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BLUES
& GOSPEL
Joanna Connor -> Ida Cox
| JOANNA CONNOR |
Blind Pig 5002 |
Fight |
● CD $15.98 |
Slashing guitar style and powerful vocals on a number of
original rock and soul numbers.
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| THE CONSOLERS |
MCA 21102 |
Lord, Bring Me Down |
● CD $7.98 |
10 tracks, 29 mins, highly recommended A wonderful
collection of songs by the superb duo of Iola & Sullivan Pugh recorded
for Nashboro between the late 50s and early 70s. The duo were among the
most popular gospel groups of the 60s with their ferocious vocal harmonies
and Sullivan's funky, bluesy guitar accompaniments. The songs here were
all written by Sullivan Pugh and are imbued with simple, yet powerful,
religious messages. This is the real thing stripped of all pretensions.
It's too bad that MCA couldn't be more generous and give us additional
material and notes. (FS)
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| SAM COOKE |
RCA 66760-2 |
The Rhythm And The Blues |
● CD $15.98 |
20 tracks, 59 min., recommended. While at RCA (1960-64),
Cooke cut 3 blues-based albums (and others), "My Kind Of Blues",
"Mr. Soul", and "Night Beat" -- the latter having been
reissued last year in its entirety. This set takes its time from those
"mature-sounding" collections. "Blues" and
"Soul", produced by Sammy Lowe and Horace Ott respectively,
offer lush strings, horns, and champagne glasses full of sophistication
compared to "Night Beat", which places Cooke in an intimate
setting of just a few musicians. Cuts like Don't Get Around Much Any
More/ Get Yourself Another Fool/ But Not For Me/ Fool's Paradise and
others create that after hours feel. Wonder what Howlin' Wolf thought of
Sam's take on Little Red Rooster? (JC)
SAM COOKE: Baby Won't You Please Come Home/ But Not For Me/ Chains Of
Love/ Cry Me A River/ Don't Get Around Much Anymore/ Driftin' Blues/
Fool's Paradise/ Get Yourself Another Fool/ I Lost Everything/ Little Girl
Blue/ Little Red Rooster/ Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out/
Nothing Can Change This Love/ One More Time/ Out In The Cold Again/ Please
Don't Drive Me Away/ Since I Met You Baby/ Smoke Rings/ Trouble Blues/
Trouble In Mind
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| THELMA COOPER |
Collectables 5322 |
Daisy Mae & Her Hepcats |
● CD $11.98 |
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THELMA COOPER: Cute Poppa/ Dasiy Mae: Fanny Duncan (alt. Take)/ Down By
The Woodshed/ Fanny Duncan/ Frosty's Groove/ Hop Scotch/ Let's Try Again/
Lonesome Playgirl/ Ooh Daddy/ Stuff You Got To Watch/ Talk To Me Daddy/
Want Me A Man/ Woman Trouble
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| JOHNNY COPELAND |
AIM 1032 |
Further On Up The Road |
● CD $15.98 |
Australian import. Recorded live in Australia during
Johnny's tour there in 1990.
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| JOHNNY COPELAND |
Bullseye Blues 9621 |
Honky Tonkin' |
● CD $11.98 |
Collection drawn from Johnny's six Rounder albums at a
mid-price.
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| JOHNNY COPELAND |
Edsel 581 |
The Crazy Cajun Recordings |
● CD $17.98 |
21 tracks, good 21 tracks (including 6 alternate takes)
recorded by the great gravel voice bluesman for the legendary (infamous?)
Huey P. Meaux in Houston in the mid/late 60s. Most of this material was
never originally issued but turned up on various Crazy Cajun LPs in the
late 70s after Johnny had started recording his acclaimed albums for
Rounder. Most of these sides sound like demos and find Johnny performing
in a variety of styles including blues, soul, R&B and pop. Although
there are some fine moments, particularly an early version of his great Gonna
Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat most of these recordings do not find
Johnny at his best and don't do justice to his abilities. (FS)
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| JOHNNY COPELAND |
Rounder 2060 |
Boom, Boom |
● CD $15.98 |
As much as I like Johnny Copeland both live and on record,
this recent album is a real disappointment. It sounds like the whole thing
was written and recorded in a day, with very little effort put into
songwriting, arranging or rehearsing. The only saving grace is Johnny's
patented Texas vocals and snarling guitar (although there are some obvious
clunkers in his solos that cry out for a second take). Check out any of
his other releases first. 9 cuts.
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| JOHNNY COPELAND |
Rounder 11515 |
When The Rain Starts Falling |
● CD $15.98 |
16 tracks drawn from Johnny's four Rounder albums (2025,
2030, 2040, 2050). Includes Midnight Fantasy/ Down On Bended Knee/
Bozalimalamu/ Third Party/ Old Man Blues/ Same Thing/ Rock 'n Roll Lilly/
Big Time, etc. Over 60 minutes of powerful electric blues.
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| AL COPLEY |
Black Top 1047 |
Automatic Overdrive |
● CD $13.98 |
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| BOB CORRITORE &
GUESTS |
HMG 1009 |
All-Star Blues Sessions |
● CD $15.98 |
16 recordings made in Phoenix, Arizona between 1986 and 1998
featuring visiting bluesmen accompanied by Phoenix harmonica player and
booker Bob Corritore. Among the artists featured are J.B. Hutto, Bo
Diddley, Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop perkins, Henry Gray, Robert Lockwood Jr.
and others.
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| ELIZABETH COTTEN |
Arhoolie 477 |
Live! |
● CD $12.98 |
11 tracks, 50 mins, recommended CD reissue of Arhoolie 1089.
This set of performances was recorded live in the late 70s when this fine
and influential blues and folk musician was in her 80s and reveal her as
still an astonishingly good musician. Her voice is creaky but her lovely
finger picked guitar is a joy to hear and proved an influence on many
musicians. Although almost all the songs and tunes here have been
previously recorded for Folkways (Freight Train/ Shake Sugaree/ Oh
Babe, It Ain't No Lie, etc) it's delightful to hear how Libba relates
to her audiences with some charming stories and jokes. (FS)
ELIZABETH COTTEN: 'Til We Meet Again/ Babe, It Ain't No Lie/ Elizabeth
Story, Et Al./ Freight Train/ Guitar Story/ Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares
For You/ Jumpin' Jack/ Spanish Flangdang/ Sugaree/ Sugaree/Banjo Story,
Rattler/ Vastopol/ Washington Blues
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| ELIZABETH COTTEN |
Smithsonian Folkways 40009 |
Freight Train And Other N. Carolina Folk
Songs |
● CD $15.98 |
14 songs - a reissue of Folkways #3526.
ELIZABETH COTTEN: Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now/ Buck/ Freight Train/ Going
Down The Road Feeling Bad/ Graduation March/ Honey Babe Your Papa Cares
For YOu/ I Don't Love Nobody/ Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie/ Spanish Flang Dang/
Vastopol/ When I Get Home/ Wilson Rag/ a) Run...Run b) Mama Your Son Done
Gone/ a) Sweet Bye and Bye b) What A Friend We Have In Jesus/ a)Here Old
Rattler Here b) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow c) George
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| JAMES COTTON |
Alligator 4746 |
Live From Chicago - Mr Superharp Himself |
● CD $13.98 |
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| JAMES COTTON |
Just A Memory JAM 9138 |
Seems Like Yesterday |
● CD $12.98 |
11 tracks, 53 mins, fans only. Mediocre set recorded live in
Montreal, Canada in 1967. Cotton and his band (Luther Tucker/gtr, Francis
Clay/dms, Albert Gianquinto/pno & Bobby Anderson/ bass) perform a mix
of soul, R&B & blues standards (I Got You (I Feel Good)/ Money
Honey/ Good Time Charlie/ Stormy Monday/ Knock On Wood, etc) with
little spirit. Sound quality is appalling and Cotton only plays harp on
three cuts. This really didn't need to be released. (FS)
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| JAMES COTTON |
Vanguard VMD 79283 |
Cut You Loose! |
● CD $13.98 |
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JAMES COTTON: Ain't Nobody's Business/ Coast Blues/ Cut You Loose/ Got To
Get You Off My Mind/ Honest I Do/ Negative 10-4/ Next Time You See Me/
River's Invitation/ Set A Date/ Slippin' And Slidin'
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| COUSIN JOE |
Blue Moon BMCD 6001 |
The Complete, 1945-1947 : Vol 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
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| COUSIN JOE |
Blue Moon BMCD 6002 |
The Complete, 1945-1947 : Vol 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
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| COUSIN JOE |
Blue Moon BMCD 6013 |
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 : 1947-55 |
● CD $15.98 |
Long awaited third volume of recordings by this splendid and
whimsical singer. 25 tracks from various sessions including cuts with Sam
Price's Trio in New York and Dave Bartholomew's Band in New Orleans as
well as others -
and others including the wonderful two part A.B.C.'s and two cuts
with Joe & His Sextet accompanying vocalist Elsie Jones.
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| COUSIN JOE |
Evidence 26046 |
Bad Luck Blues |
● CD $12.98 |
Reissue of Black & Blue album. An excellent set from
1971 with fine singing & playing by New Orleans singer/ piano player
Joe on a selection of mostly original songs. Splendid guitar by Clarence `Gatemouth'
Brown and accompaniment by Jimmy Dawkins, Mac Thompson & Ted Harvey
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| IDA COX |
Black Swan 7 |
The Uncrowned Queen Of The Blues |
● CD $13.98 |
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| IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5323 |
Complete Recorded Works, 1923-38 : Vol 2 -
1924/25 |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks, 72 min., recommended The second of four volumes,
most of these tracks find Ida in front of small jazz combos, usually led
by Lovie Austin. Exceptions to this include a pair of songs with the
Pruitt brothers' guitar and banjo backing. Of greater interest perhaps are
the six cuts with Fletcher Henderson on piano (as one fifth of Her Five
Blue Spells) and the 6 which apparently feature Johnny Dodds on clarinet,
including Wild Women Don't Have The Blues/ Death Letter Blues/Kentucky
Man Blues/ Worried In Mind Blues/ My Mean Man Blues, and Cherry
Picking Blues. (JC)
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| IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5324 |
Complete Recorded Works, 1923-38 : Vol 3 -
1925-27 |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks, 70 min., recommended Cox is at the height of her
popularity here and deservedly so. Most tracks feature accompaniment by
Lovie Austin and Serenaders, but 3 cuts find Papa Charlie Jackson playing
his banjo behind her, including the remarkable How Long Daddy, How Long
of 1925, on which Jackson plays minimalist banjo and Cox defines classic
blues singing. Moving from mournful to vengeful, Ida declares I'm
getting evil with the world on the curiously titled How Can I Miss
You When I've Got Dead Aim (take 2). By '27 Paramount recorded Cox
with only piano backing, Jessie Crump being the pianist of choice. Best of
the 4 volume set. (JC)
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| IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5325 |
Complete Recorded Works, 1923-38 : Vol 4 -
1927-38 |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks, 69 min., recommended. The final volume in the
series collects the last of her Paramount sides, beginning with 8 more
from 1927 with Jesse Crump's piano as her only accompaniment. By '28
Paramount reverted to recording Cox with small combos, but by '29 a
failing economy and waning popularity conspired to end Ida's career, at
least temporarily. This collection closes with Four Day Creep/ Low Down
Dirty Shame, recorded in '38 at Carnegie Hall as part of the second
"Spirituals To Swing" concert. (JC)
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| IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5651 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol 5 : 1939-40 |
● CD $15.98 |
19 tracks from two sessions in 1939 and 1940 - several songs
are featured in two or more takes. The earlier session includes such
sidemen as J.C. Higginbotham, Edmond Hall, Charlie Christian, Lionel
Hampton and others. The second one also has Higginbotham and Hall as well
as Henry "Red" Allen, Cliff Jackson and others.
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| IDA COX
& COLEMAN HAWKINS QUINTET |
Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1758 |
Blues For Rampart Street |
● CD $15.98 |
Blues singer Ida Cox came up during the golden era of female
blues, first recording for Paramount in the mid-20's. At the time of this
session in 1961 she hadn't recorded for over 20 years, so don't expect any
vocal miracles. But this dignified lady still had a lot of spunk and homor
left in her when she got together with Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge,
Sammy Price and the rest to recreate that classic early blues sound. 10
cuts, including St. Louis Blues/ Wild Women Don't Have The Blues/
Cherry Pickin' Blues/ Mama Goes Where Papa Goes.
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