or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
4 new from £8.20
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1929)
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1929)

~ Charley Patton
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
Price: £9.79 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 10? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
4 new from £8.20

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this with Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1929-1934) ~ Charley Patton

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1929) + Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1929-1934)
Price For Both: £20.77

Show availability and shipping details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1929-1934)

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1929-1934)

~ Charley Patton
£10.98
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Feb 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Document
  • ASIN: B000000J2D
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 264,318 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in this category:

    #56 in  Music > Blues > Instruments > Acoustic Guitar

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
1. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
2. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
3. Down The Dirt Road Blues
4. Pony Blues
5. Banty Rooster Blues
6. It Won't Be Long
7. Pea Vine Blues
8. Tom Rushen Blues
9. Spoonful Blues
10. Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
11. Prayer Of Death
12. Prayer Of Death
13. Lord I'm Discouraged
14. I'm Goin' Home
15. Going To Move To Alabama
16. Elder Greene Blues
17. Elder Greene Blues
18. Circle Round The Moon
19. Devil Sent The Rain Blues
20. Mean Black Cat Blues

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The first recordings by the Delta's first star., 1 Dec 2000
By A Customer
Document Records do an excellent job in issuing blues artists' complete recordings in chronological order, with artist biography and short song-by-song notes included. The sound is at best standard, obviously within the limits of these old recordings, which occasionally have a great deal of surface noise.

Charley Patton is the gravel voiced, guitar slapping (literally), feet stomping (again, literally), barrelhouse entertainer. Examples for couple-dancing tunes popular in the 1910's found on Volume I, are "Shake It & Break It" or the rag "A Spoonful Blues," probably a vaudeville song. They have different characteristics from the blues formula which Patton preferred. If in the first type he displays agility and convincing mastery for crowd entertainment of the era, in the second he uses and abuses the blues formula like no other bluesman does. Employing the traditional blues formula, he seems to open a parenthesis within another, until the listener does not know where the singer's heading. "Screaming and Hollering the Blues" is the first variant of a tune he will return to and modify even lyrically in later songs such as "Bird Nest Bound" and "Revenue Man." Known as 'Maggie Tune' it is more of an idea, rather than a song. It's only in the four religious pieces, "Prayer of Death" Part I & II, "Lord I'm Discouraged" and "I'm Going Home" that Patton employs a more mellow singing style. "Pony Blues" is regarded as a blues standard, that has inspired many artists from Son House to Bob Dylan re-working the song in "New Pony" on Street Legal. "A Spoonful Blues," was picked up and given a new treatment by Howlin' Wolf in "Spoonful". Just like Robert Johnson's guitar sounding like two, I still have to convince myself, it's only Patton on his own employing the two duetting vocal styles on "A Spoonful Blues."

This 3-CD complete recorded works are an archive, an ancient one at that, with all the ups and downs of a recording carrier. Like all archives, it needs some air letting into it. There is no trace of sugar coated marketing here. The tunes are raw, sometimes even more so than Blind Willie Johnson's treatment of song. Download the lyrics and you will get a better picture of it all! The Delta blues and Charley Patton as one of its foremost innovators, was one of the building blocks for Rock and Roll, in a time where song origins were still shrouded in mystery and personal trademarks emerging forcefully.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1929)
55% buy the item featured on this page:
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1929) 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£9.79
The Definitive
19% buy
The Definitive 4.5 out of 5 stars (2)
£10.78
Charley Patton 1934
14% buy
Charley Patton 1934 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
£15.98
Hang It on the Wall
12% buy
Hang It on the Wall 5.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£4.98
Explore similar items

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject










i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.