Eddie Kirkland - Booty Blues

Size: 126.4 MB
Time: 54:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Good, Good Day (3:52)
02. How Sweet It Is (4:32)
03. Miss You (3:45)
04. Beautiful Song (4:55)
05. Make Love To Your Brain (4:52)
06. Small Town Girl (3:59)
07. Big T.V. Screen (4:57)
08. Meet Me On The Boardwalk (4:56)
09. I Cried (5:28)
10. No Insurance (4:32)
11. Johnny's Gone (2:56)
12. I Got A Problem With The Devil (5:13)

Personnel:
Eddie Kirkland on guitar & lead vocals
Chris McDermott on guitars, bass, organ, trumpet, percussion, backing vocals, and samples.
Mark Greenberg on drums.
George Donchev on upright bass, drums, percussion.
Andy Plaisted on drums.
Alby Balgochian on electric guitar and bass.

How many Jamaican-born bluesmen recorded with John Lee Hooker and toured with Otis Redding? It's a safe bet there was only one: Eddie Kirkland, who engaged in some astonishing on-stage acrobatics over the decades (like standing on his head while playing guitar on TV's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert). But you would never find any ersatz reggae grooves cluttering Kirkland's work. He was brought up around Dothan, Alabama before heading north to Detroit in 1943. There he hooked up with Hooker five years later, recording with him for several labels as well as under his own name for RPM in 1952, King in 1953, and Fortune in 1959. Tru-Sound Records, a Prestige subsidiary, invited Kirkland to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 1961-1962 to wax his first album, It's the Blues Man! The polished R&B band of saxophonist King Curtis intersected with Kirkland's intense vocals, raucous guitar, and harmonica throughout the exciting set. Exiting the Motor City for Macon, Georgia in 1962, Kirkland signed on with Otis Redding as a sideman and show opener not long thereafter. Redding introduced Kirkland to Stax/Volt co-owner Jim Stewart, who flipped over Eddie's primal dance workout "The Hawg." It was issued on Volt in 1963, billed to Eddie Kirk. By the dawn of the '70s, Kirkland was recording for Pete Lowry's Trix label; he also waxed several CDs for Deluge in the '90s. Kirkland remained active into the 21st century, and was in Florida to perform at a show in the Gulf Coast community of Dunedin when he died from injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving collided with a Greyhound bus in Crystal River on February 27, 2011. Eddie Kirkland was 87 years old. ~Bill Dahl

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Eddie 'Blues Man' Kirkland - It's The Blues Man!

Size: 78.7 MB
Time: 33:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1962/1993
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Down On My Knees (2:25)
02. Don't Take My Heart (2:28)
03. Daddy, Please Don't Cry (3:15)
04. Have Mercy On Me (3:06)
05. Saturday Night Stomp (2:29)
06. I'm Gonna Forget You (3:30)
07. I Tried (3:03)
08. Man Of Stone (2:00)
09. I'm Goin' To Keep Loving You (2:28)
10. Train Done Gone (2:33)
11. Something's Gone Wrong In My Life (2:55)
12. Baby You Know It's True (2:58)

Recorded in New York City; December 8, 1961 and March 9, 1962.

He spent two decades supporting John Lee Hooker's idiosyncratic boogie blues, and here Eddie Kirkland struck out on his own. It's his first and still his best exercise; raw, thumping, throbbing music that didn't leave the blues out of the R and B---especially "Train Done Gone" and "Man of Stone," the latter a number John Mayall would cover on "Crusade" in an affectionate if too-reverent cover. Kirkland turned out to have a heavily emotional singing style to match his shuddering guitar work and his crying harmonica here and there. With King Curtis behind the board and leading the recording aggregation (not to mention blowing some blood-curdling sax here and there) Kirkland launched his solo life with a flourish. It's a shame that this didn't catch as much fire as other offerings of the period, because Kirkland obviously had plenty enough to offer. Match this to his comeback albums on Trix in the 1970s and his scattered King and Fortune sides during the Hooker years, and you've got a very respectable legacy of very underrated blues. Kirkland's death in a February 2011 road accident was a loss; he never quit hitting the road screaming the blues, even if he recorded few sides afterward that were as powerful as these. ~BluesDuke

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VA - Popcorn Blues Party Vol. 3 (KMCD30)

Size: 134,8 MB
Time: 56:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front & Back

01 Eddie Kirkland - Monkey Tonight (2:40)
02 Muddy Waters - I Won't Go On (2:56)
03 Sugar Pie Desanto - Going Back Where I Belong (2:27)
04 Otis Rush - Homework (2:37)
05 Jody Williams - Moanin' For Molasses (2:23)
06 Little Daddy Walton & Sons - Highway Blues (2:30)
07 Clear Waters - A Minor Cha-Cha (3:05)
08 Louisiana Red - I’m Louisiana Red (3:30)
09 George Smith - Come On Home (1:43)
10 Howlin' Wolf - Who’s Been Talking (2:24)
11 Buddy Ace - Screaming Please (2:31)
12 Willie West - Willie Knows How (2:36)
13 Nappy Brown - Well, Well, Well, Baby-La (2:37)
14 Magic Sam - She Belongs To Me (2:34)
15 Jimmy Nolen - The Way You Do (2:25)
16 Dave 'Baby' Cortez - Gettin To The Point (2:44)
17 Mecie Jenkins - Come Back Pretty Baby (2:36)
18 Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Well, I Done Got Over It (2:29)
19 Z.Z. Hill - One Way Love Affair (2:30)
20 Little Johnny Taylor - Somewhere Down The Line (2:13)
21 Jesse Fortune - Too Many Cooks (2:51)
22 Aaron McCray, Jr. - Inter Santum (2:26)

**Track 1 incorrectly listed as "Voo Doo Dust" by Mighty Joe Young.**

In an article for The Guardian titled ''Belgium's 'Popcorn: the last underground music scene in Europe'' musician and writer, Bob Stanley wrote ''the purity of Belgian Popcorn is its very impurity. R&B, Broadway numbers, tangos, Phil Spector-Esque girl groups, and loungey instrumentals, they are all constituent parts of a rare, and still largely undiscovered scene. It won't stay that way forever.''

Sadly the trademark ''Popcorn'' dance style (that reminds me in more than one way of the American ''Shag'' dance and culture still so popular in Carolina) stayed pretty much in Belgium. Everywhere else, the British ''vision'' of the Popcorn genre and dance seem to be the most popular version around the World (just like all the other similar genres I mentioned) and not the original and Belgian Popcorn. In the current ''international'' version of Popcorn (mainly focused on the gritty R&B side of the genre) the minor key seems to be almost mandatory and slower Northern Soul dance moves replaced the original hand dance that was actually a slower version of ''classic'' 1950s rock and roll dancing. On the other hand, this created a new ''buzz'' that seems to appeal to younger generations, while in Belgium the Popcorn crowd is mostly composed of people over 40. For strange that it seems only a few compilations of American and other R&B and pop music in the Belgian Popcorn style (also known as ''Oldies Popcorn'') have been released to this day. Before this series (of 3 volumes) none of them focused on blues (even if lotta songs included here are already regarded by many as ''classics'' of the genre) so I decided to change that. that with a truckload of boss platters straight from his old record box. This second helping of boss ''Popcorn Blues'' tracks anthology features more great tunes. Dig it! ~Little Victor (a.k.a. DJ ''Mojo'' Man)

Thanks to Nappyrags
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Eddie Kirkland - Have Mercy

Year: 1988/1993
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:28
Size: 107,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Eddie's Calling You (4:09)
2. Young Man Young Woman Blues (5:15)
3. Tomorrow May Bring A Better Day (4:45)
4. Golden Sun (4:07)
5. Mary Lou (4:12)
6. Somewhere In Your Heart (4:13)
7. Crying Time (2:54)
8. I've Got A Secret (4:40)
9. I Hear Music (4:39)
10. Too Far Gone (3:42)
11. Love Light (3:48)

How many Jamaican-born bluesmen recorded with John Lee Hooker and toured with Otis Redding? It's a safe bet there was only one: Eddie Kirkland, who engaged in some astonishing on-stage acrobatics over the decades (like standing on his head while playing guitar on TV's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert). But you would never find any ersatz reggae grooves cluttering Kirkland's work. He was brought up around Dothan, Alabama before heading north to Detroit in 1943. There he hooked up with Hooker five years later, recording with him for several labels as well as under his own name for RPM in 1952, King in 1953, and Fortune in 1959.

Tru-Sound Records, a Prestige subsidiary, invited Kirkland to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 1961-1962 to wax his first album, It's the Blues Man! The polished R&B band of saxophonist King Curtis intersected with Kirkland's intense vocals, raucous guitar, and harmonica throughout the exciting set. Exiting the Motor City for Macon, Georgia in 1962, Kirkland signed on with Otis Redding as a sideman and show opener not long thereafter. Redding introduced Kirkland to Stax/Volt co-owner Jim Stewart, who flipped over Eddie's primal dance workout "The Hawg." It was issued on Volt in 1963, billed to Eddie Kirk.

By the dawn of the '70s, Kirkland was recording for Pete Lowry's Trix label; he also waxed several CDs for Deluge in the '90s. Kirkland remained active into the 21st century, and was in Florida to perform at a show in the Gulf Coast community of Dunedin when he died from injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving collided with a Greyhound bus in Crystal River on February 27, 2011. Eddie Kirkland was 87 years old. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Have Mercy mc
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Eddie Kirkland - The Complete Trix Recordings (2 CD)

This two-CD set contains Front and Center and The Devil and Other Blues Demons reissues. Both recordings date back to the early '70s. Front and Center finds Kirkland mining country-blues. During Kirkland's Detroit tenure he worked and toured with John Lee Hooker. The Hooker influence is detectable on "When I First Started Hoboing" and, of course, "Eddie's Boogie Chillen." Except for a couple backing musicians on "Have You Seen That Lonesome Train," Kirkland presents a solo performance on guitar and vocals. Often playing slide guitar and finding extra space for a soulful vocal delivery, Front and Center is the dynamic Kirkland's most personal project.

His energy potential comes through on The Devil and Other Blues Demons. Here Kirkland, backed by a full band, turns spirited on the proto-funk tracks. There is still the detectable Hooker influence. Vocally, one hears more of another former employer, Otis Redding. Together on The Complete Trix Recordings, these selections show the two sides of the "Energy Man": one side deeply rooted in the Delta traditions and another side burning hot with early R&B vitality. /Tom Schulte, AllMusic

Album: The Complete Trix Recordings
Year: 1999/2009
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:39 + 53:30
Size: 133,1 + 123,6 MB
Styles: Acoustic & electric blues
Scans: Front

CD 1 - Front And Center:
1. When I First Started Hoboing (3:45)
2. I Tried To Be A Friend (3:37)
3. Eddie's Boogie Chillen (4:35)
4. Nora (4:21)
5. I Need A Lover, Not Just A Friend (4:48)
6. I Walked Twelve Miles (3:48)
7. I've Got An Evil Woman (4:06)
8. Goin' Back To Mississippi (4:48)
9. Lonesome Talking Blues (4:52)
10. Detroit Rock Island (4:38)
11. Jerdine (4:02)
12. Have You Seen That Lonesome Train (4:45)
13. Going To The River, See Can I Look Across (5:27)

CD 2 - The Devil And Other Blues Demons:
1. The Devil (4:15)
2. Got To Love My Baby (3:02)
3. Snake In The Grass (3:18)
4. Mother-In-Law (4:26)
5. Hard To Raise A Family Today (4:16)
6. Spank The Butterfly (3:51)
7. Rollin' Stone Man (4:20)
8. I'm Going To Wail For You (4:53)
9. Pity On Me (5:10)
10. Georgia Woman (2:36)
11. Burnin' Love (4:42)
12. Tell Me, Baby (4:42)
13. Mink Hollow Slide (3:52)

The Complete Trix Recordings (2 CD) mc
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Johnny Rawls - Put Your Trust In Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:59
Size: 82.4 MB
Styles: Soul-blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:07] 1. Bad Reputation
[4:20] 2. Back In Your Arms
[4:07] 3. Oh Please Come Back
[3:14] 4. I Been Lookin'
[2:37] 5. My Turn To Win
[2:34] 6. Lucy
[3:41] 7. Can't Stop Thinkin' 'bout You
[4:41] 8. Nobody's Gonna Take Your Place
[3:22] 9. I Been Broken Hearted
[4:12] 10. That's Why I'm Goin' Away

Baritone Saxophone – Robert Feiner (tracks: 2,3 ); Bass – Mike Nunno; Drums – Jason Arnold; Guitar – Burt Teague (tracks: 3,4,10); Harp – Junior Badowski (tracks: 2); Keyboards – Bruce Bears, Bruce Feiner (tracks: 1,3,4,7,8,10); Tenor Saxophone – Bruce Feiner (tracks: 6); Trumpet – Jamie Finegan (tracks: 10); Vocals, Guitar – Johnny Rawls; Vocals, Lead Guitar – Eddie Kirkland (tracks: 2,8), Phil Guy (tracks: 2).

Beautifully atmospheric and cool, this album encapsulates Johnny Rawls' huge experience of playing guitar for Little Johnny Taylor, ZZ Hill, O.V. Wright, and many others. Rawls is a first-rate singer, songwriter (he co-wrote all the songs on this album) and guitarist. Look for a weak track; you won't find one. There are guest appearances by Phil Guy (Buddy's brother), Eddie Kirkland, and Johnny's daughter Destini who has a classy voice. The musicianship throughout is superb. Apart from Johnny himself there's Jamie Finegan's fantastic trumpet and Jason Arnold's consistent drums. Soulful blues at its best.

Put Your Trust In Me mc
Put Your Trust In Me zippy

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VA - Stax Singles, Vol. 4: Rarities & The Best Of The Rest

Size: 166,4+173,1+173,1+161,7+165,7 MB
Time: 71:28+74:33+74:10+69:43+71:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Soul, R&B, Rock
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Carla Thomas - Deep Down Inside (2:22)
02. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - Yeah, Yea-Ah (2:14)
03. Prince Conley - All The Way (2:41)
04. The Canes - I'll Never Give Her Up (2:29)
05. The Astors - Just Enough To Hurt Me (2:29)
06. Eddie Kirkland - I Found A Brand New Love (2:55)
07. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - Fine And Mellow (2:57)
08. Booker T. & The MG's - Fannie Mae (2:07)
09. Floyd Newman - Sassy (2:10)
10. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - I Want To Get Married (2:17)
11. Bobby Marchan - That's The Way It Goes (2:27)
12. The Cobras - Shake Up (2:11)
13. Barbara & The Browns - You Belong To Her (2:42)
14. Dorothy Williams - Watchdog (2:32)
15. Baracudas - Free For All (2:13)
16. Barbara & The Browns - I Don't Want Trouble (2:03)
17. Gorgeous George - Sweet Thing (2:44)
18. The Astors - I Found Out (2:41)
19. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - We're Tight (2:12)
20. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - Chicken Scratch (2:22)
21. Ruby Johnson - Weak Spot (2:37)
22. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - Talkin' Bout True Love (2:38)
23. Mable John - If You Give Up What You Got (See What You Lost) (2:27)
24. Sam & Dave - A Small Portion Of Your Love (2:34)
25. Ruby Johnson - Keep On Keeping On (2:22)
26. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - Greasy Spoon (2:36)
27. Mable John - Left Over Love (2:32)
28. Ollie - Girl, You Have My Heart Singing (2:03)
29. Mable John - Don't Get Caught (2:34)

CD 2:
01 Shirley Walton - I’m So Glad You’re Back (2:38)
02 Delaney & Bonnie - We’ve Just Been Feeling Bad (2:30)
03 Linda Lyndell - I Don't Know (2:27)
04 Judy Clay - Love-Eye-Tis (2:38)
05 Judy Clay - Remove These Clouds (3:10)
06 The Staple Singers - Stay With Us (2:36)
07 Rufus Thomas, Jr. - So Hard To Get Along With (3:00)
08 Jeanne & The Darlings - I Like What You’re Doing To Me (2:40)
09 Booker T. & The MG's - Over Easy (4:02)
10 Mable John - Shouldn't I Love Him (2:29)
11 Judy Clay - Left Over Love (2:59)
12 Jimmy Hughes - Sweet Things You Do (2:17)
13 Art Jerry Miller - Grab A Handful (2:08)
14 Eddie Floyd - Consider Me (3:24)
15 Booker T. & The MG's - Soul Clap '69 (2:39)
16 Jeanne & The Darlings - Standing In The Need Of Your Love (2:42)
17 The Bar-Kays - I Thank You (3:28)
18 Soul Children - Make It Good (3:07)
19 Ollie - I'll Be Your Everything (2:57)
20 William Bell - Let Me Ride (2:51)
21 Booker T. & The MG's - Sunday Sermon (4:08)
22 Carla Thomas - Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) (2:34)
23 The Shack - A Love Affair That Bears No Pain (4:05)
24 The Nightingales - Just A Little Overcome (3:48)
25 The Newcomers - Mannish Boy (3:03)

CD 3:
01. Ilana - Let Love Fill Your Heart (3:04)
02. Soul Children - Ridin' On Love's Merry-Go-Round (2:42)
03. Hot Sauce - I Can't Win For Losing (3:02)
04. Lee Sain - Ain't Nobody Like Me Baby (3:41)
05. Hot Sauce - Echoes From The Past (2:41)
06. The Mad Lads - Did My Baby Call (2:53)
07. Isaac Hayes - Baby I'm-A Want You (4:40)
08. Jean Knight - Pick Up The Pieces (2:33)
09. Johnnie Taylor - Stop Teasing Me (3:46)
10. Isaac Hayes - Type Thang (3:50)
11. John Gary Williams - In Love With You (3:27)
12. Major Lance - Since I Lost My Baby's Love (3:18)
13. Hot Sauce - Mama's Baby (Daddy's Maybe) (3:12)
14. Soul Children - Poem On The School House Door (4:24)
15. Rufus Thomas, Jr. - That Makes Christmas Day (4:39)
16. The Staple Singers - What's Your Thing (4:24)
17. Shirley Brown - Yes Sir Brother (2:52)
18. Hot Sauce - Funny (4:02)
19. Frederick Knight - Let's Make A Deal (4:01)
20. The Green Brothers - Can't Give You Up (I Love You Too Much) (3:19)
21. John Gary Williams - Just Ain't No Love (Without You Here) (3:32)

CD 4:
01 Sid Selvidge - The Ballad Of Otis B. Watson (3:22)
02 The Caboose - Black Hands White Cotton (3:36)
03 Dallas County - Love’s Not Hard To Find (3:14)
04 Casper Peters - April (4:00)
05 Clark Sullivan - Reaching For A Rainbow (2:26)
06 Billy Eckstine - I Wanna Be Your Baby (3:12)
07 Chuck Boris - Why Did It Take So Long (2:45)
08 Barbara Lewis - Why Did It Take You So Long (2:44)
09 Finley Brown - Gypsy (2:39)
10 O.B. McClinton - Slip Away (2:10)
11 Billy Eckstine - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (5:23)
12 Ben Atkins - Good Times Are Coming (3:21)
13 River City Band - Some Other Man (2:12)
14 O.B. McClinton - Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You (2:34)
15 Big Ben - Would I Be Better Gone (3:13)
16 Don Nix - Black Cat Moan (3:07)
17 Don Nix - She's A Friend Of Mine (3:39)
18 Larry Raspberry & The Highsteppers - Rock 'N Roll Warning (2:40)
19 Chico Hamilton - Conquistadores '74 (3:35)
20 Cliff Cochran - The Way I’m Needing You (3:07)
21 Connie Eaton - Let’s Get Together (3:04)
22 Karen Casey - The Way I’m Needing You (3:29)

CD 5:
01. Stop-Quit It - Poor Little Rich Kids (2:31)
02. Lonnie Duvall - Cigarettes (2:45)
03. Poor Little Rich Kids - It's Mighty Clear (2:18)
04. The Honey Jug - Warm City Baby (2:00)
05. The Goodees - For A Little While (2:17)
06. The Honey Jug - For Your Love (2:49)
07. Kangaroo's - Groovy Day (2:51)
08. Bobby Whitlock - And I Love You (2:07)
09. Southwest F.O.B. - Smell Of Incense (2:40)
10. The Goodees - Condition Red (2:55)
11. Billy Lee Riley - Family Portrait (2:46)
12. This Generation - The Children Have Your Tongue (2:48)
13. Billy Lee Riley - Show Me Your Soul (2:51)
14. The Waters - Day In And Out (2:04)
15. The Village Sound - Hey Jack (Don't Hijack My Plane) (2:38)
16. Cheques - Cool My Desire (2:36)
17. The Goodees - Goodies (2:31)
18. Paris Pilot - Miss Rita Famous (2:46)
19. Knowbody Else - Someone Something (3:14)
20. Cargoe - Feel Alright (2:35)
21. Big Star - In The Street (2:54)
22. Cargoe - I Love You Anyway (3:05)
23. Hot Dogs - Say What You Mean (4:17)
24. Big Star - O, My Soul (2:50)
25. Hot Dogs - I Walk The Line (3:20)
26. Big Star - September Gurls (2:39)

CD 6:
01. The Dixie Nightingales - The Assassination (2:55)
02. The Dixie Nightingales - Hush Hush (2:50)
03. The Dixie Nightingales - I Don't Know (2:55)
04. The Stars Of Virginia - Wade In The Water (3:06)
05. The Dixie Nightingales - Forgive These Fools (2:59)
06. The Jubilee Hummingbirds - Our Freedom Song (Free At Last) (3:16)
07. The Jubilee Hummingbirds - Press My Dying Pillow (3:10)
08. The Pattersonaires - God's Promise (2:16)
09. Rev. Maceo Woods - Hello Sunshine (2:36)
10. Roebuck 'Pop' Staples - Tryin' Time (5:15)
11. Terry Lynn Community Choir - His Love Will Always Be (3:18)
12. Reverend W. Bernard Avant Jr. - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (Don't Let The Devil Fool You) (3:28)
13. Rance Allen Group - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown (2:48)
14. Rance Allen Group - That Will Be Good Enough For Me (4:33)
15. Reverend Maceo Woods - The Magnificent Sanctuary Band (Marching For The Man) (3:40)
16. Louise McCord - Better Get A Move On (3:47)
17. Charles May - Satisfied (3:01)
18. Rance Allen Group - I Got To Be Myself (2:50)
19. The People's Choir Of Operation Push - He Included Me (3:42)
20. Rance Allen Group - We're The Salt Of The Earth (3:32)
21. Louise McCord - Reflections (3:10)
22. Rance Allen Group - Ain't No Need Of Crying (3:46)

Stax Singles, Vol. 4: Rarities & The Best Of The Rest, a 6-CD box set that delves deep into the Stax Records archives, and explores the label’s efforts to diversify their output. This new addition to the critically acclaimed series of Stax singles boxes offers a more profound study of the Memphis label’s catalog, including long-forgotten B-sides and rarities, and focusing not just on soul tunes – for which the label was most famous – but also offering a cross-section of rock, pop, blues, gospel and country recordings from 1960-1975.

Featuring recordings from the catalogs of both Craft and Rhino Entertainment – the Catalog Division of Warner Music – who jointly control Stax’s iconic masters, this comprehensive box set is the perfect companion piece to Vols. 1-3; the first of which, The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968, was released by Atlantic Records in 1991 and reissued by Rhino in 2016. Volumes 2 and 3, originally released by Stax in 1993 and 1994 respectively, and reissued by Concord in 2015, offered soul singles spanning 1968-1975, collectively. In his introduction, co-producer Bill Belmont discusses the concept behind Vol. 4: “Over the years, within the collector-fan circuit, and in reissues and collections of vintage Stax material worldwide, some ‘B’ sides have attained a status comparable to the promoted work.” Adds Rob Bowman, in his essay regarding the soul portion of the box, “[Stax’s B-sides] are, by and large, better than most companies’ A-sides.” Continues Belmont, “Stax’s ‘other side’…has never been presented on its own – thus here, the “other” [imprints] are all gathered under the Stax umbrella; part of the all-encompassing rubric ‘where everything is everything.’”

While Stax is primarily known for its soul music – Vols. 1-3 focused exclusively on that genre – the label also managed a variety of imprints throughout the ’60s and ’70s, many of which explored new sonic avenues, including rock (from Ardent, Enterprise and Hip), gospel (Chalice, Gospel Truth) and country (Enterprise). Also compiled are several instrumental and blues tracks from the earliest days of the label, when it was known as Satellite Records. The collection includes over 60 wide-ranging artists, including the Staple Singers, Big Star, the Bar-Kays, Jean Knight, Don Nix, the Rance Allen Group and Johnnie Taylor.

Stax Singles, Vol. 4: Rarities & The Best Of The Rest comes at the conclusion of a wide-ranging celebration of Stax Records’ 60th Anniversary by both Craft and Rhino. The unique partnership of the labels commemorated the first marketing collaboration of the Stax recordings, which had been divided since Atlantic Records split with Stax Records in early 1968. Throughout 2017, the two labels have collectively released over 15 vinyl reissues, including Rufus Thomas’ debut Walking The Dog, Sam & Dave’s Soul Men and Carla Thomas’ Carla LP (Rhino), as well as titles like Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, the Sons of Truth’s Message From The Ghetto and John Gary Williams’ self-titled debut (Craft). Special attention was also focused on two Stax giants this year: Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding. Craft released a series of remastered, high-resolution digital reissues for Hayes (vinyl reissues will follow in 2018) as well as the critically acclaimed box set, Spirit Of Memphis (1962-1976). Rhino paid tribute to Redding with mono editions of Soul Ballads and The Soul Album, as well as a forthcoming seven-LP vinyl box, The Definitive Studio Albums Collection, while Concord released the double LP Live From The Whisky A Go Go earlier in the year. Looking ahead, Rhino will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Redding’s best-selling “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” single. For Record Store Day’s Black Friday event, Rhino commemorated the 50th anniversary of Redding’s Live In Europe Album with a limited-edition red vinyl pressing, while Concord saluted ’70s rockers Big Star with a live tribute to their Third album, Stroke It, Noel: Big Star’s THIRD In Concert, as well as Hayes, with a vinyl edition of Spirit of Memphis, offering highlights from the box set. Additionally, during the Stax 60th celebration, both labels collaborated on the Stax Classics series of CDs, highlighting Stax’s biggest stars, while the 3-CD collection Soulsville U.S.A. culled material from both Concord’s and Rhino’s masters, much like Stax Singles, Vol. 4.

Stax Singles, Vol. 4 Vol. 1
Stax Singles, Vol. 4 Vol. 2
Stax Singles, Vol. 4 Vol. 3
Stax Singles, Vol. 4 Vol. 4
Stax Singles, Vol. 4 Vol. 5
Stax Singles, Vol. 4 Vol. 6

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John Lee Hooker - King Of The Boogie

Size: 171,7+162,8+154,5+159,3+174,4 MB
Time: 74:00+70:09+66:39+68:59+75:35
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Delta blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Boogie Chillen' (3:09)
02. Sally Mae (3:12)
03. Hobo Blues (3:02)
04. Crawlin' King Snake (3:02)
05. Black Man Blues (3:37)
06. Goin’ Mad Blues (3:46)
07. Who’s Been Jiving You (3:10)
08. (Miss Sadie Mae) Curl My Baby’s Hair (2:50)
09. Hoogie Boogie (2:58)
10. Burnin' Hell (2:41)
11. Weeping Willow Boogie (2:51)
12. Moaning Blues (3:04)
13. Huckle Up Baby (2:50)
14. Goin' Down Highway 51 (2:30)
15. John L's House Rent Boogie (2:58)
16. I'm In The Mood (3:08)
17. Two White Horses (3:21)
18. 33 Blues (2:07)
19. Sugar Mama (3:15)
20. Wobbling Baby (2:40)
21. Stuttering Blues (2:16)
22. I’m A Boogie Man (2:20)
23. Down Child (2:55)
24. Odds Against Me (Aka Backbiters And Syndicators) (3:11)
25. Shake, Holler And Run (2:59)

CD 2:
01. Unfriendly Woman (Aka Stop Now) (3:25)
02. Mambo Chillun (2:46)
03. Time Is Marching (3:05)
04. Dimples (2:08)
05. Little Wheel (2:36)
06. I Love You Honey (2:38)
07. Drive Me Away (2:55)
08. Maudie (2:17)
09. When I Lay My Burden Down (2:41)
10. Tupelo Blues (3:23)
11. Good Morning Lil' School Girl (3:42)
12. I Rolled And Turned And Cried The Whole Night Long (3:51)
13. No More Doggin' (2:48)
14. Dusty Road (2:19)
15. No Shoes (2:27)
16. My First Wife Left Me (3:34)
17. Crazy About That Walk (3:03)
18. Want Ad Blues (2:16)
19. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (2:31)
20. I'm Going Upstairs (2:59)
21. I Lost My Job (2:55)
22. Don’t Turn Me From Your Door (2:48)
23. Grinder Man (3:56)
24. Meat Shakes On Her Bone (2:53)

CD 3:
01. Boom Boom (2:30)
02. Blues Before Sunrise (3:47)
03. She’s Mine (2:24)
04. Frisco Blues (2:47)
05. Good Rockin' Mama (2:28)
06. I'm Leaving (2:12)
07. Birmingham Blues (2:54)
08. Don't Look Back (2:57)
09. Big Legs, Tight Skirt (2:17)
10. It Serves Me Right (3:39)
11. Money (2:24)
12. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (3:02)
13. The Motor City Is Burning (2:57)
14. Mean Mean Woman (3:24)
15. Doin' The Shout (3:31)
16. Homework (4:31)
17. Early One Morning (4:10)
18. Rockin' Chair (4:10)
19. Hittin' The Bottle Again (2:22)
20. Deep Blue Sea (4:08)
21. Spellbound (3:57)

CD 4:
01. The Hobo (Live) (3:12)
02. Maudie (Live) (2:39)
03. Shake It Baby (Live) (4:12)
04. Boogie Chillun (Live) (3:04)
05. Bottle Up & Go (Live) (3:20)
06. Crawlin' King Snake (Live) (4:45)
07. The Mighty Fire (Live) (4:39)
08. You’ve Got To Walk Yourself (Live) (4:54)
09. I'm Bad Like Jesse James (Live) (5:26)
10. Boogie Everywhere I Go (Live) (8:31)
11. She's Gone (Live) (4:13)
12. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (Live) (6:52)
13. Boom Boom (Live) (4:17)
14. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Live) (4:08)
15. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (Live) (4:39)

CD 5:
01. I Got Eyes For You (With Little Eddie Kirkland) ( 2:40)
02. Mai Lee (With The Groundhogs) ( 3:39)
03. Peavine (With Canned Heat) ( 5:06)
04. Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive (With Van Morrison) (10:14)
05. Five Long Years (With Joe Cocker) ( 6:03)
06. The Healer (With Little Carlos Santana) ( 5:39)
07. I'm In The Mood (With Bonnie Raitt) ( 4:33)
08. Sally Mae (With George Thorogood) ( 3:16)
09. Mr. Lucky (With Robert Cray) ( 4:43)
10. Up And Down (With Warren Haynes) ( 4:52)
11. Boom Boom (With Jimmie Vaughan) ( 4:20)
12. You Shook Me (With B.B. King) ( 5:00)
13. Don't Look Back (With Van Morrison) ( 6:44)
14. Dimples (With Los Lobos) ( 4:04)
15. Boogie Chillen' (With Eric Clapton) ( 4:36)

John Lee Hooker was one of the greatest figures to rise from post-war blues, but he always stood out from other artists in the genre. The minimalism of his style drew a clear line from the pioneering figures of Delta blues, but the hypnotic insistence of his song structures and the unrelenting stomp of his boogie rhythms took those influences to another time and place. Hooker's music could speak of joy or menace with equal force, and with remarkably few changes. And while 12-bar was the unyielding template for nearly every other blues artist, Hooker followed no rules beyond his own muse, embracing rhythmic structures and chord changes that seemed chaotic on paper but sounded brilliant when executed by Hooker. While clearly a bluesman, he was a subgenre unto himself, a musician with a singular approach that many followed but no one could duplicate with the same gravity. In addition to being unique, Hooker was also prolific, recording literally dozens of albums for many different labels in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1997, and compiling a set that accurately represents the length and breadth of his catalog is no simple task. 2017's King of the Boogie is a five-disc set compiled with the cooperation of Hooker's estate and attempts to skim the cream from his massive body of work. The first three discs comprise a (relatively) concise summary of his studio material, while disc four is devoted to live recordings, and disc five is a sampler of his collaborations with other artists, which dominated many of his latter-day albums. Given the very distinct stages of Hooker's career -- his early acoustic sides, his later electric material, his evolution into working with a full band, and the polished, star-sprinkled late period sides -- it's very much a matter of the taste of individual fans that will determine how much they like the three-disc career summary. That said, the track selection delivers most of the acknowledged classics, offers an accurate balance of the various phases of his career, and throws in a few surprises ("Shake, Holler and Run" takes an obvious "Shake, Rattle and Roll" lift and turns it into something very much its own once Hooker is done with it). The live tracks demonstrate his strength and charisma as a live performer, and if the duets are not for many Hooker purists, the fact artists as gifted as Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, and Los Lobos were eager to work with him speaks volumes about how respected he was. It's probably impossible to assemble a truly definitive John Lee Hooker collection, but King of the Boogie leaves no doubt of his talent, his unique vision, and the lasting importance of his music. Add a well-designed package with plenty of rare photos, fine liner notes from Jas Obrecht, and well-detailed track annotation, and you have a splendid sampler that should please loyal fans and dazzle those who have never been introduced to Hooker's music. ~by Mark Deming

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Eddie Kirkland - Long Gone Gypsy

Size: 46,6 MB
Time: 49:38
File: MP3 @ 128K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. I Love You (5:18)
02. Rainbow (5:45)
03. Saturday Night (5:41)
04. Georgia Peach (7:41)
05. Ain't Got Nothin' (6:39)
06. Pick Up The Pieces (4:51)
07. Devil Women (5:03)
08. Untouchable (8:37)

“Long Gone Gypsy” is the last known recording made by longtime Blues legend Eddie Kirkland. Recorded in December of 2009 and January 2010, the album features six original tracks and new studio versions of two of Kirkland’s most successful compositions “Pick up the Pieces” and ”Rainbow.” The album was produced by Barry Darnell and was mixed and mastered by Michael “Goose” Goodrich. It features Eddie’s signature guitar accompanied by a full brass section and solid piano work by Tony Cooper.

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Various Artists - Three Shades Of The Blues

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:28
Size: 120,4 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B, soul
Scans: Full

1. Eddie Kirkland - Train Done Gone (2:22)
2. Eddie Kirkland - You Know I Love You (2:43)
3. Eddie Kirkland - Blood On Your Hands (3:34)
4. Eddie Kirkland - Love You Til The Day I Die (2:42)
5. Eddie Kirkland w. The Falcons - So Pretty Baby (2:15)
6. Eddie Kirkland w. The Falcons - I Tried (2:17)
7. Eddie Kirkland w. The Falcons - I'm So Tired (Oh Baby Please) (2:23)
8. Eddie Kirkland - Back Bone (2:42)
9. Mr. Bo - Live My Life All Over (2:07)
10. Mr. Bo - Until The Day I Die (2:32)
11. Mr. Bo - Hard Times Once More (2:41)
12. Mr. Bo - The Train (2:23)
13. Ohio Untouchables - She's My Heart's Desire (Unreleased Version) (2:44)
14. Ohio Untouchables - Your Love Is Real (2:41)
15. Ohio Untouchables - I'm Tired (2:35)
16. Ohio Untouchables - Forgive Me Darling (3:10)
17. Ohio Untouchables - What To Do (2:09)
18. Robert Ward & Ohio Untouchables - Up Town (2:18)
19. Ohio Untouchables - She's My Heart's Desire (2:45)
20. Robert Ward & Ohio Untouchables - Hot Stuff (2:16)

Eddie Kirkland:
Kirkland, known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" for his rigorous touring schedules, played and toured with John Lee Hooker from 1949 to 1962. After his period of working in tandem with Hooker he pursued a successful solo career, recording for RPM Records, Fortune Records, Volt Records, and King Records, sometimes under the stage name Eddie Kirk. Kirkland continued to tour, write and record albums until his death in February 2011.

Mr Bo:
Detroit bluesman Louis Collins, known professionally as Mr. Bo. Born in Indianola, Mississippi in 1932, Collins, like his brother, the bandleader Mac Collins became a stalwart of the Detroit blues scene during the barren days of the 1960s and dissapointingly he made few appearances on record, save for a handful of rare 45s. Collins left Mississippi in 1946, first moving to Chicago, then to Baldwin, Michigan in 1951, before settling in Detroit. Once in Detroit he played gigs with John Lee Hooker, Eddie Burns, Little Sonny Willis and Boogie Woogie Red, however he did not make it onto wax until 1959 when he signed with Johnnie Mae Mathews Northern label cutting I'm Leaving This Town/Times Hard, supported by his brother Mac on bass.

The Ohio Untouchables:
Formed in 1959, the Ohio Untouchables were a Detroit-based backing band for The Falcons (Wilson Pickett), and Benny McCain. They recorded "Love Is Amazing" in 1963. In 1964, they moved to New York as the house band for Compass Records, Inc. and in 1968, they have changed their name as the Ohio Players. Robert Ward (vocals and guitar), Marshall Jones (bass), Ralph Middlebrook (alto saxophone), Clarence G. Satchell (tenor saxophone and flute) and Cornelius Johnson (drums).

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Eddie Kirkland - Blues Legend

Size: 163,6 MB
Time: 70:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Soul Blues
Art: Front

01. Me And My Woman (2:40)
02. Man Of Stone (2:01)
03. I'm In The Mood (3:07)
04. That's All Right (2:17)
05. How Can You Do It? (2:41)
06. Whistle Done Blown (3:11)
07. It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done (2:59)
08. Something's Gone Wrong In My Life (2:55)
09. I'm Goin' To Keep Loving You (2:29)
10. I Tried (3:03)
11. No Shoes (2:47)
12. Mistreated Woman (2:30)
13. Have Mercy On Me (3:06)
14. I'm Gonna Forget You (3:30)
15. I Need You, Baby (2:43)
16. Train Done Gone (2:33)
17. Tease Me, Baby (3:02)
18. I'm Going Away (3:02)
19. Please Don't Think I'm Nosey (2:40)
20. Down On My Knees (2:25)
21. Daddy, Please Don't Cry (3:15)
22. Streets Is Filled With Women (3:14)
23. Saturday Night Stomp (2:29)
24. Don't Take My Heart (2:28)
25. Baby, You Know It's True (2:58)

How many Jamaican-born bluesmen recorded with John Lee Hooker and toured with Otis Redding? It's a safe bet there was only one: Eddie Kirkland, who engaged in some astonishing on-stage acrobatics over the decades (like standing on his head while playing guitar on TV's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert). But you would never find any ersatz reggae grooves cluttering Kirkland's work. He was brought up around Dothan, Alabama before heading north to Detroit in 1943. There he hooked up with Hooker five years later, recording with him for several labels as well as under his own name for RPM in 1952, King in 1953, and Fortune in 1959. Tru-Sound Records, a Prestige subsidiary, invited Kirkland to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 1961-1962 to wax his first album, It's the Blues Man! The polished R&B band of saxophonist King Curtis intersected with Kirkland's intense vocals, raucous guitar, and harmonica throughout the exciting set. Exiting the Motor City for Macon, Georgia in 1962, Kirkland signed on with Otis Redding as a sideman and show opener not long thereafter. Redding introduced Kirkland to Stax/Volt co-owner Jim Stewart, who flipped over Eddie's primal dance workout "The Hawg." It was issued on Volt in 1963, billed to Eddie Kirk. By the dawn of the '70s, Kirkland was recording for Pete Lowry's Trix label; he also waxed several CDs for Deluge in the '90s. Kirkland remained active into the 21st century, and was in Florida to perform at a show in the Gulf Coast community of Dunedin when he died from injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving collided with a Greyhound bus in Crystal River on February 27, 2011. Eddie Kirkland was 87 years old. ~Bio by Bill Dahl

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Various - Savoy Blues Vols 5 & 6

Album: Savoy Blues Volume 5
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:59
Size: 80.1 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Delta John - Goin' Mad Blues
[3:14] 2. Hot Lips Page - Uncle Sam Blues
[2:22] 3. Dexter Gordon - Knockin' Myself Out
[3:11] 4. Eddie Kirkland - Snake In The Grass
[2:17] 5. H-Bomb Ferguson - Good Lovin'
[3:22] 6. Big Joe Turner - I'm Still In The Dark
[2:51] 7. Walter Brown Mcghee - Auto Mechanic Blues
[7:58] 8. Charles Brown - I Put Myself Together
[2:57] 9. Billy Wright - Goin' Down Slow
[2:59] 10. Joe Williams - Kansas City Blues

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Album: Savoy Blues Volume 6
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:28
Size: 74.3 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:28] 1. Big Maybelle - Blues Early, Early
[2:34] 2. Lafayette Thomas - Texarkana
[2:31] 3. Helen Humes - Sad Feeling
[3:40] 4. Eddie Kirkland - When I First Started Hoboing
[3:01] 5. Little Miss Sharecropper - Take Out Some Time
[3:01] 6. Gatemouth Moore - Love Doctor Blues
[4:29] 7. Charles Brown - I've Got A Right To Cry
[3:03] 8. Johnny Otis - Midnight In The Barrelhouse
[3:05] 9. Joe Williams - When The Sun Goes Down
[2:30] 10. Sticks McGhee & The Ramblers - Things Have Changed

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Various - Savoy Blues Vols 1 & 2 of 6

Savoy Records is a United States record label specializing in jazz, black gospel, soul, R&B, and blues music.

Album: Savoy Blues Volume 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:32
Size: 67.6 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Nappy Brown - The Right Time
[3:00] 2. Miss Rhapsody - Groovin' The Blues
[2:48] 3. Albinia Jones - Salty Papa Blues
[3:00] 4. Johnny Otis - Mistrustin' Blues
[2:49] 5. Memphis Slim - One Man's Mad
[2:38] 6. Pete Johnson - Man Wanted
[2:38] 7. Joe Turner - I Got My Discharge Papers
[4:10] 8. Eddie Kirkland - Hard To Raise A Family Today
[2:41] 9. Little Miss Sharecropper - I've Tried
[2:44] 10. Big Joe Turner - Hollywood Red (Cherry Red Blues)

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Album: Savoy Blues Volume 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 30:59
Size: 70.9 MB
Styles: Assorted styles
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Big Maybelle - Ramblin' Blues
[3:02] 2. Albinia Jones - Evil Gal Blues
[3:09] 3. John Lee Hooker - Do The Boogie
[3:38] 4. Memphis Slim - Cold Blooded Woman
[2:35] 5. Budd Johnson Quartet - Walking My Blues Away
[3:12] 6. Big Joe Turner - My Gal's A Jockey
[2:42] 7. Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Dust My Broom
[2:17] 8. Little Miss Sharecropper - How Long
[4:32] 9. Charles Brown - I've Got A Right To Cry
[2:57] 10. Big Joe Turner - Lucille, Lucille

Note: Vols 3-6 will be posted over the next few days.
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John Lee Hooker - House Of The Blues

Year: 1959/2015
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:55
Size: 83,0 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Walkin' The Boogie (2:45)
2. Love Blues (3:01)
3. Union Station Blues (2:58)
4. It's My Own Fault (3:00)
5. Leave My Wife Alone (2:48)
6. Ramblin' By Myself (3:20)
7. Sugar Mama (3:15)
8. Down At The Landing (2:57)
9. Louise (3:05)
10. Ground Hog Blues (2:58)
11. High Priced Woman (2:44)
12. Woman And Money (2:58)

Several of these recordings were gathered together by Chess Records for release as the album House Of The Blues in 1959. The material was recorded between 1951 and 1954, where known, and whilst there is nothing quite so compelling as "Boogie Chillen" (his first hit) or "Boom Boom" (his biggest hit and which featured moonlighting members of Motown's famed Funk Brothers), it is still representative of his recordings during that period. As Such, there is a brooding and raw intensity to John Lee Hooker's unique brand of the blues. All of the tracks are credited to John Lee Hooker and were recorded in Detroit. Among the known accompanying musicians are Bob Thurman (piano) and Eddie Kirkland (guitar), but invariably it is John Himself who holds the song together, paying equal attention to his guitar playing and his singing.

House Of The Blues is an important album in the John Lee Hooker discography; it shows the subtle musical changes he introduced during a three year spell, highlights his songwriting to perfection and showcases one of the most distinctive blues vocalists of all. /Excerpt from the liner notes.

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Eddie Kirkland - 2 albums: Movin' On / Lonely Street

How many Jamaican-born bluesmen recorded with John Lee Hooker and toured with Otis Redding? It's a safe bet there was only one: Eddie Kirkland, who engaged in some astonishing on-stage acrobatics over the decades (like standing on his head while playing guitar on TV's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert). But you would never find any ersatz reggae grooves cluttering Kirkland's work. He was brought up around Dothan, Alabama before heading north to Detroit in 1943. There he hooked up with Hooker five years later, recording with him for several labels as well as under his own name for RPM in 1952, King in 1953, and Fortune in 1959. Tru-Sound Records, a Prestige subsidiary, invited Kirkland to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 1961-1962 to wax his first album, It's the Blues Man! The polished R&B band of saxophonist King Curtis intersected with Kirkland's intense vocals, raucous guitar, and harmonica throughout the exciting set. Exiting the Motor City for Macon, Georgia in 1962, Kirkland signed on with Otis Redding as a sideman and show opener not long thereafter. Redding introduced Kirkland to Stax/Volt co-owner Jim Stewart, who flipped over Eddie's primal dance workout "The Hawg." It was issued on Volt in 1963, billed to Eddie Kirk. By the dawn of the '70s, Kirkland was recording for Pete Lowry's Trix label; he also waxed several CDs for Deluge in the '90s. Kirkland remained active into the 21st century, and was in Florida to perform at a show in the Gulf Coast community of Dunedin when he died from injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving collided with a Greyhound bus in Crystal River on February 27, 2011. Eddie Kirkland was 87 years old. ~bio by Bill Dahl

Album: Movin' On
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:36
Size: 129.6 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[5:16] 1. Love Me
[5:26] 2. Rainbow
[4:55] 3. Honey Bee
[4:54] 4. Sandman
[4:30] 5. Movin' On
[3:08] 6. Foggy Monday
[5:46] 7. Got To Find Me 'nother Woman
[5:28] 8. Don't Monkey Around With Me
[5:17] 9. Why Can't I Be Free
[6:32] 10. Swanee River
[5:19] 11. American Woman

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Album: Lonely Street
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:30
Size: 108.7 MB
Styles: Modern electric blues
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[4:40] 1. Lonely Street
[3:54] 2. Dixie
[3:54] 3. Done Somebody Wrong
[4:07] 4. Snake In The Grass
[5:15] 5. Pick Up The Pieces
[4:20] 6. Dark Nights
[3:46] 7. Respect For My Woman
[3:21] 8. Blue River
[3:54] 9. Nightgirl
[4:44] 10. Money, That's What I Want
[5:29] 11. Gates Of Heaven

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Various - The RPM Blues Story (2-CD set)

This 2 CD set contains 40 original recordings from the RPM Records label, including titles from B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and many more. All tracks have Eddiebeen digitally remastered for optimum listening quality.

RPM was a hip and happening label formed in LA, it was one of the several subsidiary labels of Modern Records who were the forerunner of ryhthm and blues. RPM quickly became associated with its biggest name, BB King, and then followed with names such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Nix. The label was short-lived but this compilation catches RPM in its satisfying prime.

Album: The RPM Blues Story CD 1
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 59:19
Size: 135.8 MB
Styles: Assorted
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:02] 1. B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues
[3:11] 2. Lowell Fulson - Doin' Time Blues
[3:55] 3. Howlin' Wolf - Crying At Daybreak
[2:21] 4. Lightnin' Hopkins - Don't Keep My Baby Long
[2:44] 5. Jimmy Nelson - Fine Little Honey Dripper
[2:40] 6. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Too Tired
[3:01] 7. Little Eddie Kirkland - It's Time For Lovin' To Be Done
[3:16] 8. Roscoe Gordon - City Women
[2:55] 9. Drifting Slim - My Sweet Woman
[2:51] 10. Johnny Wright & Ike Turner's Orchestra - The World Is Yours
[3:02] 11. 'Little George' Smith - Telephone Blues
[2:49] 12. B.B. King - I Wonder
[2:42] 13. Howlin' Wolf - Passing By Blues
[3:07] 14. Jimmy Nelson - T-99 Blues
[2:56] 15. Sunny Blair - Five Foot Three Blues
[2:37] 16. Lightnin' Hopkins - Beggin' You To Stay
[3:08] 17. 'Little George' Smith - Blues Stay Away
[3:02] 18. Jimmy McCracklin - Your Heart Ain't Right
[2:29] 19. Roscoe Gordon - Dime A Dozen
[3:24] 20. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Three Hours Past Midnight

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Album: The RPM Blues Story CD 2
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:31
Size: 127.1 MB
Styles: Assorted
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Howlin' Wolf - Morning At Midnight
[2:16] 2. 'Little Eddie' Kirkland - That's All Right
[2:51] 3. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - She Moves Me
[2:51] 4. B.B. King - Mistreated Woman
[2:43] 5. Lowell Fulson - Some Old Lonesome Day
[2:43] 6. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lonesome Dog Blues
[3:09] 7. Roscoe Gordon - Cold, Cold Winter
[2:47] 8. Junior Brooks - Lone Town Blues
[2:52] 9. Drifting Slim - Good Morning Baby
[2:58] 10. 'Little George' Smith - Blues In The Dark
[2:58] 11. Howlin' Wolf - My Baby Stole Off
[2:16] 12. Jimmy Nelson - Bad Habit Blues
[3:19] 13. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Don't Touch Me
[2:57] 14. Roscoe Gordon - Dream Baby
[2:36] 15. Jimmy McCracklin - Love When It Rains
[3:05] 16. Jimmy Nelson - Baby Child
[2:40] 17. Willie Nix - Try Me One More Time
[2:28] 18. B.B. King - B.B. Blues
[2:16] 19. Mumbles - Jumpin' Blues
[3:01] 20. Lightnin' Hopkins - Jake Head Boogie

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Eddie Kirkland - All Around The World / Where You Get Your Sugar

Album: All Around The World
Size: 90,4 MB
Time: 39:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Shake It Up (3:09)
02. All I've Got To Offer (3:21)
03. Live With It (3:51)
04. 40 Days And 40 Nights (3:02)
05. Pick Up The Pieces (6:21)
06. All Around The World (3:30)
07. Love Don't Love Nobody (3:56)
08. Country Boy (2:49)
09. There's Gonna Be Some Blues (2:50)
10. Big City Behind The Sun (3:07)
11. Someone To Stand By Me (3:07)

How many Jamaican-born bluesmen recorded with John Lee Hooker and toured with Otis Redding? It's a safe bet there was only one: Eddie Kirkland, who engaged in some astonishing on-stage acrobatics over the decades (like standing on his head while playing guitar on TV's Don Kirshner's Rock Concert). But you would never find any ersatz reggae grooves cluttering Kirkland's work. He was brought up around Dothan, Alabama before heading north to Detroit in 1943. There he hooked up with Hooker five years later, recording with him for several labels as well as under his own name for RPM in 1952, King in 1953, and Fortune in 1959. Tru-Sound Records, a Prestige subsidiary, invited Kirkland to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 1961-1962 to wax his first album, It's the Blues Man! The polished R&B band of saxophonist King Curtis intersected with Kirkland's intense vocals, raucous guitar, and harmonica throughout the exciting set. Exiting the Motor City for Macon, Georgia in 1962, Kirkland signed on with Otis Redding as a sideman and show opener not long thereafter. Redding introduced Kirkland to Stax/Volt co-owner Jim Stewart, who flipped over Eddie's primal dance workout "The Hawg." It was issued on Volt in 1963, billed to Eddie Kirk. By the dawn of the '70s, Kirkland was recording for Pete Lowry's Trix label; he also waxed several CDs for Deluge in the '90s. Kirkland remained active into the 21st century, and was in Florida to perform at a show in the Gulf Coast community of Dunedin when he died from injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving collided with a Greyhound bus in Crystal River on February 27, 2011. Eddie Kirkland was 87 years old. ~Bio by Bill Dahl

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All Around The World

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Album: Where You Get Your Sugar
Size: 117,1 MB
Time: 50:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1995
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. See See Rider (4:58)
02. Sugar Mama (4:59)
03. Love Me (4:56)
04. Our Love, So Beautiful (7:56)
05. Lover Bone (5:39)
06. What You Got On Your Mind? (3:40)
07. We Got A Problem (4:15)
08. Being In Love (5:10)
09. Shake What Your Mama Gave You (4:06)
10. Pity On Me (5:06)

Kirkland remains an amazingly raucous entertainer whose free-form sense of blues convention remains elusive to capturing on record; perhaps he's best experienced live. This album's no exception -- fiery at times, meandering, and frustrating at others. To his credit, Kirkland's no moldy fig, mixing thoroughly contemporary rhythms and unusual chord changes into his rowdy musical stew. ~Review by Bill Dahl

Thanks to Marc.
Where You Get Your Sugar

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