Black Merda (album) explained

Black Merda
Type:	studio
Artist:	Black Merda
Cover:	Black_Merda_1970.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	Winter 1970 in Chicago
Length:	35:50
Label:	Chess
Producer:	Swan
Next Title:	Long Burn the Fire
Next Year:	1972

Black Merda is the self-titled debut album by the Detroit rock band Black Merda. It was released in 1970 by Chess Records. The original album was long out of print before being reissued on CD by TuffCity Records in 1996. All of the album's tracks are also collected on the 2005 Black Merda compilation The Folks from Mother's Mixer.

Track listing

1. "Prophet" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey) – 2:52
2. "Think of Me" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey, C. Hawkins, T. Hite) – 2:31
3. "Cynthy-Ruth" (V. Veasey) – 3:03
4. "Over and Over" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey, C. Hawkins, T. Hite) – 5:29
5. "Ashamed" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey) – 3:50
6. "Reality" (V. Veasey) – 1:59
7. "Windsong" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey, C. Hawkins, T. Hite) – 4:12
8. "Good Luck" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey) – 3:45
9. "That’s the Way It Goes" (V. Veasey) – 3:15
10. "I Don’t Want to Die" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey, C. Hawkins, T. Hite) – 3:51
11. "Set Me Free" (A. Hawkins, V. Veasey) – 0:28

Personnel

• Anthony Hawkins – guitar, vocals
• VC L. Veasey – bass guitar, vocals
• Charles Hawkins – guitar, vocals
• Tyrone Hite – drums, vocals