Mance Lipscomb - 1961 - Trouble In Mind (2002) FLAC torrent

Mance Lipscomb - 1961 - Trouble In Mind (2002)

For whatever strange reason (not disclosed in the liner notes to the CD reissue), Mance Lipscomb's second album managed to come out on the large Reprise label, at a time when major labels in general were recording few country blues artists, and a time when Reprise specifically was far more known for adult pop. Not that it did the singer's career much good, as it sold little and Lipscomb never recorded for a major company again, the album becoming a scarce rarity prior to its 2003 CD reissue. Trouble in Mind is actually no different from the many recordings he did for the much smaller Arhoolie label. It's just Lipscomb and his acoustic guitar, affably picking and singing his way through an assortment of largely traditional material, including some well-known standards like "Careless Love," "Alabama Bound," "Night Time Is the Right Time," "Motherless Children" (which has some stinging slide guitar), "Johnnie Take a One on Me" (better known as its variant "Take a Whiff on Me"), "Trouble in Mind," and "Ballad of the Boll Weevil." The CD reissue on Rhino Handmade doubles the length of the record by adding 13 previously unreleased tracks recorded at the same sessions, none of them alternate takes of songs that made it onto the original LP. There's no difference in the level or tone of the unreleased material, which again has some frequently covered tunes ("Hey Lawdy Mama," "Casey Jones," "Black Gal") among lesser-known numbers, as well as a couple of instrumentals. The slide guitar-driven "Frankie Was a Good Woman" and the humorous "You Gonna Look Like a Monkey" are standouts in this batch, certainly worthy of consideration for the original album, though they didn't make that cut. Perhaps "Cocaine Done Kill My Baby" was considered too bold a title to include on a 1961 release, however. (AllMusic)

Track list:
01 - captain, captain
02 - careless love
03 - when death comes creeping in your room
04 - alabama bound
05 - buck dance
06 - night time is the right time
07 - rocks and gravel make a solid road
08 - johny take a one on me
09 - motherless children
10 - which a way do red river run
11 - trouble in mind
12 - ballad of the boll weevill
13 - boogie in 'a'
14 - hattie green
15 - bumble bee blues
16 - shine on harvest moon
17 - cocaine done kill my baby
18 - hey lawdy mama
19 - is you gonna quit me baby
20 - frankie was a good woman
21 - you gonna look like a monkey
22 - black gal
23 - casey jones
24 - after hours
25 - angel child

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