Really The Country Blues OJL LP -rare Paramount sides

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You are bidding on the rare LP:

Really! The Country Blues 1927-1933, released by The Origin Jazz Library (OJL-2).  Made in the U.S.

*This collection features some of the most enigmatic and spine-chilling blues recordings you will ever hear.  Based on my knowledge, I believe that roughly 70% of these recordings were originally released on the legendary Paramount label.  If you really know your pre-war blues, then you most certainly know how remarkable these particular recordings are.  William Moore's "Old Country Rock" is a very loose rag with the roughest of recitations.  Son House's "My Black Mama Pts. 1 & 2" sounds like a righteous field-holler with blues guitar accompaniment.  Sunny Boy and his Pals' "France Blues" is a brilliant rarity that features the highly obscure Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed on accompaniment.  The perfection and timelessness of Skip James' "Devil Got My Woman" need not be described.  Another Paramount rarity, Ishman Bracey's "Woman Woman Blues", is insanely loose and features the most wide-ranging vocals you'll ever hear.  You'll be treated to the great enigma of Crying Sam Collins on his "The Jail House Blues".  George "Bullet" Williams' "Touch Me Light Mama" is easily in the top 5 of my favorite blues recordings of all-time.  It features a wild, painfully brilliant harmonica duet with the most raucous of moanin' screamin' blues this world has ever heard.  Henry Sims' violin blues "Tell Me Man Blues" features none other than Charlie Patton on guitar accompaniment.  The vocals on Garfield Akers 'Cottonfield Blues Pts. 1 & 2" are equally eerie as they are intoxicating.  The other tracks featured on this remarkable collection are Tommy Johnson's "Maggie Campbell Blues", Buster Johnson's "Undertaler Blues" and Henry Thomas' "Don't Ease Me In". *

The Vinyl is visually-graded in VG+ condition. When looked at under a bright light, the record shows a rich luster and a few, very light surface marks.

The Cover is mostly still in its shrink and is graded in VG+ condition, just showing some minor edge & seam wear.

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