Davy Graham 'FOLK, BLUES AND BEYOND' Original 1965 UK DECCA LP - 1st Press
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Nov 3, 2013 Sold Date
Oct 24, 2013 Start Date
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DAVY GRAHAM


- FOLK, BLUES & BEYOND -

 

1ST U.K. PRESSING - 1A/1A


This was Graham's most groundbreaking and consistent album. More than his solo debut The Guitar Player (which was pretty jazzy) or his previous collaboration with folk singer Shirley Collins, Folk Roots, New Routes, this established his mixture of folk, jazz, blues, and Middle Eastern music, the use of a bassist and drummer also hinting at (though not quite reaching) folk-rock. "Leavin' Blues," "Skillet (Good'n'Greasy)," and "Moanin'" are all among his very best folk-blues-rock performances, while on "Maajun" he goes full-bore into Middle Eastern music on one of his most haunting and memorable pieces. Covers of traditional folk standards like "Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" and "Seven Gypsies" combine with interpretations of compositions by Bob Dylan ("Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"), Willie Dixon ("My Babe"), Charles Mingus ("Better Git in Your Soul"), and Reverend Gary Davis ("Cocaine") for an eclecticism of repertoire that wasn't matched by many musicians of any sort in the mid-1960s.


 

1965 DECCA RECORDS LK 4649 MONO

 

VINYL IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION

 

 SLEEVE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION

 

CLEAN LABELS



TRACKLISTING

1. Leavin' Blues (Leadbetter/Lomax/Lomax) - 2:54
A Leadbelly composition. In Davy's version it has travelled via India on it's way from Louisiana to London.



2. Cocaine (Davis) - 2:25
A sick junkie's call for love (or pity!). Davy first heard it when Jack Elliot visited England.



3. Sally Free and Easy (Tawney) - 3:51
A sailor's love-lament by Plymouth ex-sailor and singer Cyril Tawney.



4. Black Is the Colour of My True Loves Hair (Niles) - 2:23
A folk song, originally from Norway.



5. Rock Me Baby (Broonzy) - 2:47
By Bill Broonzy. Davy picked up from Alexis Korner, the pioneer of R & B in England.



6. Seven Gypsies (Graham) - 2:39
An English song, descended from Raggle-Taggle Gypsies-O



7. Ballad of the Sad Young Men (Wolf) - 3:10
From an off-Broadway show, The Nervous Set, by Landesman and Wolf. Davy sings only the first verse and chorus, which he thinks explains the dilemma of many young people.



8. Moanin' (Timmons) - 2:30
A Bobby Timmons composition, with a very churchy feel.



9. Skillet (Good'n'greasy) (Graham) - 2:27
The song of a happy man. Originally learned from a banjo player who claimed it came from the Appalachian Mountains.



10. Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do (Granger/Prince/Williams) - 2:20
Davy says "In my lyrics, I choose to bring out the loneliness side of the song"



11. Maajun (Graham) - 2:41
Davy plays a melody he found in Tangier.



12. I Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes (Graham) - 3:35
A song by Blind Willie Johnson, the gospel growler.



13. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Dylan) - 2:54
Davy's favourite Bob Dylan composition. "I think Dylan must have lived all the worlds," he says.


14. My Babe (Dixon) - 2:45
A well-known blues tune, to which Davy has added a Brubeck-ish rhythmic feel.



15. Goin' Down Slow (Oden) - 2:30
Davy's favourite blues number, by Champion Jack Dupree.



16. Better Git it in Your Soul (Mingus) - 2:28
A modern blues in 6/8 time by Charles Mingus.




COMMENTS


The vinyl still has a superb shine and has been well cared for. The sleeve is in good shape but there is a little cracking of the laminated sleeve here and there with a few handling marks on the reverse - see pic. Overall though this is a super copy and the record plays with little surface noise allowing Graham's wonderful playing to shine through. A first pressing on Decca is the only way to hear this album!


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