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King of the Delta Blues - Charley Patton
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  1. Revenue Man Blues
  2. Some Summer Day
  3. Hang It on the Wall
  4. You Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
  5. Jim Lee Blues, Pt. 1
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  1. Revenue Man Blues
  2. Some Summer Day
  3. Hang It on the Wall
  4. You Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
  5. Jim Lee Blues, Pt. 1
  6. Pea Vine Blues
  7. Elder Greene Blues
  8. Love My Stuff
  9. Hammer Blues
  10. Rattlesnake Blues
  11. I'm Goin' Home
  12. Jersey Bull Blues
  13. Some These Days I'll Be Gone
  14. Lord, I'm Discouraged
  15. Oh Death
  16. Running Wild Blues
  17. Prayer of Death, Pt. 1]
  18. Prayer of Death, Pt. 2]
  19. Some Happy Day
  20. Troubled 'Bout My Mother
  21. I Shall Not Be Moved
  22. Mean Black Cat Blues
  23. Jesue Is a Dying-Bed Maker
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This excellent companion volume to Founder of the Delta Blues pulls together 23 more Patton tracks (including some alternate takes that were for years thought to be lost) to give a much more complete look at this amazing artist. It's interesting here to compare the tracks from his final session to his halcyon output from 1929. Highlights include "Mean Black Cat Blues," Patton's adaption of "Sitting on Top of the World" ("Some Summer Day") and both parts of "Prayer of Death," originally issued under the non de plume of ...

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