Release Date: 09 February 2024
Label: Blues Joint
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563185106
Genres: Blues  
Release Date: 09 February 2024
Label: Blues Joint
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563185106
Genres: Blues  
Description
180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION. The Complete Album + 2 Bonus Tracks.
Recorded in April 1959, Tupelo Blueswas Hooker's first LP packaged for the folk/traditional blues market, where the blues legend played nothing but the acoustic guitar, and sang straight to the bone with his soul drenched vocal delivery. The album was a key change from his earlier recordings, most of which had featured Hooker on an electric guitar with his trademark reverb and stomping foot. This is an intimate session featuring standards such as "How Long Blues","Bottle Up and Go", and his first recorded take of "Tupelo Blues", one of his all-time classics.
"There's heartache, sadness, joy, and hope in these songs, and one can wish that this is the beginning of a series of Hooker recordings outside the R&B field that will get better as they go along." - Down Beat, 4 STARS
"Hooker plays nothing but acoustic guitar, and seems to have selected a repertoire with old-school country-blues in mind." - AllMusic, 4.5 STARS
Tracklisting
Blind Gary Davis
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Little Walter
Son House
Leadbelly
Otis Rush
Lightnin' Hopkins & Sonny Terry
Bobby Bland
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker