Beating On The Bars : Twisted Tales From The VInyl Wastelands Vol 2
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The Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands series takes the listener on a dark adventure, a wrong turn into a bizarre, alternate world of American country music performed by small town, unknown hicks. The second volume, Beating On The Bars, collects eighteen ultra- rare hillbilly 45s recorded for long-lost independent record labels. The theme this time is incarceration - the county lock-ups, When Johnny Cash released his live at Fulsom Prison and San Quentin LPs to critical acclaim and commercial success, small-town hopefuls rushed into backwoods recording studio across the South to tell their own tales of crime and punishment. Until now, most of these records lay forgotten in the solitary confinement of The deluxe, gate-fold LP sleeve features, liner notes from Country Music legend Bill Carter, track-by- track comments from Texas rockabilly singer (and serial killer researcher) Mack Stevens, plus an original short story from underground writer Avery Powell, all pulled together with amazing graphic artwork from acclaimed state pens and prisons. the bargin bins. illustrator Olaf Jens.
Tracks
1~1~Wanted Man - Billy Barton1~2~Beatin' On The Bars - Travelin' Texans
1~3~Walla Walla State Prison - Gary Williams
1~4~Shot Four Times And Dyin' - Bill Carter
1~5~Lewisburg Prison - Johnny Starr
1~6~Cook County Jail - Tom Edwards
1~7~Death Row - Doodle Duncan
1~8~The Girl On Death Row - Lee Hazlewood & Duane Eddy
1~9~He's Biding His Time - Danny Dill
1~10~Down & Out - Chuck Wells
1~11~It's Nothing To Me - Sanford Clark
1~12~You Picked Up A Stranger - Sterling Blythe
1~13~Ninety Nine Years To Go - The Wray Brothers
1~14~The Rest Of My Life - Tommy Faile
1~15~Invisible Stripes - Eddie Noack
1~16~Life To Go - Stonewall Jackson
1~17~Caryl Chessman - Country Johnny Mathis
1~18~Death Row - Jimmy Minor
Details
Format: Vinyl LPArtist: Various Artists
Release Date: 21 June 2023
Genre: Country
Label: TRAILER PARK
Distributor: Rocket Group
