Elmore James - Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James

Album: Let's Cut It
Size: 121,8 MB
Time: 52:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1987
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. Dust My Blues (3:17)
2. Blues Before Sunrise (2:42)
3. No Love In My Heart (2:23)
4. Sho Nuff I Do (2:44)
5. Standing At The Crossroads (2:46)
6. I Was A Fool (2:50)
7. Sunnyland (3:16)
8. Canton, Mississippi Breakdown (3:47)
9. Happy Home (2:44)
10. Wild About You Baby (3:17)
11. Long Tall Woman (3:38)
12. So Mean To Me (2:27)
13. Hawaiian Boogie (No. 2) (2:18)
14. Mean And Evil (2:13)
15. Dark And Dreary (2:45)
16. My Best Friend (2:43)
17. I Believe (3:11)
18. Goodbye Baby (2:56)

Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James rounds up 18 tracks from his Modern, Flair and Meteor recordings. These are generally considered to be some James' greatest recordings, and there's no denying that there are incendiary performances throughout the record that more than prove James' legendary status is deserved. A few alternate takes are thrown in that are more noteworthy for collectors than general listeners. Then again, fans who only want one disc of Elmore will be best served by Rhino's The Sky is Crying, which selects highlights from all of his many labels. This, in turn, is for fans who want to dig a little deeper than that set, since this contains the best of one of his best periods. /Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

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Johnny Jones - Doin' The Best I Can

Size: 372 MB
Time: 151:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

CD A:
01. Sweet Little Woman (Little Johnny Jones) (3:05)
02. I May Be Wrong (Little Johnny Jones) (2:52)
03. Wait Baby (Little Johnny Jones) (3:11)
04. Hoy, Hoy (Little Johnny Jones) (2:40)
05. Chicago Blues (Little Johnny Jones) (3:13)
06. Doin' The Best I Can (Little Johnny Jones) (2:41)
07. Come On If You're Coming (Tampa Red) (2:53)
08. Please Try To See It My Way (Tampa Red) (3:06)
09. One Sunday Morning (Big Maceo) (2:50)
10. Just Tell Me Baby (Big Maceo) (2:31)
11. Do You Remember (Big Maceo) (2:27)
12. Big City Blues (Big Maceo) (2:33)
13. It's Too Late Now (Tampa Red) (2:58)
14. I'll Find My Way (Tampa Red) (2:38)
15. Midnight Boogie (Tampa Red) (2:47)
16. I Miss My Lovin' Blues (Tampa Red) (2:56)
17. Since My Baby's Been Gone (Tampa Red) (2:49)
18. She's A Cool Operator (Tampa Red) (3:04)
19. Look A-There, Look A-There (Tampa Red) (2:44)
20. True Love (Tampa Red) (2:45)
21. All Mixed Up Over You (Tampa Red) (2:49)
22. So Much Trouble (Tampa Red) (3:02)
23. Ti-Ri-Lee (Big Joe Turner) (2:56)
24. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop (Big Joe Turner) (2:47)
25. TV Mama (Big Joe Turner) (2:48)

CD B:
01. Baby What's Wrong (Elmore James) (2:56)
02. I Believe (Elmore James) (3:17)
03. Sinful Woman (Elmore James) (2:54)
04. I Held My Baby Last Night (Elmore James) (3:25)
05. Round House Boogie (J.T. Brown) (2:49)
06. Kickin' The Blues Around (J.T. Brown) (3:00)
07. Saxony Boogie (J.T. Brown) (2:39)
08. Dumb Woman Blues (J.T. Brown) (3:16)
09. Early In The Morning (Elmore James) (2:50)
10. Hawaiian Boogie (Elmore James) (2:21)
11. Can't Stop Lovin' (Elmore James) (2:26)
12. Make A Little Love (Elmore James) (2:51)
13. Make My Dreams Come True (Elmore James) (2:43)
14. Strange Kinda Feelin' (Elmore James) (2:33)
15. Dark And Dreary (Elmore James) (2:48)
16. Sho' Nuff I Do (Elmore James) (2:54)
17. 1839 Blues (Elmore James) (3:16)
18. Cut That Out (Junior Wells) (2:52)
19. Ways Like An Angel (Junior Wells) (3:17)
20. Hoodoo Man (Junior Wells) (3:06)
21. Tomorrow Night (Junior Wells) (2:28)
22. Eagle Rock (Junior Wells) (2:22)
23. Junior's Wail (Junior Wells) (2:55)
24. The Twelve Year Old Boy (Elmore James) (3:05)
25. Coming Home (Elmore James) (2:27)
26. It Hurts Me Too (Elmore James) (3:05)
27. Knocking At Your Door (Elmore James) (2:38)
28. Elmore's Contribution To Jazz (Elmore James) (2:19)

In 40 short years on earth, Johnny Jones established himself as one of the greatest piano players ever to inhabit the Chicago blues scene. Best known for his rock-solid accompaniment to slide guitarist Elmore James both in the studio and as an onstage member of James' Broomdusters, "Little Johnny" also waxed a handful of terrific sides as a leader.

Jones arrived in Chicago from Mississippi in 1946 well-versed on the 88s. Influenced greatly by pianist Big Maceo Merriwether, Jones followed him into Tampa Red's band in 1947 after Maceo suffered a stroke. Johnny Jones's talents were soon in demand as a sideman -- in addition to rolling the ivories behind Tampa Red for RCA Victor from 1949 to 1953, he backed Muddy Waters on his 1949 classic "Screamin' and Cryin'" and later appeared on sides by Howlin' Wolf.

But it's Elmore James that he'll forever be associated with; the indispensable pianist played on James's halcyon 1952-56 Chicago sessions for the Bihari brothers' Meteor, Flair, and Modern logos, as well as dates for Checker, Chief, and Fire. The Broomdusters (rounded out by saxist J.T. Brown and drummer Odie Payne, Jr.) held down a regular berth at the West Side blues club Sylvio's for five years.

When he got the chance to sit behind a microphone, Jones's insinuating vocal delivery was equally enthralling. Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, and Leroy Foster backed Jones on his 1949 Aristocrat label classic "Big Town Playboy" (later revived by Eddie Taylor, another unsung Chicago hero), while Elmore James and saxist J.T. Brown were on hand for Jones's 1953 Flair coupling "I May Be Wrong"/"Sweet Little Woman" (the latter a wonderfully risqué "dozens" number). The rocking "Hoy Hoy," his last commercial single, was done in 1953 for Atlantic and also featured James and his group in support. Jones continued to work in the clubs (with Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Syl Johnson, Billy Boy Arnold, and Magic Sam, among others) prior to his 1964 death of lung cancer.

Ironically, Jones was reportedly the first cousin of another Chicago piano great, Otis Spann. ~Bill Dahl

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Elmore James - Blues & Rhythm Series 5082: The Chronological Elmore James 1951-53

Size: 171 MB
Time: 65:52
File: FLAC
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long) (2:44)
02. Please Find My Baby (3:09)
03. Hand In Hand (2:52)
04. Long Tall Woman (2:56)
05. Rock My Baby Tonight (2:36)
06. My Baby's Gone (2:22)
07. One More Drink (3:18)
08. Baby What's Wrong (2:56)
09. I Believe (3:16)
10. Sinful Woman (2:54)
11. I Held My Baby Last Night (3:25)
12. Round House Boogie (2:49)
13. Kickin' The Blues Around (3:00)
14. Sax-Ony Boogie (2:39)
15. Dumb Woman Blues (3:16)
16. Country Boogie (Tool Bag Boogie) (2:42)
17. My Best Friend (3:25)
18. I See My Baby (3:06)
19. She Won't Do Right (Dust My Broom) (3:04)
20. Whose Muddy Shoes (3:19)
21. Sweet Little Woman (3:04)
22. I May Be Wrong (2:49)

Radio repairman Elmore James spent a good deal of time re-wiring his amplifiers, giving him a raw, distorted, and urgent sound on electric guitar that, coupled with his killer slide style, made him the Godfather of modern electric guitar, and few gunslingers can match his intensity or powerful, dirty sound (even when armed with a train-load of stomp boxes). This disc collects his earliest sides for Trumpet, Flair and Meteor Records, and includes at least three different versions (James redid this song countless times under varying titles) of his signature tune, a re-working of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom." James brought everything to every recording he ever did, and so it is virtually impossible to pick up a bad Elmore James release, but this one, since it contains his very first recordings, has a special urgency. ~Steve Leggett

The Chronological Elmore James 1951-53

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VA - Club Beat: Stirring Up Some Blues (The Original Sound Of UK Club Land)

Size: 147,3 MB
Time: 62:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock
Art: Front

01 Al Simmons, Slim Green & The Cats From Fresno - Old Folks Boogie (3:00)
02 Smokey Smothers - I Ain't Gonna Be No Monkey Man No More (2:25)
03 Skip Robinson & His Imperials - I Just Can't Wait (2:09)
04 Schoolboy Cleve - She's Gone (2:14)
05 Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love (2:40)
06 The Nightriders - Lookin' For My Baby (2:03)
07 Howlin' Wolf - Poor Boy (2:34)
08 Harmonica Slim - Mary Helen (2:00)
09 Jimmy Nolen - You've Been Goofing (2:41)
10 Dossie Terry - I Got A Watch Dog (2:33)
11 Jimmy Rogers - I Can't Believe (2:46)
12 Little Mac - Times Are Getting Tougher (2:24)
13 Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby (2:39)
14 Little Jimmy Ray - You Need To Fall In Love (2:33)
15 Sonny Boy Williams - Alice Mae Blues (2:28)
16 Muddy Waters - Trouble No More (2:41)
17 Magic Sam - Look Whatcha Done (2:08)
18 Little Esther - If It's News To You (2:39)
19 Willie Mae Thornton - Just Like A Dog (Barking Up The Wrong Tree) (2:47)
20 Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:37)
21 Little Walter - Oh Baby (2:46)
22 Mercy Baby - Pleadin' (2:15)
23 Dennis Roberts - Come On (2:19)
24 Bob Reed & His Band - I'm Leaving You (2:36)
25 Little Joe Hinton - My Love Is Real (2:26)

WELCOME to the latest instalment of our "Adventures in UK Club Land" exploring the "Club Beat" - the roots of R&B, Ska, Gospel, Jazz, Soul, Mod and, in this chapter, BLUES. THE BLUES evolved in the late eighteen hundreds from a melting pot of homespun black music performed to small audiences across the American South. It wasn't until the 1920s, after the migration to cities such as Chicago that the genre was christened the Blues, a term initiated by the record industry, designed to appeal to a black audience. The blues continues to evolve today and, like it's original counterparts, gospel, jazz and R&B, it plays a leading role in popular music, the roots of which can be heard in our unique 25-track compilation.

Club Beat: Stirring Up Some Blues

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Elmore James - King Of The Slide Guitar

Size: 91,6 MB
Time: 38:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. Lost Woman Blues Aka Please Find My Baby (With His Broomdusters) (3:16)
02. One More Drink (Take 2) (3:16) (With His Broomdusters)
03. Strange Kinda Feeling (2:30)
04. Sho' Nuff I Do (2:52)
05. My Best Friend (2:48)
06. So Mean To Me (Take 2) (2:39)
07. Wild About You Baby (3:20)
08. Sweet Little Woman (Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs) (3:00)
09. Long Tall Woman (2:53)
10. Where Can My Baby Be (Take 1) (0:20)
11. Dark And Dreary (Take 2) (3:30)
12. My Baby's Gone (2:24)
13. I May Be Wrong (Boogie Woogie) (Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs) (2:52)
14. Elmo's Shuffle (Take 3) (3:10)

No two ways about it, the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period was Elmore James, hands down. Although his early demise from heart failure kept him from enjoying the fruits of the '60s blues revival as his contemporaries Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf did, James left a wide influential trail behind him. And that influence continues to the present time -- in approach, attitude and tone -- in just about every guitar player who puts a slide on his finger and wails the blues. As a guitarist, he wrote the book, his slide style influencing the likes of Hound Dog Taylor, Joe Carter, his cousin Homesick James and J.B. Hutto, while his seldom-heard single-string work had an equally profound effect on B.B. King and Chuck Berry. His signature lick -- an electric updating of Robert Johnson's "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" and one that Elmore recorded in infinite variations from day one to his last session -- is so much a part of the essential blues fabric of guitar licks that no one attempting to play slide guitar can do it without being compared to Elmore James. Others may have had more technique -- Robert Nighthawk and Earl Hooker immediately come to mind -- but Elmore had the sound and all the feeling.

A radio repairman by trade, Elmore reworked his guitar amplifiers in his spare time, getting them to produce raw, distorted sounds that wouldn't resurface until the advent of heavy rock amplification in the late '60s. This amp-on-11-approach was hot-wired to one of the strongest emotional approaches to the blues ever recorded. There is never a time when you're listening to one of his records that you feel -- no matter how familiar the structure -- that he's phoning it in just to grab a quick session check. Elmore James always gave it everything he had, everything he could emotionally invest in a number. This commitment of spirit is something that shows up time and again when listening to multiple takes from his session masters. The sheer repetitiveness of the recording process would dim almost anyone's creative fires, but Elmore always seemed to give it 100 percent every time the red light went on. Few blues singers had a voice that could compete with James'; it was loud, forceful, prone to "catch" or break up in the high registers, almost sounding on the verge of hysteria at certain moments. Evidently the times back in the mid-'30s when Elmore had first-hand absorption of Robert Johnson as a playing companion had a deep influence on him, not only in his choice of material, but also in his presentation of it.

Backing the twin torrents of Elmore's guitar and voice was one of the greatest -- and earliest -- Chicago blues bands. Named after James' big hit, the Broomdusters featured Little Johnny Jones on piano, J.T. Brown on tenor sax and Elmore's cousin, Homesick James on rhythm guitar. This talented nucleus was often augmented by a second saxophone on occasion while the drumming stool changed frequently. But this was the band that could go toe to toe in a battle of the blues against the bands of Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf and always hold their own, if not walk with the show. Utilizing a stomping beat, Elmore's slashing guitar, Jones' two-fisted piano delivery, Homesick's rudimentary boogie bass rhythm and Brown's braying nanny-goat sax leads, the Broomdusters were as loud and powerful and popular as any blues band the Windy City had to offer.

But as urban as their sound was, it all had roots in Elmore's hometown of Canton, MS. He was born there on January 27, 1918, the illegitimate son of Leola Brooks and later given the surname of his stepfather, Joe Willie James. He adapted to music at an early age, learning to play bottleneck on a homemade instrument fashioned out of a broom handle and a lard can. By the age of 14, he was already a weekend musician, working the various country suppers and juke joints in the area under the names "Cleanhead" or Joe' Willie James." Although he confined himself to a home base area around Belzoni, he would join up and work with traveling players coming through like Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson. By the late '30s he had formed his first band and was working the Southern state area with Sonny Boy until the second world war broke out, spending three years stationed with the Navy in Guam. When he was discharged, he picked off where he left off, moving for a while to Memphis, working in clubs with Eddie Taylor and his cousin Homesick James. Elmore was also one of the first "guest stars" on the popular King Biscuit Time radio show on KFFA in Helena, AL, also doing stints on the Talaho Syrup show on Yazoo City's WAZF and the Hadacol show on KWEM in West Memphis.

Nervous and unsure of his abilities as a recording artist, Elmore was surreptitiously recorded by Lillian McMurray of Trumpet Records at the tail end of a Sonny Boy session doing his now-signature tune, "Dust My Broom." Legend has it that James didn't even stay around long enough to hear the playback, much less record a second side. McMurray stuck a local singer (BoBo "Slim" Thomas) on the flip side and the record became the surprise R&B hit of 1951, making the Top Ten and conversely making a recording star out of Elmore. With a few months left on his Trumpet contract, Elmore was recorded by the Bihari Brothers for their Modern label subsidiaries, Flair and Meteor, but the results were left in the can until James' contract ran out. In the meantime, Elmore had moved to Chicago and cut a quick session for Chess, which resulted in one single being issued and just as quickly yanked off the market as the Bihari Brothers swooped in to protect their investment. This period of activity found Elmore assembling the nucleus of his great band the Broomdusters and several fine recordings were issued over the next few years on a plethora of the Bihari Brothers'owned labels with several of them charting and most all of them becoming certified blues classics.

By this time James had established a beach-head in the clubs of Chicago as one of the most popular live acts and regularly broadcasting over WPOA under the aegis of disc jockey Big Bill Hill. In 1957, with his contract with the Bihari Brothers at an end, he recorded several successful sides for Mel London's Chief label, all of them later being issued on the larger Vee-Jay label. His health -- always in a fragile state due to a recurring heart condition -- would send him back home to Jackson, MS, where he temporarily set aside his playing for work as a disc jockey or radio repair man. He came back to Chicago to record a session for Chess, then just as quickly broke contract to sign with Bobby Robinson's Fire label, producing the classic "The Sky Is Crying" and numerous others. Running afoul with the Chicago musician's union, he returned back to Mississippi, doing sessions in New York and New Orleans waiting for Big Bill Hill to sort things out. In May of 1963, Elmore returned to Chicago, ready to resume his on-again off-again playing career -- his records were still being regularly issued and reissued on a variety of labels -- when he suffered his final heart attack. His wake was attended by over 400 blues luminaries before his body was shipped back to Mississippi. He was elected to the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1980 and was later elected to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a seminal influence. Elmore James may not have lived to reap the rewards of the blues revival, but his music and influence continues to resonate. ~Cub Koda

King Of The Slide Guitar

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VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1959

Size: 172,9+178,5 MB
Time: 72:59+75:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Floyd Dixon - Let's Go Smitty (2:23)
02 Bo Diddley - Mumblin' Guitar (2:47)
03 Tommy Ridgley - Real Gone Jam (2:18)
04 The Gondoliers - Knocked Out (2:39)
05 The Carter Bros - Pacoima Stomp (2:16)
06 Gus Jenkins - Cutting Out (2:48)
07 Paul Gayten - Hot Cross Buns (2:30)
08 Mary Lou Williams Trio - Chunk-A-Lunk Jug, Pt. 1 (2:13)
09 Mary Lou Williams Trio - Chunk-A-Lunk Jug, Pt. 2 (2:15)
10 James Brown - Mashed Potatoes (3:15)
11 Nat Kendrick & The Swans - Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 2 (1:49)
12 The Swinging Earls - Yum Yum (2:45)
13 Garland Davis - Sweet Meats (2:49)
14 Herb Hardesty & The Rhythm Rollers - Perdido Street (2:33)
15 Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning (3:19)
16 Royal Earl & The Swingin' Kools - Royal Earl Shuffle (2:21)
17 Spot Barnett - Boney Shuffle (2:21)
18 King Curtis - Soul Groove, Pt. 1 (2:18)
19 King Curtis - Soul Groove, Pt. 2 (2:39)
20 Lefty Bates - Rock Alley (2:35)
21 The Bim Bam Boos - Can't Sit Down (2:37)
22 Sam Price & His All Stars - Boogie Cha Cha (2:37)
23 Cozy Cole - Cozy's Mambo (2:30)
24 Ernie Freeman - Live It Up (1:54)
25 Doc Starkes & His Nite Riders - Talk To Me Baby (2:20)
26 Buddy Johnson - Down Yonder (3:10)
27 Jimmy Nolen - Swingin' Peter Gunn, Pt. 1 (1:42)
28 Jimmy Nolen - Swingin' Peter Gunn, Pt. 2 (2:05)
29 Gene Redd & The Globe Trotters - Zeen Beat (2:59)

CD 2:
01 Memphis Slim - Steppin' Out (2:00)
02 Buster Brown - The Madison Shuffle (2:33)
03 The Carter Bros - Voodoo Cha Cha (1:51)
04 Doc Starkes & His Nite Riders - Night Ridin' (2:25)
05 Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim - Slim's Thing (3:26)
06 Ike Turner - Ho Ho (2:29)
07 Howlin' Wolf - Wolf In The Mood (2:18)
08 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Swingin' The Gate (2:47)
09 Chuck Berry - Blue On Blue (3:02)
10 Elmore James - Bobby's Rock (2:11)
11 Little Boyd - Harmonica Rock (1:51)
12 Bo Diddley - Diddling (2:13)
13 Gus Jenkins - Spanky (2:41)
14 Royal Earl & The Swinging Kools - Talkin' Guitar, Pt. 2 (Edit) (2:06)
15 Cliff Davis & The Turbo-Jets - Let It Roll, Pt. 1 (2:13)
16 Cliff Davis & The Turbo-Jets - Let It Roll, Pt. 2 (2:32)
17 Jimmy Nolen - Blues After Hours (2:36)
18 Lefty Bates - E N A (2:30)
19 (Eddie) Clear Waters - A-Minor Cha-Cha (3:05)
20 Jerry McCain - Steady (2:03)
21 Nick & The Jaguars - Cool And Crazy (2:14)
22 Ernie Freeman - Night Sounds (2:19)
23 Herb Hardesty - Beatin' And Blowin' (2:14)
24 Sammy Price & Rock Band - Honky Tonk Caboose (2:47)
25 Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers - Rollin' Home (2:21)
26 Bill Doggett - Backwards, Pt. 1 (3:17)
27 Bill Doggett - Backwards, Pt. 2 (3:28)
28 Harmonica George - Sputnik Music (2:15)
29 Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom 5 - Midnight Jump (2:29)
30 Paul Gayten - The Hunch (2:49)

1960 may have been the big year for Instrumentals, but back in 1959, several white instrumentals acts were already making a dent in the pop charts, among them the Virtues, the Rebels, the Rock-A-Teens and the Fireballs. Duane Eddy had broken through in 58 but in 1959 he had no less than seven singles on the Hot 100. Johnny & the Hurricanes had their first success this year with three big hits. Black artists, however, had less mainstream success. Jimmy Beck sneaked in at #82 for two weeks with Pipe Dreams, Larry Kerrin s The Hunch was a hit for both Paul Gayten and the Bobby Peterson Quintet; Bill Doggett had three discs in the R&B charts but apart from a couple of organ hits for Preston Epps and Dave Baby Cortez, that was it for R&B instrumentals chart-wise. If you re knocked out by what you hear from 1959, just wait till you find out what was on offer in 1960 and 1961.

Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1959

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VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1957

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Elmore James & John Brim - Tough

Year: 1968
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:18
Size: 79,6 MB
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Scans: LP front & back

1. Elmore James - Stormy Monday Blues (2:27)
2. Elmore James - Going For Good (3:04)
3. John Brim - Lifetime Baby (3:03)
4. Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:04)
5. John Brim - Be Careful What You Do (2:42)
6. Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:46)
7. John Brim - You Got Me (2:58)
8. Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
9. Elmore James - Madison Blues (2:25)
10. John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:46)
11. Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
12. Elmore James - Talk To Me Baby (2:17)

Unfortunately acclaim has come to Elmore James too late for us to do ary more than honour his memory. Time never seems to have been on his side. Elmore was born in Canton, Mississippi on January 18, 1918, and although he is remembered by several other blues singers to have been playing throughout the South during the '30's and '40's, he did not make any records until 1952. The previously unissued material on this record comes from two recording sessions some six or seven years apart. The first was made only a couple of years after his first record, and despite the presence of a saxophone, we find that Elmore still retains the rougher, less sophisticated mannerisms of a country singer. Jumping to within three years of his death, the second session shows us much the same lineup to his band, though this time it is enhanced by the powerful echo which Elmore came to prefer. Magnificent versions of "Stormy Monday" and "The Sun Is Shining" are probably the highlights of his contributions to this album.

John Brim is by no means as widely known as Elmore, though some collectors may be aware of single issues on the Fortune, Random, and JOB labels. Brim was born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1922. Arriving in Chicago in 1945, he became a semi-professional musician, working when he could, sometimes with Muddy Waters' band. Eventually he and his wife Grace, who played drums, joined Big Maceo Merriweather, and worked and recorded with him until Maceo's death in 1953. After that, John made a handful of records and then disappeared. He was found three or four years ago but has not recorded again. His four titles are a marked contrast to those of Elmore, due probably to the absence of a piano and the substitution of harmonica. Although "You Got Me" and "Be Careful" have nothing like the intensity of "Lifetime Baby". /From the LP liner notes by Neil Slaven

(For original recording years and personnel details, see info file included.)

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Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying (Remastered)

Size: 185,3 MB
Time: 78:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. The Sky Is Crying (2:49)
02. Dust My Broom (2:52)
03. Knocking At Your Door (2:33)
04. Shake Your Moneymaker (2:30)
05. Mean And Evil (2:15)
06. Can't Stop Lovin' (2:26)
07. Strange Kinda Feeling (2:34)
08. I Was A Fool (2:51)
09. Rollin' And Tumblin' (2:32)
10. Standing At The Crossroads (2:47)
11. Dark And Dreary (2:48)
12. Rock My Baby Right (2:50)
13. Long Tall Woman (2:55)
14. I Held My Baby Last Night (1960 Version) (2:50)
15. Late Hours At Midnight (2:47)
16. Wild About You (2:43)
17. Bobby's Rock (2:07)
18. Take Me Where You Go (2:19)
19. The 12 Year Old Boy (3:01)
20. The Sun Is Shining (2:46)
21. Fine Little Mama (2:28)
22. No Love In My Heart (2:24)
23. Dust My Blues (3:11)
24. Sunnyland (3:19)
25. Look On Yonder Wall (2:25)
26. Stranger Blues (2:55)
27. Done Somebody Wrong (2:16)
28. Blues Before Sunrise (2:45)
29. Goodbye Baby (2:57)

The legendary bluesman Elmore James is the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period. He’s been credited as one of the primary architects of blues-rock by virtue of his energizing primal riffs and raw, driving intensity. His influence (in approach, attitude and tone) is incalculable, and can be heard in just about every guitar player who puts a slide on his finger and wails the blues.

Although James had been on the scene since 1939, he recorded the lion’s share of his finest work between the early ‘50s and ‘60s, for different labels, such as Flair, Trumpet, Chief, Chess, and Fire Records. Including here are blues classics like his signature tune “Dust My Broom” (an electric updating of Robert Johnson’s “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”), as well as classic numbers like “Shake Your Moneymaker,” “Standing at the Crossroads,” and the soulful ballad ”The Sky Is Crying.” (The latter tune has become a blues standard, performed by many artists, such as Eric Clapton, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and The Allman Brothers Band, to name a few.) The aforementioned tracks, and many other great songs, have been included on this essential remastered edition, which compiles the cream of the crop of Elmore James’ legacy.

The Sky Is Crying

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Various - Gaz's Rockin' Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:34
Size: 147.8 MB
Styles: R&B/Blues
Year: 1981/2012
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy
[2:58] 2. Young Jessie & The Cadets - Mary Lou
[3:00] 3. Richard Berry - Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car
[2:12] 4. Richard Berry - Yama Yama Pretty Mama
[2:08] 5. Etta James - Tough Lover
[2:29] 6. Long Tall Marvin - Have Mercy Miss Percy
[2:36] 7. Jimmy Witherspoon - Who's Been Jivin' You
[2:27] 8. B.B. King - She's Dynamite
[2:22] 9. Preacher Stevens - Whoopin' And Hollerin'
[2:32] 10. Elmore James - Strange Kinda Feeling
[3:03] 11. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop
[2:47] 12. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - I May Be Wrong (Boogie Woogie)
[2:59] 13. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Sweet Little Woman
[2:13] 14. Van Robinson - Come On Let's Dance
[2:34] 15. Robbin Ray - Love My Baby
[2:38] 16. Chuck Higgins Orchestra - The Blacksmith Blues
[2:51] 17. Goree Carter - Bad Feeling
[2:54] 18. Wild Bill Moore With Scatman - Rock And Roll
[2:42] 19. Joe Papoose Fritz - Wrong Doing Woman
[3:07] 20. B.B. King - Whole Lotta' Love
[2:55] 21. Freddie Simmons Quintette - Hollywood Bound
[2:54] 22. Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Don't Talk Me To Death
[2:26] 23. Joe Hill Louis - Nappy Head Woman
[3:14] 24. Jeanne Demetz With Johnny Alston Orchestra - Calypso Daddy

Gaz's Rockin' Blues is London's longest running one-nighter club. It was founded on the 3rd of July 1980 and was held at Gossip's on Dean Street until november 1995 when it moved to its current venue St Moritz in Wardour Street. The club promotes live bands each week.

Compiled by Gaz Mayall, eldest son of blues legend John Mayall, and owner of the legendary London club Gaz's Rockin' Blues, this CD updates the original LP released in 1981. Gaz's Rockin' Blues celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. London's hippest club is known worldwide and is especially popular with Japanese visitors. The first 14 tracks replicate the 1981 release, and ten tracks are new to CD. Gaz tells the club's story in his entertaining and lavishly illustrated sleeve notes.

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Ike Turner - That Kat Sure Could Play!: The Singles 1951-1957 (4 CD)

Ike Turner's life may have been a controversial one, but their can be little doubt of his significant contribution to the blues, rhythm & blues and rock musical worlds. A four CD box, "The Legendary Ike Turner: The Kat Sure Could Play! presents 118 songs (and over 5 hours of music) from singles Turner played on between 1951 to 1957. Some of these recordings include famous recording like "Rocket 88" by Turner and his own band The Kings of Rhythm, and others are backings to recordings by the likes of Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Johnny Ace, Bobby Bland and Elmore James.

There are so many historic recordings here starting with Rocket 88, but also including King's 3 O'Clock Blues, Wolf's How Many More Years, Boyd Gilmore's raucous Rambling On My Mind, and Rosco Gordon's No More Doggin'. There is a terrific delta juke joint band session that produced Drifting Slim's Muddy Waters pastiche Good Morning Baby, and Sunny Blair's house rocket, Step Back Baby. Junior Brooks terrific Gonna Let You Go is a reworking of a Muddy Waters recording with Ike on piano as he is on Elmore's frantic broom dusting on Please Find My Baby. Ike is present on Little Milton's early If You Love Me Baby as well.

Ike also had his own coterie of musicians including Eugene Fox whose Sinner's Dream and the two-part The Dream, are interesting bits of story-telling with Ike's evocative use of tremolo in his guitar noticeable. As The Sly Fox, Eugene Fox had a couple of other gems with his extroverted vocals; Hoo-doo Say (with a solo from Ike) and I'm Tired of Beggin'. Lonnie the Cat's I Ain't Drunk is a choice cover of a Jimmy Liggins tune that Albert Collins made famous. Johnny Wright's The World Is Yours is one of several times Ike adapted lyrics to Guitar Slim's The Things I Used To Do with Wright shouting with considerable vigor as Ike makes effective use of his Fender's whammy bar during his solo.

Some of the latter recordings come from when Turner recorded for Federal and include such gems as Billy Gayles I'm Tore Up, Just One More Time, and Let's Call It A Day; Jackie Brenston's Gonna Wait For My Chance and Clayton Love's She Made My Blood Run Cold and Do You Mean It. Also heard are instrumentals including Cubano Bop and Trail Blazer.

Album: That Kat Sure Could Play!: The Singles 1951-1957
Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:32 + 78:34 + 78:33 + 79:23
Size: 182,6 + 182,6 + 182,7 + 184,9 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Full (including two booklets)

CD 1:
1. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88 (2:49)
2. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Come Back Where You Belong (2:44)
3. Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - I'm Lonesome Baby (3:02)
4. Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - Heartbroken & Worried (3:03)
5. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - My Real Gone Rocket (2:30)
6. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Independent Woman (2:52)
7. Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (2:42)
8. Howlin' Wolf - Riding In The Moonlight (3:04)
9. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Dry Up Baby (2:01)
10. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Crying All Night Long (3:03)
11. B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues (3:01)
12. B.B. King - Boogie Woogie Woman (2:47)
13. Boyd Gilmore - Ramblin' On My Mind (2:48)
14. Houston Boines - Going Home (2:19)
15. Houston Boines - Relation Blues (2:38)
16. Brother Bell - Whole Heap Of Mama (2:35)
17. Brother Bell - If You Feel Froggish (3:04)
18. Charley Booker - Rabbit Blues (2:21)
19. Charley Booker - No Ridin' Blues (2:53)
20. Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin' (2:39)
21. Roscoe Gordon - Maria (2:31)
22. Driftin' Slim - Good Morning Baby (2:52)
23. Driftin' Slim - My Sweet Baby (2:55)
24. Sunny Blair - Step Back Baby (2:18)
25. Little Junior Parker - Bad Woman, Bad Whiskey (3:01)
26. Little Junior Parker - You're My Angel (1:58)
27. Bobby 'Blue' Bland w. Ike Turner Orchestra - Good Lovin (2:25)
28. Bobby 'Blue' Bland w. Ike Turner Orchestra - Drifting From Town To Town (3:04)
29. Ike Turner w. Ben Burton & His Orchestra - You're Driving Me Insane (2:22)

CD 2:
1. Ike Turner w. Ben Burton & His Orchestra - Trouble And Heartaches (2:36)
2. Boyd Gilmore - All In My Dreams (3:11)
3. Boyd Gilmore - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:32)
4. Charley Booker - Charley's Boogie Woogie (2:30)
5. Bonnie & Ike Turner - My Heart Belongs To You (2:51)
6. Bonnie & Ike Turner - Looking For My Baby (2:30)
7. B.B. King & His Orchestra - You Didn't Want Me (2:32)
8. B.B. King & His Orchestra - You Know I Love You (3:05)
9. Johnny Ace & Earl Forrest - Midnight Hour Journey (3:31)
10. Johnny Ace & Earl Forrest - Trouble And Me (2:58)
11. Mary Sue - Everybody's Talking (2:43)
12. Mary Sue - Love Is A Gamble (3:06)
13. Baby Face Turner - Blue Serenade (2:40)
14. Baby Face Turner - Gonna Let You Go (2:04)
15. Elmore James - Please Find My Baby (3:08)
16. The Prisonaires - Softly & Tenderly (2:33)
17. The Prisonaires - A Prisoner's Prayer (2:42)
18. Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby (2:29)
19. Little Milton - Somebody Told Me (2:59)
20. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - No Teasing Around (3:02)
21. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - If Lovin' Is Believing (2:13)
22. Little Milton - If You Love Me Baby (2:32)
23. Little Milton - Alone And Blue (3:08)
24. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - I'm Not Going Home (3:12)
25. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - The Woodchuck (3:08)
26. Raymond Hill - Bourbon St. Jump (2:38)
27. Raymond Hill - The Snuggle (2:59)
28. Elmore James - Hand In Hand (2:48)

CD 3:
1. Eugene Fox - Stay At Home (2:43)
2. Eugene Fox - Sinners Dream (3:26)
3. Jesse Knight & His Combo - Nothing But Money (3:08)
4. The Fox - The Dream (Pt. 1 & 2) (4:12)
5. Lover Boy (Ike Turner) - Love Is Scarce (2:18)
6. Lover Boy (Ike Turner) - The Way You Used To Treat Me (2:37)
7. Lonnie 'The Cat' w. Bobby Hines Band - I Ain't Drunk (2:23)
8. Lonnie 'The Cat' - The Road I Travel (2:05)
9. Johnny Wright - Suffocate (2:44)
10. Clayton Love - Why Don't You Believe In Me (2:53)
11. Clayton Love - Wicked Little Baby (2:33)
12. Dennis Binder & His Orchestra - I Miss You So (3:02)
13. Dennis Binder & His Orchestra - Early Times (2:28)
14. Clayton Love Orchestra - Bye Bye Baby (2:28)
15. Clayton Love Orchestra - Mary Lou (2:02)
16. Matt Cockrell - Baby Please (1:59)
17. Matt Cockrell - Gypsy Blues (3:13)
18. Billy Gayles & His Orchestra - Night Howler (2:12)
19. Billy Gayles & His Orchestra - My Heart Is In Your Hands (2:30)
20. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Sho Nuff I Do (2:52)
21. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - 1839 Blues (3:15)
22. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Loosely (The Wild One) (2:31)
23. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Cubano Jump (2:17)
24. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Cuban Get Away (Bayou Rock) (3:11)
25. The Flairs - Baby Wants (2:29)
26. The Flairs - You Were Untrue (2:44)
27. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Rock My Baby Right (2:35)
28. The Sly Fox - Hoo-Doo Say (3:01)
29. The Sly Fox - I'm Tired Of Beggin' (2:29)

CD 4:
1. The Sly Fox - My Four Women (3:07)
2. Little Milton - Looking For My Baby (2:54)
3. Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby (2:20)
4. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Go To It (2:22)
5. Johnny Wright w. Ike Turner's Orchestra - The World Is Yours (2:51)
6. The Trojans - As Long As I Have You (3:00)
7. The Trojans - I Wanna Make Love To You (1:58)
8. Willie King w. Ike Turner Feat. Billy Gayles - Peg Leg Woman (2:33)
9. Willie King w. Ike Turner Feat. Billy Gayles - Mistreating Me (3:08)
10. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers - I'm Tore Up (2:22)
11. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers - If I Had Never Known You (2:31)
12. The Rockers - What Am I To Do (2:15)
13. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Let's Call It A Day (2:28)
14. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Take Your Fine Frame Home (2:25)
15. The Rockers - Why Don't You Believe (2:22)
16. The Rockers - Down In The Bottom (2:24)
17. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - No Coming Back (2:42)
18. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Do Right Baby (2:09)
19. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - What Can It Be (2:24)
20. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Gonna Wait For My Chance (2:04)
21. The Gardenias - Flaming Love (2:25)
22. The Gardenias - My Baby's Tops (2:26)
23. The Starrs - Ain't Got No Home (2:36)
24. The Starrs - Crying Over You (2:33)
25. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Sad As A Man Can Be (2:08)
26. Billy Gayles w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Just One More Time (2:41)
27. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - Much Later (2:15)
28. Jackie Brenston w. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - The Mistreater (2:14)
29. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Do You Mean It (2:19)
30. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - She Made My Blood Run Cold (2:20)
31. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - The Big Question (2:20)
32. Ike Turner & His Orchestra - Trail Blazer (2:32)

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Elmore James - The Final Sessions: New York February 1963

Size: 160,1 MB
Time: 69:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Chicago Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Full

01. My Baby's Gone (2:57)
02. Find My Kinda Woman (2:48)
03. Look On Yonder Wall (Look Up On The Wall) (2:55)
04. Dust My Broom (2:53)
05. It Hurts Me Too (3:19)
06. Pickin' The Blues (Manhattan Slide) (3:17)
07. Everyday I Have The Blues (3:21)
08. I Have A Right To Love My Baby (2:43)
09. Twelve Year Old Boy (3:29)
10. Got To Move (She's Got To Go) (3:59)
11. I Gotta Go Now (3:38)
12. Talk To Me Baby (2:49)
13. Make My Dreams Come True (2:52)
14. Hand In Hand (3:02)
15. Can't Stop Loving My Baby (2:22)
16. Dust My Broom (2:58)
17. Elmore Jumps One (Up Jumps Elmore) / Black Snake Slide (3:08)
18. I Believe (3:28)
19. Hand In Hand (3:08)
20. Find My Kind Of Woman (Take 1) (2:56)
21. Hand In Hand (Take 3) (3:10)
22. Back In Mississippi (Conversation) (3:38)

The various white lead guitar gods who began to garner so much critical press during the rock explosion of the late '60s owe more than a lot to Elmore James. While working as a radio repairman in the early '50s, James spent hours rewiring speakers and amplifiers so that they would deliver the kind of harsh and distorted sound he favored when he played electric guitar through them, and that act of rebuilding amps alone would have made him an unsung hero to rock guitarists everywhere a decade or so later, but James also happened to be a pretty damn good player himself, and there may well not be a more powerful and exciting sound on Earth than James' trademark "Dust My Broom" slide guitar riff, which bottled megawatts of power, energy, and passion into one swooping rush. No matter how many times James recycled the riff, and producers and label owners insisted on it constantly, it still generated electric chills. This set collects James' final two sessions from February 1963 in New York City, and even though he would be dead within three months of a heart attack, the emotion and power James puts on display during these sessions is every bit as strong as any other he did in his career, which should come as no surprise, since he never brought less than everything he had when he picked up a guitar or stepped to a microphone. James had been recording sides for Bobby Robinson's Fire, Fury, and Enjoy imprints since 1959, and this material has been released countless times in various configurations over the years, so there really is nothing new here, but it hardly matters. Elmore James was one monster guitar player and he was never less than that, and as these two sessions prove, he delivered on that promise right to the end. ~Review by Steve Leggett

The Final Sessions

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Elmore James & His Broom Dusters - Slide Order Of The Blues: The Singles As & Bs 1952-1962

Size: 162,1+163,2 MB
Time: 69:32+69:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Delta Blues, Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Dust My Broom (2:47)
02. I Believe (3:13)
03. I Held My Baby Last Night (3:26)
04. Baby What's Wrong (2:49)
05. Sinful Woman (2:52)
06. Early In The Morning (2:46)
07. Hawaiian Boogie (2:16)
08. Country Boogie (2:38)
09. She Just Won't Do Right (3:01)
10. Can't Stop Lovin' (2:23)
11. Make A Little Love (2:47)
12. Strange Kinda Feeling (2:30)
13. Please Find My Baby (3:06)
14. Make My Dreams Come True (2:39)
15. Hand In Hand (2:49)
16. Sho' Nuff I Do (2:49)
17. 1839 Blules (3:12)
18. Dark And Dreary (2:44)
19. Rock My Baby Right (2:33)
20. Sunny Land (3:15)
21. Standing At The Crossroad (2:45)
22. Late Hours At Midnight (2:44)
23. The Way You Used To Treat Me (Mean And Evil) (2:12)
24. Happy Home (2:43)
25. No Love In My Heart (2:21)

CD 2:
01. Dust My Blues (3:08)
02. I Was A Fool (2:49)
03. Blues Before Sunrise (2:41)
04. Goodbye Baby (2:56)
05. Wild About You Baby (3:16)
06. Long Tall Woman (2:51)
07. The Twelve Year-Old Boy (3:02)
08. Coming Home (2:24)
09. It Hurts Me Too (3:05)
10. Elmore's Contribution To Jazz (2:20)
11. Cry For Me Baby (2:43)
12. Take Me Where You Go (2:18)
13. Bobby's Rock (2:12)
14. The Sky Is Crying (2:44)
15. Held My Baby Last Night (2:50)
16. I Can't Hold Out (2:14)
17. The Sun Is Shining (2:43)
18. Rollin' And Tumblin' (2:28)
19. I'm Worried (2:46)
20. Knocking At Your Door (2:35)
21. Done Somebody Wrong (2:17)
22. Fine Little Mama (2:30)
23. Look On Yonder Wall (2:25)
24. Shake Your Moneymaker (2:35)
25. Stranger Blues (2:55)
26. Anna Lee (2:58)

This 2CD set contains the A and B side of every 78 and 45 released in the period 1952 to 1962. It features original releases from Trumpet, Meteor, Flair, Checker, Modern, Chief, Vee Jay, Fire and Enjoy. The recordings were produced mainly in Chicago and New York with others made in Mississippi, New Orleans and Los Angeles and constitutes as formidable a body of work as could be found anywhere in blues history. His impact over some of the most notable artists of the past fifty years cannot be denied with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Greg Allman, Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac), Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood citing him as a major influence. Although there have been many Elmore James CDs there has never been one like this covering all his singles from different labels.

Slide Order Of The Blues CD 1
Slide Order Of The Blues CD 2

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Elmore James & The Broomdusters - Blues After Hours

Year: 1960
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:04
Size: 65,7 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Front, back (LP replica)

1. Dust My Blues (3:10)
2. Sunnyland (3:18)
3. Mean And Evil (2:15)
4. Dark And Dreary (2:48)
5. Standing At The Crossroads (2:47)
6. Happy Home (2:45)
7. No Love In My Heart (2:24)
8. Blues Before Sunrise (2:44)
9. I Was A Fool (2:51)
10. Goodbye Baby (2:58)

Blues After Hours, originally released on LP by Crown in 1960, was Elmore James' first long-playing record. Made up of singles released on the Modern imprints Meteor and Flair, for many it was their first introduction to the fiery slide guitarist, and the crunchy garage sound of James' arrangements (backed variously by the Broomdusters in Chicago, the Maxwell Davis Orchestra in Los Angeles, and the J&M Studio house band in New Orleans), coupled with his passionate edgy vocals, quickly made him one of the most influential blues artists of his time. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

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Elmore James - The Complete Singles As & Bs: 1951-62

Size: 172,3+177,1 MB
Time: 73:08+75:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues, Delta Blues
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. Dust My Broom (2:43)
02. Catfish Blues (2:52)
03. I Held My Baby Last Night (3:21)
04. I Believe (3:12)
05. Sinful Woman (2:50)
06. Baby, What's Wrong (2:53)
07. Dumb Woman Blues (3:15)
08. Sax-Ony Boogie (2:35)
09. She Just Won't Do Right (3:00)
10. Country Boogie (2:38)
11. Early In The Morning (2:46)
12. Hawaiian Boogie Pt. 2 (2:17)
13. Can't Stop Lovin' (2:24)
14. Make A Little Love (2:49)
15. Strange Kinda Feeling (2:32)
16. Please Find My Baby (3:06)
17. Make My Dreams Come True (2:41)
18. Hand In Hand (2:48)
19. Sho 'nuff I Do (2:49)
20. 1839 Blues (3:14)
21. Dark And Dreary (2:44)
22. Rock My Baby Right (2:32)
23. Standing At The Crossroads (2:44)
24. Sunnyland (3:15)
25. Late Hours At Midnight (2:45)
26. The Way You Treat Me (2:12)

CD 2:
01. Happy Home (2:43)
02. No Love In My Heart (2:23)
03. Dust My Blues (3:10)
04. I Was A Fool (2:48)
05. Goodbye Baby (2:55)
06. Blues Before Sunrise (2:43)
07. Long Tall Woman (2:51)
08. Wild About You (3:17)
09. Coming Home (2:25)
10. The 12 Year Old Boy (3:02)
11. It Hurts Me Too (3:02)
12. Elmore's Contribution To Jazz (2:16)
13. Cry For Me Baby (2:42)
14. Take Me Where You Go (2:18)
15. Knocking At Your Door (2:33)
16. Bobby's Rock (2:09)
17. The Sky Is Crying (2:48)
18. Held My Baby Last Night (2:50)
19. I Can't Hold Out (2:13)
20. The Sun Is Shining (2:43)
21. Rollin' And Tumblin' (2:30)
22. I'm Worried (2:48)
23. Done Somebody Wrong (2:19)
24. Fine Little Mama (2:30)
25. Look On Yonder Wall (2:25)
26. Shake Your Moneymaker (2:28)
27. Stranger Blues (3:12)
28. Anna Lee (2:50)

Before his untimely death in 1963, blues guitarist Elmore James was one of the most influential players in the genre, with a distinctive sound that would inspire everyone from Stevie Ray Vaughan to the Rolling Stones. Though he covered a variety of different blues styles throughout the 1950s, his unique, amped-up tone came from a standard acoustic guitar that he had modified with electric pick-ups. This two-disc collection from the Acrobat label covers all of James' A- & B-side singles from his 1951 debut to the year just before his death. His cover of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom" would become one of his signature songs and it leads off this 54-track collection, which also includes standouts like "The Sky Is Crying," "Rollin' and Tumblin'," and "Early in the Morning." This is a solid introduction to one of the post-war blues' biggest icons. ~by Timothy Monger

The Complete Singles As & Bs CD 1
The Complete Singles As & Bs CD 2

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Various Artists - 20 Great Blues Recordings Of The 50's And 60's Vol. 1

Year: 1983/1988
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:22
Size: 139,2 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Lightning Hopkins - Rolling And Rolling (3:00)
2. Bobby Bland - Drifting From Town To Town (3:03)
3. Roosevelt Sykes - Gone With The Wind (2:59)
4. Big Mama Thornton - Me And My Chauffeur (2:23)
5. Jimmy Witherspoon - No Rollin' Blues (3:26)
6. George 'Harmonica' Smith - Blues In The Dark (2:59)
7. B.B. King - You Upset Me Baby (3:02)
8. Elmore James - Dark And Dreary (2:47)
9. Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm - I Ain't Drunk (2:29)
10. Howlin' Wolf - Crying At Daybreak (3:54)
11. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Three Hours Past Midnight (3:28)
12. Lowell Fulson - Talkin' Woman (2:30)
13. George 'Harmonica' Smith - Telephone Blues (3:03)
14. Eddie Burns - She Keeps Me Guessing (3:02)
15. Pee Wee Crayton - Central Avenue Blues (2:44)
16. B.B. King - Ten Long Years (2:47)
17. Jimmy McCracklin - The Panic's On (3:33)
18. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Sunnyland (3:18)
19. Floyd Dixon - Cow Town (2:50)
20. Joe Hill Louis - Heartache Baby (2:56)

Haven't been able to find any proper info or description for this album. However, the music speaks for itself.

20 Great Blues Recordings Of The 50's And 60's Vol. 1 mc
20 Great Blues Recordings Of The 50's And 60's Vol. 1 zippy

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Eddie Taylor - Eddie Taylor In Session: Diary Of A Chicago Bluesman 1953-1957

Size: 186,4 MB
Time: 78:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Ice Cream Man (Elmore James) (2:44)
02. Lifetime Baby (John Brim) (3:05)
03. You Don't Have To Go (Jimmy Reed) (3:02)
04. Going Back To Memphis (Sunnyland Slim) (2:54)
05. Devil Is A Busy Man (Sunnyland Slim) (2:49)
06. Shake It Baby (Sunnyland Slim) (2:58)
07. Bassology (Sunnyland Slim) (2:54)
08. School Days (Floyd Jones) (3:11)
09. Ain't Times Hard (Floyd Jones) (3:04)
10. Any Old Lonesome Day (Floyd Jones) (2:55)
11. Tough Times (Elmore James) (3:07)
12. Gary Stomp (John Brim) (2:48)
13. Falling Rain Blues (Little Willie Foster) (2:33)
14. Four Day Jump (Little Willie Foster) (2:09)
15. Bad Boy (2:58)
16. E.T. Blues (2:42)
17. Wheel And Deal (John Lee Hooker) (2:32)
18. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Jimmy Reed) (2:12)
19. Ride 'em On Down (2:52)
20. Big Town Playboy (2:56)
21. Dimples (John Lee Hooker) (2:08)
22. You'll Always Have A Home (2:32)
23. Don't Knock At My Door (2:44)
24. You Got Me Dizzy (Jimmy Reed) (2:48)
25. Crawlin' Black Spider (John Lee Hooker) (2:41)
26. I'm Gonna Love You (1:56)
27. Lookin' For Trouble (2:25)
28. Find My Baby (2:16)
29. Stroll Out West (2:29)

Eddie Taylor was considered one of the greatest of all guitarists active during the heyday of Chicago blues scene. However despite featuring on numerous hit records he never had a hit under his own name, he was to be forever in the shadow of the artists he performed with during the period covered by this CD collection. Tracks such as "Ice Cream Man", "Lifetime Blues", "Bad Boy", "Big Town Playboy", "Dimples" exude a real quality and despite them not initially achieving hit status have now quite rightfully gone on to be Chicago blues classics. Eddie Taylor never really achieved the stardom he so richly deserved, he was though a very important element in the sub-genre of Chicago blues and without his presence on so many hit records would have been notably poorer. This great CD set from Jasmine showcases his early contributions and what a great guitarist and musician he was.

MC
Ziddu

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Elmore James & John Brim - Whose Muddy Shoes

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1969/2001
Styles: Blues
Time: 48:39
Size: 112,2 MB
Art: Front, CD, Tray

(2:46) 1. John Brim - Ice Cream Man
(3:17) 2. Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes
(2:25) 3. Elmore James - Madison Blues
(3:03) 4. Elmore James - I See My Baby
(2:58) 5. John Brim - You Got Me
(3:22) 6. Elmore James - My Best Friend
(2:46) 7. Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining
(3:03) 8. John Brim - Lifetime Baby
(2:17) 9. Elmore James - Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)
(3:10) 10. John Brim - Rattlesnake
(2:42) 11. John Brim - Be Careful (I Would Hate To See You Go)
(3:01) 12. Elmore James - Dust My Broom (She Just Won't Do Right)
(2:39) 13. Elmore James - Tool Bag Boogie (country Boogie)
(3:01) 14. John Brim - Tough Times
(2:27) 15. Elmore James - Call It Stormy Monday
(2:44) 16. Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (Alt)(bonus track)
(2:48) 17. John Brim - Gary Stomp (Instr)(bonus track)

Elmore James discography
tracks 2,4,6,12,13 : rec January 1953; Johnny Jones (p), J.T. Brown (ts), Ransom Knowling (b), Odie Payne (dr)
tracks 3,7,9,15,16 : rec April 1960; Johnny Jones (p), Homesick James (gt), J.T. Brown (ts), Henry Harris (dr)

John Brim discography
tracks 1,8 : rec May 1953; Little Walter (h), Eddie Taylor (gt), Elga Edmonds (dr)
tracks 14,17 : rec March 1954; Jimmy Reed (h), Eddie Taylor (gt), Grace Brim (dr)
tracks 5,11 : rec April 1956; Little Walter (h), Robert Lockwood (gt), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (dr)
track 10 : rec March 1953; Little Walter (h), Louis Myers (gt), Dave Myers (b), Fred Below (dr)

Elmore James had recorded a session for Chess in 1953 before settling down with the Bihari Brothers and again in 1960, shortly before starting his final recordings for Bobby Robinson's Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels. This collects up all of them with the bonus addition of an alternate take of "The Sun Is Shining," which can be interpreted as a precursor to his later hit "The Sky Is Crying." The earlier sides from 1953 lack his inimitable slide, but the 1960 session produced classics like "Talk to Me Baby," "Madison Blues" and a powerful reading of T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday." These tracks of James working with the Chess production team are delightfully fleshed out with a half-dozen gems by the highly underrated John Brim, some of which include stellar harp work by Little Walter ("Rattlesnake," "Be Careful" -- on which Walter stops playing in several spots to become an ad-lib backup vocalist -- and "You Got Me") as well as the original version of "Ice Cream Man." -- Allmusic.

Whose Muddy Shoes

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Elmore James - 2 albums: Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions / The Final Sessions

Album: Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:55
Size: 105.1 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[2:32] 1. Shake Your Moneymaker
[2:25] 2. Look On Yonder Wall
[2:45] 3. The Sky Is Crying
[2:31] 4. Rollin' And Tumblin'
[2:50] 5. Help My Baby Last Night
[2:45] 6. I'm Worried
[2:18] 7. Done Somebody Wrong
[2:32] 8. Fine Little Mama
[2:58] 9. Anna Lee
[3:13] 10. Stranger Blues
[5:01] 11. Something Inside Of Me
[2:46] 12. Early One Morning
[2:19] 13. Sunnyland Train
[2:58] 14. Standing At The Crossroads
[3:02] 15. My Bleeding Heart
[2:53] 16. Dust My Broom

An intensely powerful singer and guitarist, Elmore James did not start his recording career until he was 33, and he only lived to be 45, but he made a very strong impact during his dozen years on records. Some of his finest work was cut for the Fire label during 1959-1961, roughly half of which is included on this single CD. Other than a final outburst of selections during February 1963, these were James' last studio sessions, and he is heard at the peak of his powers throughout. Among the best-known performances are the hit "Shake Your Moneymaker," "The Sky Is Crying," and a remake of his famous "Dust My Broom," but all 16 selections are full of passion and fire. This is an essential acquisition for blues collectors, at least until a more complete James on Fire reissue comes out. ~Scott Yanow

Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions mc
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Album: The Final Sessions
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:41
Size: 145.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Look On Yonder Wall
[3:04] 2. Find My Kind Of Woman
[2:47] 3. Find My Kind Of Woman (Vers 2)
[2:48] 4. Dust My Broom
[3:04] 5. My Baby's Gone
[2:40] 6. You Do It If You Want To
[2:48] 7. Woke Up Screamin' & Cryin'
[3:01] 8. Hand In Hand
[2:38] 9. I Have A Right To Love My Baby
[3:19] 10. Every Day I Have The Blues
[2:45] 11. Dust My Broom
[3:20] 12. It Hurts Me Too
[2:50] 13. Talk To Me Baby
[2:14] 14. Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby
[3:57] 15. She's Got To Go
[2:52] 16. Pickin' The Blues
[3:33] 17. Twelve Year Old Boy
[3:06] 18. Up Jumped Elmore
[3:24] 19. I Believe
[3:38] 20. I Gotta Go Now
[2:47] 21. Make My Dreams Come True

This is the complete final recording session made by blues titan, Elmore James. Original recordings released on the Enjoy Records label owned by producer Bobby Robbinson. Recorded in 1963. 21 re-mastered tracks all officially on CD together for the first time. A celebration of one of the great blues statesmen. No one could have foreseen that when slide guitar wizard Elmore James journeyed to New York in February of 63 for two sessions produced by Harlem label boss Bobby Robinson, it would mark the blues legend's final studio dates. He was prolific, revisiting his past classics as Dust My Broom and It Hurts Me Too (which became a posthumous hit for him on Bobby's Enjoy label) as well as cutting a few titles he hadn't committed to tape before. This disc contains the great majority of the sides Elmore waxed at his historic farewell sessions, and they represent quite a final musical statement. Three months later, he was gone. ~from liner notes by Bill Dahl

The Final Sessions mc
The Final Sessions zippy

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VA - Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Blues And R&B

Size: 129,6 MB
Time: 54:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

01 Elmore James - Hand In Hand (2:49)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Dog Me Around Aka How Many More Years (2:41)
03 John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie (2:58)
04 Drifting Slim - You're An Old Lady (3:00)
05 Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park 3 (2:45)
06 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Too Tired (2:38)
07 B.B. King - Mean Old Frisco (2:29)
08 Pee Wee Crayton - Poppa Stoppa (2:37)
09 Three Bits Of Rhythm - Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle (3:09)
10 Saunders King - Going Mad (2:31)
11 Big Duke Henderson & His Orchestra - Hey Dr Kinsey (2:43)
12 The Great Gates - Central Rocks (2:34)
13 Little Willie Littlefield - Love Me Tonight (3:07)
14 Rosco Gordon - Booted (3:05)
15 Lil Greenwood - Boogie All Night Long (2:19)
16 Young Jessie - Don't Happen No More (2:24)
17 Helen Humes - Real Fine Daddy (2:13)
18 Ike Turner - Twistin' The Strings (2:40)
19 Richard Berry With Jennell Hawkins & The Lockettes - The Mess Around (2:34)
20 Little Johnny Taylor - Stop Fooling Around (3:16)

The blues/R&B set opens with the three of the kings of the Blues Elmore, the Wolf and John Lee, though the current indisputable King of the blues B.B. makes a wonderfully low-key appearance later. By the way, the version of House Rent Boogie here has never been released on CD before. We go down home for a couple of cuts from Drifting Slim and Joe Hill Louis, before heading back up town, going way out west with some cool LA sounds from John Watson and Pee Wee Crayton just two of the great guitarists to be found here. Check the lyric on Big Duke's Hey Dr Kinsey never has an academic report on sexual proclivities been put to music with such deep-felt passion. Young Jessie continues the discussion on Don't Happen No More while Lil Greenwood and Helen Humes are one either side of him with clear opinions on the matter also. Of all people Ike Turner cools things out with a fine rockin' instrumental. The set closes with a beautiful soulful performance from Little Johnny Taylor that we have never issued before.

Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Blues And R&B

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