Peppermint Harris
Being Black Twice

Listening notes

Peppermint Harris’s Being Black Twice is a 1989 vinyl release on Home Cooking Records, catalog number HCS-116, categorized under Blues. Issued in a two-sided format, it presents 14 tracks—seven per side—with a total running time of approximately 38:25. Side A sums to about 19:29 and Side B to about 18:56. Individual track lengths range from 1:33 to 3:16, with an average around 2:45. The album title does not appear as a track title within the listed program.

Side A contains: I’ll Wipe Away Your Tears (2:34), All For You (2:48), Here Come The Blues (2:50), I’d Rather Be Hurt (3:16), Sinner’s Prayer (3:14), I’m So Lonesome (2:19), and Cherry Red (2:28). Side B continues with: Key To The Highway (2:58), The President’s Lawyer (2:59), Talk About Love (2:28), Is There Someone Else (1:33), I’ll Learn To Love Again (3:13), To Be With The One You Love (3:01), and Fantasy (2:44).

Across the set, several titles reference love and relationships, while others reference blues by name. Side B opens with Key To The Highway and includes a short piece, Is There Someone Else, at 1:33, the briefest track on the album; the longest entry is I’d Rather Be Hurt at 3:16 on Side A. The inclusion of titles such as Sinner’s Prayer, Cherry Red, and Key To The Highway is documented by the tracklist; authorship or prior associations are not specified in the provided data.

For cataloging and identification purposes, the key verifiable details are:
- Artist: Peppermint Harris
- Title: Being Black Twice
- Label: Home Cooking Records
- Catalog number: HCS-116
- Year: 1989
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Blues
- Track count: 14 (seven per side)
- Approximate total duration: 38:25

These details define the release without extending to reception, recording background, personnel, or pressing particulars, which are not documented here.