Singer: Reverend Gary Davis
Title: Pure Religion And Bad Company
Label: Smithsonian Folkways ‎– CD SF 40035
Type: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released: 1991
Category: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: East Coast Blues, Country Blues
Size MP3 zip: 1823 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1489 mb
Rating: 4.5✭
Format: MP3 MP4 MPC AUD RA AA FLAC ASF FLAC

Tracklist

1	Pure Religion	4:17
2	Mountain Jack	3:28
3	Right Now	2:55
4	Buck Dance	2:50
5	Candy Man	2:32
6	Devil's Dream	1:57
7	Moon Goes Down	4:44
8	Cocaine Blues	2:38
9	Runnin' To The Judgement	3:51
10	Hesitation Blues	3:17
11	Bad Company	3:50
12	I Didn't Want To Join The Band	3:06
13	Evening Sun Goes Down	3:28
14	Seven Sisters	2:58
15	My Heart Is Fixed	2:05
16	Time Is Drawing Near	2:48
17	Crucifixion	7:49

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Smithsonian Folkways
• Copyright (c) – Smithsonian Folkways
• Distributed By – Rounder Records Corp.
• Remastered At – The Mastering Lab

Credits

• Cover, Design – Carol Hardy
• Liner Notes – Bruce Bastin
• Photography By – Manny Greenhill
• Recorded By – Fred Gerlach, Tiny Robinson
• Remastered By – Alan Yoshida, Ron Lewter
• Supervised By – Matt Walters

Notes

CD re-issue of 1961 LP Pure Religion And Bad Company by "Blind" Gary Davis, adding two bonus tracks (16 & 17), previously unreleased material.

Recorded by Fred Gerlach & Tiny Robinson, June 1957, in New York, NY.

Under license from Folklore Productions Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 093074003527

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
77 LA 12/14	Blind Gary Davis	Pure Religion And Bad Company ‎(LP, Album)	77 Records	77 LA 12/14	UK	1962
SFW 40035	Reverend Gary Davis*	Pure Religion And Bad Company ‎(CDr, Album, RE)	Smithsonian Folkways	SFW 40035	US	2014
SUITABLE1315	Reverend Gary Davis*	Pure Religion And Bad Company ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE)	Mr. Suit Records	SUITABLE1315	Europe	2014
77 LA 12/14	Blind Gary Davis	Pure Religion And Bad Company ‎(LP, Album, RP)	77 Records	77 LA 12/14	UK	Unknown

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