THIS IS THE 1985 UK REPRESSING on EDSEL Records. The single cover is in VG+ CONDITION, normal wear BUT discolouration/wear on left spine/corners, creases on edges/bottom right corner, surface edgewear, left spine is fully readable, for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully.
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SON HOUSE
with AL WILSON (Canned Heat)
A giant of the delta blues, with his ferocious, barking voice, and stabbing bottleneck phrases. Son House's place, not only in the history of Delta blues, but in the overall history of the music, is a very high one indeed. He was a major innovator of the Delta style, along with his playing partners Charley Patton and Willie Brown.
<reissue, originally published in 1965 as "Father Of Folk Blues">
Produced by John Hammond
LP EDSEL RECORDS ED 167
MADE IN ENGLAND 1985 REPRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
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LABEL: EDSEL - WHITE/LILAC LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) ED 167
Catalog on labels: ED 167-A / ED 167-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ED-167-A-1 timtom
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ED-167-B-1 TY
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......Manufactured in the UK"
Copyright Control
Original sound recording made by CBS Inc.
CBS Records are the exclusive licenses for the UK
℗ 1965 CBS Records Inc.
© 1985 Demon Records Ltd.
(on Side A only): Composed by: 1-3, 5. Son House 4. Trad., arr. Son House
(on Side B only): All tracks composed by Son House
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits + Original Notes by Dick Waterman (1965)
Produced by John Hammond
Licensed from CBS Records ● Edsel Records........Manufactured in England.
tracklisting
Side A: DEATH LETTER - PEARLINE - LOUISE McGHEE
JOHN THE REVELATOR - EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS
Side B: PREACHIN' BLUES - GRINNING IN YOUR FACE
SUNDOWN - LEVEE CAMP MOAN
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
This was the first such presentation of a Delta blues musician done by Columbia, which seemed like a pretty hip label at the time, since they had both Bob Dylan and Paul Revere and the Raiders. The man's picture on the front is mesmerizing, in a word; the white shirt, black string tie, and silver steel guitar just adding to the excitement. The sound of the metal slide quietly hovering over the strings can bring to mind only one thing in the mind of a westerner: an angry rattlesnake. And the way many listeners' jaws dropped upon hearing music such as this for the first time may not be quite as intense as a hiker's facial expression upon encountering such a creature, but it is close enough. There is a second blues legend appearing here as well. Guitarist and harmonica player Al Wilson was a founding member of Canned Heat, and a musician so good at what he did that he became a sterling example of the possibility that young white blues fans could actually learn to play this music really well, with intensity. The original pressing contains nine tracks, each of them gems...(AllMusic)