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| | Atlanta Twelve String | | | Music Artist : | | Blind Willie McTell | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Atlantic / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1992-02-25 | | Store Price : | | $13.96 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.96 | | Usually ships in 9 to 13 days | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Kill It Kid
2. Razor Ball
3. Little Delia
4. Broke Down Engine
5. Dying Crapshooter's Blues
6. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
7. Blues Around Midnight
8. Last Dime Blues
9. On the Cooling Board
10. Motherless Children Have a Hard Time
11. I Got to Cross the River Jordan
12. You Got to Die
13. Ain't It Grand to Live a Christian
14. Pearly Gates
15. Soon This Morning
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Great but the vinyl is better.
Submitted on: 2009-11-05 |
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| I recently bought the Atlanta 12 String CD and was very happy with it. I was lucky to buy the original Italian release back in 1972. The CD sounds great but can't compare to the original LP. The original LP sounds like Blind Willie himself is playing in the room. However it is getting a little tired with pops here and there. If you can get a good vinyl version to complement the CD you won't be disapointed. |
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An accessible, affordable introduction to the great Blind Willie McTell
Submitted on: 2009-07-05 |
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| This album contains some of my favorite McTell tunes, including standards like "Little Delia" and "Broke Down Engine Blues." But several of the songs, "Motherless Children Have a Hard Time," "I Got to Cross the River Jordan," and "Ain't It Grand to Live a Christian," are truly monumental, absolutely transcendent, both in Blind Willie's twelve-string playing and his remarkable voice and delivery. Blind Willie McTell is one of the few American voices that can be considered to have made a major and enduring contribution to world culture. His work is both a national treasure and an unforgettable experience for any and every sympathetic listener. This album will be listened to again and again, giving the listener pleasure, inspiration, and a timeless aesthetic and emotional experience that only the highest genius can deliver. Willie sings the Blues, 'cause Willie lived the Blues. |
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An Older, But Still Wonderful, Blind Willie McTell
Submitted on: 2008-07-11 |
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| McTell may have lost quite a few steps since the 1920s and '30s by the time this music was recorded, but he was still in excellent form. The disc has a solid song selection and shows us that, had McTell have lived just a few more years, he could have been a huge star in the Country Blues revival. His twelve string guitar playing is exquisite. In my opinion, McTell and Gary Davis are the greatest twelve string guitarists in history; better than Leadbelly and Jesse Fuller. This disc and "Pig 'N' Whistle Red" are extremely enjoyable, but one should buy the JSP McTell box set first! |
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perfect present
Submitted on: 2008-01-19 |
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| My brother is a music conisseur. He had been having trouble locating this cd & one other, so I got them both for Christmas. He was extatic. Although I have not personally listened to either one, his face said it all. |
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Little Known Masterpiece
Submitted on: 2006-12-16 |
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| I was looking over the blues albums in a music store one day in hopes of finding a good one that I might not have (I have more blues cds than most of the stores, and that is not an exaggeration... and I mean real blues cds, not white celebrity-filled jam fests). When I came across this one, a Mctell that i did not own, I was excited. As excited as I was though, I was not expecting it to be as unbelievable as I discovered it to be. This may well be the man's greatest recording. His voice and playing had matured and taken on an chilling quality. Every song is excellent and distinctive...Mctell is truly unique. The twelve string playing is breath taking and the vocals full of power. Like I said, every track is great, but if I had to mention at least one highlight, his version of Blind Willie Johnson's "Motherless Children..." is haunting. This "album" gave me chills, seriously. |
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