The Best of Charlie Patton

Charlie Patton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B0000CC4V5
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,736 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #13 in Music > Blues > Acoustic Blues
  • #15 in Music > Blues > Traditional Blues

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best sound!, January 5, 2005

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T. Furneaux (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Charlie Patton (Audio CD)

let me echo an earlier review: Yazoo has completely re-mastered these timeless songs from the best available 78's; I have never heard Patton sound so three-dimensional, the remastering bringing more of a living presence to the songs than ever before. I hear things I didn't hear before, the spoken asides jump out, little touches I hadn't noticed... I've listened to Charlie Patton for well over 30 years and have never heard him sound so good. It really is astounding what Yazoo has done. Kudos to Yazoo! Their approach to the remastering this time really paid off. This is the best sounding Patton there is.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very fine single-disc overview, April 4, 2004

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Charlie Patton (Audio CD)

If you're not up for one of the numerous Charlie Patton box sets, this is a really excellent alternative.
Yazoo's "The Best Of Charley Patton" gathers 23 cuts, 70 minutes of music, including "Down The Dirt Road Blues", "Pony Blues", "Shake It And Break It", "Banty Rooster Blues", and numerous others. The sound quality is a good as any disc you'll ever come across, and while these sides certainly aren't as clean as Robert Johnson's or Blind Willie McTell's prewar singles, Yazoo has done a really fine job remastering the songs.

There are other excellent Charlie Patton discs, like Wolf Records' "Pony Blues: His 23 Greatest Songs", Recall's very reasonably priced double-disc overview "Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues", and Snapper's brand new "Hang It On The Wall", but as far as single disc compilations go, none are better than this one, and few are quite as good.
A very fine purchase. And kudos to Yazoo Records for actually spelling Patton's name the way he spelled it himself!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best sounding Patton on disc, December 9, 2006

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Frederick II of Hohenstaufen "Amor et Hilaritas" (right here) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Charlie Patton (Audio CD)

I've heard four other discs of Charlie Patton's music and this new Yazoo re-remaster is by far the best sounding. Other Charlie Patton discs sound just plain muddy with too much high-end removed, others are nearly unlistenable, but not this one.

According to the liner notes, this is the first disc allowing the listener to hear "High Sheriff" and "Jersey Bull" at the correct speed. This is the only Patton disc with sound quality earning a five-star review as far as I'm concerned.