JAMES,SKIP – HARD TIME KILLIN FLOOR (RSD25) - LP •

JAMES,SKIP – HARD TIME KILLIN FLOOR (RSD25) - LP •UPC: 016351207517 Label: YAZOO Format: LP Release Date: April 12, 2025 In stock items ship within 48 hours Skip James is one of the giant figures in historical blues. His guitar playing is the most innovative and complex of all the early blues greats and his piano playing too has fascinated fans for the now almost 100 years since these records were made. His singing is totally unique in its high eerie delivery and has a haunting effect. Skips early

UPC: 016351207517
Label: YAZOO
Format: LP
Release Date: April 12, 2025
In stock items ship within 48 hours

Skip James is one of the giant figures in historical blues. His guitar playing is the most innovative and complex of all the early blues greats and his piano playing too has fascinated fans for the now almost 100 years since these records were made. His singing is totally unique in its high eerie delivery and has a haunting effect. Skip’s early recordings are presented here in dramatically improved new fidelity that offers even more testimony to his greatness.
Includes all time classics like "Devil Got My Woman" from which Robert Johnson derived his "Hell Hound On My Trail", "I'm So Glad" and "Drunken Spree.

TRACK LIST:

1) Cypress Grove Blues
2) If You Haven’t Any Hay Get On Down The Road
3) Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
4) Special Rider Blues
5) Devil Got My Woman
6) I’m So Glad
7) Cherry Ball Blues
Side B
1) 22-20 Blues
2) Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader
3) Hard Luck Child
4) Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues
5) Illinois Blues
6) Drunken Spree
7) Four O’Clock Blues