Releases and Tour
The original LP was released in April 1964 by Chess Records. Since then, numerous recording labels have released different versions on CD with different bonus tracks from Waters' 1964 sessions. One of the first CD versions was released in 1993 by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, containing two bonus tracks, "You Can't Lose What You Ain't New Had" and "The Same Thing." The 1999 remastered version contains five bonus tracks, "The Same Thing", "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had", "My John The Conqueror Root", "Short Dress Woman" and "Put Me In Your Lay Away".
The supporting tour through Europe, the second American Folk Blues Festival, began one month after the recording of Folk Singer. The first gig out of seventeen took place in London; other performances were in countries like Belgium, Germany, France and Denmark. In London, Waters began with the unreleased "My Captain", followed by "Rollin' Stone". In keeping with the folk theme, quiet versions of "Five Long Years", "Blow Wind Blow", "Trouble No More", "My Home Is In The Delta" and "Got My Mojo Working" were performed.
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