VA - Pure...America [4 CD, 2011/FLAC]

4 CD compilation from Sony Music brings 68 greatest American artists of all genres.

VA - Screaming And Crying: 75 Masterpieces By 35 Blues Guitar Heroes [3 CD, 2012/FLAC]

Rarely has the primal excitement of the electric blues guitar been so voraciously and expertly illustrated on one compilation than on Screaming And Crying, renowned British blues buff Neil Slaven s monumental homage to the music which shaped both his life and a whole generation. Over three discs and 75 tracks, the set straddles the spectrum of the electrified blues which fuelled the British R&B boom of the 1960s and beyond, mixing much-feted names such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley with more deliciously obscure outings by the likes of Doctor Ross and Guitar Shorty. Slaven s liner notes outline the story behind the roughshod classics which bust out of the set, whether screaming with the joy of musical release, or crying in a pool of despair, both amplified through jacked-up guitar strings. Selections are explained using a thread which shows how the trail-blazing T-Bone Walker (represented by tracks which avoid overlap with Fantastic Voyage s much-lauded T-Bone collection You re My Best Poker Hand, FVTD099) influenced the likes of Pee Wee Crayton, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Johnny Copeland and Johnny Guitar Watson, whose aptly-named Space Guitar was obviously a big influence on Hendrix (as were many of the names on show). Noted guitar abusers are present and incorrect, including over-loading Pat Hare in James Cotton s band, Johnny Otis Pete Guitar Lewis distorting through Midnight In The Barrel House , while the mighty John Lee Hooker and Elmore James display their inimitable axe attacks on several outings. The fearsome triumvirate of Kings - B.B., Albert and Freddie - get three tracks apiece, as do Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, whose lesser-known Mad Lad is a lesson in controlled virtuosity. Other guitarists very much plugged in through the fifties to the sixties include Buddy Guy, Little Milton, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Tiny Grimes, Earl Hooker, Hop Wilson, Magic Sam, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Reed s Eddie Taylor, Mickey Baker, Guitar Slim, Goree Carter and Ike Turner (showing how underrated his savage guitar style was). Neil Slaven has constructed a veritable dizzbuster of a collection, exuding the kind of glow and continuity which can only come from knowledge and passion. As he says in his notes, Some of these recordings have become cornerstones of a long life and not one of them has diminished with the ensuing years. That s something for you to look forward to.



CD1
01. You Upset Me Baby (B.B. King)
02. Midnight In The Barrel House (Johnny Otis feat. Pete Guitar Lewis)
03. First Time I Met The Blues (Buddy Guy)
04. Cotton Crop Blues (James Cotton feat. Pat Hare)
05. Lookin For My Baby (Little Milton)
06. Rock Me (Muddy Waters)
07. The Stumble (Freddy King)
08. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (Otis Rush)
09. Chicken-Hearted Woman (Clarence Samuels feat. Johnny Copeland)
10. The Story Of My Life (Guitar Slim)
11. Atomic Energy (Clarence Gatemouth Brown)
12. Pretty Thing (Bo Diddley)
13. You ve Taken My Woman (John Lee Hooker)
14. Coming Home (Elmore James)
15. Three Hours Past Midnight (Johnny Guitar Watson)
16. Bye Bye Johnny (Chuck Berry)
17. Tiny s Boogie (Tiny Grimes)
18. Travelin Blues (T-Bone Walker)
19. I Walked All Night Long (Albert King)
20. Louisiana Hop (Pete Guitar Lewis)
21. Screaming And Crying (Morris Pejoe)
22. Blues In D Natural (Earl Hooker)
23. My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone (Hop Wilson)
24. All Your Love (Magic Sam)
25. Don t Knock At My Door (Eddie Taylor)

CD2
01. Let Me Love You Baby (Buddy Guy)
02. Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulson)
03. She s Dynamite (B.B. King)
04. Texas Hop (Pee Wee Crayton)
05. If You Love Me Baby (Little Milton)
06. The Boogie Disease (Doctor Ross)
07. Cool Lovin Mama (Rudy Green)
08. Ho...Ho (Ike Turner)
09. Ain t That Lovin You Baby (Jimmy Reed feat. Eddie Taylor)
10. Blues Is A Woman (T-Bone Walker)
11. Nursery Rhyme (Bo Diddley)
12. I ve Made Nights By Myself (Albert King)
13. Strollin With Nolen (Jimmy Nolen)
14. A Letter To My Girl Friend (Guitar Slim)
15. Spinnin Rock Boogie (Mickey Baker)
16. Jumpin In The Heart Of Town (Lafayette Thomas)
17. I Can t Hold Out (Elmore James)
18. Mad Lad (Chuck Berry)
19. Have You Ever Loved A Woman (Freddy King)
20. Double Trouble (Otis Rush)
21. Dirty Work At The Crossroads (Clarence Gatemouth Brown)
22. Bull Corn Blues (Goree Carter)
23. Wobbling Baby (John Lee Hooker)
24. Irma Lee (Guitar Shorty)
25. Space Guitar (Johnny Guitar Watson)

CD2
01. Gotta Boogie (John Lee Hooker)
02. Through With Women (T-Bone Walker)
03. Blue Guitar (Earl Hooker)
04. You ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling (Freddy King)
05. Blow Wind Blow (Muddy Waters)
06. Rockin The Blues Away (Tiny Grimes)
07. The Sun Is Shining (Elmore James)
08. Honey, Where You Going (Jimmy Reed feat. Eddie Taylor)
09. Sam s Drag (Lafayette Thomas)
10. I Found Me A New Love (Little Milton)
11. When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer (B.B. King)
12. After Hours (Jimmy Nolen)
13. I m A Stranger (Hop Wilson)
14. Look Whatcha Done (Magic Sam)
15. Mumblin Guitar (Bo Diddley)
16. Chuck With The Boys (Lowell Fulson)
17. Ooh-Ee Baby (Albert King)
18. The Big Push (Cal Green)
19. Hoy-Hoy (Goree Carter)
20. So Many Roads, So Many Trains (Otis Rush)
21. A Frosty Night (Pee Wee Crayton)
22. Please Tell Me (Larry Dale feat. Mickey Baker)
23. You Don t Treat Me Right (Guitar Shorty)
24. You ll Always Have A Home (Eddie Taylor)
25. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry)

VA - ABC of the Blues [52 CD, 2010] Vol. 31-40

 

This 52 disc Ultimate Collection features music from the Delta to the Big Cities. This special first edition also includes a historic puck harmonica. How blue can you get? You will find your favorites here and discover some hidden gems, as the 'ABC of the Blues' brings together the best of the best.

It presents some of the most influential Blues musicians - some of the most influential musicians, period. Their styles may range as far and wide as their attitudes, their concepts, yes, even their stories and legends. The oldest member of the distinct congregation were born in the late 19th century. Some of the young'uns still record and perform to this day. The music may lift you up or get you down. But one thing is for sure:

The Blues will live on!

31-01 Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
31-02 Big Maceo - County Jail Blues
31-03 Big Maceo - Can't You Read
31-04 Big Maceo - Tuff Luck Blues
31-05 Big Maceo - It's All Up to You
31-06 Big Maceo - Poor Kelly Blues
31-07 Big Maceo - My Last Go Round
31-08 Big Maceo - I Got the Blues
31-09 Big Maceo - Ramblin' Mind Blues
31-10 Big Maceo - Why Should I Hang Around
31-11 Blind Willie McTell - Georgia Rag
31-12 Blind Willie McTell - Rough Alley Blues
31-13 Blind Willie McTell - Low Rider's Blues
31-14 Blind Willie McTell - Painful Blues
31-15 Blind Willie McTell - Experience Blues
31-16 Blind Willie McTell - Low Down Blues
31-17 Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues
31-18 Blind Willie McTell - Mama, Let Me Scoop for You
31-19 Blind Willie McTell - Rollin' Mama Blues
31-20 Blind Willie McTell - Searching the Desert for the Blues

32-01 Memphis Slim - Really Got the Blues
32-02 Memphis Slim - Mother Earth
32-03 Memphis Slim - I Guess I'm a Fool
32-04 Memphis Slim - Havin' Fun
32-05 Memphis Slim - Marack
32-06 Memphis Slim - Tia Juana
32-07 Memphis Slim - Reverend Bounce
32-08 Memphis Slim - I'm Crying
32-09 Memphis Slim - Blues for My Baby
32-10 Memphis Slim - Slim's Blues
32-11 Tommy McClennan - Baby, Don't You Want to Go
32-12 Tommy McClennan - You Can't Mistreat Me
32-13 Tommy McClennan - Shake 'em On Down
32-14 Tommy McClennan - Bottle It Up and Go
32-15 Tommy McClennan - Brown Skin Girl
32-16 Tommy McClennan - I'm Going Don't You Know
32-17 Tommy McClennan - My Baby's Gone
32-18 Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Headed Woman
32-19 Tommy McClennan - It's Hard to Be Lonesome
32-20 Tommy McClennan - Highway 51

33-01 Mississippi Fred McDowell - I'm Going Down to the River
33-02 Mississippi Fred McDowell - When the Train Comes Along
33-03 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'em On Down
33-04 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Worried Mind
33-05 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
33-06 Mississippi Fred McDowell - What's the Matter Now?
33-07 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
33-08 Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Done Told Everybody
33-09 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
33-10 Mississippi Fred McDowell - 61 Highway
33-11 Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues
33-12 Mississippi John Hurt - Blessed Be the Name
33-13 Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business
33-14 Mississippi John Hurt - Louis Collins
33-15 Mississippi John Hurt - Praying on the Old Camp Ground
33-16 Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues
33-17 Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
33-18 Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Telling
33-19 Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
33-20 Mississippi John Hurt - Got the Blues

34-01 Robert Nighthawk - Crying Won't Help You
34-02 Robert Nighthawk - Seventy-Four
34-03 Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie
34-04 Robert Nighthawk - Kansas City
34-05 Robert Nighthawk - Bricks in My Pillow
34-06 Robert Nighthawk - Maggie Campbell
34-07 Robert Nighthawk - Feel So Bad
34-08 Robert Nighthawk - You Missed a Good Man
34-09 Robert Nighthawk - The Moon Is Rising
34-10 Robert Nighthawk - Take It Easy, Baby
34-11 Johnny Otis - Good Ole Blues
34-12 Johnny Otis - Mean Ole Gal
34-13 Johnny Otis - Hangover Blues
34-14 Johnny Otis - Thursday Night Blues
34-15 Johnny Otis - I Gotta Guy
34-16 Johnny Otis - Get Together Blues
34-17 Johnny Otis - Double Crossing Blues
34-18 Johnny Otis - Head Hunter
34-19 Johnny Otis - Going to See My Baby
34-20 Johnny Otis - New Orleans Shuffle

35-01 Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1
35-02 Charley Patton - Hang It on the Wall
35-03 Charley Patton - Prayer of Death Pt. 1
35-04 Charley Patton - Sic em Dogs On
35-05 Charley Patton - Watch and Pray
35-06 Charley Patton - Snatch and Grab It
35-07 Charley Patton - M and O Blues
35-08 Charley Patton - Dark Road Blues
35-09 Charley Patton - Country Farm Blues
35-10 Charley Patton - Forty Four
35-11 Snooky Pryor - Snooky and Moody's Boogie
35-12 Snooky Pryor - Telephone Blues
35-13 Snooky Pryor - Boogy Fool
35-14 Snooky Pryor - Stop the Train, Conductor
35-15 Snooky Pryor - Walking Boogie
35-16 Snooky Pryor - Uncle Sam, Don't Take My Man
35-17 Snooky Pryor - Rough Treatment
35-18 Snooky Pryor - Stockyard Blues
35-19 Snooky Pryor - Keep What You Got
35-20 Snooky Pryor - Let Me Ride Your Mule

36-01 Professor Longhair - Go to the Mardi Gras
36-02 Professor Longhair - In the Night
36-03 Professor Longhair - Hey Little Girl
36-04 Professor Longhair - Walk Your Blues Away
36-05 Professor Longhair - Willie Mae
36-06 Professor Longhair - Professor Longhair Blues
36-07 Professor Longhair - Misery
36-08 Professor Longhair - Looka, No Hair
36-09 Professor Longhair - Cuttin' Out
36-10 Professor Longhair - Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
36-11 Junior Parker - Feelin' Good
36-12 Junior Parker - Mystery Train
36-13 Junior Parker - Sittin' at the Bar
36-14 Junior Parker - Sittin' at the Window
36-15 Junior Parker - Sittin', Drinkin' and Thinkin'
36-16 Junior Parker - Dirty Friend Blues
36-17 Junior Parker - Backtracking
36-18 Junior Parker - I Wanna Ramble
36-19 Junior Parker - There Better Be No Feet
36-20 Junior Parker - Fussin' and Fightin' Blues

37-01 Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me to Do
37-02 Jimmy Reed - Found Love
37-03 Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
37-04 Jimmy Reed - Hush Hush
37-05 Jimmy Reed - I'm Nervous
37-06 Jimmy Reed - Going by the River Pt. 1
37-07 Jimmy Reed - I Ain't Got You
37-08 Jimmy Reed - Come Love
37-09 Jimmy Reed - Meet Me
37-10 Jimmy Reed - I Was So Wrong
37-11 Otis Rush - Checking on My Baby
37-12 Otis Rush - Love That Woman
37-13 Otis Rush - My Baby Is a Good'un
37-14 Otis Rush - All Your Love
37-15 Otis Rush - If You Were Mine
37-16 Otis Rush - Violent Love
37-17 Otis Rush - My Love Will Never Die
37-18 Otis Rush - Three Times a Fool
37-19 Otis Rush - Keep On Loving Me Baby
37-20 Otis Rush - It Takes Time

38-01 Jimmy Rushing - Good Morning Blues
38-02 Jimmy Rushing - See See Rider
38-03 Jimmy Rushing - Take Me Back, Baby
38-04 Jimmy Rushing - Sent for You Yesterday
38-05 Jimmy Rushing - Roll'em Pete
38-06 Jimmy Rushing - My Friend Mr. Blues
38-07 Jimmy Rushing - Every Day
38-08 Jimmy Rushing - Sometimes I Think I Do
38-09 Jimmy Rushing - Take Me with You, Baby
38-10 Jimmy Rushing - Evenin'
38-11 Tampa Red - You Missed a Good Man
38-12 Tampa Red - She Want to Sell My Monkey
38-13 Tampa Red - She's Love Crazy
38-14 Tampa Red - Hard Road Blues
38-15 Tampa Red - Let Me Play with Your Poodle
38-16 Tampa Red - Crying Won't Help You
38-17 Tampa Red - Sweet Little Angel
38-18 Tampa Red - But I Forgive You
38-19 Tampa Red - So Much Trouble
38-20 Tampa Red - Big Stars Falling Blues

39-01 Bessie Smith - Down Hearted Blues
39-02 Bessie Smith - Gulf Coast Blues
39-03 Bessie Smith - Oh Daddy Blues
39-04 Bessie Smith - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
39-05 Bessie Smith - Aggravation Papa
39-06 Bessie Smith - Beale Street Mama
39-07 Bessie Smith - Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time)
39-08 Bessie Smith - Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do
39-09 Bessie Smith - Mama's Got the Blues
39-10 Bessie Smith - Outside of That
39-11 Bessie Smith - Lady Luck Blues
39-12 Bessie Smith - Yodling Blues
39-13 Bessie Smith - Bleeding Hearted Blues
39-14 Bessie Smith - Midnight Blues
39-15 Bessie Smith - If You Don't, I Know Who Will
39-16 Bessie Smith - Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
39-17 Bessie Smith - Jaul House Blues
39-18 Bessie Smith - Sam Jones Blues
39-19 Bessie Smith - Cemetery Blues
39-20 Bessie Smith - Graveyard Dream Blues

40-01 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
40-02 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Little Chickee Wah Wah
40-03 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Hush Your Mouth
40-04 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Don't You Know Yockomo
40-05 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Havin' a Good Time
40-06 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Beatnik Blues
40-07 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Well I'll Be John Brown
40-08 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Everybody's Wailin'
40-09 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Mean Mean Mean
40-10 Huey 'Piano' Smith - Little Liza Jane
40-11 Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues
40-12 Frankie Lee Sims - Long Gone
40-13 Frankie Lee Sims - Jelly Roll Baker
40-14 Frankie Lee Sims - I Done Talked and I Done Talked
40-15 Frankie Lee Sims - Cryin' Won't Help You
40-16 Frankie Lee Sims - Don't Take It Out on Me
40-17 Frankie Lee Sims - Raggedy and Dirty
40-18 Frankie Lee Sims - Frankie's Blues
40-19 Frankie Lee Sims - Married Woman
40-20 Frankie Lee Sims - Lucy Mae Blues Pt. 2

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Deluxe , 3 CD, 2014/FLAC]

 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album were a significant departure from the group's previous album Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses, with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album. Morning Glory was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll (though McCarroll still appeared on the album, drumming on the track "Some Might Say"). 

As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun, the album was re-released on 29 September 2014. The 3-disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and its associated b-sides from the four UK singles. Bonus content includes 5 demo tracks, and live choices taken from the band's iconic gigs at Earls Court, Knebworth Park and Maine Road.

Eric Clapton- Slowhand [35th Anniversary Super Deluxe, 3 CD, 2012/FLAC]

 

Eric Clapton‘s 1977 album Slowhand is being released as a super deluxe edition box set  to celebrate its 35th anniversary.

The album includes of two of Clapton’s best known songs Wonderful Tonight, and the cover of J.J. Cale’s Cocaine.

The Super Deluxe box set includes three previously unreleased session outtakes (four in total) and two CDs are devoted to presenting the complete 14-track performance of the Hammersmith Odeon concert on 27 April 1977.

The record has been remastered from the original Olympic Studios 1/4″ flat analog master tapes and the session tracks and live performances are newly mixed from the original two-inch analogue tapes. This all sounds very promising from a sound perspective.

Disc 1 – Slowhand Remastered and Expanded

1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We’re All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel
10. Looking at the Rain (Bonus track)
11. Alberta (Bonus track)
12. Greyhound Bus (Bonus track)
13. Stars, Strays and Ashtrays (Bonus track)

Disc 2 – Slowhand Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound Audio DVD [not included]

1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We’re All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel

Disc 3 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 1)

1. Hello Old Friend
2. Sign Language
3. Alberta
4. Tell the Truth
5. Knockin’ on Heavens Door
6. Steady Rolling Man
7. Can’t Find My Way Home
8. Further On Up the Road
9. Stormy Monday

Disc 4 – Live at the Hammersmith Odeon April 27, 1977 (Part 2)

1. Badge
2. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
3. I Shot the Sheriff
4. Layla
5. Key to the Highway