Jolly Joker presents

Charley's Essential Boss Man highlights 75 recordings made by Jimmy Reed for Vee Jay Records between 1953 and 1966, including all of his Top Ten R&B chart-topping tracks. Bear in mind that this material has been reissued a zillion times over the years so there is nothing here the collector doesn't already own in spades. Still, you can't argue with such timeless classics as "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," "You've Got Me Dizzy," "Honest I Do," "Bright Lights, Big City," "I'm Gonna Get My Baby" and "Baby What Do You Want Me to Do."

Disc 1

01. High And Lonesome

02. You Don't Have To Go

03. Boogie In The Dark

04. I'm Gonna Ruin You

05. Pretty Thing

06. I Ain't Got You

07. She Don't Want Me No More

08. Come On Baby

09. I Don't Go For That

10. Baby, Don't Say That No More

11. Ain't That Lovin' You

12. Can't Stand To See You Go

13. When You Left Me

14. I Love You, Baby

15. My First Plea

16. You Got Me Dizzy

17. Honey, Don't Let Me Go

18. It's You Baby

19. Honey, Where You Going?

20. Do The Thing

21. Little Rain

22. Signals Of Love

23. The Sun Is Shining

24. Baby, What's On Your Mind?

25. Odds And Ends

Disc 2

01. Honest I Do

02. My Bitter Seed

03. Ends And Odds (Instrumental)

04. You're Something Else

05. A String To Your Heart

06. Go On To School

07. You Got Me Crying

08. Down In Virginia

09. I'm Gonna Get My Baby

10. I Wanna Be Loved

11. Caress Me Baby

12. I Know It's A Sin

13. You'n That Sack

14. Going To New York

15. I Told You, Baby

16. Take Out Some Insurance

17. I'm Nervous

18. Baby, What You Want Me To Do

19. Goin' By The River

20. Where Can You Be

21. Hush, Hush

22. I Was (So) Wrong

23. Blue, Blue Water

24. Please Don't

25. Found Love

Disc 3

01. Big Boss Man

02. Hold Me Close

03. Close Together

04. You Know You're Looking Good

05. Kind Of Lonesome

06. Found Joy

07. Bright Lights, Big City

08. Baby, What's Wrong

09. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth

10. I'm Mr. Luck

11. Blue Carnegie (Instrumental)

12. Good Lover

13. Down In Mississippi

14. Too Much

15. Let's Get Together

16. Shame, Shame, Shame

17. Cold And Lonesome

18. Up Tight

19. Mixed Up

20. Wear Something Green

21. When You're Doing All Right

22. I'm Going Upside Your Head

23. I'm The Man Down There

24. When Girls Do It

25. Knockin' At Your Door

Admirl Amos Easton (May 7, 1905 – June 8, 1968), better known by the stage name Bumble Bee Slim, was an American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist.

Easton was born in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. Several original sources confirm that he spelled his first name "Admirl". Around 1920 he joined the Ringling Brothers circus. He then returned to Georgia and was briefly married before heading north on a freight train to Indianapolis, where he settled in 1928. There he met and was influenced by the pianist Leroy Carr and the guitarist Scrapper Blackwell.

By 1931 he had moved to Chicago, where he made his first recordings, as Bumble Bee Slim, for Paramount Records. The following year his song "B&O Blues" was a hit for Vocalion Records, inspiring a number of other railroad blues and eventually becoming a popular folk song. In the next five years he recorded over 150 songs for Decca Records, Bluebird Records and Vocalion, often accompanied by other musicians, including Big Bill Broonzy, Peetie Wheatstraw, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, and Washboard Sam.

In 1937, he returned to Georgia. He relocated to Los Angeles, California in the early 1940s, apparently hoping to break into motion pictures as a songwriter and comedian. During the 1950s he recorded several albums, but they had little impact. His last album was released in 1962 by Pacific Jazz Records.

He continued to perform in clubs around Los Angeles until his death in 1968.

Volume 1

(3:14) 1. Rough Rugged Road Blues

(3:32) 2. No Woman No Nickel

(2:46) 3. Stumbling Block Blues

(3:38) 4. Chain Gang Bound

(3:28) 5. Yo Yo String Blues

(3:22) 6. Honey Bee Blues

(2:57) 7. Greasy Greens

(3:02) 8. I'm Waitin' On You

(3:05) 9. B And O Blues

(3:19) 10. Queen Bee Blues

(3:07) 11. M And O Blues - Part 1

(2:35) 12. M And O Blues - Part 2

(3:13) 13. Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way

(2:59) 14. Baby So Long

(3:24) 15. Lost Confidence Blues

(3:22) 16. The New B And O Blues

(3:01) 17. Wrecked Life Blues

(3:14) 18. Runnin' Drunk Blues

(3:13) 19. East St. Louis Blues

(3:16) 20. Busy Devil

(3:25) 21. Squalling Panther Blues

(3:21) 22. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On

(3:00) 23. Dead And Gone Mother

Volume 2

(3:13) 1. Step Child

(3:22) 2. Sad And Lonesome

(3:08) 3. Bye Bye Baby Blues

(2:35) 4. Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part 1

(2:37) 5. Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part 2

(3:02) 6. The Longest Day You Live - Part 1

(2:47) 7. The Longest Day You Live - Part 2

(2:58) 8. Deep Bass Boogie

(3:20) 9. Blue Blues

(2:40) 10. Rough Road Blues

(3:27) 11. New Mean Mistreater Blues

(2:54) 12. Climbing On Top Of The Hill

(3:03) 13. Ain't It A Crying Shame?

(2:54) 14. Bad Gal (Take A)

(3:02) 15. Bad Gal (Take B)

(3:00) 16. I Tried Everything I Could (Take A)

(3:04) 17. Sail On Little Girl No. 2

(3:01) 18. Aching Pain Blues

(3:00) 19. Cold-Blooded Murder

(3:08) 20. Burned Down Mill (Take A)

(3:08) 21. Burned Down Mill (Take B)

(2:55) 22. Mean Mistreatin' Woman

(3:15) 23. Worrisome Woman Blues

(3:09) 24. Mean Bad Man Blues

(2:49) 25. Muddy Water Blues

Volume 3

(2:59) 1. I Tried Everything I Could (Take D)

(3:08) 2. My Troubles

(2:58) 3. Blues Before Daylight

(3:18) 4. Running Bad Luck Blues

(2:57) 5. You Can't Take It Baby

(2:53) 6. Way Down In Georgia

(2:58) 7. My Black Gal Blues No. 1

(2:56) 8. My Black Gal Blues No. 2

(2:46) 9. Bleeding Heart Blues

(2:32) 10. Let's Pitch A Boogie Woogie

(2:52) 11. Tired Of Your Low Down Nasty Ways

(2:59) 12. Good Evening Blues

(3:12) 13. Farewell Mistreater Blues

(2:55) 14. B And O Line Blues

(2:29) 15. Good Woman Blues

(3:10) 16. Some Old Rainy Day

(3:05) 17. There You Stand

(3:07) 18. Tell Me What It's All About

(3:13) 19. You Gotta Change Your Way

(3:06) 20. Milk Cow Blues

(3:07) 21. Everybody's Fishing

(3:10) 22. Guilty Woman Blues

(2:42) 23. Big 80 Blues

(3:07) 24. Bricks In My Pillow

Volume 4

(2:49) 1. Policy Dream Blues

(2:51) 2. If The Blues Was Whiskey

(3:01) 3. Right From Wrong

(2:59) 4. Feather Bed Blues

(3:10) 5. What's Wrong?

(3:12) 6. Mean Bloody Murder Blues

(3:22) 7. Walking And Drifting Blues

(3:16) 8. When The Sun Goes Down

(3:08) 9. Can't You Trust Me No More?

(3:08) 10. Where Was You Last Night?

(3:07) 11. I Done Lost My Baby

(3:05) 12. I'm Needing Someone (Just Like You)

(3:12) 13. The Death Of Leroy Carr (Dedicated To The Memory Of Leroy Carr)

(3:12) 14. Smoky Mountain Blues

(3:05) 15. Sail On Sail On Blues

(2:53) 16. Hey Lawdy Mama

(3:08) 17. I Keep On Drinking - Part 1

(3:13) 18. I Keep On Drinking - Part 2

(2:54) 19. Sometimes Blues

(3:18) 20. Steady Roll Mama Blues

(2:49) 21. Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes

(2:57) 22. Lemon Squeezing Blues

(2:49) 23. When The Sun Goes Down (C-1071)

(3:11) 24. Sail On Little Girl No. 3

(2:55) 25. Cold-Blooded Murder No. 2

Volume 5

(2:57) 1. How Long How Long Blues

(2:47) 2. You Don't Mean Me No Good

(2:52) 3. New B & O Blues

(3:16) 4. Prison Bound Blues

(3:11) 5. My Old Pal Blues

(3:09) 6. Last Respects

(2:51) 7. Sloppy Drunk Blues

(3:17) 8. D.B.A. Blues

(3:04) 9. I'll Take You Back

(3:01) 10. Sick And Tired Of Singing The Blues

(2:49) 11. New When The Sun Goes Down

(3:04) 12. Happy Life Blues

(2:49) 13. When Somebody Loses

(2:51) 14. Ramblin' With That Woman

(2:47) 15. This Old Life I'm Living

(3:19) 16. Dumb Tricks Blues (Take 1)

(3:02) 17. Dumb Tricks Blues (Take 2)

(2:52) 18. New Orleans Stop Time

(2:46) 19. You Got To Live And Let Live

(2:38) 20. Hard Rocks In My Bed

(3:24) 21. Who's Been Here Today?

(3:11) 22. I Done Caught My Death Of Cold

(3:01) 23. No More Biscuit Rolling Here (Take 1)

(2:42) 24. No More Biscuit Rolling Here (Take 2)

Volume 6

(2:53) 1. Meet Me In The Bottom

(2:52) 2. No Good Woman

(2:52) 3. When The Music Sounds Good

(3:11) 4. When I Get My Money

(2:35) 5. New Bricks In My Pillow

(2:33) 6. New Big 80 Blues

(3:00) 7. New Policy Dream Blues

(2:39) 8. Back In Jail Again

(2:53) 9. Wet Clothes Blues

(2:59) 10. Any Time A Night

(2:53) 11. Fast Life Blues

(3:08) 12. Rock Hearted Woman

(3:09) 13. Cry On! Cry On!

(2:57) 14. Ease Me Down

(2:57) 15. Hard Driving Man

(3:02) 16. Must I Keep On Crying

(3:12) 17. Funny Feelin'

(3:07) 18. Lady Friend

(3:14) 19. Letter Writing

(2:21) 20. Upside Down

(2:54) 21. New How Long How Long

(3:14) 22. Honest Confession

(3:09) 23. Christmas And No Santa Claus

(3:00) 24. Buggie Bed

Volume 7

(3:22) 1. I'se Gonna Break 'Em Down

(3:12) 2. Blue Expression Blues

(3:06) 3. Head Whippin' Party

(2:41) 4. Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman

(2:49) 5. I'm Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down

(3:20) 6. Every Goodbye Ain't Gone

(3:09) 7. True Blue

(2:55) 8. Please Baby

(2:58) 9. Green Country Gal

(2:49) 10. If I Could Speak My Mind

(2:41) 11. The Jive Of Mine

(3:10) 12. Past And Gone

(3:00) 13. Hobo Jungle Blues

(3:17) 14. Slave Man Blues

(3:16) 15. My Big Moments

(2:57) 16. I'll Meet You In The Bottom

(2:51) 17. Meet Me At The Landing

(2:58) 18. Big Six

(3:00) 19. Just Yesterday

(2:43) 20. Rough Treatment

(3:19) 21. Pains In My Body

(3:03) 22. I'm Having So Much Trouble

(3:03) 23. Rising River Blues (Take 1)

Volume 8

(3:10) 1. Rising River Blues (Take 2)

(2:54) 2. If I Make It Over

(2:54) 3. She Never (Take 1)

(2:56) 4. She Never (Take 2)

(2:54) 5. 12 O'Clock Southern Train

(2:56) 6. 12 O'Clock Midnight

(2:47) 7. You Sure Look Good To Me

(3:16) 8. Woman For Every Man (Take 1)

(3:17) 9. Woman For Every Man (Take 2)

(3:00) 10. Bumble Bee's New Muddy Water

(2:59) 11. When Your Deal Goes Down

(3:03) 12. Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (Take 1)

(3:07) 13. Goodbye (I'll Try To Forget) (Take 2)

(3:03) 14. Uncertain Blues

(2:56) 15. You've Got To Do As I Bid You

(3:11) 16. You Brought Me Back

(3:13) 17. Going Back To Florida

(3:06) 18. Good Old Easy Streets

(3:02) 19. Lonesome Trail Blues

(2:42) 20. Strange Angel

(3:04) 21. Lonesome Old Feeling

(2:13) 22. Ida Red

Volume 9 - Unissued Tests & Alternate Takes

(3:05) 1. Good Morning (Take A)

(3:10) 2. Good Morning (Take B)

(2:49) 3. Muddy Water (Take A)

(2:33) 4. Muddy Water (Take B)

(2:59) 5. Baby Fare You Well (Take A)

(3:01) 6. Baby Fare You Well (Take B)

(3:00) 7. Happy Life Blues (Take B)

(2:58) 8. Who's Been Here Today (Take 2)

(2:54) 9. When The Music Sounds Good (Take 1)

(3:17) 10. I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (Take 1)

(3:23) 11. I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (Take 2)

(2:55) 12. One Lonesome Day (Take 1)

(2:53) 13. One Lonesome Day (Take 2)

(3:10) 14. Pains In My Body (Take 1)

(2:58) 15. It Ain't No Trouble (Take 1)

(3:11) 16. It Ain't No Trouble (Take 2)

(3:03) 17. 12 O'Clock Midnight (Take 2)

(3:09) 18. Uncertain Blues (Take 2)

(3:12) 19. Cross The Country (Take 1)

(3:06) 20. Cross The Country (Take 2)

(3:09) 21. You Brought Me Here (Take 2)

(3:09) 22. Going Back To Florida (Take 2)

(2:36) 23. Sometimes

(2:29) 24. Tiny's Boogie

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