Son House – Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

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Label:	Legacy – C2K 48867, Columbia – C2K 48867
Series:	Roots N' Blues
Format:	2 x CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	US
Released:	1992
Genre:	Blues
Style:	Delta Blues

Tracklist

1-1	Death Letter	4:21
1-2	Pearline	4:34
1-3	Louise McGhee	6:13
1-4	John The Revelator	2:32
1-5	Empire State Express	3:41
1-6	Preachin' Blues	5:45
1-7	Grinnin' In Your Face	2:08
1-8	Sundown	6:14
1-9	Levee Camp Moan Harmonica – Al Wilson (2)	9:27
2-1	Death Letter	5:53
2-2	Levee Camp Moan Harmonica – Al Wilson (2)	4:52
2-3	Grinnin' In Your Face	3:14
2-4	John The Revelator	2:17
2-5	Preachin' Blues	5:29
2-6	President Kennedy	3:44
2-7	A Down The Staff	3:42
2-8	Motherless Children	4:30
2-9	Yonder Comes My Mother Guitar – Al Wilson (2)	3:40
2-10	Shake It And Break It	2:43
2-11	Pony Blues	5:24
2-12	Downhearted Blues	7:08

Companies, etc.

Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDP-077314
Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDP-077315
Pressed By – Digital Audio Disc Corp.

Credits

Arranged By – Son House (tracks: 1-4, 2-8, 2-9)
Art Direction – Howard Fritzson
Artwork [Cover Photo Hand-tinting] – Katsumi Kawamura
Coordinator [Packaging Coordinator] – Hope Chasin
Engineer [Digital Restoration And Engineering] – David Mitson, Mark Wilder
Executive Producer, Supervised By [Project Director] – Gary Pacheco
Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Reissue Producer [Roots N' Blues Series Producer] – Lawrence Cohn
Producer [Original Recordings] – Frank Driggs, John Hammond
Vocals – Son House (tracks: 1-4, 1-7, 2-3, 2-4)
Vocals, Resonator Guitar [Steel-bodied National Guitar] – Son House (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8 to 2-2, 2-5 to 2-12)
Written-By – Son House (tracks: 1-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-10 to 2-12)

Notes

Recorded in New York City, April 12-14, 1965.
Digital restoration and engineering at Sony Studios, Los Angeles, and Sony Studios New York.

Tracks 2-1 to 2-5 are previously unreleased alternate takes. Tracks 2-6 to 2-12 are previously unissued tracks.

The track durations listed on the release are in error; the actual durations are given above.

No SID codes on this version.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7464-48867-2
Barcode (Scanned): 074644886726
SPARS Code: AAD
Other (Catalog number CD 1): CK 52704
Other (Catalog number CD 2): CK 52705
Matrix / Runout (CD 1, hub text): Made in USA - Digital Audio Disc Corp.
Matrix / Runout (CD 1, mirrored): DIDP-077314 2
Matrix / Runout (CD 2, mirrored): DIDP-077315 1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Father Of Folk Blues (LP, Album)	CBS	62604	Netherlands	1965
New Submission	Father Of Folk Blues (LP, Promo, Mono)	Columbia	CL 2417	US	1965
New Submission	Father Of Folk Blues (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS	S 62.604	France	1965
New Submission	Father Of Folk Blues (LP, Album, Mono)	CBS	62.604	France	1965
New Submission	Father Of Folk Blues (LP, Stereo)	Columbia	CS 9217	US	1965