Albert Collins - The Complete Imperial Recordings

Album: The Complete Imperial Recordings
Size: 119,6 + 114,9 MB
Time: 51:06 + 49:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1991
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. Do The Sissy (4:05)
2. Collins' Mix (2:28)
3. Let's Get It Together (2:18)
4. Got A Good Thing Goin' (3:27)
5. All About My Girl (Left Overs) (2:11)
6. Stump Poker (2:39)
7. Let's Get It Together Again (2:43)
8. Ain't Got Time (3:05)
9. Turnin' On (2:47)
10. Whatcha Say (I Don't Know) (1:53)
11. Pushin' (2:24)
12. Doin' My Thing (1:37)
13. Harris County Line-Up (2:20)
14. Conversation Wth Collins (5:24)
15. Jawing (2:15)
16. Grapeland Gossip (2:50)
17. Chatterbox (2:26)
18. Trash Talkin' (4:06)

CD 2:
1. Baby What You Want Me To Do/Rock Me Baby (4:04)
2. Lip Service (3:19)
3. Things That I Used To Do (Talking Slim Blues) (3:28)
4. Back Yard Back Talk (2:52)
5. Tounge Lashing (2:52)
6. And Then It Started Raining (2:44)
7. Soul Food (2:10)
8. Jam It Up (2:33)
9. Do What You Want To Do (2:52)
10. Black Bottom Bayou (2:16)
11. Junkey Monkey (2:21)
12. 69 Underpass Roadside Inn (2:52)
13. I Need You So (2:59)
14. Bitsey (2:21)
15. Cool 'N Collards (2:26)
16. Blend Down And Jam (2:04)
17. Sweet 'N Sour (2:18)
18. Swamp Sauce (2:23)

Texan Albert Collins was in the very first rank of post-war blues guitarists. This two-CD set is a reissue of all 36 sides he cut for Imperial from 1968 to 1970, representing this artist's second major recording stint. Instrumentals comprise roughly three-fourths of the material. They frame his distinctive guitar work with a tight ensemble of organ, bass, and drums, adding at times a piano and/or second guitar, punctuated by a horn section.

About ten of these tunes are as great as anything Collins ever did. They are riddled with the biting, incisive, dramatic, and economical playing that made him a legend. There are also some outstanding vocals. Although this set is not without its clinkers, it is a solid package and a must for any Collins fan. /Larry Hoffman, AllMusic

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Peppermint Harris - Houston Can't Be Heaven (Feat. Albert Collins)

Source: Vinyl
Size: 94.3 MB
Time: 39:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1989
Styles: Texas Blues
Art: Front

A1. I Got To Go (1:58)
A2. Smiles (3:53)
A3. Let's Go To The Chicken Shack (1:46)
A4. Houston Can't Be Heaven (2:28)
A5. Married Woman (2:35)
A6. I Don't Care (2:40)
A7. Love At First Sight (2:52)
A8. Foot Loose (2:08)
B1. Bye Bye Fare Thee Well (2:19)
B2. Blackcat Bone (2:13)
B3. Married Woman (Alt Take) (2:40)
B4. All For You (2:44)
B5. I'll Wipe Away Your Tears (2:33)
B6. Lonesome (2:21)
B7. I Had A Dream (1:29)
B8. Twenty Four Hours (2:47)

The contemporary blues boom resuscitated the career of many a veteran blues artist who had been silent for ages. Take guitarist Peppermint Harris, who in 1951 topped the R&B charts with his classic booze ode "I Got Loaded." Nobody expected a new Peppermint Harris CD in 1995, but Home Cooking producer Roy C. Ames coaxed one out of old Pep for Collectables nonetheless. Texas on My Mind may not be as enthralling as Harris' early-'50s output, but it was nice to have him back in circulation. By the time he was in his early twenties, Harrison Nelson, Jr. was lucky enough to have found a mentor and friend on the Houston blues front: Lightnin' Hopkins took an interest in the young man's musical development. When Harris was deemed ready, Lightnin' accompanied him to Houston's Gold Star Records. Nothing came of that jaunt, but Harris eventually recorded his debut 78 for the company in 1948 (as Peppermint Nelson).

Bob Shad's Sittin' in With label was the vehicle that supplied Harris' early work to the masses -- especially his first major hit, "Raining in My Heart," in 1950. These weren't exactly formal sessions; one legend has it one took place in a Houston bordello. Nor was Shad too cognizant of Pep's surname; when he couldn't recall it, he simply renamed our man Harris.

Harris moved over to Eddie Mesner's Aladdin Records in 1951, cutting far tighter sides for the firm in Los Angeles (often with the ubiquitous Maxwell Davis serving as bandleader and saxist). After "I Got Loaded" lit up the charts in 1951, Harris indulged in one booze ode after another: "Have Another Drink and Talk to Me," "Right Back on It," "Three Sheets in the Wind." But try as they might, the bottle let Harris down as a lyrical launching pad after that.

He drifted from Money and Cash to RCA's short-lived subsidiary "X" and Don Robey's Duke logo (where he allegedly penned "As the Years Go Passing By" for Fenton Robinson) after that, but it wasn't until a long-lasting association with Stan Lewis' Shreveport, Louisiana-based Jewel Records commenced in 1965 that Harris landed for longer than a solitary single. Later, Harris worked various day jobs around Houston, including one at a record pressing plant, before moving to Sacramento, California, and then to New Jersey to be with his daughter. ~Bill Dahl

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Albert Collins & Barrelhouse - Albert Collins & Barrelhouse Live

Size: 132.4 MB
Time: 57:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1979/1986
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Frosty (4:44)
02. Honey Hush (5:47)
03. I've Got A Mind To Travel (7:31)
04. Don't Lose Your Cool (5:37)
05. Blue River Rising (6:31)
06. Cock It On The Wall (3:04)
07. Conversation With Collins (9:28)
08. Keep Your Business Straight (9:27)
09. Things I Used To Do (4:52)

Collins is backed by a Dutch band on this recording of a December 1978 show in Alkmaar, Holland. Dividing his attention between originals and covers of tunes by the likes of Lowell Fulson and Guitar Slim, it's a typically energetic set with long solos, the backup musicians playing competently, and female singer Tineke Schoemaker taking the vocals on "Blue River Rising." But it's not particularly an essential addition, or preferable, to his more widely known live albums of the 1980s and '90s.

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Albert Collins - In Concert

Size: 164.2 MB
Time: 70:29
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. Icy Intro ( 4:23)
02. How Blue Can You Get? ( 7:56)
03. Things That I Used To Do ( 3:42)
04. Thaw Out ( 5:18)
05. I've Got A Mind To Travel ( 8:01)
06. Deep Freeze ( 3:44)
07. So Tired ( 5:44)
08. Frosty (12:07)
09. Baby What You Want Me To Do ( 5:06)
10. Can't You See What You're Doing To Me (11:05)
11. Backstroke ( 3:19)

Albert Collins (born October 1, 1932, Leona, TX, USA - died November 24, 1993, Las Vegas, NV, USA) was an American blues guitarist, singer and (occasional) harmonica player. Husband of Gwendolyn Collins (married in 1968).
Collins was the embodiment of the Texas blues guitar style, using non-standard tuning, and slashing out blocked chords and sharp flurries of treble notes to produce an "ice-cold" sound from his Fender Telecaster as a consequence, he had many nicknames such as the "Ice Man" and "The Master of the Telecaster".

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Albert Collins - Don't Lose Your Cool

Size: 93.9 MB
Time: 40:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1983
Styles: Electric Blues, Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. Get To Gettin' (3:04)
02. My Mind Is Trying To Leave Me (7:36)
03. Broke (4:07)
04. Don't Lose Your Cool (4:42)
05. When A Guitar Plays The Blues (5:14)
06. ... But I Was Cool! (3:11)
07. Melt Down (4:05)
08. Ego Trip (4:35)
09. Quicksand (3:31)

Keeping up with his "Iceman" moniker, Albert Collins delivers with his fourth Alligator release Don't Lose Your Cool. The title cut was one of his first instrumental hits back in the late '50s and here it's given a gritty, organ-driven workout à la one of his heroes and onetime collaborators, Jimmy McGriff. Forging on in this impressively diverse set, Collins revels in the humorous, spoken commentary of Oscar Brown, Jr.'s "But I Was Cool" (reminiscent of Collins' spoken interludes on the John Zorn piece "Spillane"), updates the jump-blues antics of Big Walter Price's "Get to Gettin'," and closes the set out with a faithful take on Guitar Slim's "Quicksand." He also adds a few of his own impressive cuts here, including the funky, syncopated New Orleans groove "Melt Down" and the Stax 'n' blues cut "Ego Trip." Throughout, of course, Collins comes up with plenty of his grating, barbed wire guitar licks and rough-hewn vocals. Riding atop his crack, seven-piece Ice Breakers band (including a fine horn section), Collins certainly keeps things burnin' on this set, while still living up to all the icy allusions with some of the most cool and urbane modern blues on record. ~Stephen Cook

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Albert Collins - Live From Austin TX

Album: Live From Austin TX
Size: 148,5 MB
Time: 64:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008/2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Mr. Collins, Mr. Collins (4:35)
2. My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone (5:18)
3. Iceman (4:33)
4. Lights Are On But Nobody's Home (9:59)
5. Put The Shoe On The Other Foot (6:15)
6. The Things That I Used To Do (8:01)
7. Head Rag (7:48)
8. Travelin' South (4:57)
9. Frosty (13:04)

On October 28, 1991, Albert Collins took the stage in Austin, Texas, performing in front of an audience for Austin City Limits. Collins and his band really tore it up that night, and 17 years later, the performance was released. The man holding down the grooves behind the Ice Man was his long-time bassist, Johnny B. Gayden. Gayden recorded nine albums with Collins, and performed on a number of shows which also made it to DVD.

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Albert Collins - Truckin' With Albert Collins

Album: Truckin' With Albert Collins
Size: 76,5 MB
Time: 32:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1969
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Frosty (3:05)
2. Hot 'N Cold (3:07)
3. Frostbite (2:08)
4. Tremble (2:44)
5. Thaw Out (2:41)
6. Dyin' Flu (3:17)
7. Don't Lose Your Cool (2:17)
8. Backstroke (2:51)
9. Kool Aide (2:47)
10. Shiver 'N Shake (2:14)
11. Icy Blue (3:02)
12. Snow-Cone II (2:33)

Truckin' with Albert Collins is a 1969 Blue Thumb reissue of The Cool Sound of Albert Collins, which was originally released on TCF Hall Records in 1965. These are the earliest recordings that Collins made, and already his trademark sound is in place - his leads are stinging, piercing and direct. The album features a set of blistering instrumentals (with the exception of the vocal "Dyin' Flu") that would eventually become his signature tunes, including "Frosty" and "Frostbite." Collins doesn't just stick to blues, he adds elements of surf, rock, jazz, and R&B. These songs may not have been hits at the time, but they helped establish his reputation as the Master of the Telecaster. /Thom Owens, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Robert Cray With Albert Collins - In Concert

Size: 177,8 MB - 325 MB
Time: 77:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s - Flac
Released: 1999
Styles: Electric blues
Art: Complete

1. Intro - The Chicken ( 0:34)
2. That Will Never Do ( 3:37)
3. I've Gotta Take A Chance ( 4:16)
4. One More Kiss ( 2:42)
5. I'm So Satisfied ( 3:23)
6. A. Collins Intro B. Don't Lose Your Cool ( 7:48)
7. Angel of Mercy ( 9:32)
8. That Ain't The Way To Do It ( 6:38)
9. I Don't Want You Cuttin' Off My Hair ( 6:50)
10. Don't Want No Woman ( 3:31)
11. Watch Me Baby ( 4:51)
12. Collins Instrumental Jam (19:18)
13. Alberts Alley ( 4:33)

Two of the drivers of Blues in the 80's and two of the great figures of always especially Albert Collins. A good album with classic themes of his compositions but sound, lacking in spark. In summary the followers of these two monsters of Blues and guitar, highly recommended.

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Big Walter With Albert Collins - Texas Thunderbird

Size: 143.7 MB
Time: 60:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Piano Blues, Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. My Tears (4:12)
02. If Blues Was Money (3:35)
03. Big Bad Woman (2:18)
04. I Wanta Be Your Chauffeur (2:24)
05. Nothing But The Blues (4:06)
06. My Tears (Original Version) (3:59)
07. Walking Across Tears (4:06)
08. Louise (2:07)
09. Clock On The Motel Wall (1:51)
10. Bloodstains On The Wall (3:58)
11. I Don't Know (3:00)
12. The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (3:57)
13. I Thought I Heard My Baby Cry (2:25)
14. Walter's Boogie (2:52)
15. It Had To Be (2:09)
16. Long Way To Go (2:32)
17. I Won't Lie To You Anymore (3:07)
18. Walter's Boogie (Electric Piano Version) (2:23)
19. Someone Who Don't Understand (3:06)
20. I Wanta Be Your Chaffeur (2:15)

Tracks 1 and 5: Recorded in Houston, 1964.
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 6: Recorded in Beaumont, May 16, 1963.
Tracks 7-20: Recorded in Houston, July 1 and 15, 1971.

Personnel:
Vocals, Piano – Big Walter Price
Guitar – Albert Collins (tracks: 1-6), Chris Holzhaus (tracks: 7-20)
Bass – Hank Lamn (tracks: 7-20)
Drums – Jimmy Ford (9) (tracks: 7-20)

Big Walter Price borned 2 August 1917, Gonzales, Texas, USA. Like many other aspects of society today, the blues features personalities famous for being famous. Big Walter Price is one. Raised from the age of three by his uncle, C.W. Hull, and aunt, he moved with them to San Antonio in 1928. Throughout his schooling, he also worked in cotton fields, sold newspapers, shined shoes and washed dishes. Taking an interest in music, he played with the Northern Wonders gospel group. After school, he worked on the railroad until, in 1955, he made three records for TNT Records, the first, ‘Calling Margie’, achieving local success. Thereafter, he recorded ‘Shirley Jean’, on which his reputation rests, and four other singles for Peacock in Houston, several of them with Little Richard’s old band, the Upsetters, masquerading as the Thunderbirds. In the next 10 years, he recorded for Goldband, Myrl, Jet Stream and Teardrop, while other tracks recorded for Roy Ames and featuring Albert Collins on guitar were issued later on Flyright and P.Vine. In July 1971, also for Ames, he recorded an album eventually issued in England 17 years later. His ebullient personality tended to minimize the effect of his rather wayward timing; although described as an exponent of classic Texas piano blues, the influence is more geographical than musical.

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Albert Collins & The Icebreakers - Gonna Whip Up A Twister

Released: 2021
Size: 164.4 MB
Time: 71:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Intro [0:35]
2. Instrumental, Pt.1 [7:46]
3. Iceman [3:11]
4. Lights Are On But Nobody's Home [8:20]
5. Put The Shoe On The Other Foot [6:42]
6. Black Cat Bone [6:24]
7. Instrumental, Pt.2 [2:26]
8. Same Old Thing [7:39]
9. Mr. Collins [5:38]
10. Things I Used To Do [6:02]
11. Do You Feel It? [4:26]
12. Reconsider Baby [3:50]
13. Instrumental, Pt.3 [3:09]
14. Interview With Albert [5:27]

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Collins toured the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. He was becoming a popular blues musician and was an influence for Coco Montoya, Robert Cray, Gary Moore, Debbie Davies, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jonny Lang, Susan Tedeschi, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Mayer and Frank Zappa. In 1983, when he won the W. C. Handy Award for his album Don’t Lose Your Cool, which won the award for best blues album of the year. In 1985, he shared a Grammy for the album Showdown!, which he recorded with Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland. The following year his solo release Cold Snap was also nominated for a Grammy. In 1987, John Zorn enlisted him to play lead guitar in a suite he had composed especially for him, entitled “Two-Lane Highway,” on Zorn’s album Spillane. Alongside George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Bo Diddley, Collins performed at Live Aid in 1985, playing “Who Do You Love?”, “The Sky Is Crying” and “Madison Blues”, at Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium. He was the only black blues artist to appear.

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VA - Lone Star Guitar Attack: Albert Collins & The Kings Of Texas Blues Guitar

Size: 185,2 MB
Time: 78:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Jesse Thomas - Let’s Have Some Fun (2:59)
02. Clarence Garlow - In A Boogie Mood (2:50)
03. Goree Carter & His Hepcats - Rock Awhile (2:43)
04. Goree Carter & His Hepcats - My Love Is Coming Down (2:52)
05. Rocky Thompson - Bullcorn Blues (2:43)
06. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Gate Walks To Board (2:36)
07. Cal Green - Blue Memories (3:08)
08. Cal Green - Love Me Pretty Baby (2:33)
09. Cal Green - All Alone (3:24)
10. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Okie Dokie Stomp (2:33)
11. Peppermint Harris - I Got To Go (2:04)
12. Peppermint Harris - Smiles (3:59)
13. Peppermint Harris - Houston Can’t Be Heaven (2:33)
14. Albert Collins - Collins Shuffle (2:22)
15. Albert Collins - Freeze (2:20)
16. Ray Sharpe - Oh, My Baby’s Gone (2:09)
17. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Swingin’ The Gate (2:49)
18. Royal Earl & The Swingin' Kools - Royal Earl Shuffle (2:21)
19. Royal Earl & The Swingin’ Kools - Talking Guitar, Pt. 2 (2:12)
20. Cal Valentine & The Texas Rockers - The Boogie Twist, Pt. 2 (2:50)
21. Long John Hunter - El Paso Rock (2:34)
22. Long John Hunter - Midnight Stroll (2:35)
23. Long John Hunter - Strange Feeling (2:14)
24. Long John Hunter - Grandma (2:05)
25. The Daylighters - Something Is Wrong (2:33)
26. Ray Sharpe - Dallas (2:41)
27. Clarence Green - Crazy Strings (2:10)
28. Albert Collins - Defrost (2:28)
29. Albert Collins - Albert’s Alley (2:37)
30. Clarence Green - Red Light (2:10)

A stunning mixture of classics and rarities, 'Lone Star Guitar Attack' encompasses 30 cuts of blistering Texas guitar from the 1950s and early '60s. Features major stars, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Long John Hunter and of course 'The Ice Man' the one and only, Albert Collins. Also herein are many outstanding tracks by lesser known artists such as Peppermint Harris and Goree Carter whose track "Rock Awhile" is one of many singles cited as 'the first rock and roll record' and is also often cited as an influence over Chuck Berry. Also of particular note are the great tracks by Cal Green and his brother Clarence Green whose song "Red Light" ends this fantastic collection.

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VA - Blues Singles Collection Vol. 6

Size: 318,9 MB
Time: 136:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Raphael Wressnig & Igor Prado - Ain't No Love (In The Heart Of The City) (4:58)
02 Kevin McKendree - 2020 Blues (3:51)
03 Spoonful Of Blues - Corona Time (5:47)
04 Chelsea Reed & The Fair Weather Five - Fireflies (4:08)
05 Bobby Schnitzer - Get Off The Stuff (3:32)
06 ElectroBluesSociety - Hoochie Coochie Man (Feat. Michel Peters) (4:15)
07 Amanda Lyra - Inverno Em Mim (3:40)
08 Jaya Blues - Lockdown Blues (3:32)
09 Leroux - Lucy Anna (3:40)
10 Cheap Wine - Tears Come Down From The Sky (3:04)
11 Rio Grande - What If (4:58)
12 Izzo Blues Coalition - When You Got A Good Friend (4:48)
13 ElectroBluesSociety - You Know I'm No Good (Feat. Karin Roerdink) (4:07)
14 Marc Amacher - All For You (Roadhouse Session Unmastered) (4:32)
15 Matt Pearce & The Mutiny - Strange Relationship (4:20)
16 Michael Landau - Can't Walk Away From It Now (Live) (5:20)
17 Seasick Steve - Church Of Me (6:08)
18 Joe Bonamassa - Cradle Rock (3:50)
19 Dr. John & Erja Lyytinen - Danger Zone (Re-Recorded) (3:50)
20 Champion Jack Dupree - Daybreak Rock (2:33)
21 Elles Bailey & The Midnight Band - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (3:45)
22 The Cold Stares - Don't Waste Time With Goodbye (2:57)
23 Elmore James - Every Day I Have The Blues (Final Take) (3:22)
24 El Viejo Truco Powerblues - Evil (4:42)
25 Albert Collins - Frosty (Live) (5:54)
26 Lachy Doley - Gimme Some Lovin' (Radio Edit) (2:56)
27 Chris Kramer & Beatbox 'n' Blues - Go With The Flow (Live) (7:35)
28 Mark May Band - Harvey's Dirty Side (6:05)
29 Ruth Brown - He's A Real Gone Guy (2:11)
30 Chris Kramer & Beatbox 'n' Blues - Hot Summer Day (Live) (5:00)
31 Michael Ledbetter - I Hope You F'kin Die (4:23)
32 Esther Phillips - I'm A Bad Bad Girl (2:58)

A collection of blues singles released in Jun/Jul 2020 compiled by myself.

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Albert Collins - Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even In A Guitar)/Trash Talkin'

Size: 164,6 MB
Time: 69:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Texas Blues, Funky Blues
Art: Full

01. Do The Sissy (4:04)
02. Collin's Mix (2:26)
03. Let's Get It Together (2:15)
04. Got A Good Thing Goin' (3:25)
05. All About My Girl (2:10)
06. Doin' My Thing (1:35)
07. Let's Get It Together Again (2:42)
08. Ain't Got Time (3:02)
09. Turnin' On (2:45)
10. Watcha Say (I Don't Know) (1:51)
11. Pushin' (2:23)
12. Stump Poker (2:36)
13. Harris County Line-Up (2:17)
14. Conversation With Collins (5:21)
15. Jawing (2:13)
16. Grapeland Gossip (2:51)
17. Chatterbox (2:24)
18. Trash Talkin' (4:07)
19. Medley: Baby What You Want Me To Do - Rock Me Baby (4:02)
20. Lip Service (3:18)
21. The Things I Used To Do (3:26)
22. Back-Yard Back-Talk (2:52)
23. Tongue Lashing (2:51)
24. And Then It Started Raining (2:44)

This twofer collects 1968's ;Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even A Guitar)' and 1969's `Trash Talkin', the second and third albums from the coolest ice picker of them all, Albert Collins. As his previous album, `Truckin' with Albert Collins' was a collection of previously issued singles these can be said to be his first two proper albums.

Collins had a totally unique style that served him well throughout his recording career. At the heart of it was his unusually tuned guitar and the way he would pluck at the strings with his thumb and forefinger, eschewing a pick, and creating a sharp, clear, aggressive sound. He put this basic sound at the heart of a series of tracks that combined blues with a strong funky soul element (amplified by the use of horns and bass) and quite often a strong sense of humour.

Collins was a showman first and foremost, always finding new ways to surprise, amaze and entertain the audience. From this comes his desire to show off what he can do with the guitar, and his singing style which has a story telling quality and a sense of humour. These two albums show off all these elements, with track after track of great funky blues. An excellent buy for all those interested in blues. It's different from the usual blues music that you are probably familiar with, but all the better for it. ~Victor

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Albert Collins, Etta James, Joe Walsh - Jump The Blues Away

Size: 125,8 MB
Time: 54:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1989
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front & Back

01. Intro (0:43)
02. Walkaway (3:45)
03. Goin' Down (5:30)
04. The Moon Is Full (6:43)
05. Sweet Little Angel (5:48)
06. Rock Me Baby (4:37)
07. If Trouble Was Money (8:58)
08. Baby, What You Want Me To Do? (4:47)
09. The Blues Don't Care (6:33)
10. Rocky Mountain Way (6:34)

Nothing if not eclectic, the Jazzvisions series veers completely away from jazz on its blues installment. The idiom is blues-rock, the headliner is the once and future Eagles star Joe Walsh, and his co-partners are electric bluesman Albert Collins and the indestructible singer Etta James. Within that idiom, though, this is a strong program captained by experts in the arts of blues licks and working the crowd. Collins is terse and stinging on guitar, full of bent-note soul; James is right in her element, laying on the double entendres, whipping up the audience in her experienced manner; and Walsh, aside from the inevitable "Rocky Mountain Way," does well in the blues guitar idiom, even giving a tip of the cap to Collins, "Thanks for all the licks!" The backup band roars in the traditional journeyman electric blues-rock form, with strong piano and organ work and pumping drums. At its best, especially when Collins and James are on, this concert at the indoor Wiltern Theatre has much of the celebratory flavor of a jumping outdoor blues festival. ~Richard S. Ginell

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VA - Dr. Boogie Presents Shim Sham Shimmy

Size: 179,5 MB
Time: 76:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues
Art: Front & Back

01 Champion Jack Dupree - Shim Sham Shimmy (2:43)
02 Charles Sheffield - Isabella (2:47)
03 Joe Hill Louis - She's Taking All My Money (2:40)
04 Ramblin' Hi Harris - I Haven't Got A Home (3:02)
05 Doctor Ross - Texas Hop (2:46)
06 Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love (2:22)
07 Clarence Lockley - Crowley Blues (1:39)
08 B. Brown & Mc Vouts - Good Woman Blues (2:34)
09 Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues (2:35)
10 Cecil Gant - We're Gonna Rock (2:14)
11 Albert Collins & His Rhythm Rockers - Freeze (2:18)
12 Moses Williams - Which Way Did My Baby Go (3:15)
13 Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind (2:52)
14 Larry Dale - You Better Heed My Warning (2:04)
15 Baby Boy Warren - Santa Fee (2:48)
16 Eddie Snow - I'm Off That Stuff (3:02)
17 Slim Green - Shake Em Up (2:39)
18 Slim Gaillard - Fuck Off (2:10)
19 Blue Charlie Morris - I'm Gonna Kill That Hen (2:49)
20 Sam Myers - Rhythm With Me (1:47)
21 Willie Egan - Can't Understand It (1:48)
22 W. Harris - Low Down Dirty Shame (3:36)
23 Jake Jackson - Life Get's Hard (2:32)
24 Morris Pejoe - Screamin 'n' Cryin (2:45)
25 Homesick James - Dirty Rat (2:18)
26 Papa Lightfoot - P.I. Blues (2:23)
27 Pat Hare - Bonus Pay (2:08)
28 Big John & The Dallas Playboys - Sent For You Yesterday (3:00)
29 Lonnie Johnson - Can't Sleep Anymore (1:41)
30 Bob Kelly & The Bob Kats - Malinda (2:37)

This is the third volume in Sub Rosa's collection devoted to rare and lost recordings from the '20s to the '60s, following Dr. Boogie Presents Rarities from the Bob Hite Vaults and Oh, Run Into Me, But Don't Hurt Me! Female Blues Singers -- Rarities 1923-1930. Shim Sham Shimmy has been assembled by Belgian radio personality, musicologist, and Canned Heat devotee, Walter De Paduwa aka Dr. Boogie. Is it really possible to imagine what modern music would sound like if a few pioneering geniuses had not had the idea of electrifying their instruments, especially guitar and harmonica, between 1945 and 1950? Some purists pan this evolution, but, in the '50s, the new sound was heard and embraced at all the studios and night clubs in the United States; it would become a staple on the radio, and in pop culture in general, radically transforming the blues, boogie and country into acts of rebellion. This collection pays tribute to about thirty artists, some of whom later became known, like "Master of the Telecaster" Albert Collins, boogie-woogie and blues pianist Champion Jack Dupree, slide guitar innovator Homesick James, harmonica and blues singer, Sammy Myers, "The Boogie Disease" author Doctor Ross, and one-man band wild-man, Joe Hill Louis. However, the real treat is having an opportunity to hear fabulous unknowns who all, one day, had the chance to be recorded, either in a studio, on the street, or on a back porch, before returning to anonymity shortly after. Almost all of the artists presented here hailed from the Southern states; some of them stayed there their whole life, others emigrated up North, moving up the Mississippi, or toward the West to settle in California. The music included here is part of the foundations of all the modern music that would take the world by storm up to our present time. Other artists include: Charles Sheffield, Ramblin Hi Harris, Bobo Jenkins, Clarence Lockley, B. Brown & McVouts, Wright Holmes, Gunter Lee Carr (aka Cecil Gant), Moses Williams, Haskel Sadler, Larry Dale, Baby Boy Warren, Eddie Snow, Guitar Slim Green, Slim Gaillard, Blue Charlie Morris, Willie Egan, W. Harris, Jake Jackson, Morris Pejoe, Papa George Lightfoot, Pat Hare, Big John & The Dallas Playboys, Lonnie Johnson, and Bob Kelly.

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Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland - Showdown!

Year: 1985/2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:46
Size: 112,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. T-Bone Shuffle (4:55)
2. The Moon Is Full (5:01)
3. Lion's Den (3:57)
4. She's Into Something (3:49)
5. Bring Your Fine Self Home (4:31)
6. Black Cat Bone (4:56)
7. The Dream (5:32)
8. Albert's Alley (4:04)
9. Blackjack (6:29)
10. Something To Remember You By (Bonus Track) (5:27)

Cray found himself in some pretty intimidating company for this Grammy-winning blues guitar summit meeting, but he wasn't deterred, holding his own alongside his idol Albert Collins and Texas great Johnny Copeland. Cray's delivery of Muddy Waters' rhumba-rocking "She's Into Something" was one of the set's many highlights. /Bill Dahl, AllMusic

Alligator's Grammy Award winning, best-selling title of all time, remastered on CD with the added bonus track - Something to Remember You By. Universally recognized as one of the greatest blues albums of all time. A celebrated studio "cutting contest" between three legendary blues guitarists. /Amazon

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Albert Collins - Cold Snap

Year: 1986
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:02
Size: 99,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Cash Talkin' (The Workingman's Blues) (4:31)
2. Bending Like A Willow Tree (4:23)
3. A Good Fool Is Hard To Find (4:17)
4. Lights Are On But Nobody's Home (6:59)
5. I Ain't Drunk (4:08)
6. Hooked On You (4:25)
7. Too Many Dirty Dishes (6:53)
8. Snatchin' It Back (3:34)
9. Fake I.D. (3:48)

Albert Collins (born October 1, 1932, Leona, TX, USA - died November 24, 1993, Las Vegas, NV, USA) was an American blues guitarist, singer and (occasional) harmonica player. Husband of Gwendolyn Collins (married in 1968). Collins was the embodiment of the Texas blues guitar style, using non-standard tuning, and slashing out blocked chords and sharp flurries of treble notes to produce an "ice-cold" sound from his Fender Telecaster as a consequence, he had many nicknames such as the "Ice Man" and "The Master of the Telecaster".

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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VA - 1970s Slow Blues Jams

Size: 245,4 MB
Time: 105:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. John Hammond - Guitar King (3:36)
02. Big Mama Thornton - Jail (Live) (5:56)
03. Hound Dog Taylor - Sadie (6:12)
04. Son Seals - Sitting At My Window (4:30)
05. Albert Collins - When The Welfare Turns Its Back On You (5:24)
06. Jimmy Johnson - Your Turn To Cry (5:51)
07. Big Walter Horton - Little Boy Blue (3:12)
08. Left Hand Frank - One Room Country Shack (4:28)
09. Koko Taylor - Walking The Back Streets (6:46)
10. Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker - Worry, Worry (4:14)
11. Lovie Lee - Nobody Knows My Troubles (5:15)
12. Pinetop Perkins - Blues After Hours (5:00)
13. Lacy Gibson - Drown In My Own Tears (4:40)
14. Fenton Robinson - Going To Chicago (3:50)
15. Lonnie Brooks - Cold, Lonely Nights (4:42)
16. Hound Dog Taylor - Held My Baby Last Night (4:17)
17. Son Seals - Going Back Home (7:03)
18. Koko Taylor - That's Why I'm Crying (4:25)
19. Albert Collins - Conversation With Collins (8:49)
20. Big Mama Thornton - Rock Me Baby (6:42)

1970s Slow Blues Jams

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Albert Collins - Joe's Place, Cambridge, MA 1973

Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:44
Size: 147,0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Thaw Out (5:36)
2. Can't You See What You're Doin' To Me (5:17)
3. Gonna Walk With You Baby (5:44)
4. Get Down (7:04)
5. Frosty (4:40)
6. Conversation With Collins (8:42)
7. Back Stroke (5:31)
8. Stormy Monday (8:54)
9. Instrumental (8:22)
10. Encore (3:50)

The Texan blues giant Albert Collins enjoys far greater divinity in modern times than he was ever afforded before, especially at the point in his career when he provided a stunning set at Joe's Place in Cambridge, MA in 1973. Joe's Place offered a smaller and more intimate setting for Collins, who performs a selection of his repertoire including "Backstroke," "Frosty" and "Thaw Out," three gems from his 1965 debut The Cool Sounds of Albert Collins.

Collins applied his unique and revered style with piercing solos and unlikely improvisations that echoed his aforementioned debut from 1965, an icebreaker album that would help establish Collins as the guitar pioneer he is painted as today. Albert Collins was eventually acknowledged as one of the most talented and distinctive blues guitarists of his era. With unconventional tunings, savage interludes and a scorching delivery, he would earn recognition with his unique brand of blues.

Echoes' homage to the phenomenal blues legend is represented in this beautifully packaged edition, boasting an original, re-mastered FM broadcast that serves in further celebrating the unique, improvisational depth of a true blues giant.

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Various - Blues In The Bar: Drinkin' Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 83:25
Size: 191.0 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Floyd Dixon - Hey, Bartender
[2:42] 2. Johnny Otis - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
[4:08] 3. Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk
[3:30] 4. Koko Taylor - Beer Bottle Boogie
[4:24] 5. Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - 20% Alcohol
[2:33] 6. Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women - Let The Gin Do The Talking
[4:50] 7. Rusty Zinn - Drinking My Last Dime
[4:51] 8. Roy Buchanan - Beer Drinking Woman
[8:13] 9. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - Stop Drinking
[3:48] 10. Bob Margolin - Brown Liquor
[3:19] 11. Cephas & Wiggins - No Ice In My Bourbon
[2:39] 12. Roomful Of Blues - Juice, Juice, Juice
[4:29] 13. Billy Boy Arnold - Whiskey, Beer And Reefer
[5:47] 14. William Clarke - Drinking By Myself
[2:35] 15. Lonnie Brooks - One More Shot
[3:56] 16. Joe Louis Walker - Too Drunk To Drive Drunk
[2:41] 17. Johnny Jones - Sloppy Drunk Blues
[5:24] 18. Elvin Bishop - My Whiskey Head Buddies
[5:16] 19. Carey Bell - When I Get Drunk
[4:47] 20. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - I Don't Drink Much

Booze Blues: The sorrow one occasionally feels when drunk. Usually occurs when one drinks when he/she is in a bad mood. The affected person will often be saddened by anything and/or everything wrong in that person's life, no matter how important or trivial (most often trivial). Often accompanied (but not remedied) by more drinking.

Blues In The Bar: Drinkin' Songs mc
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