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SKU	89067
Artist	V/A
Title	ANGOLA PRISON SPIRITUALS
Label	DEATH IS NOT THE END
Catalog #	DEATH 001LP
Tag	Funk / Soul
Release	W 12 - 2016
Format	Vinyl - UKLP
€ 17,50	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

A Mosely & Robert Pete Williams - I'm On My Way
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/1_a_mosely_amp_robert_pete_williams_-_im_on_my_way.mp3
Robert Pete Williams - "Church On Fire With The Word Of God
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/2_robert_pete_williams_-_quotchurch_on_fire_with_the_word_of_god.mp3
Robert Welch - What Shall I Do
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/3_robert_welch_-_what_shall_i_do.mp3
Angola Quartet - Brother Norah
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/4_angola_quartet_-_brother_norah.mp3
Tom Dutson & Robert Pete Williams - Little School Song
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/5_tom_dutson_amp_robert_pete_williams_-_little_school_song.mp3
Robert Pete Williams - Dyin' Soul
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/6_robert_pete_williams_-_dyin_soul.mp3
Roosevelt Charles - Let My People Go
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/7_roosevelt_charles_-_let_my_people_go.mp3
Robert Pete Williams - So Much Is Happenin' in the News
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/8_robert_pete_williams_-_so_much_is_happenin_in_the_news.mp3
Tom Dutson & RP Williams - Dig My Grave With A Silver Spade
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/9_tom_dutson_amp_rp_williams_-_dig_my_grave_with_a_silver_spade.mp3
Andy Mosely & Hogman Maxey - Brother Mosely Crossed The Water
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/10_andy_mosely_amp_hogman_maxey_-_brother_mosely_crossed_the_water.mp3
Angola Quartet - I'm Stranded On The Banks Of Ole Jordan
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/11_angola_quartet_-_im_stranded_on_the_banks_of_ole_jordan.mp3
Robert Pete Williams - I'm Going Back With Him When He Comes
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/12_robert_pete_williams_-_im_going_back_with_him_when_he_comes.mp3
Congregation Rev Benjamin E Osbourne - That Old Ship Of Zion
V/A
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/a/89067_angola_prison_spirituals/13_congregation_rev_benjamin_e_osbourne_-_that_old_ship_of_zion.mp3

Description

Recordings of 1950s folk-blues-gospel music from inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola - 300 copiesDeath Is Not The End reissue on vinyl Dr. Harry Oster's collection of recordings from Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, originally released in 1959. For a brief period, the American South was full of musicologists keen to record and archive the great and expansive tradition of folksong. The context of these particular recordings conveys the contrast between the stark dignity of the performers and the unpleasant circumstances through which they found their way into Angola. Here amongst them appears one of Angola's most notable blues players Robert Pete Williams, having served time for murder in the 1950's and going on to enjoy a fruitful and expansive recording career. For the most part though these voices belong to otherwise unknown inmates such as Tom Dutson, Andy Mosely, Roosevelt Charles and Robert 'Guitar' Welch.