Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings

by Mississippi John Hurt

Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 1996
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:49
  • Community rating: 4.12/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Thirteen sides cut for OKeh in Memphis and New York preserve the whole of Hurt's pre-war recording career, produced for reissue by Lawrence Cohn in the Roots N' Blues series. His fingerpicked guitar and soft singing on 'Avalon Blues' and 'Frankie' had made him a favorite of the folk revival that rediscovered him four decades later.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, guitars, traditional, male-vocals, archival

Tracklist

  1. Frankie (3:21)
  2. Nobody's Dirty Business (2:51)
  3. Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
  4. Louis Collins (2:56)
  5. Avalon Blues (3:01)
  6. Big Leg Blues (2:50)
  7. Stack O'Lee (2:55)
  8. Candy Man Blues (2:44)
  9. Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:49)
  10. Blessed Be The Name (2:45)
  11. Praying On The Old Camp Ground (2:35)
  12. Blue Harvest Blues (2:50)
  13. Spike Driver Blues (3:13)

Credits

  • Mississippi John Hurt - primary artist, guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Carol Grobe Design - artwork [cover art, back cover photo manipulation]
  • Lawrence Cohn - producer [roots n' blues series producer], liner notes, producer
  • David Mitson - remastered by [archival restoration and mastering by], mastering
  • Howard Fritzson - art direction
  • Juliana Myrick - management [packaging manager]
  • Adam Block - management [roots n' blues series director]
  • David Gahr - photography by [photos courtesy of]
  • Traditional - written-by

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