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01. Leadbelly - Sermon On Pancakes
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02. Leadbelly - The Blood's Done Signed Your Name
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03. Rev. Gary Davis - Come Down To See Me Sometime
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04. Rev. Gary Davis - Lost John
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05. Rev. Gary Davis - Soldier's Drill
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06. Leadbelly - Gallows Pole
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07. Leadbelly - Leaving Blues
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08. Rev. Gary Davis - Slow Blues In E
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09. Big Bill Broonzy - Starvation Blues
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10. Leola B. Wilson & Blind Blake - Black Biting Bee Blues
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11. Rev. Gary Davis - Mountain Jack
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12. Rev. Gary Davis - I Didn't Want To Join The Band
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13. Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag
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14. William Moore - Raggin' The Blues
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15. William Moore - Old Country Rock
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16. Gus Cannon & Blind Blake - Poor Boy
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17. Ramblin' Thomas - Poor Boy
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18. Charley Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
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19. Charley Patton - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
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20. Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Groan
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21. Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave
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22. Edward Thompson - Seven Sisters Blues
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23. Ramblin' Thomas - Hard Dallas Blues
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24. Ramblin' Thomas - Back Gnawing Blues
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25. Ramblin' Thomas - Going Crazy
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Lifting The Veil: The First Bluesmen
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
WORLD ARBITER
CATALOG #
WA 2008CD
WA 2008CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/2/2010
2015 repress. Subtitled:
Rev. Gary Davis & Peers
. Another exceptional archival release from
Allan Evans
' World Arbiter label. After years of preparation, World Arbiter offers new vivid restorations of discs from
Harry Smith
's Archive. Pioneering legendary artists are heard in a variety of genres which were essential in creating the blues. The accompanying text contains selections from an astonishing discovery: an unknown 1951 oral history of
Rev. Gary Davis
, providing a candid, unparalleled insight into his life. Includes two previously-unpublished recordings (Rev. Gary Davis from 1956/1957 and
Leadbelly
from 1941), plus various obscure 78 tracks from Harry Smith's collection (all recorded circa 1926-1929). The liner notes also include an excerpt from an unknown, unpublished oral history of Davis compiled in 1951 by
Elizabeth Lyttleton Harold
, the wife of
Alan Lomax
. Other artists include
Big Bill Broonzy
,
Leola B. Wilson
,
Buddy Boy Hawkins
,
William Moore
,
Gus Cannon and Blind Blake
,
Ramblin' Thomas
,
Charley Patton
,
Rube Lacy
, and
Edward Thompson
.
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