Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Sleeve Condition: Good Plus (G+)

Condition Notes: Record has random markings but no scratches and a solid VG+, random pops on playback but still a solid VG+ playback. Cover suffered moisture damage on the front along the spine 1inch by 5 inches. And on the back also same size. Ring wear on the front. Still a very very presentable cover.

Worried Blues by Mississippi John Hurt.

Few blues records carry the quiet weight of a rediscovery the way this one does. Captured at Wynwood Recording Studio over three sessions in March 1964, it documents Mississippi John Hurt in the midst of his celebrated return to recording, decades after his early sides had slipped into obscurity. This particular pressing is itself a collector's curiosity: the Chesapeake labels bear catalog number CLP 13161, yet the discs sit in leftover Piedmont covers still showing PLP 13161, with the original contact details stickered over by Chesapeake. It's a tangible artifact of the small, family-run operation—Spottswood Music Co. of Arlington, Virginia—that helped bring Hurt's music back to the world.

Musically, this is Hurt at his most intimate and unhurried. He accompanies himself on vocals and guitar throughout, his warm, conversational singing wrapped around the gently rolling fingerpicked patterns that made him so influential. Most of the material is his own, with a pair of traditional songs woven in, all delivered with the unforced grace of a man playing for the sheer pleasure of it. Pete Kuykendall's recording keeps the sound close and natural, and Peter Bartok's mastering lets every string ring clearly.

Rounded out by Dick Spottswood's liner notes and photography by Bobby Dodd and Seth Beckerman, this is a warm, inviting record and a genuine piece of blues-revival history worth owning.

Pressing Details:

Track Listing:

A1. Lazy Blues

A2. Farther Along

A3. Sliding Delta

A4. Nobody Cares For Me

A5. Cow Hooking Blues No. 2

B1. Talkin' Casey

B2. Weeping And Wailing

B3. Worried Blues

B4. Oh Mary Don't You Weep

B5. I Been Cryin' Since You Been Gone

Credits:

Louisa Spottswood - Design [Cover]

Dick Spottswood - Liner Notes

Peter Bartok - Mastered By

Seth Beckerman - Photography By [Back Photo]

Bobby Dodd (2) - Photography By [Cover Photo]

Pete Kuykendall - Recorded By

Mississippi John Hurt - Vocals, Guitar

Mississippi John Hurt - Written-By (A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B3, B5)

Traditional - Written-By (A2, B4)

Notes:

Labels are branded Chesapeake with CLP 13161 catalog number. Housed in leftover Piedmont covers showing PLP 13161 catalog number. Contact info at rear-bottom is stickered over with Chesapeake info.

Cover: Recorded at The Ontario Place (Washington, D.C.)

Back: Recorded at Wynwood Recording Studio on March 14, 15, and 21, 1964.

Chesapeake Records produced by Spottswood Music Co., Inc.

Box 7102, Arlington, Virginia 22207, U. S. A.

Artist: Mississippi John Hurt

Format: 1LP

Genre: Blues

Label: Chesapeake (2)

Catalog Number: CLP 13161

Release Year: 1964

Country: United States