v/a- HANGMANS BLUES - Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) LP zine ' "The record sounds so

' "The record sounds so fresh

and its unheard of

whereas some tracks are more high energy noisy garage rock

As well as the brilliantly penned originals ((Secretly He’s a Racist)

the only band even close to the scree they unleash is 'Sicko Inside Me' era Necessary Evils mixed with a bit of the first Horrors LP and dare I even say some of the nastier Hunches efforts

v/a- HANGMANS BLUES - Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) LP zine ' "The record sounds soFollowing the brilliant Hillbillies In Hell series, Iron Mountain Analogue Research has announced a new compilation of prison ballads recorded between 1956 and 1972. Titled The Hangmans Blues, the sixteen tracks in this collection were originally issued on 45s, mostly on obscure or private press labels, and are re released here for the first time. Many of these tracks can be traced to the controversial case of Caryl Chessman, who, in 1960, became the