The Rural Blues

VARIOUS-BLUES & GOSPEL The Rural Blues (Scarce 1966 UK issue of the US Folkways 36-track double compilation LP box set. Superb set of rare and hard-to-find blues including material from Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Skip James and more. The front laminated box has some minor edgewear from storage and comes with a double-sided credit/biography insert while both discs look seldom played XTRA1035)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1966 - 58 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format Vinyl Box Set
Record Label Xtra
Complete Stock List Go to Various-Blues & Gospel
Product Catalogue No XTRA1035
Music Genre Blues
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

A1 Will Shade – I Can't Stand It
Deeper Chest Tones
A2 Hambone Willie Newburn* – Shelby County Work House Blues
Clearer Head Tones
A3 Robert Johnson – From Four Until Late
Simple Rhythm
A4 Furry Lewis – You Can Leave, Baby
Complex Regular Rhythms
A5 Sleepy John Estes – Milk Cow Blues
Irregular Phrase Length, Regular Rhythm
A6 L'il Son Jackson* – Roberta Blues
A7 Blind Boy Fuller – Thousand Woman Blues
Extended Vocal Chant
A8 Arthur Crudup* – If I Get Lucky
Freely Rhythmic Chant
A9 Charlie Pickett – Down The Highway
Volume One, Side Two: Vocal Ornamentation
Falsetto
B1 Kokomo Arnold – Milk Cow Blues
False Bass
B2 Blind Willie Johnson – Take Your Burden To The Lord
Growl
B3 Tommy McClennan – New Highway 51
Hum
B4 Blind Willie McTell – Mama T'aint Long Fo' Day
Laugh
B5 Charlie Burse – Take Your Fingers Off It
Spoken Interjection
B6 Charlie Lincoln* – My Wife Drove Me From My Door
B7 Peg Leg Howell – Skin Game Blues
Recitative Verses
B8 Lightnin' Hopkins – Goin Back To Florida
Mixed Style
B9 Robert Johnson – Standing At The Crossroads
Volume Two: Instrumental
Side Three: Guitar As Melodic Voice
Picked
C1 Lightnin' Hopkins – One Kind Favor
C2 Blind Willie Johnson – Nobody's Fault But Mine
Bottle Neck
C3 Furry Lewis – Warm Up
Guitar As Complex Rhythmic Accompaniment
C4 Bukka White – Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
C5 Peg Leg Howell – Coal Man Blues
Other Instruments
12 String Guitar
C6 Blind Willie McTell – Southern Can Mama
Banjo
C7 Papa Charlie Jackson – Airy Man Blues
Piano
C8 Skip James – Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
Piano And Guitar
C9 Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell – New How Long How Long Blues
Side Four: Added Melodic Instruments
Harmonica
D1 Sonny Terry & Oh Red With Blind Boy Fuller – Harmonica Stomp
Violin
D2 Frank Stokes – Shiney Town Blues
Kazoo
D3 Virgil Perkins – Trouble In Mind
Added Rhythm Instruments
Bass- Plucked
D4 Arthur Crudup* – Mean Old Frisco
Bass- Bowed
D5 Brownie McGhee – Sportin' Life Blues
Washboard
D6 Virgil Perkins – Solo
Larger Accompaniment Groups
D7 Charlie Burse – Tippin' Round
D8 Ham Gravy – Mama Don't 'Low It
D9 Moochie Reeves – Key To The Highway

VINYL LP BOX SET  
Recording Artist Various-Blues & Gospel
Product Title The Rural Blues
Product Information Various-Blues & Gospel The Rural Blues UK Vinyl Box Set.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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