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SHIPPING TIME AND RETURN POLICY:

SHIPPING: We ship within 2 business days of payment most of the time (orders place over the weekend won't be processed until the following Monday. We ship via USPS: First Class for CDs, Media Mail for vinyl, and First Class Mail International for overseas orders (orders over 4lb require Priority Mail International). Actual shipping time varies by destination.

RETURNS: We generally do not accept returns except if something is not as described, and we take care to make sure everything fits our description. Sometimes CDs or vinyl will have a "cut-out" slice or "promo punch" either in the corner or through the UPC code - we will include this in the description if applicable. If there is a problem with an item, contact us and we will figure out the best action to take. We do NOT accept returns if you decide you simply don't like the item, or have buyer's remorse - buy wisely, and ask questions if necessary. Damage incurred during shipping should be brought up with the carrier but is extremely rare as we box everything adequately, including using extra cardboard for protection.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMBINING SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS WE SELL:

Use "Add To Cart". Before paying, there is a button marked "Ask Seller For A Total" - click this. Wait one business day for us to change the invoice or else it will charge you full shipping for each item (we will not refund extra shipping once paid). This may not work from a phone, only a computer. We have to change shipping by hand - typically we charge what is close to the actual cost with maybe a $1 USD handling fee per item to cover the cost of packing materials.

Item Summary:

For much of the 1960s, blues rock artists and groups like Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Eric Clapton and Cream, and Long John Baldry held sway among the zeitgeist of rock music. This movement was spearheaded largely by the unearthing and distribution of classic blues recordings from the past. Artists like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Willie Brown, and Eddie James House, otherwise known as Son House.

Prior to 1927, House was a devoutly religious gentleman from Clarksdale, Mississippi, who pastored in various deep South churches, and actively spoke out against the burgeoning music genre of blues music. All this would change after witnessing a performance which utilized a bottleneck guitar, which House had never seen before. The performance moved him to abandon preaching and pick performing blues up for himself, adapting his own style which combined the bottleneck guitar with his own experience performing religious songs and hymns.

During the 1930s, Son House recorded various singles which were released, but unsuccessful commercially, leading House to eventually give up performing in 1943. (But not before being recorded for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax.) Decades later House was rediscovered living in Rochester, New York, unaware of the 60s blues revival, but happy to return to touring and performing at festivals such as the Newport Folk Festival. Not long after, he was approached by producer John Hammond and guitarist Alan Wilson (of Canned Heat) to record a new album. Another decade later he retired to Michigan, where he resided until his death from cancer of the larynx.

The resulting sessions from Hammond and Wilson was released in 1965 as Father Of The Folk Blues. The album featured a sound heavy on twang from Son House's steel guitar, and drenched in the Delta spirit of House's own Southern drawl. The album is also notable for featuring House's most famous recording, "Death Letter", which has been re-recorded by The Grateful Dead, The White Stripes, Captain Beefheart, Derek Trucks Band, and numerous others.