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Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die: The Recorded Works
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	4LP BOX
Price:	$118.00
Catalog #:	MOK 300LP

"An absolute collector's item, this box features Patton's recordings from 1929 to 1934 all in one extremely limited treat. Four albums, four different colored slabs of vinyl and all you want to hear from the incredible king of Delta blues. If you're not already a blues maniac, you'll become one when you see this in record stores. Ultra limited edition of 275 copies: each record on a different color of vinyl. Includes a poster and a booklet. Contains the 3 different volumes of the Electrically Recorded trilogy (Prayer Of Death, High Water Everywhere and Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker) plus a forth LP available only in this box."

Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	Electrically Recorded: Prayer Of Death
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	MOK 304LP

"From the granddaddy of Delta blues comes this incredible compilation of his greatest songs. Charley Patton's influence on music cannot be overstated. He began playing music around 1900 and by the time he was 19, about a decade later, he had already written his most popular tune 'Pony Blues' and was on his way to becoming the first superstar of the Delta Blues and a household name. He was soon the most requested performer all over the South and influenced many young musicians, like Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson, to name a few. But it was not only his mastery of the guitar and incredible vocal style that gained him popularity. His rock star-style showmanship and stage antics -- like playing guitar down on his knees or behind his back -- with a girl on each arm and drink in hand after the show, made him the idol of young would-be musicians (and non) everywhere he played. And like a true rock star, by age 42 he was dead, which of course, only fuelled his fame."

Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	Electrically Recorded: High Water Everywhere
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	MOK 307LP

"One step further into the life and music of this true superstar of early blues, this compilation features the two-part 'High Water Everywhere,' considered to be one of the greatest blues songs of all time, along with other pearls like 'Devil Sent The Rain Blues,' making this second episode of Monk's retrospective on Patton, another must have. Patton's ability to put the harsh everyday struggle of the Delta dwellers into music makes him one of the most enduring and soulful musicians in the entire history of blues." All tracks recorded in Grafton, WI, October 1929.

Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	Electrically Recorded: Moon Going Down
Label:	MONK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	MOK 311LP

"One of the earliest figures in American music, Charley Patton is not only often credited with being the father of the Delta Blues, but perhaps equally importantly was one of the first true 'rock stars' of American music. Not that he played rock music (according to musicologist Robert Palmer, he played 'deep blues, white hillbilly songs, nineteenth-century ballads, and other varieties of black and white country dance music'), but he acted like a modern rock star: flashy clothes, flashy stage performances, virtuoso guitar playing, and a 'live fast / die young' lifestyle. The tracks found here feature another giant of the Delta blues: Willie Brown. Although Willie Brown was an accomplished vocalist and his guitar playing was second to none, Brown was perhaps best known as a sideman (and for his seminal 'Make Me A Pallet On The Floor'), accompanying Robert Johnson, Son House and, as heard here, Charley Patton. He appeared on many of Patton's sessions recorded between 1930-1934 and his amazing guitar playing can be heard here on 'Moon Going Down', 'Some Summer Day', as well as on his own 'Dry Well Blues'. Much of the material recorded here was recorded in 1934 in NYC, just months before his death. 'Hang It On The Wall' and 'Poor Me', recorded in February, were the last songs he ever recorded."

Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Pat
Label:	REVENANT
Format:	7CD
Price:	$155.00
Catalog #:	RVN 212CD

A mammoth slip-cased boxset, weighing in at over 6 lbs! "Historical Revisionism has writ large the name of Robert Johnson in blues annals while according Charley Patton a comparative footnote. One of the founders of Mississippi Delta blues, Patton (1891-1931) was already the long-reigning kingpin of Delta bluesmen when Johnson was still in short pants. Take a listen and hear why many consider Patton the best there ever was. Possessor of a driving, percussive guitar style, a gravel-encrusted holler, often improvisatory lyrics, complex rhythmic dynamics, an unequalled 'talking' bottleneck and a deep reservoir of melodic hooks, Patton conjured up songstuffs that gave vent to both a restless artistic temperament and a palpable, lingering rage. A 7-CD primer on Mississippi Delta blues with Charley Patton as the central, generative figure, this set features 5 CDs with all issued and unissued recordings by Patton and sessionmates Son House, Willie Brown. Louise Johnson, Henry 'Son' Sims, Bertha Lee, Delta Big Four, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Edith North Johnson, and even talent scout HC Speir; a 6th CD of artists in Charley's 'orbit' like Ma Rainey, Howlin' Wolf, Poor Boy Lofton, Kid Bailey, Walter Rhodes, Rube Lacy, Blind Joe Reynolds (newly discovered track!), Tommy Johnson and Pops Staples; and a 7th CD of interviews with Patton associates Staples, Wolf, Speir and Patton protege Booker Miller. All tracks are fully remastered and pitch-corrected from the best possible sources, resulting in the definitive versions of this material. Also included are a freestanding reprint of John Fahey's 1970 Patton book, 128 pages of exhaustive new notes by Fahey and blues scholars David Evans, Dick Spottswood, and Ed Komara, complete lyric transcriptions, full-size reproductions of the 6 original 1929 Paramount ads, a full set of 78 record label stickers from all Charley's Paramount, Vocalion and Herwin releases, and dozens of other dazzling visuals. All housed in a deluxe '78 Album' hard-cover book and slipcase."

Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	The Best of Charlie Patton
Label:	YAZOO
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	YAZ 2069CD

"Charlie Patton is considered by many to be the single most important figure in the history of traditional blues as performer, influence and inspiration. The combined power of his vocal and guitar dynamics is unparalleled, and his legacy is an imposing body of powerful and eloquent music. The Mississippi Delta is at the heart of the blues and Charlie Patton is the essence of Mississippi Delta blues. For this release YaZoo has re-mastered these classic recordings in the finest sound reproduction ever, far surpassing anything done before. Features his 20 greatest performances."

Artist:	PATTON, CHARLEY
Title:	Primeval Blues, Rags, and Gospel Songs
Label:	YAZOO
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	YAZ 2074CD

"Charley Patton is considered by many to be the single most important figure in the history of traditional blues as performer, influence and inspiration. The combined power of his vocal and guitar dynamics is unparalleled, and his legacy is an imposing body of powerful and eloquent music. This collection focuses on the wide breadth and scope of Patton's repertoire -- in addition to his unparalleled primitive blues, there are powerful early back-country rags, gospel songs and more. These performances are the Dead Sea scrolls of early black rural music. For this release Yazoo has re-mastered these classic recordings in the finest sound reproduction ever, far surpassing anything done before."

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