American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt
| American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt | ||||
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| Released | June 16, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 1928 | |||
| Genre | folk, blues | |||
| Length | 38:41 | |||
| Label | Lo-Max, Sony Legacy, Third Man | |||
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American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt is a compilation album released to accompany the American Epic documentary films in 2017. It collects all the surviving performances from Mississippi John Hurt's first two recording sessions for OKeh Records in Memphis and New York City in 1928. The performances are cited as some of the greatest recordings of the 1920s.