Tough Times

Tough Times

Big Joe Williams

1960Blues
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Big Joe Williams — Tough Times — Arhoolie Records US Press
VinylArhoolie RecordsUS
★★★★★VG / F
Inner SleeveVinylLPAlbumReissue#375845

With Inner Sleeve

$11.00

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Vinyl, LP x1Arhoolie RecordsF1002★★★★★US+ Inner Sleevefrom
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Big Joe Williams — Tough Times — Arhoolie Records US Press

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VinylLPAlbumReissue
★★★★★VG / FInner Sleeve#375845
$11.00
With Inner Sleeve
Tracklist
  • A1. Sloppy Drunk Blues
  • A2. Yo Yo Blues (A Levee Camp Moan)
  • A3. President Roosevelt
  • A4. Forty-Four Blues
  • A5. Greystone Blues
  • A6. I Want My Crown
  • B1. Mean Stepfather
  • B2. Brother James
  • B3. Shake Your Boogie
  • B4. Vitamin A Blues
  • B5. She Left Me A Mule To Ride
  • B6. So Glad
Notes

Berkeley 94719 address on back cover. Folkways-style sleeve wrapped around spine. Labels list track A2 as "Yo Yo Blues (Levee Camp Moan)", track A4 as "44 Blues"

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: 103 (Label side A)
  • Matrix / Runout: 104 (Label side B)
  • Matrix / Runout: ARHOOLIE F-1002-B NEW-M-104 (Side A runout ,variant 1)
  • Matrix / Runout: ARHOOLIE F-1002-a NEW-M104 SSL RW (Side A runout ,variant 1)
  • Matrix / Runout: ARHOOLIE F-1002-B NEW-M-104 (Side A runout ,variant 2)
  • Matrix / Runout: ARHOOLIE F-1002-A NEW-M103 SLS RW (Side B runout ,variant 2)

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Vinyl, LP x1Arhoolie RecordsF1002★★★★★USfrom
$14.00
Sample Image5 photos

Big Joe Williams — Tough Times — Arhoolie Records US Press

1 item in stock

VinylLPAlbumReissue
★★★★★VG+ / VG+#349101
$14.00
Sleeve has shrink wrapped but scratches, corner bumps on fore edges. Vinyl has hairlines.
Tracklist
  • A1. Sloppy Drunk Blues
  • A2. Yo Yo Blues
  • A3. President Roosevelt
  • A4. Forty-Four Blues
  • A5. Greystone Blues
  • A6. I Want My Crown
  • B1. Mean Stepfather
  • B2. Brother James
  • B3. Shake Your Boogie
  • B4. Vitamin A Blues
  • B5. She Left Me A Mule To Ride
  • B6. So Glad
Notes

1980s reissue. Later (after 2000) reissued on high quality vinyl with an exact reproduction of the paste-on sleeve and download card. Recorded by Chris Strachwitz and Richard Garvin in Los Gatos, Calif. on October 5, 1960 except "She Left Me A Mule To Ride" whitch was recorded by Bob Geddins in Oakland, Calif. in 1959. All songs published by Tradition Music Co. except "Mean Stepfather"published by St. Louis Music Co. ARHOOLIE RECORDS Box 9195 Berkeley, CA. 94709

Additional Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: ARHOOLIE F1002-A NEW-M103 SLS RW (Runout side A etched)
  • Matrix / Runout: ARHOOLIE F1002-B NEW-M104 (Runout side B etched)

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