Giles Hedley
Plays The Blues

Listening notes

Giles Hedley’s Plays The Blues is a 1975 vinyl release on the VPRO label, catalog number VPRO 1002. Filed under the Blues genre, the album is presented over two sides with a total of 13 tracks: seven on Side A and six on Side B.

Side A opens with Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:36) and proceeds through Dimples (3:14), Dim Your Lights (3:16), Mellow Apples (2:38), Bottle Up And Go (3:33), and My Wife Drove Me From My Door (3:34), closing with the side’s longest entry, Fool For A Woman (4:45). The listed durations on this side range from 2:36 to 4:45.

Side B contains Sloppy Drunk (2:49), Boogie Chillun (3:58), Jitterbug Swing (3:36), Blues With A Feeling (3:13), Carolyn's Blues (3:39), and Long Black Train (3:47). Durations on this side range from 2:49 to 3:58, and the side concludes with Long Black Train (3:47).

The sequencing places several familiar blues-titled pieces across the set, including Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Dimples, Bottle Up And Go, Boogie Chillun, Jitterbug Swing, and Blues With A Feeling. Within the provided timings, Fool For A Woman at 4:45 is the longest track on the album. Side A runs seven tracks with a mix of sub-three-minute and three-to-four-minute selections, while Side B maintains a relatively consistent three-to-four-minute span.

All details above are drawn from the release information supplied: artist Giles Hedley; title Plays The Blues; label VPRO; catalog number VPRO 1002; year 1975; format vinyl; genre Blues; and the track titles with their listed positions and durations. No further claims are made here regarding recording context, personnel, pressing particulars, reception, or valuation beyond the documented contents and sequence.