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Blues Run The Game

Jackson C. Frank

2003 · Blues, Folk, World, & Country

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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Blues Run The Game by Jackson C. Frank

Blues Run The Game is a Folk album by Jackson C. Frank, originally released in 2003. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.

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The first compilation of the enigmatic artist's complete recordings. Features rare demos, sessions, & the elusive 1965 single.

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Tracklist

  1. 1-1Blues Run The Game3:34
  2. 1-2Don't Look Back2:59
  3. 1-3Kimbie3:16
  4. 1-4Yellow Walls3:01
  5. 1-5Here Come The Blues4:03
  6. 1-6Milk And Honey3:39
  7. 1-7My Name Is Carnival3:47
  8. 1-8Dialogue3:20
  9. 1-9Just Like Anything2:23
  10. 1-10You Never Wanted Me3:10
  11. 1-11Blues Run The Game (Single Version)2:50
  12. 1-12Can't Get Away From My Love2:50
  13. 1-13Marlene4:56
  14. 1-14Marcy's Song4:30
  15. 1-15The Visit4:58
  16. 1-16Prima Donna Of Swans5:16
  17. 1-17Relations3:54
  18. 1-18Cover Me With Roses2:20
  19. 1-19Cryin' Like A Baby3:35
  20. 1-20Spanish Moss3:53
  21. 1-21Have You Seen The Unicorns0:35
  22. 2-1Goodbye To My Loving You4:01
  23. 2-2October4:06
  24. 2-3Mystery2:37
  25. 2-4I Don't Want To Love You No More2:39
  26. 2-5Child Fixin' To Die2:59
  27. 2-6Halloween Is Black As Night2:46
  28. 2-7Night Of The Blues (Version 1)2:04
  29. 2-8(Tumble) In The Wind (Version 1)2:41
  30. 2-9Bull Men2:15
  31. 2-10Maria Spanish Rose2:50
  32. 2-11Singing Sailors2:47
  33. 2-12The Spectre2:02
  34. 2-13Half The Distance2:38
  35. 2-14Night Of The Blues (Version 2)3:51
  36. 2-15(Tumble) In The Wind (Version 2)3:09
  37. 2-16Last Month Of The Year2:59
  38. 2-17Ananias1:36
  39. 2-18Borrow Love And Go2:10
  40. 2-19Washington Jail2:38
  41. 2-20Jesse James3:05
  42. 2-21In The Pines2:31
  43. 2-22On My Way To The Canaan Land2:52

Sound DNA

  • Folk
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • stripped-back
  • melancholic
  • confessional

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

This is an expanded deluxe edition of Jackson C. Frank's sole LP, originally released in 1965.
This two-disc retrospective includes his entire debut and seven songs recorded for the aborted second album, eight previously unreleased recordings from the mid-'70s, and six songs from a failed studio project in 1994, and it closes with a series of kitchen recordings done in 1997, just prior to Frank's death in 1999.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-10 originally released as Jackson C. Frank
Tracks 1-11 and 1-12 originally released as Blues Run The Game
Tracks 1-13 to 1-21 recorded in 1975
Tracks 1-13 to 1-17 originally released on Blues Run The Game (UK 1996) (opens in a new tab)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-6 recorded in 1994
Tracks 2-7 to 2-15 recorded in 1997
Tracks 2-16 to 2-22 recorded in 1960 in Buffalo, NY and known as the 'Peaches & Crust' acetate

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Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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