THIS OLD WORLD'S IN A HELL OF A FIX
Biograph LP (vinyl rip)

192 kbs MP3

An album of African American rural folk/blues gospel music from the 1920s and 1930s and then from the "folk revival" of the 1960s.  Side A of the LP features mostly 1960s recordings.  Side B is entirely made up of collectible 78 rpm recordings from the 1920s and 1930s.

Excellent compilation by Dick Spottswood. AllMusic says the LP was released in 1974 but it's almost impossible to tell that from the music.

I owned the album once but had to sell it . . . then found this MP3 collection on the internet via somebody's music blog. Thanks to whomever it was who put it online.


Track List

01 Black Billy Sunday - This Old World's in a Hell of a Fix (sermon)
02 Rev. Robert Wilkins - Old Time Religion
03 Rev. Robert Wilkins - I Wish I Was in Heaven
04 Rev. Robert Wilkins - Holy Ghost Train
05 Rev. Robert Wilkins - The Gamblin' Man
06 Fred McDowell - Jesus Is On the Mainline
07 Fred McDowell - See What My Lord Has Done
08 Skip James - Let Jesus Lead You
09 Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan
10 Sam Collins - Devil in the Lion's Den
11 Rev. Moses Mason - Go Wash in the Beautiful Stream
12 Washington Phillips - You Can't Stop a Tattler (Part 2)
13 Blind Lemon Jefferson - I Want To Be Like Jesus in My Heart
14 Blind Lemon Jefferson - All I Want Is That Pure Religion
15 Blind Lemon Jefferson - He Arose from the Dead