| Malvina My Sweet Woman | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1951, 1952, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Delta blues | |||
| Length | 52:24 [1] | |||
| Label | Oldie Blues, OL 2804 | |||
| Producer | Martin van Olderen | |||
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| Released | 1997 |
| Label | Oldie Blues, OLCD 7004 |
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| Rate Your Music | [3] |
| Muziekweb | [4] |
Malvina My Sweet Woman is an album by American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Big Joe Williams.
The album consists of ten home recorded songs from 1951/52 preserved on acetates and nine songs recorded live in March 1973 in the Zodiac Club in Amstelveen in the Netherlands. [5] The album was released in 1974 on the Oldie Blues label as OL 2804 and re-issued on CD in 1997 as OLCD 7004. [6] The album was produced by Martin van Olderen with liner notes by Leo W. Bruin.
Side one (The home recordings 1951/52)
Side two (Live in the Zodiac Club in Amstelveen, March 24, 1973)
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