CLASSIC BO DIDDLEY 78 I'M A MAN /BO DIDDLEY REO 8022 E-
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GREAT GROUND BREAKING DOUBLE-SIDED R&B CLASSIC FROM THE HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL BO DIDDLEY
AND IN EXCELLENT PLAYING CONDITION!
THIS IS THE COPY I HAVE BEEN PLAYING OUT AT BESTIVAL AND IN THE CLUBS AND ON RADIO etc!
I'M A MAN / BO DIDDLEY
Bo Diddley 'Bo Diddley'
I'm A Man - Bo Diddley
The Bo Diddley beat is one of rock & roll's bedrock rhythms, showing up in the work of Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, and even pop-garage knockoffs like the Strangeloves' 1965 hit "I Want Candy." Diddley's hypnotic rhythmic attack and declamatory, boasting vocals stretched back as far as Africa for their roots, and looked as far into the future as rap. His trademark otherwordly vibrating, fuzzy guitar style did much to expand the instrument's power and range. But even more important, Bo's bounce was fun and irresistibly rocking, with a wisecracking, jiving tone that epitomized rock & roll at its most humorously outlandish and freewheeling...
His very first single, "Bo Diddley"/"I'm a Man" (1955), was a double-sided monster. The A-side was soaked with futuristic waves of tremolo guitar, set to an ageless nursery rhyme; the flip was a bump-and-grind, harmonica-driven shuffle, based around a devastating blues riff. But the result was not exactly blues, or even straight R&B, but a new kind of guitar-based rock & roll, soaked in the blues and R&B, but owing allegiance to neither.
AMAZINGLY IT WAS NOT A HIT IN THE UK!!
A SIDE: BO DIDDLEY
AA SIDE: I'M A MAN
CANADA REO 8022 10" 78 rpm
CONDITION - SLIGHTLY SCRUFFY LABELS BUT FEW SCRATCHES AND STILL HAS LOADS OF SHINE! IT PLAYS EXCELLENT - TWO CLASSIC SIDES!
GREAT ROCKING RHYTHM 78 FROM THE GREAT BO DIDDLEY (RIP)
DON'T MISS THIS RARITY - BID NOW!!
ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS EMAIL ME OR CALL ME ON 01223 872 937
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