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$12.00
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ARTIST
TITLE
Lifting The Veil: The First Bluesmen
FORMAT
CD

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CATALOG #
WA 2008CD WA 2008CD
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RELEASE DATE
2/2/2010

2015 repress. Subtitled: Rev. Gary Davis & Peers. Another exceptional archival release from Allan Evans' World Arbiter label. After years of preparation, World Arbiter offers new vivid restorations of discs from Harry Smith's Archive. Pioneering legendary artists are heard in a variety of genres which were essential in creating the blues. The accompanying text contains selections from an astonishing discovery: an unknown 1951 oral history of Rev. Gary Davis, providing a candid, unparalleled insight into his life. Includes two previously-unpublished recordings (Rev. Gary Davis from 1956/1957 and Leadbelly from 1941), plus various obscure 78 tracks from Harry Smith's collection (all recorded circa 1926-1929). The liner notes also include an excerpt from an unknown, unpublished oral history of Davis compiled in 1951 by Elizabeth Lyttleton Harold, the wife of Alan Lomax. Other artists include Big Bill Broonzy, Leola B. Wilson, Buddy Boy Hawkins, William Moore, Gus Cannon and Blind Blake, Ramblin' Thomas, Charley Patton, Rube Lacy, and Edward Thompson.