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JOHN HAMMOND

with BILLY BUTLER & JAMES SPRUILL eklectric guitar, JIMMY LEWIS electric bass, BOBBY DONALDSON drums

One of the greatest performers of traditional blues, acoustic or electric. John Hammond, Jr. is one of a handful of white blues musicians who was on the scene at the beginning of the first blues renaissance of the mid-'60s. That revival, brought on by renewed interest in folk music around the U.S., brought about career boosts for many of the great classic blues players, including Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, and Skip James. Some critics have described Hammond as a white Robert Johnson, and Hammond does justice to classic blues by combining powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive vocals and a dignified stage presence. Within the first decade of his career as a performer, Hammond began crafting a niche for himself that is completely his own: the solo guitar man, harmonica slung in a rack around his neck, reinterpreting classic blues songs from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s...

"BIG CITY BLUES"

<reissue, originally published in 1964>

LP       VANGUARD RECORDS      VSD-79153  STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.      EARLY-70s REPRESSING

STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE).   THIN VINYL

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: VANGUARD - MARBLED LABEL w/The LANCER on the BOTTOM CENTER - BLACK/WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: VSD-79153

Catalog on labels: VSD-79153-A  XSV 140550 / VSD-79153-B  XSV 140551

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): XSV140550-1B   V SD 79153 A

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): XSV140551-1B   V SD 79153 B

On labels: bottom rim text "Recordings For VANGUARD The Connoisseur"   "Warning: Unauthorized.....prosecution"

Vanguard Stereophonic Disc

Copyright 1964

Vanguard Recording Society, Inc., N.Y.

Recorded in U.S.A.

On front cover: Motorcycle by courtesy of honda of New York

On back cover: Notes by S. W. Bennett and Robert Shelton, New York Times

This is a Vanguard Stereolab stereophonic disc cut by the new 45/45 system.....

Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: I'M READY - MY STARTER WON'T START - BARBECUE BLUES

I'M A MAN - BARRELHOUSE WOMAN BLUES - MIDNIGHT HOUR BLUES

Side B: BACKDOOR MAN - I LIVE THE LIFE I LOVE - NO MONEY DOWN

MY BABE - WHEN YOU GOT A GOOD FRIEND - BABY, WON'T YOU TELL ME

grading

RECORD EX  (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX (please, see pictures and read above description)

Hammond's second effort was one of the first electric white blues recordings, 

and one of the very first that could be said to be blues-rock...(AllMusic)