John Lee Hooker - The Classic Early Years 1948-1951 [4 CD, 2002 ]

 

This four-disc box from London's JSP Records collects an astounding 100 songs recorded by John Lee Hooker in Detroit from the years 1948 to 1952, including his first two sides ever, the signature tunes "Boogie Chillen" and "Sally Mae." Most of the tracks here are done solo, with Hooker's ever-present foot-stomping, although a few feature other musicians on loose-limbed blues boogies. Since Hooker never significantly altered his style during his long career, these first recordings set the stage for all that came after, and he arguably never sounded fresher or better. Four discs worth of this throwback Mississippi bluesman will be severe overkill for casual listeners, but diehard Hooker fans will find this box set absolutely essential.

CD 1

01. Boogie Chillen
02. Sally Mae
03. See See Baby
04. She Was In Chicago
05. Stomp Boogie
06. Who's Been Jiving You
07. Black Man Blues
08. Poor Joe
09. Good Business
10. Boogie Woogie
11. Helpless Bogie
12. Goin' Mad Blues
13. Low Down Midnite Boggie
14. Landing Blues
15. Morning Blues
16. Drifting From Door To Door
17. Hobo Blues
18. Howlin' Wolf
19. Crawling King Snake
20. She Ain't Good For Nothin'
21. Cotton Pickin' Blues
22. Must I Wait Til Your Man Is Gone
23. We Gonna Make Everything Alright
24. Miss Rosie Mae
25. Highway Blues

CD 2

01. Hoogie Boogie
02. Graveyard Blues
03. Whistlin' And Moaning Blues
04. I Love To Boogie
05. Miss Eloise
06. Burnin' Hell
07. I Had A Dream
08. Nightmare Blues
09. Late Last Night
10. Wandering Blues
11. Don't Go Baby
12. Devil's Jump
13. I' Gonna Kill That Woman
14. Moaning Blues
15. The Numbers
16. Weeping Willow
17. Miss Sadie Mae
18. Sometime
19. Forgive Me
20. Heart Trouble Blues
21. Slim's Stomp
22. Miss Lorraine
23. Talkin' Boogie
24. Road Trouble
25. 609 Boogie

CD 3

01. No Friend Around
02. Wednesday Evening
03. Canal Street Blues
04. Playin' The Races
05. Huckle Up Baby
06. Let Your Daddy Ride
07. Goin' On Highway 51
08. The Moon Above
09. She Left Me By Myself
10. No Mortgage One My Soul
11. My Baby's Got Something
12. Decoration Day Blues
13. Boogie Chillen No. 2
14. Roll 'n' Roll
15. Crying All Night
16. One More Time
17. I Don't Be Welcome Here
18. Welfare Blues
19. Turnin' Gray Blues
20. The Story Of A Married Woman
21. Mad Man Blues
22. Boogie Now
23. Thinking Blues
24. Don't You Remember Me
25. Give Me Your Phone Number

CD 4

01. Notoriety Woman
02. Never Satisfied
03. Moon Is Rising
04. Please Have Mercy
05. John L's House Rent Boogie
06. Queen Bee
07. You've Got Another Man
08. If You Need My Lovin' Baby
09. Nobody To Talk To Me
10. Prison Bound
11. Bumble Bee Blues
12. Questionnaire Blues
13. Real Good Gal
14. Little Boy Blues
15. My Daddy Was A Jockey
16. Mean Old Train
17. Catfish
18. Louise
19. I'm Going Away
20. Tease Me Baby
21. Streets Is Filled With Women
22. Me And My Woman
23. Whistle Done Blown
24. How Can You Do It
25. I'm In The Mood

Widespread Panic - Archives WPA Vol. 1-12

 

Starting in June 2008, Widespread Panic began to release vintage concert performances from the Widespread Panic Archives. The band will continue to dig into their show archives, which encompasses the past 25 years, and release these shows as multi-track recordings.

VA - The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 1 (1959-1961) [6 CD, 2005/FLAC]

 Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered. 

 

Jefferson Airplane - Share A Little Joke With The World [4 CD, 2012]

 Love, Haight and War. These were the ingredients for the American psychedelic rock movement of the Sixties. The world first got a whiff of it coming from the kitchen of a band called Jefferson Airplane. Other bands melted together (Grateful Dead, CSN) and drifted apart while the Airplane added passengers, jettisoned others and emerged in the mid 70s under a new crew, all the while selling records and setting trends

A Collection Of Rare Studio Outtakes And More...

VA - The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of {Yazoo 2202} [2 CD, 2006]

 

46 super rarities - classic performances of early blues and old country music from the 1920s and 30s, including 2 never heard before selections by Son House.

For anyone who's collected 78-rpm records, enjoyed Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, or expressed interest in the great missing old-time and blues records of yesteryear, The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of will be the Holy Grail. Whereas it isn't unusual for Yazoo to place a rarity on a new collection by Blind Blake or Blind Lemon Jefferson, this two-disc collection -- all 46 cuts -- is a testament to rarities. Perhaps the best-known (to a general old-time/blues audience) performer here is Son House, and the collection includes recordings of "Mississippi County Farm Blues" and "Clarksdale Moan." Others might be familiar with Dock Boggs ("Old Rub Alcohol Blues"), Ken Maynard ("Sweet Betsey from Pike"), and the Memphis Jug Band ("Jim Strainer Blues"). Incredibly, several of these tracks were recorded as test pressings and never officially released, meaning that as far as the recording industry is concerned, they don't exist. It's probable that all of the fuss made over this collection of rarities will make little sense to folks who don't spend all of their spare money and time hunting down 78-rpm records, and there's a point here. If you don't know that a certain item is rare, you won't value it in the same way a collector might. In this sense, one CD filled with scratchy old recordings is as good as another. But even for those who might not understand why they should be excited by The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, the collection nonetheless holds up as good old-time folk and blues, and expense-wise, Yazoo always offers lots of quality music for one's money. As an added bonus the cover art and inside cartoon has been put together by none other than Robert Crumb, a record collector and one-time string band performer himself.

CD 1
1. FREENY'S BARN DANCE BAND: Croquet Habits
2. SON HOUSE: Mississippi County Farm Blues
3. GEORGIA POT LICKERS: Up Jumped the Rabbit
4. MEMPHIS MINNIE & JOE McCOY: I'm Going Back Home
5. WILMER WATTS & THE LONELY EAGLES: Fightin' In the War With Spain
6. JOHN BYRD: Old Timbrook Blues
7. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: A Little Talk With Jesus
8. TOMMY JOHNSON: Slidin' Delta
9. THE THREE STRIPED GEARS: Alabama Blues
10. JACK GOWDLOCK: Rollin Dough Blues
11. KENTUCKY RAMBLERS: Ginseng Blues
12. OLLIS MARTIN: Police and High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down
13. ROY HARVEY & JESS JOHNSTON AND THE WEST VIRGINIA RAMBLERS: John Hardy Blues
14. LONG "CLEEVE" REED & LITTLE HARVEY HULL - The Down Home Boys: Original Stack O' Lee Blues
15. AMEDIE ARDOIN & DENNIS McGEE: Two Step De La Prairie Soileau
16. ANDREW & JIM BAXTER: Operator Blues
17. J.D. HARRIS: The Grey Eagle
18. MEMPHIS JUG BAND: Jim Strainer Blues
19. GRAYSON COUNTY RAILSPLITTERS: Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued)
20. DOCK BOGGS: Old Rub Alcohol Blues
21. JAYBIRD COLEMAN: Mistreatin' Mama
22. HENRY WHITTER: It's a Rough Road to Georgia (unissued)
23. REV. B.L. WIGHTMAN WITH LOTTIE KIMBROUGH & CONGREGATION: Live the Life


CD 2
1. YANK RACHEL WITH SLEEPY JOHN ESTES & JAB JONES: Sweet Mama
2. CROWDER BROTHERS: We All Love Mother (unissued)
3. SON HOUSE: Clarksdale Moan
4. ASHLEY & FOSTER: Bull Dog Sal (unissued)
5. JESSE "BABYFACE" THOMAS: Down In Texas Blues
6. GEORGIA POT LICKERS: Chicken Don't Roost Too High
7. WILLIAM HARRIS: I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go)
8. ASA MARTIN & ROY HOBBS: Wild Cat Rag
9. KING SOLOMON HILL: Whoopee Blues (alternate take)
10. CHUBBY PARKER: Davey Crockett
11. GEESHIE WILEY: Skinny Leg Blues
12. SWEET BROTHERS: I'm Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl
13. BLIND ROOSEVELT GRAVES & VAROY GRAVES: I Shall Not Be Moved
14. SMITH & IRVINE: Lonesome Road Blues
15. LUKE JORDON: If I Call You Mama
16. GRAYSON & WHITTER: My Mind Is To Marry (unissued)
17. OSEY HELTON: Green River
18. LOTTIE KIMBROUGH: Don't Speak To Me
19. WADE WARD: Married Man's Blues (unissued)
20. KEN MAYNARD: Sweet Betsey From Pike (unissued)
21. JAYBIRD COLEMAN: Boll Weevil
22. BILL SHEPHERD WITH HAYES SHEPHERD & ED WEBB: Bound Steel Blues
23. MIDDLE GEORGIA SINGING CONVENTION NO. 1: Bells Of Love