Blind Willie Mctell Document Records

Tracks a6 to b1 recorded on october 17 1928 in atlanta ga.

Blind willie mctell document records.

Tracks b2 to b4 recorded on october 30 1929 in atlanta ga. Blind willie mctell vol. Document 8000 series. Explore releases from blind willie mctell at discogs.

Blind willie performed as blind sammie on tracks b2 to b5 blind sammie tracks a1 to a5 recorded on october 18 1927 in atlanta ga. Blues lovers who crave the early recordings of blind willie mctell need look no further than the digitally re mastered document records 3 disc box set with informative booklet notes written by david evans full discographical details and new cover art. The original ninyl blues document series preserved on cd. Bob dylanpaid tribute to mctell on at least four occasions.

1 1927 1931 docd 5006. Shop for vinyl cds and more from blind willie mctell at the discogs marketplace. In 2013 jack white s third man records teamed up with document records to issue the complete recorded works in chronological order of charley patton blind willie mctell and the mississippi sheiks. 2005 03 22 auto generated by youtube.

By the time georgia native william samuel blind willie mctell earned ten dollars by sitting down in a hotel room in atlanta on november 5 1940 to preserve his artistry on 15 transcription platters for the library of congress he had achieved a degree of fame by having recorded some 85 sides for multiple labels during the years 1927 1936. Was never able to re establish in these post war years the level of fame he had enjoyed during the heyday of the race records mctell died of a stroke in 1959. Includes classic recordings such as blind willie mctell library of congress session of 1940 classic post war recordings by memphis minnie by jessie thomas brother of ramblin thomas carolina slim cripple clarence lofton and many more. Disc 1 comprises of the sessions he recorded for victor columbia and okeh from 1927 to 1931.

Further recordings by blind willie mctell can be found on document bdcd 6001 complete 1940 library of congress recordings and docd 5677 triple cd set. Available on cd and download only from the document records store.