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Artist:	SPENCE, JOSEPH
Title:	Music Of The Bahamas: Bahaman Folk Guitar
Label:	DOXY (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	DOY 658LP

"Music historian Sam Charters first recorded the legendary Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence on Andros Island in July 1958 for Folkways Records. Charters was so enthusiastic about Spence's playing that the LP, released in 1959, became one of the label's first to be dedicated entirely to a single artist from outside the US. This reissue, long out of print on vinyl, includes three bonus tracks that originally appeared on a 1964 Folkways split LP featuring Spence and two other Bahamian musicians, John Roberts and Frederick McQueen."

Artist:	SPENCE, JOSEPH
Title:	Happy All The Time
Label:	WATER
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	WATER 110CD

"Born in the Bahamas, Joseph Spence created an idiosyncratic and inimitable guitar style rife with percussive and improvisatory vamps around staid hymns and Caribbean folk standards. He was a guitarist's Thelonious Monk, his growling vocal counterpoint and surprising inventions are one of folk music's great delights. A major influence on Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, David Lindley, and many more. Produced by Paul Rothchild (the Doors and Butterfield Blues Band) for Elektra that originally released this album in 1964. Original artwork. Contains liner notes. Remastered from the original master tapes."

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