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Title: Good, but not definitive
Review: If you're only going to add one Willie McTell-album to your collection, pass this one by. It is a very good overview of William Samuel McTell's excellent Columbia and Okeh sides, but you won't find any of his classic Victor singles here, and that's a pity, because it was at Victor that McTell recorded "Statesboro Blues", "Dark Night Blues", "Writing Paper Blues", "Stole Rider Blues", and "Mama T'Ain't Long 'Fo Day".But add this one and "The Early Years 1927-1933" to your shopping basket, and you'll have a very fine overview of Blind Willie McTell in his prime.Or you could just get the handsomely packaged box set "The Definitive Blind Willie McTell", or the exhaustive (and very reasonably priced) "The Classic Years 1927-1940"....
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