R.L. Burnside

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Come On In New - LP - 80317-1 Sealed 1998 Original. "You Have To Give A Guy Credit For Trying. In An Age When Most Of The Old Blues Players Are Either Dead Or Too Old To Play, R.l. Burnside, The 71-Year-Old Mississippi Native, Can Still Rip Dirty Juke-Joint Blues In Convincing Fashion. Come On In Attempts, With Some Success, To Bring One Of America's Oldest Musical Forms Into The 21st Century By Adding Sampling And Looping Techniques To Delta Blues. Come On In Is A Collaboration With Beck Mixmaster Tom Rothrock And Alec Empire Of Digital Hardcore. Seldom Does One See The Words "Dub," "Remix" And "Programming" On A Delta Blues Album, But R.L. Burnside Is No Ordinary Bluesman. Come On In Is A Risky Move To Say The Least, And Unfortunately, It Doesn't Always Pay Off. The Best Tracks In The Album Are The Least Techno-Fied. "Come On In," A Solo Shot, And The Down-And-Dirty "Just Like A Woman" Has A Non-trip-hopped Burnside Mining Tough Riffs For All Their Emotion. "Let My Baby Ride" With A Stomping, Looped Beat, Is Still Recognizable As Burnside And Works Well. On The Other Hand, "Don't Stop Honey" And "It's Bad You Know" Take The Techno Tampering Too Far, And The Results Are Feckless Shells Of What Were Once Gritty Blues. Next Time Out, If Burnside Gets His Ass Pocket O' Whiskey, Turns Down The Techno A Bit And Cranks Those Amps Up, He Could Be Onto Something." AMG Review By matthew Hillburn. more
	Come On In New - LP - 80317-1 Sealed Latest Reissue With Custom Fat Possum Hype Sticker On Shrink. Dirty Juke Joint Blues With Added Loops And Samples. One Of Our Faves. more
	Mr. Wizard New - LP - 80301-1 Sealed, Long Out Of Print 1997 Original. more
	Rolling Tumbling New - 12 - BL 31 Sealed 1998 Single In Die Cut Sleeve. more
	Sound Machine Groove New - LP - HWX 3722 Sealed 2016 180gm Remastered Reissue. The Seminal First Studio Recording By The Legendary R.L Burnside. Small Top Right Corner Ding/Crease Mark. "Recorded By Folklorist David Evans In 1979 And 1980, These Are Burnside's First Recordings With Electric Guitar And Also His First With A Band. That Band Was The Sound Machine, A Band He Literally Created Himself Out Of Members Of His Own Family, Blending Raw Mississippi Blues With Soul, Funk, R&B, And Other Urban Flavors To Make A Marvelous Amalgam Of His Own. Contemporary Beats And Modern Themes Like "Bad Luck City," "Searching For My Baby," "Can't Let You Go," And "Sound Machine Groove" Sit Nicely Alongside Slower, Traditional Material Like "Going Down South" And "Begged For A Nickel," While R.L.'s Duets With Drummer Calvin Jackson On "Goin' Away Baby" And "Long Haired Doney" Show A Marvelous Empathy And Interplay. Especially Notable Is A Version Of "Sitting On Top Of The World" With Burnside On Slide Guitar That, With Jackson's Help, Neatly Evokes The Sound And Feel Of A Fife And Drum Band. Although Burnside Is Presently The Darling Of The Blues Crowd And Hailed As Something Of An Overnight Success, One Listen To This Disc Tells You He Was Already Forging A New Chapter In The Mississippi Blues Tradition With These Recordings." AMG Review By Cub Koda. more
	Sounds Machine Groove New - LP - SP1017 Sealed 2011 180gm Reissue Of Delta Blues Legend Burnside's Early Electric Guitar Recordings. Features Family Members On Guitar And Bass. more
	Too Bad Jim New - LP - 80307-1 Sealed 1994 Original. Produced By Robert Palmer. Highly Recommended. This Is Not The Recent 180gm Reissue. Top Right Corner Crease And Tiny Corner Bumps/Rubs. more