A1 Worried Blues
A2 Little Boy
A3 War Service Blues
A4 Lonesome Blues
A5 The Blood Has Made Me Whole
B1 Lovin' Home Blues
B2 Penitentiary Moan Blues
B3 Guitar Slim Blues
B4 Trouble Blues
B5 Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
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Very interesting, but marred by bad pre-echo which detracts somewhat from my enjoyment
On second thoughts it seems the actual cause is likely to be tape print through.
My ears aren't to good anymore but could you give name 1 track for me to listen to?
Happens to some extent on nearly all tracks, perhaps easiest to discern on Track 2, Little Boy. If you listen to the quieter parts you can hear in the background a pre-figuration of the louder parts which follow. It is less noticeable on the piano accompanied pieces, but you can still pick it up. This is typical of tape print through.
I gave the track a good listen and I can hear what you mentioned. Not so much a problem for me as I usually don't hear this sort of glitches.
Remember that those records were not made in studio but by field researcher Kip Lornell who used portable equipment from 40 years and more ago... Those recordings are certainly not technically perfect but because it was made on the field, at the bluesman's home, there are much more guts, flesh and blood in it. I had the opportunity to be with Kip on one of his field trip around Memphis and I can testify how difficult it was to gain confidence of the people and convince them to record... We should be grateful that people like Lornell, Evans and others did this field researches and recordings because without them hundreds of country bluesmen would never have been recorded...
Interestingly the two tracks from this LP posted on YouTube by Stefan Wirz show no signs of this kind of distortion at all, in fact the originals were quite well recorded despite any difficulties in the field. I venture that the problems with the current upload stem from its origin as possibly a tape copy rather than direct from the original LP
Not much can be done about it as I don't own an original LP. This copy, be it from a tape or lp, is what's available now.Unless someone comes up with a new rip.
@albert
https://www28.zippyshare.com/v/djljCgPu/file.html
I'm looking for a new link.Many thanks
Many thanks, Xyros
I used to visit James "Guitar Slim" Stephens at his house on McGee St in Greensboro in the early 70s. I'd bring a half pint of whiskey and a guitar and we'd jam and chat for hours. His skills were already in decline by then but he was a man of great wit and wisdom. Surprised to learn he was 're-discovered' in the 90s. He was well known to local blues musos and fans way before.
Could you please repost this
Many thanks
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