Lonnie Johnson (2)
Tears Don't Fall No More Blues And Ballads

Listening notes

Lonnie Johnson (2) — Tears Don't Fall No More Blues And Ballads is a 1982 vinyl release on Folkways Records, catalog number FS3577. Credited in the Blues genre, the album presents twelve tracks sequenced across two sides with concise running times and clear documentation of titles and durations.

Side A comprises six selections: Raise Your Window High (2:33), Tears Don't Fall No More (3:03), Long Road To Travel (2:16), Prisoner Of Love (2:40), Careless Love (3:48), and Juice Headed Baby (2:38). Side A runs approximately 16:58 based on the listed timings.

Side B adds six more: Old Rocking Chair (2:48), When You Always By Yourself (2:38), Lazy Mood (Inst.) (3:06), My Mother’s Eyes (3:08), Summertime (2:07), and See See Rider (2:23). The parenthetical notation for Lazy Mood (Inst.) designates that track as an instrumental. Side B runs approximately 16:10.

Across both sides, track lengths range from 2:07 to 3:48, and the total playing time sums to approximately 33:08. The record opens with Raise Your Window High and closes with See See Rider, with the title track, Tears Don’t Fall No More, positioned as A2. The album title explicitly joins “Tears Don’t Fall No More” with the phrase “Blues And Ballads,” and the sequence intermixes original-titled pieces with familiar song titles such as Prisoner Of Love, My Mother’s Eyes, Summertime, and See See Rider as they are presented on the label’s listing.

Issued by Folkways Records in 1982 and identified by catalog number FS3577, this vinyl edition provides a clearly structured program: six tracks per side, documented durations for each cut, one instrumental designation, and a total of twelve titles under the artist credit Lonnie Johnson (2). This listing reflects the album’s published metadata, including format (Vinyl), label (Folkways Records), year (1982), catalog number (FS3577), genre categorization (Blues), and the complete track sequence with times as noted above.