Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Death Letter
  4:21
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Pearline
  4:34
• 3
  Louise McGhee
  6:13
• 4
  John the Revelator
  2:32
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Empire State Express
  3:41
• 6
  Preachin' Blues
  5:45
• 7
  Grinnin' in Your Face
  2:08
• 8
  Sundown
  6:14
• 9
  Levee Camp Moan
  9:27
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  Death Letter (alternate take)
  5:53
• 2
  Levee Camp Moan (alternate take)
  4:52
• 3
  Grinnin' in Your Face (alternate take)
  3:14
• 4
  John the Revelator (alternate take)
  2:17
• 5
  Preachin' Blues (alternate take)
  5:29
• 6
  President Kennedy
  3:44
• 7
  A Down the Staff
  3:42
• 8
  Motherless Children
  4:30
• 9
  Yonder Comes My Mother
  3:40
• 10
  Shake It and Break It
  2:43
• 11
  Pony Blues
  5:24
• 12
  Downhearted Blues
  7:08

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Release credits

• Alan Wilson
  guitar [1.5, 2.9], harmonica [9]
• Frank Driggs
  producer
• John Hammond
  producer
• Son House
  guitar [2], lead vocals, steel guitar [1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8-9, 2.1-2, 2.5-12], vocal [2]

Issues

• F
  (Combined release view)
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  F
  Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

  2x CD
  1992
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  F
  Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

  2x CD
  1992
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  F
  Father of the Delta Blues

  2x CD
  1992
• F
  Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

  2x 12" Vinyl
  2006
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  F
  Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions

  2x Digital Media