Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues

~ Recording by Skip James

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Hard Time Killing Floor Blues?:??Skip JamesCherry Ball Blues / Hard Time Killing Floor BluesSkip JamesSingle
Paramount Records (Wisconsin blues label, 1918-1935)13065
1.7Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesComplete 1931 RecordingsSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • -1990
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5005
1.7Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesI'm So Glad: The Complete 1931 Paramount RecordingsSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Document Records (AT / UK)DOCD-5005
1.4Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:52Skip JamesThe Complete Early Recordings of Skip JamesSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Yazoo RecordsYAZOO 2009
1.11Hard Time Killing Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesDown the Dirt Road: The Essential Recordings of Mississippi BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Indigo (a sub-label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)IGOCD 2039
1.4Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:52Skip JamesThe Complete Early Recordings of Skip James (Remastered, Repress)Skip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Yazoo RecordsYAZOO 2009
1.3Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:50Skip JamesTimes Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early American Rural Music, Volume 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Yazoo RecordsYazoo 2063
1.7Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesLegends of Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-08-11
JSP RecordsJSP7715
2.13Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:50Skip JamesThe Old School BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-10-06
Metro Doubles (UK double-disc reissue/compilation imprint, METRDCD cat prefix)METRDCD524
1.7Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesIllinois BluesSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2004-11-23
Universe (Compilations — Attention, some releases may be bootlegs)
1.9Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesCypress Grove Blues (Recorded February 1931, released 2004)Skip JamesAlbum
Complete BluesSBLUECD007
1.3Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesHard Time Killin' FloorSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Yazoo Records2075
1.4Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesO BrotherVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Golden Stars (reissues, cat. no. GSS ####)GSS 5412
1.4Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:50Skip JamesR. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Yazoo Records
1.7Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesI'd Rather Be the Devil: The Legendary 1931 SessionSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
RevOla RecordsCR REV 192
1.7Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:47Skip James1931 SessionsSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Mississippi RecordsMR-020
1.10Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesEssential Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD321
2.19Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues?:??Skip JamesDefinitive Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-09-28
Not Now MusicNOT3CD087
1.10Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesEssential Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT2CD321
1.4Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesThe Very Best Of Skip JamesSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Fuel 2000 Records302 061 912 2
2.3Hard Time Killin’ Floor2:51Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon JeffersonBlind Lemon JeffersonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-08-27
World Music NetworkRGNET1298CD
1.10Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:52Skip JamesThe Complete 1931 SessionSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
Yazoo RecordsL-1072
4.12Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesThe Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1928-1932, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-18
Revenant, Third Man RecordsTMR 204
1.380Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues?:??Skip JamesThe Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1928-1932, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-18
Revenant, Third Man RecordsTMR 204
1.3Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:50Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Delta Blues (second edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-10-28
World Music NetworkRGNET1353CD
1.3Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Delta Blues (second edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-08-25
World Music NetworkRGNET1353LP
2.5Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:50Skip JamesThe Kings of the Delta BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Big3 (UK, budget compilations)BT3194
1.1Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:52Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Skip JamesSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-02-22
World Music NetworkRGNET1380LP
1.1Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Skip JamesSkip JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-03-27
World Music NetworkRGNET1380DD
1.1Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-06-28
World Music NetworkRGNET1388CD
1.1Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:48Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-06-28
World Music NetworkRGNET1388DD
1.1Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2:48Skip JamesThe Rough Guide to Country BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-11-29
World Music NetworkRGNET1388LP
2.6Hard Time Killing Floor Blues2:49Skip JamesBlues Power: 50 Blues Artists Who MatterVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.4Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues2:51Skip JamesI'm a Man of Constant SorrowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.6Hardtime Killing Floor Blues?:??Skip JamesThe Deepest Roots of American MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Biograph RecordsPRO 00004

Relationships

recorded in:Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02)
United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:Skip James
part of:Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2011) (order: 66)
recording of:Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues (in 1931-02)

Related works

Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues

lyricist and composer:Skip James
publisher:Wynwood Music Company Inc