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Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971, Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set Vinyl

Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick 1958-1971 Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set

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Vinyl / 12" Album Box Set

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In the 1950s and '60s, the blues was the dominant form of Black vernacular music throughout Texas and the surrounding areas. In segregated neighbourhoods, community members gathered in saloons, dancehalls, and each other's homes to hear their neighbours sing their stories of sorrow, heartbreak, jubilation, and triumph. Robert 'Mack' McCormick, an academically untrained but fanatical devotee of the blues, stepped into this world and became one of its most devout advocates and documentarians. By photographing Black and Latino Texans and their neighbourhoods, as well as recording and interviewing musicians, many of whom never stepped foot into a proper recording studio, McCormick endeared and eventually embedded himself into these communities. By the time he died in 2015, McCormick had amassed a collection of 590 reels of sound recordings and 165 boxes of manuscripts, original interviews and research notes, thousands of photographs and negatives, playbills, and posters. Because McCormick never published or released most of these materials, his collection became a thing of legend and intense speculation among scholars, blues aficionados, and musicians alike. 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971' is the first compilation of music drawn from this fabled collection, which indelibly documents a pivotal moment in African American history. It features never-before-heard performances not only from musicians who became icons in their own right, including Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, but also, crucially, performers whose names may be unfamiliar to even the most devoted blues fans and scholars.

Track Listing

Disc 1
  1. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
  2. Mance Lipscomb - God Moves On the Water
  3. Robert Shaw - The Clinton
  4. Kid Wiggins - Sugar Blues
  5. Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band - St. James Infirmary
  6. CeDell Davis - Darlin' (You Know I Love You)
  7. Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like a Monkey
  8. Grey Ghost - One Room Country Shack
  9. Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Groceries On My Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)
  10. Hop Wilson - 3 O'clock Blues
  11. Hop Wilson - Anything from a Foot Race to a Resting Place
  12. James Tisdom - Salty Dog Rag
  13. Gozy Kilpatrick - Goin' to the River
  14. Joe Patterson - Quills
  15. Lightnin' Hopkins - Ma Pa Cut the Cake
  16. Otis Cook - Crazy About Olahoma
  17. Grey Ghost - Little Red Rooster
  18. The Spiritual Light Gospel Group - My Work Will Be Done
  19. James Tisdom - Steel Guitar Rag
  20. Mance Lipscomb - Tall Angel at the Bar
  21. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - This Whole World's in a Sad Condition
Disc 2
  1. Lightnin' Hopkins - World's in a Tangle
  2. Robert Shaw - Someday Baby
  3. CeDell Davis - It's Alright
  4. R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
  5. Allen Van - China Tea
  6. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
  7. Lightnin' Hopkins - Tom Moore's Farm
  8. Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore's Farm
  9. Jealous James Stanchell - Don't Do Me No Small Favors (Help the Bear)
  10. Bill Bizor - Fox Chase
  11. R.C. Forest - Black Widow Spider Blues
  12. Hardy Gray - Come and Go With Me to That Land
  13. CeDell Davis - Rollin' and Tumblin'
  14. Leroy 'Country' Johnson with Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Train Roll Up
  15. Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Shorty George
  16. John Hopkins - Matchbox Blues
  17. Blues Wallace - It's My Life Baby
  18. Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Gimme 209
  19. Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown
  20. R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Tin Can Alley Blues
  21. Murl 'Doc' Webster - Medicine Show Pitch
Disc 3
  1. Mance Lipscomb - So Different Blues
  2. James Tisdom - I Feel So Good
  3. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mr. Charlie
  4. Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - The Ma Grinder
  5. Paul Elliott - Deep Ellum Blues
  6. Andrew Everett - K.C. Ain't Nothing But a Rag
  7. Kid Wiggins - Lonesome Road
  8. Dennis Gainus - Old Judge Blues
  9. Melvin 'Jack' Jackson and Lightnin' Hopkins - The Slop
  10. Lightnin' Hopkins - Corinne, Corinna
  11. Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues
  12. John Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Times Down the Road
  13. Robert Shaw - Put Me in the Alley
  14. Walter Britten - Auctioneer
  15. Hardy Gray - Runaway
  16. Hop Wilson - Broke and Hungry
  17. Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues
  18. Mance Lipscomb - Casey Jones
  19. Jimmy Womack - Atomic Energy
  20. Long Gone Miles/Lightnin' Hopkins and Love Crazy - Natural Born Lover
  21. E.B. Busby - Swanee River Boogie
  22. Long Gone Miles - Rock Me Baby
  23. Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues Jumped a Rabbit
  24. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - George Coleman for President, Nobody for Vice President

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Track Listing

Disc 1
  1. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand
  2. Mance Lipscomb - God Moves On the Water
  3. Robert Shaw - The Clinton
  4. Kid Wiggins - Sugar Blues
  5. Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band - St. James Infirmary
  6. CeDell Davis - Darlin' (You Know I Love You)
  7. Dennis Gainus - You Gonna Look Like a Monkey
  8. Grey Ghost - One Room Country Shack
  9. Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Groceries On My Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)
  10. Hop Wilson - 3 O'clock Blues
  11. Hop Wilson - Anything from a Foot Race to a Resting Place
  12. James Tisdom - Salty Dog Rag
  13. Gozy Kilpatrick - Goin' to the River
  14. Joe Patterson - Quills
  15. Lightnin' Hopkins - Ma Pa Cut the Cake
  16. Otis Cook - Crazy About Olahoma
  17. Grey Ghost - Little Red Rooster
  18. The Spiritual Light Gospel Group - My Work Will Be Done
  19. James Tisdom - Steel Guitar Rag
  20. Mance Lipscomb - Tall Angel at the Bar
  21. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - This Whole World's in a Sad Condition
Disc 2
  1. Lightnin' Hopkins - World's in a Tangle
  2. Robert Shaw - Someday Baby
  3. CeDell Davis - It's Alright
  4. R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
  5. Allen Van - China Tea
  6. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
  7. Lightnin' Hopkins - Tom Moore's Farm
  8. Mance Lipscomb - Tom Moore's Farm
  9. Jealous James Stanchell - Don't Do Me No Small Favors (Help the Bear)
  10. Bill Bizor - Fox Chase
  11. R.C. Forest - Black Widow Spider Blues
  12. Hardy Gray - Come and Go With Me to That Land
  13. CeDell Davis - Rollin' and Tumblin'
  14. Leroy 'Country' Johnson with Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Train Roll Up
  15. Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - Shorty George
  16. John Hopkins - Matchbox Blues
  17. Blues Wallace - It's My Life Baby
  18. Andrew Everett - Hello Central, Gimme 209
  19. Jim Wilkie - Bad Lee Brown
  20. R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick - Tin Can Alley Blues
  21. Murl 'Doc' Webster - Medicine Show Pitch
Disc 3
  1. Mance Lipscomb - So Different Blues
  2. James Tisdom - I Feel So Good
  3. Lightnin' Hopkins - Mr. Charlie
  4. Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - The Ma Grinder
  5. Paul Elliott - Deep Ellum Blues
  6. Andrew Everett - K.C. Ain't Nothing But a Rag
  7. Kid Wiggins - Lonesome Road
  8. Dennis Gainus - Old Judge Blues
  9. Melvin 'Jack' Jackson and Lightnin' Hopkins - The Slop
  10. Lightnin' Hopkins - Corinne, Corinna
  11. Jimmy Womack - Talking Blues
  12. John Hopkins - Good Times Here, Better Times Down the Road
  13. Robert Shaw - Put Me in the Alley
  14. Walter Britten - Auctioneer
  15. Hardy Gray - Runaway
  16. Hop Wilson - Broke and Hungry
  17. Mager Johnson - Big Road Blues
  18. Mance Lipscomb - Casey Jones
  19. Jimmy Womack - Atomic Energy
  20. Long Gone Miles/Lightnin' Hopkins and Love Crazy - Natural Born Lover
  21. E.B. Busby - Swanee River Boogie
  22. Long Gone Miles - Rock Me Baby
  23. Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues Jumped a Rabbit
  24. George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman - George Coleman for President, Nobody for Vice President

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