Amos Milburn - The Complete Aladdin Recordings (7 CD,1993) [FLAC]

 

Seven discs tracing the entire 1946-1957 Aladdin Records legacy of jump blues pioneer Amos Milburn, whose rippling boogie-based piano talent and predilection of songs about booze made him a postwar R&B superstar. One hundred forty-five tracks in all (including plenty of unissued goodies) tab this as the ultimate collection for Milburn fans. He boogied like a champ at his first L.A. date for Aladdin with a thundering "Down the Road Apiece" and rocked equally hard a decade later down in New Orleans when he was re-cutting "Chicken Shack Boogie" with the crew at Cosimo's. Mosaic does their usual elegant presentational job on this R&B legend, not skimping on a thing. 

Disc 1

01. After Midnite

02. My Baby's Boogying

03. Darling How Long

04. Down The Road Apiece

05. Amos' Blues

06. Amos' Boogie

07. Don't Beg Me

08. Operation Blues

09. Cinch Blues

10. Everything I Do Is Wrong

11. My Love Is Limited

12. Blues At Sundown

13. Money Hustlin' Woman

14. Sad And Blue

15. That's My Chick

16. I've Tried To Prove My Love, Dear

17. Mean Woman

18. Aladdin Boogie

19. Nickel Plated Baby

20. Real Gone

Disc 2

01. Rainy Weather Blues

02. Train Whistle Blues

03. Train Time Blues

04. What Can I Do

05. Bye Bye Boogie

06. Post Luck Boogie

07. It's A Married Woman

08. My Tortured Mind

09. Don't Tell Her

10. Hold Me Bay

11. Chicken Shack Boogie (1947 release)

12. Rapture In Bloom

13. Hard Driving Blues

14. I'm Gonna Leave You

15. I Love Her

16. Pool-Playing Blues

17. Hen Party

18. Rocky Road Blues (take 1)

19. Rocky Road Blues (take 2)

20. Lonesome For The Blues

21. Slow Down Blues

Disc 3

01. Anybody's Blues

02. It Took A Long, Long Time

03. Wolf On The River

04. I Still Love You

05. Frank's Blues

06. Empty Arms Blues

07. Bewildered

08. A & M Blues

09. In The Middle Of The Night

10. Won't You Kinda Think It Over

11. Jitterbug Fashion Parade

12. Where Are You

13. My Luck Is Bound To Change

14. Roomin' House Boogie

15. Walkin' Blues

16. Blue And Lonesome

17. Bow-wow!

18. Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby

19. Drifting Blues

20. Real Pretty Mama

21. Untitled Boogie

Disc 4

01. Johnson Rag

02. Melting Blues

03. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me

04. Play It Straight Baby

05. Square Dance Boogie

06. Square Dance Boogie (alternate arrangement)

07. Donald's Idea

08. Boogie Woogie

09. Atomic Baby

10. She's Gone Again

11. Just A Fool In Love

12. Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone

13. Button Your Lip

14. Sax Shack Boogie

15. Birmingham Bounce

16. Let's Rock A While

17. Hard Luck Blues

18. Two Years Of Torture

19. Remember

Disc 5

01. I'm Gonna Tell My Mama

02. Bad, Bad Whiskey

03. Everybody Clap Hands

04. Tears, Tears, Tears

05. Glory Of Love

06. I Love You Anyway

07. Ain't Nothing Shaking

08. Real Crazy

09. That Was Your Last Mistake-Goodbye

10. Women, Women

11. Just One More Drink

12. Thinking And Drinking

13. Put Something In My Hand

14. Trouble In Mind

15. Squeeze My Blues Away

16. Flying Home

17. Roll Mr. Jelly

18. I Won't Be A Fool Anymore

19. Long, Long Day

Disc 6

01. I'm Still A Fool For You

02. Boo Hoo

03. Rocky Mountain

04. Greyhound

05. Kiss Me Again (first version)

06. Stormy Weather

07. Kiss Me Again

08. Rock, Rock, Rock

09. Three Time A Fool

10. Why Don't You Do Right

11. Let Me Go Home, Whiskey

12. Please Mr. Johnson

13. Let's Have A Party

14. Without Someone To Call Your Own

15. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

16. Sorrowful Heart

17. Let's Have A Party (alternate take)

18. How Could You Hurt Me So

19. Good, Good Whiskey

20. After Awhile

21. Baby, Baby (All The Time)

22. Milk And Water

Disc 7

01. One, Two, Three, Everybody

02. That's It

03. Vicious, Vicious Vodka

04. I Done Done It

05. I'm Falling For You

06. My Happiness Depend On You

07. All Is Well

08. House Party (Tonight)

09. I Guess I'll Go

10. I Need Someone

11. Juice, Juice, Juice

12. I'll Be True

13. French Fried Potatoes And Ketchup

14. Chicken Shack Boogie (1956 release)

15. Every Day Of The Week

16. Girl Of My Dreams

17. Dear Angel

18. Shake, Shake

19. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

20. We Teenagers Know What We Want

21. Rum And Coca Cola

22. Soft Pillow

23. Thinking Of You Baby

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (40th anniversary, 2 CD, 2021) [FLAC]

 

Mob Rules is the tenth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in November 1981. It followed 1980's Heaven and Hell, it was the second album to feature lead singer Ronnie James Dio and the first with drummer Vinny Appice. Neither musician would appear on a Black Sabbath studio album again until the 1992 album Dehumanizer.

•     Ronnie James Dio – vocals
•     Tony Iommi – guitars
•     Geezer Butler – bass
•     Vinny Appice – drums

Additional performer

•     Geoff Nicholls – keyboards

Albatross - Everybody's Got the Blues [1993.FLAC]

 The first lineup of Albatross was formed in the mid-70s by Barry McCabe (guitar) and showband veteran John Smith in the village of Virginia, Co.Cavan. They were named after the Fleetwood Mac song. Barry's two main influences were Peter Green and Rory Gallagher. The highlight of this early period was undoubtedly supporting Horslips at the Farmer's Ballroom in Virginia in 1976.

By the early 1980s the band was a blues trio based in Dublin with ex Zen Alligators Gary Eglington on bass. They toured relentlessly across Northern Europe and Scandanvia throughout the 80s, recording several live albums.

• Barry McCabe – Guitar, Vocal.
• Garry Eglington – Bass.
• Kid Crossen – Drums.

1. Intro (0:10)

2. Too Late Now (4:02)

3. Fine, Fine, Fine (3:25)

4. Feel So Good (2:32)

5. I Don’t Know Your Name (4:33)

6. Move It On Over (5:24)

7. Prisoners Of Conscience (8:09)

8. Intro (0:15)

9. Someone I Used To Know (5:32)

10. Never Say Die (4:53)

11. Full Moon On Main Street (8:13)

12. Freddy Wants A Cadillac (4:29)

13. Talk To Your Daugter (4:35)

14. Sweet Little Angel (6:52)

15. Night Time People (10:18)

16. Tempted (5:11)

Tracks 1-7 were recorded live in Lille and were originally released on Blue Shadow records BSCD 4717 “C’est La Vie” in 1990. The remaining tracks were recorded live at the Independence Day festival In Norway. Issued on the famous Blue Horizon label (through Ace records) which was resurrected by Mike Vernon In The early 1990s.

Little Jimmy Dickens- Country Boy 1949-1957 [4 CD, 1997]

 

Country Boy is a four-disc import box set that collects Little Jimmy Dickens' complete Columbia recordings from 1949-1957 including most of his biggest hits, several sacred recordings, a handful of instrumentals, and much more. Dickens' music from this era vacillated between silly hillbilly novelties and maudlin weepers.

Ry Cooder- Soundtracks [7 CD, 2014]

Seven-CD Ry Cooder box set , focusing on the guitarist’s soundtrack work from 1980s and early ’90s.

• The Long Riders, 
• Alamo Bay, 
• Paris, Texas, 
• Blue City, 
• Crossroads, 
• Johnny Handsome
• Trespass.

The set contains a number of soundtracks for director Walter Hill (1980′s The Long Riders being one) and a handful produced in a productive two year period with Alamo Bay, Blue City, Crossroads and Paris, Texas all issued in 1985-6.

When Harry Dean Stanton wanders across the bleached southwestern wasteland in the opening to Wim Winders' masterful film Paris, Texas, this laconic and haunting scene is set to the perfect music: Ry Cooder's bottleneck guitar adaptation of a Blind Willie Johnson blues song.

Wenders later said that he had the feeling the film was shot with a camera and a guitar, and that Cooder had created "sacred music".

The Paris, Texas album from 1985 is one of the finest film soundtracks, and is one of seven scores included in a new box set collection Ry Cooder: Soundtracks that also includes The Long Riders’ (1980), Music From Alamo Bay (1985), Blue City (1986), Crossroads (1986), Johnny Handsome (1989) and Trespass (1993).

The pairing with Wenders worked so well. There is a terrific version of Johnson's Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground), and a memorable six-minute instrumental called She's Leaving the Bank, co-written by Cooder with Jim Dickinson. Cooder's incredibly atmospheric music helps make the film special but is also a treat to listen to just as an album of music.

Much of Cooder's best film score work has been done with director Walter Hill, especially on Hill’s re-invention of the Jesse James legend. Cooder said musician and director simply "understood one another", and it shows in the way Cooder provided a historically authentic score – using polkas, square dances, waltzes and other traditional tunes played by a small band that includes the peerless David Lindley on guitars and violin – to move away from the bombastic style that sometimes accompanies westerns. The soundtrack to The Long Riders is brief (36 minutes) but contains one of the most joyful tunes in Cooder's vast and distinguished repertoire: Seneca Square Dance.

Cooder's career has been incredibly varied and has included playing with rock bands such as The Rolling Stones as well as revitalising Thirties folk, adapting Tex Mex and celebrating Cuban music. One of his finest blues albums came when he worked again with Hill on Crossroads, which is a musical tribute to Robert Johnson, and includes a contribution from the great Sonny Terry. There are fine guests, too, on Alamo Bay, including John Hiatt, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas.

Of course, some of the individual tracks on the various albums seem incongruous separated from the original film but there is plenty to enjoy on all seven records, whether with gentle instrumental tracks such as Billie and Annie from Blue City, or in the offbeat music of tracks such as Goose and Lucky from Trespass. It is a shame that Southern Comfort and The Border are not included in the choice of album.

Cooder has done 18 soundtracks in all but the 67-year-old said recently that he won't be doing any more film work. "Films make me sick now and if something makes me sick I back off," he said.

This set is a fine reminder of his magnificent legacy of film work.


CD1 The Long Riders:

01 - The Long Riders
02 - I'm a Good Old Rebel
03 - Seneca Square Dance
04 - Archie's Funeral (Hold to God's Unchanging Hand)
05 - I Always Knew That You Were the One
06 - Rally 'Round The Flag
07 - Wildwood Boys
08 - Better Things to Think About
09 - Jesse James
10 - Cole Younger Polka
11 - Escape From Northfield
12 - Leaving Missouri
13 - Jesse James

CD2 Paris, Texas:

01 - Paris, Texas
02 - Brothers
03 - Nothing Out There
04 - Canci¢n Mixteca
05 - No Safety Zone
06 - Houston in Two Seconds
07 - She's Leaving the Bank
08 - On the Couch
09 - I Knew These People
10 - Dark Was the Night

CD3 Alamo Bay:

01 - Theme From Alamo Bay
02 - Gooks On Main Street
03 - Too Close
04 - Klan Meeting
05 - Sailfish Evening
06 - The Last Stand
07 - Quatro vicios
08 - Search & Destroy
09 - Glory

CD4 Crossroads:

01 - Crossroads
02 - Down In Mississippi
03 - Cotton Needs Pickin'
04 - Viola Lee Blues
05 - See You In Hell, Blind Boy
06 - Nitty Gritty Mississippi
07 - He Made A Woman Out Of Me
08 - Feelin' Bad Blues
09 - Somebody's Callin' My Name
10 - Willie Brown Blues
11 - Walkin' Away Blues

CD5 Blue City:

01 - Blue City Down
02 - Elevation 13 ft.
03 - True Believers (Marianne)
04 - Nice Bike
05 - Greenhouse
06 - Billy and Annie
07 - Pops and Timer (Tell Me Something Slick)
08 - Blue City
09 - Dont Take Your Guns to Town
10 - A Leader of Men
11 - Not Even Key West

CD6 Johnny Handsome:

01 - Main Theme
02 - I Can't Walk This Time
03 - Angola
04 - Clip Joint Rhumba
05 - Sad Story
06 - Fountain Walk
07 - Cajun Metal
08 - First Week At Work
09 - Greasy Oysters
10 - Smells Like Money
11 - Sunny's Tune
12 - I Like Your Eyes
13 - Adios Donna
14 - Cruising With Rafe
15 - How's My Face
16 - End Theme

CD7 Trespass:

01 - Video Drive-By
02 - Trespass (Main Title)
03 - East St. Louis
04 - Orgill Bros.
05 - Goose And Lucky
06 - You Think It's On Now
07 - Solid Gold
08 - Heroin
09 - Totally Boxed In
10 - Give 'Em Cops
11 - Lucy In The Trunk
12 - We're Rich
13 - King Of The Street
14 - Party Lights