The Prettiest Train I Ever Saw

~ Recording by “22” with 20 others

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Prettiest Train?:??“22” with 20 othersNegro Prison Songs From The Mississippi State PenitentiaryAlan LomaxAlbum + Compilation + Field recording
Tradition RecordsTLP 1020
1.7Prettiest Train3:46Benny Will RichardsonNegro Prison Blues and SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Field recording
  • US1994-07-19
Legacy InternationalCD 326
1.7Prettiest Train3:47“22” leads a group chopping weeds with hoesPrison Songs: Historical Recordings from Parchman Farm 1947-1948, Volume One: Murderous HomeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Field recording
  • US1997-08-05
  • -1997
RounderCDROUN1714
1.7Prettiest Train3:40Alan LomaxNegro Prison Songs from the Mississippi State PenitentiaryAlan LomaxAlbum
  • -2014-09-30
Essential Media Group
1.7The Prettiest Train I Ever Saw3:47"22" (Benny Will Richardson) & groupParchman Farm: Photographs & Field Recordings, 1947–1959Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-11
Dust‐to‐DigitalDTD037DI
1.7The Prettiest Train I Ever Saw3:47Benny Will RichardsonParchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947–1959Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-11
Dust‐to‐DigitalDTD-37
3.3Prettiest Train3:4722 and GroupSlavery in America: Redemption Songs 1914–1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5467
2.16Prettiest Train3:46’22’ & GroupTrouble So HardVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD543
3.3Prettiest Train3:4722 and GroupSlavery in America - Redemption Songs 1914-1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-03-31
Frémeaux Heritage (sublabel of Frémeaux & Associés)

Relationships

percussion [hoes] and background vocals:unidentified men ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
lead vocals:Benny Will Richardson (“22”) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22')
field recordings:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1947)
recorded at:Lambert Camp, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States (in 1947)