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