Charles Brown - Honey Dripper

Album: Honey Dripper
Size: 139,6 MB
Time: 60:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Jazzy piano blues
Art: Full

1. News All Over Town (7:12)
2. I Cried Last Night (4:29)
3. When You Leave Heaven (5:12)
4. There Is No Greater Love (3:24)
5. If I Had You (3:53)
6. Gee (3:14)
7. The Very Thought Of You (5:07)
8. You Won't Let Me Go (4:55)
9. The Honey Dripper (4:28)
10. They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool (4:22)
11. At Your Beck And Call (5:59)
12. Everyday I Have The Blues (4:03)
13. Precious Lord (3:32)
14. Charles Brown's Thank You (0:28)

"Soothing" is not a word normally associated with blues, but its the word that best captures the experience of listening to Charles Brown, and Honey Dripper is no exception. Listening to it is like sipping a fine bottle of cognac. Seventy-two years old at the time of this recording session, Brown sounds agile, almost ageless. Indeed, time seems to stand still when he plays and sings in that same understated, urbane manner he popularized with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers back in the 1940s.

Like his other recordings this decade, Honey Dripper features Brown's regular working combo, led by guitarist Danny Caron and including saxophonist Clifford Solomon. The songs range from straight-ahead blues to jazz ballads, with some straddling the line. /Steve Hoffman, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Charles Brown - These Blues

Album: These Blues
Size: 136,8 MB
Time: 59:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues, jazzy blues
Art: Full

1. These Blues (6:33)
2. Honey (3:47)
3. May I Never Love Again (5:07)
4. I Got It (Bad And That Ain't Good) (5:26)
5. Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) (5:53)
6. A Hundred Years From Today (5:24)
7. Save Your Love For Me (5:26)
8. I Did My Best For You (7:23)
9. A Sunday Kind Of Love (4:45)
10. Tomorrow (5:13)
11. Amazing Grace (4:15)

Brown was enjoying the peak of an astounding career resurgence when he recorded These Blues in 1994. Amazingly, his powers were in no way diminished. It has been said before that Brown sounds here almost exactly like he did on his breakthough hits of the late '40s, when his urbane brand of post-Nat King Cole blues provided a blueprint for such artists as Ray Charles and Chuck Berry.

Backed by an excellent small combo, Brown tears into a set of blues and bluesy pop songs. He even goes solo on Duke Ellington's "I Got it Bad (And that ain't Good"). While his vocals are as insinuating as ever, it's Brown's piano playing that astonishes-an amazing mix of traditional blues licks, Erroll Garner-ish block chords, and quicksilver octave passages that seem to appear out of nowhere. /Review by AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Mark Hummel w. Sue Foley Band & Charles Brown - Up And Jumpin'

Size: 101,4 MB
Time: 43:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1989
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: LP front & back

1. Rock Mr. Blues (3:33)
2. Look Whacha Done (3:21)
3. How Long (4:40)
4. Rockinitis (3:59)
5. Jump With You Baby (2:40)
6. Honey, Don't Let Me Go (3:34)
7. Don't Need Another Heartache (5:12)
8. Summertime (Instrumental) (4:45)
9. Go On Fool (3:07)
10. Lonely Nights (2:40)
11. Up And Jumpin' Thang (3:54)
12. When I'm Not With You (2:21)

Harmonica player, songwriter and singer Mark Hummel is a practitioner of the West Coast blues style, which typically includes elements of jazz and swing. A seasoned bandleader, Hummel is finally beginning to achieve wider recognition through nearly constant touring. Hummel was born in New Haven, Connecticut but raised in Los Angeles, California. He became fascinated with the blues-rock of Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Rolling Stones. After seeing songwriter credits on the albums, he began to dig further back into those bands' blues roots. He began playing harmonica in his teens in order to be different from the huge pack of guitar players in his high school. Hummel studied the styles of the Chicago-based players, including James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton and Little Walter Jacobs.

Hummel moved to Berkeley, California in 1972 and played with local bluesmen there, including Boogie Jake, Cool Papa, Johnny Waters and Sonny Lane. After graduating high school, he hitchhiked around the country for three years, making stops in New Orleans, Boston and Chicago to learn from those cities' top players. Hummel has released a number of self-produced albums around his Oakland, California home, including Up & Jumpin' (with Canadian guitarist Sue Foley, 1989-90), and Hard Lovin' (1992, Double Trouble Records). He issued Low Down to Uptown in 1998, Golden State Blues was next released on new label Electro-Fi with support from Hummel's usual backing band, the Blues Survivors. Considered one of the top harmonica players in the U.S., Hummel has also judged and played in the Hohner Harmonica World Championships, held in Germany.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Johnny Otis Show - Live In Los Angeles 1970

Size: 117,9 MB
Time: 49:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Westcoast Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. Shake Rattle & Roll (Feat. Joe Turner) (3:02)
02. Chains of Love (Feat. Joe Turner) (2:47)
03. R.M. Blues (Feat. Roy Milton) (3:14)
04. Baby You Don't Know (Feat. Roy Milton) (2:23)
05. Misery (Feat. Little Esther Phillips) (3:06)
06. Confessin' Blues (Feat. Little Esther Phillips) (2:54)
07. Livin' In Misery (2:26)
08. Willie And The Hand Jive (2:40)
09. Cleanhead Blues (Feat. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson) (3:50)
10. Kidney Stew Blues (Feat. Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson) (2:19)
11. Driftin' Blues (Feat. Charles Brown) (4:27)
12. Please Don't Drive Me Away (Feat. Charles Brown) (2:16)
13. Reconsider Baby (Feat. Lowell Fulson) (3:50)
14. Tramp (Feat. Lowell Fulson) (2:47)
15. Mistreatin' Blues (Feat. T-Bone Walker & Shuggie Otis) (7:50)

Johnny Otis had a big Band and a radio show on the west coast and made many tours where he presented many guest stars! Here is a live recording from 1970 in Los Angeles. The guests are: Big Joe Turner, Little Ester Phillips, Roy Milton, Charles Brown, Lowell Fulsom, T-Bone Walher and Eddie Cleanhead Vinson! These are the best artists from the West Coast! Enjoy!

Live In Los Angeles 1970

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Charles Brown - In A Grand Style

Year: 1999
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:04
Size: 95,1 MB
Styles: Jazzy piano blues
Scans: Front

1. One Never Knows, Does One? (4:06)
2. Stand By You (4:24)
3. Black Night (4:57)
4. You Gave Me Everything But Love (3:12)
5. Give Me A Woman (4:22)
6. Hard Times (3:35)
7. Charles' Chopin Liszt (1:06)
8. Sorry Baby (6:48)
9. Stumbled And Fell In Love (3:58)
10. Wouldn't It Be Grand (4:30)

This posthumously released material - mostly classic and classy love songs - puts an exclamation point on the career of a true American music legend, a legitimate grand master in more ways than one. It is not, as the back cover states, a "solo piano album." Charles Brown does, in fact, sing on all the cuts save one, but there's no rhythm section or soloist to help. It's simply Charles Brown, all soulful, with light-colored blues, gently swinging but by himself.

There are classics like "Black Night," "Stumbled and Fell in Love," the curious "One Never Knows, Does One?" and Little Walter's slightly raucous "Give Me a Woman." Brown's classical background on "Charles' Chopin Liszt" unleashes a cascading, tinkling, arpeggiated side rarely heard. Other intros also showcase this part of Brown's musicianship.

Everything on the record, except for "Liszt," is a slow, cigarette-type smoldering blues that is sometimes downhearted, other times hopeful. But the lyrics of Brown's original "Wouldn't It Be Grand" speaks volumes about his hope for our future: "Wouldn't that be grand, if and when we die, we unite together in the sky/Get together, take our stand, glory land/Wouldn't that be grand." /Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic

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Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues

Year: 1972/1989
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:27
Size: 98,0 MB
Styles: Jazzy blues
Scans: Full

1. Driftin' (3:59)
2. Our Day Will Come (3:06)
3. Go Away Little Girl (4:38)
4. Days Of Wine And Roses (3:31)
5. My Silent Love (3:25)
6. Throught The Courtesy Of Love (CD Bonus Track) (4:08)
7. Since I Feel For You (4:11)
8. More (2:32)
9. So Long (2:59)
10. You Are My First Love (2:51)
11. To You My Love (3:43)
12. Not In My Wildest Dream (CD Bonus Track) (3:17)

How many blues artists remained at the absolute top of their game after more than a half-century of performing? One immediately leaps to mind: Charles Brown. His incredible piano skills and laid-back vocal delivery remained every bit as mesmerizing at the end of his life as they were way back in 1945, when his groundbreaking waxing of "Drifting Blues" with guitarist Johnny Moore's Three Blazers invented an entirely new blues genre for sophisticated postwar revelers: an ultra-mellow, jazz-inflected sound perfect for sipping a late-night libation in some hip after-hours joint. Brown's smooth trio format was tremendously influential to a host of high-profile disciples - Ray Charles, Amos Milburn, and Floyd Dixon, for starters.

Classically trained on the ivories, Brown earned a degree in chemistry before moving to Los Angeles in 1943. He soon hooked up with the Blazers (Moore and bassist Eddie Williams), who modeled themselves after Nat "King" Cole's trio but retained a bluesier tone within their ballad-heavy repertoire. With Brown installed as their vocalist and pianist, the Blazers' "Drifting Blues" for Philo Records remained on Billboard's R&B charts for 23 weeks, peaking at number two. Follow-ups for Exclusive and Modern (including "Sunny Road," "So Long," "New Orleans Blues," and their immortal 1947 Yuletide classic "Merry Christmas Baby") kept the Blazers around the top of the R&B listings from 1946 through 1948, until Brown opted to go solo.

If anything, Brown was even more successful on his own. Signing with Eddie Mesner's Aladdin logo, he visited the R&B Top Ten no less than ten times from 1949 to 1952, retaining his mournful, sparsely arranged sound for the smashes "Get Yourself Another Fool," the chart-topping "Trouble Blues" and "Black Night," and "Hard Times." Despite a 1956 jaunt to New Orleans to record with the Cosimo's studio band, Brown's mellow approach failed to make the transition to rock's brasher rhythms, and he soon faded from national prominence (other than when his second holiday perennial, "Please Come Home for Christmas," hit in 1960 on the King label). Occasionally recording without causing much of a stir during the '60s and '70s, Brown began to regroup by the mid-'80s.

One More for the Road, a set cut in 1986 for the short-lived Blue Side logo, announced to anyone within earshot that Brown's talents hadn't diminished at all while he was gone (the set later re-emerged on Alligator). Bonnie Raitt took an encouraging interest in Brown's comeback bid, bringing him on tour with her as her opening act (thus introducing the blues vet to a whole new generation or two of fans). His recording career took off too, with a series of albums for Bullseye Blues (the first entry, 1990's All My Life, is especially pleasing), and more recently, a disc for Verve.

In his last years, Brown finally received at least a portion of the recognition he deserved for so long as a genuine rhythm and blues pioneer. But the suave, elegant Brown was by no means a relic, as anyone who witnessed his thundering boogie piano style will gladly attest; he returned in 1998 with So Goes Love before dying on January 21, 1999. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

(Note: Also released as "Boss Of The Blues" in 1964.)

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Various - Bad, Bad Whiskey

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:32
Size: 161.5 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul/Blues
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[2:19] 1. Rodger Collins - She's Looking Good
[2:25] 2. The Merced Blue Notes - Rufus Jr
[2:18] 3. Betty Everett - I Got To Tell Somebody
[2:32] 4. Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads
[2:34] 5. Bill Coday - Get Your Lie Straight
[2:23] 6. The Right Kind - (Tell Me) Why Do You Have To Lie
[2:38] 7. Sonny Rhodes - You Better Stop
[2:12] 8. Little Johnny Taylor - Nightingale Melody
[2:46] 9. Merl Saunders - I Pity The Fool
[3:29] 10. J.J. Malone - It's A Shame
[3:36] 11. Loleatta Holloway - Rainbow 71
[2:46] 12. Rodger Collins - Foxy Girls In Oakland
[2:25] 13. Bill Coday - When You Find A Fool Bump His Head
[1:54] 14. The Merced Blue Notes - Mama Rufus
[3:12] 15. Little Johnny Taylor - For Your Precious Love
[3:31] 16. Charles Brown - Abraham, Martin And John
[2:17] 17. The Merced Blue Notes - Bad, Bad Whiskey
[2:31] 18. Lenny Williams - How Can I Forget You
[2:39] 19. Betty Everett - Ain't Nothing Gonna Change Me
[2:45] 20. Bill Coday - A Woman Rules The World
[2:33] 21. Claude Huey - Why Did Our Love Go
[2:53] 22. Bill Coday - Let Me Be Your Handy Man
[2:54] 23. Bobby Eaton - Fever, Fever, Fever
[2:56] 24. Lenny Williams - Lisa's Gone
[3:28] 25. Johnny Guitar Watson - I Don't Want To Be A Lone Ranger
[2:20] 26. Rodger Collins - Get Away From Me

Galaxy Records Singles 1962-1972 digitally remastered. A subsidiary of Fantasy, the Galaxy label recorded a diverse assortment of soul and R&B in the 1960s and early '70s. This is a 26-track compilation of highlights from the company's output, covering 1962 to 1972. Landing the occasional minor R&B chart hit, Galaxy couldn't be said to have an especially distinctive label sound, though their efforts were on the whole bluesier than much soul of the era. But this is still a decent grab bag of odds and ends from soul's vintage period, with obscure sides by well-known performers like Betty Everett, Little Johnny Taylor, Lenny Williams, Charles Brown, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Merl Saunders, and a host of unknowns. Especially good are the three sides by Rodger Collins, whose 1966 single "She's Looking Good" (which leads off the CD) was one of the better regional soul hits of the '60s, and was covered by Wilson Pickett for a Top 20 smash a couple of years later. ~Richie Unterberger

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Charles Brown - Cryin' And Driftin'

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:19
Size: 151.8 MB
Styles: Blues piano & vocals
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. Seven Long Days
[3:02] 2. My Babys Gone
[3:09] 3. Black Night
[3:14] 4. Homesick Blues
[2:53] 5. It's Nothing
[3:20] 6. Driftin' Blues
[3:19] 7. Trees Trees
[2:26] 8. Honeysipper
[3:07] 9. Lets Walk
[2:49] 10. Fools Paradise
[3:11] 11. Don’t Fool With My Heart
[3:09] 12. Again
[2:46] 13. Evening Shadows
[3:01] 14. A Long Time
[3:00] 15. Still Water
[3:06] 16. Hard Times
[2:18] 17. How High The Moon
[2:30] 18. Baby Do You Know The Game
[2:41] 19. Cryin And Driftin Blues
[2:25] 20. Trouble Blues
[2:38] 21. I'll Always Be In Love With You
[2:24] 22. Hot Lips And Seven Kisses
[2:31] 23. It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie

How many blues artists remained at the absolute top of their game after more than a half-century of performing? One immediately leaps to mind: Charles Brown. His incredible piano skills and laid-back vocal delivery remained every bit as mesmerizing at the end of his life as they were way back in 1945, when his groundbreaking waxing of "Drifting Blues" with guitarist Johnny Moore's Three Blazers invented an entirely new blues genre for sophisticated postwar revelers: an ultra-mellow, jazz-inflected sound perfect for sipping a late-night libation in some hip after-hours joint. Brown's smooth trio format was tremendously influential to a host of high-profile disciples -- Ray Charles, Amos Milburn, and Floyd Dixon, for starters.

Classically trained on the ivories, Brown earned a degree in chemistry before moving to Los Angeles in 1943. He soon hooked up with the Blazers (Moore and bassist Eddie Williams), who modeled themselves after Nat "King" Cole's trio but retained a bluesier tone within their ballad-heavy repertoire. With Brown installed as their vocalist and pianist, the Blazers' "Drifting Blues" for Philo Records remained on Billboard's R&B charts for 23 weeks, peaking at number two. Follow-ups for Exclusive and Modern (including "Sunny Road," "So Long," "New Orleans Blues," and their immortal 1947 Yuletide classic "Merry Christmas Baby") kept the Blazers around the top of the R&B listings from 1946 through 1948, until Brown opted to go solo. ~Bill Dahl

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Charles Brown - All My Life

Year: 1990
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:26
Size: 97,2 MB
Styles: Jazzy piano blues
Scans: Full

1. Early In The Morning (4:39)
2. Fool's Paradise (4:53)
3. Bad Bad Whiskey (3:20)
4. When The Sun Comes Out (5:00)
5. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (3:04)
6. That's A Pretty Good Love (3:31)
7. A Virus Called The Blues (6:49)
8. Seven Long Days (3:58)
9. Joyce's Boogie (2:31)
10. Trouble Blues (3:08)
11. Tell Me Who (2:17)
12. All My Life (4:26)
13. Too Late (Bonus) (4:34)

By far Brown's best contemporary effort (and the set that really got his recording career back in high gear). Cameos by Dr. John and Ruth Brown certainly didn't hurt the set's chances, but it's the eternally suave pianist and his excellent road band (especially guitarist Danny Caron and saxist Clifford Solomon) that make this such a delightful collection. /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Charles Brown - Just A Lucky So And So

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:53
Size: 117,3 MB
Styles: Jazzy piano blues
Scans: Front, sleeve, tray

1. I Won't Cry Any More (5:31)
2. Just A Lucky So & So (3:48)
3. Black Night (5:07)
4. One Never Knows (4:08)
5. Driftin' Blues (5:24)
6. Gloomy Sunday (6:01)
7. I Stepped In Quicksand (5:29)
8. The Danger Isn't Over (4:47)
9. A Song For Christmas (5:11)
10. So Long (5:23)

Charles Brown's casual yet stunning phrasing, inventive voicings, and piano accompaniment are wonderfully presented on this ten-song set. Ron Levy's production and the arrangements of Wardell Quezergue and Brown are tasteful, breezy, and geared for his carefully constructed, teasing solos and rich, creamy leads.

Such numbers as Brown's classic "Drifting Blues," as well as "Gloomy Sunday" and "I Won't Cry Anymore," convey despair and hurt, yet retain a certain appeal and charm. Brown keeps making fine records, sounding as convincing in the 1990s as he did at the start of his career. /Ron Wynn, AllMusic

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VA - Bongo Boy Records Backroom Blues, Vol. Six

Size: 146,7 MB
Time: 62:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01 Dave Fields - Child Of The World (5:12)
02 The Wildcat O'Halloran Band - 51 Right 49 Wrong (4:06)
03 E.G. Holmes - Hot Blooded 4 U (3:16)
04 Caught With Candy - Your Favorite Hello (4:09)
05 Big Bone Daddy - Come To Me (3:34)
06 Plainfield Slim - Roll Down Your Stockings (2:37)
07 Revis Johnson - Shoulda Coulda Woulda (4:10)
08 E.G. Holmes - Busted (Feat. David Vanden Enden) (4:18)
09 Charles Brown - Dustin' My Broom (2:59)
10 Gar Francis - Blue Cadillac (4:22)
11 Bluestamtam - She's Gone (4:08)
12 E.G. Holmes - Road Too Long (3:42)
13 Rocko Paolo & Kevin Rees - Summer Nights In Mississippi (6:14)
14 Gar Francis - Since She's Been Gone (6:08)
15 Susan Surftone - Blue Guitar (3:09)

Bongo Boy Records Backroom Blues, Vol. 6

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Various - I Got Woman

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:44
Size: 166.5 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[3:56] 1. Brownie McGhee - I Got A Woman
[2:49] 2. The Blues Caravan - Train Train Blues
[3:17] 3. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Insurance Man Blues
[2:55] 4. Good Lewis - Pelican Jump
[3:13] 5. Lonnie Johnson - Another Woman Booked Out And Bound To Go
[2:49] 6. Charles Brown - Groovy
[2:30] 7. Tiny Davis - How About That Jive
[3:12] 8. Washboard Walter - Narrow Face Blues
[2:48] 9. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Rainy Day Blues
[2:39] 10. Freddie Mitchell - Mr Freddie's Boogie
[3:31] 11. Brownie McGhee - Hold Me In Your Arms
[2:52] 12. Harold Burrage - Hi-Yo Silver
[3:22] 13. Washboard Walter - Insurance Man Blues
[2:55] 14. Lonnie Johnson - Wrong Woman Blues
[2:58] 15. Charles Brown - Googie's Boogie
[2:46] 16. Sunnyland Slim - She Ain't Nowhere
[2:56] 17. Slim Barton - It’s Tight Like That
[2:24] 18. Jessie Allen - Let's Party
[3:20] 19. Sonny Boy Williamson II - The Right Kind Of Life
[3:17] 20. Lonnie Johnson - When You Fall For Some One That’s Not Your Own
[2:21] 21. Charles Brown - Peek A Boo
[2:34] 22. Willie Mabon - I'm Mad
[4:29] 23. Brownie McGhee - The C.C.& O.Blues
[2:40] 24. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years

Song History: "I Got a Woman" (originally titled "I've Got a Woman") is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles. Atlantic Records released the song as a single in December 1954, with "Come Back Baby" as the B-side. Both songs later appeared on the 1957 album Ray Charles (subsequently reissued as Hallelujah I Love Her So).

The song builds on "It Must Be Jesus" by the Southern Tones, which Ray Charles was listening to on the radio while on the road with his band in the summer of 1954. He and a member of his band, trumpeter Renald Richard, penned a song that was built along a gospel-frenetic pace with secular lyrics and a jazz-inspired rhythm and blues (R&B) background. The song would be one of the prototypes for what later became termed as "soul music" after Charles released "What'd I Say" nearly five years later.

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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)

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VA - Christmas Blues

Size: 174,4 MB
Time: 73:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, Xmas
Art: Front

01 Marcia Ball - Christmas Fais Do Do (3:14)
02 Carey Bell - Christmas Train (3:36)
03 Lonnie Brooks - Christmas On The Bayou (4:46)
04 Charles Brown - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (3:12)
05 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Christmas (3:12)
06 Michael Burks - Christmas Snow (4:00)
07 Lonnie Brooks - All I Want For Christmas (Is To Be With You) (4:56)
08 Cephas & Wiggins - Christmas Day Blues (3:09)
09 C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band - Zydeco Christmas (3:25)
10 W.C. Clark - Christmas Party (3:51)
11 William Clarke - Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus (4:32)
12 Shemekia Copeland - Stay A Little Longer, Santa (4:24)
13 Tinsley Ellis - Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (3:22)
14 The Holmes Brothers - Back Door Santa (3:04)
15 Roomfull Of Blues - Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get The Blues (3:23)
16 Kenny Neal - Christmas Time In The Country (4:34)
17 Charlie Musselwhite - Silent Night (2:43)
18 Coco Montoya - A Bluesman's Christmas (4:30)
19 Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - I'm Your Santa (2:54)
20 Little Charlie & The Nightcats - Santa Claus (2:57)

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VA - Christmas 'Round The Jukebox

Size: 170,3 MB
Time: 70:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues, R&B, Xmas
Art: Front

01. Joe Turner - Christmas Date Boogie (2:33)
02. The Five Keys - It's Christmas Time (2:49)
03. Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (2:43)
04. The Drifters - White Christmas (2:27)
05. Charles Brown - Please Come Home For Christmas (2:40)
06. The Moonglows - Hey Santa Claus (2:22)
07. The Cadillacs - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (2:17)
08. Jimmy McCracklin - Christmas Time (Part 1) (2:06)
09. The Ravens - White Christmas (3:06)
10. The Ravens - Silent Night (2:49)
11. The Falcons - Can This Be Christmas (2:53)
12. Jimmy Liggins - I Want My Baby For Christmas (2:38)
13. Mabel Scott - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (2:16)
14. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby (2:42)
15. Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas (Part 1) (2:22)
16. Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas (Part 2) (2:09)
17. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Christmas Eve Baby (2:19)
18. Cecil Gant - Hello Santa Claus (2:49)
19. Jimmy Witherspoon - How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around (2:47)
20. The Harmony Grits - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:05)
21. Roy Milton - Christmas Time Blues (3:02)
22. The Dominoes - Christmas In Heaven (2:41)
23. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby (2:52)
24. Louis Jordan - May Every Day Be Christmas (3:12)
25. The Orioles - (It's Gonna Be) Lonely Christmas (3:18)
26. Big John Greer - We Want To See Santa Do The Mambo (2:19)
27. B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (2:27)

Here is a Christmas celebration attended by some of the greatest names in Rhythm and Blues. From the late 40s to the early 50s the biggest names in Blues including B.B. King, Amos Milburn, Charles Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Lowell Fulton, Roy Milton. The Drifters, Joe Turner and Chuck Berry sing their Christmas favourites. Being the blues of course many of the songs emphasise how lonely Christmas can be without the one you love whilst others celebrate the holiday season with joyful songs and new versions of standards like, "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town". Many of these records constantly reappeared on the R&B sales charts every year. Some like Charles Brown's original million-selling "Merry Christmas Baby" were still selling well into the soul era. Depending on your mood you can preselect these titles, pour a large Brandy and wallow in the depressive elements of a lonely Christmas or roll back the carpet put another nickel in the jukebox and have a Rockin' Christmas celebration. Either way works.

Christmas 'Round The Jukebox

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Various - The Rounder Records Story (4-Disc Boxset)

This four-disc, 87-track retrospective covers the first four decades of one of the most successful "folk" labels in history. Co-founders/owners Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin assembled a collection that showcases -- one disc per decade -- how deeply entrenched the label was in the 1970s in exposing various forms of folk music from traditional to emergent ones, and how its focus expanded. Disc one includes tracks by newgrass outfit J.D. Crowe & the New South, outsider songwriter Michael Hurley, banjoist Ola Belle Reed, Appalachian traditionalists Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and ace superpicker Norman Blake and the Cajun sounds of D.L Menard & the Louisiana Aces. It also reveals the label's first big directional shakeup by including George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers' scorching read of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love." The '80s reflect a wider reach still, with tracks by soulman Ted Hawkins, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, polka revisionists Brave Combo, country songwriter Keith Whitley, and blues artists Rory Block and Johnny Copeland. There's also a deeper step into Louisiana traditions with music by Professor Longhair, James Booker, and Buckwheat Zydeco included, too. This decade also signaled the arrival of Nanci Griffith on Rounder's Philo imprint. In the '90s, Rounder's profile was enhanced by the arrival of bluegrass queen Alison Krauss, who has been a best-selling artist for them ever since. There were more singer/songwriter types on the imprint too, such as Bill Morrissey, Tish Hinojosa, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore; more modern electric blues and R&B talents were showcased too in Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson, Ruth Brown, Johnny Adams, and Wilson Pickett; and the label still held traditional sway with bluegrass mainstay Krauss and uber-tradtionalist James King. The first decade of the new century reveals Rounder's wide range in embracing everything they felt they could sell: from Americana-drenched rock acts such as Son Volt and the Cowboy Junkies to uber-rockers Rush; the vanguard pop of They Might Be Giants and jazzy chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux; to British folk maven Linda Thompson, as well as experimental projects like the Grammy-winning Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Krauss. Country-pop legend and stalwart Willie Nelson also recorded for them. But no matter their genre extensions, bluegrass is still part of Rounder's mix, as cuts by Dailey & Vincent, Rhonda Vincent, and Blue Highway attest. It's impressive to be sure. That said, despite the range of music here and the fine historical essay by Geoffrey Himes, two chapters are missing: a disc that focuses on their vast licensing of traditional music, and the essential collection of tracks by American songwriting icons such as Tom Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Guy Clark, rockabilly queen Rosie Flores, and R&B legend Eddie Hinton, most of whom recorded multiple albums for the label and its subsidiaries. Here's hoping Rounder will consider a second collection to showcase these lesser-selling projects from essential artists who are an indelible part of its story. ~Thom Jurek

Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:13
Size: 174.5 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[2:46] 1. J.D. Crowe - Old Home Place
[2:41] 2. The Bailey Brothers - Take Me Back To Happy Valley
[2:12] 3. Country Cooking - Armadillo Breakdown
[2:34] 4. Ola Belle Reed - High On A Mountain
[3:52] 5. Woodstock Mountains - Killing The Blues
[2:16] 6. George Pegram - Johnson's Old Grey Mule
[2:51] 7. Ed Haley - Cherry River Rag
[4:01] 8. Holy Modal Rounders - Sweet Lucy
[3:41] 9. The Balfa Freres - Parlez-Nous A Boire
[3:38] 10. Joe Cormier - Mrs. Scott Skinner
[2:15] 11. Mark O'connor - Tom And Jerry
[3:39] 12. Norman Blake - Down Home Summertime Blues
[2:32] 13. Boone Creek - Memory Of Your Smile
[3:04] 14. Don Stover - Things In Life
[2:20] 15. Buddy Thomas - Kitty Puss
[2:52] 16. Highwoods String Band - Who Broke The Lock
[3:44] 17. Hazel Dickens - Don't Put Her Down You Helped
[5:01] 18. Alhaji Bai Konte - Jula Jekere
[4:16] 19. Tony Trischka - The Only Way
[3:06] 20. Jerry Douglas - Fluxology
[3:23] 21. D.L. Menard And The Louisiana - La Porte Dans Arriere
[1:58] 22. David Grisman - I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Be
[3:03] 23. Joe Val & The New England Blue - Sparkling Brown Eyes
[4:19] 24. George Thorogood & The Destroy - Who Do You Love

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 1)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:11
Size: 163.0 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[3:44] 1. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Frosty
[2:13] 2. Ted Hawkins - Watch Your Step (Acoustic Vers
[2:42] 3. Jonathan Richman - New Kind Of Neighborhood
[3:16] 4. Keith Whitley - I Never Go Around Mirrors
[2:33] 5. Tony Rice - Cold On The Shoulder
[4:29] 6. Hazel Dickens - Mama's Hand
[1:48] 7. Klezmer Conservatory Band - A Freylekhe Nakht In Gan Eydn
[3:56] 8. Culture - Babylon's Big Dog
[3:33] 9. Buckwheat Zydeco - Ya Ya
[4:21] 10. Professor Longhair - Tipitina
[3:37] 11. Beausoleil - Zydeco Gris Gris
[1:41] 12. Riders In The Sky - Cowboy Jubilee
[2:40] 13. The Johnson Mountain Boys - Let The Whole World Talk
[2:29] 14. Brave Combo - Happy Wanderer
[3:13] 15. James Booker - Classified
[2:20] 16. Rory Block - Got To Have You Be My Man
[2:19] 17. Sleepy Labeef - Electricity
[2:54] 18. Johnny Copeland - Everybody Wants A Piece Of Me
[3:08] 19. Béla Fleck - Whitewater
[2:33] 20. Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon
[3:08] 21. The Bluegrass Album Band - Blue Ridge Cabin Home
[2:40] 22. John Mccutcheon - Howjadoo
[2:16] 23. Flaco Jimenez - Viva Seguin
[3:25] 24. NRBQ - Me And The Boys

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 2)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:58
Size: 169.3 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010

[3:20] 1. Bill Morrissey - Birches
[3:48] 2. Alison Krauss - Baby Now That I Found You
[3:45] 3. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night
[4:17] 4. Marcia Ball - Sing It
[4:28] 5. Rebirth Brass Band - Do Watcha Wanna Pt. 3
[6:48] 6. Charles Brown - A Virus Called The Blues
[3:13] 7. Carrie Newcomer - Only One Shoe
[3:40] 8. Johnny Adams - There Is Always One More Time
[5:01] 9. Tish Hinojosa - Something In The Rain
[4:55] 10. James King - Bed By The Window
[4:54] 11. Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi- - Give Him Cornbead
[3:16] 12. Eddie Lejeune - Valse De Kaplan
[4:02] 13. Longview - High Lonesome
[3:23] 14. Alison Krauss - In The Palm Of Your Hand
[4:24] 15. Ruth Brown - False Friend Blues
[2:41] 16. Bo Dollis - Carnival Time
[4:15] 17. Roomful Of Blues - Standing Here At The Crossroad
[3:40] 18. Wilson Pickett - It's Harder Now

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 3)

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Album: The Rounder Records Story (Disc 4)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:11
Size: 167.5 MB
Styles: Blues, Country, Folk
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:10] 1. Madeleine Peyroux - Don't Wait Too Long
[4:18] 2. Son Volt - Down To The Wire
[2:55] 3. Dailey & Vincent - More Than A Name On A Wall
[3:06] 4. Earl Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
[2:18] 5. Willie Nelson - Man With The Blues
[1:52] 6. Jimmy Sturr - Rebel Rouser
[3:23] 7. Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
[4:44] 8. Irma Thomas - In The Middle Of It All
[5:52] 9. Robert Plant - Please Read The Letter
[3:07] 10. Blue Highway - Through The Window Of A Train
[4:25] 11. Rush - Resist
[3:37] 12. Cowboy Junkies - Small Swift Birds
[4:05] 13. Sarah Harmer - Basement Apt
[3:41] 14. Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Have A Need For Solitude
[3:00] 15. Rhonda Vincent - Lonesome Wind Blues
[3:11] 16. The Grascals - Me And John And Paul
[3:21] 17. Steve Martin - The Crow
[3:44] 18. Robert Plant - The Only Sound That Matters
[3:36] 19. Delta Spirit - Trashcan
[2:09] 20. They Might Be Giants - Fibber Island
[3:28] 21. Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me

The Rounder Records Story (Disc 4)

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Various - Blues: The Very Best Of...

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:23
Size: 124.5 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Memphis blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. John Lee Hooker - Baby Lee
[2:26] 2. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lonesome
[3:15] 3. B.B. King - Young Dreamers
[3:23] 4. Jelly Roll Morton - Somebody's Gotta Go
[2:41] 5. Charles Brown - Walking Alone (Blues For My Baby)
[3:14] 6. Lead Belly - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
[3:14] 7. Lightnin' Hopkins - In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun)
[3:24] 8. B.B. King - By Myself
[2:36] 9. Johnny Otis - Have You Ever Loved A Woman
[3:44] 10. Memphis Slim - Mr. Jelly Lord
[2:37] 11. B.B. King - Lonesome Dog Blues
[2:24] 12. Gatemouth Moore - On My Word Of Honor
[2:09] 13. Memphis Slim - King Porter Stomp
[2:38] 14. Charles Brown - Trouble Blues
[1:17] 15. Lead Belly - Big Fat Woman
[3:51] 16. B.B. King - I'm Leaving You Now
[5:38] 17. Lightnin' Hopkins - Guess Who
[2:52] 18. Jelly Roll Morton - Rockin' Blues

When you think of the blues, you think about misfortune, betrayal and regret. You lose your job, you get the blues. Your mate falls out of love with you, you get the blues. Your dog dies, you get the blues. While blues lyrics often deal with personal adversity, the music itself goes far beyond self-pity. The blues is also about overcoming hard luck, saying what you feel, ridding yourself of frustration, letting your hair down, and simply having fun. The best blues is visceral, cathartic, and starkly emotional. From unbridled joy to deep sadness, no form of music communicates more genuine emotion.

The blues has deep roots in American history, particularly African-American history. The blues originated on Southern plantations in the 19th Century. Its inventors were slaves, ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves—African-American sharecroppers who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields. It's generally accepted that the music evolved from African spirituals, African chants, work songs, field hollers, rural fife and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music. ~Ed Kopp

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Charles Brown - Drifting Blues: His Underrated 1957 Long Play

Size: 177,6 MB
Time: 73:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Cryin' And Driftin' Blues (2:38)
02. (Hot Lips And) Seven Kisses Mambo (2:21)
03. Fool's Paradise (2:46)
04. Please, Don't Drive Me Away (2:20)
05. By The Bend Of The River (2:56)
06. I'm Saving My Love For You (1:58)
07. Nite After Nite (3:17)
08. Rising Sun (2:32)
09. My Heart Is Mended (3:00)
10. Rolling Like Pebble In Sand (2:50)
11. Evening Shadows (2:45)
12. Honeysipper (2:20)
13. Merry Christmas Baby (1956 Version) (Bonus Track) (2:55)
14. Hard Times (Bonus Track) (3:04)
15. Love's Like A River (Bonus Track) (2:24)
16. I Lost Everything (Bonus Track) (2:57)
17. Educated Fool (With Amos Milburn) (Bonus Track) (2:18)
18. I Wanna Go Home (With Amos Milburn) (Bonus Track) (2:33)
19. Black Night (Bonus Track) (3:07)
20. Baby, Do You Know The Game (Bonus Track) (2:27)
21. Sing My Blues Tonight (Bonus Track) (2:46)
22. Please Come Home For Christmas (1960 Version) (Bonus Track) (2:49)
23. Trouble Blues (Bonus Track) (2:22)
24. Homesick Blues (Bonus Track) (3:09)
25. I'll Always Be In Love With... (1956 Version) (Bonus Track) (2:33)
26. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (Bonus Track) (2:55)
27. Merry Christmas Baby (1961 Version) (Bonus Track) (3:23)

This lost gem was originally issued as a 12” LP in 1957 by the Aladdin subsidiary label Score, and long unavailable on any format. In addition to the original masterpiece, this remastered collector’s edition contains 15 bonus tracks, consisting of hard-to-find sides issued by different labels, such as Aladdin, Ace, and King Records during the Fifties and early Sixties. Highlights include two of Brown’s seasonal-themed blues songs; the celebrated “Merry Christmas Baby” and “Please Come Home for Christmas.” These sensational recordings constitute a treasure of incalculable value, which would form the basis of Charles Brown’s legend and secure his reputation as one of the greatest figures of piano blues.

Personnel:
Charles Brown, vocals and piano, plus:

Johnny Moore (guitar), Eddie Williams or Curtis Counce (bass), Ernie Freeman (organ), Leard Bell (drums), Plas Johnson (tenor sax), Walter Henry (baritone sax), Arnett Sparrow (trombone), among others.

Recorded in Los Angeles, California, between 1952 and 1955.

Drifting Blues

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Various - R&B Hipshakers: Teach Me To Monkey

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:14
Size: 121.9 MB
Styles: R&B, Contemporary blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:00] 1. Willie Wright - Gibble Gobble
[3:12] 2. Hank Ballard - Broadway
[2:04] 3. Lula Reed - What Makes You So Cold
[2:30] 4. Little Willie John - My Nerves
[2:44] 5. Lloyd Nolan - I Don't Know About You
[2:15] 6. The 5 Royales - The Slummer The Slum
[1:59] 7. Little Mummy - Where You At Jack
[2:49] 8. The Valentines - That's It Man
[2:43] 9. Eugene Church - Mind Your Own Business
[2:50] 10. Charles Brown - Regardless
[2:31] 11. El Pauling - Here It 'Tis, Right Here
[2:41] 12. Roy Milton - One Zippy Zam
[2:23] 13. Freddie King - Texas Oil
[3:10] 14. Drivers - Mr. Astronaut
[2:22] 15. Carol Ford - Your Well Ran Dry
[2:38] 16. Little Bobby Moore - Do The Ginger Snap
[3:04] 17. Little Emmet Sutton - Mom, Won't You Teach Me To Monkey
[3:13] 18. Willie Dixon - Uncle Willie's Got A Thing Going On
[2:39] 19. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Posin'
[2:17] 20. Eddie Kirk - Hog Killin' Time

Vampi Soul's R&B Hipshakers, Vol. 1: Teach Me to Monkey is compiled by WFMU DJ Mr. Fine Wine and features an array of late-'50s to early-'60s R&B, some jump blues stragglers, and a bit of proto-rock & roll -- punctuated by honking saxes, shouting vocals, and tempos guaranteed to have you doing exactly what the title says. This set features rare tracks from Hank Ballard, Little Willie John, and many more. Roll back the rugs and grab a partner; this stuff will get you in a dancing mood real quick. ~Tim Sendra

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Charles Brown - The Cool Cool Blues Of Charles Brown 1945-1961

Size: 168,0+160,3 MB
Time: 71:03+67:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Johnny's Boogie (2:31)
02. It Ain't Gonna Be Like That (2:43)
03. With My Heart In My Hand (3:01)
04. I Want You I Need You (2:59)
05. Bobby Sox Blues (2:44)
06. Pasadena (3:05)
07. Driftin' Blues (3:15)
08. Why Is Love Like That (2:39)
09. Be Fair With Me (2:55)
10. So Long (3:20)
11. You Left Me Forsaken (2:58)
12. Merry Christmas, Baby (2:37)
13. More Than You Know (2:51)
14. Walkin' In Circles (2:45)
15. If You Don't Why Don't Ya! (2:22)
16. I'm Looking For Love (2:49)
17. Get Yourself Another Fool (2:59)
18. A Long Time (2:52)
19. It's Nothing (2:48)
20. Trouble Blues (2:20)
21. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (2:54)
22. Homesick Blues (3:08)
23. My Baby's Gone (2:57)
24. Again (3:05)
25. How High The Moon (2:13)

CD 2:
01. Black Night (3:04)
02. I'll Always Be In Love With You (2:54)
03. Seven Long Days (2:58)
04. Don't Fool With My Heart (3:05)
05. Hard Times (2:58)
06. Still Water (2:55)
07. Baby, Do You Know The Game (2:24)
08. Evening Shadows (2:47)
09. I Lost Everything (2:56)
10. Lonesome Feeling (2:51)
11. Cryin' And Driftin' Blues (2:36)
12. Cryin' Mercy (2:38)
13. Honey Sipper (2:18)
14. Fool's Paradise (2:48)
15. Hot Lips And Seven Kisses (2:19)
16. Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:19)
17. I'll Always Be In Love With You (1956 Version) (2:30)
18. Merry Christmas Baby (1956) (2:52)
19. I Wanna Go Home (2:30)
20. Educated Fool (2:15)
21. Love's Like A River (2:22)
22. Sing My Blues Tonight (2:40)
23. Please Come Home For Christmas, No. 2 (Christmas Finds Me Oh So Sad) (3:14)
24. Merry Christmas Baby (1961 Version) (2:34)
25. Please Come Home For Christmas (2:47)

There are many blues stars but only some of them are legends and Charles Brown falls firmly into the legend category. 50 fantastic tracks across 2CDs featuring fifteen of his billboard R&B chart hits between 1945-1961, including "So Long", "More Than You Know" and "Merry Christmas Baby" which was revived by Elvis Presley. Plus let's not forget "Driftin' Blues" which has been recorded time and time again by many artists. On top of his game for more than half a century his influence is still felt since these classic recordings were made and a certain Ray Charles owes pretty much his entire early career to this man.

The Cool Cool Blues Of Charles Brown CD 1
The Cool Cool Blues Of Charles Brown CD 2

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