| I'm Jimmy Reed | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | June 6 and December 29/30, 1953, December 5, 1955, June 11 and October 3, 1956, January 9, April 3 & December 12, 1957, and March 12, 1958 | |||
| Studio | Chicago, IL | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 32:25 | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay VJLP 1004 | |||
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I'm Jimmy Reed is an album by blues musician Jimmy Reed, compiling twelve tracks originally issued as singles between 1953 and 1958, that was released by the Vee-Jay label. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "I'm Jimmy Reed, was about as strong a first album as was heard in Chicago blues ... As was the case with most bluesmen of his generation, Reed's debut LP was really a collection of single sides than an actual album of new material (though some of it did hail from its year of release), consisting of tracks he'd recorded from June 1953 through March 1958 ... But that also turns I'm Jimmy Reed into a treasure-trove of prime material from his repertory, including the songs on which he'd built his reputation over the previous five years ... which help give this album more depth and breadth than a formal hits collection would have had". [3]
All compositions credited to Jimmy Reed
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