Chuck Berry - Blues

Album: Blues
Size: 92,7 MB
Time: 39:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. House Of Blue Lights (2:29)
2. Wee Wee Hours (3:05)
3. Deep Feeling (Instrumental) (2:21)
4. I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:14)
5. How You've Changed (2:49)
6. Down The Road Apiece (2:16)
7. Worried Life Blues (2:12)
8. Confessin' The Blues (2:10)
9. Still Got The Blues (2:07)
10. Driftin' Blues (2:21)
11. Run Around (2:33)
12. Route 66 (2:47)
13. Sweet Sixteen (2:48)
14. All Aboard (2:09)
15. Things I Used To Do (2:45)
16. St. Louis Blues (2:36)

Chuck Berry grew up on the blues, taking Muddy Waters as a particular hero, so when he signed with Chess Records in the mid-'50s, the label undoubtedly figured they were getting a blues artist. Which Berry was, but his bright, skittering guitar style and penchant for writing songs with lyrics that set aside blues clichés for something closer to beat poetry meant Berry's forward-looking version of the blues became something else altogether, creating the very template for rock & roll. It also brought a younger teenaged audience into the game, and Berry increasingly aimed for it. But before that groundbreaking shift in style and demographic, Berry turned out some interesting straight blues sides for Chess, several of which are collected here, and it's intriguing to wonder what might have happened had Berry stuck with the blues rather than redefining it into rock & roll.

Highlights include the powerful "Wee Wee Hours," a chugging version of Don Raye's "Down the Road a Piece," a try at Guitar Slim's "Things I Used to Do," the hybrid "Driftin' Blues," which features a near doo wop backup chorus, and a revved up and rocking rendition of W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues." Berry's guitar work is revealing on these early numbers, his tone always bright and fresh, as if he was a colt who just couldn't wait to get out there and run. And run he did. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Blues mc
Blues zippy

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Otis Spann - In Session: Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1960

Size: 179,1+164,6 MB
Time: 76:08+70:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues, Rockin' Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Blow Wind, Blow (Feat. Muddy Waters) (3:12)
02. Mad Love (Feat. Muddy Waters) (3:05)
03. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Feat. Muddy Waters) (2:52)
04. She's So Pretty (Feat. Muddy Waters) (2:18)
05. Rockin' Daddy (3:04)
06. 'Bout The Break Of Day (Feat. Junior Wells) (3:16)
07. Lawdy! Lawdy! (Feat. Junior Wells) (2:41)
08. So, All Alone (Feat. Junior Wells) (3:21)
09. I Got To Find My Baby (Feat. Little Walter) (2:50)
10. Baby How Long? (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (2:55)
11. Evil Is Goin' On (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (2:56)
12. You'd Better Watch Yourself (Feat. Little Walter) (3:05)
13. I'll Be Around (Feat. Howlin' Wolf) (3:15)
14. It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
15. Five Spot (2:44)
16. I'm A Man (Feat. Bo Diddley) (3:02)
17. Bo Diddley (Feat. Bo Diddley) (2:46)
18. Don't Start Me Talkin' (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:36)
19. All My Love In Vain (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:51)
20. You Can't Catch Me (Feat. Chuck Berry) (2:45)
21. No Money Down (Feat. Chuck Berry) (2:59)
22. Let Me Explain (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (2:55)
23. Your Imagination (Feat. Sonny Boy Williamson II) (3:01)
24. I'm Leaving You (2:41)
25. I'm In Love With You Baby (2:38)
26. Cops And Robbers (Feat. Bo Diddley) (3:24)

CD 2:
01. Boogie Woogie (2:36)
02. Slow Blues (2:41)
03. Jump Blues (2:54)
04. It's My Own Fault (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (3:53)
05. Maudie (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (3:35)
06. I Wanna Walk (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (4:27)
07. I Wish You Were Here (Feat. John Lee Hooker) (5:37)
08. Great Northern Stomp (4:18)
09. Otis In The Dark (4:38)
10. Worried Life Blues (4:22)
11. Country Boy (4:28)
12. The Hard Way (5:06)
13. Beat-Up Team (6:04)
14. Take A Little Walk With Me (3:29)
15. I Got Rambling On My Mind (4:07)
16. Little Boy Blue (3:44)
17. My Daily Wish (4:26)

Joining Eddie Taylor and Jody Williams in Jasmine's popular 'In Session' series comes this excellent 43 track 2CD set of Otis Spann's sessions that he cut in Chicago between 1953 and 1956 along with live performances at Newport and his legendary first LP release. 'Otis Spann is the Blues'.

This wonderful set kicks off with Muddy Waters and of course includes two of his greatest hits 'Mad Love' and 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and then Otis' takes us through a plethora of fine bluesmen: Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson, Chuck Berry and John Lee Hooker.

In the pantheon of great Chicago blues pianists, Otis Spann stands head and shoulders above most of the competition and this CD is another must have in Jasmine's ever growing blues series.

In Session

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VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1957

Size: 563 MB
Time: 3:57:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Little Jesse - Geechi (2:07)
02 T-Bone Walker - Two Bones And A Pick (2:52)
03 Irving Ashby - Big Guitar (2:37)
04 Little Walter - Shake Dancer (2:45)
05 Googie Rene - Side-Track (2:45)
06 Roy Gaines - Night Beat (3:05)
07 The Nite Riders - Tank Town (2:40)
08 Magic Sam - Magic Rocker (2:30)
09 Harold & Dimples - Mystery (2:47)
10 Duke Jenkins Orchestra - The Duke Walks (2:56)
11 Chuck Berry - Deep Feeling (2:19)
12 Louis Carpenter's All Stars - Cha Cha Boogie (2:51)
13 Elmore James - Elmore's Contribution To Jazz (2:18)
14 Crawford Brothers - Midnight Happenins (2:33)
15 Bill Doggett - Leaps And Bounds, Pts. 1 & 2 (5:29)
16 Piano Red - Wild Fire (2:23)
17 Jimmy Nolen - Jimmy's Jive (3:09)
18 Red Prysock - Satellite (2:41)
19 Bill Jennings-Willis Jackson - Wishbone (2:38)
20 Rene Hall's Orchestra - Flippin' (2:30)
21 Al Smith - Road House (2:35)
22 Little Willie Littlefield - Easy Go (3:07)
23 Doc Bagby - Muscle Tough (2:26)
24 Abe Moore - Bingo (2:16)
25 Bob Reed - Malibu (2:05)
26 Martini & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump (1:58)
27 Johnnie Pate - Muskeeta (2:22)
28 Johnny Otis - Wa Wa, Pt. 1 (1:52)
29 Johnny Otis - Wa Wa, Pt. 2 (3:04)
30 J.J. Jones - Darkness (1:58)

CD 2:
01 Johnny Heartsman & The Gaylarks - Johnny's Thunderbird (2:35)
02 Cliff Driver & His Drivers - Changing Times (2:28)
03 Jimmie Tolliver - Rolling (3:15)
04 Eddie Chamblee - Back Up (2:31)
05 R Bland - Good News (2:05)
06 Joe Houston & his Combo - Shuckin' (2:36)
07 Jody Williams - Lucky Lou (3:49)
08 Jon Thomas - Hard Head, Pts. 1 & 2 (4:09)
09 Paul Gayten - Tough Enough (2:00)
10 The Trilyters - Two-O-Five Jump (2:07)
11 Guitar Slim - Guitar Slim Boogie (3:01)
12 The Tazman - Easy Pickin' (2:19)
13 Kid King's Combo - Hob Nob (2:19)
14 Lafayette Thomas - Cockroach Run (2:38)
15 Plas Johnson - Downstairs (2:03)
16 Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams - Give It Up (2:37)
17 Buddy Johnson - Minglin' (3:01)
18 Harold 'Pop Pop' Rollins - Wow, Pt. 1 (2:29)
19 Harold 'Pop Pop' Rollins - Wow, Pt. 2 (2:43)
20 Louis Jordan - The Slop (2:30)
21 Noble 'Thin Man' Watts - Midnite Flight (2:50)
22 Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Speak Low (2:41)
23 Jimmy Reed - Ends & Odds (2:24)
24 Clifton Chenier - Sloppy (3:05)
25 Sammy Franklin's Orchestra - Chicken Scratch, Pts. 1 & 2 (4:13)
26 Johnny Otis & The Jayos - The Blooper (2:09)
27 Fats Domino - Twistin' The Spots (1:44)
28 Ike Turner - Rock-A-Bucket (2:23)
29 Preston Brown - Walk On (2:15)
30 Preston Brown - Walk Off (2:37)

CD 3:
01 Gus Jenkins - Pay Day Shuffle, Pt. 1 (2:25)
02 Gus Jenkins - Pay Day Shuffle, Pt. 2 (2:59)
03 Rene Hall's Orchestra With Willie Joe - Twitchy (2:25)
04 Jack Constanzo - Cat Walk (2:12)
05 Johnny Heartsman - Johnny's Blue Mood (2:29)
06 Louis Jordan - The Jam (2:32)
07 Choker Campbell & His Orchestra - Frankie And Johnnie (3:08)
08 Little Jesse - Huggin' (2:38)
09 Bill Hendricks Orchestra - Spinnin' Rock Boogie (2:16)
10 Lafayette Leake - Slow Leake (3:00)
11 Roland Mitchell - Irma Special (2:43)
12 Johnny Otis - Wiggle Walk (2:37)
13 Jesse Stone - Tall And Short (1:55)
14 Crawford Brothers - Midnight Mover Groover (2:06)
15 Wild Jimmy Spruill - Honky Tonk Hucklebuck (2:35)
16 Floyd Dixon - Two Piano Blues (2:51)
17 Irving Ashby - Motatin' (2:00)
18 Googie Rene - Sunrise (2:17)
19 Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers - X-Cello Rock (2:15)
20 Chris Columbo - Oh Yeah, Pt. 1 (2:24)
21 Chris Columbo - Oh Yeah, Pt. 2 (2:38)
22 Sticks Evans & The House Rockers - Zulu's Court (2:29)
23 Duke Jenkins - Something Else (2:42)
24 Chico Chism & Jerry & Garland - Romp & Stomp (2:14)
25 Gus Jenkins - Road Runner (2:49)
26 Big Jay McNeely - Havana Hop (5:04)
27 The Big Beats - Big Boy (2:30)
28 Lonesome Sundown - Lonesome Whistler (2:41)
29 Roy Gaines - Gainesville (3:01)
30 J.J. Jones - Sock Dance (2:12)

This set brings together the finest R&B instrumentals recorded in 1957, putting the spotlight both on long-forgotten records by established artists and fabulous obscurities by long-forgotten ones! It's a cracking compilation from start to finish: Mid-West electric blues, Southern swamp rock, spicy New Orleans rhythms, sophisticated West-Coast productions and East Coast city blues, dominated by guitarists and saxophonists but interspersed with a few organists, accordionists, pianists and harmonicists .

Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1957 Part 1
Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1957 Part 2

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VA - Confessin' The Blues

Size: 151,5+168,8 MB
Time: 63:52+71:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:10)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster (5:05)
03 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen (3:07)
04 Little Walter - I Hate To See You Go (2:15)
05 Chuck Berry - Little Queenie (2:43)
06 Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover (3:08)
07 Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down (2:55)
08 Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (3:03)
09 Magic Sam - All Your Love (3:52)
10 Sonny Boy Williamson - Dust My Broom (2:44)
11 Little Walter - Just Your Fool (2:22)
12 Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (2:21)
13 Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway (3:03)
14 Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Blues (2:31)
15 Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move (3:21)
16 Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City (2:41)
17 Big Maceo Merriweather - Worried Life Blues (2:53)
18 Little Johnny Taylor - Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Pt. 1) (3:17)
19 Howlin' Wolf - Commit A Crime (1991 Chess Box Version) (3:04)
20 Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:07)
21 Jay McShann - Confessin' The Blues (With Walter Brown) (2:58)

CD 2:
01 Howlin' Wolf - Just Like I Treat You ( 2:57)
02 Little Walter - I Got To Go ( 2:42)
03 Chuck Berry - Carol ( 2:51)
04 Bo Diddley - Mona ( 2:23)
05 Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You ( 2:51)
06 Elmore James & The Broom Dusters - Blues Before Sunrise ( 2:45)
07 Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy ( 3:00)
08 Boy Blue - Boogie Children ( 2:56)
09 Jimmy Reed - Little Rain ( 3:09)
10 Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues ( 2:17)
11 Reverend Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son (10:01)
12 Lightnin' Slim - Hoodoo Blues ( 4:05)
13 Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night ( 3:08)
14 Bo Diddley - Crawdad ( 2:24)
15 Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q ( 2:13)
16 Amos Milburn - Down The Road Apiece ( 2:58)
17 Howlin' Wolf - Little Baby ( 2:46)
18 Little Walter - Blue And Lonesome ( 2:54)
19 B.B. King - Rock Me Baby ( 3:02)
20 Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got The Blues ( 4:31)
21 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy ( 5:21)

The Rolling Stones have curated a new compilation, Confessin’ the Blues, that will feature songs from blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.

Confessin’ the Blues fittingly opens with Waters’ “Rollin’ Stone” and features other classics like Berry’s “Little Queenie,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Litle Red Rooster” and Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover.” The collection will also boast tracks from Elmore James, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, B.B. King and Buddy Guy.

Confessin' The Blues

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VA - Christmas Blues

Size: 115,0 MB
Time: 49:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Xmas
Art: Front

01. B.B. King - Back Door Santa (3:24)
02. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas, Baby (2:54)
03. Canned Heat - Christmas Blues (2:32)
04. John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas (Single Version) (3:21)
05. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (2:23)
06. Chuck Berry - Christmas (3:24)
07. B.B. King - I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:45)
08. Jimmy Rushing - Good Morning Blues (3:14)
09. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby (2:53)
10. B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (3:38)
11. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Santa Claus (2:42)
12. B.B. King - Merry Christmas, Baby (3:54)
13. Chuck Berry - Spending Christmas (2:09)
14. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - You Are My Christmas (Single Version) (4:30)
15. B.B. King - Christmas Comes But Once A Year (4:13)

Christmas Blues

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Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It

Size: 3,02 GB
Time: 21:11:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Rock & Roll, R&B, Blues Rock
Art: Front

CD 01:
01. Maybellene (2:22)
02. Wee Wee Hours (3:04)
03. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) (2:24)
04. Together (We Will Always Be) (2:36)
05. You Can't Catch Me (2:43)
06. Roly Poly (2:50)
07. Berry Pickin' (Instrumental) (2:32)
08. (The) Down Bound Train (2:50)
09. No Money Down (2:58)
10. I've Changed (3:05)
11. Drifting Heart (2:49)
12. Roll Over Beethoven (2:24)
13. Too Much Monkey Business (2:55)
14. Havana Moon (3:08)
15. Rock And Roll Music (Demo) (2:40)
16. Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
17. Deep Feeling (Instrumental) (2:20)
18. School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) (2:42)
19. Lajaunda (Espanol) (3:13)
20. Blue Feeling (Instrumental) (3:01)
21. Low Feeling (Instrumental) (3:09)
22. How You've Changed (2:48)
23. Rock And Roll Music (2:32)
24. Oh Baby Doll (2:38)
25. 13 Question Method (2:40)
26. How High The Moon (Instrumental) (3:09)
27. Oh Maria (2:42)
28. I Hope These Words Will Find You Well (2:40)
29. Sweet Little Sixteen (Demo) (3:11)

CD 02:
01. Sweet Little Sixteen ( 3:01)
02. Rock At The Philharmonic (Instrumental) ( 3:23)
03. Guitar Boogie (Instrumental) ( 2:20)
04. Night Beat (Instrumental) ( 2:44)
05. Time Was (Slow Version) ( 2:02)
06. Reelin' And Rockin' ( 3:16)
07. Chuckwalk (Instrumental) ( 2:27)
08. Johnny B. Goode ( 2:41)
09. Around And Around ( 2:43)
10. Ingo (Instrumental) ( 2:29)
11. It Don't Take But A Few Minutes ( 2:28)
12. Blues For Hawaiians (Instrumental) ( 3:25)
13. Beautiful Delilah ( 2:09)
14. Vacation Time ( 2:54)
15. 21 ( 2:27)
16. 21 Blues ( 2:12)
17. Oh Yeah ( 2:35)
18. Hey Pedro ( 1:57)
19. Time Was ( 2:28)
20. House Of Blue Lights ( 2:28)
21. Carol ( 2:50)
22. Jo Jo Gunne ( 2:46)
23. Memphis Tennessee ( 2:14)
24. Anthony Boy ( 1:54)
25. Sweet Little Rock And Roller ( 2:23)
26. Long Fast Jam (Instrumental) (11:33)
27. Long Slow Jam (Instrumental) (11:11)

CD 03:
01. Merry Christmas Baby (3:14)
02. Run Rudolph Run (2:45)
03. Little Queenie (2:42)
04. That's My Desire (2:19)
05. Do You Love Me (2:36)
06. Almost Grown (2:21)
07. Back In The Usa (2:29)
08. Fast B 6 (Instrumental) (2:10)
09. Blue On Blue (Instrumental) (3:10)
10. Betty Jean (2:31)
11. County Line (2:17)
12. Childhood Sweetheart (2:44)
13. One O'clock Jump (Instrumental) (3:08)
14. I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:13)
15. Broken Arrow (2:28)
16. Let It Rock (1:48)
17. Too Pooped To Pop (2:36)
18. Say You'll Be Mine (2:19)
19. Let Me Sleep Woman (2:26)
20. Drifting Blues (2:19)
21. I Got To Find My Baby (2:16)
22. Don't You Lie To Me (2:09)
23. Worried Life Blues (2:11)
24. Our Little Rendezvous (2:03)
25. Bye Bye Johnny (2:06)
26. Run Around (2:32)
27. Jaguar And Thunderbird (1:51)
28. Diploma For Two (2:30)
29. Little Star (2:47)
30. The Way It Was Before (2:53)
31. Away From You (2:40)
32. Down The Road Apiece (2:15)
33. Confessin' The Blues (2:09)
34. Sweet Sixteen (2:47)
35. Thirteen Question Method (2:15)
36. Stop And Listen (2:25)

CD 04:
01. I Still Got The Blues (2:06)
02. I'm Just A Lucky So And So (2:52)
03. Mad Lad (Instrumental) (2:22)
04. Crying Steel (Instrumental) (2:31)
05. Route 66 (Take 10) (2:53)
06. I'm Talking About You (1:50)
07. Rip It Up (2:11)
08. Come On (1:49)
09. Adulteen (2:12)
10. The Man And The Donkey (2:08)
11. Go Go Go (2:33)
12. Trick Or Treat (1:34)
13. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Instrumental) (1:47)
14. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (1:41)
15. All Aboard (2:09)
16. Nadine (Is It You) (2:36)
17. You Never Can Tell (2:44)
18. The Little Girl From Central (2:40)
19. (The) Things I Used To Do (2:43)
20. I'm In The Danger Zone (2:53)
21. I'm In The Twilight Zone (2:52)
22. Fraulein (2:53)
23. Lonely All The Time (Crazy Arms) (2:13)
24. O Rangutang (Instrumental) (2:20)
25. Big Ben (Blues) (2:27)
26. (The) Promised Land (2:24)
27. Brenda Lee (2:15)
28. No Particular Place To Go (2:43)
29. You Two (2:10)
30. Liverpool Drive (Instrumental) (2:55)
31. Chuck's Beat (Instrumental) (2:57)
32. Bo's Beat (Instrumental) (2:57)
33. Little Marie (2:36)
34. Go, Bobby Soxer (2:57)

CD 05:
01. Lonely School Days (3:01)
02. His Daughter Caroline (3:17)
03. Dear Dad (1:51)
04. I Want To Be Your Driver (2:16)
05. Spending Christmas (My Blue Christmas) (2:11)
06. The Song Of My Love (2:30)
07. Butterscotch (Instrumental) (2:41)
08. After It's Over (Instrumental) (2:20)
09. Why Should We End This Way (2:54)
10. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (2:08)
11. She Once Was Mine (2:37)
12. Jamaica Farewell (2:08)
13. My Little Love Light (2:38)
14. I Got A Booking (2:54)
15. St. Louis Blues (2:39)
16. Shake Rattle And Roll (2:21)
17. Honey Hush (2:33)
18. Wee Wee Hours (Instrumental) (3:26)
19. Run Joe (2:18)
20. It's My Own Business (2:11)
21. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (2:44)
22. Every Day We Rock And Roll (2:13)
23. My Mustang Ford (Instrumental) (4:13)
24. My Mustang Ford (2:19)
25. Merrily We Rock And Roll (2:13)
26. Vaya Con Dios (2:38)
27. Wee Hour Blues (3:14)
28. It Wasn't Me (2:34)
29. Ain't That Just Like A Woman (2:14)
30. Right Off Rampart Street (2:23)
31. Welcome Back Pretty Baby (2:36)
32. Sad Day, Long Night (Instrumental) (2:42)

CD 06:
01. Ramona, Say Yes (2:42)
02. Viva (Viva) Rock And Roll (2:02)
03. His Daughter Caroline (Fast Version) (2:45)
04. Lonely School Days (Fast Version) (2:36)
05. Campus Cookie (Instrumental) (2:07)
06. Mum's The Word (1:33)
07. My Tambourine (2:17)
08. Laugh And Cry (2:30)
09. Maybelline (2:36)
10. School Days (2:36)
11. Sweet Little Sixteen (2:14)
12. Johnny B. Goode (2:45)
13. Memphis (2:09)
14. Roll Over Beethoven (2:02)
15. Rock'n'roll Music (2:33)
16. Club Nitty Gritty (2:19)
17. Around And Around (2:22)
18. Oh Captain (2:20)
19. Thirty Days (2:12)
20. Back In The Usa (2:30)
21. Misery (2:32)
22. Carol (2:26)
23. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2:22)
24. Let It Rock (1:55)
25. Reelin' And Rockin' (4:16)
26. Almost Grown (2:27)
27. Ramblin' Rose (2:35)
28. Check Me Out (2:33)
29. I Do Really Love You (2:30)
30. Back To Memphis (2:42)
31. Bring Another Drink (2:35)
32. It Hurts Me Too (2:59)
33. Goodnight, Well It's Time To Go (2:21)
34. So Long (2:44)
35. My Heart Will Always Belong To You (2:41)
36. Flying Home (Instrumental) (2:23)

CD 07:
01. Sweet Little Rock'n'roller ( 2:14)
02. Oh Baby Doll ( 2:16)
03. I Can't Believe ( 2:45)
04. Soul Rockin' ( 2:49)
05. Ma Dear ( 2:17)
06. Rock Cradle Rock ( 1:24)
07. The Love I Lost ( 3:03)
08. Louie To Frisco ( 2:21)
09. I Love Her, I Love Her ( 5:57)
10. Little Fox ( 3:00)
11. Song Of My Love ( 3:14)
12. Rock Cradle Rock (Alt. Take) ( 1:53)
13. Good Lookin' Woman ( 2:19)
14. My Woman ( 4:55)
15. It's Too Dark In There ( 3:54)
16. Put Her Down ( 4:55)
17. Concerto In B Goode (Instrumental) (18:44)
18. Tulane ( 2:37)
19. Have Mercy Judge ( 2:40)
20. Untitled Instrumental ( 4:48)
21. My Ding-A-Ling ( 3:42)

CD 08:
01. Gun (Instrumental) (2:46)
02. Gun (Fast) (Instrumental) (2:09)
03. Gun (Slow) (Instrumental) (2:40)
04. That's None Of Your Business (2:20)
05. Instrumental (2:48)
06. Christmas (3:24)
07. I'm A Rocker (4:34)
08. Flyin' Home (Instrumental) (4:19)
09. Fish & Chips (2:50)
10. Some People (4:12)
11. My Pad (Poem) (6:27)
12. Oh Louisiana (4:29)
13. Festival (4:08)
14. Let's Do Our Thing Together (2:22)
15. Your Lick (2:35)
16. Bound To Lose (3:07)
17. Bordeaux In My Pirough (2:37)
18. San Francisco Dues (3:25)
19. My Dream (Poem) (5:58)
20. Roll 'em Pete (2:53)
21. Reelin' And Rockin' (4:22)
22. My Ding-A-Ling (4:17)
23. Johnny B. Goode (3:57)
24. Let's Boogie (3:10)

CD 09:
01. Mean Old World (5:47)
02. I Love You (3:27)
03. I Will Not Let You Go (2:51)
04. London Berry Blues (Instrumental) (5:59)
05. Blues #1 (Instrumental) (6:18)
06. Annie Lou (3:57)
07. Rain Eyes (3:48)
08. You And My Country (3:16)
09. Sue Answer (2:31)
10. Got It And Gone (4:20)
11. A Deuce (2:34)
12. Talkin' About My Buddy (6:56)
13. Hello Little Girl Goodbye (3:56)
14. One Sixty Nine Am (Instrumental) (3:38)
15. Aimlessly Driftin' (5:42)
16. Woodpecker (Instrumental) (3:34)
17. Bio (3:45)
18. Roll Away (2:59)
19. Hi-Heel Sneakers (4:40)
20. Jambalaya (2:53)
21. The Song Of My Love (1:58)
22. South Of The Border (2:18)

CD 10:
01. I'm Just A Name ( 3:38)
02. Too Late ( 2:46)
03. Turn On The Houselights (Instrumental) ( 9:15)
04. Swanee River ( 2:38)
05. You Are My Sunshine ( 2:50)
06. Johnny B. Blues (Instrumental) ( 2:23)
07. Dust My Broom ( 3:33)
08. Don't You Lie To Me ( 3:44)
09. My Babe ( 2:29)
10. Here Today ( 4:19)
11. I Just Want To Make Love To You ( 3:05)
12. Rockin' (Instrumental) ( 4:24)
13. Shake Rattle And Roll ( 2:17)
14. Baby What You Want Me To Do ( 2:37)
15. Chuck's Beat (10:37)
16. Bo's Beat (14:04)
17. Bio ( 4:24)

CD 11:
01. I Got To Find My Baby (Stereo) (2:15)
02. Bye Bye Johnny (Stereo) (2:05)
03. Run Around (Stereo) (2:32)
04. Diploma For Two (Stereo) (2:30)
05. Down The Road Apiece (Stereo & Longer Fading) (2:27)
06. Route 66 (Stereo, Alt Take) (2:51)
07. I'm Talking About You (Stereo) (1:51)
08. Come On (Stereo, Alt Take) (1:50)
09. Go Go Go (Stereo) (2:48)
10. Brown Eyed Handsome Man (Stereo Remix) (1:50)
11. Jamaica Farewell (Mono) (1:50)
12. My Mustang Ford (Stereo Remix) (2:52)
13. It Wasn't Me (Stereo, Alt Take) (2:35)
14. Ain't That Just Like A Woman (Unfaded) (2:45)
15. Ramona, Say Yes (Stereo, Alt Mix Without Sax) (2:43)
16. Move It (2:30)
17. Oh What A Thrill (3:07)
18. California (2:19)
19. Pass Away (5:36)
20. I Need You Baby (3:11)
21. If I Were (3:04)
22. House Lights (4:30)
23. I Never Thought (3:52)
24. Havana Moon (5:07)
25. Wuden't Me (2:41)

CD 12:
01. Maybeline (Sic) (2:07)
02. Roll Over Beethoven (3:21)
03. Newport Jazz Festival Introduction (2:15)
04. Schooldays (School Day) (3:42)
05. No Money Down (3:46)
06. Sweet Little Sixteen (4:11)
07. Johnny Be Goode (3:17)
08. Walled Lake Casino Detroit First Set Introduction (5:50)
09. Guitar Boogie (Instrumental) (2:41)
10. Johnny B. Goode (2:55)
11. Sweet Little Sixteen (3:30)
12. School Day (2:43)
13. Memphis (3:08)
14. Maybellene (3:06)
15. Rock And Roll Music (1:42)
16. Dust My Broom (2:22)
17. Instrumental Boogie (Instrumental) (3:26)
18. Too Much Monkey Business (3:32)
19. Johnny B. Goode (4:47)

CD 13:
01. Second Set - Rock At The Philharmonic (Instrumental) ( 3:36)
02. Memphis ( 2:52)
03. Guitar Boogie (Instrumental) ( 3:09)
04. Let It Rock ( 3:42)
05. Wee Wee Hours ( 5:28)
06. Medley - Goodnight Sweetheart & Johnny B. Goode & Let It Rock & Rock & Roll Music ( 6:39)
07. Walled Lake Casino Detroit Introduction First Set ( 0:28)
08. Guitar Boogie (Instrumental) ( 3:36)
09. Let It Rock ( 1:57)
10. Almost Grown ( 4:15)
11. Chuck Berry Dialogue #1 ( 1:16)
12. Memphis ( 3:14)
13. Johnny B. Goode ( 8:06)
14. Walled Lake Casino Detroit Introduction Set Two ( 0:25)
15. Instrumental Boogie (Instrumental) ( 1:21)
16. Sweet Little Sixteen ( 4:28)
17. Wee Wee Hours ( 6:14)
18. Chuck Berry Dialogue #2 ( 4:54)
19. Maybellene ( 3:09)
20. Medley - Goodnight Sweetheart & Johnny B. Goode & Let It Rock & School Day (10:56)

CD 14:
01. Fillmore Auditorium Introduction (0:43)
02. Rockin' At The Fillmore (instrumental) (3:52)
03. Everyday I Have The Blues (4:00)
04. C. C. Rider (4:14)
05. Driftin' Blues (3:58)
06. Feelin' It (instrumental) (3:59)
07. Flying Home (instrumental) (2:49)
08. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (5:53)
09. It Hurts Me Too (4:46)
10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:54)
11. Fillmore Blues (instrumental) (3:27)
12. Wee Baby Blues (4:05)
13. Bring Another Drink (2:20)
14. Worried Life Blues (3:46)
15. Reelin' And Rockin' (5:57)
16. My Ding-A-Ling (4:38)
17. Johnny B. Goode (3:14)

CD 15:
01. Rock And Roll Music (2:33)
02. Nadine (4:04)
03. School Day (Long Live Rock And Roll) (3:32)
04. (In The) Wee Wee Hours (5:18)
05. Medley - Johnny B. Goode & Carol & Promised Land (8:34)
06. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:18)
07. Memphis Tennessee (4:15)
08. Too Much Monkey Business (2:52)
09. Reelin' And Rockin' (6:15)
10. Sweet Little Sixteen (2:49)
11. My Ding-A-Ling (9:41)
12. Bonsoir Cherie (1:19)
13. Johnny B. Goode (4:51)
14. Maybelline (3:26)

CD 16:
01. Lanchester Arts Festival Introduction ( 1:25)
02. Roll Over Beethoven ( 2:31)
03. Nadine ( 3:46)
04. Sweet Little Sixteen ( 3:52)
05. Instrumental (testing) ( 1:56)
06. Roll 'Em Pete ( 5:14)
07. Around And Around ( 3:05)
08. It Hurts Me Too ( 6:10)
09. Promised Land ( 2:48)
10. Reelin' And Rockin' ( 7:04)
11. My Ding-A-Ling (11:36)
12. Johnny B. Goode ( 4:33)
13. South Of The Border ( 2:05)
14. School Days ( 2:40)
15. Memphis Tennessee ( 2:29)
16. Sweet Little Sixteen ( 2:45)
17. Interview ( 1:03)
18. Nadine ( 3:09)
19. Johnny B. Goode ( 2:58)
20. Interview ( 1:37)
21. Dr. Pepper Commercial ( 1:21)
22. Rockin' And Rollin' & Roll Over Beethoven ( 4:52)

There have been countless Chuck Berry compilations but never one like Bear Family's Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It, a mammoth 16-disc box containing his complete recorded works for Chess, Mercury, and Atco. Only the soundtrack to Taylor Hackford's star-studded 1987 documentary Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll is missing and it isn't missed much, not in the face of this abundance. Almost everything here is previously released -- Universal not only released Chuck's complete Chess recordings as three four-disc sets on Hip-O Select in the 2000s, they did a pretty good job clearing out the vaults in the '70s and '80s -- but with a set of this size, what counts is not rarities but context. Here, that context is not the original Chess singles of the '50s and early '60s, the smashes that became standards, but rather what happened afterward, when Chuck kept working and working, churning out records for Mercury as he played with pickup bands across the land. That said, the deeply detailed recounting of his pioneering first stint at Chess -- lasting from 1954 until 1966, barring a two-year hiatus to serve a prison sentence; here, the time line is expanded by a single he cut with Joe Alexander right before he signed with the Chess brothers -- remains rich and wondrous, illustrating how quickly Berry settled into his signature groove and how many variations he found within his blend of jazz, blues, and country. All this is familiar from the three Hip-O Select sets, but when the late-'60s recordings for Mercury are added to the picture, it becomes more apparent how Berry was eager to change with the times, adding swinging horns as a nod to the soul emerging from the South or jamming with the Steve Miller Band so he could please the crowd at the Fillmore. Berry was savvy. He knew how to change with the times, a talent that is plain on the live material here, including both dates recorded with the Motown rhythm section in Detroit in October 1963 and the Toronto Rock n Roll Revival from 1969, some BBC sessions, and cuts from the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958. On the earlier dates he's charmingly polite, but in 1963 he starts to loosen up with offhand jokes, and by 1969 he's happily leading a large audience through a dirty nursery rhyme. That schtick could play on college campuses and Chuck, alone among the original rockers, really made a play for the counterculture by recording such outlaw anthems as "Tulane," an ode to a pair of dope dealers that sounded like nothing but Chuck Berry. This box makes clear that this is one of the keys to Berry's genius: he always stood apart from the pack, so he could sell trends back to the audience, all filtered through the boogie, blues, and sliding guitar runs he loved so. He kept this up until 1979, the year he released Rock It, an underrated little record that contained "Oh What a Thrill," a song that proved he still could knock off a killer when he needed. It was the last time he needed to, however: he had already built a body of work that defined rock & roll and, in many ways, all the hopes and dreams of 20th century America. The glory of Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It is that it captures that work in all its incandescent glory. ~by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (4-Disc Box Set)

John Lennon once said that if you were going to give another name to rock & roll you might as well call it Chuck Berry -- a phrase that has been repeated to exhaustion precisely because it is no exaggeration. More than any other single musician, Berry defined the sound, style, and attitude of what rock & roll is, pushing guitars and cars to the forefront, constructing a world of soda shops and jukeboxes that resided just down the road a piece, finding an endless world within three chords. Fats Domino may have started the big wheel rolling, the Everly Brothers invented the power chord, Buddy Holly married pop with tough rockabilly, Little Richard had the manic energy, and Elvis Presley broke down the barriers, but Chuck Berry was the one that created the culture. How he did it is at long last chronicled in detail on Hip-O Select's Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings, a four-CD set containing all his singles from the '50s (which include most of his biggest hits), album tracks, and rarities, including demos and unreleased recordings. Berry, of course, had another decade of vital recordings on Chess ahead of him (and an often-overlooked series of worthy recordings for the label in the '70s), but within these '50s sessions is where the heart of his legacy lies, as this is when he created rock & roll out of jump blues, country boogie, juke joint R&B, Harry Belafonte calypso, and Nat King Cole crooning.

Listening to Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings is an entirely different experience than The Great 28 or any other hit-heavy compilation where all the brilliant singles sound so much of a piece that they give the impression that they were all cut at roughly the same time. Those who learned Berry's music through these compilations -- and there are generations of listeners who did -- may be surprised that certain hits like "No Particular Place to Go" or "You Never Can Tell" arrived well into the '60s and so are absent here, perhaps jarringly so. What "Johnny B. Goode" does a superb job of is putting Berry's music in context, illustrating what happened when by methodically going through every existing recording in the Chess vaults, including alternate takes, instrumental jams, a few live tracks, a single by the Ecuadors featuring Chuck on guitar, and a handful of unreleased cuts. Unlike Hip-O Select's similar Bo Diddley I'm a Man: The Chess Masters 1955-1958 there are no major unreleased songs (I'm a Man had Bo's original "Love Is Strange"); instead, this has a plethora of alternates, all sequenced in succession, which would give this the feel of an excavation if the music itself wasn't so energetic and enjoyable.

Many of the alternate takes here have seen the light of day elsewhere, usually on the Rock 'N' Roll Rarities or Missing Berries series (a heavy dose of these were also first unearthed on the 1974 LP Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3), but the value of "Johnny B. Goode" is in having all of this music in one place -- not just for the sake of completists who need to have everything an artist cut, but to hear how the artist developed. That is true here, as Berry gets more confident as the years pass, but the remarkable thing about "Johnny B. Goode" is that it shows how Chuck emerged almost fully formed with "Maybellene" and then continued to mine that same vein of blues, hillbilly, jazz, and R&B for years. His wit sharpened quickly, while his music jelled so the boundaries between his influences evaporated, but the only major introduction to come later in the set is his signature opening guitar riff, debuting on "Johnny B. Goode." Indeed, it's a bit of a shock to realize that it took him so long to nail this defining musical turnaround, but that may be the biggest revelation on this set. Instead of being filled surprises, Johnny B. Goode engenders a deeper appreciation of Berry's art.

Hearing the successive alternate takes pile up after each other, it's easy to appreciate Chuck's verbal dexterity, how he spins from one scenario to another on "Reelin' and Rockin'," suggesting just how quickly the words came to him. This, in turn, makes it easier to appreciate the potency of his poetry, but comparing this rapid-fire humor to the finely crafted details of "Memphis Tennessee," "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," and "No Money Down," or the vivid teenage renderings of "School Day" and "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Almost Grown" demonstrate just how carefully crafted his lyrics were. Similarly, Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings also offers an understanding of how rich and varied his musical gifts were. Listening to all the recordings in a row emphasizes how deep the blues ran within his music, and nowhere is that truer than on lengthy unreleased instrumentals, simply titled "Long Fast Jam" and "Long Slow Jam," where Chuck, longtime pianist Johnnie Johnson, bassist Willie Dixon, and drummer Jasper Thomas lay back and play for over 11 minutes for each cut. As Berry's brevity always seemed key to his brilliance -- his singles always were succinct, never lasting longer than they should -- it might seem that such prolonged jams would be flabby, but they're mesmerizing, particularly in how they showcase Johnson's fluid, rolling piano. The blues is at the core of Berry's rock & roll and he never abandoned it, even if he enthusiastically turned it inside out.

As Johnny B. Goode shows, Berry hit upon his formula early -- the first disc alone contains "Thirty Days," "You Can't Catch Me," "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Too Much Monkey Business," and "School Day," while the second has "Rock & Roll Music," "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Reelin' and Rockin'," "Johnny B. Goode," and "Around and Around," classics and standards one and all -- and he was savvy enough to know not to fix something that wasn't broken and so he didn't. He continued to refurbish and ever so slightly expand his formula into the '60s, creating some of his greatest music in the years to come -- -- and with any luck, Hip-O Select will document that in future releases -- but Berry's '50s recordings for Chess prove one of the greatest bursts of creativity in American music. This is not only the foundation of Chuck's music, but rock & roll and pop culture of the 20th century, and it's thrilling to finally have it all as a complete box set. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album: Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:00
Size: 160.3 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/R&B
Year: 2007

[2:19] 1. Maybellene
[3:02] 2. Wee Wee Hours
[2:23] 3. Thirty Days
[2:34] 4. Together (We'll Always Be)
[2:41] 5. You Can't Catch Me
[2:48] 6. Roly Poly
[2:48] 7. Down Bound Train
[2:29] 8. Berry Pickin'
[2:56] 9. No Money Down
[3:04] 10. I've Changed
[2:47] 11. Drifting Heart
[2:15] 12. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
[2:22] 13. Roll Over Beethoven
[2:53] 14. Too Much Monkey Business
[2:04] 15. Maybellene (Live)
[2:42] 16. Roll Over Beethoven (Live)
[3:06] 17. Havana Moon
[2:38] 18. Rock And Roll Music
[2:21] 19. Untitled Instrumental
[2:18] 20. Deep Feeling
[2:40] 21. School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)
[3:07] 22. Low Feeling
[3:10] 23. La Juanda
[3:00] 24. Blue Feeling
[2:45] 25. How You've Changed
[2:35] 26. Oh Baby Doll

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Album: Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:57
Size: 171.6 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/R&B
Year: 2007

[2:24] 1. Rock And Roll Music (Alternate Version)
[2:31] 2. Rock And Roll Music
[2:38] 3. Thirteen Question Method (Early Version)
[3:07] 4. How High The Moon (Instrumental)
[3:07] 5. Sweet Little Sixteen (Original Demo)
[3:13] 6. Sweet Little Sixteen (Take 3 Previously Unreleased)
[3:07] 7. Sweet Little Sixteen (Take 11)
[3:15] 8. Sweet Little Sixteen
[3:00] 9. Sweet Little Sixteen (Sped Up Originally Released Version)
[3:22] 10. Rockin' At The Philharmonic (Intrumental)
[2:19] 11. Guitar Boogie (Instrumental)
[2:54] 12. Night Beat (Previously Unreleased)
[2:44] 13. Night Beat (Instrumental)
[2:32] 14. Time Was (Slow Version Take 4 Previously Unreleased)
[2:00] 15. Time Was (Slow Version)
[3:36] 16. Reelin' And Rockin' (Take 1)
[3:44] 17. Reelin' And Rockin' (Takes 7 8 Previously Unreleased)
[3:15] 18. Reelin' And Rockin'
[2:26] 19. Chuckwalk
[3:19] 20. Johnny B. Goode (Alt. Take 2)
[2:39] 21. Johnny B. Goode (Single Version)
[2:45] 22. Around And Around (Overdub Take 2 Previously Unreleased)
[2:42] 23. Around And Around (Overdub Take 3 Previously Unreleased)
[2:41] 24. Around And Around
[2:55] 25. Ingo (Overdub Take 3 Instrumental Previously Unreleased)
[2:29] 26. Ingo (Instrumental)

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Album: Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:54
Size: 173.8 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/R&B
Year: 2007

[ 2:26] 1. It Don't Take But A Few Minutes
[ 3:22] 2. Blues For Hawaiians (Instrumental)
[ 2:29] 3. Beautiful Delilah (Alternate Takes 15 16)
[ 2:07] 4. Beautiful Delilah (Take 6)
[ 2:10] 5. 21 Blues
[ 2:25] 6. 21 (Previously Unreleased In U.S )
[ 2:36] 7. 21 (Take 14 Previously Unreleased)
[ 2:52] 8. Vacation Time
[ 2:33] 9. Oh Yeah
[ 1:55] 10. Hey Pedro
[ 2:26] 11. Time Was (Fast Version)
[ 2:26] 12. House Of Blue Lights
[ 2:48] 13. Carol
[ 2:44] 14. Jo Jo Gunne
[ 2:11] 15. Memphis, Tennessee
[ 1:52] 16. Anthony Boy
[ 2:26] 17. Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (Alternate Take 5)
[ 2:20] 18. Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (Take 11a)
[11:33] 19. Long Fast Jam (Instrumental Previously Unreleased)
[11:11] 20. Long Slow Jam (Instrumental Previously Unreleased)
[ 3:11] 21. Merry Christmas Baby
[ 2:58] 22. Merry Christmas Baby (Alternate)
[ 2:42] 23. Run Rudolph Run

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Album: Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (Disc 4)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:18
Size: 161.0 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/R&B
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[2:28] 1. Little Queenie (Take 8)
[2:40] 2. Little Queenie
[2:17] 3. That's My Desire
[2:21] 4. Do You Love Me (Alternate Take)
[2:34] 5. Do You Love Me (Previously Unreleased In U.S )
[2:32] 6. Almost Grown (Take 14 Previously Unreleased)
[2:53] 7. Almost Grown (Take 28 Previously Unreleased)
[2:19] 8. Almost Grown
[2:26] 9. Back In The U.S.A
[3:08] 10. Blue On Blue (Alternate Instrumental)
[2:57] 11. Blue On Blue (Instrumental)
[2:25] 12. Betty Jean (Alternate Take 14)
[2:38] 13. Betty Jean (Alternate Take 17 Previously Unreleased)
[2:29] 14. Betty Jean
[2:16] 15. County Line
[3:10] 16. Childhood Sweetheart (Alternate Take)
[2:42] 17. Childhood Sweetheart
[3:06] 18. One O'clock Jump (Instrumental)
[2:16] 19. I Just Want To Make Love To You (Take 3 Previously Unreleased)
[2:12] 20. I Just Want To Make Love To You
[2:21] 21. Broken Arrow (Take 21)
[2:26] 22. Broken Arrow
[1:55] 23. Let It Rock (Alternate Mix)
[1:45] 24. Let It Rock
[2:35] 25. Too Pooped To Pop (Take 4a Previously Unreleased)
[2:33] 26. Too Pooped To Pop
[2:16] 27. Ecuadors - Say You'll Be Mine
[2:24] 28. Ecuadors - Let Me Sleep Woman

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Various - The Classics: Rock 'n' Roll Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:41
Size: 141.2 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
[3:56] 2. Mighty Joe Young - Rock Me Baby
[4:19] 3. John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby
[2:44] 4. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
[3:03] 5. Little Walter - Rocker
[1:42] 6. Snooks Eaglin - Shake, Rattle And Roll
[2:44] 7. Earl King - Come Let The Good Times Roll
[2:13] 8. Howlin' Wolf - Shake For Me
[4:34] 9. Robert Cray - Foul Play
[3:23] 10. Johnny Copeland - Cold, Cold Winter
[2:18] 11. Chuck Berry - Maybellene
[3:41] 12. Lucky Peterson - It's Your Thing
[2:19] 13. Bo Diddley - I Need You Baby
[3:35] 14. James Cotton - The Hucklebuck
[3:40] 15. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Blues Power
[2:46] 16. Etta James, Harvey Fuqua - Spoonful
[3:04] 17. Earl King - Let's Make A Better World
[2:21] 18. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
[3:05] 19. Muddy Waters - Forty Days And Forty Nights
[3:26] 20. B.B. King - A Whole Lot Of Lovin'

The music we know as rock and roll emerged in the mid 1950s, although its advent had been on the horizon for at least a decade. A quarter of the American population moved during World War II, and that brought southern, rural, sacred and secular traditions into new contact with urban based music and audiences. The product of many regional musical scenes and independent record labels, rock and roll emerged in Memphis, Los Angeles, Shreveport, New York, Detroit, Baltimore, and dozens of other cities. It was, in historian Charlie Gillett’s words, the Sound of the City.

Rock and roll drew on many different styles. Combining the boogie woogie rhythms of R&B, the hillbilly twang of country, the fervor of gospel and the moans of the blues, the new mongrel music excited a worldwide generation of young listeners, while upsetting established social, cultural and musical authorities. The charisma and musical bravado of early rock and roll heroes such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard inspired fans and young musicians alike. With the maturing of an unprecedentedly vast and affluent teenage audience, rock and roll music became the sound of young America and soon spread around the world.

It is difficult today to understand the bitter criticism the new music generated. The popular music establishment, anchored in the lucrative venues of Hollywood and Broadway, saw the challenge as both aesthetic and economic. Their spokesmen dismissed the music for its supposed simplicity and crudity; eventually they went so far as to charge, falsely, that rock and roll dominated their airwaves because promoters bribed disc jockeys. Radio stations in turn often refused to play the new music, claiming that its lyrics promoted sex and delinquency. Pallid “cover” versions by mainstream artists copied rock and roll hit songs, while draining them of their musical vitality, energy, and above all, their overt indebtedness to black musical traditions. Moral authorities, black and white, were quick to condemn the music for its supposed sexual references, and they targeted key performers from Elvis Presley to Fats Domino for censorship or ridicule. Finally, columnists, critics, educators and police all feared the overt racial mixing of not only the music, but its audiences. At a time when American race relations were severely tested by massive white Southern resistance to integration, and northern dismissal of black rights, rock and roll remade integration in a cultural form. Sexual, working class and multi-racial, rock and roll transgressed the most fiercely guarded social boundaries of the time. ~Charles McGovern

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