SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON SINGS DOWN AND OUT BLUES LP PYE INTERNATIONAL MONO UK VINYL
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This is a brilliant hard to find blues album by Sonny Boy Williamson. It is in very good condition, although the cover shows some wear at the open side and has a small piece missing (see my photo). It is the UK PYE International version which was released in 1964.
Rear sleeve notes by Studs Turkel (Giants of Jazz).
"Down and Out Blues is the first LP record by American blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson. The album was released in 1959 by Checker Records (see 1959 in music).
The album was a compilation of Williamson's first singles for Checker, from "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" b/w "All My Love in Vain" through "Dissatisfied" b/w "Cross My Heart".
The album features many famous blues musicians backing Williamson, including Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, and Willie Dixon."
"The first session that Williamson recorded for Checker was on August 12, 1955 where he recorded "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "All My Love in Vain", which were released as a single a month later in September. On January 7, 1956 he recorded "Let Me Explain". The single "Keep It to Yourself" b/w "The Key (To Your Door)" was recorded on August 7, 1956. "Fattening Frogs for Snakes" b/w "I Don't Know" was recorded on February 6, 1957 and was released either in late May or early June. "99" was recorded on September 1, 1957[1] and was released as the B-side of "Born Blind" in late January or early February 1958. The single "Cross My Heart" b/w "Dissatisfied" was recorded at the same session. "Wake Up Baby" b/w "Your Funeral and My Trial" was the last song on Down and Out Blues to be recorded on March 27, 1958."
Here is some info about this issue from discogs.com:
Sonny Boy Williamson (II) ?– Down And Out Blues Label: Pye International ?– NPL 28036 Series: R&B Series – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Country: UK Released: 1964 Genre: Blues Style: Chicago Blues
Tracklist
A1 Don't Start Me To Talkin' 2:30 A2 I Don't Know 2:20 A3 All My Love In Vain 2:45 A4 The Key (To Your Door) 3:10 A5 Keep It To Yourself 2:45 A6 Dissatisfied 2:40
B1 Fattening Frogs For Snakes 2:16 B2 Wake Up Baby 2:21 B3 Your Funeral And My Trial 2:26 B4 Ninety Nine 2:35 B5 Cross My Heart 3:18 B6 Let Me Explain 2:50
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Copyright (c) – Checker Manufactured By – Pye Records (Sales) Ltd. Published By – Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Credits Composed By – Sonny Boy Williamson Photography By – Don Bronstein
Notes The K.T tax code is hand etched on the run off grooves (only 1st UK Press). Flipback Cover (laminated front only), printed and Made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents Pending The Cover Features Don Bronstein's famous and offensive photograph of A Down-And-Out Bum. A Chess U.S.A. Recording, Distributed by PYE Records (Sales) Ltd, A.T.V. House, Gt. Cumberland Place, London, W.1. PYE INTERNATIONAL R&B SERIES NPL 28036 MONAURAL
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side): 1 LP 12036 A-1M Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side): 1 LP 12036 B-1M Rights Society: NCB Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
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