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Sings Walkin' And Talkin' And Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Edition)
  1. I Just Got to Know
  2. Walkin' and Talkin' (For My Baby)
  3. The Tips of My Fingers
  4. Woman Woman Blues
  5. Something You Got
  6. The Poor Side of Town
  7. I'm Tired of Wandering
  8. Fat Mama Rumble
  9. You're Gonna Make Me Cry
  10. Cool Drink of Water Blues
  11. Don't Let Me Down
  12. A Dying Veteran's Plea
  13. Lone Town Blues
  14. A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
  15. Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues
  16. Right Around The Corner
  17. She May Be Yours (Radio Session)
  18. Brought Life Back to the Dead (Radio Session)
  19. West Helena Blues (Radio Session)
  20. Thirty Two Twenty Blues (Radio Session)
  21. I'm Leaving You (Radio Session)
  22. Big Fat Mama Blues (Radio Session)
  23. I'm a King Bee (Radio Session)
  24. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Radio Session)
  25. Stop Talking In Your Sleep (Radio Session)
  26. I Can't Quit You Baby (Radio Session)
  27. The Last Mile Of The Way (Radio Session)

Eli Paperboy Reed

Sings Walkin' And Talkin' And Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Edition)

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  • remastered 2LP (with 4 bonus tracks + Radio Session tracks) in gatefold sleeve (pre-order)

    Expected Release: 6th Jun 2025

    £35.99
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  • deluxe remastered CD (pre-order)

    Expected Release: 6th Jun 2025

    £26.99
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Eli Paperboy Reed is celebrating 20 years of making soulful music with the re-release of his very first album, the hopefully-titled 'Sings Walkin' And Talkin' And Other Smash Hits!'.

The set was originally recorded in a basement studio in Allston, Massachusetts, all live to analog tape in mono and pressed as a limited run of 300 cds in 2005. This self-released CD was mostly sold while Reed busked on the streets of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass in his early 20s.

The first disc of the newly remastered double LP reissue will contain the original tracks from the CD, plus four additional tracks recorded the same December day in 2004. The second disc contains a live performance recorded for WHRB radio at Harvard University in 2005. This two disc set presents Reed’s humble beginnings in Boston by way of Mississippi and Chicago, playing his own rough and ready interpretations of downhome blues, R&B and gospel.

With this 20th anniversary release and the celebration of two decades of legendary live performances, Reed cements himself as an elder statesman of the genre.