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Title: Various - Mississippi Delta Blues Vol. 1
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1960s, Blues, Delta Blues Compilation, Mississippi Delta 7/26
Matrix #: ST 1041
Condition: VG++ (LM) | Members: Various Artists (N/A)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Delta blues was born from poverty, racial terror, prison farms, sharecropping, and dangerous travel, with many players recording only a few sides before disappearing from public record.
2. Scene Ecology: Collections like this helped preserve prewar and field-recorded blues traditions, turning regional 78s and hard-to-find performances into study material for later blues and rock players.
3. Media Narrative: Mississippi Delta blues became mythologized as the deep source of American guitar music, but the records also document real working musicians, not just folklore.

7/8/26 LM