Jo Banks
Jo Banks Of The Purple Door

Listening notes

Jo Banks Of The Purple Door is a 1965 blues album by Jo Banks, issued on vinyl by Columbia under catalog number KSX 3. Presented simply as Jo Banks’s entry in the label’s catalog, it is categorized in the blues genre and organized over two sides with six tracks per side, for a total of twelve selections.

Side A begins with Pay Your Dues (A1) and continues through Little Willy (A2) and I’ve Been Buked And I’ve Been Scorned (A3). The sequence proceeds with Down By The Riverside (A4) and 45 Pistol (A5), concluding the first half with Old Ark A Moverin’ (A6). The track titles on this side range from the directness of Pay Your Dues and 45 Pistol to titles associated with spiritual or traditional repertoires in other contexts, such as I’ve Been Buked And I’ve Been Scorned and Down By The Riverside; the listing here provides titles only and does not specify authorship or source. Durations are not supplied in the provided track list.

Side B opens with Grizzly Bear (B1) and Best Friend Blues (B2), then places Will The Circle Be Unbroken (B3) at the midpoint of the second side. The remaining titles are Mule Skinner (B4), This Time One More Year (B5), and Bill Baily (B6), with the latter spelled as listed. As with Side A, the information available documents titles and sequence without additional detail on songwriting credits or timings.

Compiled from the album’s basic identifiers and track sequence, this entry reflects the verifiable details: artist (Jo Banks), title (Jo Banks Of The Purple Door), label (Columbia), catalog number (KSX 3), year (1965), format (vinyl), genre (blues), and the twelve-track program divided evenly across Sides A and B. Further specifics—such as recording particulars, personnel, or pressing notes—are not included in the data summarized here.