Scrapper Blackwell, Vol. 3 (1959-1960)
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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Austria's Document Records apparently had this 22-track, 75-minute CD out in 1994, but it only started coming into the U.S. in 1996, and doesn't even show up in some reference sources. Scrapper...
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1928-1939, Vol. 1
Released: Jun 16, 1928
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Released: Jun 16, 1928
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Scrapper Blackwell will always be best remembered for playing the guitar on a lengthy set of duets released under the name of pianist/singer Leroy Carr. His own solo recordings from the same era...
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Scrapper Blackwell, Vol. 2 (1934-1958)
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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The second volume of Scrapper Blackwell sides features material he cut solo in 1934, accompanying himself on the piano, and as a solo guitarist from 1935 ("D Blues," "A Blues"), as well as songs...
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Mr. Scrapper's Blues
Released: September 1962
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Released: September 1962
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Blackwell, it's not always remembered, was rediscovered in the late 1950s, though he didn't have much chance to make a new career out of the blues revival before his death a few years later. He...
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Virtuoso Guitar 1925-1934
Released: 1925
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Released: 1925
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It's for recordings like this that a lot of blues guitar fans started listening to the music in the first place. The definitive Blackwell collection to date, featuring not only his best extant solo...
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