Free Again (Robert Pete Williams album)

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Free Again
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Studio album by
Robert Pete Williams
ReleasedJuly 1961 (1961-07) [1]
RecordedNovember 14, 1960
Studio Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Denham Springs, Louisiana
Genre Blues
Length45:11
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1026
Producer Kenneth S. Goldstein
Robert Pete Williams chronology
Those Prison Blues
(1959)		Free Again
(1961)		 Louisiana Blues
(1966)

Free Again is an album by blues musician Robert Pete Williams recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label in July the following year. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic stated: "Despite the constant, restless movement of Williams' guitar lines, these recordings have a stillness to them, as if the reverberation of his blunt, heavy attack might be the only sound for miles around. Intimately recorded by Oster himself, these ten solo guitar and vocal performances represent some of the finest of Williams' career and some of the best the blues has to offer". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Robert Pete Williams except where noted

  1. "Free Again" – 5:03
  2. "Almost Dead Blues" – 4:05
  3. "Rolling Stone" (Traditional) – 4:49
  4. "Two Wings" – 4:50
  5. "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" – 5:17
  6. "Thumbing a Ride" – 4:38
  7. "I've Grown So Ugly" – 2:50
  8. "Death Blues" – 5:16
  9. "Hobo Worried Blues" – 4:10
  10. "Hay Cutting Song" – 4:13

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 "July Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box, New York. July 22, 1961. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed December 4, 2018
  3. ↑ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed December 4, 2018
  4. ↑ Robert Pete Williams Discography accessed December 4, 2018
  5. 1 2 Owens, Thom. Robert Pete Williams: Free Again – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 713. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
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