You Got to Reap What You Sow

African American songster Mance Lipscomb was the first musician recorded by Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz in 1960 (Texas Songster ARH00306). In 1964, Lipscomb recorded his second album in Strachwitz’s living room in Berkeley, CA, during a single session. The songs range from blues to spirituals and ballads to popular songs. Included in this collection is Lipscomb’s powerful “Tom Moore Blues,” a song about living the life of a sharecropper.

Track Listing

101	Charlie James	Mance Lipscomb	03:37
102	Come Back Baby	Mance Lipscomb	04:03
103	Spanish Flang Dang	Mance Lipscomb	02:03
104	You Got to Reap What You Sow	Mance Lipscomb	02:30
105	Cocaine Done Killed My Baby	Mance Lipscomb	01:23
106	Joe Turner Killed a Man	Mance Lipscomb	04:34
107	Bumble Bee	Mance Lipscomb	03:16
108	Boogie in "A"	Mance Lipscomb	02:30
109	Hattie Green	Mance Lipscomb	03:43
110	Silver City	Mance Lipscomb	03:36
111	The Titanic	Mance Lipscomb	03:16
112	If I Miss the Train	Mance Lipscomb	04:08
113	Lord Thomas	Mance Lipscomb	01:40
114	Tom Moore Blues	Mance Lipscomb	05:40
115	So Different Blues	Mance Lipscomb	03:05
116	Tall Angel at the Bar	Mance Lipscomb	02:42
117	Mama, Don't Dog Me	Mance Lipscomb	04:12
118	Long Way to Tipperary	Mance Lipscomb	02:59
119	Willie Poor Boy	Mance Lipscomb	03:29
120	You Rascal You	Mance Lipscomb	03:41
121	I Looked Down the Road and I Wondered	Mance Lipscomb	03:51
122	Sentimental Blues	Mance Lipscomb	02:42
123	Police Station Blues	Mance Lipscomb	02:40
124	Missouri Waltz	Mance Lipscomb	02:04