Charley Patton- Complete Recordings 1929-34
Charley Patton is widely regarded as perhaps the archetypal early exponent of Mississippi Delta blues. He was a true original with a distinctive slide guitar technique, and he performed a range of blues, spirituals and ballads in a powerful, intense, even primitive, fashion which uniquely captures the style and spirit of the genre. His recording career was restricted to a few sessions between 1929 and 1934, from which around thirty double-sided '78s were released, first on Paramount and latterly on Vocalion, and that was the entirety of his recorded output before his premature death from a heart disorder in 1934 aged 45. This collection comprises the entirety of that canon, including six tracks on which he played guitar, with Henry Sims and Bertha Lee erspectively performing the vocals. Anyone seriously interested in the blues and it's history needs to have heard Charley Patton, and this anthology provides a comprehensive overview of his work.
Tracklist:
- Some Summer Day
- Frankie And Albert
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Joe Kirby
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Poor Me
- 34 Blues
- Yellow Bee
- Mind Reader Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Oh Death
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- Revenue Man Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Be True Be True Blues
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Magnolia Blues
- Mean Black Moan
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Green River Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Hammer Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Moon Going Down
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Circle Round The Moon
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Bird Nest Bound
- Dry Well Blues
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Be True Be True Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
Charley Patton is widely regarded as perhaps the archetypal early exponent of Mississippi Delta blues. He was a true original with a distinctive slide guitar technique, and he performed a range of blues, spirituals and ballads in a powerful, intense, even primitive, fashion which uniquely captures the style and spirit of the genre. His recording career was restricted to a few sessions between 1929 and 1934, from which around thirty double-sided '78s were released, first on Paramount and latterly on Vocalion, and that was the entirety of his recorded output before his premature death from a heart disorder in 1934 aged 45. This collection comprises the entirety of that canon, including six tracks on which he played guitar, with Henry Sims and Bertha Lee erspectively performing the vocals. Anyone seriously interested in the blues and it's history needs to have heard Charley Patton, and this anthology provides a comprehensive overview of his work.
Tracklist:
- Some Summer Day
- Frankie And Albert
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Joe Kirby
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Poor Me
- 34 Blues
- Yellow Bee
- Mind Reader Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Love My Stuff
- Oh Death
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- Revenue Man Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Be True Be True Blues
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Magnolia Blues
- Mean Black Moan
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Green River Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Hammer Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Moon Going Down
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Some Happy Day
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Circle Round The Moon
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Bird Nest Bound
- Dry Well Blues
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Some Summer Day
- Tell Me Man Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Mean Black Cat Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone
- Magnolia Blues
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Joe Kirby
- Mean Black Moan
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Jim Lee Blues Part 2
- Heart Like Railroad Steel
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- Poor Me
- Green River Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- 34 Blues
- Elder Greene Blues
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Yellow Bee
- Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Mind Reader Blues
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- High Sheriff Blues
- Hammer Blues
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Stone Pony Blues
- When Your Way Gets Dark
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Jersey Bull Blues
- Moon Going Down
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Love My Stuff
- Going To Move To Alabama
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Oh Death
- Some Happy Day
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Troubled 'bout My Mother
- You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Revenue Man Blues
- Circle Round The Moon
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Hang It On The Wall
- Devil Sent The Rain Blues
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Elder Greene Blues Take 2
- Bird Nest Bound
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Hammer Blues Take 2
- Dry Well Blues
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Some These Days I'll Be Gone Take 2
- Jim Lee Blues Part 1
- Be True Be True Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
- Be True Be True Blues
- Be True Be True Blues