Eli Paperboy Reed – Sings Walkin’ And Talkin’ And Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Eli Paperboy Reed – Sings Walkin’ And Talkin’ And Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Yep Roc Records
Release: 2025
Release date: June 6, 2025
Eli Paperboy Reed is celebrating 20 years of making soulful music with the re-release of his very first album, 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.
This deluxe edition includes all 12 tracks from Eli’s debut album and 14 never before released tracks! The first disc of the newly remastered double LP reissue contains the original album, plus four additional tracks recorded the same December day in 2004. The second disc contains 11 tracks from a session recorded for WHRB radio at Harvard University in 2005. The single deluxe CD will contain all of the songs featured on the deluxe LP.
This deluxe set presents Reed’s humble beginnings in Boston by way of Mississippi and Chicago, playing his own rough and ready interpretations of down-home 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.
Website: https://www.elipaperboyreed.com
Tracks:
01. I Just Got to Know
02. Walkin’ and Talkin’ (For My Baby)
03. The Tips of My Fingers
04. Woman Woman Blues
05. Something You Got
06. The Poor Side of Town
07. I’m Tired of Wandering
08. Fat Mama Rumble
09. 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)