JIMMY REED – 12 GREATEST HITS LP – Nr MINT 1987 BLUES

Jimmy Reed – 12 Greatest Hits
(Topline Records  1987  TOP174)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges/corners

Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed’s songs such as “Honest I Do” (1957), “Baby What You Want Me to Do” (1960), “Big Boss Man” (1961), and “Bright Lights, Big City” (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine’s R&B and Hot 100 singles charts. 

Reed influenced many other musicians, including Elvis Presley, Hank Williams Jr., Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the Rolling Stones, who recorded his songs. Music critic Cub Koda describes him as “perhaps the most influential bluesman of all,” due to his easily accessible style.

12 Greatest Hits is an album by American blues musician and songwriter Jimmy Reed, released in 1987 through Topline Records. The album is a collection of his original Vee Jay Recordings.

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