Son House - The Legendary Father Of Folk Blues
2 x 180G LP 45RPM
Label: Analogue Productions
Product No.: AAPB 092-45
UPC: 753088009273
Category: 2 x 180 Gram Vinyl Record 45RPM
Legendary Delta bluesman s Columbia LP now a 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP set
45 RPM 2LP set includes bonus track: Motherless Children
Lacquers cut by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original master tape
Plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Heavyweight glossy tip-on jacket by Stoughton Printing
Mississippi s Son House was already legendary for a small collection of live field recordings made by folklorist Alan Lomax in 1941 and 1942, and for having taught some important licks to both Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters before he was rediscovered by a new generation of college-age fans in 1964.
The Father of the Delta Blues recorded this namesake LP for Columbia Records a year later in 1965. It s become, in the words of Living Blues magazine Essential recordings by one of the greatest bluesmen ever. And now, Analogue Productions presents a reissue unmatched in sonic quality and luxury presentation. For our version we turned to Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound to remaster the recording from the original master tapes. The freshly cut lacquers for this version we ve cut the album at 45 RPM for truer cartridge tracking and decreased distortion on the inner groove were then plated and pressed on 180-gram vinyl by our own Quality Record Pressings.
Son was born Eddie James House, Jr., on March 21, 1902, in Riverton, Miss. By the age of 15, he was preaching the gospel in various Baptist churches as the family seemingly wandered from one plantation to the next. He didn t even bother picking up a guitar until he turned 25 to quote House, I didn t like no guitar when I first heard it oh gee, I couldn t stand a guy playin a guitar. I didn t like none of it. But if his ambivalence to the instrument was obvious, even more obvious was the simple fact that Son hated plantation labour even more and had developed a taste for corn whiskey. After drunkenly launching into a blues at a house frolic in Lyon, Miss., one night and picking up some coin for doing it, the die seemed to be cast Son House may have been a preacher, but he was part of the blues world now.
Now, sit back and enjoy one of the genre s greatest, on a reissue that s the best that s been made to date. So authentic, so real - that s the Analogue Productions difference.
1. Death Letter Blues
2. Pearline
3. Louise McGhee
4. John The Revelator
5. Empire State Express
6. Preachin Blues
7. Grinning In Your Face
8. Sundown
9. Levee Camp Moan
10. Motherless Children bonus track
