VA - The Rural Blues, Vols. 1 & 2



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These two rare albums were originally released on vinyl in the 70's. Tracks 1 to 14 are taken from Rural Blues Volume One: Goin' Up The Country previously released by Liberty on LP as LBL 83213E.
Tracks 15 to 28 are taken from Rural Blues Volume Two: Saturday Night Function previously released by Liberty on LP as LBL 83214E.

The complete set of LPs was reissued on CD in 1998. These CDs and the earlier LPs are now becoming a lot harder to find.


TrackList:

Rural Blues Volume One: Goin' Up The Country
(previously released by Liberty on LP)

01. Nathaniel Terry - Take It Easy (1948 )
02. Manny Nichols - Forgive Me (1949)
03. Country Jim - Avenue Breakdown (1949)
04. Lil' Son Jackson - Disgusted (1950)
05. Thunder n' Lightnin' - West Coast Blues (1946)
06. Lightnin' Hopkins - Howling Wolf Blues (1948 )
07. Snooks Eaglin - Nobody Knows (1960)
08. Nathaniel Terry - I Don't Know Why (1948 )
09. Manny Nichols - Worried Life (1949)
10. Country Jim - Phillipine Blues (1949)
11. Lil' Son Jackson - Thrill Me Baby (1953)
12. Thunder n' Lightnin' - Can't Do Like You Used To (1946)
13. Lightnin' Hopkins - Can't Get That Woman Off My Mind (1947)
14. Snooks Eaglin - By The Water (1960)



Rural Blues Volume Two: Saturday Night Function
(previously released by Liberty on LP)

With the exception of Boogie Bill Webb everyone featured on this disc came from the Southwest, chiefly Texas and Louisiana. Most are singer/guitarists, skilled practitioners like Snooks Eaglin and Lowell Fulson balancing rougher or more limited but not unappealing, players like Nathaniel Terry and Manny Nichols, or the mysterious J.D. Edwards, but the texture of the album is nicely varied with work by pianist Wilson Smith (Thunder n' Lightnin') and harmonica players George Papa Lightfoot and Slim Harpo, and early zydeco recordings by Clifton Chenier and Boozoo Chavis including the latter's original, ineffable "Paper in My Shoe".

15. Papa Lightfoot - When The Saints Go Marching In (1955)
16. Snooks Eaglin - Travelin' Mood (1961)
17. Boogie Bill Webb - I Ain'T For It (1952)
18. Clifton Chenier - Country Bred (Nobody Loves Me) (1954)
19. Slim Harpo - A Man Is Crying (1956)
20. J.D. Edwards - Cold In The Evening (1953)
21. Boozoo Chavis - Paper In My Shoe (1954)
22. Papa Lightfoot - Wine Woman Wiskey (1952)
23. Snooks Eaglin - See See Rider (1961)
24. Boogie Bill Webb - Love Me Mama (1952)
25. Clifton Chenier - Just A Lonely Boy (1954)
26. Slim Harpo - Something Inside Me (1956)
27. J.D. Edwards - Crying (1953)
28. Boozoo Chavis - Boozoo Stomp (1954)




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