“DELTA BLUES” MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL US 1964 1st PRESS LP N.MINT ON ARHOOLIE
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HELLO EVERYONE, WELCOME TO MY AUCTION. ITS GOOD TO BE BACK. OVER THE YEARS OF SELLING ON EBAY I HAVE AMASSED MANY RECORDS. I USUALLY BUY COLLECTIONS, SELL ON WHAT I DONT NEED AND KEEP THE GOOD STUFF FOR MYSELF. NOW IM READY TO SELL ALL MY GOOD STUFF ON TO YOU GUYS. I’M GOING TO START WITH MY BLUES COLLECTION AND EARLY ORIGINAL CHESS RECORDINGS MOST OF WHICH ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.GOOD LUCK AND IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE PLEASE FOLLOW ME SO YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE THE NEW ADDITIONS EACH WEEK. MANY THANKS COLIN.
THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE THE ITEM IN A PROFESSIONAL RECORD MAILER WITH EXTRA STIFFENERS.
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“DELTA BLUES” MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL ON ARHOOLIE RECORDS F1021
THIS IS THE 1964 ORIGINAL US MONO ISSUE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. LOOKS UNPLAYED. THE SLEEVE HAS A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL WHITE SPOTS ON SPINE, REALLY BEING PICKY HERE.
ALTOGETHER A FANTASTIC ALBUM IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
When Mississippi Fred McDowell proclaimed on one of his last albums, "I do not play no rock & roll," it was less a boast by an aging musician swept aside by the big beat than a mere statement of fact. As a stylist and purveyor of the original Delta blues, he was superb, equal parts Charley Patton and Son House coming to the fore through his roughed-up vocals and slashing bottleneck style of guitar playing.
McDowell knew he was the real deal, and while others were diluting and updating their sound to keep pace with the changing times and audiences, Mississippi Fred stood out from the rest of the pack simply by not changing his style one iota. Though he scorned the amplified rock sound with a passion matched by few country bluesmen, he certainly had no qualms about passing any of his musical secrets along to his young, white acolytes, prompting several of them -- including a young Bonnie Raitt -- to develop slide guitar techniques of their own.
Although generally lumped in with other blues "rediscoveries" from the '60s, the most amazing thing about him was that this rich repository of Delta blues had never recorded in the '20s or early '30s, didn't get "discovered" until 1959, and didn't become a full-time professional musician until the mid-'60s, when he was nearly 60 himself.
This album was recorded in Como Mississippi on February 13, 1964. It’s raw, real, and contains more character and soul than most records that year, and it probably was cut on 1/1000th of the budget. This is an original deep groove pressing .
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