Blues Vinyl 371 Items

Terre Haute Press. Slight wear. Vinyl is Close to VG+.

punch out hole. Cover splits on top seam and has small writing on back cover.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Cover with OBI has tiny wear. With insert. Vinyl seems unplayed. Original Japanese pressing.

Original japanese pressing with obi.

Japanese pressing with obi.

When someone such as Ry Cooder, who delved deeply into traditional sources, just names his LP "Jazz", it is unlikely that one will hear avant-garde music. Actually, in the numbers gathered together here the investigative guitar man dedicated himself more or less to almost forgotten music. Historically informed, yet not adhering to the original instrumental ensemble, this ostensibly antiquated music enjoys a brilliant renaissance. Just like in an album of charming black and white photographs, the old-fashioned style shines out brightly, such as in "Big Band Bill", which (hardly by accident) is modelled on the jaunty swing of Django Reinhard, but does not imitate him. Cooder’s slightly acidic-sounding guitar mixes homogeneously with the delightfully rustic sound of the tuba and a bluegrass mandolin ("Face To Face…"). The typical Caribbean rattle of the marimba enters into a pleasant dialogue with the warped sound of the slide guitar. Folksy bliss in three-four time ("Happy Meeting In Glory") stands confidently on a par with the merry, self-willed saxophone ("In A Mist") and with the poetic, dreamy and meditative guitar ("Flashes"). And just listen to how the classic number "Davenport Blues" – with its emphasis on the woodwinds – grooves along with the vibraphone and tingly inner parts. This sound is both filled with the spirit of Bix Beiderbecke and, based loosely on Mingus, will sooth the Jelly Roll Morton-soul of its fans.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under www.pure-analogue.com.
All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

Recording: 1977 at Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, by Lee Herschberg & Douglas Decker
Production: Ry Cooder & Joseph Byrd

Small sticker tear on front, price tag on front. Vinyl is close to NM. Original inner sleeve, with insert.

The cover hs some wear on the front. Close to VG+!

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with shelf wear

Original US pressing.

Cover has ring-wear.

Cover with cut-out and tiny sticker rip off on the front.

Vinyl close to VG+

East German reissue from 1985.

Original US Sonic Pressing - Unipak cover and vinyl are Close to VG+.

No obi.

The southern-style, Rhythm & Blues album Play The Blues by Buddy Guy & Junior Wells was recorded in the Miami Criteria Studios in the second half of 1970. This is probably the best recordings Guy & Wells ever made, sounding clean and smooth. An excellent blues album from two masters in blues!