Blues at Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-1964 [Live]

Newport Folk Festival | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000ECQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,552 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Traditional Blues
  • #47 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > West Coast Blues

Track Listings

1. Candy Man

2. Coffee Blues

3. Stagolee

4. Long Gone

5. Key to the Highway

6. Samson and Delilah

7. I Won't Be Back No More

8. The Prodigal Son

9. I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down

10. Devil Got My Woman

11. Clean up at Home

12. On My Way from Texas

13. Bulldog Blues

14. I Double Double Do Love You

15. San Francisco Bay Blues

16. Me and the Devil Blues

17. Sometimes You Make Me Feel So Bad

18. Hobo Blues

19. That Will Never Happen to Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for Stonesphiles..., May 16, 2003

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Tod C. Armstrong (Rohnert Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues at Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-1964 (Audio CD)

A very nice collection of songs from late 50's to early 60's at the NFF...most of these are on the 3-cd set that was recently released. However a handful are not on that set - including a powerful 9:30 rendition of Rev.Robert Wilkins classic Prodigal Son, which of course was covered by the Stones on Beggar's Banquet. Here you find the inspiration for the Stones version, which included only a handful of the many verses that Wilkins' had...also, you hear how Charlie and Keith appropriated the guitar and percussion (Wilkins' foot, here) parts for the Stones' version. A must-hear experience!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine collection of recordings, August 7, 2006

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J. Mercik (Hartford, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues at Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-1964 (Audio CD)

In short: I am on Amazon right now, shopping for this CD because my first one is worn out. Good stuff.

There are many fine recordings on this CD... I have listened to it over and over for the last 10 or so yrs. In addition I have found that people who don't usually listen to country blues seem to enjoy this collection. It has an airy and intimate recording quality.

Specifically: The whole 1st half of the CD is great... The John Hurt recordings are all charming & spirited ('Coffee Blues' is super), as are the Terry/McGhee tunes (check out 'Long Gone.'). Gary Davis' recording of 'Samson & Delilah' shows Mr. Davis at his showtime best. Skip James's 'Devil Got My Woman' and Robt. Wilkens 'Prodigal Son' are, in my opinion, the best versions extant of those performers' best compositions ... i.e. these are must-have recordings. The John Estes tune is a good example of his jugband trio with Yank Rachel and Hammy Nixon, and 'That'll Never Happen No More' by Dave Van Ronk is a clever reworking of the Blind Blake version.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great songs with mixed quality sound of the era; however, it does have "Prodigal Son"!, November 18, 2011

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J. Bynum (the southwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues at Newport Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-1964 (Audio CD)

Blues at Newport/ Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival 1959-1964: The recording quality of the era was not great but the performances here rise above any of those limitations. The lineup of artists here is pretty amazing: Mississippi John Hurt, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Reverend Gary Davis, Reverend Robert Wilkins, Skip James, Sleepy John Estes, Robert Williams, Jesse Fuller, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Dave Van Ronk! The performances here are mostly subdued, nobody here is really bringing the house down, but this CD does have a nearly 10 Minute version of "The Prodigal Son" done by the man himself - The Reverend Robert Wilkins! This is a fine, if not completely satisfying CD.