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Blind Willie McTell - The Classic Years 1927-1940 Label: JSP Records - JSP7711 Format: 4 × CD, Compilation, Remastered, Box Set Country: UK Released: 2003 Genre: Blues Style: Piedmont Blues Tracklist: Disc A: October 1927 - October 1931: Atlanta 1-1 –Blind Willie McTell Writin' Paper Blues 3:12 1-2 –Blind Willie McTell Stole Rider Blues 3:09 1-3 –Blind Willie McTell Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day 2:58 1-4 –Blind Willie McTell Mr. McTell Got The Blues 2:21 1-5 –Blind Willie McTell Mr. McTell Got The Blues 2:25 1-6 –Blind Willie McTell Three Women Blues 2:44 1-7 –Blind Willie McTell Dark Night Blues 2:52 1-8 –Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues 2:31 1-9 –Blind Willie McTell Loving Talking Blues 2:37 1-10 –Blind Sammie Atlanta Strut 3:10 1-11 –Blind Sammie Travelin' Blues 3:15 1-12 –Blind Sammie Come On Around To My House Mama 3:03 1-13 –Blind Sammie Kind Mama 2:58 1-14 –Blind Willie McTell Teasing Brown 2:42 1-15 –Blind Willie McTell Drive Away Blues 3:15 1-16 –Blind Willie McTell This Is Not The Stove To Brown Your Bread 2:33 1-17 –Blind Willie McTell Love Changing Blues 3:10 1-18 –Blind Sammie Talkin' To Myself 3:12 1-19 –Blind Sammie Razor Ball 3:17 1-20 –Blind Sammie Southern Can Is Mine 3:15 1-21 –Blind Sammie Broke Down Engine Blues 3:09 1-22 –Georgia Bill Stomp Down Rider 3:08 1-23 –Georgia Bill Scarey Day Blues 3:02 Disc B: October 1931 - September 1933: Atlanta, New York City 2-1 –Ruth (Mary) Willis Rough Alley Blues 3:19 2-2 –Ruth (Mary) Willis Experience Blues 3:13 2-3 –Ruth (Mary) Willis Painful Blues 2:54 2-4 –Blind Willie McTell Low Rider's Blues 3:19 2-5 –Blind Willie McTell Georgia Rag 3:06 2-6 –Ruth (Mary) Willis Low Down Blues 3:14 2-7 –Blind Willie McTell, Ruby Glaze Rollin' Mama Blues 3:06 2-8 –Blind Willie McTell, Ruby Glaze Lonesome Day Blues 3:17 2-9 –Blind Willie McTell, Ruby Glaze Mama, Let Me Scoop For You 3:10 2-10 –Blind Willie McTell, Ruby Glaze Searching The Desert For The Blues 3:10 2-11 –Blind Willie McTell Warm It Up To Me 2:57 2-12 –Blind Willie McTell It's Your Time To Worry 3:04 2-13 –Blind Willie McTell It's A Good Little Thing 2:52 2-14 –Blind Willie McTell You Was Born To Die 2:51 2-15 –Blind Willie McTell Lord Have Mercy If You Please 2:59 2-16 –Blind Willie McTell Don't You See How This World Made A Change 2:55 2-17 –Blind Willie McTell Savannah Mama 3:17 2-18 –Blind Willie McTell Broke Down Engine 3:14 2-19 –Blind Willie McTell Broke Down Engine No. 2 2:54 2-20 –Blind Willie McTell My Baby's Gone 2:59 2-21 –Blind Willie McTell Love-Makin' Mama 2:56 2-22 –Blind Willie McTell Death Room Blues 2:59 2-23 –Blind Willie McTell Death Cell Blues 3:10 2-24 –Blind Willie McTell Lord, Send Me An Angel 2:53 Disc C: September 1933 - April 1935: New York, Chicago 3-1 –Blind Willie McTell B And O Blues No. 2 3:03 3-2 –Blind Willie McTell B And O Blues No. 2 2:50 3-3 –Blind Willie McTell Weary Hearted Blues 3:03 3-4 –Blind Willie McTell Bell Street Lightnin' 2:54 3-5 –Blind Willie McTell Southern Can Mama 2:57 3-6 –Blind Willie McTell Runnin' Me Crazy 3:07 3-7 –Blind Willie McTell East St. Louis Blues (Fare You Well) 2:54 3-8 –Blind Willie McTell Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian 3:10 3-9 –Blind Willie McTell We Got To Meet Death One Day 3:00 3-10 –Blind Willie McTell We Got To Meet Death One Day 2:53 3-11 –Blind Willie McTell Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around 2:46 3-12 –Blind Willie McTell I Got Religion, I'm So Glad 3:13 3-13 –Blind Willie McTell Dying Gambler 3:01 3-14 –Blind Willie McTell God Don't Like It 2:47 3-15 –Blind Willie McTell Bell Street Blues 2:51 3-16 –Blind Willie McTell Let Me Play With Yo' Yo-Yo 3:05 3-17 –Blind Willie McTell Lay Some Flowers On My Grave 3:24 3-18 –Blind Willie McTell Ticket Agent Blues 3:18 3-19 –Blind Willie McTell Cold Winter Day 3:10 3-20 –Blind Willie McTell Your Time To Worry 2:39 3-21 –Blind Willie McTell Cooling Board Blues 3:18 3-22 –Blind Willie McTell Hillbilly Willie's Blues 2:45 Disc D: November 1940: Atlanta 4-1 –Blind Willie McTell Just As Well Get Ready, You Got To Die; Climbing High Mountains; Tryin' To Get Home 2:57 4-2 –Blind Willie McTell Monologue On Accidents 1:56 4-3 –Blind Willie McTell Boll Weevil 1:58 4-4 –Blind Willie McTell Delia 2:34 4-5 –Blind Willie McTell Dying Crapshooter's Blues 3:12 4-6 –Blind Willie McTell Will Fox 1:39 4-7 –Blind Willie McTell I Got To Cross The River Jordan 4:39 4-8 –Blind Willie McTell Monologue On Old Songs; Old Time Religion; Amen 3:08 4-9 –Blind Willie McTell Amazing Grace 1:22 4-10 –Blind Willie McTell Monologues On: The History Of The Blues; Life As Maker Of Records; On Himself 5:45 4-11 –Blind Willie McTell King Edward Blues 1:50 4-12 –Blind Willie McTell Murderer's Home Blues 3:06 4-13 –Blind Willie McTell Kill-It-Kid Rag 2:44 4-14 –Blind Willie McTell Chainey 2:50 4-15 –Blind Willie McTell I Got To Cross The River Of Jordan 1:51  Review by Bruce Eder, allmusic.com There are some box sets that seem like overkill, beyond the pale for all but the very most hardcore fans, and others -- a little more obvious in their justification -- that never achieve much currency beyond the ranks of the serious fans and as easy Christmas ideas for their relatives. And then there are the ones that, based on the sheer credibility of the artists involved -- Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra -- become practically standard-issue for any serious music listener; you expect to find at least one, and more likely two of them on a lot of shelves. The Classic Years 1927-1940 ought to fit into the latter category, despite the fact that Blind Willie McTell never had a hit record in a recording career lasting nearly 30 years -- he also didn't make Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of the twentieth century, even though he could play circles about three-fourths of those who did. Some music and musicians just speak too well for themselves and their genre and style, and in this case all 84 cuts have value, and a lot more value than JSP Records is asking in its retail price. From McTell's earliest session, in October 1927 to his November 1940 session for John Lomax, he is superbly represented here by his voice, guitar, and songs, and unlike many comprehensive compilations of pre-World War II blues, there are no apologies needed for the quality of most of the sources or the resulting tracks. However it happened, JSP has assembled a series of generally superbly clean and bright masters (with some exceptions, especially in the mid-'30s sides, some of which have surface noise) going back to the late '20s, which, in their current digital state, showcase McTell's dazzling finger-picking style on the 12-string guitar. Listeners will swear there's more than one guitarist playing, but there isn't on the early sides, and what he gets out of the one guitar makes it sound almost like a trio, covering rhythm as well as lead parts, but without any feeling of artifice. And when he gets teamed up with fellow blues virtuoso Curley Weaver (who also escaped Rolling Stones' net) in the 1930s, it's a collaboration between two geniuses that can spin your head if you listen closely enough to the playing. Coupled with the tracks on which Ruth Mary Willis sings or shares vocals with McTell, there's more than enough variety here to make this entertaining for 30 minutes or three hours at a sitting. Concerning the 1940 Lomax session masters, they have some moderate noise, but they're so well recorded otherwise and so valuable as musical documents and historical artifacts that the slight distraction can be ignored. These sides went unreleased for decades and slot perfectly into the period between McTell's final commercial recordings as a contemporary country blues artist during the era of the last commercial gasp of acoustic country blues and his re-emergence after World War II as a representative of a now-archaic style of blues. What's more, Lomax got McTell to talk as well as play for his microphone. The annotation is very thorough and the mere fact that this set pulls together all of McTell's various sides for Victor, Columbia, and others makes it essential listening for his fans or admirers of 1930s acoustic blues. Sharing Widget |