Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Cripple Creek (2 CD, 2009/FLAC)

 Four original Folkways 10" LPs complete, plus 9 bonus cuts.

This set collects four albums released on the Folkways label from the 1950's, plus nine tracks from the 1940's. Two of the albums ("Get On Board"--1952 and "Washboard Band-Country Dance Music"--1956) feature both Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, while the remaining two ("Sonny Terry's Washboard Band"--1955 and "Brownie McGhee's Blues"--1955) are solo albums from both artists respectively.

This relatively early music is a combination of folk (listen to Pete Seeger's banjo) and blues styles in the "Carolina" (Piedmont) style. Even though these are post-war recordings, they hark back to an earlier era of country blues with strains of folk music--thanks to Seeger's fine, sensitive playing. These are some of the earlier examples of both Terry's and McGhee's duo and individual styles. Fans of both these performers who want to hear early examples of their style of blues singing /harp playing/guitar style will want to hear these sides.

• Sonny Terry  Harmonica, Trombone, Vocals, Washboard, Washtub Bass
• Brownie McGhee  Guitar, Vocals
• William Edward Cook Washboard
• Coyall McMahan Maracas
• Frank Robertson Guitar (Bass)
• Pete Seeger 5-string Banjo, Engineering Supervisor

 

 

Jimmy Page - Session Man Vol. 1 & 2 (2 CD, 1990/FLAC)

 

Jimmy Page: Session Man is a two-volume compilation album featuring tracks by various artists on which Jimmy Page performed as a session musician, recorded between 1963 and 1968. The album was released by AIP Records (a subsidiary of Bomp! Records) in 1989 (first volume) and the second was released in 1990. Some of the tracks were mastered from vinyl due to the rare nature of the recordings.

The artwork and title are similar to a bootleg compilation released by Slipped Disc Records in 1979, titled James Patrick Page: Session Man.

 

 

The Animals - The Complete (1964-1967) [11 CD, 2003/FLAC]

 

The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during the early part of the decade, and later relocated to London. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon – as exemplified by their number one signature song "The House of the Rising Sun" as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life" – the band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material. They became known in the United States as part of the British Invasion.

The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s and suffered from poor business management. Under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals, they moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic rock band, before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had ten Top Twenty hits in both the UK and US.

The original lineup had a brief comeback in 1977 and 1983. There have been several partial regroupings of the original era members since then under various names.

 

 

Jimi Hendrix - Original Vinyl Transfer Series-1st Batch (20LP Pack Bootlegs/FLAC)

 1967-1970 Part 1 & 2 (20 LP Pack Bootlegs):

This is a fantastic 20 volume vine that comes from JPIO - a Jimi Hendrix vine group.

The charm of this set is that it has been tranferred straight from vinyl without lots of remastering so it is like listening to the original vinyl and in places you can still hear the pops and crackles which were such an important feature of listening to an LP or single on a turntable.

01 - Last British Concert (Isle of Wight 30 August 1970)

02 - Last American Concert (Maui 30 July 1970)

03 - Sky High! (Scene Club, New York City 7 March 1968)

04 - Smashing Amps (Royal Albert Hall 24 February 1969)

05 - Incident At Rainbow Bridge (Maui 30 July 1970)

06 - Live At The Philharmonic Hall (New York City 28 November 1968 1st show 1st source)

07 - Unknown Wellknown (May 30 July 1970)

08 - Guitar Hero (1967 BBC Sessions)

09 - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (1967 BBC Sessions/Baggy's Rehearsals/Jam with Eric Burdon at Ronnie Scott's 17 September 1970)

10 - You Can't Use My Name (Various live cuts and outtakes)

11 - Davenport, Iowa '68 (Colonial Ballroom, Davenport 11 August 1968)

12 - Paris '67 (L'Olympia, Paris 9 October 1967)

13 - Electric Birthday Jimi (Various Studio Outtakes 1968-70)

14 - First Rays Of The Rising Sun (Mostly Studio Outtakes 1968-70)

15 - Hell's Session (Various Studio Outtakes 1969)

16 - Fuckin' His Guitar For Denmark (Tivolis Konserthal, Copenhagen 7 January 1968 (1st show)

17 - Two Sides Of The Same Genius (Radiohuset, Stockholm 5 September 1967/Apartment (Taj Mahal) Jams, New York City 21 January 1970)

18 - Live At The Olympia Theatre, Paris (29 January 1968 (2nd show)

19 - Loaded Guitar (Various TV appearances 1967 & 1969)

20 - Unforgettable Experience (Various live cuts 1967 & 1969)

Rory Block discography [1981-2020]

 

Aurora "Rory" Block (born November 6, 1949, Princeton, New Jersey, United States) is an American female blues guitarist and singer, a notable exponent of the country blues style.


Aurora Block was born in Princeton and grew up in Manhattan. Her father, Allan Block, ran a sandal shop in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, and the influence of the Greenwich Village folk music scene, such as Peter Rowan, Maria Muldaur, and John Sebastian, tempted Block to study classical guitar. At the age of 14, she met guitarist Stefan Grossman, who introduced her to the music of Mississippi Delta blues guitarists. Block began listening to old albums, transcribing them, and learning to play the songs. At age 15, she left home to seek out the remaining blues giants, such as Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, and Son House, and hone her craft in the traditional manner of blues musicians; then she traveled to Berkeley, California where she played in clubs and coffeehouses.

After retiring temporarily to raise a family, Block returned to the music industry in the 1970s with middling success until signing with Rounder Records in 1981, who encouraged her to return to her love for the classical blues form. Since then she has carved out her own niche, releasing numerous critically acclaimed albums of original and traditional songs, including many Robert Johnson covers, such as "Terraplane Blues" and "Come on in My Kitchen". Block has won five W. C. Handy Awards, two for "Traditional Blues Female Artist" (1997, 1998) and three for "Acoustic Blues Album of the Year" (1996, 1999, 2007). She also won NAIRD awards for "Best Adult Contemporary Album of the Year" in 1994 for Angel of Mercy and again in 1997 for Tornado.

 

Rory Block.1981- High Heeled Blues

Rory Block.1988- Best Blues And Originals

Rory Block.1989- Turning Point

Rory Block.1991- Mama's Blues

Rory Block.1992- Ain't I A Woman

Rory Block.1994- Angel of Mercy

Rory Block.1995- When A Woman Gets The Blues

Rory Block.1996- Tornado

Rory Block.1997- Best Blues And Originals Vol. 2

Rory Block.1997- Gone Woman Blues The Country Blues Collection

Rory Block.1998- Confessions of a Blues Singer

Rory Block.2002- I'm Every Woman

Rory Block.2003- Last Fair Deal

Rory Block.2004- Rory Block, Maria Muldaur, Eric Bibb- Sisters & Brothers

Rory Block.2005- From the Dust

Rory Block.2006- The Lady and Mr. Johnson

Rory Block.2008- Blues Walkin' Like A Man- A Tribute To Son House

Rory Block.2009- Lovin' Whiskey

Rory Block.2011- Shake 'Em On Down

Rory Block.2012- I Belong To The Band A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis

Rory Block.2014- Hard Luck Child A Tribute to Skip James

Rory Block.2016- Keepin' Outta Trouble A Tribute To Bukka White

Rory Block.2018- A Woman's Soul A Tribute To Bessie Smith

Rory Block.2020- Prove It On Me