VA - The Chicago Blues Box: The MCM Records Story

Size: 148,0+144,8+182,4+144,7+143,7+167,5+166,7+147,5 MB
Time: 63:02+61:27+77:53+61:43+60:41+71:04+71:11+62:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1: MAGIC SLIM
Magic Slim (g, voc), Alabama Junior Pettis (g) Nick Holt (b) & Douglas Holt (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 9, 1976

01. Magic Slim - That's All Right (5:55)
02. Magic Slim - Slim's Bump (3:57)
03. Magic Slim - Going Down Slow (7:21)
04. Magic Slim - Born In Missouri (6:43)
05. Magic Slim - Let Me Love You (6:11)
06. Magic Slim - The Things I Used To Do (7:34)
07. Magic Slim - That Ain't Right (4:02)
08. Magic Slim - Honest I Do (3:40)
09. Magic Slim - Nineteen Years Old (6:33)
10. Magic Slim - Born On A Bad Sign (7:00)
11. Magic Slim - Please Love Me (4:01)

CD 2: BIG MOJO ELEM, JOHN LITTLE JOHN
(on tracks 1-5, 7, 10-11) Big Mojo Elem (b, voc), Willie James Lyon (g) , Wayne Bennett (g), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 12, 1977

(on tracks 6, 9 & 12) John Littlejohn (g, voc), Larry Burton (g) , Aaron Burton (b), Candy Utah (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

01. Big Mojo Elem - Drowning On Dry Land ( 5:11)
02. Big Mojo Elem - Every Night And Every Day ( 3:33)
03. Big Mojo Elem - Black Nights ( 4:45)
04. Big Mojo Elem - Hush ( 5:18)
05. Big Mojo Elem - Red Light ( 5:03)
06. John Littlejohn - Dream ( 7:12)
07. Big Mojo Elem - Mojo Boogie ( 2:41)
08. Big Mojo Elem - Living In Paradise ( 2:32)
09. John Littlejohn - Twelve Years Old Boy ( 5:57)
10. Big Mojo Elem - Every Night And Every Day ( 3:32)
11. Big Mojo Elem - Long Meter Stomp (11:59)
12. John Littlejohn - Reconsider Baby ( 3:39)

CD 3: EDDIE CLEARWATER, EDDIE TAYLOR
(On tracks 1-6, 10 & 12) Eddie Clearwater (g, voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g) , Sylvester Boines(b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 5, 1976

(on tracks 7-9 & 11) Eddie Taylor (g, voc), Lacy Gibson (g), Hayes Ware (b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 24, 1977.
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

01. Eddy Clearwater - Let's Jam (4:51)
02. Eddy Clearwater - I Came Up The Hard Way (6:48)
03. Eddy Clearwater - Three Ways To Skin A Cat (5:32)
04. Eddy Clearwater - Black Night (9:17)
05. Eddy Clearwater - Chicago Dailey Blues (9:26)
06. Eddy Clearwater - Hoochie Coochie Man (6:52)
07. Eddie Taylor - Jackson Town Blues (4:07)
08. Eddie Taylor - Train Fare Home (5:57)
09. Eddie Taylor - Route 66 (A One A Two) (5:47)
10. Eddy Clearwater - Rock Me Baby (6:34)
11. Eddie Taylor - Blues For Luc (4:18)
12. Eddy Clearwater - The Things I Used To Do (8:16)

CD 4: BOBBY KING
Bobby King (g, voc), Leonard Gil (g), Harry Mitchum (b), Bill Warren (d), Muddy Waters Jr (voc, on 7 & 10).
Recorded at Quuen Bee's, Chicago, October 9, 1975.

01. Bobby King - Reconsider Baby ( 5:34)
02. Bobby King - My Babe ( 5:31)
03. Bobby King - Everyday I Have The Blues ( 7:18)
04. Bobby King - The Chaser ( 4:04)
05. Bobby King - Sweet House Chicago ( 2:32)
06. Bobby King - Bad Luck ( 3:19)
07. Muddy Waters - Old Folks Boogie (13:46)
08. Bobby King - Stormy Monday Blues ( 7:18)
09. Bobby King - Hoochie Coochie Man ( 8:17)
10. Muddy Waters - Everything Gonna Be Alright ( 4:00)

CD 5: JIMMY JOHNSON, LUTHER JOHNSON JR., WILLIE KENT
(on tracks 1-4) Jimmy Johnson (g, voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g), Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 15, 1975

(on tracks 5-7, 11-14) Luther Johnson Jr (g, voc)., Willie James Lyons (g), Willie Kent (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 17, 1975

(on tracks 8-10) Willie Kent (b, voc), Willie James Lyons (g), Big ‘Guitar’ Red (g), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 17, 1975

01. Jimmy Johnson - So Many Roads (6:28)
02. Jimmy Johnson - Crosscut Saw (4:08)
03. Jimmy Johnson - Ma Bea's Rock (3:13)
04. Jimmy Johnson - Feel So Bad (4:23)
05. Luther Johnson Jr. - I Believe My Time Ain't Long (4:54)
06. Luther Johnson Jr. - All Your Love (4:38)
07. Luther Johnson Jr. - You Gotta Have Soul (4:15)
08. Willie Kent - Little Red Rooster (4:16)
09. Willie Kent - Nineteen Years Old (4:08)
10. Willie Kent - What Will Tomorrow Bring (4:12)
11. Luther Johnson Jr. - Got A Mind To Travel (4:31)
12. Luther Johnson Jr. - Can You Use A Man Like Me (3:54)
13. Luther Johnson Jr. - I Got To Be Crazy (4:04)
14. Luther Johnson Jr. - Got Papers On You Baby (3:32)

CD 6: JIMMY DAWKINS, HIP LANKCHAN
(on tracks 1-4, 9-10) Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc), Richard Kirch (g), Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at Big Duke's, Chicago, November 10, 1976.

(on tracks 5-8 & 14) Hip Lankchan (g, voc), Jimmy Miller (g) , Ernest Gatewood (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 1, 1976

(on tracks 11-12) Jimmy Johnson (g, voc), David Matthews (g), Ike Anderson (b), Dino Neal (d)
Recorded live at Golden Slipper, Chicago, October 19, 1977

(on track 13) Alabama Junior Pettis (g, voc), Magic Slim (g), Nick Holt (b), Douglas Holt (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 9, 1976

01. Jimmy Dawkins - Welfare Line (9:18)
02. Jimmy Dawkins - You Don't Love Me (4:27)
03. Jimmy Dawkins - Come Back Baby (5:51)
04. Jimmy Dawkins - I Got Wise (8:40)
05. Hip Lankchan - Millionaire Blues (3:57)
06. Hip Lankchan - Hip's Jam (3:22)
07. Hip Lankchan - All Right The Way You Do (2:50)
08. Hip Lankchan - Sweet House Chicago (4:05)
09. Jimmy Dawkins - Cross Road Blues (5:59)
10. Jimmy Dawkins - Blue Shadow Falling (5:26)
11. Jimmy Johnson - Little By Little (3:25)
12. Jimmy Johnson - Lucille (4:09)
13. Alabama Junior Pettis - I Want Some (4:38)
14. Hip Lankchan - Hide Away (4:50)

CD 7: BIG VOICE ODOM, JIMMY DAWKINS
Andrew Odom (voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g, voc) Jimmy Johnson (g) , Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 28, 1976
Tracks 10 & 11, same place and personnel, recorded on October 16, 1975.

01. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Going To California (7:41)
02. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I Don't Know (7:37)
03. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Thrill Is Gone (5:25)
04. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Stormy Monday Blues (5:45)
05. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - All For Business (5:17)
06. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Rock Me Baby (4:43)
07. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Wonder Why (4:33)
08. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - Sitting Here Wondering (6:43)
09. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I Can't Go On The Way (6:54)
10. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I Want To Know (8:59)
11. Big Voice Odom, Jimmy Dawkins - I've Been Mistreated (7:29)

CD 8: BLUEBLOOD McMAHON, JOE CARTER
(on tracks 1-9) Andrew MacMahon (voc), John Littlejohn, Jimmy Dawkins & Larry Burton (g), Aaron Burton (b), Candy Utah (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, November 8, 1976

(on tracks 10-12) Andrew MacMahon (voc), Jimmy Dawkins (g), Richard Kirch (g) Sylvester Boines (b), Tyrone Centuray (d)
Recorded live at Big Duke's, Chicago, November 10, 1976

(on tracks 13-14) Louis Meyers (g), Joe Carter (g, voc) Dave Meyers (b), Freddy Below (d)
Recorded live at "Ma Bea's", Chicago, October 14, 1975.

01. Andrew McMahon - Go Get Me Baby (4:43)
02. Andrew McMahon - I Wonder Why (4:12)
03. Andrew McMahon - Change My Way Of Living (4:47)
04. Andrew McMahon - You Got To Help Yourself (4:33)
05. Andrew McMahon - Give Up And Let Me Go (2:50)
06. Andrew McMahon - What Would We Do Later On (4:06)
07. Andrew McMahon - You Don't Have To Go (5:36)
08. Andrew McMahon - It Hurts Me Too (5:37)
09. Andrew McMahon - Got My Mojo Working (4:16)
10. Andrew McMahon - Little Red Rooster (3:39)
11. Andrew McMahon - So Glad (4:14)
12. Andrew McMahon - Stranger In Your Land (5:04)
13. Joe Carter - Worried About My Baby (4:29)
14. Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too (4:07)

The brief and dazzling life of MCM Records was a labor of love that captured many treasurable live performances from the last flowering of the classic Chicago Blues age. A young French woman Marcelle Chailleux Morgantini was married to Jacques Morgantini who changed her life into American jazz and blues.

Guitarist Jimmy Dawkins was a good friend and helped them in Chicago to meet and hear the many good blues musicians that played at the different clubs in Chicago. Marcelle returned from her Chicago pilgrimage filled with excitement. Says Jacques Morgantini: It was the year of Marcelle’s 50th birthday and she came into some money from her family. She said to me, “I do not want an expensive coat or jewels – I want to go to Chicago to record the blues. She knew that it could only be done if she had her own record label and complete artistic control. Marcelle made three trips to Chicago in 1975,1976 and 1977 and arrived with her Nagra machine, a small mixing desk and a selection of microphones.

She recorded live: Magic Slim, Big Mojo Elem,John Littlejohn, Eddie Clearwater,Eddie Taylor, Bobby King,Jimmy Johnson, Luther Johnson Jr.,Willie Kent, James Lyons,Hip Lankchan,Big Vocie Odom,Bluebloos McMahon, Joe Carter and Jimmy Dawkins at “Ma Bea’s”, “Golden Slipper”, “Queen Bea’s”, and “Big Duke’s”, on Chicago west and south side. Many of the blues musicians had not recorded before and can only been found on the Storyville label that issued all the recordings on CD’s. She was at the right place at the right time.

The Chicago Blues Box CD 1
The Chicago Blues Box CD 2
The Chicago Blues Box CD 3
The Chicago Blues Box CD 4
The Chicago Blues Box CD 5
The Chicago Blues Box CD 6
The Chicago Blues Box CD 7
The Chicago Blues Box CD 8

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Bobby King & Terry Evans - Rhythm, Blues, Soul & Grooves

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:14
Size: 112.7 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul-blues
Year: 1990
Art: Front

[5:00] 1. One Way Ticket To Memphis
[4:33] 2. Where We Gonna Go From Here
[5:37] 3. You're The One
[4:35] 4. We'll Always Be Together
[3:52] 5. I Fancy You
[4:56] 6. I Wanna Be With You
[5:40] 7. I'll Be Strong
[3:59] 8. I'm In Love
[6:47] 9. You And Me
[4:11] 10. Boogie Jam

The duo of Bobby King and Terry Evans followed their well-received 1988 duet session with a solid second outing, this time taking over the production chores as well as the performances. The ten tracks included anguished love tunes, uptempo dance cuts, and moving ballads, with the accent on their own material as they split writing duties and penned nine of the cuts. With Evans' huge, resonant bass voice often booming and soaring, King's striking falsetto tenor contrasted it with vigor. Sadly, this sound had little chance for getting any exposure at urban contemporary radio, but those who love great singing should savor it. ~Ron Wynn

Rhythm, Blues, Soul & Grooves mc
Rhythm, Blues, Soul & Grooves zippy

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Luther ALLISON - Love Me Mama / Underground

Three years younger than Buddy Guy, the teenaged Luther Allison arrived in Chicago from Arkansas before Guy left Louisiana. Thereafter, though similar, their careers diverged as Guy became the popular face of young Chicago blues while Allison toiled unnoticed. After his 1969 debut for Delmark he became one of few blues artists to join Motown, although the results failed to enhance his status. In the early '80s moved to Europe, where he refined his style to accomodate a more rock-oriented audience. A decade later, with newfound but hard-won prestige, he was able to return in something like triumph to the US, where his popularity began to rival Guy's, but lung cancer cut short his enjoyment of his finest moment.

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Album: LOVE ME MAMA
Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues
Recorded: 1969
Released: 1996
Bitrate: 320k/s
Size: 138.54 MB
Time: 60:45
Art: Full

1. Why I Love The Blues - 4:06
2. Little Red Rooster - 4:31
3. 4:00 In The Morning (Waiting On You) - 2:16
4. You Done Lost Your Good Thing (alt.) - 4:18
5. Five Long Years - 4:19
6. Dust My Broom - 3:35
7. Every Night About This Time 4:01
8. Love Me Mama - 3:58
9. The Sky Is Crying - 5:38
10. Help Me - 3:51
11. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - 3:56
12. Bloomington Closer - 7:23
13. Little Red Rooster (alt.) - 5:21
14. Walking From Door To Door - 3:46

Personnel: Luther ALLISON - Guitars, Vocals
Jimmy 'Fast Fingers' Dawkins - Guitar
Robert 'Big Mojo' Elem - Bass
Bob Richey, Bobby Davis - Drums;
Jim Conley - Tenor Saxophone

Note:  A strong seller on its first release, this album now show its age. In plain terms, Allison wasn't yet a good enough guitarist to work in a trio format and his frequent use of a wah-wah pedal hinders the flow of his invention. Unlike Magic Sam, he couldn't cinvincingly combine rhythm and lead guitar work, as the seven-minute instrumental 'Bloomington Closer' amply illustrated. What isn't dispute is that he already possesses a powerful and commanding voice that will improve further with age. Officialy this was his debut solo album.

                                                              Love Me Mama
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Album: UNDERGROUND
Styles: Modern Electric Chicago Blues
Recorded: 1958 or late 1960's
Released: 2007
Bitrate: 320k/s
Size: 61.46 MB
Time: 25:36
Art: Full

1. Hide Away (2:31)
2. Don't Start Me Talking (4:38)
3. Drivin' Wheel (3:28)
4. Cut You Loose (3:34)
5. Easy Baby (1:38)
6. You're Gonna Miss Me (2:20)
7. Take My Love (2:28)
8. Rock Me Baby (4:35

Personnel: Luther ALLISON - Guitar & Vocals
Bobby King - Rhythm Guitar
Mule & Bobby Rush - Bass
Robert Plunkett - Drums
Sammy Logan - Runner

Notes: There's only about 30 minutes of music on Underground and as is to be expected the sound isn't of the greatest quality. The material itself though is an interesting mixture of instrumentals and songs that give the listener a good idea of the sound Luther was after in those days.

   You can hear Luther's interest in the rockier side of things on some of his instrumentals, (remember this is the guy who played guitar with his teeth as much as Hendrix did), but you can also hear his affection for the smoother sound of R&B coming through.

    What I found the most interesting about these recordings is just how laid back they are. All descriptions I've heard of Luther, and any other music I've heard of his, has been driven and intense. Normally he played like he was propelled by Rocket fuel, but here it sounds like he's just kicking back and exploring some mellow licks with Bobby Rush's band.That's what distinguishes the playing on this disc, is Luther Allison's ability to enjoy a note. Sure he could play fast but so could a million other people; on Underground you have the opportunity to hear him play slow and relaxed, maybe something you've not heard before.

   This is a fantastic, raw album of an early Luther Allison studio session. A good portion of these songs ended up on Luther's classic early 70's Motown albums, so I'm assuming that that the session dates from sometime before then. However, there is no way on earth that these were recorded in 1958, as a sticker on the cover states! (the funky arrangement of "Cut You Loose" is a dead giveaway) Ruf records is certainly no fly-by-night operation (they've been putting out Luther's records for years) so it's frankly mind-boggling that they could allow such an obvious mistake to hit the shelves. Let me reiterate that this disc captures a Terrific Luther Allison studio performance, but that it's not exactly what it claims to be.

   Ruf records given this album said, that he recorded on 1958, but more of sources given year of recording on late sixties. See this page:  - http://blogcritics.org/music-review-luther-allison-underground/

                                                                  Underground
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