Prestige

The Guitar & Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis

Rev. Gary Davis

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Recorded	1969
Label	Prestige
Catalog	PR 7725
Released	1969
Personnel	4 credited players
Discogs	master 421076

The record

The title promises guitar and banjo; the credits name only Davis at the guitar. Rags, a march and a fox trot sit alongside 'Candy Man' across eleven pieces, issued by Prestige as PR 7725 in 1969, the listed pressing a remastered stereo reissue with lacquers cut by Rudy Van Gelder, notes by Chris Albertson and Don Schlitten's design and photography.

Tracks

Maple Leaf Rag
Slow Drag
The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing The Guitar At The Same Time)
Candy Man
United States March
Devil's Dream
The Coon Hunt
Mister Jim
Please Baby
Fast Fox Trot
Can't Be Satisfied

Session personnel

Don Schlitten — Design, Photography By
Rev. Gary Davis — Guitar
Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
Chris Albertson — Liner Notes

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1964	Prestige Folklore · FL 14033 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file
1964	Prestige Folklore · FLST 14033 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo
1969	Prestige · PR 7725 — Vinyl LP Reissue Remastered Stereo
2000	P-Vine Records · PCD-5618 — CD, Album, Reissue
2001	Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-592-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2001	Original Blues Classics · OBCCD-592-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
—	Prestige · PR 7725 — Vinyl, LP, Remastered, Reissue
—	Prestige Folklore · FLLP 14033 — Vinyl, LP, Repress, Mono
—	Prestige · PR 7725 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
—	Prestige · PR 7725 — Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo