Name: The Sky Is Crying
Brand: Elmore James

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

408741LP

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180-gram audiophile pressing.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8436559466486

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Elmore James

Genre US

Blues

Label US

WaxTime 500

This essential LP release includes the cream of the crop of Elmore James' inimitable discography - 20 superb recordings from the peak of the blues legend's career. Although James had been on the scene since 1939, he recorded the lion's share of his finest work between the early '50s and '60s, for different labels like Trumpet, Flair, Kent, Chief, Chess, and Fire Records. Including here are 20 blues classics like his signature tune "Dust My Broom" (an electric updating of Robert Johnson's "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"), as well as classic numbers like "Shake Your Moneymaker," "Standing at the Crossroads," and the soulful ballad "The Sky Is Crying." (The latter tune has become a blues standard, performed by many artists, such as Eric Clapton, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and The Allman Brothers Band, to name a few.) The aforementioned tracks, and other great songs, have been included on this remastered collector's edition. This is a solid introduction to one of the post-war blues' biggest icons.

The legendary bluesman Elmore James is the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period. He's been credited as one of the primary architects of blues-rock by virtue of his energizing primal riffs and raw, driving intensity. His influence (in approach, attitude and tone) is incalculable, and can be heard in just about every guitar player who puts a slide on his finger and wails the blues. 

The Sky Is Crying

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