This album finds Janis' voice in its purest, most vital form ever. The tracks were recorded as live as possible without sounding retro. This 1992 all-analogue recording, praised as much for the artist's too infrequently heard talents as for it's recorded dynamics, is now available on the medium that is a natural: 180-gram vinyl!
Both audiophile LP and CD versions reflect what the two top bibles of high-end audio decree as an impeccable production that has come to be regarded as a high-fidelity reference. Matched with Ian's very personal songs, delivered in a voice that draws you in close in confidence, Breaking Silence is one of the very few recordings of recent years that by reproducing a pure analogue sound, has attained true audiophile status.
Tracks were recorded at Nightingale Studio on a Studer 820, 24-track machine, 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +6/250 nu using Ampex 499 tape.
Included among the mics used on the recording dates were: Nuemann M-49, AKG C-12, Telefunken 251, Sheffield C-9 and a custom built tube direct box on the bass. Janis' vocal was recorded using a Telefunken U-47 and a Mastering Lab mic preamp, linked with series-one Monster Cable direct to the back of the multi-track machine with no EQ or Limiting.
The album was mixed at Bill Schnee Studio to an Ampex ATR 1/2" machine, at 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +3/250 nu on Ampex 499 tape. The reverb on the album was an EMT tube plate used along with natural room sounds captured in the recording. During the mixing of the album, "Some People's Lives" was recorded direct to two-track using the same vocal chain as above and Telefunken 251's on the piano. Take number two was used as the album cut. The album was mixed using Mastering Lab modified Tannoy SGM-10's powered by Sherwood-Sax mono-block tube amps.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Jeff Balding. Mastered by Doug Sax.
Track Listing:
1. All Roads To The River
2. Ride Me Like A Wave
3. Tatoo
4. What About The Love
5. His Hands
6. Walking On Sacred Ground
7. This Train Still Runs
8. Through The Years
9. This House
10. Some People's Lives
11. Breaking Silence
Projections (Mono) The Blues Project $16.99
High-Definition Vinyl LP - Sealed
The Blues Project was one of the most innovative and influential bands of the 1960s. Rising from the vibrant Greenwich Village music scene, the New York quintet created a visionary fusion of electric blues, folk-rock, jazz and psychedelia, and delivered it with gritty, effortless expertise. Although the Blues Project didn't stay together long enough to cash in on the musical innovations that they pioneered, they served as an inspiration for subsequent generations of roots-conscious rockers, and the band's small but seminal body of work remains beloved by'60s rock enthusiasts.
1966's Projections is generally regarded as the Blues Project's peak as a recording unit. The only studio album to feature the band's classic lineup of keyboardist Al Kooper, guitarists Danny Kalb and Steve Katz, bassist Andy Kulberg and drummer Roy Blumenfield, Projections is a potent manifestation of the Blues Project's electic approach and a persuasive showcase for the band members' varied talents.
At the time of its release, Projections became a fixture on the emerging underground FM album rock radio format, and such enduring tracks as the garagey Kooper-sung rocker "Wake Me, Shake Me," Kalb's epic blues showcase "Two Trains Running," Katz's resonant take on Bob Lind's folk-rock standard "Cheryl's Going Home" and the spacey instrumental "Flute Thing," featuring bassist Kulberg on the title instrument.
Sundazed's new vinyl edition of this seminal LP features Projections' rare and unique original mono mix, along with complete original cover art, and is pressed on high-definition vinyl for optimum sound quality.
Track Listing:
1. I Can't Keep From Crying
2. Steve's Song
3. You Can't Catch Me
4. Two Trains Running
5. Wake Me, Shake Me
6. Cheryl's Going Home
7. Flute Thing
8. Caress Me Baby
9. Fly Away
The definitive live collection from the two-time Grammy Winner, Delbert McClinton!Recorded in Bergen, Norway, Delbert McClinton LIVE captures the energy of the man’s legendary stage show. Yes, he gave John Lennon some pointers on playing the harmonica and has had his songs covered by the likes of Emmylou Harris, The Blues Brothers, Vince Gill and Garth Brooks, but what’s truly extraordinary is Delbert’s voice and his ability to drive audiences into a frenzy, often playing for up to three hours straight.
Delbert McClinton LIVE is his first live album in fourteen years. It contains favorites from the Grammy award-winning Nothing Personal including “When Rita Leaves” and “Livin’ It Down” and from ’02’s Grammy nominated Room To Breathe such as “Smooth Talk” and “Don't Want To Love You.” Other Delbert staples include “Giving It Up For Your Love” and the Otis Redding gut-wrencher, “I've Got Dreams To Remember.” Here on 180g Vinyl LP.
Delbert McClinton LIVE Track Listing
1. Old Weakness
2. Leap Of Faith
3. I'm With You
4. I Wanna Thank You Baby
5. I Wanna Love You
6. Smooth Talk
7. Maybe Someday Baby
8. Don’t Want To Love You
9. New York City
10. Squeeze Me In
11. I've Got Dreams To Remember
12. Why Me?
13. Rebecca Rebecca
14. B ack To Louisiana
15. When Rita Leaves
16. Livin’ It Down
17. Giving It Up For Your Love
18. B-Movie Boxcar Blues
19. Fine And Healthy Thing
1. She Asked Me So I Told Her
2. Sail On
3. Take a Ride With Me
4. Chicken Head Man
5. When Are You Coming Back Home?
6. Junk
7. Leave My Heart Alone
8. How Many More Years
9. I Go A Home
10. Wood Cuttin' Man
11. Mother's Gone
Special Limited Edition vinyl from one of the most influential blues guitarist and vocalist of all time, Leadbelly, including the classic recordings “Goodnight Irene,” “The Boll Weevil,” “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” and many, many more!
Leadbelly Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Track Listing
1. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
2. The Bourgeois Blues
3. Looky Looky Yonder / Black Betty Yellow Women’s Doorbells
4. The Gallis Pole
5. Big Fat Woman
6. Bring Me Li’l Watter Silvy
7. John Hardy
8. Goodnight Irene
9. How Long Blues (feat. Sonny Terry)
10. On A Monday (I’m Almost Done)
11. Blue Tail Fly
12. The Boll Weevil
13. Borrow Love And Go
14. Pretty Flowers In My Backyard (feat. Josh White)
1. Get Outta Here
2. Liza Jane
3. Easy Rider
4. Instrumental No. 5
5. Little Eddie Blues
6. Bundle up and Go
7. Who's Been Foolin' You
8. How Do You Get Your Rolling Done
9. Goodnight Irene
1. My Baby's Gone
2. Black Mattie
3. What's Wrong With You
4. Done Got Old
5. Treat Me Right
6. Walking' the Floor
7. Norene
8. Holding My Pillow
9. Bad Luck
1. Roll That Woman
2. Goin' Back Home
3. Pucker up Buttercup
4. Hangin' With the Boys
5. Lead Me On
6. Don't Laugh at Me
7. I'm Gonna Leave
8. Dee, Dee, Dee
9. Hard Way to Go
10. Instumental, No. 99
11. Further on up the Road
12. Guess I Just Fucked It All Up
1. Diggin Mommas Tatters
2. Bad Times in Mississippi
3. Rob & Steal
4. My Baby Got Drunk
5. Mad Dog on My Trail
6. Gotta Go Home
7. Big Bell Ringing
8. Kitty Kat
9. Coal Black Mare
10. Nobody But You
1. Buddy's Blues
2. Stormy Monday
3. Every Day I Have the Blues
4. Woman Blues
5. Satisfaction
6. Messin' with the Kid
7. No Use Cryin'
8. Just to Be with You
9. Junior's Shuffle
10. Out of Site
All Night Long Junior Kimbrough $10.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
Track Listing:
1. Work Me Baby
2. Do the Romp!
3. Stay All Night
4. Meet Me in the City
5. You Better Run
6. Done Got Old
7. All Night Long
8. I Feel Alright
9. Nobody but You
10. Slow Lightnin
1. Lonesome Road
2. I'm in Love
3. Everywhere I Go
4. Burn in Hell
5. Most Things Haven't Worked Out
6. Leave Her Alone
7. I Love Ya Baby
8. I'm Leaving You Baby
1. Death Letter
2. I've Been a Fool
3. Hush Hush Hush Hush
4. Instrumental
5. Trouble Me
6. Way Down South
7. Screamin' and Cryin'
8. It Hurts Me
9. Lonely Road
10. Vacation Song
11. Seven Up
12. Instrumental #12
Stain Stick Skin John Barrett's Bass Drum Of Death $7.99
Vinyl LP 7" - Sealed
1. Frankie and Albert
2. Fare Thee Well Blues
3. Laughing to Keep From Crying
4. Lonesome Katy Blues
5. Come Home to Me Baby
6. Fare You Well Blues
7. France Chance
8. Roll and Tumble
9. Good Time Blues
10. Goodbye Baby Blues
11. Down to the River Jordan
12. Let Your Deal Go Down
1. Hard Time Killing Floor
2. Got Messed Up
3. Miss Maybelle
4. Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
5. Too Many Ups
6. Nothin' Man
7. See What My Buddy Done
8. My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
9. Bad Luck City
10. Chain Of Fools
11. R.L.'s Story
1. Frank Frost Blues
2. That's Alright Mama
3. Look over Yonder Wall
5. Baby Please Don't Go
6. Fishin' Musician
7. Fat Back
8. Sitting on Top of the World
9. Have Mercy Baby
10. I'm a Big Boy Now
Yellow Bubbles Pure Country Gold $5.99
Vinyl LP 7" - Sealed
Track Listing:
1. Yellow Bubbles
2. Millionaire
American Made Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early $16.99
Vinyl LP 10" - Sealed
Track Listing:
1. Bigged Legged Woman
2. American Made
3. Shoes
4. Girls, Girls, Girls
5. I'll Do Anything
6. USA
7. Goin' Away
8. You Gotta Move
1. Coon Can Mattie
2. Chickenhawk
3. Keep on Snatchin' It Back
4. Horror
5. Come Here Baby
6. Worried Life
7. Cold Chills
8. Mistreating Me
9. I Want You
10. If You Like Fat Women
11. Toja Told Hitler
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1. I Love You
2. Worried Life
3. Nobody But You
4. Please Tell Me You Love Me
5. Asie's Jam
6. I Can't Be Satisfied
7. All I Need Is You
8. Come Home With Me
9. Skinny Legs & All
10. I Love You (Solo)
Junior Kimbrough is one of the most influential and original blues players in the past 50 years. Hailed by U2's Bono and Iggy Pop as a primal force in blues music, Junior never reached the mass audience that he deserved while alive, but his music endures and continues to be discovered by music fans from all walks of life.
Track Listing (On 10" Vinyl):
1. Lonesome Road
2. Feels So Good #1
3. Done Got Old
4. Meet Me In The City
5. Feels So Good #2
6. Feels So Bad
From the granddaddy of Delta blues comes this incredible compilation of his greatest songs. Charley Patton's influence on music cannot be overstated. He began playing music around 1900 and by the time he was 19, about a decade later, he had already written his most popular tune “Pony Blues” and was on his way to becoming the first superstar of the Delta Blues and a household name. He was soon the most requested performer all over the South and influenced many young musicians, like Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson, to name a few. But it was not only his mastery of the guitar and incredible vocal style that gained him popularity. His rock star-style showmanship and stage antics, like playing guitar down on his knees or behind his back, with a girl on each arm and a drink in hand after the show, made him the idol of young would-be musicians everywhere he played. And like a true rock star, by age 42 he was dead, which of course, only fuelled his fame.
Track Listing:
1. Pony Blues
2. A Spoonful Blues
3. Down The Dirt Road Blues
4. Prayer Of Death, Pt. 1
5. Prayer Of Death, Pt. 2
6. Screamin' & Hollerin' The Blues
7. Banty Rooster Blues Side
8. Tom Rushen Blues
9. It Won't Be Long
10. Shake It & Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
11. Pea Vine Blues
12. Mississippi Boweavil Blues
13. Lord I'm Discouraged
14. I'm Goin' Home
Born in North Carolina in 1892, singer and banjo player Charlie Poole is often considered to be one of the grandfathers of bluegrass and modern country music. Poole recorded 60 songs during the 1920s for Columbia Records with his wildly popular North Carolina Ramblers, so this LP is a small sampling of some of his very best songs, many of which, like his first big hit for Columbia, “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues” are blues standards. Although Poole died of an alcohol-induced heart failure at just 39 years old, he still had plenty of time to influence bluegrass greats like Bill Monroe, and more indirectly, Hank Williams and the folk singers of the 1960s. Although Poole wrote none of his own material, his genius lay in his unique ability to rework a song, by changing lyrics and tempo, to make it something entirely new. In fact, many fans bought his records just to see “how Charlie did it”. His North Carolina Ramblers sold huge numbers of records for the time and Poole became one of the first country music stars.
Track Listing:
1. Shootin' Creek
2. Baltimore Fire
3. Leaving Home
4. There'll Come A Time
5. White House Blues
6. The Highwayman
7. Hungry Hash House
8. The Letter That Never Came
9. Take A Drink On Me
10. Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night
11. Ramblin' Blues
12. Took My Gal A-Walkin'
13. Old And Only In The Way
14. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues
15. Bill Mason
16. A Kiss Waltz
1. Quitters Never Win
2. Stealin'
3. What Comes Around (Goes Around)
4. Me Minus You Equals Loneliness
5. Mos' Scocious
6. (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
7. Let's Make a Better World
8. R U 4 Real
9. Sing Along Song
10. Can't Git Enuff
11. Go Tell the People
12. Desitively Bonnaroo
Mississippi Fred McDowell's 1969 album I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll features the blues guitarist playing, for the first time ever, on electric guitar with a rhythm section comprised of bass and drums. Blues purists were originally somewhat vexed over this transition, but the music on this classic record stands up with the blues legend's best and his voice here is a powerful instrument in and of itself. A solid set from the master of the bottleneck blues.
Track Listing:
1. Baby Please Don't Go
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3. Kokomo Me Baby
4. That's All Right Baby
5. Red Cross Store
6. Everybody's Down on Me
7. 61 Highway
8. Glory Hallelujah
9. Jesus Is on the Mainline
While Hendrix remains most famous for his hard rock and psychedelic innovations, more than a third of his recordings were blues-oriented. This LP contains 11 blues originals and covers, eight of which were previously unreleased. Recorded between 1966 and 1970, they feature the master guitarist stretching the boundaries of electric blues in both live and studio settings. Besides several Hendrix blues-based originals, it includes covers of Albert King and Muddy Waters classics, as well as a 1967 acoustic version of his composition "Hear My Train A-Comin'."
The Classic issue of this title will mark its first time on vinyl. Of course, the two LP set, cut on Bernie Grundman's all tube analog cutting system.
1. Hear My Train a Comin' [Acoustic]
2. Born Under a Bad Sign
3. Red House
4. Catfish Blues
5. Voodoo Chile Blues
6. Mannish Boy
7. Once I Had a Woman
8. Bleeding Heart
9. Jelly 292
10. Electric Church Red House
11. Hear My Train a Comin' [Electric]
This LP captures Leroy Jodie Pierson's performance perfectly in terms of immediacy, dynamics, transparency, and purity. While sitting in my dedicated listening room, I can close my eyes and easily imagine that I am back in that church in Salina watching a consummate master at work. When you put this record on your own turntable and close your eyes, you can easily imagine yourself being transported to the vicinity of a back porch in the late thirties, listening to a spirited, heartfelt, and expressive performance by one of the top bluesmen of the era. Except you're not. You're listening to a spirited, heartfelt and expressive performance by one of the top bluesmen of our era, who simply sounds like he's been transported directly from ages past...I can't recommend this release from Analogue Productions Original highly enough. Please buy this record and help to support Chad Kassem and his efforts to make lesser recognized but eminently worthy blues artists known to the world." Sound = 10/10; Performance = 10/10; Music = 10/10 - Dave Glackin, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 20 Read Dave Glackin's complete Positive Feedback review
There was magic in the sanctuary of Blue Heaven Studios that October 2004 Saturday afternoon. On the altar sat Leroy, cross-legged and cradling his National ResoLectric steel guitar with a glass slide encasing his left pinky finger and caressing the strings, while his right fingers aggressively plucked and strummed. The result is a dramatic yet buttery-smooth take of five killer blues numbers and one gospel tune.
Track Listing:
Side One
1. Guitar Rag
2. Highway 61
3. Closer Walk With Thee
Side Two
1. Love In Vain
2. Drunkin’ Spree
3. No Feelings For Other Folks
Downtown Blues Frank Stokes $24.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - Sealed
African American singer and guitar player who got his start playing on the streets of Memphis around the turn of the century. His enormous repertoire of early folk, blues, old time country and popular music, along with his influence on local musicians has made many point to him as the true father of Memphis blues. He began touring the South with a black face Medicine Show comedian in the 1910s where it is said he met and influenced Jimmie Rodgers, among others. He then moved to Tennessee where he began playing with musician Dan Sane with whom he made his first recordings as the Beale Street Sheiks for Paramount in 1927. Throughout this period Stokes recorded a number of sides for Paramount and Victor until his old time style began to lose popularity with the record buying public.
Track Listing:
1. Downtown Blues
2. Bedtime Blues
3. What’s the Matter Blues
4. Mistreatin’ Blues
5. It Won’t Be Long Now
6. Nehi Mamma Blues
7. I Got Mine
8. Stomp That Thing
9. 'Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
10. Take Me Back
11. How Long
12. South Memphis Blues
13. Bunker Hill Blues
14. Right Now Blues
15. Shiney Town Blues
16. Frank Stokes' Dream
17. Memphis Rounders Blues
The Blues Giant Buddy Guy $34.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - Sealed
Buddy Guy, a five-time Grammy winning blues and rock guitarist, inspired the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan among others. Known for his showmanship, the style of Guy's music varies from traditional blues to a combination of blues, avant rock, soul and free jazz that changes with each performance.
Track Listing:
1. I Smell a Rat
2. Are You Losing In Your Mind
3. You've Been Gone Too Long
4. She Is Out There
5. Outskirts of Town
6. When I Left Home
The 23-year old Philadelphia singer/songwriter Melody Gardot's debut album Worrisome Heart introduced songs of quiet, wistful poetry with sophisticated after-hours arrangements. Yet the follow-up, My One And Only Thrill, marks a substantial leap forward. The album is an intensely creative milestone, transcending genre distinctions of jazz and blues to offer a haunting personal musical statement that will appeal to all music-lovers. As with her acclaimed live shows she captures and holds her audience in the palm of her hand. These eleven songs, covering a wide range of emotions, are all her own except for her irresistible, Brazilian take on "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."
Melody Gardot My One And Only Thrill Track Listing
1. Baby I'm A Fool
2. If The Stars Were Mine
3. Who Will Comfort Me
4. Your Heart Is As Black As Night
5. Lover Undercover
6. Our Love Is Easy
7. Les Etoiles
8. The Rain
9. My One And Only Thrill
10. Deep Within The Corners Of My Mind
11. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Blues From The Gutter Champion Jack Dupree $24.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
Lured to professional boxing by the mythic Joe Louis whom he had met in Chicago, Champion Jack Dupree was once better known for his KO skills than his musical skills. He later resumed his early passion for music and began playing his straight, in-your-face blues tunes, often singing about life's hardships, addiction and drug use. After serving in World War II, he became a major source of inspiration to the blues revival scene in the U.K. in the early '60s, and Blues From The Gutter, originally released in 1958, perfectly mirrored the raunchy blues attitude of the young beatniks of the fast growing British cities.
Track Listing:
1. T.B. Blues
2. Can't Kick The Habit
3. Evil Woman
4. Nasty Boogie
5. Walking The Blues
6. Junker's Blues
7. Bad Blood
8. Goin' Down Slow
9. Frankie & Johnny
10. Stack-O-Lee
Otis Spann was the leading postwar blues piano player in Chicago. An indispensable member of the Muddy Waters Blues Band, Spann's magnificent rich, frosty voice and his expressive singing style were confined to a handful of gigs and occasional recording projects.
The Blues Is Where It's At was recorded in 1966 at the end of a gig by the Muddy Waters Band in New York City. The band, which backs Spann here, includes Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn and Luther Johnson on guitars and the amazing George "Harmonica" Smith. Word had spread about the record date and an impromptu audience of friends and fans showed up, providing an unintended studio audience. Their presence keeps the band raw and relaxed. Musically, the results sound like a great third set at a club instead of a studio recording. Spann's singing was at its peak and his piano playing is pure blues.
Track Listing:
1. Popcorn Man
2. Brand New House
3. Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Party Blues)
4. Steel Mill Blues
5. Down on Sarah Street
6. T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
7. Chicago Blues
8. My Home Is on the Delta
9. Spann Blues
No Regrets Randy Crawford, Joe Sample $24.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
Teaming up once again after the positive reaction to their Grammy nominated 2007 record, Feeling Good, Randy Crawford and Joe Sample give us No Regrets, an album of blues infected jazz renditions, including Joe Williams/Count Basie’s “Every Day I Have The Blues.” This Limited Edition 180g vinyl version also includes the bonus track “Angel of the Morning,” previously not available in the U.S.
Track Listing:
1. Everyday I Have The Blues
2. Today I Sing The Blues
3. Respect Yourself
4. Angel
5. Me, Myself And I
6. Just One Smile
7. Don't Put All Your Dreams In One Basket
8. This Bitter Earth
9. Starting All Over Again
10. No Regrets
11. Lead Me On
12. Angel Of The Morning
Now You Can Talk About Me George 'Harmonica' Smith $20.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
If there is a West Coast blues harp style, then George Smith is clearly its Father. In addition, Smith was one of the most compelling blues singers of his generation. When he leaned back and started blowin' the blues, Smith created some of the most exciting music in blues history. His hard-drive, metallic-edged diatonic harmonic playing, with its frequent use of tongue-blocked octaves and a pulsing vibrato that seemed to emanate from the pit of his stomach, offered up a new sound that would influence legions of young players. This classic release combines rare sides from two '60s sessions with a great set of recordings with Rod Piazza's band from 1982.
Track Listing:
1. Blowin’ The Blues
2. Yes, Baby
3. Tight Dress
4. Times Won’t Be Hard Always
5. Goin’ Down Slow
6. Last Chance
7. Boogie’n With George
8. Mannish Boy
9. Bad Start
10. Sunbird
11. Good Things
12. Chicago City
Feelin' Good Jimmy Rogers $20.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed
More than fifty years after the heyday of the postwar Chicago blues scene, people all over the world still thrill to its electrifying sound, and musicians strive to reproduce the raw-edged, yet delicately interwoven ensemble music, and to recapture the power and emotional intensity that ignite it. But better than just reproducing his Chicago-style blues, Jimmy Rogers, one of the very originators and stylists of that distinctive genre as a bandleader and as a member of Muddy Waters' band, continued creating it, and Feelin' Good is intoxicating proof of his success. Featured here are nine tracks from the CD release and two rare, previously unissued tracks from 1992.
Limited Edition, HQ-180g vinyl pressed at Record Technologies, Inc. (RTI)
Track Listing:
1. Rock This House
2. Tricky Woman
3. Slick Chick
4. Angel Child
5. Chicago Bound
6. St. Louis
7. You Don’t Know
8. You’re So Sweet (Real Audio sample)
9. Blue And Lonesome
10. She Loves Another Man
11. Out On The Road
Blues On Fire John Lee Hooker $18.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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
Harmonica master Arthur Williams and his acoustic guitar-playing partner Jesse Hoggard interpret six classic 12-bar blues – four sung by Arthur and two by Jesse. This duo really nails the front-porch feeling that the best acoustic blues was born from. Jesse’s guitar is perfectly steady with simple, tasteful fills. Arthur’s acoustic harp work is the showstopper.
Arthur Williams was born in Tunica, Mississippi in 1937, was raised in Chicago and made his recording debut backing Frank Frost on Jewel Records in 1966. In 1972, he moved to his current home of St. Louis. He still performed but his recording career was dormant as he concentrated on a day job. In the 1990s, he appeared on a few records and put out a few of his own. But no release before this one has captured such an in-person feeling. The dynamics on this direct-to-disc recording are almost frightening.
Track Listing:
1. I’m A King Bee
2. Since I Met You Baby
3. Go On To School
4. I’m Gonna Get My Baby
5. Cummins Prison Farm
6. Hug And Squeeze You
Hooker 'N Heat John Lee Hooker $49.99
180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP Import - 2LPs Sealed
The 1971 release, Hooker 'n Heat is a relaxed affair that is split between unaccompanied solo John Lee Hooker tunes, collaborations between Hooker and Alan Wilson and full-blown Hooker and Canned Heat joints. Encompassing a mixture of new material and old favorites, Hooker 'n' Heat is surely one of Canned Heat's crowning moments and a milestone in Hooker's legendary career. A lasting homage to the true blues from some of its finest purveyors.
Track Listing:
1. Messin' With the Hook
2. The Feelin' Is Gone
3. Send Me Your Pillow
4. Sittin' Here Thinkin'
5. Meet Me in the Bottom
6. Alimonia Blues
7. Driftin' Blues
8. You Talk Too Much
9. Burnin' Hell
10. Bottle Up and Go
11. The World Today
12. I Got My Eyes On You
13. Whiskey and Wimmen
14. Just You and Me
15. Let's Make It
16. Peavine
17. Boogie Chillen No. 2
Red Garland and Miles Davis had a symbiotic relationship. Red was such an important cog in the Davis quintet as a soloist, interactive accompanist and keeper of the repertory. Being in Miles' group gave Garland the exposure he otherwise would not have gotten. Once Garland's talent as a pianist, with a boundless repository of material in his head, was established, Prestige's Bob Weinstock signed him to a contract as a recording leader in his own right. With his Davis section-mate, Paul Chambers, on bass, and New York drummer Arthur Taylor, Garland formed a trio that met quite often in Rudy Van Gelder's studio. Groovy was the third in Red's trio series for Prestige and it has the usual fine mix of jazz standards, ballad standards, blues ballads and just plain blues. It is an object lesson in finding and maintaining a groove.
Track Listing:
C-Jam Blues
Gone Again
Will You Still Be Mine?
Willow Weep For Me
What Can I Say Dear?
Hey Now
Blues guitar simply would not have developed in the manner that it did if not for the prolific brilliance of Lonnie Johnson. He was there to help define the instrument's future within the genre and the genre's future itself at the very beginning, his melodic conception so far advanced from most of his pre-war peers as to inhabit a plane all his own. For more than 40 years, Johnson played blues, jazz and ballads his way;he was a true blues originator whose influence hung heavy on a host of subsequent blues immortals. Johnson's influence was massive, touching everyone from Robert Johnson, whose seminal approach bore strong resemblance to that of his older namesake, to Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, who each paid heartfelt tribute with versions of "Tomorrow Night" while at Sun. Remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios.
Lonnie Johnson Portraits In Blues Volume 6 Track Listing
1. Tomorrow Night
2. Clementine Blues
3. See See Rider
4. Raining On The Cold, Cold Ground
5. Jelly Jelly Side
6. Too Late To Cry
7. Call Me Darling
8. Why Did You Go
9. Swingin' With Lonnie
10. Please Help Me
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Blues On Fire John Lee Hooker $18.99
Vinyl LP - Sealed
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
