Junior Kimbrough First Recordings 12" Vinyl EP

Junior Kimbrough

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BLMRLP0578

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854255005781

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Description

Coming April 30, 2021 pre-order your copy today! Orders with both pre-order and in stock items will have all in stock items shipped immediately!

1966 Recording From Major Bluesman Kimbrough!
1st Time On 12" Vinyl!

2021 Reissue of the classic Junior Kimbrough First Recordings release from Big Legal Mess / Fat Possum. First time on 12" vinyl with two additional takes from the original sessions.

Guitarist and singer Junior Kimbrough was one of the deepest of the deep bluesmen, like his colleague R.L. Burnside he came from the hill country of Mississippi. Stark music with deep primal rhythms and drones, his music is very powerful and hypnotic. Kimbrough ran a juke joint that was the focal point of the local blues scene and was prominently featured in Robert Palmer's documentary Deep Blues and in the founding of the influential Fat Possum record label.

This is a short EP featuring the earliest tracks he recorded for the label. Some of the standard Kimbrough tunes that he would play for the rest of his career are here like the very potent "Done Got Old" which is an unflinching look at age over a primal beat and slashing guitar. "Meet Me In The City" is emotional and stark in nature, but at the same time quite beautiful. This makes for a fine introduction to Kimbrough's unique blend of blues and the music that made the hill country of Mississippi so unique in American music.

Recorded by Quinton Claunch at American Studios, Memphis, TN 1966.

Features

12" Vinyl EP
1st Time On 12" Vinyl
2 Additional Takes From The Original Sessions

Selections

Lonesome In My Home
Feels So Good #1
Meet Me In The City
Feels So Bad
Done Got Old
Meet Me In The City (Alternate Take)
Feels So Good #2
Feels So Bad (Alternate Take)