Formats and Editions
1. B.F. Shelton: Pretty Polly
2. Jimmie Rodgers: Frankie and Johnny
3. Furry Lewis: Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee
4. Bessie Smith: Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
5. Grayson ; Whitter: Tom Dooley
6. Kelly Harrell: Charles Guiteau
7. Clarence Ashley: Old John Hardy
8. Mississippi John Hurt: Louis Collins
9. Will Bennett: Railroad Bill
10. Victoria Spivey: Murder In The First Degree
11. Dick Justice: Henry Lee
12. Charlie Poole ; The North Carolina Ramblers: White House Blues
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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. From tales of jealous lovers to gunslinging outlaws and assassins, American roots music has long embraced the concept of the murder ballad. These seminal recordings offer an intriguing insight into this macabre genre which continues to be reinvented by musicians to this day