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Cat. No. VV 1189: MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT ~ 1928 - HIS FIRST RECORDINGS. BIOGRAPH BLP-C4.
Cat. No. VV 1189: MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT ~ 1928 - HIS FIRST RECORDINGS. BIOGRAPH BLP-C4.

Cat. No. VV 1189: MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT ~ 1928 - HIS FIRST RECORDINGS. BIOGRAPH BLP-C4.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (BORN JOHN SMITH HURT) WAS THE SON OF FORMER SLAVES. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PLAY GUITAR AT THE AGE OF NINE. TO EARN EXTRA MONEY, HIS MOTHER TOOK IN BOARDERS. ONE OF THEM, WILLIAM HENRY CARSON, WHO PLAYED GUITAR AND WAS A FRIEND OF JOHN'S MOTHER, OFTEN STAYED AT THE HURT HOME WHILE COURTING A WOMAN WHO LIVED NEARBY. WHEN NO ONE WAS AROUND, JOHN WOULD PLAY CARSON'S GUITAR. AS A YOUTH HE PLAYED OLD-TIME MUSIC FOR FRIENDS AND AT DANCES OR AT THE LOCAL GENERAL STORE. HIS SYNCOPATED PLAYING STYLE WAS IDEAL FOR DANCING.

IN 1923, HE PLAYED WITH THE FIDDLE PLAYER WILLIE NARMOUR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR NARMOUR'S REGULAR PARTNER. WHEN NARMOUR WON FIRST PLACE IN A FIDDLE CONTEST IN 1928 AND GOT A CHANCE TO RECORD FOR OKEH RECORDS, HE RECOMMENDED JOHN TO OKEH PRODUCER TOMMY ROCKWELL. AFTER AUDITIONING "MONDAY MORNING BLUES" AT HIS HOME, JOHN TOOK PART IN TWO RECORDING SESSIONS WHERE HE RECORDED 20 SONGS, IN MEMPHIS AND NEW YORK CITY. THE SESSIONS WERE HELD ON FEB. 14 , 1928 IN MEMPHIS, AND DEC. 21, AND DEC. 28 IN NEW YORK CITY. THE 13 TRACKS ENSHRINED IN THIS REISSUED ALBUM RELEASED IN 1972 COME FROM THOSE SESSIONS.

THE SLEEVE IS MADE OF STURDY CARDBOARD AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY SOME MINOR RUB MARKS ON THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE AND ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR DAMAGE ON A COUPLE OF THE EDGES. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Frankie / Nobody's Dirty Business / Ain't No Telling / Louis Collins / Avalon Blues / Big Leg Blues. Side 2 - Stack O' Lee Blues / Candy Man Blues / Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied / Blessed Be The Name / Praying On The Old Camp Ground / Blue Harvest Blues / Spike Driver Blues.

12" VINYL RECORD

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