It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In explained

It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In
Type:	studio
Artist:	Reverend Pearly Brown
Cover:	ItsAMeanOldWorld.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	1973; Americus, Georgia
Genre:	Gospel blues
Length:	(LP) (CD)
Label:	Rounder Records
Producer:	Bruce Kaplan, Bill Nowlin
Prev Title:	Georgia Street Singer
Prev Year:	1961

It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In is a 1975 gospel blues LP by American street-performing musician Reverend Pearly Brown (191586, vocals, guitar and harmonica, active in Macon, Georgia) on the Rounder label.^[1]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "How Long Has It Been Since You've Been Home"
2. "The Day Is Past and Gone"
3. "It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In"
4. "What a Time"
5. "Pure Religion"
6. "Help Me to Understand"

Side 2

1. "How About You"
2. "Nothin' but Joy"
3. "Another Child of God Gone Home"
4. "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burnin'"
5. "Please Mommy Stay Home with Me"
6. "Peace Will Prevail"
7. "Goodbye"

Bonus tracks on CD re-release Rounder 82161-0221-2These are placed between "Peace Will Prevail" and "Goodbye" in the original release order.

1. "Steal Away"
2. "You Got to Move"
3. "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way"
4. "Sometimes I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long"
5. "Motherless Children"
6. "When I Take My Vacation"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reverend Pearly Brown discography . wirz.de . August 27, 2015 .