VARIOUS - Hillbillies In Hell: Hillbilly Wolf (1952-1972) (remastered) - LP
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Hillbillies In Hell: Hillbilly Wolf (1952-1972) (remastered)
Iron Mountain Analog Research US
limited gatefold LP + insert with obi-strip (comes in different colours or black, we cannot guarantee what you will receive) Cat: IMAR 143LPRel: 27 Oct 25
Folk/Americana Side 1 - Track 1. Link Wray & The Wraymen - Hillbilly Wolf Side 1 - Track 2. Jerry Eli - Going Backward Side 1 - Track 3. Jack Kane - A Victim Of The Troubles On My Mind Side 1 - Track 4. Johnny Darrell - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town Side 1 - Track 5. Johnny Paycheck - I'm A Coward Side 1 - Track 6. Fred & Sue - The Dark Pits Of Hell Side 1 - Track 7. Johnny Darrell - Green, Green Grass Of Home Side 1 - Track 8. Merritt Jordan - My World Is Like The Night (Little Scottie's Blind) Side 2 - Track 1. Margie Singleton - Dark Moon Side 2 - Track 2. The Colts - The Hell Bound Train Side 2 - Track 3. Jimmy Murphy - Mother Where Is Your Daughter Side 2 - Track 4. Jimmie Osborne - A Million People Have Died Side 2 - Track 5. Johnny Paycheck - Nowhere To Run Side 2 - Track 6. Porter Wagoner - Shopworn Side 2 - Track 7. Frank Proffitt - (Going Where) My Troubles Will Be Over Side 2 - Track 8. Rev Joe Freeman & Wife June - John The Revelator
From the outer edges of southern gospel, rockabilly and outsider country, this compilation draws together sixteen obscure 45s filled with dread, damnation and backwoods psychodrama. Featuring artists from across the US-like Margie Singleton's tremulous 'Dark Moon', the tortured waltz 'The Dark Pits of Hell' by Fred and Sue, and The Clotts' 'Hell Bound Train'-it's a raw portrait of spiritual crisis, bad parenting, and small-town despair, filtered through twangy guitar lines and fatalistic crooning. Many of these tracks have never seen reissue, giving this set a vital archival pull. At times fevered, at others weirdly serene, it's a glimpse into the underside of American musical folklore: rural, righteous, and just a little bit unhinged.
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