Bruce Russell - 21st Century Field Hollers And Prison Songs

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1	Black Car Blues	2:50
2	Kate's Blues #3 [Death Letter]	3:44
3	Nigerian Delta Oil Well Blues	1:17
4	Wehowsky Loop Blues Sitar, Recorded By [Sitar Improvisations] – Ralf Wehowsky	3:15
5	Coronation Holyoake Blues In Dub	2:57
6	Dirty Water Dub	3:27
7	Hiroshima Tourist Blues In Dub	3:00
8	Brakeman's Blues	5:38
9	Doctor's Blues For Phillip Samartzis Recorded By [Quicktime Live Recording Made By] – Vanessa Coxhead	5:19

Credits

• Performer [Played By], Recorded By, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Liner Notes – Bruce Russell

Notes

'The only reason you know this is because it is well-documented.'
Mark E. Smith

"This album has been made entirely from samples taken from the Midnight Crossroads Tape Recorder Blues album, which I made with Ralf Wehowsky for A Bruit Secret. Like that album it is a tribute to the spirit of the blues, viewed through a prism of 21st century cultural criticism. It evokes an earlier era when the relationship between a performer and a song arose out of a community, not a property relation. In appropriating my own material I have short-circuited the prevailing ethos of piracy and bricolage, and returned in a sense, to my self. Despite being made in New Zealand, and using some recordings from the Rhineland, the two places that are really central to this album are the Mississippi Delta and the island of Jamaica." - Bruce Russell

CDR with 20-page booklet. Reissued on vinyl in 2007 by Rococo Records.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RCC-0023	Bruce Russell	21st Century Field Hollers And Prison Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Rococo Records	RCC-0023	US	2007

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