Various - Angola Prisoners' Blues

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1	–Robert Pete Williams	Prisoner's Talking Blues	5:10
2	–Hogman Maxey	Stagolee	3:40
3	–Guitar Welch	Electric Chair Blues	5:08
4	–Hogman Maxey	Black Night Is Fallin'	4:27
5	–Robert Pete Williams	Some Got Six Months	3:44
6	–Guitar Welch	I'm Gonna Leave You Mama	2:48
7	–Robert Pete Williams	I'm Lonesome Blues	4:00
8	–Unknown Artist	Angola Bound Performer [A Capella Group] – Unknown Artist	5:50
9	–Hogman Maxey	Worried Blues	4:23
10	–Guitar Welch	Josephine	5:11
11	–Clara Young	Soldier's Plea	2:55
12	–Odea Mathews	The Moon Is Rising	2:03
13	–Thelma Mae Joseph	I'm Still In Love With You	1:48
14	–Unknown Artist	I Miss You So Performer [Vocal Group] – Unknown Artist	3:39
15	–Butterbeans	Hello, Sue	1:10
16	–Hogman Maxey	Fast Life Woman Guitar [12 String Guitar], Vocals – Hogman Maxey	4:09
17	–Otis Webster	Careless Love	2:39
18	–Roosevelt Charles / Otis Webster	Have You Ever Heard The Church Bells Tone Guitar – Otis WebsterVocals – Roosevelt Charles	2:38
19	–Guitar Welch	61 Highway	4:26
20	–Roosevelt Charles	Strike At Camp I	9:34

Companies, etc.

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

Credits

• Cover – Wayne Pope
• Edited By [Reissue], Reissue Producer, Liner Notes – Chris Strachwitz
• Liner Notes [Musicological Notes] – Paul B. Crawford
• Recorded By [Assistance] – Richard B. Allen
• Recorded By, Photography By, Liner Notes – Dr. Harry Oster*

Notes

Recorded at Angola State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, between 1952 and 1959.

Tracks 1-7 originally issued as "Angola Prisoners' Blues" on Folklyric LP A-3 and reissued on Arhoolie LP 2011. Tracks 8-20 all previously unissued.

Catalog number "CD 419" on rear cover and spine; catalog number "CD-419" on disc face; catalog number "419" on front cover.

© & ℗ 1959 & 1996 by Arhoolie Productions, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 96297 04192 5
• Matrix / Runout: ARH 419 MASTERED BY NIMBUS

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JGN 1003	Robert Pete Williams / Matthew "Hogman" Maxey* / Robert "Guitar" Welch*	Robert Pete Williams / Matthew "Hogman" Maxey* / Robert "Guitar" Welch* - Angola Prisoners' Blues ‎(LP, Comp)	Collector Records	JGN 1003	UK	1960
2011	Robert Pete Williams / Matthew "Hogman" Maxey* / Robert "Guitar" Welch*	Robert Pete Williams / Matthew "Hogman" Maxey* / Robert "Guitar" Welch* - Angola Prisoner`s Blues ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Arhoolie Records	2011	US	1970
LFS A-3	Robert Pete Williams / Matthew "Hogman" Maxey* / Robert "Guitar" Welch*	Robert Pete Williams / Matthew "Hogman" Maxey* / Robert "Guitar" Welch* - Angola Prisoners' Blues ‎(LP, Comp)	Louisiana Folklore Society	LFS A-3	US	1959
DOY636	Various	Angola Prisoners' Blues ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Doxy	DOY636	Italy	2010