ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP Roebuck Man ORIGINAL 1970 UK UA MINT/UNPLAYED

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ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP Roebuck Man ORIGINAL 1970 UK UA MINT/UNPLAYED

FRONT LAMINATED UPTON SLEEVE - SUPERB TRAD BLUES

ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP
Roebuck Man

1970 UK United Artists (UAS 29092) ORIGINAL PRESSING OF ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP'S "Roebuck Man"
HIS FIRST RECORDING FOR A MAJOR LABEL IN YEARS AND ONE OF THE LAST RECORDS HE MADE
Recorded February 26, 1970 at Regent "A" Studios, London, England
IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION - NEVER BEEN PLAYED (prior to my one careful play-check)
DELIVERING FLAWLESS MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT (the record undulates slightly when revolving on the turntable but this has no effect on the sound) - THE RECORD SLEEVE IS ALSO LIKE-NEW (with just a little rubbing to the black colour on the back opening edge but as this copy has been kept in a protective sleeve and boxed since new I can only assume this 'rubbing' was present from new)

Arthur Crudup was Elvis Presley's favourite bluesman and he recorded no less than three of "Big Boy's" Victor classics during his seminal rockabilly heyday: "That's All Right Mama" (Elvis' Sun debut in 1954), "So Glad You're Mine," and "My Baby Left Me."
Often lost in all the hubbub surrounding Presley's classic covers are Crudup's own contributions to the blues lexicon.
He didn't sound much like anyone else, and that makes him an innovator, albeit a rather rudimentary guitarist (he didn't even pick up the instrument until he was 30 years old).

Around 1940, Crudup migrated to Chicago from Mississippi. Times were tough at first; he was playing for spare change on the streets and living in a packing crate underneath an elevated train track when powerful RCA/Bluebird producer Lester Melrose dropped a few coins in Crudup's hat. Melrose hired Crudup to play a party that 1941 night at Tampa Red's house attended by the cream of Melrose's stable: Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Johnson, Lil Green. A decidedly tough crowd to impress -- but Crudup overcame his nervousness with flying colors. By September of 1941, he was himself an RCA artist.

Crudup pierced the uppermost reaches of the R&B lists during the mid-'40s with "Rock Me Mama," "Who's Been Foolin' You," "Keep Your Arms Around Me," "So Glad You're Mine," and "Ethel Mae." He cut the original "That's All Right" in 1946 backed by his usual rhythm section of bassist Ransom Knowling and drummer Judge Riley, but it wasn't a national hit at the time. Crudup remained a loyal and prolific employee of Victor until 1954, when a lack of tangible rewards for his efforts soured Crudup on Nipper (he had already cut singles in 1952 for Trumpet disguised as Elmer James and for Checker as Percy Lee Crudup).

In 1961, Crudup surfaced after a long layoff with an album for Bobby Robinson's Harlem-based Fire logo dominated by remakes of his Bluebird hits. Another lengthy hiatus preceded Delmark boss Bob Koester's following the tip of Big Joe Williams to track down the elusive legend (Crudup had drifted into contract farm labour work in the interim). Happily, the guitarist's sound hadn't been dimmed by Father Time: his late-'60s work for Delmark rang true as he was reunited with Knowling (Willie Dixon also handled bass duties on some of his sides).
Finally, Crudup began to make some decent money, playing various blues and folk festivals for appreciative crowds for a few years prior to his 1974 death

MATRIX : UAS 29092 A-2G / UAS 29092 B-1G
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A and 1/R
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A SINGLE FULLY LAMINATED (and deeply glossy) SLEEVE "Printed and Made by The Upton Printing Group"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" TEXT PRINTED IN GREY

Side 1:
I Don't Worry
Needle Time
Room And Board
Blind Man Sees
Long Curly Mane
Roebuck Man
Old And Grey
Side 2:
Before You Go
Korrina Korrina
Boogie In The Morning
Get You In My Arms
What Are You Trying To Do?
Burying Ground

ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY ‘KNIFING’ DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY

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