Copeland Special

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Copeland Special
Copeland Special.jpg
Studio album by
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedBlank Tapes
37 West 20th Street
New York City
Genre Blues
Label Rounder, Demon, Black & Blue
Producer Dan Doyle
Johnny Copeland chronology
Copeland Special
(1981)
Texas Twister
(1984)

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Robert Christgau A− [6]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [7]

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]

Track listing

  1. "Claim Jumper"
  2. "I Wish I Was Single"
  3. "Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me"
  4. "Copeland Special"
  5. "It´s My Own Tears"
  6. "Third Party"
  7. "Big Time"
  8. "Down On Bended Knee"
  9. "Done Got Over It"
  10. "St. Louis Blues"

Personnel

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References

  1. Palmer, Robert (4 Sep 1981). "Johnny Copeland, a Blues Find from Texas, at Tramps". The New York Times. p. C5.
  2. Sullivan, Jim (18 Sep 1981). "Texas Blues from Copeland". Arts. The Boston Globe. p. 1.
  3. Tinder, Cliff (June 1983). "A Good-Lookin' Texas Sound". Record. 2 (8): 21.
  4. Govenar, Alan B. (2008). Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound. Texas A&M University Press. p. 308.
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  6. 1 2 "Johnny Copeland". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. Hull, Tom (May 10, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 13, 2021.