Performer: Various
Genre: Blues / Folk, World, & Country
Album: Jailhouse Blues
Released: 1987
Style: Country Blues, Field Recording, Folk
MP3 version ZIP size: 1690 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1118 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1804 mb
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 115
Other Formats: TTA DMF ADX XM MP3 MP4 MPC

Tracklist

1	–Mattie Mae Thomas*	Dangerous Blues	1:31
2	–Josephine Douglas & Unknown Artist	Noah Built The Ark	0:49
3	–Mattie Mae Thomas*	Workhouse Blues	1:57
4	–Annabell Abrams & Unknown Artist	To Be Sho	1:28
5	–Beatrice Perry	Levee Camp Blues	1:12
6	–Mary James	Rabbitt On A Log	0:38
7	–Unknown Artist	Anybody Here Wants To Buy Some Cabbage?	2:37
8	–Hattie Goff	Railroad Man	0:45
9	–Hattie Goff	Mr. Dooley Don 'rest Me	0:40
10	–Josephine Parker	How'm I Doin It	0:41
11	–Josephine Parker	I Gotta Man In New Orleans	1:03
12	–Betty Mae Bowman & Unknown Artist	Last Month Of The Year	2:18
13	–Mattie Mae Thomas*	Big Mac From Macamere	2:33
14	–Eva White	No Mo Freedom	1:15
15	–Mattie Mae Thomas*	No Mo Freedom	0:45
16	–Beatrice Perry, Leana Johnson & Mary Parks	Where Have You Been John Billy?	1:19
17	–Elinor Boyer	Gonna Need My Help Some Day	3:08
18	–Edna Taylor & Unknown Artist	Susie Gal	0:34
19	–Unknown Artist	Go Way Devil, Leave Me Alone	2:27
20	–Mary James	Make The Devil Leave Me Alone	1:40
21	–Elizabeth Moore	Old Apple Tree In The Ground	1:09
22	–Lucille Walker	Shake Em On Down	1:12
23	–Unknown Artist	Ricketiest Superintendent	1:35
24	–Mattie Mae Thomas* & Unknown Artist	Penitentiary Blues	2:42

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – Seltzer Sound
• Mastered At – Trutone Mastering Labs
• Recorded At – State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi

Credits

• Co-producer – Cheri L. Wolfe
• Cover – Romare Beardon*
• Liner Notes – Bernice Johnson Reagon, Cheri L. Wolfe, Leon F. Litwack, Rosetta Reitz
• Mastered By – Phillip Austin*
• Photography By – Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott
• Producer – Rosetta Reitz
• Recorded By – Herbert Halpert, John A. Lomax (tracks: A10, A11, B4)

Notes

Full title :
"Mississippi Department of Archives and History presents
JAILHOUSE BLUES
Women's a cappella songs from the Parchman Penitentiary
Library Of Congress field recordings, 1936 and 1939"

Booklet with extensive liner notes.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RR1316	Various	Jailhouse Blues ‎(LP, Comp)	Rosetta Records	RR1316	US	1987
RC 1316	Various	Jailhouse Blues ‎(Cass, Comp, Mono)	Rosetta Records	RC 1316	US	1987