mp3   320kbps


Styles: Country Blues 
Released: 1998 
Label: Arhoolie 
Art: front cover only


1. Captain, Captain! - 3:10 
2. Ain't You Sorry - 2:20 
3. Night Time is the Right Time - 4:00 
4. Mr. Tom's Rag (Guitar Solo) - 2:07 
5. I Want To Do Something For You - 2:34 
6. Long Tall Girl Not Stuck On Me - 2:43 
7. Rag in "A" - 1:27 
8. Going Up North to See My Pony Run - 4:01 
9. Santa Fe Blues - 3:10 
10. Frankie and Albert - 1:50 
11. Sentimental Piece in "G" (Guitar Solo) - 3:04 
12. Farewell Blues - 3:49 
13. Shortly George - 2:41 
14. Angel Child - 3:37 
15. Black Rat - 2:14 
16. Tom Moore's Farm Take 2 - 3:30 
17. Foggy Bottom Blues - 3:12 
18. Heel and Toe Poka - 1:42 
19. Going Back to Georgia - 2:07 
20. Easy Rider Blues - 3:09 
21. Why Did You Leave Me? - 3:09 
22. Me and My Baby - 2:40 
23. Mance's Talking Blues - 2:05 
24. Segregation Done Past (story- no guitar) - 3:49 



Eight of these 24 tracks come from an April 1966 session and were originally released on LP (on Arhoolie); the other 16 are previously unissued, five of them sourced from April 1966, the rest from 1960. It's entirely typical of Mance Lipscomb's output: versatile, relaxed, and samey-sounding acoustic blues with some prominent ragtime and folk influences. The 1960 material doesn't boast fidelity as strong as the 1966 takes (though it's certainly adequate), and has more of a down-home flavor; the 1966 tracks sound more innocuous and front-porch-relaxed by contrast.