I'd Rather Be the Devil: the Legendary 1931 Session [Import]

Skip James | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Revola
• ASIN: B000LC51R4
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,039 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Devil Got My Woman

2. Cypress Grove Blues

3. Cherry Ball Blues

4. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues

5. Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues

6. If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get On Down The Road

7. 22-20 Blues

8. How Long Buck

9. Be Ready When He Comes

10. Drunken Spree

11. I'm So Glad

12. Special Rider Blues

13. Hard Luck Child

14. Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader

15. Four O'Clock Blues

16. Illinois Blues

17. Yola My Blues Away

18. What Am I To Do Blues

Editorial Reviews

Repressing. UK collection from the Blues great. These 18 tracks are all that survive of 26 recorded for H.C. Speir of Paramount Records in Feb 1931. When, later in the year, Speir asked for more, Skip refused; he had found Jesus and gone to join his reformed father, who was now a Baptist minister, in Texas. And so, the reputation as one of the greatest singers in the history of the Blues, rests almost entirely on these 18 sides. Skip was a huge influence on Robert Johnson and was feted by Eric Clapton His 'I'm So Glad' was covered by Cream and 'Devil Got My Woman' was the pivotal track that so hooks Thora Birch's character in the marvelous film Ghost World. Rev-Ola.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Leave this one for the historians, December 22, 2009

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This review is from: I'd Rather Be the Devil: the Legendary 1931 Session (Audio CD)

I recently bought this CD recording and expected that the sound quality would not be very good. After listening to it for the first time, I am sorry that I took a chance on it. I had hoped that engineers would have cleaned the sound defects up much more than is the case. My advice to you is to "skip" this one and buy instead the later recordings from the mid-sixties when he still sang well and the sound
quality is up to standards. Don't make the same mistake that I made. I will probably never listen to this CD again.