Music CD - Mississippi John Hurt: The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt

	Music CD: The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt Artist: Mississippi John Hurt List Price: $24.98 Our Price: $17.05 Your Save: $ 7.93 ( 32% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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Tracks: 1. Pay Day 2. I'm Satisfied 3. Candy Man 4. Make Ma a Pallet On Your Floor 5. Talking Casey 6. Corrinna, Corrinna 7. Coffee Blues 8. Louis Collins 9. Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight 10. If You Don't Want Me Baby 11. Spike Driver Blues 12. Beulah Land
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0015707018128 Format: Box set Label: Vanguard Records Manufacturer: Vanguard Records Number Of Discs: 3 Publisher: Vanguard Records Release Date: 2000-10-31 Studio: Vanguard Records
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Mesmerizing Comment: This is a fantastic collection that ANYONE with even a passing interest in folk should own. Mississippi John Hurt's music is so powerful and so delicate, so raw and beautiful at the same time. I love the way he frequently finishes his vocal lines with his guitar, making the instrument an extension, or rather an essential part of his voice. Don't hesitate, if you found your way to this page you will enjoy this album. Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic fingerpicking Blues Comment: Am enjoying Missisippi John Hurt very much. Very relaxing. Was very happy that he lived to see the fruits of his wonderful labor of love. Customer Rating: Summary: One of the great American musicians Comment: His singing and guitar playing is just as good as on the early recordings. Customer Rating: Summary: Chicken is one amazing song Comment: C H I C K E N That's how you spell chicken! This won't be a particularly helpful review because I don't "know" music. All I can say that ever since seeing The Blues Brothers, I have enjoyed listening to blues without knowing much about it. Favorites include Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson... and John Hurt. He had a great voice. Cool vocals + cool lyrics = really listenable music. I am so greatful to my Yahoo!Music player for introducing me to him. :) Customer Rating: Summary: Classic Blues Comment: This compilation of Mississippi John Hurt's Vanguard recordings are classics. These albums were recorded in the 60's after he was re-discovered by a music industry full swing into folk, blues, and "old timey" music. The audio quality is superb, the songs are timeless, and the voice is amazing. A must have for any serious blues fan. Robert Johnson is not the end all, be all of delta blues. Check out Mississippi John Hurt. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Gentle, graceful, subtle, sweet--these aren't descriptions generally applied to the blues, but they offer a sense of Mississippi John Hurt's uniqueness and enduring legacy. Rediscovered during the 1960s folk boom after last recording in the late 1920s, Hurt cut the three albums compiled here when he was in his early 70s. His conversational phrasing sounds as natural as breathing, while his ragtime-tinged fingerpicking on acoustic guitar reveals more complexity the closer you listen. Beyond blues classics like "Candy Man" (the sly sensualist wasn't referring to lollipops), Hurt's range encompasses everything from folkish narratives ("Talking Casey," "Spike Driver Blues") to Southern spirituals ("Nearer My God to Thee," "Farther Along"). Though Hurt died in 1966, shortly after the last of these sessions, the music still sounds so fresh, you can almost hear the twinkle in his eye. --Don McLeese