Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - In Chronological Order (4 CD, 1991/FLAC)

 

Recording as Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie at their 1929 debut recording session the couple cut six numbers, three featuring Kansas Joe as a vocalist, two with Minnie taking the vocals and the third found them duetting. These recordings weren’t afforded immediate issue but were released over a period of time. For example, the coupling Bumble Bee / I Want That was not on sale until some fifteen months later. It was to be the suggestive Bumble Bee (“Got the best stinger I’ve ever seen”) that was to make Memphis Minnie. So successful was the song that Victor “borrowed” Minnie to record a version fronting a caucus of the Memphis Jug Band. Vocalion then responded with Bumble Bee No. 2 and New Bumble Bee. The song was such hot property on the race market that in the last six months of 1930, unreleased recordings apart, there were no fewer than five versions, on three different labels, of Bumble Bee  three of which are present on this compilation. The sheer drive of the two guitars, the strength of imagery and intuitive awareness of one another’s musical needs made for a perfect team. Take a song like, When The Levee Breaks, that lyrically mirrors the harsh realities of living near the artificial river banks with lines like, “If it keep on raining, levee’s gonna break an’ all these people have no place to stay” whilst the twin guitar rhythms help create a complete fusion of feeling. On less intense, more hokum based numbers like She Wouldn’t Give Me None or Can I Do It For You a variant on the “Mama Let Me Lay It On You” theme) the duo display astonishing empathy in their guitar playing, most notably by Minnie. To quote guitarist Woody Mann on her technique “she seemed to be able to pick sounds from all around Memphis and integrate them into her playing”. As main vocalist Memphis Minnie can be heard on Mister Tango Blues and I’m Talking About You and give good insight into her ability to modulate her voice to suit the mood of the lyric. Whether it be slow meaningful blues or up-tempo lighter material she judiciously croaks, moans, twists and cracks her voice to achieve a fine sense of the dramatic.

Neil Young discography [1968-2020/FLAC]

 

Neil Percival Young, (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation. Young began performing as a solo artist in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield along with Stephen Stills, and later joined Crosby, Stills & Nash as a fourth member in 1969. He then forged a successful and acclaimed solo career; releasing his first album in 1968; his career has since spanned over 40 years and 34 studio albums, with a continual and uncompromising exploration of musical styles. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website describes Young as "one of rock and roll’s greatest songwriters and performers". He has been inducted into the Hall of Fame twice: first as a solo artist in 1995, and secondly as a member of Buffalo Springfield in 1997.

(1968) Neil Young - Neil Young 

(1969) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 

(1970) Neil Young -  After The Gold Rush 

(1972) Neil Young - Harvest 

(1974) Neil Young - On The Beach 

(1975) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma 

(1975) Neil Young - Tonight's The Night 

(1977) Neil Young - American Stars'n'Bars 

(1978) Neil Young - Comes a Time 

(1979) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleep 

(1980) Neil Young - Hawks And Doves 

(1981) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Re-ac-tor 

(1982) Neil Young - Trans 

(1983) Neil Young - Everybody's Rockin' 

(1985) Neil Young - Old Ways 

(1986) Neil Young - Landing On Water 

(1987) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Life 

(1988) Neil Young - This Note's For You 

(1989) Neil Young & The Blue Notes - Kind Of Blue 

(1989) Neil Young - Freedom 

(1990) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory 

(1992) Neil Young - Harvest Moon 

(1994) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Sleeps With Angels 

(1995) Neil Young - Mirror Ball 

(1996) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Broken Arrow 

(2000) Neil Young - Silver & Gold 

(2002) Neil Young - Are You Passionate 

(2003) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale 

(2005) Neil Young - Prairie Wind 

(2006) Neil Young - Living With War 

(2007) Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II 

(2009) Neil Young - Fork In The Road 

(2010) Neil Young - Le Noise 

(2012) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana 

(2012) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Psychedelic Pill 

(2013) Neil Young - Live At The Cellar Door 

(2014) Neil Young - Storytone [Deluxe Version] 

(2015) Neil Young & Promise of the Real - The Monsanto Years 

(2016) Neil Young - Peace Trail 

(2017) Neil Young & Promise of the Real - The Visitor 

(2017) Neil Young - Hitchhiker 

(2019) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado 

(2020) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Return to Greendale 

(2020) Neil Young - Homegrown 

Average White Band - The Complete Studio Recordings 1971-2003 (19 CD, 2014)

The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They are best known for their million-selling instrumental track "Pick Up the Pieces", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake. The band name was initially proposed by Bonnie Bramlett. They have influenced others, such as the Brand New Heavies, and been sampled by various musicians, including the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, TLC, The Beatnuts, Too Short, Ice Cube, Eric B. & Rakim, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Christina Milian, and Arrested Development, making them the 15th most sampled act in history. As of 2020, 48 years after their formation, they continue to perform.  

1973 - Show Your Hand (00:42:22)

2003 - How Sweet Can You Get? (aka 'The Clover Sessions' - 1973) (00:39:52)

1974 - AWB (00:39:58)

1975 - Put It Where You Want It (00:40:35)

1975 - Cut The Cake (00:42:38)

1976 - Soul Searching (00:46:14)

1976 - Person To Person 2CD (01:26:56)

1977 - Benny And Us / Average White Band & Ben E. King (00:41:47)

1978 - Warmer Communications (00:43:40)

1979 - Feel No Fret (00:37:38)

1980 - Shine (00:38:32)

1980 - Volume VIII (00:37:48)

1982 - Cupid's In Fashion (00:41:37)

1988 - Aftershock (00:39:51)

1996 - Soul Tattoo (00:56:35)

2003 - Living In Colour (00:50:28)

2014 - Alternate Versions, Rarities And Mixes 2CD (01:36:00)

Fleetwood Mac - Blues Jam in Chicago vol.1 & 2 [1969]

 

Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al) with Fleetwood Mac, a British (electric) blues band, and some of their Chicago blues mentors.

Fleetwood Mac:

• Jeremy Spencer (vocals, guitar, slide guitar);
• Danny Kirwan (vocals, guitar);
• Peter Green (vocals, guitar);
• John McVie (bass guitar);
• Mick Fleetwood (drums).

Mentors:

• Otis Spann (vocals, piano);
• David "Honeyboy" Edwards (guitar);
• Buddy Guy (guitar);
• Walter "Shakey" Horton (harmonica);
• J. T. Brown (tenor saxophone);
• Willie Dixon (acoustic bass guitar);
• S.P. Leary (drums).

John Zorn - Filmwork series 1 - 25 [1992-2013]

 

John Zorn has written music for documentaries, underground films, television advertisements and cartoons which are released in his Filmworks series on the Tzadik label. Some of these film scores are jazz-influenced, others classical, and most feature ensembles consisting of rotating combinations of downtown musicians. Zorn has often used his cinematic and television commissions to experiment with line-ups and forms that would become more established parts of his musical canon. Zorn only agrees to composing for film on the condition he retains all rights to any music produced and ensures that all musicians participating in his soundtrack work are appropriately remunerated.

    Filmworks 1986–1990 (1991)

    Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill (1995)

    Filmworks III: 1990–1995 (1995)

    Filmworks IV: S/M + More (1996)

    Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (1996)

    Filmworks VI: 1996 (1997)

    Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (1997, originally in 1989 as "Cynical Hysterie Tour)

    Filmworks VIII: 1997 (1998)

    Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d (2000)

    Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001)

    Filmworks XI: Secret Lives (2002)

    Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (2002)

    Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (2002)

    Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003)

    Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion (2005)

    Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death (2005)

    Filmworks Anthology (2005) - compilation of tracks from first 15 Filmworks albums 

    Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (2006)

    Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (2006)

    Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse (2008)

    Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem (2008)

    Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum (2008)

    Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper (2008)

    Filmworks XXIII: El General (2009)

    Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner (2010)

    Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite (2013)