MEMPHIS SLIM, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON & MATT MURPHY – The Reissued 1963 Blues Festival – LP – Transparent Blue Vinyl [RSD 2024]

This product is a Record Store Day title and not available to pre-order. Available to buy in-storefrom 8am on Saturday, 20/04/2024 (Record Store Day). Any remaining copies will be available to buy online from 8pm on Monday22/04/2024.

Recorded live at the Blues Festival in Oberhausen, West Germany 1963, this is the first vinyl reissue since the original pressing on the UK blues label Red Lightnin’ in 1986. These 11 songs feature Memphis Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson backed by Matt “Guitar” Murphy (the Blues Brother), Willie Dixon, and drummer Bill Stepney. This particular show was formerly quite rare, and captures some truly smoking performances, particularly Memphis Slim’s rarely-heard “I Wrote This Song“, and Sonny Boy Williamson’s “All My Love In Vain.

These incredible blues recordings are being remastered and reissued on heavyweight transparent blue vinyl for Record Store Day, in honour of their 60th anniversary.

UK/Ireland Quantity: 1,000

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Track List:

Side A
1. Memphis Slim – Wish Me Well
2. Memphis Slim – I Wrote This Song
3. Memphis Slim – All By Myself
4. Sonny Boy Williamson – 99
5. Sonny Boy Williamson – Bye Bye Bird
6. Memphis Slim – In The Evening

Side B
1. Matt Murphy – Groovin’ On Bounce
2. Matt Murphy – Taking Off
3. Sonny Boy Williamson – All My Love In Vain
4. Sonny Boy Williamson – Your Funeral And My Trial
5. Sonny Boy Williamson – Don’t Start Me To Talkin’