Fred McDowell – The Alan Lomax Recordings
Label: | Mississippi Records – MR-074, Domino Sound – DS032 |
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Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Blues |
Style: | Delta Blues, Country Blues |
Tracklist
| A1 | Shake 'Em On Down | 2:45 | |
| A2 | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | 2:58 | |
| A3 | Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning | 3:11 | |
| A4 | Fred McDowell's Blues | 4:14 | |
| A5 | Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus | 3:18 | |
| A6 | Drop Down Mama | 2:53 | |
| B1 | Going Down To The River | 5:04 | |
| B2 | Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down | 2:11 | |
| B3 | When The Train Comes Along | 2:52 | |
| B4 | When You Get Home Please Write Me A Few Of Your Lines | 3:26 | |
| B5 | Worried Mind Blues | 3:36 | |
| B6 | Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning (Instrumental Reprise) | 0:35 |
Companies, etc.
- Licensed To – Mississippi Records
- Copyright © – Odyssey Productions, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Odyssey Productions, Inc.
- Mastered At – Stereophonic Mastering
Credits
- Liner Notes – Adam Machado, Nathan Salsburg
- Mastered By – Timothy Stollenwerk
- Recorded By [Assistant] – Shirley Collins
- Recorded By, Photography By – Alan Lomax
Notes
"Fred McDowell: The Alan Lomax Recordings" is a collaboration by the Alan Lomax Archive, Mississippi Records, Little Axe Records, and Domino Sound.
Mastered in Portland, Oregon.
Earliest recordings of Fred McDowell. Recorded in Como, Mississippi, September 21-25, 1959.
Includes a glossy two-sided 10" x 10" liner note insert.
Association for Cultural Equity. Under exclusive license to Mississippi Records. Courtesy of the Alan Lomax Archive. All rights reserved.
Mastered in Portland, Oregon.
Earliest recordings of Fred McDowell. Recorded in Como, Mississippi, September 21-25, 1959.
Includes a glossy two-sided 10" x 10" liner note insert.
Association for Cultural Equity. Under exclusive license to Mississippi Records. Courtesy of the Alan Lomax Archive. All rights reserved.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 725543596116
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout etched): MR074-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout etched): MR074-B
Other Versions (5 of 7)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The First Recordings (CD, Remastered) | Rounder Records | Rounder CD 1718 | US | 1997 | ||
Recently Edited | The First Recordings (CD, Remastered) | P-Vine Records, Rounder Records | PCD-5242 | Japan | 1997 | ||
New Submission | The First Recordings (CD, Reissue, Remastered) | Rounder Records | Rounder CD 1718 | US | 2002 | ||
New Submission | The First Recordings (CD, Reissue, Remastered) | Rounder Records | Rounder CD 1718 | US | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | The Alan Lomax Recordings (Cassette, Album, Remastered) | Mississippi Records, Domino Sound | MR074, DS032 | US | 2011 |
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Reviews
Very pleased with this release, both the packaging and the pressing. No escaping the fact that these are field recordings, but the sound is excellent considering the source - "Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus" in particular is hauntingly clear and vivid. My copy plays nice and clean, with occasional light surface noise.
Edited one year agoI just got a 2011 copy of this. Started with my stereo cart seemed panned a little left and flat. Switched to mono via the pre-amp, and it sounded centered but just flat Now I am playing it through my actual mono cartridge and it just lit up like it is live performance in front me.
What’s the sound quality like on this pressing? I expect field recordings to be a lil primitive of course
same sessions as First Recordings (https://www.discogs.com/Fred-McDowell-The-First-Recordings/master/1306139) but with differing song sequence and a couple of titles that differ (though maybe they're not different songs).
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