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Title: Mississippi John Hurt - The Best Of
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1971 / Blues / Country Blues / Avalon, Mississippi
Matrix #: VSD-19
Condition: VG++ (VZ)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Hurt recorded brilliantly in 1928, then disappeared from the industry for decades, returning later in life after being rediscovered while still living a modest rural life in Mississippi.
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Media Narrative This kind of compilation helped turn Hurt from a nearly lost prewar blues figure into a canonized elder statesman during the 1960s folk revival.
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Studio Lore A lot of Hurt’s later reputation rests on how gentle and precise he sounded live, which made these retrospective sets feel less like archival product and more like proof of a timeless style.
4/11/26 VZ
