Rare Blues Vinyl LPs In Stock

June 20, 2015 Tim Card eil.com News, Rare & Vintage Vinyl & CDs, Record Collecting News, Uncategorized 0

…we’ve just had a bunch of killer blues LPs swing through the doors at Eil Towers, with some hard-to-find original US pressings too, here’s a few highlights, for full list click here

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Rare 1961 US 10-track vinyl LP from the mighty John Lee Hooker, loving the sleeve too! Full info here
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Great collection, on esteemed reissue imprint Yazoo, which focuses on the little-known interplay between black blues musicians and white country/hillbilly artists, full info here
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Legendary blues album recorded whilst Williams was in prison on a murder charge, full info here
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Hailing from the same area of delta country as Son House, Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, John Lee Hooker it’s safe to say Robert Brown [Smoky Babe] was ‘steeped in the blues’. This hard-to-find album, recorded by folklorist Harry Oster, captured for posterity the rural blues guitarist in full swing, full info here
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Monster rare 1960 first US issue mono LP on the deep groove black & silver King label, featuring sixteen selections by the Blues titan, full info here

 

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