Vinyl LP pressing. Marion Little Walter Jacobs was possibly one of the most important blues artists of the post-war era. He not only revolutionised harmonica playing by using amplification to compete with the growling guitars of the Chicago blues movement, he changed the way the harp was perceived and opened up a new world of instrumentation. Walter purposely pushed his amplifiers beyond their intended technical limitations to explore and develop radical new timbres and sonic effects previously unheard from a harmonica or indeed, any other instrument. This natural distortion opened musicians ears to the possibilities of their own instruments and, in many ways, laid the foundations for the blues boom to come along in the sixties. Walter was the first, and to this point, only artist to have a No.1 hit with his self-penned, harp led instrumental Juke. He went on to have numerous R&B chart hits before succumbing to his wild, violent and hard drinking life-style. This LP features all Little Walter's biggest R&B chart hits from his debut No.1 Juke, to his last chart entry in 1959, the ironically titled Everything Gonna Be Alright.

Tracklist:

Juke
Mean Old World
Sad Hours
Off the Wall
Tell Me, Mama
Blues With a Feeling
You're So Fine
Oh, Baby
You'd Better Watch Yourself
Last Night
My Babe
Roller Coaster
Who
Key to the Highway
Everything's Gonna Be All Right

UPC: 824046164225
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 4.12.24
Format: Vinyl Record

Little Walter - King Of The Harp: Complete Chart Hits 1952-59 [LP]