- Audio CD (Aug 5 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Vanguard Records
- ASIN: B000000EKV
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #56,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home |
| 2. Boys You're Welcom |
| 3. Joe Turner Blues |
| 4. First Shot Missed Him |
| 5. Farther Along |
| 6. Funky Butt |
| 7. Spider, Spider |
| 8. Waiting For You |
| 9. Shortnin' Bread |
| 10. Trouble, I've Had It All My Days |
| 11. Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me |
| 12. Good Morning, Carrie |
| 13. Nobody Cares For Me |
| 14. All Night Long |
| 15. Hey, Honey, Right Away |
| 16. You've Got To Die |
| 17. Goodnight Irene |
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
You have to really listen to it.
Aug 29 2003
Format:Audio CD
I listened to this album about five times before I noticed something unusual. The simple songs, the traditional lyrics, the rhythmic guitar, when added up, when listened to with something resembling sensitivity, convey a staggering and intense gentleness and peace. This guy RADIATES peace like some swami or guru. The beauty, though, is that he's not laying any philisophical trip on you. He's just being himself! You can tell that he is really at peace, and listening gives you just a little hint of that same peace in your own soul. He's one of a kind. Thank God for Mississippi John Hurt.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
simply wonderful
Nov 24 2000
Format:Audio CD
this is my first written review, and i've chosen to write about this album in particular because it's my favorite. i've been listening to it now for three or four years, and i also play his style of guitar, and this album has just grown and grown on me. he is his own little symphony orchestra, with his voice, his guitar basslines and his treble lines (which usually play the melody) working so well together...it's just music. if you haven't listened to this album (which is one of the best by m.j.h.) then give yourself a treat and do it. i tell you, this is brilliant stuff. another good album of his is the Immortal M.J.H. it truly is immortal. and anyone who says he was a better musician in 1928 as a young man doesn't know what they're talking about. voice more silky, yes, but as a guitarist and all-around singer he IMPROVED dramatically in 35+ years of practice alone on his front porch. please, buy this!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Hoser Joe
Aug 30 2005
Format:Audio CD
I have had this selection on vinyl for many years. As Kavity Killer (Dentist per chance?) notes this album is akin to a spiritual mantra. Mississippi John Hurt was counting days to his promised land when he recorded this music, in all of its profoundness, in 1966. Sometimes we miss the greatest poets in our own life, concentrating instead on sensationalist memorabilia. To listen to this simple music is nye on hearing the angels for any true lover of the folk-blues tradition. Buy it, this is no one just after fame and fortune here. This is timeless.
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