THE RURAL BLUES A Study Of The Vocal & Instrumental Resources 2-LP BOX VG/VG+

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VINYL: VG to VG+ vinyl, both records with several very light marks, plays well with just minor occasional surface noise

SLEEVE: VG+, box fully intact with minor wear, includes booklet, see photos. 

Tracklist Volume One, Side One: Vocal Styles Coarse Vocal Tone A1 –Will Shade I Can't Stand It Deeper Chest Tones A2 –Hambone Willie Newburn* Shelby County Work House Blues Clearer Head Tones A3 –Robert Johnson From Four Until Late Simple Rhythm A4 –Furry Lewis You Can Leave, Baby Complex Regular Rhythms A5 –Sleepy John Estes Milk Cow Blues Irregular Phrase Length, Regular Rhythm A6 –L'il Son Jackson* Roberta Blues A7 –Blind Boy Fuller Thousand Woman Blues Extended Vocal Chant A8 –Arthur Crudup* If I Get Lucky Freely Rhythmic Chant A9 –Charlie Pickett Down The Highway Volume One, Side Two: Vocal Ornamentation Falsetto B1 –Kokomo Arnold Milk Cow Blues False Bass B2 –Blind Willie Johnson Take Your Burden To The Lord Growl B3 –Tommy McClennan New Highway 51 Hum B4 –Blind Willie McTell Mama T'aint Long Fo' Day Laugh B5 –Charlie Burse Take Your Fingers Off It Spoken Interjection B6 –Charlie Lincoln* My Wife Drove Me From My Door B7 –Peg Leg Howell Skin Game Blues Recitative Verses B8 –Lightnin' Hopkins Goin Back To Florida Mixed Style B9 –Robert Johnson Standing At The Crossroads Volume Two: Instrumental Side Three: Guitar As Melodic Voice Picked C1 –Lightnin' Hopkins One Kind Favor C2 –Blind Willie Johnson Nobody's Fault But Mine Bottle Neck C3 –Furry Lewis Warm Up Guitar As Complex Rhythmic Accompaniment C4 –Bukka White Bukka's Jitterbug Swing C5 –Peg Leg Howell Coal Man Blues Other Instruments 12 String Guitar C6 –Blind Willie McTell Southern Can Mama Banjo C7 –Papa Charlie Jackson Airy Man Blues Piano C8 –Skip James Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues Piano And Guitar C9 –Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell New How Long How Long Blues Side Four: Added Melodic Instruments Harmonica D1 –Sonny Terry & Oh Red With Blind Boy Fuller Harmonica Stomp Violin D2 –Frank Stokes Shiney Town Blues Kazoo D3 –Virgil Perkins Trouble In Mind Added Rhythm Instruments Bass- Plucked D4 –Arthur Crudup* Mean Old Frisco Bass- Bowed D5 –Brownie McGhee Sportin' Life Blues Washboard D6 –Virgil Perkins Solo Larger Accompaniment Groups D7 –Charlie Burse Tippin' Round D8 –Ham Gravy Mama Don't 'Low It D9 –Moochie Reeves Key To The Highway 

Companies, etc. Copyright (c) – Record, Book And Film Sales, Inc. Credits Compiled By, Liner Notes, Photography By – Samuel B. Charters Design [Cover] – Ronald Clyne Photography By – Ann Charters Recorded By – Samuel B. Charters (tracks: A1, A4, B5, B8, C1, C3, D3, D6, D9) 

Notes This version: Box: Blue and black with "The Rural Blues" written in white. Dated 1960 on back. RF 202 catalog number. Labels: Off-white with brown print. Dated 1964. RF 202(x) catalog number. Booklet insert: 202X catalog number. Dated 1964.