Album · Compilation

American Primitive, Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926–36)

Released 199726 tracks · 77:052 editionsEnglishRevenant

Tracks

#	Title	Sung by
1	I Believe I’ll Go Back Home	Blind Willie Davis	3:06
2	Down on Me	[unknown], Eddie Head	3:10
3	Honey in the Rock	Blind Mamie Forehand	2:45
4	I’m Gonna Cross the River of Jordan Some o’ These Days	Jaybird Coleman	3:07
5	Oh Death	Charley Patton, Bertha Lee	2:52
6	You Better Quit Drinking Shine	Rev. I.B. Ware with Wife and Son	3:33
7	Been Listening All the Day	[unknown], Blind Joe Taggart	2:36
8	Sinner You’ll Need King Jesus	William & Versey Smith	2:54
9	This Time Another Year You May Be Gone	Rev. Edward W. Clayborn	2:53
10	Lord I’m the True Vine	Eddie Head and His Family	3:09
11	Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus)	Blind Roosevelt Graves, Uaroy Graves	2:53
12	Holy Mountain	Elder Otis Jones	3:09
13	I Wouldn’t Mind Dying (but I Gotta Go by Myself)	Rev. I.B. Ware with Wife and Son	3:01
14	Everybody Help the Boys Come Home	William & Versey Smith	2:24
15	Everybody Ought to Pray Sometime	Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers	2:42
16	Tryin’ to Get Home	Eddie Head and His Family	3:07
17	I’ll Be Rested (When the Roll Is Called)	Blind Roosevelt Graves, Uaroy Graves	2:33
18	I’m on My Way to the Kingdom Land	Bo Weavil Jackson	3:04
19	Troubled ’bout My Soul	Frank Palmes	2:53
20	When That Great Ship Went Down	William & Versey Smith	2:55
21	I Am in the Heavenly Way	Bukka White, Miss Minnie	3:07
22	Good Lord (Run Old Jeremiah)	Austin Coleman	3:34
23	Jesus Is Getting Us Ready for That Great Day	Luther Magby	3:07
24	I Believe I’ll Go Back Home	William & Versey Smith	2:38
25	Prayer of Death, Part I	Elder J.J. Hadley	3:05
26	Prayer of Death, Part II	Elder J.J. Hadley	2:48

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