Eli Paperboy Reed - Sings Walkin' And Talkin' And Other Smash Hits! (2025) [Official Digital Download]

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 15 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.

TRACKLIST

1. Eli Paperboy Reed - I Just Got to Know
2. Eli Paperboy Reed - Walkin' and Talkin' (For My Baby)
3. Eli Paperboy Reed - The Tips of My Fingers
4. Eli Paperboy Reed - Woman Woman Blues
5. Eli Paperboy Reed - Something You Got
6. Eli Paperboy Reed - The Poor Side of Town
7. Eli Paperboy Reed - I'm Tired of Wandering
8. Eli Paperboy Reed - Fat Mama Rumble
9. Eli Paperboy Reed - You're Gonna Make Me Cry
10. Eli Paperboy Reed - Cool Drink of Water Blues
11. Eli Paperboy Reed - Don't Let Me Down
12. Eli Paperboy Reed - A Dying Veteran's Plea
13. Eli Paperboy Reed - Lone Town Blues
14. Eli Paperboy Reed - A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
15. Eli Paperboy Reed - Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues
16. Eli Paperboy Reed - Right Around The Corner
17. Eli Paperboy Reed - She May Be Yours (Radio Session)
18. Eli Paperboy Reed - Brought Life Back to the Dead (Radio Session)
19. Eli Paperboy Reed - West Helena Blues (Radio Session)
20. Eli Paperboy Reed - Thirty Two Twenty Blues (Radio Session)
21. Eli Paperboy Reed - I'm Leaving You (Radio Session)
22. Eli Paperboy Reed - Big Fat Mama Blues (Radio Session)
23. Eli Paperboy Reed - I'm a King Bee (Radio Session)
24. Eli Paperboy Reed - Rollin' And Tumblin' (Radio Session)
25. Eli Paperboy Reed - Stop Talking In Your Sleep (Radio Session)
26. Eli Paperboy Reed - I Can't Quit You Baby (Radio Session)
27. Eli Paperboy Reed - The Last Mile Of The Way (Radio Session)



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