VA - The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection [2 CD, 1991/FLAC]
Iglauer started the label with his own savings to record and produce his favorite band Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers, whom his employer, Bob Koester of Delmark Records, declined to record. Nine months after the release of the first album, he stopped working at Delmark Records to concentrate fully on the band and his label. Iglauer was also one of the founders of the Living Blues magazine in Chicago in 1970.
In 1982, the label won its first Grammy Award for the album, I'm Here, by Clifton Chenier. The second Grammy came in 1985 for Showdown! by Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, and Robert Cray.
Since its founding, Alligator Records has released over 250 blues and blues/rock albums, as well as a now-defunct reggae series. Present and past Alligator artists include Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Sam Lay, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Roomful of Blues, Eric Lindell, JJ Grey & MOFRO, Lee Rocker, Cephas & Wiggins, and Michael Burks. More recently, veterans Charlie Musselwhite and James Cotton have re-signed to the label.
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Flatt & Scruggs 1959-1963 [5 CD, 1992]
The second of four box sets documenting the complete recordings of Flatt & Scruggs as
a working band. These were Earl and Lester's prime years. They rode the
crest of the folk boom, supplied the theme for 'The Beverly
Hillbillies', and played Carnegie Hall. Through it all, their music
remained remarkably pure and honest. The core of this set is six albums,
all incredibly rare now: "Songs Of Glory", "Folk Songs Of Our Land",
"Foggy Mountain Banjo", "Songs Of The Carter Family", "Hard Travelin'",
"Carnegie Hall" and Gordon Terry's "Square Dance Party." Fans who have
treasured the 'Carnegie Hall' album will be amazed by the 19 unissued
songs we've uncovered from that date. There are also singles not
reissued until now and previously unissued recordings.
Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group - Singles A's & B's (3 CD, 2004/FLAC)
Rob Hoeke (9 January 1939 – 6 November 1999) was a Dutch singer, pianist, composer and songwriter most famous for his renditions in the field of Boogie-woogie releasing over 20 albums. Besides that he played and recorded in a musical variety of styles ranging from Blues, Soul, Rock and Rhythm & Blues.
Todd Rundgren - Original Album Series 1971-1982 [5 CD, 2008/FLAC]
Runt (1971)
Runt, The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren (1971)
Faithful (1976)
Hermit Of Mink Hollow (1978)
The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1982)
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