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Michael Hurley

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LP Black $34
  • Originally released in 1964
  • Pressed on black vinyl
  • Liner notes written by Michael Hurley

Description

"The recordings Contained herein are contained here after many years on the shelf..."
So begin Michael Hurley's notes to these unbelievably great recordings from 1964, recorded by Fred Ramsey as part of the same sessions that resulted in Michael's First Songs LP on Folkways.

Side A starts with What'llya Do, What'llya Say?, a pretty psychedelic classic that can very well put you into some kinda trance. After that we hear The Blues Had Gone Away - a sad drifty little tune, then Pretty Girl On Rollerskates, with a rare Hurley harmonica solo & hallucinatory lyrics worthy of some examination, and then a beautiful alternate take on one of Michael's all time greats - The Tea Song. Side B starts up with yet more alternate takes of songs from the Folkways LP - this time of Intersoular Blues & I Like My Wine. After that we get...

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Artist Bio

If you haven’t been following his career since the 1970’s (when he was collaborating with the likes of the Holy Modal Rounders and Jesse Colin Young) then you probably discovered him in the past couple of years via Devendra Banhart’s & Andy Cabic’s label Gnomonsong, who have released Hurley’s recent recordings.

Hurley’s debut album, First Songs, was recorded for Folkways Records in 1965 on the same reel-to-reel machine that taped Lead Belly’s Last Sessions. He was discovered by blues and jazz historian Frederick Ramsey III, and subsequently championed by boyhood friend Jesse Colin Young, who released Hurley’s next two album on The Youngbloods’ Warner Brother’s imprint, Raccoon. How’s that for cred?

In the 1970s, Hurley made three albums for Rounder Records; Have Moicy! (1975), Long Journey (1976), and Snockgrass (1980) which after being out of print for decades are now being...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 What'llya Do / What'llya Say?
  • 2 The Blues Had Gone Away
  • 3 Pretty Girl On Rollerskates
  • 4 The Tea Song
  • 5 Intersoular Blues
  • 6 I Like My Wine
  • 7 Hey Hey Hey Hey
  • 8 I Love You Babe