AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Opus 3 - LP22111 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue  

 Analogue Mastering  -  Pressed at Pallas Germany - Limited Edition

Audiophile 180g LP! The Sound Quality is Crisp and Clear!

"One of the BEST Sounding Guitar Recordings I have EVER heard!" - The Audiophile Voice

Musical Performance 4.5/5 Stars! Sound Quality 5/5 Stars!!!
"The recording is awesome in its simplicity, with perfect engineering from Jan-Eric Persson, Opus 3's head honcho. It presents Bibb front and center, sounding perfectly natural and unexaggerated. Throughout the record he uses a number of guitars, which he denotes in each track's written introduction, and the recording is so clean that you can easily hear the differences between instruments." - Rad Bennett, .hometheatersound 

"Opus 3 co-founder and recording engineer Jan-Eric Persson says he used the same tube stereo microphone he had used on Eric Bibb's original recordings, starting in 1977. The result is very good... If you enjoy what Eric Bibb has been doing for the past 35 years, you'll want this album." - Gerard Rejskind, Ultra High Fidelity Magazine

The Opus 3 record label is both privileged and delighted to release Eric Bibb's new album Blues, Ballads & Work Songs, a further enhancement to Opus 3's association with Bibb, which goes back to 1977 when he was in effect "discovered" with the success of his debut album Rainbow People.

In Blues, Ballads and Work Songs, the basic concept is to cover the complete range of traditional folk/blues songs that were an inherent part of his childhood up to the present time with his own inimitable compositions. To quote Eric:"Blues, Ballads & Work Songs is an album I have been working on for most of my life. Its release coincides with my 60th birthday and it celebrates the music that first inspired me to become a guitar-playing singer. Being as passionate about writing songs as I am about singing and playing traditional material, I couldn't resist including the self-penned tunes at the end of the record. These newer songs, are the 'children' of the older ones."

Most of the songs on B, B & WS were "standards" of the folk/blues scene I was exposed to as a child. I heard them performed on countless occasions by my father's friends and colleagues. I often think of this music as part of my DNA. It has a lot to do with who I am today." - Eric Bibb, July 1, 2011

• Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering
• Cut by Lupo at Dubplates and Mastering in Berlin

Musicians:
Eric Bibb, guitar, vocals
Kahanga "Master Vumbi” Dekula, electric guitar (12)
Christer Lyssarides, electric slide guitar (13), Mandola (14)
Roger Ekman, Höfner violkin bass, Vintage 63 (12, 13)
Bo Juhlin, Sousaphone (14)
Svante Drake, Mouth-percussion & shaker (12, 13)

    1. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
    2. John Henry
    3. Take This Hammer
    4. Cocaine Blue
    5. Candy Man
    6. Goin Down Slow
    7. Sittin' On Top Of The World
    8. Come Back Baby
    9. Frankie & Albert
    10. Stagger Lee
    11. Juke Dance
    12. My Honey Pie
    13. Satisfied
    14. Sophisticated Shade