Eli Paperboy Reed - Sings Walkin' And Talkin' And Other Smash Hits! (20th Anniversary Edition) 2LP

Release date: June 6, 2025 - Yep Roc Records

Track Listing

1. I Just Got to Know 
2. Walkin' and Talkin' (For My Baby)
3. The Tips of My Fingers 
4. Woman Woman Blues 
5. Something You Got 
6. The Poor Side of Town 
7. I'm Tired of Wandering 
8. Fat Mama Rumble 
9. You're Gonna Make Me Cry 
10. Cool Drink of Water Blues 
11. Don't Let Me Down 
12. A Dying Veteran's Plea 
13. Lone Town Blues (Bonus Track) 
14. A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (Bonus Track) 
15. Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues (Bonus Track)
16. Right Around The Corner (Bonus Track)
17. She May Be Yours (Radio Session) 
18. Brought Life Back to the Dead (Radio Session) 
19. West Helena Blues (Radio Session) 03:30
20. Thirty Two Twenty Blues (Radio Session) 
21. I'm Leaving You (Radio Session) 
22. Big Fat Mama Blues (Radio Session) 
23. I'm a King Bee (Radio Session) 
24. Rollin' And Tumblin' (Radio Session) 
25. Stop Talking In Your Sleep (Radio Session) 
26. I Can't Quit You Baby (Radio Session) 
27. The Last Mile Of The Way (Radio Session) 

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.