Early in the Morning

~ Recording by "Tangley Eye" (Walter Jackson), "Hard Hat" (Willie Lacey), "22" (Benny Will Richardson) & "Little Red" (name unknown)

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Early in the Mornin’?:??“22”, Little Red, Tangle Eye & Hard HairNegro Prison Songs From The Mississippi State PenitentiaryAlan LomaxAlbum + Compilation + Field recording
Tradition RecordsTLP 1020
1.13Early in the Mornin'4:43Benny Will Richardson, Little Red, Tangle Eye & Hard HairNegro Prison Blues and SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Field recording
  • US1994-07-19
Legacy InternationalCD 326
1.13Early in the Mornin'4:43“22”, Little Red, Tangle Eye, Hard Hair, accompanied by double cutting axesPrison Songs: Historical Recordings from Parchman Farm 1947-1948, Volume One: Murderous HomeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Field recording
  • US1997-08-05
  • -1997
RounderCDROUN1714
1.17Early in the Morning4:43“22”, Little Red, Tangle Eye & Hard HairThe Land Where the Blues BeganVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-10-22
RounderCDROUN1861
1.13Early In The Mornin'4:38Alan LomaxNegro Prison Songs from the Mississippi State PenitentiaryAlan LomaxAlbum
  • -2014-09-30
Essential Media Group
1.13Early in the Morning4:48"Tangley Eye" (Walter Jackson), "Hard Hat" (Willie Lacey), "22" (Benny Will Richardson) & "Little Red" (name unknown)Parchman Farm: Photographs & Field Recordings, 1947–1959Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-11
Dust‐to‐DigitalDTD037DI
1.13Early in the Morning4:48Benny Will Richardson, Willie Lacey, Little Red & Walter “Tangle Eye” JacksonParchman Farm: Photographs and Field Recordings, 1947–1959Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-11
Dust‐to‐DigitalDTD-37
1.8Early in the Mornin’4:4322 and GroupSlavery in America: Redemption Songs 1914–1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5467
2.19Early In The Mornin'4:40’22’, Little Red, Walter “Tangle Eye” Jackson & Willy "Hard Hair" LaceyTrouble So HardVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD543
1.8Early in the Mornin’4:4322 and GroupSlavery in America - Redemption Songs 1914-1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-03-31
Frémeaux Heritage (sublabel of Frémeaux & Associés)
1.20Early in the Mornin’4:41’22’ and groupThe Color Line : Les artistes africains‐américains et la ségrégation 1916–1962Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Frémeaux & AssociésFA 5654
1.83Early in the Morning4:47“22” and groupRoot Hog or Die: An Alan Lomax Centennial TributeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2017-03-01
Global Jukebox

Relationships

lead vocals:"22" (Benny Will Richardson) (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22')
vocals:"Hart Hat" (Willie Lacey)
"Little Red" (1940s prison blues recorded by Alan Lomax)
"Tangle Eye" Walter Jackson (American soul ballad singer)
field recordings:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (from 1947-11 until 1947-12)
recorded at:Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States (from 1947-11 until 1947-12)
sampled by:Gonna Rise and Fly by Greg Hale Jones
edits:Early in the Mornin’ (edited) by “22” (1940s Mississippi prison blues, a.k.a. '22') & group