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Eclipse 64416 |
Whole Lotta Blues ... Crescent City |
● CD $9.98 $6.98 |
Enjoyable collection of 16 N.O. blues and R&B sides from
the 40s through the early 60s at a bargain price. Includes The Fat Man
by Fats Domino, C.C. Rider by Snooks Eaglin, Wish Someone Would
Care by Irma Thomas, Let The Four Winds Blow by Roy Brown, I
Don't Know Why (But I Do) by Clarence "Frogman" Henry, The Things I
used To Do by Guitar Slim plus cuts from Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie,
Sugar Boy Crawford, Joe Turner, Dave Bartholomew, Smiley Lewis and others.
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EMI Plus 630221 |
Blues Connection, Vol. 1 - How Long, How
Long Blues |
● CD $25.98 $19.98 |
4 CDs, 72 tracks, 196 mins, highly recommended
Now
deleted. First in a series of five inexpensive 4 CD sets from Holland
featuring a broad spectrum of blues from the 30s, 40s and 50s. There's no
real thematic continuity to the sets - just an entertaining mix of country
blues, urban blues, down home blues, Chicago blues, West Coast blues and
more. Some of the material is familiar and some of the artists are
featured with great frequency but there's a fair amount of lesser known
and downright obscure stuff. Except for volume 1 a good deal of the
material comes from the Aladdin, Imperial and Capitol catalogs and is
drawn from the series of albums issued on U.S. Capitol some years ago and
deleted all too quickly. Sound quality is generally excellent and the CDs
are presented in a handsome fold out digipack. There's a 16 page booklet
with a brief introduction to blues in half a dozen different languages,
but, unfortunately no discographical info. This first volume includes
tracks by Leroy Carr, Lil
Johnson, Lil Green, Victoria Spivey, Jack Dupree, Arthur Crudup, Paul Williams,
Lightnin' Hopkins, Frankie Lee Sims, Ralph Willis, Snooky & Moody, Little
Johnny Jones, Paul Gayten, Gatemouth Moore, Helen Humes and many more. Great listening, ehether you're a new comer to the music or a serious collector. (FS)
ANNISTEEN ALLEN: Give it up/ PEARL BAILEY & J.MOMS
MABLEY: Saturday night fish fry/ BIG MACEO: Worried life blues/ BROTHER
BLUES & THE BACKROOM BOYS: Featherweight mama/ OTHUM BROWN & LITTLE
WALTER: Ora nelle blues/ LEROY CARR: How long-how long blues/ BO CARTER:
Some day/ DOCTOR CLAYTON: Angels in Harlem/ ARTHUR CRUDUP: Shout sister
shout/ ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: Who's been fooling you/ CARL DAVIS: In the
dozens/ THE DU-DROPPERS: I can't do sixty no more/ JACK DUPREE: Let's have
a ball/ SLEEPY JOHN ESTES: Drop down baby/ LOWELL FULSOM: Stormin and
rainin/ LOWELL FULSON: Fulson boogie/ CECIL GANT: Cecil's jamsession/ PAUL
GAYTEN: Gayten's nightmare/ Hey little girl/ LIL GREEN: Why don't you do
right/ VIOLET GREEN & LONNIE JOHNSON: You had too much/ WYNONIE HARRIS:
Wynonie's boogie/ You get yourself a job/ BERHA "CHIPPY" HILL: Some cold
rainy day/ JOHN LEE HOOKER: Lowdown midnight boogie/ Stomp boogie/
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS: Feel so bad/ Henny penny blues/ Jazz blues/ HELEN
HUMES: Central avenue boogie/ IVORY JOE HUNTER: High cost low pay blues/
LIL JOHNSON: Keep on knocking/ ROBERT JOHNSON: They're red hot/ LITTLE
JOHNNY JONES: Big town playboy/ LOUIS JORDAN: Saturday night fish fry/
KANSAS CITY KITTY & GEORGIA TOM: Tom, how can you have the blues?/
SAUNDERS KING: Swingin'/ MORRIS LANE BAND: Bobby's boogie/ MEADE LUX
LEWIS: Whistling blues/ LITTLE WALTER: I just keep lovin' her/ BROWNIE
MCGHEE: Hard bed blues/ My fault/ STICKS MCGHEE & HIS BUDDIES: Blues
mixture (I'd rather drink muddy water)/ Drinkin' wine spo-dee-o-dee/ BIG
JAY MCNEELY: Deacon's hop/ MEMPHIS MINNIE: Hustlin' woman blues/ MEMPHIS
SLIM: Old taylor/ The comeback/ ROY MONTRELL: Mudd/ GATEMOUTH MOORE: I
ain't mad at you/ FRANKIE LEE SIMS: Don't forget me/ SNOOKY AND MOODY:
Keep what you got/ VICTORIA SPIVEY: Dope head blues/ SUNNYLAND SLIM: Fly
right little girl/ TAMPA RED & JOHNNY JONES: It's a brand new boogie/
JESSE THOMAS: Same old stuff/ Texas blues/ JOE TURNER: Don't dig it/
Hollywood bed/ Low down dog/ Ooo-ouch-stop/ WASHBOARD SAM: Back door/
MUDDY WATERS: I can't be satisfied/ You got to take sick and die some of
these days../ NOBLE WATTS & JUNE BATEMAN: Go away mr.blues/ DEE WILLIAMS:
Bongo blues/ PAUL WILLIAMS: The hucklebuck/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: Better
cut that out/ Shake the boogie/ Sloppy drunk blues/ RALPH WILLIS: Goin' to
Virginia/ I'm gonna rock
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EMI Plus 630320 |
Blues Connection, Vol. 2 - County Jail
Blues |
● CD $25.98 $16.98 |
Last few copies. A fine and varied four CD set of blues -
mostly from the 40s and 50s (plus a few later ones. 72 tracks
in all.
GENE AMMONS QUINTET: Blowin' Red's top/ CALVIN BOZE:
Safronia B/ CHARLES BROWN: Again/ Black night/ Cryin' mercy/ Gee!/ My
silent love/ Once there lived a fool/ Rising sun/ KING COLE TRIO: Bring
another drink/ Don't blame me/ I'm through with love/ Loan me two till
Tuesday/ Oh, but I do/ NAT "KING" COLE TRIO: The frim fram sauce/ LOWELL
FULSON: Double trouble blues/ Night and day/ LALO GUERRERO: Chicas patas
boogie(Oh babe!)/ SMOKEY HOGG: In this world alone/ Need my help/ JOHN LEE
HOOKER: Boom boom/ Decoration day blues/ Don't you remember me(can I say
hello)/ Forgive me/ I had a dream/ I met the grindin' man/ John Lee's
house rent boogie/ Johnny Lee's original boogie/ Nobody to talk to me/
Sally Mae(There's A Day Comin' Baby)/ She was in Chicago/ Whistlin' and
moanin' blues/ LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS: Mojo hand/ HELEN HUMES: Be baba leba/
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT: Frankie and Albert/ LONNIE JOHNSON: He's a jelly
roll baker/ JOE LUTCHER: No name boogie/ NELLIE LUTCHER: Fine brown frame/
MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL: Got to move/ BROWNIE MCGHEE & SONNY TERRY: Walk
on/ JAY MCSHANN'S KANSAS CITY STOMPERS: Bad tale boogie/ Hard workin' man
blues/ Merry-go-round blues/ When I've been drinking/ AMOS MILBURN: Atomic
baby/ Chicken shack boogie/ Down the road a'piece/ Two years of torture/
JOHNNY MOORE'S THREE BLAZERS: Baby don't you cry/ Blazers boogie/ ELLA MAE
MORSE: Cow cow boogie/ The house of blue lights/ JESSE PRICE: Baby let's
be friends/ Jump it with a shuffle/ JIMMY REED: Shame/ SONNY TERRY:
Custard pie blues/ Dirty misstreater/ Worried man blues/ JOE TURNER: I'm
in sharp when I hit the coast/ Ice man blues/ It's a lowdown dirty shame
(Playboy blues)/ Jumpin' tonight/ Morning glory/ Sally zu zazz/ T-BONE
WALKER: Baby broke my heart/ Come back to me baby/ Hypin' woman blues/ I
can't stand being away from you/ Long skirt baby blues/ Stormy Monday/
COOTIE WILLIAMS & HIS ORCHESTRA: Stingy blues/ LESTER YOUNG: Jumpin;with
symphony Sid
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Excello 3001 |
The Best Of Excello Records |
● CD $14.98 $9.98 |
30 tracks, 75 mins, highly recommended
Excello got it's
reissue program off to a strong start with this 30 track sampler. If you
have the two Rhino albums issued some years ago then you have all but one
track here - still that one track is the sensational Chicken Hearted
Woman by Clarence Samuels with hot guitar pickin' & chicken pickin'.
The set here is programmed approximately chronologically starting with
Arthur Gunter's 1954 recording of Baby Let's Play House which was
covered by some guy and ends with Shy Guy Douglas's Long Gone from
1966. Along the way we hear dark swampy blues that came from Jay Miller's
studio in Crowley, Louisiana (Lonesome Sundown, Lazy Lester, Lightnin'
Slim, Slim Harpo,etc.). On the R&B front Miller also provided Charles "Mad
Dog" Sheffield and Joe Hudson & His Rockin' Dukes and hot rockabilly from
Al Ferrier and Johnny Jano. Most of the other recordings were made in the
labels home town of Nashville and is a very diverse mixture. It includes
blues (Louis Brooks, Robert Garrett, Lillian Offitt, Chicago group The
Blues Rockers with their bizarre Calling All Cows, Jerry McCain,
etc), doo-wop (The Gladiolas with their original recording of Little
Darlin', The King Crooners), rhythm & blues (Rudy Green) & swamp pop
(Hooks Coleman). Excellent sound, good notes by James Marshall and some
nice photos but no discographical information or even original issue
numbers! (FS)
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Excello 3008 |
Dark Clouds Rolling |
● CD $14.98 $10.98 |
29 tracks, 73 min., highly recommended
What a great idea. Take one of the most important blues
albums - the 1963 EMI/ Stateside album "Authentic R&B" & reissue it on CD
with 13 extra tracks. The "Blackwell Guide To The Blues Records" considers
the original Stateside album essential in a basic blues collection & I
couldn't agree more. It contains no unissued/alternate takes, just the
master takes of classics like I'm King Bee (Slim Harpo), Wild
Cherry (Leroy Washington), I'm A Lover Not A Fighter (Lasy
Lester), You're Too Late Baby (Silas Hogan), Lonesome Lonely
Blues (Lonesome Sundown) etc. If you're new to the "J. D.
Miller/Excello Sound", I assure you this is one of the best guides, if not
the best. Twelve of the tracks here are new to AVI/Excello CDs, and for
the first time AVI has included tracks by harmonica players Jimmy Anderson
and Moses "Whispering" Smith. They've also included Winter Time Blues,
one of Lightnin' Slim's best sides featuring Lazy Lester on harmonica.
Walk, don't run - don't even stop for the red light! A must CD. (EL)
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Fuel 2000 61088 |
The Incredible Electric Blues Guitar Album |
● CD $13.98 $8.98 |
15 track collection featuring great blues guitar from the
50s and 60s - mostly drawn from the Cobra, Jewel and affiliated catalogs
ANDREW BROWN: You Better Stop/ ALBERT COLLINS: Collins
Shuffle/ LOWELL FULSON: Crying Won't Help/ GUITAR SHORTY: You Don't Treat
Me Right/ BUDDY GUY: This Is The End/ HOMESICK JAMES: Crossroads/ EARL
HOOKER: The Leading Brand/ LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS: Lightnin's Jump/ ELMORE
JAMES: Knockin' At Your Door/ CLARENCE JOLLY: It's Alright/ ROBERT
LOCKWOOD JR.: Aw Aw Baby/ MAGIC SAM: Easy Baby/ FENTON ROBINSON: So You're
Leaving/ OTIS RUSH: All Your Love (i Miss Loving)/ IKE TURNER: Down & Out
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Fuel 2000 61345 |
The Modern Records Blues Story |
● CD $15.98 $9.98 |
20 track introduction to some of the great blues
recordings on the Modern and associated labels (RPM, Flair, Kent, Meteor)
and includes John Lee Hooker, Smokey Hogg, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lightnin'
Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Jimmy McCracklin, Johnny "Guitar"
Watson, Etta James, Little Milton and others. Great music throughout
though it's a pity that they couldn't have added a few more tracks.
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Fuel 2000 61525 |
Penitentiary Blues: Songs To Do Hard Time
By |
● CD $13.98 $9.98 |
16 tracks, 47 mins, highly recommended
Spanning both pre-
and post-WWII southern Blues, this collection lays bare the harsh
realities of poor southern Black men's prison experiences. Truly a
haunting collection, rife with violence and sorrow, desperation and
degradation, and the ragged beauty it can inspire. This compiles all
original recordings spanning the years 1928 - 1958 in mostly chronological
order, starting with the title track by Blind Lemon Jefferson. Leadbelly
Midnight Special, Bukka White Parchman Farm Blues, Leroy
Carr Christmas in Jail, Ain't That A Pain, and Lightnin' Hopkins
Prison Blues Come Down On Me are but a few of the highlights on this
important collection. Other artists include BB King, Otis Rush, Jim
Jackson, Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and many more. This is a cut out of a
release from a few years ago, so it will have a hole in the barcode, but
that just makes it that much more affordable. (JM)
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High Water/HMG 6513 |
Deep South Blues |
● CD $15.98 $9.98 |
Fine collection of tracks from the vaults of High Water
records and produced by David Evans between 1979 and 1984. It features
previously unissued alternate takes by R.L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill,
Junior Kimbrough and other High Water artists, a previously unissued
Kimbrough track and tracks previously only available on 45s by Raymond
Hill, Lillie Hill, Ranie Burnette and Uncle Ben & His Nephews.
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Hip-O 103002 |
American Folk Blues Festival, 1962-1966 |
● CD $16.98 $10.98 |
16 track CD collection of songs drawn from the two DVDs of
these inspiring live performances. Includes songs by Howlin' Wolf, Lonnie
Johnson, Memphis Slim, Junior Wells, Lightnin' Hopkins, Eddie Boyd, Willie
Dixon, Muddy Waters and others.
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HMG 1008 |
From Mississippi To Chicago |
● CD $14.98 $7.98 |
15 tracks, 49 mins, recommended
15 sides recorded in
Mississippi and Chicago for researcher Matt Block. There are 5 cuts by the
ubiquitous R.L. Burnside in fine form, accompanying himself on amplified
guitar on songs like Poor Black Mattie/ Fireman, Ring The Bell/ Bad
Luck and others. There are 5 cuts recorded in Chicago by Mississippian
Robert Curtis Smith who previously recorded for Bluesville in 1961! His
repertoire is now exclusively gospel and though his playing is a bit rusty
the performances are powerful and moving on songs like The Lord Will
Make A Way Somehow/ Thank You and the guitar accompanied narration
Lye Water Conversion. There are also cuts by Pinetop Perkins (in good
form), Eddie Cusic and a fine veteran piano player, new to recordings,
Boogaloo Ames. (FS)
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House Of Blues 1340 |
Defiance Blues |
● CD $12.98 $8.98 |
15 tracks, 53 mins, recommended
Summed up nicely by Big
Bill Broonzy on his Black, Brown & White - "If You're white, it's
alright, if your brown, stick around, but if you're black, get back, get
back, get back," this is basically a compilation that vocalizes all of the
B.S. that African-Americans have endured over the years and issues that
have plagued their community. Powerful tracks like White Mule Of Sin
- John Byrd, Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson,
Backlash Blues - Nina Simone, Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly,
Uncle Sam Says - Josh White, I Have To Paint My Face - Sam
Chatman and much more. Recordings date from the 1920's through the 1990's,
all mastered well together with a nice flow through the eras. Layout on
booklet etc. is a little is a bit difficult and the liner notes are
thoughtful but rather generic; still, the message is clear. (JM)
BIG BILL BROONZY: Black, Brown & White/ JOHN BYRD: That
White Mule Of Sin/ SAM CHATMON: I Have To Paint My Face/ WILLIE DIXON: It
Don't Make Sense (You Can't Make Peace)/ MICHAEL HILL'S BLUES MOB:
Bluestime In America/ BILLIE HOLIDAY: Strange Fruit/ LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS: No
Education/ BIG JACK JOHNSON: We Got To Stop This Killin'/ LEADBELLY:
Bourgeois Blues/ ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS: Prisoner's Talkin' Blues/ NINA
SIMONE: Backlash Blues/ JUNIOR WELLS: Viet Cong Blues/ BUKKA WHITE:
District Attorney Blues/ JOSH WHITE: Uncle Sam Says/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON:
Fattening Frogs For Snakes
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Indigo 2500 |
The R&B Hits Of 1951 |
● CD $17.98 $12.98 |
Another of those great double CDs from Indigo featuring
some of the most popular blues and R&B songs from a given year. This time
it's 1951 and unlike some previous issues some of these did not reach the
R&B charts. Among the goodies here are Bloodshot Eyes by Wynonie
Harris, Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand by Ray Charles, I'm Gonna Dig
Myself A Hole by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, I'm A Night Owl by
Lowell Fulson, I Rule My House by Chuck Willis, Cotton Picking
Blues by Willie Mae THornton, Walk That Mess by Tiny Bradshaw
and lots more from Peppermint Harris, The Griffin Brothers, Joe Turner,
B.B. King, Dinah Washington, Sonny By Williamson, Tampa Red, Roy Brown,
The Larks, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Nelson and lots more.
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King KBSC 7002 |
King R&B Box Set |
● CD $45.98 $29.98 |
4 discs, 88 tracks, 4 hrs. +, highly recommended
One of
the 50's most important and most neglected labels finally gets a digital
boxed set that attempts an overview of its rhythm & blues productions -
not an easy task given the prodigious nature of the company's output. And,
surprise, surprise, it's actually produced by King Records, U.S.A., not an
import label. It's pretty well done too. Volume One opens with I Know
Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well by Bull Moose Jackson, and then
moves on to Bye Bye Baby Blues by the Ravens, Tomorrow Night
by Lonnie Johnson, Good Rockin' Tonight by Wynonie Harris, Long
About Midnight by Roy Brown, Guess Who by Ivory Joe Hunter, and
Sixty Minute Man by the Dominoes. Volume Two includes The Train
Kept A'Rollin' by Tiny Bradshaw, It Ain't the Meat by the
Swallows, My Ding-a-Ling by Dave Bartholomew, Moon Rise by
the Royals, Big Ten Inch Record by Bull Moose Jackson, Nervous
Man Nervous by Big Jay McNeely, Work with Me Annie by the
Midnighters, Hearts of Stone by the Charms, and Rock Love by
Lula Reed. Volume Three features All Around the World and Fever
by Little Willie John, Honky Tonk (Parts 1 and 2) by Bill Doggett,
It Hurts to Be in Love by Annie Laurie, Think and
Dedicated to the One I Love by the Five Royales, The Twist and
Finger Poppin' Time by Hank Ballard, Hide Away by Freddy
King, and Papa's Got a Brand New Bag by James Brown. And Volume
Four, billed as a bonus disc, features only seven rare or previously
unissued numbers - including Me and My Crazy Self by Lonnie
Johnson, Wild Stage of Life by Lula Reed with Sonny Thompson, and
Dr. Lover by Hank Ballard - plus three early 50's speech excerpts
by King Records founder Syd Nathan. Don't get me wrong about this. The
speech excerpts are interesting, and I did enjoy hearing them once. But
another 20 tracks of good music would have made me a lot happier. Oh well.
The other amenities here are up to current reissue standards: Sound
quality is solid. And there's a 32 page booklet with lots of vintage
photos and intelligent, knowledgeable notes by Colin Escott. One can only
hope for more now that King's current owners have seen fit to open their
treasure chest. How about a country boxed set, a gospel boxed set, and a
vocal group boxed set for starters? (DH)
ANNISTEEN ALLEN: Baby, I'm Doing It/ HANK BALLARD: Dr.
Lover/ Finger Poppin' Time/ Get That Hump In Your Back/ Let's Go, Let's
Go, Let's Go/ The Twist/ DAVE BARTHOLOMEW AND HIS ORCHESTRA: My
Ding-A-Ling/ EARL BOSTIC: Flamingo/ No Troubles Bubbles/ TINY BRADSHAW AND
HIS ORCHESTRA: The Train Kept A' Rollin'/ Well, Oh Well/ JAMES BROWN:
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1)/ ROY BROWN: Hard Luck Blues/ Long
About Midnight/ Rockin' At Midnight/ ROY BYRD (PROFESSOR LONGHAIR):
Rockin' With Fes/ THE CHANTERS: No, No, No/ THE CHARMS: Hearts Of Stone/
BILL DOGGETT: Honky Tonk (Part 1)/ Honky Tonk (Part 2)/ Ram-Bunk-Shush/
THE DOMINOES: Have Mercy Baby/ Sixty Minute Man/ JACK DUPREE AND MR. BEAR:
Walking The Blues/ THE FIVE ROYALES: Dedicated To The One I Love/ Think/
BILLY GAYLES: I'm Tore Up/ LIL GREENWOOD AND THE FOUR JACKS: Grandpaw Can
Boogie Too/ WYNONIE HARRIS: All She Wants To Do Is Rock/ Good Morning,
Judge/ Good Rockin' Tonight/ Sittin' On It All The Time/ Bloodshot Eyes/
Lovin' Machine/ TEDDY HUMPHRIES: What Makes You So Tough?/ IVORY JOE
HUNTER: Guess Who/ Jealous Heart/ BULL MOOSE JACKSON: Why Don't You Haul
Off And Love Me/ MOOSE JACKSON: Big Ten Inch Record/ BULL MOOSE JACKSON
AND HIS BAND: I Know Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well/ BULL MOOSE JACKSON
AND HIS BUFFALO BEARCATS: I Love You, Yes I Do/ I Want A Bowlegged Woman/
LITTLE WILLIE JOHN: All Around The World/ Fever/ Fever (With String
Overdub)/ Sleep/ LITTLE WILIE JOHN: Talk To Me, Talk To Me/ LONNIE
JOHNSON: Me And My Crazy Self/ Pleasing You (As Long As I Live)/ Tomorrow
Night/ EARL 'CONNELLY' KING: Don't Take It So Hard/ FREDDY KING: Hide
Away/ I'm Tore Down/ San-Ho-Zay/ THE KING PINS: It Won't Be This Way
(Always)/ ANNIE LAURIE: It Hurts To Be In Love/ LITTLE ESTHER AND HER
ORCHESTRA: Cherry Wine/ LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD: K.C. Loving/ BIG JAY
MCNEELY: Nervous Man, Nervous/ THE MIDNIGHTERS: Sexy Ways/ Work With Me
Annie/ LUCKY MILLINDER: I'm Waiting Just For You/ HOT LIPS PAGE AND HIS
ORCHESTRA: Jungle King/ THE PLATTERS: Only You (And You Alone)/ THE
RAVENS: Bye, Bye Baby Blues/ LULA REED: Rock Love/ Wild Stage Of Life/
TODD RHODES: Blues For The Red Boy/ Pot Likker/ Trying/ THE ROYALS: Moon
Rise/ MABEL SCOTT: Disgusted/ SMOKEY SMOTHERS: Come On Rock, Little Girl/
THE SWALLOWS: Beside You/ It Ain't The Meat/ JOE THOMAS: Page Boy Shuffle/
SONNY THOMPSON: I'll Drown In My Tears/ Mellow Blues (Part I)/ TINY TOPSY:
Miss You So/ EDDIE VINSON: Ashes On My Pillow/ BILLY WARD AND HIS
DOMINOES: Rags To Riches/ That's What You're Doin' To Me/ JOHNNY 'GUITAR'
WATSON: Gangster Of Love/ YOUNG JOHN WATSON: Space Guitar/ OTIS WILLIAMS
AND HIS CHARMS: Ivory Tower/ SYD ZNATHAN: Syd Nathan Addresses An A & R
Meeting, December 11, 1954/ Syd Nathan Talks About His European Trip,
October 1952/ Syd Nathan And Eli Oberstein Address A Sales Meeting,
September 22, 1951
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MCA Special Products 21083 |
Creed Gospel Classics, Vol. 4 |
● CD $7.98 $5.98 |
Has Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke, The Angelic Gospel Singers,
Consolers, Gospel Keynotes, Rev. Cleophus Robinson, The Williams Brothers
and The B.C. & M. Mass Choir.
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Nashboro 4520 |
Nashboro Nativity, Vol. 1 |
● CD $13.98 $8.98 |
14 tracks, 46 min., recommended
A delightful cross section
of Christmas numbers recorded throughout the 60's and performed by
Nashboro gospel artists. Selections include Merry Christmas and
No Room at the Inn by the Consolers, Glory to the New Born King
by the Angelic Gospel Singers, Jesus Christ the Baby and New
Born King by the Six Trumpets, Vision of the the Shepherd and
King of Kings by Maggie Ingram and the Silver Stars, and A Child
Is Born by the Swanee Quintet. Great music for the holiday season or
any other time, offered here with several vintage group photos, plus liner
notes by Opal Louis Nations. (DH)
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Night Train 7027 |
Music From And Inspired By Devil In A Blue
Dress |
● CD $15.98 $10.98 |
20 tracks, 57 min., recommended
T his is not the authorized
soundtrack for the popular attempt to revisit film noir. It is instead
several numbers used in the film, plus lots of other similar music,
offered by the company that now owns the rights to that music. So we get
Ain't Nobody's Business by Jimmy Witherspoon, Rain in My Eyes
by Joanne Shaw, and Chic Boo by Lloyd Glen, all of which are
featured in Devil in a Blue Dress. Additional numbers, the majority of the
program, include Poor Man Blues by the Johnny Otis Band, Back
Home Blues by Lowell Fulson, Worried Blues by Floyd Dixon,
How Wrong Can a Good Man Be by Percy Mayfield, I'll Do Anything But
Work by Ray Charles, and Changeable Woman Blues by Charles
Brown. A particularly fine program all in all, with a rather gaudy cover
painting which includes a generously endowed blond in, of all things, a
blue dress. (DH)
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Purple Pyramid CLP 834 |
Big Joe Williams & Friends |
● CD $13.98 $9.98 |
15 tracks, 41 tracks, essential
Terrific collection of,
mostly, country blues from the vaults of Trumpet Records recorded between
1951 and 1952. There are eight magnificent tracks (two originally
unissued) by great Delta bluesman Big Joe Williams at his finest on songs
like Mama Don't Allow Me/ Over Hauling Blues/ Friends And Pals/ She
Left Me A Mule and others. There are four tracks by the very fine
Luther Huff who is accompanied on second guitar by his brother Percy. The
result is sometimes a bit chaotic but everything comes together on the
wonderful 1951 Blues which is a true mastrpiece - wonderful
singing, lyrics and the guitars play off each other magnificently. There
are also two tracks by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup which were issued under the
name of Elmer James! These are the most urban here with Crudup accompanied
by Sonny Boy Williamson on harp and Joe Willie Wilkins on guitar. The set
is rounded out by Bobo "Slim" Thomas's wonderful treatment of the
Mississippi blues standard Catfish Blues which was originally
issued on the flip side of Elmore James' Trumpet recording of Dust My
Broom. (FS)
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Rooster Blues 2641 |
And This Is Maxwell Street |
● CD $25.98 $18.98 |
2 CDs - 30 tracks, 124 mins, highly recommended + bonus
interview disc
Fabulous collection of recordings made live on Chicago's
famed Maxwell Street in 1964 during the shooting of the documentary film
"And This Is Free" (available on video as Shanachie 1403 - $18.98). This
set features all the music featured in the movie plus a whole lot more
taken from the original master tapes that only turned up a few years ago.
The music is a panorama of some of the outstanding musicians who boosted
their incomes by playing for patrons of this open air market every Sunday.
Highlight of the set are ten songs by the magnificent Robert Nighthawk.
Accompanied by guitar and drums he performs exciting versions of some of
his most famous songs like Take It Easy Baby/ Anna Lee and Sweet
Black Angel as well as covers of Dr. Clayton's Cheating & Lying
Blues, Joe Turner's Honey Hush and a tantalizingly brief
fragment of That's Alright. Many of these were reissued on Rounder
from an unauthorized later generation tape and the sound here is superior.
Nighthawk also features as an accompanist to Johnny Young, Big John
Wrencher and Carey Bell who all turn in superb performances as does the
obscure guitarist Little Arthur who does a bluesy blend of Gen Ammons'
Red Top and Charlie Parker's Ornithology In an older style
there's the fine singer and guitarist Arvella Gray doing Corrina
Corrina and John Henry and an unknown singer and harmonica
player does a fine Long Gone John. Finally we have some gospel from
James Brewer and his group including his wife Fannie and Carrie Robinson -
the group's version of I'll Fly Away is particularly exciting. From
time to time we get to hear the sounds of the market, some of the ucksters
selling their wares and interaction between the musicians and the
audience. We have an advance copy so we haven't seen the booklet but it is
apparantly 60 pages with extensive notes, photos, lyric transcripts and
discographical data. There is also a bonus disc with 40 minutes worth of
interviews with some of the musicians. A truly important release. (FS)
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Rounder 2014 |
Get Your Ass In the Water And Swim Like Me |
● CD $15.98 $8.98 |
Reissue of LP featuring folk poetry from black American
oral tradition. Toasts, street and prison rhymes dealing in a completely
frank way with badmen, tricksters, pimps, fools, prostitutes, hustlers and
squares. Comes with parental advisory sticker!
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RST Records JPCD 1504 |
Clifford Hayes & The Louisville Jug Bands,
Vol 4 |
● CD $15.98 $11.98 |
24 tracks, 75 min., recommended
The last volume is this
delightful retrospective covers the years 1929 through 1931 and features
eight quite different aggregations, most of which, of course, feature the
violin artistry of Clifford Hayes. Highlights here include the jazzy
You're Ticklin' Me and You Gonna Need My Help (vocal by Sippie
Wallace) by Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers, Old Folks Shake by
the Kentucky Jazz Babies, Soldier Boy Blues by Phillips' Louisville
Jug Band, the Jolson-esque Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More by Kid
Coley, Hold That Tiger by Whistler and his Jug Band, My Good
Gal's Gone Blues by Jimmie Rodgers, Please Don't Holler Mama by
Ben Ferguson, and Glad and Sorry Blues by John Harris. Sound
quality is again solid, as are Brenda Bogert's notes, whose information
base we are told is drawn from Pen Bogert's forthcoming study Jug Band
Blues: A History of the Louisville Jug Bands. (They may be related.)
And, if you buy this four volume set of discs and then buy the book, not
only will you show exemplary musical taste, but you will also stand a very
good chance of being a well-informed reader sometime in the relatively
near future. (DH)
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RST Records JPCD 1515 |
Jazzin' The Blues |
● CD $15.98 $11.98 |
Jazz flavored blues blues and blues flavored jazz .
LEE BROWN: Big Leg Woman/ Bobbie Town Woogie/ Bobbie
Town Woogie (alt. take)/ Brown's Boogie/ Lucille Blues/ Mississippi Water
Blues/ My Little Girl/ My Little Girl Blues/ New Little Girl, Little Girl/
W. C. HANDY: 'Way Down South Where The Blues Begin/ Beale Street Blues/
Loveless Love/ St. Louis Blues/ TINY MAYBERRY: Evil Hearted Woman/ I Got A
Feeling For You/ Mailman Blues/ Mayberry Blues/ Oh That Nasty Man (take
C)/ Someday Someday/ MONETTE MOORE: Rhythm For Sale (Swing Shop Swing)/
Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed/ HELEN PROCTOR: Blues At Midnight/ Cheatin'
On Me/ Let's Call It A Day/ Take Me Along With You
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RST Records JPCD 1528 |
Female Blues, The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 $11.98 |
Terrific collection of sides including 9 tracks by the
wonderful Lil Green, 4 by the generally undistinguished Bea Foote but
including the intriguing Weeds an unissued song about a very
popular plant complete with sound effects, two by the obscure but very
fine Pearl Ellison including the take-no-prisoners Razor Totin' Mama
plus Ruby Smith, Wea Bea Booze, Monette Moore & Lillie Mae Kirkman.
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Savoy Jazz 17435 |
Stompin' At The Savoy - Halem Nocturne,
1944-1947 |
● CD $11.98 $8.98 |
The first CD from the box set available separately
features 21 tracks recorded between 1944 and '47 for Savoy and National
including Hot Lips Page, Miss Rhapsody, Joe Turner, Gatemouth Moore,
Johnny Otis, Pete Johnson All Stars, Dusty Fletcher, Benny Roberts
Orchestra, Paul Williams Sextet, "Wild" Bill Moore and others. Includes 16
page booklet with notes on all the performances by Colin Escott.
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Sequel 940 |
East St. Louis - The Stevens Sessions |
● CD $13.98 $9.98 |
23 tracks, 58 mins, recommended
Blues and R&B recorded for
the St. Louis based Stevens label in 1959 including several unissued
titles. Ike Turner turns up on a number of cuts under the amusing
pseudonym of Icky Renrut and provides some stellar guitar work on the
instrumentals Prancin' and Ho-Ho as well as providing solid
accompaniments to Jimmy Thomas (dig the shattering guitar intro to Jack
Rabbitt!) and Tommy Hodge. +There are a number of ballad cuts by the
rather unexceptional vocalist Little Bobby Foster though the mid tempo
Star Above is enlivened by Ike's distinctive guitar. There are half a
dozen cuts by Timothy "Little" Cooper including two down home blues and
the rest are more straight ahead R&B. The set is rounded out with sides by
Johnny Wright, Chuck Wheeler and Sammy Grimes. Includes 12 page booklet
with detailed notes by Bill Greensmith and full discographical info. (FS)
TIMOTHY COOPER: East St. Louis Rock/ Leaving Kansas
City/ Lovin' Man (take 1)/ Lovin' Man (take 2)/ BOBBY FOSTER: Angel Of
Love/ I Do Love You/ I Woke Up One Morning/ Shirley Can't You See/ You're
The Only One/ SAMMY GRIMES: Bag Pipe Special/ I Don't Want To Love Your
Love/ LITTLE COOPER & THE DRIFTERS: Evening Train/ Moving Slow/ ICKY
RENRUT: Hey Hey (take 1)/ Hey Hey (take 2)/ Ho-ho/ In Your Eyes Baby/ Jack
Rabbit/ Tell Me Why/ JOHNNY WRIGHT: Gotta Have You For Myself/ Look At
That Chick
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Specialty 7029 |
All Night Long They Play The Blues |
● CD $15.98 $9.98 |
A terrific collection of West Coast urban blues recorded
for Fantasy's Galaxy label between 1962 and 1971. Originally issued as a
16 track LP some years ago the disc has been expanded to a healthy 23
tracks. Most of the performances were arranged by brilliant
saxophonist-pianist Ray Shanklin and the sound is crisp and punchy with
fine horn work and frequently featured the biting guitar work of Arthur
Wright. The disc opens with the label's one big blues hit Little Johnny
Taylor's masterful Part Time Love. Taylor contributes 3 more sides
to this collection which also includes songs from Part Time Love
writer Clay Hammond, Saunders King, Charles Brown, Sonny Rhodes, J.J.
Malone (a fine version of Percy Mayfield's Danger Zone), Big Mama
Thornton, Rodger Collins and others including the only country blues
performer on the label K.C. Douglas. Remastering is superb and there are
informative notes by West Coast blues writer Lee Hildebrand. Excellent.
(FS)
CHARLES BROWN: I'm Gonna Push On/ BILL CODAY: You're
Gonna Want Me/ RODGER COLLINS: I'm Serving Time/ K.C. DOUGLAS: Little
Green House/ The Things I Do For You/ CLAY HAMMOND: There's Gonna Be Some
Changes/ SAUNDERS KING: S.k. Blues/ What's Your Story, Morning Glory?/
J.J. MALONE: Danger Zone/ SONNY RHODES: One Of These Days, Country Boy/
THE RIGHT KIND: You Oughta Slow Dance, Baby/ MERL SAUNDERS: Tighten Up/
CLARENCE SMITH: All Night Long They Play The Blues/ LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR:
Driving Wheel/ Part Time Love/ Please Come Home For Christmas/ The Things
That I Used To Do/ BIG MAMA THORNTON: Life Goes On, Because It's Love/
PHILLIP WALKER: Hey, Hey Baby's Gone/ Laughin' And Clownin'
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Testament TCD 5008 |
Modern Chicago Blues |
● CD $11.98 $7.98 |
Now deleted. Exciting selection recorded in early/mid 60s
( originally on LP Testament 2203) featuring Johnny Young, Wilbert
Jenkins, Maxwell Street Jimmy, Big Walter Horton, Robert NIghthawk, John
Lee Granderson, Big John Wrencher and William Mack. Accompaniments are
providde by the likes of Otis Spann, Slim Willis, Robert Whitehead, Jimmy
Walker and others. CD includes five bonus unissued tracks not on original
LP.
JOHN LEE GRANDERSON: Bumble Bee/ I Don't Feel Good/
That's All Right/ BIG WALTER HORTON: Everybody's Fishing/ Hard Hearted
Woman/ WILBERT JENKINS: Crawling King Snake/ Married Woman Blues/ WILLIAM
MACK: Hideaway/ MAXWELL STREET JIMMY: Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay/ Hanging
Around My Door/ I've Got My Eyes On You/ Long Haired Doney/ ROBERT
NIGHTHAWK: Blues Before Sunrise/ JOHN WRENCHER: I'm Going To Detroit/
JOHNNY YOUNG: Back To Chicago/ Bad Blood/ Let Me Ride Your Mule/ Money
Takin' Woman/ My Baby Walked Out In 1954/ Tired Of You Smiling/ You Make
Me Feel So Good
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The Sirens 5002 |
Heavy Timbre |
● CD $15.98 $12.98 |
A 70s blues label re-emerges with three new CDs including
this reissue of a 1976 album featuring five of Chicago's top blues and
boogie piano players - Sunnyland Slim, Willie Mabon, Jimmy Walker, Blind
John Davis and Erwin Helfer. All are in good form on their selections. The
CD includes five bonus tracks from the same sessions though these are, for
the most part, not as good as the issued tracks.
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Varese Vintage 66383 |
Sun Records - 25 More Blues Classics |
● CD $16.98 $6.98 |
25 tracks, excellent
With a solid handful of previously
unissued cuts present, this follow-up is a remarkable companion to last
year's compilation. Earl Hooker's Razorback and Boyd Gilmore's
Believe I'll Settle Down both dish out slashing guitar and there's
plenty more of that, plus piano boogies, harp shuffles, and horn-led R&B
to please a number of fans. Frank Ballard's Trouble Down The Road is a
brilliant look at how the music was changing and become more modern. Fully
remastered sound makes for brilliant sonics and Bill Dahl's liner notes
are rewarding and informative. (CR)
FRANK BALLARD: Trouble Down The Road/ KENNETH BANKS:
High/ CHARLIE BOOKER: Walked All Night/ JAMES COTTON: Hold Me In Your
Arms/ My Baby/ BILLY (THE KID) EMERSON: Move Baby Move/ Satisfied/ FRANK
FROST: Everything's Alright/ BOYD GILMORE: Believe I'll Settle Down/ EARL
HOOKER: Razorback/ WALTER HORTON: Off The Wall, (talkin')/ SAMMY LEWIS &
WILLIE JOHNSON: So Long Baby Goodbye/ LITTLE JUNIOR'S BLUE FLAMES: Fussin'
And Fightin' Blues/ Sittin' At The Bar/ JOE HILL LOUIS: She May Be Yours
(but She Comes To See Me Sometime)/ BILLY "RED" LOVE: Gee I Wish/ HOT SHOT
LOVE: Harmonica Jam/ WILLIE NIX: Seems Like A Million Years/ DOCTOR ROSS:
Chicago Breakdown/ Juke Box Boogie/ EDDIE SNOW: Bring Your Love Back Home/
HOUSTON STOKES: Baby's Gone And Left Me/ RUFUS THOMAS JR.: Save That
Money/ Walking In The Rain/ MOSE VINSON: My Love Has Gone
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Westside 530 |
Ace Blues Masters, Vol. 1 - Sing My Blues
Tonight |
● CD $13.98 $10.98 |
25 tracks from the Vaults of Ace Records of Mississippi
recorded in New Orleans in 1959 and '60 - 20 of them previously unissued! Some tracks are even in stereo!
CHARLES BROWN: Black Night/ Don't Cry/ Driftin' Blues/
Educated Fool/ I Wanna Go Home/ Let's Just Be Friends/ Lost In A Dream/
Love's Like A River/ Merry Christmas,baby/ Sing My Blues Tonight/ So Much
To Remember You By/ Too Late To Cry Anymore/ Trouble Blues/ FLOYD DIXON:
Baby Please Write Me/ Floyd's After Hours/ Me Quieres/ Never Know About A
Woman/ That Moves Me (things I Don't Like)/ Wake Up And Live/ Way Down In
Louisiana/ What Would You Be/ H-BOMB FERGUSON: Baby Don't Go/ Josephine/
Nobody Knows I'm In Love With You/ AMOS MILBURN: Darlin' How Long
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Westside 554 |
4th & Beale And Further South - Blues
Masters, Vol. 2 |
● CD $13.98 $11.98 |
23 tracks, highly recommended
Great collection of down home
blues cuts from the Ace vaults including six previously unissued cuts from
1954 by the great Memphis bluesman Joe Hill Louis who abandons his usual
one man band format and just sings and plays torrid guitar accompanied by
guitar, piano and drums. There are four cuts from veteran Mississippi
bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, nine from the wonderful Texas singer/
guitarist Frankie Lee Sims including an unedited version of his "hit"
Walking With Frankie and the previously unissued How Long and
four cuts from the obscure but excellent Mercy Baby with Sims on guitar.
Usual informative notes from Neil Slaven and full discographical info.
(FS)
ARTHUR "BIG BOY" CRUDUP: Baby I've Been Mistreated/ I
Wonder/ Mean Ol' World/ My Baby Boogies All The Time/ JOE HILL LOUIS: 4th
And Beale/ Get Up Off It/ Going Down To Louisiana/ Joe Hill Boogie/ Ruthie
Mae/ Sweetest Woman I Ever Knew/ MERCY BABY: Don't Lie To Me/ Marked Deck/
Pleadin'/ Rock 'n' Roll Baby/ FRANKIE LEE SIMS: Hey Hey Little Girl/ How
Long/ I Warned You Baby/ Misery Blues/ My Talk Didn't Do No Good/ She
Likes To Boogie Real Low/ Walking With Frankie/ Well Goodbye Baby/ What
Will Lucy Do
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Westside 570 |
Tuff Enuff - The Ace Blues Masters, Vol. 3 |
● CD $13.98 $9.98 |
Another fine collection of blues drawn from the Archives
of Ace and its affiliated labels - Champion, Vin and Rex. It includes two
double sides down home blues classics - Sammy Myers Sleeping In The
Ground/ My Love Is Here To Stay and Jerry McCain's Steady/ She's
Tough. There's more down home blues from Schoolboy Cleve, Lightnin'
Slim, Guitar Reed and Frankie Fair and more urban stylings, some New
Orleans, from Joe Dyson, Al Collins, Kenzie Moore, Jesse Allen & Little
Cameron. It also includes Buddy Guy first recordings that were not issued
at the time but have now been reissued many times. Six previously unissued
songs and two unissued alternate takes.
JESSE ALLEN: Baby Say You Will/ Goodbye Blues/ JUNIOR
BLACKMON: Down South [take 1]/ I Can't Forget You Baby [take 1]/ AL
COLLINS & HIS ORCH: I Got The Blues For You [take 4]/ Shuckin' Stuff [take
1]/ JOE DYSON & HIS ORCH: Looped/ FRANKIE FAIR: Mean Mistreater/ GUITAR
REED: Don't You Say A Mumblin' Word/ Rockin' Blues/ LIGHTNIN' SLIM: Bad
Feeling Blues/ Lightnin' Slim Boogie/ LITTLE CAMERON: Annie Mae [/ Sittin'
Here Worryin'/ You Got The Wrong Kind Of Life/ JERRY MCCAIN: She's Tough/
Steady/ KENZIE MOORE: I Know I'll Die/ SAMMY MYERS: Baby Don't You Wanna
Come Home/ My Love Is Here To Stay/ Sleeping In The Ground/ The Way You
Been Treating Me/ SCHOOLBOY CLEVE: Beautiful Beautiful Love/ My Baby Done
Gone
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Westside 579 |
Johnny Vincent Presents Genuine
Mississippi Blues Plus |
● CD $13.98 $9.98 |
Reissue of 1981 album "Genuine Mississippi Blues" expanded
to 20 tracks with songs originally issued on 45s, previously unreleased
songs and an alternate take. Recorded by Johnny Vincent in the late 70s
artists featured include Bad Smitty, Sam Myers, John Littlejohn, Elmore
James Jr. and King Edward.
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Westside 588 |
Heaven Belongs To You |
● CD $13.98 $9.98 |
A collection of gospel sides cut between 1949 and 1969 for
Jubilee - many never before issued - The Selah Singers, Della Reese & The
Meditation Singers, Alex Bradford and others.
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Westside 815 |
Rhythm ... And Blues |
● CD $13.98 $10.98 |
A collection of West Coast blues and R&B from the Rhythm
label - Little Willie Littlefield, Roy Hawkins, Sugar Pie Desanto, Roland
Mitchell and others.
PALIVA DESANTOS: If I Had A Wishing Well/ ROY HAWKINS:
Baby Please Don't/ I Hate To Be Alone/ It's Love/ Lonesome Without You/
LITTLE WILLIE LITTLEFIELD: Baby Shame/ Easy Go/ Goodbye Baby/ I Need A Pay
Day/ I Wanna Love You/ I Want A Little Girl/ Mistreated/ Ruby, Ruby/ The
Day The Rains Came/ Theresa/ ROLAND MITCHELL AND BAND: Irma Special/
PALIVA AND ALVIN: Darling Be Mine/ PEE WEE: Say When/ SUGAR PIE PEE WEE'S
ALL STARS: A Few Little Words/ SUGAR PIE & PEE WEE: If You Take Away Our
Love/ Let's Get Together/ SUGAR PIE, PEE WEE & THE ALL STARS: Beautiful
Love/ Stop Crying/ CHARLES WALKER AND THE BEATNIKS: Just Me And You/ My
Eyes On The World
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Wolf 120.874 |
Chicago's Finest Blues Ladies |
● CD $16.98 $11.98 |
15 tracks, very g ood
Features a mix of mostly newer
tracks from the finest ladies singing the blues currently in the Chicago
area. At least two tracks each by Deitra Farr, Zora Young, Mary Lane,
Melvina Allen, Karen Carrol and Bonnie Lee (Godmother of Karen Carrol).
It's a bare bones offering, but worth picking up for blues vocalist
diehards. (JM)
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Wolf 120.917 |
Giants Of Country Blues Guitar, Volume 2 |
● CD $16.98 $11.98 |
21 tracks, 62 mins, recommended
Interesting collection of
country blues from Mississippi, Memphis & Louisiana recorded between 1975
and 1991. There are six performances each by R.L. Burnside and "Son"
Thomas - nice - but how many more times do we need Poor Black Mattie
by R.L. or Beefsteak Blues by "Son". It's nice to finally have
something by the rilliant Joe Willie Wilkins - even if it's only one track
- a fine version of Walking Blues - surely somebody has more by him
to issue?! There are six tracks from Boogie Bill Webb, mostly showing the
influence of Tommy Johnson - nice though his playing is a bit ragged.
There's also one track each by Clyde Maxwell and Cornelius Bright - some
nice Bentonia style Mississippi blues. (FS)
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