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Dock Boggs
Country Blues
Revenant
2LP
$20

“Dock Boggs was a singer and banjo player who sounded as if his bones were coming through his skin every time he opened his mouth. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky/western Virginia in the 1920s he forged a highly personal music of such singular intensity it retains the power to shock seventy plus years after it was recorded.

Over 60 minutes of music, including Boggs's 12 original 1927 and 1929 released recordings, 5 never-before-issued 1929 outtakes, and 4 1920s cuts by Boggs's Kentucky compatriots Bill and Hayes Shepherd.”  Double LP set, clear vinyl, and an oversized 12-page booklet of notes and photos.  CD version currently unavailable.


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John Fahey
Red Cross
Revenant
LP
$16

“John Fahey's final album, Red Cross Disciple of Christ Today. An intensely personal project for John which he completed a few months before his death and originally intended for release in 2001, Red Cross can be heard as Fahey coming full circle, reinvigorated, at peace with both past and present.

“Includes spine-tingling interpretations of Irving Berlin's "Remember" and the Gershwins' "Summertime," alongside a number of stellar new Fahey originals. Featuring the acoustic fingerpicking of yore as well as some shimmering electric guitar vamps, Red Cross Disciple of Christ Today touches those peculiarly Faheyian regions in the heart and mind. A final, sparkling gem from a true American original.”  This record is pressed on 180 gram black vinyl and comes with a cool booklet of notes written by Glenn Jones.

 

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Charlie Feathers
Get With It!
Revenant
3LP
$30

Heavy triple LP set of rockabilly boppers, country weepers, and tough-to-categorize unruliness from the legendary Charlie Feathers.  This set compiles Feathers’ singles for labels such as Sun, Flip, King, Meteor, Kay, Walmay and Holiday Inn, along with demos and some previously unissued recordings, the biggest ringers being two tunes with Junior Kimbrough.  As of this writing the CD version of this is currently unavailable, so that gives more incentive to dig into the beautifully packaged vinyl edition.


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Stanley Brothers
Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s (1947-1952)
Revenant
LP
$14
“For a truly despairing, spectral high-lonesome sound, Ralph (keening tenor, banjo) and Carter (earthy baritone, guitar) Stanley--the Stanley Brothers--stand alone in bluegrass. This collection features their earliest recordings, beginning in 1947 for the Rich-R-Tone label, and presents the duo at their rawest and most unbridled.”  Packaged with Revenant’s usual class, it features a gatefold sleeve, clear vinyl, and informative liner notes.

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Various Artists
American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-'36)
Revenant
2LP
$20

“77-minutes of gut-bucket, early gospel from the collections of Gayle Dean Wardlow and John Fahey.  Included... Charley Patton, Rev. I.B. Ware with Wife & Son, Booker T. Washington - “Bukka” White, William & Versey Smith, Blind Willie Davis, Frank Palmes, Bo Weavil Jackson, Elder Otis Jones, Blind Roosevelt Graves, Blind Joe Taggart, Blind Mamie Forehand, Jaybird Coleman, and more.”  Double LP, gatefold sleeve, liner notes by John Fahey.