Blues 138 Items

Original US stereo pressing.
Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Label side 1 is missing.

Writing on cover.

Record is close to VG.

Seam split on top spine

Japanese pressing with OBI!

Record is close to VG+. Cover has small seam splits.

Cover is missing. 1982 reissue.

Seam split.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

Still sealed. Price tag. Cover has waterdamage stains.

Promo copy with stamp. tear in spine

US original.
Sleeve and label have handwriting.

Original US stereo pressing.

Cover has slight wear, seam split in bottom spine,Vinyl has some scuffs and light scratches. Original US mono pressing.

Tear in top spine. Original US Mono pressing.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with shelf wear

Original US mono pressing. Tear in top spine.

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Record is slightly warped but still enjoyable.

Tiny seam wear.

1980 reissue.

With OBI.

US mono pressing. Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines

Japanese pressing with obi.

taped seam split

Cover with ring, shelf wear. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Cover with seam split on top spine. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Santa Maria Pressing.
Ships in a brand new plain sleeve.

Original US mono pressing. Top spine is torn.

EU reissue.

The son of a slave and of part-Native American heritage, Texan blues songster Mance Lipscomb began recording albums in 1960 after the Arhoolie label became aware of his talents, the work coming at the start of the country blues revival, which he became a key part of. The excellent follow-up Trouble In Mind, released by Reprise in 1961, has top-notch renditions of favourites such as ‘Alabama Bound,’ ‘Ballad of the Boll Weevil’ and ‘Motherless Children,’ the latter with great slide guitar work, yet somehow the LP sold poorly, rendering it a sought-after rarity. Definitely one of Mance Lipscomb’s best!

Texan country blues kingpin Lightnin’ Hopkins was rated one of the top 100 guitarists of all time by Billboard, and was a notable influence on Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others. Recordings for Aladdin and Gold Star cemented his reputation, and after performing at Carnegie Hall with Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, ‘Mojo Hand’ was a breakthrough hit. The superb 1961 LP Lightnin’ (The Blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins) benefits from the understated presence of King Curtis’ drummer, Belton Evans, and jazz bassist Leonard Gaskin, placing Hopkins’ guitar licks and raspy voice at centre stage, playfully relating heartbreak and woe.

An exact repro vinyl reissue of this magnificent 1962 vintage blues delivery.

US original, club edition.

Cover with punch hole

Bottom spine is torn. Original inner sleeve.

US original mono pressing. Vinyl with scuffs and a couple of small scratches.

Born Booker T. Washington White, Bukka’s trajectory as a blues performer follows a familiar template for his
time. Born in Mississippi, maybe in Houston, MS – maybe in Aberdeen, MS – maybe in 1902, maybe in 1909
or even 1906 he recorded throughout the 1930s. Bukka even recorded while incarcerated in the Mississippi
State Penitentiary aka Parchman Farm. Asked about his time at Parchman White commented “Well, I mostly
played guitar.”
During the 1940s and 50s as Blues moved from the Delta to Chicago, from rural to urban, Bukka’s career went
dormant. And then, like many of his time, his talent was “rediscovered” in the early 60s, in no small part thanks
to a brilliant guitarist in his own right, John Fahey. Performances and all new recordings happened throughout
the 60s, building interest in Bukka White’s Delta roots. This compilation of White’s best early material was first
issued in 1969 (1970 in the US), collecting Bukka’s 78s recorded for Vocalion and Okeh. His influence on rock
performers of that day cannot be understated. He opened for rock bands he’d inspired at venues like The
Fillmore, played his instrument in such a fashion that some said it’s like he was trying to destroy that guitar, his
most famous guitar, a 1933 National Duolian, was even known as “Hard Rock.” And then there’s the fact that
his song “Shake‘em On Down” was so influential on Led Zeppelin that they, “borrowed” from the song for both
“Hats Off To Roy Harper” and “Custard Pie.”
Bukka White was many things, a strong influence on his cousin B.B. King, a cotton picker, a mule driver, a hobo,
a player in the old Negro Leagues, a boxer, a preacher, a convict, a factory laborer and, as celebrated here,
one of America’s blues pioneers.

Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.
Writing on label. Cover with faint ring wear and small seam split.

Yellowed cover with seam split, small writing on back cover and tiny tear at the opening side. Record has hairlines.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

180 gram vinyl!

Fully licensed ! Ltd to 500 copies. Singer and guitarist Ram John Holder was born in. 1939 in Georgetown, British Guiana, then moved to Cincinnati in 1954, and to the East Coast to work as folk blues singer in the early 1960s. In 1963, he took residency in England where he recorded several albums. Released in 1969 Black London Blues is surely is masterpiece. A socio-political manifesto the album chronicles the trials and tribulations that were the result of being a black-immigrant in London, and it contains all the pathos and pain one can imagine. Self-conscious, as concept albums often are, the record is almost like an audio A-Z or pub guide. It’s funky and represents his own black experience. It is a must have for all the blues revivalist out there, a record to rank along the lines of early Mike Cooper and american stalwarts like Eugene McDaniels or Sixto Rodriguez !