Jimmy Reed - The Vee-Jay Years 1953-1965 [6 CD, 1994]

There's simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of Jimmy Reed. His best-known songs -- "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Honest I Do," "You Don't Have to Go," "Going to New York," "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," and "Big Boss Man" -- have become such an integral part of the standard blues repertoire, it's almost as if they have existed forever. Because his style was simple and easily imitated, his songs were accessible to just about everyone from high-school garage bands having a go at it, to Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Lou Rawls, Hank Williams, Jr., and the Rolling Stones, making him, in the long run, perhaps the most influential bluesman of all.  

Disc 1

01 - High And Lonesome

02 - Jimmy's Boogie

03 - I Found My Baby

04 - Roll And Rhumba

05 - You Don't Have To Go

06 - Boogie In The Dark

07 - Shoot My Baby

08 - Rockin' With Reed

09 - You Upset My Mind

10 - I'm Gonna Ruin You

11 - Pretty Thing

12 - I Ain't Got You

13 - She Don't Want Me No More

14 - Come On Baby

15 - I Don't Go For That

16 - Baby, Don't Say That No More

17 - Ain't That Loving You Baby

18 - Can't Stand To See You Go

19 - When You Left Me

20 - I Love You Baby

21 - My First Plea

22 - You Got Me Dizzy

23 - Honey, Don't Let Me Go

24 - Untitled Instrumental

Disc 2

01 - It's You Baby

02 - Honey, Where Arte You Going

03 - Do The Thing

04 - Little Rain

05 - Signals Of Love

06 - Sun Is Shining

07 - Baby, What's On Your Mind

08 - Honest I Do

09 - State Street Boogie

10 - Odds And Ends

11 - My Bitter Seed

12 - Ends And Odds

13 - My Baby (Down In Virginia)

14 - You're Something Else

15 - String To Your Heart

16 - Go On To School

17 - You Got me Crying

18 - Moon Is Rising

19 - Down In Virginia

20 - I'm Gonna Get My Baby

21 - I Wanna Be Loved

22 - Caress My Baby

23 - I Know It's A Sin

Disc 3

01 - You'N That Sack

02 - Going To New York

03 - I Told You Baby

04 - Take Out Some Insurance

05 - I'm Nervous

06 - You Know I Love You

07 - Baby, What You Want me To Do

08 - Goin' By The River (1)

09 - Goin' By The River (2)

10 - Where Can You Be

11 - Hush Hush

12 - I Was So Wrong

13 - Blue Blue Water

14 - Please Don't

15 - Found Love

16 - You Gonna Need My Help

17 - Hold Me Close

18 - Come Love

19 - Big Boss Man

20 - Meet Me

21 - I Got The Blues

22 - Sugar Sugar

23 - Got Me Chasing You

Disc 4

01 - Down The Road

02 - Want To Be With You Baby

03 - Jimmy's Rock

04 - Tell The World I Do

05 - You're My Baby.wav

06 - Ain't Gonna Cry No More

07 - Close Together

08 - You Know You're Looking Good

09 - Laughing At The Blues

10 - I'm A Love You

11 - Kind OF Lonesome

12 - Found Joy

13 - Tell Me You Love Me

14 - Bright Lights, Big City

15 - Baby, What's Wrong

16 - Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth

17 - I'm Mr. Luck

18 - Blue Carnegie

19 - Take It Slow

20 - Good Lover

21 - Down In Mississippi

22 - Too Much

Disc 5

01 - I'll Change My Style

02 - Let's Get Together

03 - In The Morning

04 - You Can't Hide

05 - Back Home At Noon

06 - Lookin' For You Baby

07 - Kansas City Baby

08 - Oh John

09 - Shame, Shame, Shame

10 - Cold And Lonesome

11 - There'll be A Day

12 - Ain't No Big Deal

13 - Mary, Mary

14 - Upside The Wall

15 - Baby's So Sweet

16 - I'm Gonna Help You

17 - Up Tight

18 - Mixed Up

19 - I'm Trying To Please You

20 - Five Long Years

21 - See See Rider

22 - Outskirts Of Town

23 - Trouble In Mind

Disc 6

1 - The Comeback (03:07)

2 - How Long Blues (02:58)

3 - Roll 'Em Pete (02:46)

4 - Cherry Red (02:49)

5 - Wee Wee Baby (02:20)

6 - St. Louis Blues (02:30)

7 - Worried Life Blues (02:16)

8 - Blues For 12 Strings (01:44)

9 - New Chicago Blues (02:18)

10 - Wear Something Green (02:46)

11 - Help Yourself (03:03)

12 - Heading For A Fall (03:07)

13 - Going Fishing (03:00)

14 - Left Handed Woman (02:26)

15 - I Wanna Be Loved (02:25)

16 - Fifteen years (02:44)

17 - New Leaf (02:43)

18 - When Your Doing All Right (02:43)

19 - I'm Going Upside Your Head (02:57)

20 - Devil's Shoestring (02:43)

21 - You've Got Me Waiting (02:39)

22 - I'm The Man Down There (03:01)

23 - When Girls Do (02:09)

24 - Don't Think I'm Through (03:37)

VA - Back Home Blues [Prism Leisure, 3 CD 2004]

 

Prism Leisure Corporation was a distribution company that focused on music, DVDs, VHS tapes, and even video and board games. Formed in the 1980s, the company went into administration in 2007 and was sold to FremantleMedia in 2010.



Working Man's Blues

1. Albert King - Born under a bad sign (3:24)
2. ZZ Hill - What am I gonna tell her (3:12)
3. Swamp Dogg - Mama's baby Daddy's maybe (4:06)
4. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee - Working man's blues (2:45)
5. Johnny Adams - Reconsider me (3:39)
6. Willie West - I sleep with the blues (2:46)
7. Robert Gray - I'd rather be a wino (4:31)
8. Little Milton - Room 244 (4:22)
9. Memphis Slim - Whiskey and Gin blues (2:42)
10. Johnnie Taylor - You knocked my heart out of line (4:00)
11. Ernie Johnson - Cold this winter (4:41)
12. James Peterson - Don't let the devil ride (4:22)
13. McKinley Mitchell - No love like your love (2:34)
14. Willie Cobbs - You don't love me (3:03)
15. Latimore - Bad risk (4:26)
16. ZZ Hill - Cheating in the next room (3:34)
17. Keri Leigh - Here's your mop Mr. Johnson (3:39)
18. Artie White - Your man is home tonight (4:16)
19. Little Milton - Big boned woman (3:27)
20. McKinley Mitchell - Trouble blues (3:30)
21. Joe August - Everything happens at night (2:31)
22. Harlan Griffiths - Looking for my pig (2:20)




Every Day I Have The Blues 

1. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (2:53)
2. John Lee Hooker - Dimples (2:09)
3. T-Bone Walker - I Got A Break Baby (3:13)
4. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (3:01)
5. Muddy Waters - Baby Please Don't Go (4:24)
6. Howlin' Wolf - Highway Man (2:25)
7. Memphis Slim - Every Day I Have The Blues (2:31)
8. Little Junior Parker - Feelin' Good (2:54)
9. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man (2:48)
10. Elmore James - It Hurts To Me (3:16)
11. Otis Rush - All Your Love (2:36)
12. T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday Blues (3:00)
13. Robert Cray - Sleeping In The Ground (3:17)
14. Little Milton - Annie Mae's Cafe (5:05)
15. Bobby Bland - Get Your Money Where You Spend (3:45)
16. Latimore - All You'll Ever Need (5:22)
17. Dr John - Zu Zu Man (3:17)
18. Ike Turner - How Long Will It Last (2:43)
19. Fenton Robinson - The Sky Is Crying (3:23)
20. Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:49)
21. Fred McDowell - Red Cross Store (4:34)
22. Muddy Waters - Rolling Stone (3:09)



The Blues Is Alright 

1. Little Junior Parker - Mystery train (2:22)
2. Jimmy Reed - Shame shame shame (2:47)
3. Luther Allison - Sweet home Chicago (4:50)
4. B.B. King - Three o'clock blues (3:00)
5. John Mayall - I ain't got you (3:59)
6. Magic Sam - Easy baby (3:26)
7. John Lee Hooker - Boom boom (2:27)
8. Yardbirds - Good morning little schoolgirl (2:41)
9. Albert Collins - Too many dirty dishes (2:40)
10. Little Milton - The blues is alright (4:14)
11. ZZ Hill - Someone else is steppin' in (3:35)
12. Bobby Bland - Mightnight run (4:02)
13. Mike Griffin - Working is the curse... (4:30)
14. Bobby Rush - One monkey don't stop no show (4:13)
15. Johnny Winter - Gangster of love (2:26)
16. Little Richard - Cherry red (2:33)
17. Bobby Marchan - Get down with it (2:43)
18. Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't nobody's business (2:56)
19. Johnny Adams - I won't cry (2:16)
20. Robert Parker - Rockin' pneumonia (2:57)
21. Jimi Hendrix - Red house (4:55)
22. Ona Watson - Thake this job and shove it (3:23)

Duane Allman - Skydog : The Duane Allman Retrospective [7 CD, 2013]

 

It's difficult to call a guitarist who routinely shows up in the upper reaches of "100 Greatest Guitarists Ever" lists underappreciated, and yet the first impression the towering seven-disc box set Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective makes is that Duane Allman does not receive his proper due. Sure, the Allman Brothers Band are one of the staples of classic rock, a band that carved out the blues-drenched sound of Southern rock while also establishing a template for jam bands to come, and Duane's contributions were crucial in making Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs Eric Clapton's finest moment, and that would be enough for a substantial legacy even if Allman hadn't died in a tragic motorcycle accident at the age of 24, but that was only part of the story. The rest is told on Skydog, a box set that has its origins on a collection Bill Levenson began in the early '90s, just after he compiled the four-disc Allman Brothers Band box, Dreams, in 1989, which didn't see fruition until 2013, after years of work by the renowned rock & roll archivist and Galadrielle Allman, Duane's daughter. Both had their reasons for delivering a testament to everything Duane Allman achieved in his short life, and that dedication pays off wildly on Skydog, as great a box set as has ever been released.

VA - The Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 [9 CD]

 

Crossroads Guitar Festival

Bridgeview Illinois
July 28th, 2007
Soundboard recording - some crowd noise and a few spurious noises -
otherwise A+ sound quality
all mp3 @ 320 kbps

The Black Crowes - 1996/12/15 Las Vegas, NV

 

The Black Crowes
Dec 15 1996
The Joint
Hard Rock Hotel,
Las Vegas, NV,

The Black Crowes on the final night of their 1996 Fall tour promoting ‘Three Snakes & One Charm.’ Their opening act on that tour was Gov’t Mule.  One can sense the boys wanted to go out with a bang and their set here is heavy on some prime covers. Among them a rollicking ‘Jailhouse Rock’, a fine cover of ‘Feelin’ Alright’, The Allman Brothers’ ‘Dreams’ (featuring some searing slide work from Warren Haynes), Ry Cooder’s ‘Boomer’s Story’ (featuring Allen Woody on mandolin) and a triple Stones encore to finish off the show in a blaze of glory.