Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 1: Murderous Home
[This album] is a reissue of [Alan] Lomax's originalNegro Prison Songs.... Volume one is a masterpiece, the best single document of the African American work song and field holler tradition.... The group work songs, while excellent examples of the style, are by their nature less distinctive than the extraordinary solo performances. Nonetheless, they are uniformly strong and include many of the most common of such pieces. --Living Blues