Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music 1923-1936

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

The release with early country music features 19 previously un-reissued sides.

Original discs from the collections of Don Wahle, Frank Mare and Joe Bussard.

Three CDs plus booklet in a CD-size cardboard box. CD rear is black.

Annotation last modified on 2016-06-02 11:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼CD 1: Hard Time Music 1923-1930
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1John Henry the Steel Drivin' Man
Earl McCoy, Alfred Meng & Clem Garner3:25
2Poor Man, Rich Man (Cotton Mill Colic No.2)
David McCarn3:02
3I've Got the Chain Store Blues
The Allen Brothers3:25
4The Farmer Is the Man Who Feeds Them All
Fiddlin’ John Carson3:08
5The Farmer's Dream
Oscar Ford3:07
6When the Roses Bloom Again for the Bootlegger
Earl Johnson3:33
7Jerry, Go Ile That Car
recorded in:
Oakland, California, United States (on 1928-03-16)
guitar:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (on 1928-03-16)
vocals:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (on 1928-03-16)
recording of:
Jerry, Go Ile That Car (on 1928-03-16)
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock2:42
8Flat Wheel Train Blues, Part 1
Red Gay & Jack Wellman3:22
9Flat Wheel Train Blues, Part 2
Red Gay & Jack Wellman3:10
10Driving Saw Logs on the Plover
Pierre La Dieu3:12
11All Bound Down in Texas
Darby & Tarlton3:03
12Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
Buell Kazee3:02
13Diamond Joe
Georgia Crackers3:06
▼CD 2: Good Time Music 1927-1935
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Work Don't Bother Me
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers3:30
2Soldier's Joy
North Carolina Hawaiians2:43
3Fourth of July at the County Fair
Bill Chitwood & His Georgia Mountaineers3:29
4McDonald's Farm
The Cumberland Mountain Boys2:55
5Barnyard Frolic
Carolina Ramblers String Band2:52
6Home Brew Rag
Cherokee Ramblers2:53
7Corn Shucking Party in Georgia
Herschel Brown & His Boys3:18
8The Beer Party
Charlie Wilson & His Hayloft Gang3:16
9Charleston Rag
Aiken County String Band2:49
10Tennessee Coon Hunt
Whit Gaydon2:55
11Too Tight Rag
E.E. Hack String Band2:54
12Cheat 'em
The Allen Brothers3:01
13Hide Away
Oscar Ford3:09
14The Preacher Got Drunk & Laid Down His Bible
The Tennessee Ramblers2:52
▼CD 3: End Time Music 1927-1936
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You've Got to Stop Drinking Shine
recording of:
You've Got to Stop Drinking Shine (not "You Better Quit Drinking Shine") (in 1930)
Gid Tanner3:04
2Climbing the Golden Stairs
Happy Four2:57
3Oh Declare His Glory
McDonald Quartette3:07
4Easter Days
Dixon Brothers3:02
5I'm S-A-V-E-D
Georgia Yellow Hammers3:00
6Way to Glory Land
The Corley Family2:47
7You Must Be a Lover of the Lord
Grayson County Railsplitters3:10
8The Gambler's Dying Words
Sid Harkreader and Grady Moore2:43
9I'm on My Way
Kentucky Holiness Singers3:12
10Leave It There
Snowball & Sunshine3:05
11Where We'll Never Grow Old
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (from 1927-02 until 1927-07-29)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-07-29)
guitar:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
vocals:
Alfred G. Karnes (on 1927-07-29)
recording of:
Where We’ll Never Grow Old (on 1927-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
George Jones (US country music vocalist) and James C. Moore
Alfred G. Karnes3:18
12If the Light Has Gone Out of Your Soul
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-10-29)
banjo:
Eula Johnson (on 1928-10-29)
guitar:
Shirley Jones (active 1928) (on 1928-10-29)
mandolin:
Ancil McVay (1920s country mandolin player) (on 1928-10-29)
piano:
Ethel Baker (on 1928-10-29)
violin:
Roland Johnson (1920s country violin player) (on 1928-10-29) and Ernest Phipps (on 1928-10-29)
vocals:
A. G. Baker (on 1928-10-29), Nora Byrley (on 1928-10-29), Alfred G. Karnes (on 1928-10-29) and Minnie Phipps (on 1928-10-29)
chorus master:
Ernest Phipps (on 1928-10-29)
recording of:
If the Light Has Gone Out of Your Soul (on 1928-10-29)
composer:
Curtis J. Williams
arranger:
Ernest Phipps
Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Singers3:02
13When the Moon Drips Away Into the Blood
Taylor-Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers2:27
14Beyond the Starry Plane
Red Brush Singers3:11
15My Christian Friends in Bonds of Love
Elder Golden P. Harris3:13