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Skip James Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (23 Oct 1995)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Ace
  • ASIN: B000025VSB
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,160 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Hard Times Killing Floor Blues
2. Crow Jane
3. Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
4. Special Rider Blues
5. Drunken Spree
6. Cherryball
7. How Long
8. All Night Long
9. Cypress Grove
10. Look Down The Road
11. My Gal
12. I'm So Glad

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Just true and simple beauty 18 Nov 2000
Format:Audio CD
This a true classic country-blues album. Recorded and issued in the mid-sixties by the re-discovered bluesman Skip James. He was an old man at the time (born 1902) and had been away from recording-business for decades. The album is maybe the most, in true sense, beautiful blues-album I ever have heard. James is not as devilish as Robert Johnson or nor as mean as Muddy Waters or Sonny Boy Williamson can be but he's small stories of the black man's life in southern USA are both touching and exemple of pure poetry. He's guitar-playing is masterful. This album is a milestone in country-blues and should not be missed by anyone with true intrest in blues and R&B.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A glass half-empty.... 4 May 2007
By jbezzo VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Skip James was perhaps the most unremittedly morose performer in all bluesdom, and by the time he recorded this album he was an ailing, bitter old man. Having not recorded for over thirty years since his sessions for Paramount, he viewed his later work with contempt, barely concealing his bitterness that success was coming near the end of his life. Nevertheless, drawing from his canon of superb late twenties recordings, he reels off dazzling guitar showpieces and demonstrates an idiosyncratic piano technique picked from the Memphis brothels where he added pimp and house-pianist to his CV. "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" is a stand-out, perhaps the second greatest depression song ever, and one the finest examples of James's eerie falsetto and cross-tuned guitar. Also featured are "Cherry Ball", "Crow Jane" "Drunken Spree" and of course, "I'm So Glad" a brief, freewheeling song which Cream would later turn into a live staple that would last about as long as the last ice age. A classic acoustic blues album, ideally it should be purchased with "Devil Got my Woman" which is a perfect companion piece
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5.0 out of 5 stars PURE BLUES 13 Aug 2007
Format:Audio CD
I have the originals of Skip James and in my opinion his brilliant falsetto vocals and superb accoustic guitar playing have actually improved over the years although the sound quality on this cd is excellent. Big Bill Broonzy once said "you don't just sing the blues, you have to feel them" this is where I feel Skip James rates so highly with the likes of Robert Johnson and Tommy Johnson. You can hear the emotions in his voice. "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues", "Crow Jane" and "I'm So Glad" are just a few examples of pure blues, however, I can state quite categorically that there is not one bad track on this cd. It was an absolute travesty that Skip James did not benefit more from his brilliance!
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