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v/a - the hangman’s blues: prison songs in country music (1956-1972) - iron mountain analogue research - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock

1. Freddie Hart - The Wall
2. Jim Carter - Jailer Jaileer
3. Lonesome Johnny - Death Row
4. Jaycee Hill - Crash Out
5. Bill Carter - Jailer Man" (with The Cooper Brothers
6. Dee Mullins - Prison Grey
7. Country Johnny Mathis - Caryl Chessman
8. Ronnie Hawkins - The Ballad Of Caryl Chessman
9. Marty Robbins - The Chair
10. Stonewall Jackson - Run
11. Jimmy Minor - Death Row
12. Al Dean - Hangman
13. Bobby Sykes - The Guard On The North Wall
14. Hoyle Miller - Twelve Years On Death Row
15. Jimmy Van - The Ballad Of Caryl Chessman
16. Porter Wagoner - (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

16 Of the very best, many seldom heard since their original release (often on obscure, microscopic or private-press labels). Running the gamut from smooth balladeers of woe to ramshackle and plaintive backyard rockabillies, The Hangman's Blues features fevered declarations of innocence, profound diatribes on capital punishment and mournful odes to that Last Mile.