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Skip James: The Very Best of Skip James *

1 CD / Fuel 2000 / 2012-05-08

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Special Rider Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues...
Artists: Skip James

Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.

Skip James' soft eerie falsetto and odd guitar tunings place him apart from other Delta blues players, and when he took a turn at the piano, that, too, was unique....continue...

Skip James: I'd Rather Be the Devil: The Legendary 1931 Session

1 CD / Rev-Ola Records / 2011-04-12

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; Cypress Grove Blues; Cherry Ball Blues; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get On Down The Road; 22-20 Blues; How Lo...
Artists: Skip James

Recording information: 02/1931.

They've been reissued as a piece before, and no doubt they'll be reissued together in the future. But here they are again on this 2007 compilation: all 18 surviv...continue...

Skip James: Vanguard Visionaries

1 CD / Vanguard / 2007-06-12

Tracks: I'm So Glad; Devil Got My Woman; 22-20 Blues; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Look Down the Road; Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues; Cypress Grove; Special Rider Blues; Look at the People Standing...
Artists: Skip James

Legendary bluesman Skip James might not be a familiar name for many music fans, yet he's influenced countless artists from Ry Cooder and John Fahey to Jon Spencer and the North Mississippi All-Stars. ...continue...

Skip James: Hard Time Killin' Floor

1 CD / Yazoo / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Cypress Grove Blues; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Special Rider Blues; Devil Got My Woman; I'm So Glad; Cherrry Ball Blues; 22-20 Blues; Jesus Is a Migh...
Artists: Skip James

Solo performer: Skip James (vocals, guitar)

Recorded in 1964. Includes liner notes by Brett J. Bonner.

Includes 4 bonus tracks by Son House.

Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins.
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Skip James: Cypress Grove Blues [Digipak]

1 CD / Snapper / 2004-03-09

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; Four O'Clock Blues; 22-20 Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Cherry Ball Blues; Illinois Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Yola My Blues Away...
Artists: Skip James

This collection contains all the Skip James tracks released by Paramount records in 1931 in chronological order.

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano).

Includes liner no...continue...

Skip James: Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James

1 CD / Shout! Factory / 2003-09-09

Tracks: 22-20 Blues; Little Cow Little Calf Is Gonna Die; Special Rider Blues; Vicksburg Blues; How Long Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Sick Bed Blues; I Don't Want a Woman to Stay up All Night Long; Hard Time K...
Artists: Skip James

Includes liner notes by Byl Carruthers.

This is a part of Shout!'s Heroes Of The Blues Series.

Skip James' soft eerie falsetto and odd guitar tunings place him apart from other Delta blu...continue...

Skip James: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

1 CD / Shout! Factory / 2003-07-15

Tracks: Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Sickbed Blues; Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Illinois Blues; I Don't Want a Woman to Stay Out All Night Long; Cherry Ball Blues; Skip's Wor...
Artists: Skip James

Personnel: Skip James (vocals, acoustic guitar).

Liner Note Author: Brett J. Bonner.

Photographer: Michael Ochs.

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues was the first session Skip James rec...continue...

Skip James: Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased

1 CD / Vanguard / 2003-02-11

Tracks: Backwater Blues; Everybody Ought to Live Right; I Want to Be More Like Jesus; Jack O'Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play); My Last Boogie; Lazy Bones; Let My Jesus Lead You; My Own Blues; Oh, Mary Don't...
Artists: Skip James

Liner Note Author: Billy Altman.

Photographers: Dick Waterman; Ann Charters ; Julie Snow.

Unknown Contributor Role: John Smith Hurt.

All of these 19 songs, not released until 2003...continue...

Skip James: Complete 1931 Recordings in Chronological Order

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-08

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; Cypress Grove Blues; Cherry Ball Blues; Illinois Blues; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Yola My Blues Away; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Be R...
Artists: Skip James

This collection contains all the Skip James tracks released by Paramount records in 1931 in chronological order.

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano).

Includes liner no...continue...

Skip James: Live: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia 1966

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-08

Tracks: Illinois Blues; How Long Blues; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; I Don't Want a Woman to Stay Out All Night Long; Loretta Blues; Special Lover Blues; Cherry Ball Blues; Washington,...
Artists: Skip James

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano); Mrs. Lorenzo James (vocals).

Recorded live in Boston, Massachusetts in 1964 & The Second Fret, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1966. Includ...continue...

Skip James: Complete Bloomington Indiana Concert, Vol. 1 (3/30/68)

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-07

Tracks: Introduction by Peter Narvaez; Skip James Talking; God Is Real; Skip Talking; Crow Jane; Skip Talking; Look Down the Road; Skip Talking; Lorenzo Blues; Skip Talking; Devil Got My Woman; Skip Talking;...
Artists: Skip James

Solo performer: Skip James (vocals, guitar).

Recorded live in Bloomington, Indiana on March 30, 1968.

Personnel: Skip James (vocals, guitar); Peter Narvaez (recorder).

Liner Note ...continue...

Skip James: Complete Bloomington Indiana Concert, Vol. 2 (3/30/68)

1 CD / Document (USA) / 2000-09-07

Tracks: Skip James Talking; Illinois Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues; Skip Talking; Hard Headed Woman Blues; Catfish Blues; Hard-Luck Child; Skip Talking; Drunken Spree; Bac...
Artists: Skip James

Solo performer: Skip James (vocals, guitar).

Recorded live in Bloomington, Indiana on March 30, 1968.

Personnel: Skip James (vocals, guitar).

Recording information: Indiana Univer...continue...

Skip James: Blues from the Delta

1 CD / Vanguard / 1998-07-08

Tracks: I'm So Glad; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Devil Got My Woman; 22-20 Blues; Special Rider Blues; Mistreating Child Blues; Sickbed Blues; Catfish Blues; Lorenzo Blues; Careless Love; Hard Ti...
Artists: Skip James

Personnel: Skip James (guitar, piano).

Liner Note Author: Ed Ward .

Photographer: David Gahr.

Skip James's 1930s recordings were among the finest in all of Delta blues, but VANGUA...continue...

Skip James: Skip's Piano Blues

1 CD / Genes Records / 1996-09-26

Tracks: All Night Long; Rock Island Blues; Little Boy, How Old Are You; Four O'Clock Blues; Black Gal; Little Cow and Calf; How Long Blues; Vicksburg Blues; Lazy Bones; Walking the Sea; 22-20 Blues; Special ...
Artists: Skip James

Skip James displays his four tool skills on piano, organ, guitar, and vocals on 12 traditional Delta Blues numbers, and employs his whining, age weakened falsetto on every cut. There's nothing fancy -...continue...

Skip James: Complete 1931 Recordings in Chronological Order

1 CD / Yazoo / 1994-08-01

Tracks: Devil Got My Woman; Cypress Grove Blues; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Drunken Spree; Cherry Ball Blues; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Illinois Blues; How Lo...
Artists: Skip James

This collection contains all the Skip James tracks released by Paramount records in 1931 in chronological order.

Personnel includes: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano).

Includes liner no...continue...

Skip James: She Lyin'

1 CD / Genes Records / 1994-01-11

Tracks: All Night Long; Broke & Hungry; I'm So Glad; Bad Whiskey; Cypress Grove Blues; Catfish Blues; Goin' Away to Stay; Crow Jane; Devil Got My Woman; She Lyin'; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Drunken Spre...
Artists: Skip James

Solo performer: Skip James (vocals, acoustic guitar).

Producers: Ed Denson, Bill Barth, John Fahey.

Recorded at Adelphi Studios, Silver Spring, Maryland and live at the Ontario Place Cof...continue...

Skip James: Devil Got My Woman

1 CD / Vanguard / 1989-10-02

Tracks: Good Road Camp Blues; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Look at the People Standing at the Judgement; Worried Blues; 22-20 Blues; Mistreating Child Blues; Sickbed Blues; Cat...
Artists: Skip James

The second of Vanguard's 2 studio LPs with James, first released in 1968 in the wake of his appearance at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival.

Personnel: Skip James (vocals, guitar, piano).

R...continue...

Skip James: Skip James Today!

1 CD / Vanguard / 1988-11-30

Tracks: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; Crow Jane; Washington D. C. Hospital Center Blues; Special Rider Blues; Drunken Spree; Cherryball; How Long; All Night Long; Cypress Grove; Look Down the Road; My Gal; ...
Artists: Skip James

After Skip James laid down some of the spookiest, most resonant tracks of the first wave of Delta blues, he fell off the radar for years, but like many of his contemporaries, he was "rediscovered" in ...continue...