here is the NFO file from Indietorrents
Artist: Robert Pete Williams
Album: Angola Prisoners’ Blues
Label: Arhoolie
Year: 1959
Genre: Blues
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Codec: LAME MP3 V2
Posted by: roblivian
Review / Description
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from AMG, by Richie Unterberger:
In the ’50s, Harry Oster made several recordings of African-American inmates at the penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. These sessions are primarily remembered for the discovery of Robert Pete Williams, but Oster also found several other acoustic blues performers of merit. Several of them are featured on this 20-track, 80-minute CD (which includes three tracks by Williams). Although these singers had hard daily lives and went through hard times before they were jailed, this is hardly a downer record. It’s largely first-class acoustic blues with a relaxed (if sometimes sad) dignity. The lyrics are sometimes related to prison life, as in Robert Pete Williams’ minor-keyed “Prisoner’s Talking Blues” and Guitar Welch’s “Electric Chair Blues.” Yet much of the material is simply the usual songs of struggle and hope common to the blues, mixed in with some a cappella, spiritual-flavored cuts by female prisoners, and one male vocal group performance clearly derived from doo wop. Guitar blues is the predominant style, though, and country-blues fans will find much to enjoy here, whether they’re interested in the folklore aspect or not. Thirteen of the tracks on the CD version were previously unreleased.
Track listing
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[01/20] Prisoner’s Talking Blues (05:13) 5.05 MB 132 kbps
[02/20] Stagolee (03:43) 3.97 MB 146 kbps
[03/20] Electric Chair Blues (05:12) 7.99 MB 209 kbps
[04/20] Black Night Is Fallin’ (04:33) 6.91 MB 207 kbps
[05/20] Some Got Six Months (03:47) 3.58 MB 129 kbps
[06/20] I’m Gonna Leave You Mama (02:51) 2.90 MB 139 kbps
[07/20] I’m Lonesome Blues (04:02) 3.92 MB 132 kbps
[08/20] Angola Bound (05:51) 9.24 MB 216 kbps
[09/20] Worried Blues (04:16) 4.66 MB 148 kbps
[10/20] Josephine (05:13) 5.35 MB 140 kbps
[11/20] Soldier’s Plea (02:47) 2.70 MB 132 kbps
[12/20] The Moon Is Rising (01:59) 1.83 MB 125 kbps
[13/20] I’m Still In Love With You (01:45) 1.63 MB 127 kbps
[14/20] I Miss You So (03:32) 3.38 MB 130 kbps
[15/20] Hello, Sue (00:00) 0.91 MB 124 kbps
[16/20] Fast Life Woman (04:08) 4.53 MB 149 kbps
[17/20] Careless Love (02:32) 3.55 MB 190 kbps
[18/20] Have You Ever Heard The Church Bells Ton (02:39) 3.75 MB 193 kbps
[19/20] 61 Highway (04:26) 4.35 MB 134 kbps
[20/20] Strike At Camp I (09:31) 8.94 MB 128 kbps
Total number of files: 20
Total size of files: 89.15 MB
Total playing time: 78:00
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