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| Management number | 205742272 | Release Date | 2025/10/22 | List Price | $67.50 | Model Number | 205742272 | ||
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Title: Prodigal Son
Artist: Robert Wilkins
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5397102166297
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2014-03-14
Number of Discs: 1
Includes Wilkins' fabulous blues Prodigal Son, recorded by the Rolling Stones on their classic 'Beggars' Banquet' LP. A true giant of pre-War blues, Wilkins sounded just as good - maybe better - after his rediscovery in the 1960s! These ultra-rare recordings were only issued on limited edition LPs in the 1960s and haven't been heard since. Memphis bluesman Robert Wilkins recorded between 1928 and 1935 - and then disappeared. Researcher Dick Spottswood rediscovered him in 1964 and gave him a new career. Of all the rediscovered pre-War blues singers, Wilkins was among the finest. His vocals and guitar playing were still very strong and confident. But Wilkins had become a preacher and wouldn't do blues as he had recorded them before the War. Instead, he recorded gospel songs with the fire and passion with which he'd recorded blues. Spottswood issued some of the Wilkins songs on 'Memphis Gospel Singer' (Piedmont Records) and another four songs on 'The Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix' (Biograph Records). Now all are gathered together, remastered and restored together with Spottswood's detailed remembrance of his friend Robert Wilkins. At one time, we took rediscovered blues men for granted, but of course they passed one by one. Robert Wilkins died in 1987. The Rolling Stones royalties from their cover of Prodigal Son made the last years good for him. Now, no pre-War blues singers remain alive, and the ranks of post-War bluesmen are thinning fast. That makes these recordings, quickly passed over at the time of release, more valuable than ever. A tangible reminder of the blues in it's infancy as a great American art form.
Tracks:
1.1 Jesus Will Fix It Alright
1.2 Thank You, Jesus
1.3 Just a Closer Walk with Thee
1.4 Do Lord Remember Me
1.5 Here Am I, Send Me
1.6 The Prodigal Son
1.7 Jesus Said If You Go
1.8 I'm Going Home to My Heavenly King
1.9 Old Time Religion
1.10 I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
1.11 It Just Suits Me
1.12 The Gambling Man
1.13 Bonus: Biographical Statement
Audio Sample:
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Artist: Robert Wilkins
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5397102166297
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2014-03-14
Number of Discs: 1
Includes Wilkins' fabulous blues Prodigal Son, recorded by the Rolling Stones on their classic 'Beggars' Banquet' LP. A true giant of pre-War blues, Wilkins sounded just as good - maybe better - after his rediscovery in the 1960s! These ultra-rare recordings were only issued on limited edition LPs in the 1960s and haven't been heard since. Memphis bluesman Robert Wilkins recorded between 1928 and 1935 - and then disappeared. Researcher Dick Spottswood rediscovered him in 1964 and gave him a new career. Of all the rediscovered pre-War blues singers, Wilkins was among the finest. His vocals and guitar playing were still very strong and confident. But Wilkins had become a preacher and wouldn't do blues as he had recorded them before the War. Instead, he recorded gospel songs with the fire and passion with which he'd recorded blues. Spottswood issued some of the Wilkins songs on 'Memphis Gospel Singer' (Piedmont Records) and another four songs on 'The Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix' (Biograph Records). Now all are gathered together, remastered and restored together with Spottswood's detailed remembrance of his friend Robert Wilkins. At one time, we took rediscovered blues men for granted, but of course they passed one by one. Robert Wilkins died in 1987. The Rolling Stones royalties from their cover of Prodigal Son made the last years good for him. Now, no pre-War blues singers remain alive, and the ranks of post-War bluesmen are thinning fast. That makes these recordings, quickly passed over at the time of release, more valuable than ever. A tangible reminder of the blues in it's infancy as a great American art form.
Tracks:
1.1 Jesus Will Fix It Alright
1.2 Thank You, Jesus
1.3 Just a Closer Walk with Thee
1.4 Do Lord Remember Me
1.5 Here Am I, Send Me
1.6 The Prodigal Son
1.7 Jesus Said If You Go
1.8 I'm Going Home to My Heavenly King
1.9 Old Time Religion
1.10 I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
1.11 It Just Suits Me
1.12 The Gambling Man
1.13 Bonus: Biographical Statement
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
Blues
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