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Mike Cooper-Oh Really!?-'69 British Blues-NEW LP
Mike Cooper – Oh Really!?
Label:
Trading Places – TDP54006
Format:
Vinyl, LP, 45 RPM, Album, Stereo
Country:
UK
Released:
2019
Genre:
Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Folk, Country Blues
The guitarist and singer-songwriter Mike Cooper was a key figure in the British blues boom of the late 1960s. Born in Reading in 1942, Cooper began playing guitar as a teen in local skiffle groups. After seeing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee perform in 1961, Cooper caught the blues bug and began to play the harmonica and formed The Blues Committee, supporting John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Alexis Korner and Long John Baldry, while Cooper was also performing solo. Acquiring a lap steel guitar in 1963, he studied Blind Boy Fuller's work and in 1965, teamed with Dave Hall to support Bert Jansch, Al Stewart and others; after releasing work on the Kennet, Sydisc and Matchbox labels, Cooper soon began incorporating country blues aspects into his work, drawing from Son House and Mississippi Fred McDowell, as well as non-blues artists such as David Bowie, John Martyn, Roy Harper and Dave Van Ronk. Then, in late 1968, Cooper was approached by producer Peter Eden, resulting in debut album 'Oh Really!?' for Pye; aside from agreeable covers of Son House's 'Death Letter' and Blind Boy Fuller's 'Bad Luck Blues,' the rest of the disc is pure Cooper, with his deft picking accompanied by Derek Hall's guitar work only on 'Leadhearted Blues' and 'Electric Chair.'
Comes on 45 rpm 180 gram vinyl.
Tracklist
A1 Death Letter
Written-By – Son House
3:15
A2 Bad Luck Blues
Written-By – Fuller*
3:08
A3 Maggie Campbell
Written-By – Mike Cooper
3:10
A4 Leadhearted Blues
Written-By – Mike Cooper
3:35
A5 Four Ways
Written-By – Mike Cooper
2:00
A6 Poor Little Annie
Written-By – Mike Cooper
3:40
B1 Tadpole Blues
Written-By – Mike Cooper
2:40
B2 Divinity Blues
Written-By – Mike Cooper
2:20
B3 Your Gonna Be Sorry
Written-By – Mike Cooper
2:10
B4 Electric Chair
Written-By – Mike Cooper
2:51
B5 Crow Jane
Written-By – Mike Cooper
3:00
B6 Pepper Rag
Written-By – Mike Cooper
1:00
B7 Saturday Blues
Written-By – Mike Cooper
3:50
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Published By – Indian Brandee
Published By – Apple Music
Published By – Welbeck
Published By – Mellin
Pressed By – GZ Media – 192826M
Credits
Engineer – David Hunt, Terry Evenett*
Guitar [Second Guitar] – Derek Hall (5) (tracks: A4, B4)
Liner Notes – Mike Absalom
Producer – Peter Eden
Vocals, Guitar – Mike Cooper
Notes
Recording Dates: 30-12-68/8-1-69
© 2019 Trading Places
℗ Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 192826M1/A
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 192826M2/A
Barcode: 50606728880060