A lot of excitement is generated by their approach, which is just to pile on top of each other, play as loud, hard, and strong as they can, and let the devil take the hindmost - John Miller on Little Buddy Doyle's Renewed Love Blues
Normally I let ebay listings stay on ebay, but this one just has me too curious. Currently there is a listing for "LP - Private Record - Rev. Robert Wilkins - RARE". There is no track information given.
"Private Records PR 4 12" 33rpm LP Rare record Limited to 99 Copies - Not For Sale on label"
Using the zoom feature I can see the label has "1964" printed on it, and the tail end of a track title "...g Down", presumably "I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down"
Pretty sure that was a Document-related release of recordings from Newport and other festivals. I remember seeing it in the first Document catalog I had back in '91 or so. I couldn't afford anything pretty much at that time so didn't get it. Never seen a copy.
The same label had some Son House I think from his last public performance.
Pretty sure that was a Document-related release of recordings from Newport and other festivals. I remember seeing it in the first Document catalog I had back in '91 or so. I couldn't afford anything pretty much at that time so didn't get it. Never seen a copy.
The same label had some Son House I think from his last public performance.
Excellent memory Chris. From a section of the back page of the August 1990 Document catalogue.
Thank you, fellas. Somehow I missed it on Stefan's discography as well, since it is there now that I look again. There are some titles on there that are not familiar to me. And the only version I have of Thank You Jesus is an instrumental, so would love to hear him with the Georgia Sea Island Singers. Someone should buy this and send me a copy.
I'm not sure (my references aren't handy) but I think everything on this album has since been made available elsewhere.
Stefan is usually very good at keeping his discographies up to date but, with the exception of the Newport, I can't seem to spot the Chicago or Washington cropping up elsewhere.
Pretty sure that was a Document-related release of recordings from Newport and other festivals. I remember seeing it in the first Document catalog I had back in '91 or so. I couldn't afford anything pretty much at that time so didn't get it. Never seen a copy.
The same label had some Son House I think from his last public performance.
Excellent memory Chris. From a section of the back page of the August 1990 Document catalogue.
CLICK TO ZOOM. Hope it's readable.
Thanks for posting that, Alan! That was the one I had. Probably still have it buried in a pile of old magazines somewhere...
I'm not sure (my references aren't handy) but I think everything on this album has since been made available elsewhere.
Stefan is usually very good at keeping his discographies up to date but, with the exception of the Newport, I can't seem to spot the Chicago or Washington cropping up elsewhere.
It was indeed a Document issue which mopped up Wilkins tracks issued on a variety of other sources. Re-united with my references, I find?
Glory Glory Hallelujah, Just a Closer Walk With Thee also on CBS (Columbia) S2BP-220205, Rare Gems (that might be an Australia/NZ issue; if so, dunno the US/UK issue)
Oh Lord I Want You To Help Me, I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down ? Takoma TAK-7081, Rare Blues
The Gamblin? Man, Old Time Religion, Holy Ghost Train, I Wish I Was In Heaven ? Biograph BLP-12027, anthology This Old World's In a Hell of a Fix.
Don?t know any CD issue for the Columbia and Takoma tracks, but a CD version of BLP-12017 was on BCD-130, which dropped Holy Ghost Train and The Gamblin? Man, replacing them with Rock of Ages and When I Lay My Burden Down.
The Newport Folk Festival ones have also appeared elsewhere, with the exception of Thank You Jesus, and I have a vague memory that despite the Document LP listing the track, it wasn?t present on the album. Can anyone confirm or deny? (And if it?s deny? I need that track!!!)