12-String Blues
12-String Blues is the first album by American guitarist Leo Kottke, released in 1969.
History
The majority of the album was recorded live at The Scholar, a Minneapolis coffee house that had also featured Bob Dylan, Spider John Koerner and Simon & Garfunkel early in their careers. Three of the instrumentals were recorded in a studio. The LP record was a limited edition of 1000 copies, on the Minneapolis West Bank-based Oblivion Records, and has not been reprinted and/or re-issued on CD. Publishing for the songs was by Symposium Music, same as the publishing and record label for Kottke's third LP.Most of the songs on the album were re-recorded for Kottke's album Circle Round The Sun.
Track listing (with Kottke's notes)
Some versions of the album do not include "Long Way Up the River"Personnel
- Leo Kottke – 6 & 12-string guitars, vocals
- Annie Elliott – cover design