Track Listing

1. Down The Dirt Road Blues
2. It Won't Be Long
3. High Water Everywhere - Part 1
4. High Sheriff Blues
5. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
6. Lord I'm Discouraged
7. Shake It and Break It
8. Rattlesnake Blues
9. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues
10. A Spoonful Blues
11. Pony Blues
12. Magnolia Blues
13. Moon Going Down
14. I'm Goin' Home
15. Elder Green Blues
16. Jim Lee Blues - Part 1
17. Banty Rooster Blues
18. Jersey Bull Blues
19. I Shall Not Be Moved
20. Going To Move to Alabama
21. Pea Vine Blues
22. Green River Blues
23. Bird Nest Bound

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10958 in Music
• Released on: 2003-11-11
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

the best sound!
let me echo an earlier review: Yazoo has completely re-mastered these timeless songs from the best available 78's; I have never heard Patton sound so three-dimensional, the remastering bringing more of a living presence to the songs than ever before. I hear things I didn't hear before, the spoken asides jump out, little touches I hadn't noticed... I've listened to Charlie Patton for well over 30 years and have never heard him sound so good. It really is astounding what Yazoo has done. Kudos to Yazoo! Their approach to the remastering this time really paid off. This is the best sounding Patton there is.

A very fine single-disc overview
If you're not up for one of the numerous Charlie Patton box sets, this is a really excellent alternative.
Yazoo's "The Best Of Charley Patton" gathers 23 cuts, 70 minutes of music, including "Down The Dirt Road Blues", "Pony Blues", "Shake It And Break It", "Banty Rooster Blues", and numerous others. The sound quality is a good as any disc you'll ever come across, and while these sides certainly aren't as clean as Robert Johnson's or Blind Willie McTell's prewar singles, Yazoo has done a really fine job remastering the songs.

There are other excellent Charlie Patton discs, like Wolf Records' "Pony Blues: His 23 Greatest Songs", Recall's very reasonably priced double-disc overview "Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues", and Snapper's brand new "Hang It On The Wall", but as far as single disc compilations go, none are better than this one, and few are quite as good.
A very fine purchase. And kudos to Yazoo Records for actually spelling Patton's name the way he spelled it himself!

Best sounding Patton on disc
I've heard four other discs of Charlie Patton's music and this new Yazoo re-remaster is by far the best sounding. Other Charlie Patton discs sound just plain muddy with too much high-end removed, others are nearly unlistenable, but not this one.

According to the liner notes, this is the first disc allowing the listener to hear "High Sheriff" and "Jersey Bull" at the correct speed. This is the only Patton disc with sound quality earning a five-star review as far as I'm concerned.