DOCK BOGGS

When My Worldly Trials Are Over

(Monk) Used LP $5.00

On this 2010 reissue of his late 1920s recordings, you can hear the pioneering singer / banjo player blend Appalachian old-time music and early blues. Generic label chipboard jacket with centerhole.

DOCK BOGGS

False Hearted Lover’s Blues

(Monk) Used LP $8.00

If Boggs’s 1960s recordings for Folkways don’t get you where you need to go, this Italian pressing from 2009 of twelve tracks from the late 1920s will deliver you to the crossroads of black and white folk styles.

SKIP JAMES

Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader

(Monk) Used LP $20.00

2009 repackaging of the legendary 1931 sessions. Particularly interesting was James’s three-finger picking technique, his high pitched voice and rural blues tales.

BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON

Jefferson I Want to be Like Jesus in my Heart

(Monk) Used LP $10.00

The epitome of a sort of “dark” blues, conjuring a personal mix of rural and urban blues, decrying the conditions of the sharecroppers and city slum-dwellers alike. 2009 repackage.

MA RAINEY

Those Dogs of Mine

(Monk) Used LP $12.00

Classic blues recorded in Chicago, December 1923 to August 1924 accompanied by Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders. From 2010