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BLUES
& GOSPEL
Various
Artists Collections - Post War Urban Blues, Miscellaneous - 3
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Ace CDCHD 725 |
Red River Blues |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks recorded for the
Rem label out of Shreveport, Louisiana label in
the 50s and early 60s. Includes Sonny Boy Williamson (a third one - not
the ones you know!),June Bug Bailey, TV Slim, Jesse Thomas, etc.
JUNE 'BUG' BAILEY: Lee Street Blues/ ELGIE BROWN: Gimmie Gimmie/ Let Me
Feel It/ You'll Be Back/ CHICO CHISM & HIS JETANAIRS: Hot Tamales
& Bar-B-Que/ CHICO CHISM & JERRY & GARLAND: Romp & Stomp/
SHERMAN (BLUES) JOHNSON: Hey Pretty Baby/ BANNY PRICE: Rushin'/ L C STEEL:
Don't Play No Woman For No Fool/ T V SLIM: Darling Remember/ The Fight/
Darling Remember/ Flat Foot Sam/ Goin To Calif/ The Fight/ JESSE THOMAS:
Anything You Want/ Everything I Do For You/ Guitar Riff/ My Baby/ Watch
Out/ LITTLE MELVIN UNDERWOOD: Little Melvin's Gonna Move/ Something's
Wrong Baby/ VINCENT WILLIAMS: Going Back To Chicago/ Tryin' To Make A Fool
Of Me/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: I Gotta Cry/ Mailman Mailman/ Pretty Lil
Thing/ You Better Sit Down
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Easydisc 7078 |
Retro Jump |
● CD $7.98 |
Porky Cohen with Roomful Of Blues Jimmy Morello,
Roy Gaines
& more
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Blue Moon 4003 |
Rhythm & Blues Legends, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
20 sides from late 40s/early 50s featuring some of the all
time greats of of blues - Jimmy Witherspoon, B.B. King, Willie Mabon, Roy
Milton, Pee Wee Crayton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles,
Lowell Fulson, Charles Brown, Louis Jordan, Percy Mayfield and others.
BOBBY BLAND: Wise Man's Blues/ CHARLES BROWN: Cryin' Mercy/ ROY BROWN:
Dreaming Blues/ RAY CHARLES: The Sun's Gonna Shine Again/ PEE WEE CRAYTON:
Wine-o/ FLOYD DIXON: Hard Living Alon/ CHAMPION JACK DUPREE: Please Tell
Me Baby/ LOWELL FULSON: Reconsider Baby/ ELMORE JAMES: Whose Muddy Shoes/
LOUIS JORDAN: Louis' Blues/ B.B. KING: When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer/
JOE LIGGINS: Trying To Lose The Blues/ WILLIE MABON: I'm Mad/ PERCY
MAYFIELD: The Big Question/ ROY MILTON: R.m. Blues/ BIG JOE TURNER:
Married Woman Blues/ T-BONE WALKER: Cold, Cold Feeling/ MUDDY WATERS:
Hoochie Coochie Man/ SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: City Of New Orleans/ JIMMY
WITHERSPOON: When The Lights Are Out
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Blue Moon 4004 |
Rhythm & Blues legends, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
20 tracks from late 40s/ early 50s - Percy Mayfield, Big Joe
Turner, Dinah Washington, Champion Jack Dupree, Ray Charles, Ruth Brown,
Joe Liggins, Roy Brown, Pee Wee Crayton, Charles Brown, etc
JESSE BELVIN: Confusin Blues/ CHARLES BROWN: Evening Shadows/ ROY BROWN:
Big Town/ RUTH BROWN: 5-10-15 Hours/ RAY CHARLES: Funny But I Still Love
You/ PEE WEE CRAYTON: Eyes Full Of Tears/ FLOYD DIXON: Old Memories/
CHAMPION JACK DUPREE: Tongue Tied Blues/ LOUIS JORDAN: Heed My Warning/
B.B. KING: You Upset Me Baby/ JOE LIGGINS: Tears On My Pillow/ WILLIE
MABON: Got To Have It/ PERCY MAYFIELD: Please Send Me Someone To Love/
AMOS MILBURN: Put Something In My Hand/ ROY MILTON: Night And Day/ CLIFF
"KING" SALOMON: But Officer!/ BIG JOE TURNER:
Oke-she-moke-she-pop/ T-BONE WALKER: I Got The Blues/ DINAH WASHINGTON:
New Blowtop Blues/ JIMMY WITHERSPOON: Fast Women, Slow Gin
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Westside 815 |
Rhythm ... And Blues |
● CD $13.98 |
A collection of blues and R&B from the Rhythm label -
Little Willie Littlefield, Roy Hawkins, Sugar Pie Desanto, Roland Mitchell
and others.
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Rooster Blues 9825 |
Rooster Blues Records, 1980-2000 |
● CD $9.98 |
19 tracks, 74 minute sampler from Rooster Blues catalog of
fine blues releases. Mostly drawn from previously issued LPs and CDs plus
a few previously unissued sides - Lonnie Shields, Larry Davis, Roosevelt
"Booba" Barnes, Carey & Lurrie Bell, Good Rockin' Charles,
Eddie C. Campbell, Big Jack Johnson, Eddie Shaw, D.C. Ballamy, Foree
"Guitar" Wells and others.
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Ace CDCHD 662 |
Southern Rhythms |
● CD $22.98 |
24 tracks collection of small combo instrumentals recorded
for Excello between 1953and 1960 featuring Kid King's Combo, Louis Brooks
& His Hi-Toppers and Skippy Brooks & His Combo.
LOUIS BROOKS & HIS HI-TOPPERS: Bus Station Blues/ Chicken Shuffle/
Double Shot/ Frisco/ Overton Lea Drive/ Riding Home/ Time Out/ Waddle
Trot/ X-cello Rock/ SKIPPY BROOKS & HIS COMBO: Dim Lights/ Doin' The
Horse/ Ernie's Tune/ KID KING'S COMBO: Banana Split/ Chocolate Sundae/
Fina/ Gimmick/ Greasy Feat/ Hob Nob/ Mambino/ Shaggy Dog/ Skip's Boogie/
Strollin' Time/ The Brass Rail/ Thing-a-ma-jig
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Stax 8559 |
Superblues - All-Time Classic Blues Hits
Vol. 2 |
● CD $11.98 |
A welcome follow-up to the first Superblues compilation (Stax
8551), which I was less than enthusiastic about, due to the glut of
over-used blues standards. This one gets higher marks, though it is still
heavy on familiar (but timeless) favorites - The Things I Used To Do/
Please Send Me Someone To Love/ Lawdy Miss Clawdy/ Standing At The
Crossroads/ Next Time You See Me. Nice surprises include Little Joe
Blue's Dirty Work Going On, Sonny Boy #2's Don't Start Me To
Talkin', and many soulful pleaders like You Can Make It If You Try/
Will You Ever Be Mine/ You're Gonna Make Me Cry/ You'll Need Another Favor
that I'd be happy to listen to for the rest of my days. Compiler Kirk
Roberts (Fantasy Records' 4-star general of reissues) makes a nod to
collector types by putting Jimmy Hughes' and Johnnie Taylor's versions of Steal
Away back to back, and he balances the fare carefully, making sure
that there is something for everybody here. (MB)
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Stax 8551 |
Superblues Vol. 1 - All-Time Classic Blues
Hits |
● CD $11.98 |
14 cut blues collection from various labels, all selections
are pretty well-known hit singles. B.B. King's The Thrill Is Gone,
Z.Z. Hill's Down Home Blues, Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor,
Koko Taylor's Wang Dang Doodle, Little Milton's Blue Monday,
and versions of Part Time Love by both Little Johnny Taylor and
Johnnie Taylor!
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HighNote 6004 |
That Lonely Feeling Called The Blues |
● CD $7.98 |
Unexpecetd release on this mostly jazz label. This is
compilation of tracks drawn from recent blues releases - mostly from Chris
Millar's Sacramento based Fedroa label along with some others. The
material ranges from the very down home sound of former pimp Fillmore Slim
to the polished jazzy blues of Etta Jones. Also includes Johnnie Bassett,
Irene Reid, J.J. Malone, Willie Willis, Arthur Williams, Robert "Bilbo"
Walker, Big Al Dupree, Tommy Bankhead and Charles Earland. A nice,
inexpensive way to get a taste of some recent releases.
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Relic 7110 |
Three Shades Of Blues |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks, 53 mins, very good Reissue of LP Relic 8003 with
4 additional cuts. Interesting album of mostly previously unissued
recordings cut for the Detroit Lupine label between 1959 and 1961. Intense
urban blues including there are 8 sides by singer/ guitarist Eddie
Kirkland including several with the vocal group The Falcons. These are
powerful and intense performances though his over-the-top hoarse vocals
and limited emotional range tends to be a bit wearing. There are 4 cuts by
Mr. Bo, a fine singer and guitarist who, vocally, is very much influenced
by B.B. King - he does a version of Floyd Jones'
Hard Times. There are 8 fine sides by The Ohio Untouchables - soul
flavored vocals by Benny McCain and nice guitar by Robert Ward. (FS)
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Westside 570 |
Tuff Enuff - The Ace Blues Masters, Vol. 3 |
● CD $13.98 |
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 Myeres 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.
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BGO BGOCD 456 |
Urban Blues, Volumes 1 & 2 |
● CD $17.98 |
Two 1970 Imperial albums on one CD - a great collection of
sides with less than wonderful sound - Fats Domino, T-Bone Walker,
Roosevelt Sykes, Mercy Dee/ Dirty Red, Smiley Lewis, Joe Turner &
Wynonie Harris, Archibald, Wee Willie Wayne, etc.
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Alan Grant Productions 66886 |
We Love The Blues |
● CD $14.98 |
15 tracks recorded at live club dates in New York in 1965
for programs hosted by DJ Alan Grant. Includes songs by Eddie
"Cleanhead" Vinson, Jimmy Witherspoon, T-Bone Walker and Jimmy
Rushing and one by Grant himself.
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P-Vine PCD 5807 |
We're Standing At The Crossroad - Tribute To
Robert Johnson |
● CD $23.98 |
And now for something completely different - a tribute to
Robert Johnson by Japanese blues performers - half of the songs being sung
in Japanese and the rest in an approximation of English. The arrangements
are very varied : Mad Words do Love In Vain and They're Red Hot
in jug band style and sing in Japanese, The Alligators also sing in
Japanese in their rock-blues version of Come In My Kitchen which is
one of the most impressive performances here and Ariyoshi Sumito does a
nice Jimmy Yancey flavored instrumental piano version of the same song.
There are more including Machida Kensuke & Napoleon Yamagishi's If
I had Possesion Over Judgement Day and Azumi's Me & The Devil
Blues which defy description or understanding. Nothing, if not
interesting - and cool cover art!
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