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If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
by
Blind Willie Johnson
First released:
30 Aug 1928,
Length:
3:10
Creators
(2)
Instruments
Blind Willie Johnson
(03 Dec 1927)
guitar
Vocals
Blind Willie Johnson
(03 Dec 1927)
Works
(1)
Recording Of
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
(03 Dec 1927)
Arranger
Blind Willie Johnson
Writer
[traditional]
Links
(1)
Secondhandsongs
https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/9590
Releases containing this recording
(32)
Official
Album
Blind Man Blues
2011
Various Artists
Album - Compilation
News & the Blues - Telling It Like It Is
1990
Various Artists
News & the Blues - Telling It Like It Is
1990
Various Artists
Sweeter as the Years Go By
11 Dec 1991
Blind Willie Johnson
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
1994
Blind Willie Johnson
The Gospel Sound
1994
Various Artists
Dark Was the Night: The Essential Recordings of Blind Willie Johnson
17 Oct 1995
Blind Willie Johnson
The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's
1996
Various Artists
Dark Was The Night (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation)
04 Jun 1998
Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night
1998
Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night
1998
Blind Willie Johnson
Flashbacks, Volume 4: Blue & Lonely: HeartBreakers 1927-1946
16 Oct 2000
Various Artists
Complete Blues: The Soul of a Man
09 Mar 2004
Blind Willie Johnson
King of the Guitar Evangelists
2004
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson and the Guitar Evangelists
25 Jan 2005
Various Artists
News & the Blues - Telling It Like It Is
06 Jun 2008
Various Artists
Dark Was the Night
15 Mar 2010
Blind Willie Johnson
ABC of the Blues
24 Sep 2010
Various Artists
Complete Recorded Titles, Volume 1: 1927 to 10th December 1929
2011
Blind Willie Johnson
Blues Masters
2012
Various Artists
The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Willie Johnson
27 Aug 2013
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson, Vol. 1 (1927-1929)
03 Feb 2014
Blind Willie Johnson
Anthology of the Blues - The Complete Songbook Series, Vol. 20
09 Sep 2014
Various Artists
Roots & Blues
2014
Various Artists
American Epic: The Best of Blind Willie Johnson
12 May 2017
Blind Willie Johnson
Delta Blues: Milestones of Legends
2017
Various Artists
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
17 Dec 2021
Blind Willie Johnson
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
Bring It All Back Home
Various Artists
Single
Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time / If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
30 Aug 1928
Blind Willie Johnson
Bootleg
Album - Compilation
Savage Kick, Volume 6
Various Artists