Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971 Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set
by Various Artists
Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set
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Description
In the 1950s and '60s, the blues was the dominant form of Black vernacular music throughout Texas and the surrounding areas. In segregated neighbourhoods, community members gathered in saloons, dancehalls, and each other's homes to hear their neighbours sing their stories of sorrow, heartbreak, jubilation, and triumph. Robert 'Mack' McCormick, an academically untrained but fanatical devotee of the blues, stepped into this world and became one of its most devout advocates and documentarians. By photographing Black and Latino Texans and their neighbourhoods, as well as recording and interviewing musicians, many of whom never stepped foot into a proper recording studio, McCormick endeared and eventually embedded himself into these communities. By the time he died in 2015, McCormick had amassed a collection of 590 reels of sound recordings and 165 boxes of manuscripts, original interviews and research notes, thousands of photographs and negatives, playbills, and posters. Because McCormick never published or released most of these materials, his collection became a thing of legend and intense speculation among scholars, blues aficionados, and musicians alike. 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971' is the first compilation of music drawn from this fabled collection, which indelibly documents a pivotal moment in African American history. It features never-before-heard performances not only from musicians who became icons in their own right, including Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, but also, crucially, performers whose names may be unfamiliar to even the most devoted blues fans and scholars.
Track Listing
Disc 1
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
- Mance Lipscomb - God Moves On the Water
- Robert Shaw - The Clinton
- Kid Wiggins - Sugar Blues
- Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band - St. James Infirmary
- CeDell Davis - Darlin' (You Know I Love You)
- Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like a Monkey
- Grey Ghost - One Room Country Shack
- Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Groceries On My Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)
- Hop Wilson - 3 O'clock Blues
- Hop Wilson - Anything from a Foot Race to a Resting Place
- James Tisdom - Salty Dog Rag
- Gozy Kilpatrick - Goin' to the River
- Joe Patterson - Quills
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Ma Pa Cut the Cake
- Otis Cook - Crazy About Olahoma
- Grey Ghost - Little Red Rooster
- The Spiritual Light Gospel Group - My Work Will Be Done
- James Tisdom - Steel Guitar Rag
- Mance Lipscomb - Tall Angel at the Bar
- George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - This Whole World's in a Sad Condition
Disc 2
- Lightnin' Hopkins - World's in a Tangle
- Robert Shaw - Someday Baby
- CeDell Davis - It's Alright
- R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
- Allen Van - China Tea
- George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Tom Moore's Farm
- Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore's Farm
- Jealous James Stanchell - Don't Do Me No Small Favors (Help the Bear)
- Bill Bizor - Fox Chase
- R.C. Forest - Black Widow Spider Blues
- Hardy Gray - Come and Go With Me to That Land
- CeDell Davis - Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Leroy 'Country' Johnson with Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Train Roll Up
- Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Shorty George
- John Hopkins - Matchbox Blues
- Blues Wallace - It's My Life Baby
- Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Gimme 209
- Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown
- R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Tin Can Alley Blues
- Murl 'Doc' Webster - Medicine Show Pitch
Disc 3
- Mance Lipscomb - So Different Blues
- James Tisdom - I Feel So Good
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Mr. Charlie
- Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - The Ma Grinder
- Paul Elliott - Deep Ellum Blues
- Andrew Everett - K.C. Ain't Nothing But a Rag
- Kid Wiggins - Lonesome Road
- Dennis Gainus - Old Judge Blues
- Melvin 'Jack' Jackson and Lightnin' Hopkins - The Slop
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Corinne, Corinna
- Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues
- John Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Times Down the Road
- Robert Shaw - Put Me in the Alley
- Walter Britten - Auctioneer
- Hardy Gray - Runaway
- Hop Wilson - Broke and Hungry
- Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues
- Mance Lipscomb - Casey Jones
- Jimmy Womack - Atomic Energy
- Long Gone Miles/Lightnin' Hopkins and Love Crazy - Natural Born Lover
- E.B. Busby - Swanee River Boogie
- Long Gone Miles - Rock Me Baby
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues Jumped a Rabbit
- George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - George Coleman for President, Nobody for Vice President
Information
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set
- Label:Smithsonian Folkways
- Genre:Blues
- Release Date:04/08/2023
- Number of Discs:3
- EAN:0093074026021
Track Listing
Disc 1
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
- Mance Lipscomb - God Moves On the Water
- Robert Shaw - The Clinton
- Kid Wiggins - Sugar Blues
- Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band - St. James Infirmary
- CeDell Davis - Darlin' (You Know I Love You)
- Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like a Monkey
- Grey Ghost - One Room Country Shack
- Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Groceries On My Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)
- Hop Wilson - 3 O'clock Blues
- Hop Wilson - Anything from a Foot Race to a Resting Place
- James Tisdom - Salty Dog Rag
- Gozy Kilpatrick - Goin' to the River
- Joe Patterson - Quills
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Ma Pa Cut the Cake
- Otis Cook - Crazy About Olahoma
- Grey Ghost - Little Red Rooster
- The Spiritual Light Gospel Group - My Work Will Be Done
- James Tisdom - Steel Guitar Rag
- Mance Lipscomb - Tall Angel at the Bar
- George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - This Whole World's in a Sad Condition
Disc 2
- Lightnin' Hopkins - World's in a Tangle
- Robert Shaw - Someday Baby
- CeDell Davis - It's Alright
- R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
- Allen Van - China Tea
- George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Tom Moore's Farm
- Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore's Farm
- Jealous James Stanchell - Don't Do Me No Small Favors (Help the Bear)
- Bill Bizor - Fox Chase
- R.C. Forest - Black Widow Spider Blues
- Hardy Gray - Come and Go With Me to That Land
- CeDell Davis - Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Leroy 'Country' Johnson with Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Train Roll Up
- Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Shorty George
- John Hopkins - Matchbox Blues
- Blues Wallace - It's My Life Baby
- Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Gimme 209
- Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown
- R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Tin Can Alley Blues
- Murl 'Doc' Webster - Medicine Show Pitch
Disc 3
- Mance Lipscomb - So Different Blues
- James Tisdom - I Feel So Good
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Mr. Charlie
- Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - The Ma Grinder
- Paul Elliott - Deep Ellum Blues
- Andrew Everett - K.C. Ain't Nothing But a Rag
- Kid Wiggins - Lonesome Road
- Dennis Gainus - Old Judge Blues
- Melvin 'Jack' Jackson and Lightnin' Hopkins - The Slop
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Corinne, Corinna
- Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues
- John Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Times Down the Road
- Robert Shaw - Put Me in the Alley
- Walter Britten - Auctioneer
- Hardy Gray - Runaway
- Hop Wilson - Broke and Hungry
- Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues
- Mance Lipscomb - Casey Jones
- Jimmy Womack - Atomic Energy
- Long Gone Miles/Lightnin' Hopkins and Love Crazy - Natural Born Lover
- E.B. Busby - Swanee River Boogie
- Long Gone Miles - Rock Me Baby
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues Jumped a Rabbit
- George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - George Coleman for President, Nobody for Vice President
Information
-
In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set
- Label:Smithsonian Folkways
- Genre:Blues
- Release Date:04/08/2023
- Number of Discs:3
- EAN:0093074026021