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Music CD - Skip James: The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James
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Music CD: The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James
Artist: Skip James
List Price: $17.98
Our Price: $11.35
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Manufacturer: Yazoo
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Tracks:
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1. Devil Got My Woman
2. Cypress Grove Blues
3. Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
4. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
5. Drunken Spree
6. Cherry Ball Blues
7. Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
8. Illinois Blues
9. How Long 'Buck'
10. 4 O'Clock Blues
11. 22-20 Blues
12. Hard Luck Child
13. If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
14. Be Ready When He Comes
15. Yola My Blues Away
16. I'm So Glad
17. What Am I To Do Blues
18. Special Rider Blues
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016351200921
Label: Yazoo
Manufacturer: Yazoo
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Yazoo
Release Date: 1994-09-15
Studio: Yazoo
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: The most haunting music I know
Comment: The 1931 recordings of Skip James are simply among the strangest and most chilling music in recorded history. I first heard some of them as a teenager in the 1980s, after I had already listened to James' younger contemporary Robert Johnson; Johnson's music is equally spooked in terms of lyrical content, but his music at any rate always has a solid rhythmic pulse. James' music was less celebrated (perhaps because, unlike Johnson, he had lived long enough to be rediscovered in the 1960s), but in retrospect it was far more scary. Less earthy and worldly than Johnson's, it seems to float in the air, an eerie keening sound emphasised by James' unorthodox approach to rhythm and blurry falsetto voice. (Johnson, by contrast, could sound positively lewd; James doesn't sound entirely human.)
The stories about James that have circulated since his death do not paint a picture of a lovable old master of the blues. He was no genial B.B. King or avuncular Muddy Waters. In old age he seems to have been a touchy, somewhat paranoid, arrogant man, contemptuous of the white blues fans who celebrated him but equally disdainful of those of his peers who were still playing. Although he was an ordained minister who had spent thirty years leading the choir in his brother's church, he carried a gun and had used it at least once.
As time goes by and the early blues recordings are assessed and re-assessed by successive generations, the map of the Delta blues is continually redrawn. Charley Patton assumes a more central position than was previously thought. Masters such as Son House, Tommy Johnson and Ishmon Bracey are given the respect that they deserved all along. Robert Johnson's legacy has been rethought and de-sentimentalised, and he appears as more of an all-round musical genius, a brilliant consolidator, as much of a vaudeville entertainer as a man facing his own demons. Skip James, however, still remains the chilliest and most enigmatic of all the Delta blues musicians of that classic period. These recordings loom out of the past with their weird intensity intact. His later 1960s recordings do nothing to clear up the mystery. James never sounded like he was trying to make people happy with his music. The story goes that when he was a street musician during the Depression, people used to actually pay him to stop playing, because they felt bad enough as it was without him and his songs making them feel worse.
Listen to these recordings and you'll believe it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Real Gritty Blues
Comment: If you're looking for genuine heartful music, go with the early recordings. He's just not the same with the clean, crisp sound of a remastered CD. Blues is one of those types of music that sounds better with sand between its teeth. And really, if you have a record player, you're better off getting a record from him to play the music how it was supposed to be played.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Mp3s are not 250 kbps
Comment: I am dissappointed that the mp3s in this album were advertised as 250 kbps but they are not, they average 150 kbps. I am hesitant to buy mp3s from Amazon anymore. Althou the album is magnificient.
Customer Rating:
Summary: awesome!
Comment: skip james is one of those true masters. there is so much to say about him, the way he sang, his funny tunings, the lyrics he wrote. he was an absolute genius. stay away from early recordings if you have a problem with lo-fi sound, but if you do you're cheating yourself. Amazing!!!
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Summary: "I'd rather be dead and six feet in the ground..."
Comment: Wow!!! This is history on CD!! One of the darkest, eeriest , blues recordings I've ever heard. Pop this in the player and you feel like you're out in a lonely bayou in the dead of night. "Devil Got My Woman Blues", "Cypress Grove Blues" are probably my favs on here. And while it is a shame that the sound quality of the recordings are subpar, after a few listens you don't even seem to notice. It gives it an earthy quality that if absence could probably take away the powerfullness of the songs.
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Editorial Reviews:
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With an unmistakable falsetto delivery, Skip James created some of history's eeriest blues records. His blues sounds dark and mysterious, using odd tunings, structures, and rhythms, and exploring gloomy lyrical themes. Unlike other bluesmen of the day, James's music was personal and bleak, played for his own emotional release and not for purposes of entertainment. "Devil Got My Woman," "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues," "Hard Luck Child," and "Special Rider Blues" convey sorrow and misery like few others can. Uptempo numbers such as the classic "I'm So Glad" and "Drunken Spree," which resembles the hillbilly traditional "Late Last Night," showcase his forceful guitar picking while rags "Little Cow and Calf" and the jumpy "How Long 'Buck'" feature his unique piano work. --Marc Greilsamer
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