Catalog Number: BLS-6056 Condition Details: WHITE-LABEL PROMO, with promo text on label promo sticker on cover. Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Matte cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, discoloration spots, and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (ABC/Dunhill logo). Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Hard Times Higher Higher New Orleans Woman Driving Me Mad Till The End Of Never Soul Lover Man In Trouble Blues Standing On Broadway (Watching The Girls) Woman Trouble Blues Cryin' With The Blues Deep Down In My Soul About The Record: Hard Times: The Classic Blues of, by Roy Brown is a rare collection of a classic blues artist. Joel Selvin's liner notes: "A few years back the Johnny Otis Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame aftenoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival featured a parade of R B heavies the likes of which had seldom been seen on one stage at one time before. Selected to close the marathon concert was Roy Brown, a demure, middle-aged black man dressed in a dapper red suit. Though practically nobody in the audience remembered even his name, few that were there will forget him. Rocks are my pillow, Brown screamed in his amazing falsetto shreik, the cold ground is my bed. The place went wild. One of the most popular rhythm and blues stars of his time, Brown recorded dozens of hit records between 1948 and 1954, including the classic Good Rockin' Tonight. Though by the mid 50s he had dropped entirely out of recording, echoes of his style ring through pop music. B.B.King adopted the patented Roy Brown "crying blues" and molded it into his own successful style. Get to know Roy Brown - very few, if any of his records are still available. One shot of his high pitched trademark and you'll know it whenever you hear it. Mostly on other people's records.