JOHN HAMMOND Big City Blues LP VANGUARD 1964 US reissue+stereo VSD-79153
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JOHN HAMMOND
with BILLY BUTLER & JAMES SPRUILL eklectric guitar, JIMMY LEWIS electric bass, BOBBY DONALDSON drums
One of the greatest performers of traditional blues, acoustic or electric.
John Hammond, Jr. is one of a handful of white blues musicians who was on
the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-'60s. That revival,
brought on by renewed interest in folk music around the U.S., brought about career
boosts for many of the great classic blues players, including Mississippi John Hurt,
Rev. Gary Davis, and Skip James. Some critics have described Hammond
as a white Robert Johnson, and Hammond does justice to classic blues by combining
powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive vocals and a dignified stage presence.
Within the first decade of his career as a performer, Hammond began crafting
a niche for himself that is completely his own: the solo guitar man, harmonica
slung in a rack around his neck, reinterpreting classic blues songs from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s...
"BIG CITY BLUES"
<reissue, originally published in 1964>
LP VANGUARD RECORDS VSD-79153 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. MID/LATE-60S SECOND STEREO PRESSING
[FIRST PRESSING: The maroon label was used for mono releases, while stereo labels used a similar design
with a black background and a new Stereolab logo that incorporated the lancer.
SECOND PRESSING (This one):The most familiar 1960s Vanguard labels come in several variations.
The 'VANGUARD' print and the 'RECORDINGS FOR THE CONNOISSEUR' slogan were combined to fill the upper half of the perimeter
with the label name in bold at the top center. The lancer was moved to the bottom center. The principal colour of these labels was gold.
The text 'STEREO' or 'STEREOLAB' in the bottom right quadrant indicates stereo pressings.]
STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE). THIN VINYL
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: VANGUARD - GOLD LABEL w/The LANCER on the BOTTOM CENTER - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: VSD-79153
Catalog on labels: VSD-79153-A (XSV 140550) / VSD-79153-B (XSV 140551)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): VSD-79153A o XSV140550-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): VSD-79153B o XSV140551-1A
On labels: rim text reads "Recordings For VANGUARD The Connoisseur" "STEREO"
Copyright 1964
Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., N.Y.
Recorded in U.S.A.
On front cover: Motorcycle by courtesy of Honda of New York
On back cover: Notes by S. W. Bennett and Robert Shelton, New York Times
This is a Vanguard Stereolab Stereophonic disc cut by the new 45/45 system.....
Printed in U.S.A.
tracklistingSide A: I'M READY - MY STARTER WON'T START - BARBECUE BLUES
I'M A MAN - BARRELHOUSE WOMAN BLUES - MIDNIGHT HOUR BLUES
Side B: BACKDOOR MAN - I LIVE THE LIFE I LOVE - NO MONEY DOWN
MY BABE - WHEN YOU GOT A GOOD FRIEND - BABY, WON'T YOU TELL ME
gradingRECORD EX (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX (please, see pictures and read above description)
Hammond's second effort was one of the first electric white blues recordings,
and one of the very first that could be said to be blues-rock...(AllMusic)
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