Title: Classic Years Artist: Mississippi John Hurt Label: Prestige Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5032427117202 Genre: Blues Release Date: 2014-01-28 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
UK two CD collection from the Blues icon. In the early '20s, Hurt teamed up with white fiddle player Willie Narmour, playing square dances. When TG Rockwell (Recording Director of Okeh Records) came to Avalon to audition Narmour, he asked if there were any other notable musicians in the area. Narmour told Rockwell of John Hurt, and late one evening, they went to hear him play. Rockwell was so impressed with Hurt's smooth and gentle style, that he immediately invited him to Memphis for his first recording session. On 14 February 1928, John recorded 8 songs. Six were never released, and to this day have never been found. The two titles that were released from this session, -Frankie- and -Nobody's Dirty Business- can be found on Disc 1 of these re-mastered recordings.
Tracks: 1.1 Frankie 1.2 Nobody's Dirty Business 1.3 Ain't No Tellin' 1.4 Louis Collins 1.5 Avalon Blues 1.6 Big Leg Blues 1.7 Stack O' Lee 1.8 Candy Man Blues 1.9 Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) 1.10 Blessed Be the Name 1.11 Praying on the Old Camp Ground 1.12 Blue Harvest Blues 1.13 Spike Driver Blues 1.14 Nobody's Business But Mine 1.15 The Angels Laid Him Away 1.16 Baby What's Wrong with You 1.17 Casey Jones 1.18 Candy Man 1.19 Lonesome Blues 1.20 My Creole Belle 1.21 Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor 1.22 Trouble I Had All My Days 1.23 C-H-I-C-K-E-N Blues 1.24 Coffee Blues 1.25 Shake That Thing 1.26 Monday Morning Blues 1.27 Frankie ; Albert 1.28 Salty Dog 1.29 Spike Drivers Blues 1.30 Here Am I, Lord, Send Me 1.31 Talking Casey 1.32 Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 1.33 I'm Satisfied 1.34 Richland Women Blues
