| The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt | 
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Category: Music
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Publisher: Vanguard Records
Studio: Vanguard Records
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
Label: Vanguard Records
Format: Box Set, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1
MPN: 181-183
UPC: 015707018128
EAN: 0015707018128
ASIN: B00004Z3VB
Release Date: October 31, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Pay Day | | • | I'm Satisfied | | • | Candy Man | | • | Make Ma a Pallet On Your Floor | | • | Talking Casey | | • | Corrinna, Corrinna | | • | Coffee Blues | | • | Louis Collins | | • | Hot Time In the Old Town Tonight | | • | If You Don't Want Me Baby | | • | Spike Driver Blues | | • | Beulah Land |
Disc 2
| • | Since I've Laid My Burden Down | | • | Moaning the Blues | | • | Stocktime (Buck Dance) | | • | Lazy Blues | | • | Richland Woman Blues | | • | Wise And Foolish Virgins (Tender Virgins) | | • | Hop Joint | | • | Monday Morning Blues | | • | I've Got the Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied | | • | Keep On Knocking | | • | The Chicken | | • | Stagolee | | • | Nearer My God To Thee |
Disc 3
| • | Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home | | • | Boys You're Welcome | | • | Joe Turner Blues | | • | First Shot Missed Him | | • | Farther Along | | • | Funky Butt | | • | Spider, Spider | | • | Waiting For You | | • | Shortnin' Bread | | • | Trouble, I've Had It All My Days | | • | Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me | | • | Good Morning, Carrie | | • | Nobody Cares For Me | | • | All Night Long | | • | Hey, Honey, Right Away | | • | You've Got To Die | | • | Goodnight Irene |
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Amazon.com
Gentle, graceful, subtle, sweet--these aren't descriptions generally applied to the blues, but they offer a sense of Mississippi John Hurt's uniqueness and enduring legacy. Rediscovered during the 1960s folk boom after last recording in the late 1920s, Hurt cut the three albums compiled here when he was in his early 70s. His conversational phrasing sounds as natural as breathing, while his ragtime-tinged fingerpicking on acoustic guitar reveals more complexity the closer you listen. Beyond blues classics like "Candy Man" (the sly sensualist wasn't referring to lollipops), Hurt's range encompasses everything from folkish narratives ("Talking Casey," "Spike Driver Blues") to Southern spirituals ("Nearer My God to Thee," "Farther Along"). Though Hurt died in 1966, shortly after the last of these sessions, the music still sounds so fresh, you can almost hear the twinkle in his eye. --Don McLeese
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
greatest musicians May 21, 2008
Mississippi John Hurt is the best blues performer of all times. No leser show, no smoke, no big talk, but MUSIC!!!
Music that comes from his personality and soul!!!
Mesmerizing March 5, 2008
This is a fantastic collection that ANYONE with even a passing interest in folk should own. Mississippi John Hurt's music is so powerful and so delicate, so raw and beautiful at the same time. I love the way he frequently finishes his vocal lines with his guitar, making the instrument an extension, or rather an essential part of his voice. Don't hesitate, if you found your way to this page you will enjoy this album.
Fantastic fingerpicking Blues January 31, 2008
Am enjoying Missisippi John Hurt very much. Very relaxing. Was very happy that he lived to see the fruits of his wonderful labor of love.
One of the great American musicians March 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
His singing and guitar playing is just as good as on the early recordings.
Chicken is one amazing song November 10, 2006
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
C H I C K E N
That's how you spell chicken!
This won't be a particularly helpful review because I don't "know" music. All I can say that ever since seeing The Blues Brothers, I have enjoyed listening to blues without knowing much about it. Favorites include Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson... and John Hurt.
He had a great voice. Cool vocals + cool lyrics = really listenable music. I am so greatful to my Yahoo!Music player for introducing me to him. :)
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