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Guitar [Accompanying Himself] : Mississippi John Hurt

Written by John Hurt (A1-3, A5, B1-2, B4-5)

 

 

1 LP,  Replica tip-on jacket - Obi with notes by Scott Billington

Original analog Master tape : YES

Heavy Press : 180g

Record color : black

Speed : 33 RPM

Size : 12'’

Stereo

Studio

Record Press : Quality Record Pressings

Label : Bluesville (Acoustic Sounds Series & Craft)

Original Label : Bluesville

Produced by Patrick Sky

Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab

Photography by Ed Freeman

Sleeve Notes by Nat Hentoff

Originally released in 1966

Reissued in 2025

 

Tracks:

                                  Side A:

                                  1. Pay Day
                                  2. I’m Satisfied
                                  3. Candy Man
                                  4. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
                                  5. Talking Casey
                                  6. Corrina, Corrina

                                  Side B:

                                  1. Coffee Blues
                                  2. Louis Collins
                                  3. Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
                                  4. If You Don’t Want Me Baby
                                  5. Spike Driver’s Blues
                                  6. Beulah Land

                                   

                                  Review :

                                  "Today is Mississippi John Hurt's first and finest studio release since his "rediscovery" on his Avalon farm by folklorist Tom Hoskins in 1963. Eclipsed possibly only by his earlier 1928 Sessions, this album shows a more mature Hurt picking his way through standards and originals after the Depression years and Hurt's fall into obscurity before the folk revival of the 1960s. It shows, however, that all that the great bluesman has lost is years; his voice retains its characteristic Buddha-esque warmth and it is still difficult to believe that there is just one man playing on the seemingly effortless guitar work. The music on the album comes from a variety of different influences, from the fun and poppy "Hot Time in Old Town Tonight" and "Coffee Blues," to the bluesy standards "Candy Man" (Hurt's most famous song) and "Spike Driver's Blues" to the soulful spirituals "Louis Collins" and "Beulah Land." Hurt's tranquil guitar work -- mixing country, Scottish folk, and Delta blues -- strings all of the songs along the same simple and elegant thread. Hurt himself never could explain his guitar playing, as he used to say, "I just make it sound like I think it ought to." Regardless, that sound, along with a mellow and heartfelt voice, wizened here by decades, combine to make Today an unforgettable whole. A truly essential album of the folk revival, unrivaled in its beauty and warmth."  by David Freedlander - AllMusic Review

                                   

                                  Ratings :

                                  AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.4 / 5

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