louisiana, Willy Rafus & Arthur Davis	Let Your Hammer Ring	7:21
11	–Willy Rafus, Andy Mosely & Johnny Butler	Cleaning This Highway	3:59
12	–Guitar Welch, Hogman Maxey & Robert Pete Williams	John Henry	2:42
13	–Odea Matthews	Something Within Me	2:39
14	–Murray Macon	Jesus Cares	1:55
15	–Emanuel Dunn	Working On The Levee - Part 1 (Good Morning Captain)	9:37
16	–Emanuel Dunn	Working On The Levee - Part 2	3:54
17	–Big Louisiana	Take This Hammer	5:28
18	–Creola And Ceola Scott	Pickin' Cotton All Day Long	1:36
19	–Emanuel Dunn	My Mule "Grey" (A Plowing Song)	5:19

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arhoolie Productions, Inc.
• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus
• Recorded At – Louisiana State Penitentiary At Angola

Credits

• Design [Cover] – Wayne Pope
• Liner Notes [Liner Notes Edited By], Executive-Producer – Chris Strachwitz
• Recorded By, Liner Notes, Producer, Edited By, Photography By [Cover] – Dr. Harry Oster*

Notes

Tracks 1-14 and 17 recorded at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, LA. Tracks 15, 16, 18, and 19 recorded elsewhere.

Tracks 1-14 originally issued on LP in 1959 as Folklyric LP A-5, and reissued as Arhoolie LP 2012. Tracks 15-19 are bonus tracks not included on the original LP.

Catalog number CD 448 on spine and rear cover; catalog number 448 on front cover; catalog number CD-448 on disc face.

© & ℗ 1959 & 1997 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 96297 04482 7
• Matrix / Runout: ARH 448 :MASTERED: :BY NIMBUS:
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L125
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 2403

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2012	Various	Prison Worksongs ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Arhoolie Records	2012	US	Unknown
LFS A-5	Various	Prison Worksongs ‎(LP, Comp)	Louisiana Folklore Society	LFS A-5	US	1959
JGN 1006	Various	Prison Worksongs ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Collector Records	JGN 1006	UK	1960