{"product_id":"va-blues-in-the-mississippi-night-preorder-out-7-10","title":"VA- Blues In The Mississippi Night PREORDER OUT 7\/10","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a preorder. Albums can be picked up or will be mailed out upon street date. Order by 6\/26\/26 to get by 7\/10\/26.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: Lomax Archive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally released 1959\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 1959, when United Artists finally issued Blues in the Mississippi Night after years of deeming it “too controversial”, the artists recorded were given pseudonyms to protect their families. Those were the stakes for speaking such brutal, unvarnished truth. Today, we know that “Natchez, Sib \u0026amp; Leroy” were legendary bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson. In 1947 Alan Lomax recorded the three giants on a Presto-discrecording machine at Decca Studios in New York City after they had performed as part of his Midnight Special concert series at nearby Town Hall. Lomax asked them to play a few songs and discuss “the blues”, encouraging them to speak frankly about the inequities of black life in America. The result was Blues in the Mississippi Night, a landmark recording of their songs and stories, pinpointing the music’s origins in the blood, sweat, and tears of the African-Americans who inhabited the Mississippi Delta world of Jim Crow exploitation. Simply put, the recordings are stunning in their brutal honesty and spellbinding mastery. Today, Lomax Archive has digitally remastered the original tapes of this historic recording in order to return it to vinyl for the first time since 1959. Included in the package is a 20 page deluxe booklet that contains a full transcription of the entire recording, plus brand new liner notes from Anna Lomax Wood and an introduction by renowned drummer and producer Steve Jordan (Rolling Stones, John Mayer).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMemphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson - Life is Like That\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMemphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson - Conversation Begins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eRev. Crenshaw and congregation, Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church - Long Meter Hymn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eConversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eSonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim - I Could Hear My Name A-Ringin'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eConversation \/ Labor Camp Hollers \u0026amp; Songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eLevee Camp \u0026amp; Prison Songs \/ Conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMemphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson - Stagolee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eHolly Dew (Bull) and group - O'Berta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eConversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eHenry Wallace (Jimson) and group - Murderer's Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eConversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eHolly Dew (Bull) and group - Don't You Hear Po' Mother Calling?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eConversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMemphis Slim - Slow Lonesome Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eVera Ward Hall - Conversation \/ Another Man Done Gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eConversation Concludes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eMemphis Slim - Fast Boogie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBig Bill Broonzy - Black, Brown and White Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Waiting Room Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":45021856268403,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":45021856301171,"sku":null,"price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/4315\/0908\/files\/LMX101VariousArtistsBluesintheMississippiNightAlbumArt.jpg?v=1779229161","url":"https:\/\/waitingroomrecords.com\/products\/va-blues-in-the-mississippi-night-preorder-out-7-10","provider":"Waiting Room Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}