Copeland Special | ||||
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Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | Blank Tapes 37 West 20th Street New York City | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | Rounder, Demon, Black & Blue | |||
Producer | Dan Doyle | |||
Johnny Copeland chronology | ||||
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Copeland Special is an album by the American musician Johnny Copeland. [1] [2] It was in 1981 on Rounder Records in the United States, Demon Records in the United Kingdom, and Black & Blue Records in France. It was recorded and mixed at Blank Tapes, 37 West 20th Street, NYC, and produced by Dan Doyle. The album won a W. C. Handy Award. [3] [4]
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Robert Christgau | A− [6] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau wrote that the "conviction [is] more palpable here than on any new blues to come my way since Johnny Shines's 1977 Too Wet to Plow." [6]
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