Genre > Blues

By the end of the Fifties Muddy Waters had become famous enough to release a record with his own name on the cover. But that it was to be a 'Best of' album was certainly a surprise because the ink had hardly dried on his recording contract with Chess. It was as though the producers had known that with such titles as 'Hoochie Coochie (Man)', 'Honey Bee' and 'I Want You To Love Me Muddy' had come up with blues music which would provide him and numerous cover bands with material for years to come. In those days Waters’ blues did not bow to any particular fashion of the times. Dry and raw, he tells his tales to the crystal-clear, metallic sound of the electric guitar. A rhythm group builds the foundation, the melodic counterpart to the vocals is provided by the harp with cuttingly sharp intrusions or whimpering background. Nothing more is needed to experience a truly original blues feeling and one can be both sad and happy that such authentic blues music is available only on record. That’s how it was in the Seventies, when Chess released a remake of this record. Now here is the 'original'!

1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
2. Long Distance Call
3. Louisiana Blues
4. Honey Bee
5. Rollin’ Stone
6. I’m Ready
7. Hoochie Coochie
8. She Moves Me
9. I Want You To Love Me
10. Standing Around Crying
11. Still A Fool
12. I Can’t Be Satisfied

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If you are a blues fan, you know Howlin' Wolf. And if you know Wolf, you already know Hubert Sumlin. Over a span of almost 25 years together, Hubert and Wolf recorded a slew of acknowledged blues classics (in addition to knocking each other's teach out!) That's Hubert's hair-raising guitar behind the original versions of Spoonful, Back Door Man, and Killing Floor. Along the way, Hubert became an acknowledged guitar hero too, among others, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton, who proclaimed Hubert's style as "just the weirdest."

Yet as influential as he has been, Hubert Sumlin has recorded relative few solo albums. And when he has, he has often been obscured by a mountain of production. On I Know You, surrounded by old friends such a fellow Wolf bandmate Sam Lay on drums and the great Carey Bell on harmonica, Hubert felt free to create in an intimate setting that captured the spirit of the great Chess recordings from the '50's. APO is proud to present Hubert Sumlin's I Know You. It's 100 percent pure unadultered wild and wooly Hubert!

"The Guitarists' Guitarist!" - Living Blues

1. I'm Coming Home
2. Howlin' For My Darling
3. That's Why I'm Gonna Leave You
4. How Many More Years
5. Don't Judge A Book By The Cover
6. I Got It Where I Want It
7. ''Smokestack''
8. I've Been Hurt
9. You My Best
10. Good Bye

In concert in the late '60s and early '70s, Muddy Waters was still tearing it up in his grand old style, as is evident on this previously unreleased concert recording from 1971. Muddy had not yet begun to bring the younger generation into his band, so bona fide Chicago blues vets like pianist Pinetop Perkins and drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith are on hand to provide that classic '50s Chess sound on a program of gems from Muddy's glory days. The urgency and fire of his earlier recordings is replaced here by a more seasoned, understated approach but instead of detracting from the performances, it adds a deeper level of ominous insinuation to Muddy's sultry tales of lust.

1. Honey Bee
2. Hoochie Coochie Man
3. Walking Thru The Park
4. Trouble No More
5. Just To Be With You
6. Muddy's Introduction To "19 Years Old"
7. She's 19 Years Old
8. Long Distance Call
9. Mannish Boy
10. Crawlin' Kingsnake
11. Got My Mojo Working

During his seventeen year career, Tommy Castro has established himself as one of the most popular artists on the blues scene. For his latest release Painkiller, Castro teamed up with producer John Porter, renowned for his work with a who’s who list of artists such as Los Lonely Boys, Taj Mahal, Keb Mo, Santana, B.B. King, Elvis Costello and Buddy Guy. Said Castro, "When I started looking for a producer, I realized that John had produced some of my favorite records of the last ten years. After working with him in the studio, I understand now why that is. With John, everything just seems to be right, all the parts work and flow together."

Everything indeed just seems right on Painkiller. With the Tommy Castro Band; rhythm mainstay Randy McDonald on bass, saxophonist extraordinaire Keith Crossan and drummer Chris Sandoval anchoring the sessions, Porter has fashioned a most tasteful album from the many talented parts of Castro’s patented rock ‘n’ soul music. Special guests Coco Montoya, Angela Strehli, David Maxwell and Teresa James join in the fun.

Painkiller was voted 2007's Album of the Year by the readers of BluesWax. This release is part of the Blind Pig Records Vinyl Masters Series, a new line of remastered, high-quality, 180 gram virgin vinyl LPs!

1. Love Don't Care
2. I'm Not Broken
3. Painkiller
4. Big Sister's Radio
5. A Good Fool Is Hard To Find
6. Err On The Side Of Love
7. I Roll When I Rock
8. If You Believe (In What You Do)
9. It's That Time Again
10. Goin' Down South
11. Lonesome And Then Some
12. It Ain't Easy Being Me

Analogue Productions is proud to present the definitive album by Jimmy Rogers, one of the three founders of Muddy Water's first and greatest band, and a Chicago blues giant in his own right.

Jimmy, whose evocative and earthy guitar sound embodies Chicago Blues, is recognized as a writer of Chicago blues songs second only to Willie Dixon and is regarded as one of the greatest Chicago blues singers by fans and musical legends alike, including Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, who credits Jimmy as being one of his three greatest musical influences along with Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry.

As the musical genre Jimmy pioneered is gaining mass popularity in the nineties, Jimmy's classic guitar work has been heard by millions in television commercials featuring songs such as Rock Me by Muddy Waters and I Ain't Superstitious by Howlin' Wolf.

Jimmy is joined on this album by an all-star group comprised of the legendary pianist Johnnie Johnson, who was the backbone of all Chuck Berry's greatest hits, harmonica virtuoso Carey Bell, bassist Dave Myers, drummer Ted Harvey and lead guitarist Jimmy D. Lane. This recording won a W.C. Handy Award for the Best Traditional Blues Album in 1995.

1. I'm Tired Of Crying Over You
2. Blue Bird
3. Walkin' By Myself
4. Rock Me
5. I Lost A Good Woman
6. Howlin' For My Darling
7. Why Are You So Mean To Me
8. Blues Falling
9. Lemon Squeezer
10. That Ain't It (Baby I Need Your Love)
11. Smokestack Lighting
12. Blue And Lonesome
13. Big Boss Man

Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall was the first blues album to truly cross over and influence a whole generation and continues to spread its influence today. Everyone from Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds and countless others, were influenced by Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall. This album includes all of his greatest hits. Jimmy not only had hits on the R&B charts but also crossed over 11 times on Billboard’s Hot 100, unheard of for a blues musician. This is not a live recording. Rather, Jimmy Reed recorded in Carnegie Hall the same set list he had performed there just a night or two previously.

Mastered at AcousTech by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman.

"Analogue Productions' cleanly pressed 45rpm version of Reed's most famous release is not the first audiophile edition. Mobile Fidelity released a fine-sounding gold disc in the '90s, and Audio Fidelity recently transferred it onto SACD. But there's magic lurking within these grooves that digital has never fully reproduced; the album has never sounded better. Reed's lazy rhythmic sway, loose-limbed strumming, and unmannered singing fill the soundstage...Guitar timbres teem with purity, and there's ample separation between Reed's elementary harmonica solos and Earl Phillips' rocking-chair percussion. While the album has never been a dynamic standout, it's hard to imagine a future incarnation getting more from the music." - Bob Gendron, The Absolute Sound, April/May 2005

1. Bright Lights Big City
2. I’m Mr. Luck
3. What’s Wrong, Baby
4. Found Joy
5. Kind Of Lonesome
6. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
7. Tell Me You Love Me
8. Blue Carnegie
9. I’m A Love You
10. Hold Me Close
11. Blue Blue Water
12. Baby What You Want Me To Do
13. You Don't Have To Go
14. Hush-Hush
15. Found Love
16. Honest I Do
17. You Got Me Dizzy
18. Big Boss Man
19. Take Out Some Insurance
20. Boogie In The Dark
21. Going To New York
22. Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby
23. The Sun Is Shining

It's a Brand New Morning
I Need Your Lovin'
Just What You Need
What She's Done
Nonsense
Old Man
Call Yourself the Wind
Forty Long Faces
Lend a Hand

It's a Brand New Morning
I Need Your Lovin'
Just What You Need
What She's Done
Nonsense
Old Man
Call Yourself the Wind
Forty Long Faces
Lend a Hand

Mahalia Jackson's deep soulfulness, the passion of her Christian conviction and a belief in the power of her music led her to breakthrough in the U.S. where she appeared at Carnegie Hall and took her to Europe where she performed at the Vatican. It did not, however, though many had wished it so, lead her to jazz, blues and rock ’n’ roll. The public’s wide acceptance of her music proved her right in pursuing her own spiritual path first and foremost, although some critical listeners claimed to have spotted commercial undertones in her inimitable, highly expressive singing.

This live recording from the Newport Festival from 1958 cannot be accused of having been made for commercial reasons because it by no means reflects the common cliches of gospel singing. There is no rhythm group, no chorus and no clapping of hands so no sound is left unheard here. Mahalia’s soft, raucous voice retains its volume and warmth in moments of drama as well as in whispered passages. In this performance she is accompanied only by a piano or occasionally a Hammond organ with a cloud of chords. This is a pure, authentic musical experience that is free of style and trends, making it all the more meaningful and rare all these years later. Hear it in all its sonic glory here on this 180g Import LP!

1. An Evening Prayer
2. I’m On My Way
3. A City Called Heaven
4. It Don’t Cost Very Much
5. Walk Over God's Heaven
6. The Lord’s Prayer
7. Didn’t It Rain
8. God Is Real
9. He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
10. I’m Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
11. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
12. His Eye Is On The Sparrow

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These astounding recordings started R.L. Burnside's storied career. The intensity of these songs fortells well the power of his great records that followed. R.L. Burnside's way of doing things or Burnside Style, as the man himself has written on the hood of his old van, has often been mistaken as indifference. Rather, he regards the music-making machine with polite amusement. The songs on First Recordings capture Burnside at his home in 1968, when he was farming for a living, and only playing for family and friends.

1. Just Like A Bird Without A Feather
2. Goin' Down South
3. Come On In
4. Little Babe
5. Rollin' And Tumblin'
6. Jumper On The Line
7. Skinny Woman
8. Poor Black Mattie
9. Long Haired Doney
10. Peaches
11. Walkin' Blues
12. Hobo Blues
13. My Time Ain't Long
14. Sat Down On My Bed And Cried

Keb' Mo's self-titled debut is an edgy, ambitious collection of gritty country blues. The contemporary blues-based artist pursues new ground here, trying to incorporate some of the sensibilities of the slacker revolution without losing touch of the tradition that makes the blues the breathing, vital art form it is. His gutsy guitar playing and impassioned vocals, as well as his surprisingly accomplished songwriting, make Keb' Mo' a debut to remember.

1. Every Morning
2. Tell Everybody I Know
3. Love Blues
4. Victims Of Comfort
5. Angelina
6. Anybody Seen My Girl
7. She Just Wants To Dance
8. Am I Wrong
9. Come On In My Kitchen
10. Dirty Low Down And Bad
11. Don't Try To Explain
12. Kindhearted Woman Blues
13. City Boy

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Outstanding '60s electric blues, featuring a young Charley Musselwhite as he hones his distinctive harp style and Harvey Mandel with incredible guitar accompaniment. Vanguard may have spelled his name wrong (on every record hereafter he was named "Charlie"), but Stand Back is a very solid debut regardless, especially for a 22 year old.

1. Baby Will You Please Help Me
2. No More Lonely Nights
3. Cha Cha The Blues
4. Christo Redemptor
5. Help Me
6. Chicken Shack
7. Strange Land
8. 39th And Indiana
9. My Baby
10. Early In The Morning
11. 4 P. M.
12. Sad Day

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Smiley Lewis made several fabulous singles, had a booming, terrific voice and received the same great backing and support that defined the city's R&B sound. But Lewis' records seldom made it outside of New Orleans, even though they were frequently brilliant. This great anthology contains the four that did make the charts, among them the signature song "I Hear You Knocking."

1. Bells Are Ringing
2. Standing on the Corner
3. Blue Monday
4. Down the Road
5. Lost Weekend
6. Real Gone Lover
7. Bumpity Bump
8. I Hear You Knocking
9. I Can't Believe It
10. Hey Girl
11. One Night
12. Nothing But the Blues

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In the early 1950's, Snooky Pryor and Johnny Shines recorded sides for the J.O.B. label that helped lay the groundwork for Chicago's electrified, small band blues. Reunited four decades later in the Texas hill country, they took the opposite approach with a set of acoustic, country blues that returned them to their roots in the Mississippi delta. Robert Johnson, the proud, tormented genius of Delta blues, is the spirit hovering over Back To The Country. In the forty years since Snooky and Johnny first recorded together, blues has undergone unlikely transformations, growing first into popular music, then disappearing almost entirely, before being revived several times. Back To The Country remains as close as you're likely to get to the source, the Delta. Released by Blind Pig in 1991, the recording went on to win the Living Blues "Country Blues Record Of the Year" award among many other accolades. Now availabe here on 180g Vinyl.

Johnny Shines And Snooky Pryor Back To The Country Track Listing

1. Trouble In Mind
2. Corrine Corrina
3. Cool Driver
4. They're Red Hot
5. Crossroads
6. Lost A Good Woman
7. Evening Sun
8. Peace In Hell
9. Send Your Man To War
10. Come On In My Kitchen
11. Blues Come To Texas
12. Moon Is Rising
13. Hey Bobba Re Bop
14. Terraplane
15. I Make You Happy

Unique within his long and varied body of recorded work, this 1978 session features Charlie Musselwhite offering a virtual master class in blues harmonica style and performance, playing thirteen tunes in thirteen different keys. A tour-de-force from a giant of the blues harmonica. Remastered from the original analog tapes with a new design for this Limited Edition 180g LP.

Charlie Musselwhite The Harmonica According To Charlie Musselwhite Tracks

1. Harpin' on a Riff
2. Run Here Mama
3. Tuff
4. Pistol in Your Face
5. Azul Para Amparo
6. Blues All Nights
7. Fast Life Blues
8. Way I Feel
9. Chicago Sunset
10. Blues in the Dark
11. Shelby County Blues
12. Scuffin'
13. Hard Time

Guitar is the record Jimmy Thackery's fans have been clamoring for, a compendium of his hottest guitar instrumental tracks from the Blind Pig vaults. Included are three previously unreleased tunes, one a scorcher that features Duke Robillard. Here on 180g Vinyl.

Jimmy Thackery Guitar Track Listing

1. Hang up & Drive
2. Roy's Bluz
3. Sinner Street
4. Jump For Jerry
5. Blues Fore Dawn
6. Burford's Bop
7. Apache
8. All About My Girl
9. Last Night
10. Jimmy's Rude Mood
11. Edward's Blues
12. Jimmy's Detroit Boogie

Soul Survivor
I Remember
Worried Life Blues
Fallin' Rain
Heart Attack
Lovin' Cup
She's Murder
Somthin' You Got
Who's Afraid of Little Red Riding Hood?
Creeper
Down At Your Buryin'

Buddy Guy's new album, Skin Deep is his 10th Silvertone/Zomba studio release and it features all original material as well as collaborations with fellow guitar luminaries Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.

Elaborating on his inspiration for the album title and song Skin Deep, Guy touches upon a powerful series of personal memories and observations on the ways in which we’re all the same underneath it all. “I used to play with this boy, ride horses, down close to where I was born,” he says. “Then when we were 13, his parents made us stop. They used to say you had black blood or white blood, but we’d get a flashlight and hold it up to our skin and we’d just see red blood. That’s what I mean by 'Skin Deep.'

In a career spanning more than 45 years, Buddy Guy continues to add to his ever-growing legacy. At the age of 72, he graced the cover of Rolling Stone, as part of the magazine’s recent '100 Greatest Guitar Songs' issue (his cataclysmic 1961 recording of “Stone Crazy” made the list) and he also turned in a show-stopping performance in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film, Shine A Light. Guy has won five Grammy Awards, 23 W.C. Handy 'wards (the most any one blues artist has received), a Congressional Medal of Arts and Billboard Magazine's prestigious The Century Award for 'distinguished artistic achievement.” In 2005 Buddy Guy was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by friends Eric Clapton and B.B. King.

Buddy Guy Skin Deep Track Listing:

1. Best Damn Fool (Featuring Memphis Horns & Willie Mitchell)
2. Too Many Tears (Featuring Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi)
3. Lyin' Like A Dog
4. Show Me The Money
5. Everytime I Sing The Blues (Featuring Eric Clapton)
6. Out In The Woods (Featuring Robert Randolph)
7. Hammer And A Nail
8. That's My Home (Featuring Robert Randolph)
9. Skin Deep (Featuring Derek Trucks
10. Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes (Featuring Quinn Sullivan)
11. Smell The Funk
12. I Found Happiness

John Lee Hooker's 1960 release Travelin' is a fine collection of deep rooted Chicago blues that helped influence the generations of rock & rollers that followed. Highlights include "No Shoes," "I'm A Stranger," "Goin' To California," "Dusty Road" and "Solid Sender."

John Lee Hooker Travelin' Track Listing:

1. No Shoes
2. I Wanna Walk
3. Canal Street Blues
4. Run On
5. I'm A Stranger
6. Whiskey And Wimmen
7. Solid Sender
8. Sunny Land
9. Goin' To California
10. I Can't Believe
11. I'll Know Tonight
12. Dusty Road

Limited Edition High Quality Colored Vinyl

Track Listing:

1. GRIS-GRIS GUMBO YA YA
2. DANSE KALINDA DA BOOM
3. MAMA ROUX
4. DANSE FAMBEAUX
5. CROKER COURTBULLION
6. JUMP STURDY
7. I WALK ON GUILDED SPLINTERS

Classic King from 1965! Live at the Regal showcases King's penchant for not only playing guitar and singing, but also entertaining. King treats an enthusiastic audience to a collection of some of his greatest hits. This album is one of THE hightpoints for uptown blues!

Track Listing:

1. Every Day I Have The Blues
2. Sweet Little Angel
3. It's My Own Fault
4. How Blue Can You Get?
5. Please Love Me
6. You Upset Me Baby
7. Worry, Worry
8. Woke Up This Mornin'
9. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
10. Help The Poor

1. Fuck Me Pumps-mylo Remix
2. Fuck Me Pumps-mj Cole Remix
3. Strong Than Me-harmonic 33 Remix
4. In My Bed-bugz In The Attic Vocal
5. In My Bed-bugz In The Attic Dub
6. Take The Box-seijis Buggin Mix
7. Take The Box-seijis Buggin Rub Mix

The follow up to his 2003 effort, “I Wonder Why” is another fine example on someone in the blues community doing it right. With lot’s more original tunes it is easy for the listener to hear this true blues patriarch at work. Each tune rolls of the tongue with real affection and sincerity while the bluesy guitar work never strays from the blues tone of yesteryear. Another fine pressing from Clearaudio, not to be missed for the music and for the sonics.

Johnny Winter, the award winning blues rock guitarist and vocalist has given Friday Music the keys to over four decades of his archived live and unreleased recordings. Things get kicked off with Live Bootleg Series Volume 1, an ultra-rare three decade old tour performance collection of some of his most revered classics like “ Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Johnny B. Goode” as well as a bonus new live recording of the Stones classic "It’s All Over Now.” A collection like this on Double 180g LP is a blues lovers dream!

Johnny Winter Live Bootleg Series Volume 1 Track Listing

1. Introduction
2. Johnny B. Goode
3. Messin’ With The Kid
4. Help Me
5. Hideaway
6. Come On In My Kitchen
7. Rollin’ and Tumblin’
8. Stranger
9. Jumping Jack Flash
10. Bony Maronie
11. It's All Over Now ( new 2007 live recording)

The greatest blues man of all time is celebrated here with an extensive 21 track compilation of live and studio recordings presented on limited edition 12” vinyl! Appropriately titled the King of the Blues, this fine collection includes the all time favorites “The Thrill Is Gone,” “B.B. Boogie,” “Payin’ The Cost To Be The Boss,” “You’ve Done Lost Your Good Thing Now” and many more!

B.B. King King of the Blues Track Listing

1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss
3. Everyday I Have The Blues
4. How Blue Can You Get
5. Please Love Me
6. Guess Who
7. You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
8. Save A Seat For Me
9. I Am Willing To Run All The Way
10. Long Nights
11. From The Bottom (Featuring Sonny Boy Williamson)
12. That Evil Child
13. Sweet Sixteen
14. B.B. Boogie
15. The Other Night Blues
16. It's My Own Fault Baby
17. Catfish Blues
18. Sweet Chariot
19. Outside Help
20. Walkin' And Cryin'
21. Mr. Pawnbroker

Track Listing:

1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
2. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
3. Sweet Home Chicago
4. Rambling On My Mind
5. Phonograph Blues
6. They're Red Hot
7. Dead Shrimp Blues
8. Preachin' Blues
9. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
10. From Four Till Late
11. Little Queen Of Spades
12. Malted Milk
13. Drunken Hearted Man
14. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
15. Honeymoon Blues
16. Love In Vain

276 pg. Paperback Book

ISBN: 1556524110

During the 1970s, DISCO was the soundtrack to our lives. Its HEDONISM, drive, and sweet, catchy melodies made dancers worldwide experience the bliss of COMPLETE ABANDON. This book traces its entire history, from the UNDERGROUND DIVES of New York to the GLITTERING CLUBS of Rome. Along the way, the authors instruct the reader how to do THE HUSTLE and THE BUS STOP; explain the GAY SUBCULTURE central to disco; explore disco fashions, movies, clubs, and drugs; and tell the fascination stories behind not only the American hits but the Eurodisco masterpieces, the SOFT-PORN DIVAS, and the mysterious producers behind the shimmering sound.

An astonishing collection and piece of blues history, this album caresses your ears with some of the finest tunes by the Queen Of Blues who, despite her short life, managed to impose her trademark vocal style on generations of blues makers. Featured here are classics like “Evil Gal Blues,” “Since I Fell For You” and a remarkable version of “Please Send Me Someone To Love” written by Percy “Hit The Road Jack” Mayfield.

Dinah Washington I Was Born Ruth Jones, But I'm Singing As Dinah Track Listing

1. Embraceable You
2. Since I Fell For You
3. You Can Depend On Me
2. Why Can't You Behave?
5. Salty Papa Blues
6. Blow Top Blues
7. Evil Gal Blues
8. When A Woman loves A Man
9. How Deep Is The Ocean
10. Baby Get Lost
11. Lover Man
12. It's A Mean Old Man's World
13. I Wanna Be Loved
14. Harbor Lights
15. Please Send Me Someone To Love
16. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own

This is the famous version of Porgy and Bess that was supposed to have Gladys Knight singing the part of Bess. When Ray Charles offered the part to Gladys, having just come of the hit "Midnight train to Georgia", her manager at the time, would only allow her to participate if she owned the masters. According to Ray, he said, "well now you know that just won't be possible" to which her manager responded that she wouldn't be available. Ray told me that his mother taught him the meaning of "NO" and hence he asked Cleo Laine, who did a beautiful job of singing the part. Ray was also in top form as this 2 LP edition mastered from the original analog masters shows very clearly. Now available on 200g Quiex Super Vinyl Profile for the first time. A must have!

1. Summertime - Ray Charles
2. My Man's Gone Now - Cleo Laine
3. Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Ray Charles
4. They Pass by Singin' - Cleo Laine
5. What You Want Wid Bess? - Cleo Laine
6. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Ray Charles
7. Buzzard Song - Ray Charles
8. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Ray Charles
9. Oh, Doctor Jesus - Cleo Laine
10. Crab Man - Ray Charles
11. Here Come de Honey Man - Ray Charles
12. Strawberry Woman (Instrumental) - Ray Charles
13. Strawberry Woman - Cleo Laine
14. It Ain't Necessarily So - Ray Charles
15. There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - Ray Charles
16. I Loves You, Porgy - Cleo Laine
17. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? (Instrumental) - Ray Charles
18. Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? - Ray Charles
19. Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way! - Ray Charles

Hands down one of the greatest festival recordings ever! Out of circulation for nearly twenty years, this great two-record set from 1973 is available once again. It s a document of an incredible three days of powerful music, attended by more than 15,000 fans. Hopefully, future re-examination of the Ann Arbor Festival 1972 will yield full sets by each of the participants, including those not represented on this LP, such as Miles Davis, Pharaoh Sanders, and Lightin Slim!

Kitchen Sink Boogie
Wang Dang Doodle
Ain't That Loving You
I Walk On Guilded Splinters
(I'm A) Roadrunner/These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
Write Me A Few of Your Lines
Highway 49
Honey Bee
Form Kinetic
Dedication to Otis Spann
Dedicated to Otis
Goin' Down
Please Send Me Someone To Love
My Last Meal
Dust My Broom
Gambler's Blues
Women Be Wise
Life Is Splendid

For Alison Krauss, musical collaboration has been a way of life. Her latest musical collaboration, Raising Sand, is an astonishing album recorded in tandem with rock vocalist and songwriter Robert Plant. Raising Sand is their first recorded endeavor, and will prove revelatory to fans and the media on two counts: first that it happened at all, and, more importantly, that it is as successful and illuminating as it is.

From its embryonic, conceptual stages – well before any music materialized – the mere idea of Raising Sand held infinite fascination for both its creators and those around them. As word spread of an impending musical collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, imaginations ran wild. Two artists, each at the pinnacle of their respective pantheons, Robert and Alison have seemingly little in common. But just below the surface, an elemental understanding flowed between them, waiting to be tapped...

Under the careful sonic stewardship of producer T Bone Burnett, Raising Sand is pitched three steps beyond some cosmic collision of early urban blues, spacious West Texas country, and the unrealized potential of the folk-rock revolution. Shockingly evocative, it is an album that uncovers popular music’s elemental roots while sounding effortlessly, breathtakingly modern. Despite hailing from distinctly different backgrounds, Plant and Krauss share a maverick spirit and willingness to extend the boundaries of their respective genres. Raising Sand finds Plant and Krauss functioning as sympathetic equals: creating a powerful new sound from both their common musical ground and their unrivaled sense of empathy

1. Rich Woman
2. Killing the Blues
3. Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
4. Polly Come Home
5. Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
6. Through the Morning, Through the Night
7. Please Read the Letter
8. Trampled Rose
9. Fortune Teller
10. Stick with Me Baby
11. Nothin'
12. Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson
13. Your Long Journey

1. I Feel Free (Cream)
2. Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
3. White Room (Cream)
4. Crossroads (Cream)
5. Badge (Cream)
6. Presence of the Lord (Blind Faith)
7. After Midnight
8. Let It Rain
9. Bell Bottom Blues
10. Layla
11. Let It Grow
12. I Shot the Sheriff
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
14. Hello Old Friend
15. Cocaine
16. Lay Down Sally
17. Wonderful Tonight
18. Promises
19. I Can't Stand It
20. I've Got a Rock 'N' Roll Heart
21. She's Waiting
22. Forever Man
23. It's in the Way That You Use It
24. Miss You
25. Pretending
26. Bad Love
27. Tears In Heaven
28. Layla (Unplugged)
29. Running On Faith (Unplugged)
30. Motherless Child
31. Change the World
32. My Father's Eyes
33. Riding With the King
34. Sweet Home Chicago
35. If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
36. Ride the River

Import (Germany)

1. Riding With the King
2. Ten Long Years
3. Key to the Highway
4. Marry You
5. Three O'Clock Blues
6. Help the Poor
7. I Wanna Be
8. Worried Life Blues
9. Days of Old
10. When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
11. Hold On I'm Coming
12. Come Rain or Come Shine

Until now, guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney of the Black Keys took an extreme do-it-yourself approach to record making, hunkering down in a basement studio or setting up equipment in one of the abandoned factories of their native Akron, Ohio. Their modus operandi was more seance than session. With a minimal set of tools, they conjured up a big, swaggering blues-rock sound, seemingly drawn from some distant time and place yet too weirdly original to ever be called retro. As Rolling Stone put it in a review of their 2006 Nonesuch debut, Magic Potion, "Pure blues rock of this caliber is really timeless."

For this album, however, the Black Keys decided not to go it alone: Attack and Release is the result of one of the most audacious and eagerly awaited collaborations in alternative rock history. As producer, Auerbach and Carney chose Danger Mouse, the mega-eclectic sonic mastermind behind the Grammy Award-winning Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere and its multi-format hit, "Crazy", as well as the music-industry provocateur who created the mother of all mash-ups, The Grey Album. The Black Keys also deigned to work at an established studio, albeit one within driving distance of Akron. Suma Recording, a legendary spot in northeast Ohio renowned for its supply of great vintage gear, provided just the right ambience for the guys. As Carney put it, with genuine affection, Suma "smells like a moldy cabin and looks like a haunted house."

On Attack and Release, Danger Mouse is more creative co-conspirator than traditional figure behind the boards. He doesn't radically alter the duo's sound so much as coax out more of its inherent soulfulness, groove and bittersweet emotion. Two versions of "Remember When" illustrate how the duo can swing easily from smoldering ballad to thrashing rocker. "I'm more pleased with the sound of this record than any one we've ever made," says Carney, and Auerbach concurs: "We never let it all go like we did for this one, anything was game. It was just fun to make, and that's why I think it's so successful." The band adds more instrumentation to their mix, including piano, organ and moog synthesizer. Danger Mouse fashions subtle special effects, like the ghostly background choir that surfaces on the moody "I Got Mine", which sounds as if it were samples from some old Warner Bros. cartoon. The Black Keys also invited in a few special guests: guitarist Marc Ribot and clarinetist-flautist (and Pat's uncle) Ralph Carney, both veterans of Tom Waits' band and players on countless avant-rock/jazz/noise session. Jessica Lea Mayfield a/k/a Chittlin, an impressive 18 year-old bluegrass/country singer from Kent, Ohio, sings alongside a heart-breakingly plaintive Auerbauch on the slow-dance final cut, "Things Ain't Like They Used to Be"

Track Listing:

1. All You Ever Wanted
2. I Got Mine
3. Strange Times
4. Psychotic Girl
5. Lies
6. Remember When (Side A)
7. Remember When (Side B)
8. Same Old Thing
9. So He Won't Break
10. Oceans & Streams
11. Things Ain't Like They Used to Be

In Session, recorded in 1983, is the only known recording of Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan performing together. Its long-overdue commercial release (the album didn't come out until 1999) stands as a fitting tribute to the genius of two of the greatest musicians ever to have played the blues on electric guitar. Now, it's available on vinyl for the first time.

Anyone who's witnessed a much-anticipated jam session only to be disappointed - with each participant deferring to the other, the end result being that neither ever got out of first gear — will welcome this pairing of two giants of blues guitar. Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan obviously shared a mutual admiration, but it simply wasn't in either one's makeup to a) be intimidated or b) take a backseat to anyone. Not without kicking up a little dust.

This is such a precious set to any fan of either of these blues giants. In addition to the free-spirited jams, there are priceless episodes of conversation between each song, both men exchanging accolades and King giving the much younger Vaughan (though tragically it was Vaughan who died first) some sage advice. This simply is a must-have.

Track Listing:

1. Call It Stormy Monday
2. Old Times
3. Pride And Joy
4. Ask Me No Questions
5. Pep Talk
6. Blues At Sunrise
7. Turn It Over
8. Overall Junction
9. Match Box Blues
10. Who Is Stevie?
11. Don't Lie To Me

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This classic title by Buddy Guy and Junior Wells was recorded live in 1974 at the Montreux Jazz Festival. It features the dynamic duo with a band that includes Pinetop Perkins and Rolling Stone Bill Wyman. This release is part of the Blind Pig Records Vinyl Masters Series, a new line of remastered, high-quality, 180 gram virgin vinyl LPs!

1. Introduction (Live)
2. Ah'w Baby/Everything Gonna Be Alright (Live)
3. How Can One Woman Be So Mean (Live)
4. Checkin' On My Baby (Live)
5. When You See The Tears From My Eyes (Live)
6. Introduction (Live)
7. Ten Years Ago (Live)
8. Messing With The Kid (Live)
9. Hoodoo Man Blues (Live)
10. My Younger Days (Live)

These are the earliest-known recordings of Canned Heat with the primordial lineup of Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitar/harmonica/vocals), Stuart Brotman (bass), Henry "Sunflower" Vestine (guitar), Bob "The Bear" Hite (vocals), and either Keith Sawyer (drums), or perhaps his replacement, Frank Cook (drums), who joined circa 1966. Another notable name among the personnel listed on the original LP jacket is rhythm and blues legend, Johnny Otis as producer. This is certainly fitting, as the Heat wind their way through compact, high-energy versions of a variety of selections, directly contrasting the longer psychedelic showcases that would evolve over the next few years. Their almost cerebral respect for their predecessors would have suggested that the band hailed from anywhere other than their Topanga Canyon digs. However, Wilson, Vestine, and Hite were consummate students of authentic R&B, as evidenced by their practically note-for-note transcriptions of tunes from Chicago icons such as Muddy Waters ("Got My Mojo Working"), Willie Dixon ("Spoonful" and "Pretty Thing"), John Lee Hooker ("Louise" and "Dimples"), and Elmore James ("Rollin' and Tumblin'.") The latter cut is actually presented in two distinct renderings — with and without Wilson's hard-hitting harmonica leads, closely resembling the sound of their self-titled debut, Canned Heat (1967) from the following year. A second holdover is "Big Road Blues," which is also given a similar driving beat and an otherwise solid reading.

1. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 1
2. Big Road Blues
3. Spoonful
4. Got My Mojo Working
5. Pretty Thing
6. Louise
7. Dimples
8. Can't Hold on Much Longer
9. Straight Ahead
10. Rollin' and Tumblin', Pt. 2

The Healer was oddly a major mainstream breakthrough for John Lee Hooker. The album was one of the first to feature a wide array of guest stars, including Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos and Carlos Santana. The album immediately captured widespread media attention because of all the superstar musicians involved in its production and has to date been John Lee's most successful release. Recorded in analog and mixed to 1/4" 15ips analog tape, the sound is better than almost any other Hooker recording. Transferred from the original 1/4" analog tapes by Bernie Grundman using Classic's "all tube" cutting system, gives this release a warmth and comfort it has never had. If you're a John Lee Hooker fan then this a must! Great sound and classic Hooker guitar and vocal performances.

1. The Healer
2. I'm In The Mood
3. Baby Lee
4. Cuttin' Out
5. Think Twice Before You Go
6. Sally Mae
7. That's Alright
8. Rockin' Chair
9. My Dream
10. No Substitute

"Lightnin' is among the rewarding acoustic dates Lightnin' Hopkins delivered in the early '60s. The session has an informal, relaxed quality, and this approach serves a 48-year-old Hopkins impressively well on both originals like 'Thinkin' 'Bout an Old Friend' and the familiar 'Katie Mae' and enjoyable interpretations of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee's 'Back to New Orleans' and Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's 'Mean Old Frisco.' Hopkins' only accompaniment consists of bassist Leonard Gaskin and drummer Belton Evans, both of whom play in an understated fashion and do their part to make this intimate setting successful. From the remorseful 'Come Back Baby' to more lighthearted, fun numbers like 'You Better Watch Yourself' and 'Automobile Blues,' Lightnin' is a lot like being in a small club with Hopkins as he shares his experiences, insights and humor with you." - All Music Guide

Track Listings
1. Automobile Blues
2. You Better Watch Yourself
3. Mean Old Frisco
4. Shinin' Moon
5. Come Back Baby
6. Thinkin' 'Bout An Old Friend
7. The Walkin' Blues
8. Back To New Orleans
9. Katie Mae
10. Down There Baby

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When Riverside Records recorded this John Lee Hooker session in 1959, producer Bill Grauer asked the Mississippi moaner to play acoustic guitar, much in the manner he had years earlier, before coming North, plugging in, and creating "boogie lightnin'." The result, on which Hooker put his distinct stamp on tunes associated with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy, as well as a number of his own highly personal compositions, is a country blues classic.

Track Listings

1. Burnin' Hell
2. Graveyard Blues
3. Baby, Please Don't Go
4. Jackson, Tennessee
5. You Live Your Life And I'll Live Mine
6. Smokestack Lightnin'
7. I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine (Short-Haired Woman)
8. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long
9. Blues For My Baby
10. Key To The Highway
11. Natchez Fire (Burnin')

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The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Call it a summit meeting between two American icons, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, two of the most significant figures in modern-day country and jazz, who discovered common ground in their love for jazz standards and the blues. Their performance stirred the sounds of New Orleans, Nashville, Austin and New York City into a brilliantly programmed mix that was equal parts down-home and cosmopolitan, with plenty of swing and just a touch of melancholy. To say that these shows were a hot ticket would be an understatement. Luckily, the tapes were rolling and the results of this unique collaboration now constitute the Blue Note album Two Men With The Blues for everyone who couldn't cram into The Allen Room. Featuring great playing from one of the hottest bands around these classic tracks are given new life by the extraordinary dual talents of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis. At a time when most people are thinking of retirement, Willie has never been busier. His profile has been high in recent weeks with his various career retrospective releases and sold out tour and this album can rightly stake it's place alongside anything else he has done. Wynton rarely sounds so relaxed and both of these musical giants are clearly having the time of their lives together on these new interpretations of some of the greatest songs of the 20th century.

Track Listing:
1. Bright Lights Big City
2. Night Life
3. Caldonia
4. Stardust
5. Basin Street Blues
6. Georgia on My Mind
7. Rainy Day Blues
8. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
9. Ain't Nobody's Business
10. That's All

Perhaps the most influential slide guitarist of all-time and founding father of the electric blues, Elmore James helped define guitar playing for everyone that came after him and his signature riffs can be heard in the material of almost every slide guitarist working today. Genius Blues is an excellent compilation of recordings from the late '50s which showcase some of the guitar legends' most classic material.

1. Dark Entries
2. Double Dare
3. In The Flat Field
4. God In An Alcove
5. Dive
6. Spy In The Cab
7. Small Talk Stinks
8. St. Vitus Dance
9. Stigmata Martyr
10. Nerves
11. Telegram Sam
12. Rosegarden Funeral Of Sores
13. Terror Couple Kill Colonel
14. Scopes
15. Untitled
16. God In An Alcove
17. Crowds
18. Bonus Track

Limited edition vinyl LP pressing of the uber-successful album from this UK vocalist. 'Back To Black' is the second album from London-based chanteuse Amy Winehouse. Although her 2003 debut was a success, her rowdy offstage behavior became the focus of tabloids and critics instead of the music. Because of this, Winehouse stepped out of the spotlight and concentrated on putting the focus back on her music. Three years later, her sophomore release has surprised critics and excited her fanbase. Combining a strong, Jazzy vocal style with often frank lyrical content recounting tales of love and loss, Winehouse is a truly talented songwriter with a good ear for melody, making this album an essential purchase. Includes the single 'Rehab'. Island.

1. Rehab (SIDE 1)
2. You Know Im No Good
3. Me & Mr Jones
4. Just Friends
5. Back To Black
6. Love Is A Losing Game
7. Tears Dry On Their Own (SIDE 2)
8. Wake Up Alone
9. Some Unholy War
10. He Can Only Hold Her
11. Addicted

The most heartfelt vintage master-tape performances of Billie Holiday, quite simply the 20th century’s preeminent jazz vocalist, are given the once-over here by the most groove-worthy remixers of the 21st century, including Tony Humphries, DJ Logic, Charles Feelgood, Swingsett, Nickodemus, Jazzy Nice, Organica and more.

Legacy Recordings has gone to great lengths to present this album with all the warmth and nuance that only vinyl can offer!

Billie Holiday Remixed And Reimagined Track Listing

1. I Hear Music - (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix)
2. More Than You Know - (Jazzeem's Throwback Remix)
3. Spreadin' Rhythm Around - (Lady Bug Vs. Lady Day RR
Remix)
4. Long Gone Blues - (GXR Remix)
5. Trav'lin' All Alone - (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix)
6. He Ain't Got Rhythm - (Poppyseed Remix)
7. Summertime - (Organica Remix)
8. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) - (Madison Park Remix)
9. Glad to Be Unhappy - (DJ Logic Remix)
10. Billie's Blues - (Daniel Y. Remix)
11. You're So Desirable - (Sunday People Remix)
12. Pennies From Heaven - (Count De Money Remix)
13. But Beautiful - (Tony Humphries THP Remix)
14. All of Me - (Charles Feelgood & G.I.L. Remix)

Evolver is the new release from John Legend featuring guest appearances by superstars Kanye West, Andre 3000 and Estelle among others. The first single will be "Green Light." Legend's debut, Get Lifted and his sophomore release Once Again have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and garnered 5 Grammy Awards. This Double 180g vinyl version also includes a download insert.

John Legend Evolver Track Listing

1. Good Morning Interlude
2. Green Light (Featuring Andre 3000)
3. It’s Over (Featuring Kanye West)
4. Everybody Knows
5. No Other Love (Featuring Estelle)
6. Cross The Line
7. This Time
8. There With You
9. Good Morning
10. I Love, You Love
11. If You’re Out There

This is Harry Belafonte's favorite recording according to the liner notes and rightly so. The blues are close to Belafonte's heart and it shows in the way he delivers such tunes as "One for my Baby", "Cotton Fields" and "God Bless the Child" among others. This long out of print Classic Record is now back as a 200g Super Vinyl Profile re-release.

1. A Fool For You
2. Losing Hand
3. One For My Baby
4. In The Evenin' Mama
5. Hallelujah I Love Her So
6. The Way That I Feel
7. Cotton Fields
8. God Bless' The Child
9. Mary Ann
10. Sinner's Prayer
11. Fare Thee Well

D4 Refills - D4+ cleaning fluid lifts contaminants from -- and suspends them above -- the record surface for removal by the soft, non-abrasive, unidirectional fibers of the pad. For use with Discwasher Cleaning System. 1.25 oz. Item No. 1046

Track Listing:

Side One:

1. You Do Me Bad So Good
2. Boogie Down Party Down
3. Scratching "85"
4. Let's Get Together

Side Two:

1. Strike On Computers
2. Byrd Ball Train
3. Statue Of Liberty
4. Please Send Me Someone To Love

Time The Conqueror is Jackson Browne's first studio release in 6 years. Recorded with his longtime band, Kevin McCormick (bass), Mark Goldenberg (guitars), Mauricio "Fritz" Lewak (drums) and Jeff Young (keyboards and backing vocals) as well as, Chavonne Morris and Alethea Mills, two vocalists Jackson met in early 2001 while working with Washington Preparatory High School located in South Central Los Angeles.

Jackson Browne Time The Conqueror Track Listing

1. Time The Conqueror
2. Off Of Wonderland
3. The Drums Of War
4. They Can't Bring You Down
5. The Arms Of Night
6. Where Were You?
7. Going Down To Cuba
8. Giving That Heaven Away
9. Live Nude Cabaret
10. Just Say Yeah

The mythology of American blues is filled with images of the lone musician standing at the crossroads, caught in that gray area between light and shadow, cutting impossible deals with dark forces, offering up nothing less than his soul as collateral. Composer and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, a two-time Grammy winner and one of the most influential American blues and roots artists of the past half-century, has made no Faustian deals in his long and distinguished career, but he stands at an important crossroads nonetheless. In his never-ending exploration of the complex origins and underpinnings of American music, he has forged a four-decade career by gathering and distilling countless musical traditions from a range of geographical and cultural sources: the Mississippi Delta, the Appalachian backwoods, the African continent, the Hawaiian islands, Europe, the Caribbean and so much more.

Maestro, his first U.S. release in five years, marks the 40th Anniversary of Taj’s rich and varied recording career by mixing original material with chestnuts from vintage sources and newcomers alike. But Maestro is much more than just a tribute to past glories. It captures the same level of intensity and depth that has characterized every one of Taj’s recordings since his self-titled debut album in 1968. Simply put, four decades have done nothing to dilute his energy quotient. “The one thing I’ve always demanded of the records I’ve made is that they be danceable,” he says. “This record is danceable, it’s listenable, it has lots of different rhythms, it’s accessible, it’s all right in front of you. It’s a lot of fun, and it represents where I am at this particular moment in my life.” Also features special guest appearances from Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Los Lobos, Ziggy Marley and the Phantom Blues Band among others.

Taj Mahal Maestro Track Listing

1. Scratch My Back
2. Never Let You Go
3. Dust Me Down
4. Further On Down The Road
5. Black Man, Brown Man
6. Zanzibar
7. TV Mama
8. I Can Make You Happy
9. Slow Drag
10. Hello Josephine
11. Strong Man Holler
12. Diddy Wah Diddy

Import

For the middle album of his Johnny Winter-produced, late-'70s music trilogy, blues giant Muddy Waters brought a new spirit to some familiar material. Starting with members of Waters' touring band: Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Winter added underrated guitarist (and longtime Waters foil) Jimmy Rogers and extraordinary harp player Big Walter Horton to the mix. The songs recorded for I'm Ready offer a mix of new material and vintage hit singles like the title cut, the mid-'60s jewel "Screamin' and Cryin' " and the Willie Dixon-penned classic "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man."

Muddy Waters I'm Ready Track Listing

1. I'm Ready
2. 33 Years
3. Who Do You Trust
4. Copper Brown
5. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
6. Mamie
7. Rock Me
8. Screamin' and Cryin'
9. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

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Track Listing

Side One:

1. Please Come Home for Christmas - Little Johnny Taylor
2. White Christmas - Rance Allen Group
3. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' - Mack Rice
4. I'll Be Your Santa, Baby - Rufus Thomas
5. Christmas Comes But Once a Year - Albert King

Side Two:

7. Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' - Albert King
8. Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas? - Staple Singers
9. The Mistletoe and Me - Isaac Hayes
10. It's Christmas Time Again (The Christmas Song) - The Temprees
11. What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas? - The Emotions

Sandy Bull's third release is a mere two songs spread over a looped path of colored time. E Pluribus Unum takes his past triumphs and brings them higher, to an acid-singed multi-colored height. At the end of the day, Bull's prowess on the guitar here wins over everything and the result is an answer to the psychedelic wonder-bands. The instrumental answer to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."

Sandy Bull E Pluribus Unum Track Listing

1. No Deposit-No Return Blues
2. Electric Blend

The 1963 debut album from Sandy Bull, the ground-breaking folk artist who defined the folk guitar explosion of the '60s. Fantasias For Guitar And Banjo features a blending of eastern and western styles and a fusion of the most different musical forms from folk to blues to bluegrass and jazz. Includes the the legendary collaboration with jazz drummer Billy Higgins on the side-long track "Blend," a song that started a genre.

Sandy Bull Fantasias For Guitar And Banjo Track Listing

1. Blend
2. Carmina Burana Fantasy
3. Non Nobis Domine
4. Little Maggie
5. Gospel Tune

Considered to be his finest moment, Sandy Bull's second record goes beyond his first, wearing an electric halo while he continues to explore the boundaries of the guitar. "Blend 2," his answer to his first record's opus "Blend," is a must have for all of those who love John Fahey and Six Organs Of Admittance. A ghostly, warm record as a whole: Bull is on top of his game and once again reinventing the way the ear hears the hand as it plays the guitar.

Sandy Bull Inventions Track Listing

1. Gavotte II
2. Manha De Carnival
3. Triple Ballade
4. Memphis, Tennessee
5. Blend II
6. Gavotte II

Track Listing

1. I'm About Loving You
2. Behind Closed Doors
3. We're On Our Way
4. If Only (We Had Met Sooner)
5. Girl You're My Kind Of People
6. I Want Sunday Back Again
7. Rising Cost Of Love
8. If You Want Me To Be More Of A Woman...
9. Strangers In The Dark Corners
10. Only The One You Love
11. You're All I Got In This World
12. Don't Try To Take The Fifth
13. Bitter With The Sweet
14. Plain And Simple Girl
15. You Make Me So Hot
16. Girl You Know That I Love You
17. Cancel My Subscription
18. Hey It's Over
19. I'm So Thankful
20. Signed Miss Heroin
21. Waiting For Tomorrow
22. If You Do Love Me
23. Coldest Days Of My Life

140 pg. Paperback Book

ISBN: 0-8154-1003-4

224 pg. Paperback Book

ISBN: 0-7607-5651-1

1. Right Place Wrong Time
2. Same Old Same Old
3. Just The Same
4. Qualified
5. Traveling Mood
6. Peace Brother Peace
7. Life
8. Such A Night
9. Shoo Fly Marches On
10. I Been Hooded
11. Cold Cold Cold