VA - Shuckin' Stuff: Rare Blues From Ace Records

Size: 380 MB
Time: 150:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
01. Jesse Allen - Goodbye Blues (3:18)
02. Dave Dixon - I'm Not Satisfied (Alternate Take) (2:17)
03. Earl King - Those Lonely Lonely Nights (Alternate Take) (2:26)
04. Mercy Baby - Mercy's Blues (2:42)
05. Al Collins - I Got The Blues For You (2:28)
06. Bobby Marchan - Give A Helping Hand (Alternate Take) (2:53)
07. Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do (2:23)
08. Joe Hill Louis - 4Th And Beale (2:08)
09. Al Collins - Shuckin' Stuff (2:52)
10. Earl King - Baby You Can Get Your Gun (2:06)
11. Edgar Blanchard - Let's Get It (2:30)
12. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling Blues (Alternate Take) (2:55)
13. Fred McDowell - Don't Say A Mumblin' Word (3:13)
14. Schoolboy Cleve - My Baby Done Gone (2:17)
15. John Littlejohn - I Got My Nose Open (4:04)
16. Albert Scott - I Feel So Good (2:20)
17. Big Boy Crudup - Mean Old World (2:58)
18. Dave Dixon - Feeling So Low (Alternate Take) (2:25)
19. Earl King - My Love Is Strong (2:25)
20. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Slim Boogie (Alternate Take) (2:44)
21. John Littlejohn - She's 19 Years Old (4:42)
22. Bad Smitty - Smokestack Lightning (4:40)
23. Joe Hill Louis - Sweetest Woman I Ever Know (2:31)
24. Boby Marchan - Pity Poor Me (Alternate Take) (3:59)
25. Mercy Baby - Silly Dilly Woman (3:39)
26. Albert Scott - I'm So Glad You're Mine (2:02)
27. Frankie Lee Sims - Hey Little Girl (2:38)

CD 2:
01. Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay (Alternate Take) (2:35)
02. Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground (Alternate Take) (2:57)
03. Alabama Red - Every Day I Have The Blues (2:44)
04. Unknown Male Singer #1 - I've Been Searchin' (2:38)
05. Edgar Blanchard - Honeycomb (2:17)
06. Unknown Male Singer #1 - I'll Never Leave Anymore (2:47)
07. Little Cameron - Annie Mae (Alternate Take) (2:46)
08. Albert Scott - I'm Leaving You Baby (2:39)
09. Unknown Male Singer #1 - Every Night About This Time (3:01)
10. Unknown Male Singer #3 - Standing At The Station (3:00)
11. H-Bomb Ferguson - Baby Please (2:25)
12. Johnny Littlejohn - Hideaway (2:22)
13. Unknown Female Singer - Take Me Back Baby (3:14)
14. Unknown Male Singer #1 - Three Long Years (3:15)
15. Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay (2:05)
16. Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground (3:02)
17. Alabama Red - Driving Wheel (+ Message) (4:01)
18. Bad Smitty - Standing At The Crossroads (Alternate Take) (4:01)
19. Edgar Blanchard - Lonesome Guitar (Alternative Take) (2:32)
20. Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison Pt. 1 (3:02)
21. Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison Pt. 2 (3:05)
22. Little Cameron - Sittin' Here Worryin' (Alternate Take) (2:16)
23. Unknown Male Singer #2 - Little Boy Blue (2:40)
24. Unknown Male Singer #4 - Pathway Of Love (3:04)
25. Albert Scott - Right At Home (2:31)
26. Unknown Male Singer #1 - Whiskey And Woman (2:08)

Subtitled - Rare Blues From Ace Records. An attractively packaged mid-price 53 track double set, compiled and mastered from the extensive tape vaults of the legendary Ace Records. Featuring top names like Earl King, Lightnin' Slim, Big Boy Crudup, Fred Mc Dowell, Sammy Myers and H-Bomb Ferguson to name a few. These two CDs combine a host of rare tracks as well as alternate takes of some of their best known songs. 2002.

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John Littlejohn - Chicago Blues Stars

Size: 114,4 MB
Time: 48:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1969/1991
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. What In The World You Goin' To Do (4:07)
02. Treat Me Wrong (3:29)
03. Catfish Blues (3:39)
04. Kiddeo (3:47)
05. Slidin' Home (4:19)
06. Dream (4:48)
07. Reelin' And Rockin' (2:31)
08. Been Around The World (5:22)
09. How Much More Long (3:55)
10. Shake Your Money Maker (4:18)
11. I'm Tired (4:19)
12. Nowhere To Lay My Head (3:44)

This November 14, 1968, session was recorded in Chicago, co-produced by Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records and Willie Dixon. It's decent, though journeyman, '60s electric Chicago blues augmented by a couple of tenor saxes. Littlejohn has a pleasant voice and is a skilled guitarist, but does not have the fire or individuality that leaps from some of the musicians to whom one might compare him. Those might include figures like Buddy Guy, say, or Elmore James' more fully produced sides, or on something like "Catfish Blues," the Muddy Waters approach. Littlejohn did write most of the dozen tunes, interspersed with covers of songs by James, Dixon, Brook Benton (a refreshingly unusual choice for a mainstream '60s Chicago bluesman), and J.B. Lenoir. ~Richie Unterberger

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John Littlejohn - Dream

Year: 1977/1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:08
Size: 148,4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Rob And Steal (3:45)
2. Five Long Years (3:27)
3. Reconsider Baby (3:45)
4. Twelve Years Old Boy (6:04)
5. Kiddeo (2:47)
6. Dream (7:19)
7. That's All Right (7:25)
8. I Can't Stay Here (5:16)
9. Bobby's Rock (3:48)
10. Dust My Broom (4:37)
11. Twenty Nine Ways (6:20)
12. I Don't Know Why I Love You (2:38)
13. I Play The Blues For You (4:02)
14. Maybe I Don't Know (2:47)

Recorded live on the West Side of Chicago in 1976, this disc is an excellent document of Littlejohn's live show. What his husky, passionate vocal delivery lacks in grace, it makes up in honesty. And his guitar and slide playing are both strong. Much of the disc focuses on slow blues weepers, with the exception of a few jump tunes, like Littlejohn's own "Kiddeo". A smoky, deep-blue piece of work. /Tim Sheridan, AllMusic

Note: Tracks 1-8 from the original 1977 LP release, tracks 9-14 previously unreleased.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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John Littlejohn & Carey Bell - The Blues Show! Live At Pit Inn

Year: 1982/1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:41
Size: 110,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full (CD version) + LP front

1. Bloody Tears (5:19)
2. Hoochie Coochie Man (4:15)
3. Mama Told Me (4:12)
4. Sweet Home Chicago (4:08)
5. Dream (5:44)
6. Carey Bell's Rock (4:05)
7. Easy To Love You (7:10)
8. Kiddio (3:45)
9. Slidin' Home (4:54)
10. Shake Your Money Maker (4:06)

Chicago Blues singer/guitarist John Littlejohn's reputation among his peers and blues aficionados is done an injustice by his meager recorded output as a bandleader. Littlejohn began making a name for himself around Gary, Ind., and Chicago in the early 1960s with his liquid-toned slide guitar work and impassioned singing; he worked as a sideman for Donny Hathaway and cut his first record as a leader in 1968. Never incorporating rock and Funk as his peers Buddy Guy or Son Seals did, his sound remained resolutely rooted in the Chicago Blues of the '50s and '60s. Littlejohn was a mainstay in the Windy City's Southside clubs, and he recorded sporadically, cutting around a half dozen records before his death in 1994.

Carey Bell started playing with his stepfather, piano player and vocalist Lovey Lee in Mississippi. In 1956 at age 19, came to Chicago with the Lovey Lee Blues Band. Played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s before embarking on a solo career. Played with Muddy Waters on and off at least between late 1970 and 1974, and later with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars, among many others.

Personnel: John Littlejohn (vocals, guitar); Carey Bell (vocals, harmonica); Larry Burton (guitar); Willie Kent (bass); Casey Jones (drums, vocals).

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Various - Classic Delta & Deep South Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:34
Size: 154.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[2:37] 1. Big Bill Broonzy - C.C. Rider
[2:26] 2. Roosevelt Sykes - Woman In Elaine, Arkansas
[3:01] 3. Son House - Death Letter Blues
[2:46] 4. K.C. Douglas - Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
[3:33] 5. Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues
[1:57] 6. Cat-Iron - I'm Goin’ To Walk Your Log
[3:20] 7. Clifton Chenier - Why Did You Go Last Night
[3:54] 8. Sam Chatmon - I Stand And Wonder
[3:59] 9. Johnny Young - Sleeping With The Devil
[2:47] 10. Shortstuff Macon - Short Stuff's Corinna
[2:01] 11. Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
[3:01] 12. Little Brother Montgomery - Up The Country Blues
[4:48] 13. John Littlejohn - Dream
[3:40] 14. Doctor Ross - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
[3:31] 15. David Honeyboy Edwards - Catfish Blues
[3:41] 16. Memphis Slim - M & O Blues
[4:19] 17. Scott Dunbar - Forty-Four
[5:03] 18. Son House - Sun Goin' Down
[4:03] 19. Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Frisco Line
[2:58] 20. Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes

Mississippi, particularly the Delta, lays claim to being the land where the blues began. Forged in the crucible of poverty and racial oppression, blues flourished there as nowhere else, evolving into what most critics consider the deepest or most intense strain of the blues tradition. During the Great Migration, music changed consistently, adapting to its new surroundings like St. Louis and Chicago, while retaining its connection to its down home Delta roots. This collection celebrates the diversity and dissemination of the blues’ most powerful and influential voices.

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VA - The Chicago Blues Box 2

Size: 157,5+148,5+153,5+155,7+149,8+140,2+147,3+128,0 MB
Time: 67:44+64:01+66:16+67:09+64:36+60;28+63:18+55:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Eddie Taylor - Opening (2:58)
02. Eddie Taylor - Red Light (4:30)
03. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (3:23)
04. Eddie Taylor - Blow Wind Blow (4:04)
05. Eddie Taylor - Down In Virginia (2:53)
06. Eddie Taylor - Lucky Lou (4:37)
07. Eddie Taylor - Tell Me Mama (4:53)
08. Big Mojo Elem - Talk To Your Daughter (2:53)
09. Big Mojo Elem - Hide Away (4:49)
10. Big Mojo Elem - Be My Little Girl (2:28)
11. Andrew Blueblood McMahon - Red Light, Pt. 2 (3:56)
12. Andrew Blueblood McMahon - Mojo Hand (4:44)
13. Big Voice Odom - Mojo Working (2:44)
14. Big Mojo Elem - Dry Land, Pt. 2 (5:53)
15. Big Voice Odom - Where Are You Goin' (8:38)
16. Big Voice Odom - Thrill Is Gone (4:15)

CD 2:
01. Hip Lankchan - You Left Me With A Broken Heart (5:12)
02. Hip Lankchan - I'm On My Way (5:20)
03. Hip Lankchan - Last Night (4:58)
04. Hip Lankchan - All Your Love (4:47)
05. Hip Lankchan - I Don't Want No Woman (4:27)
06. Hip Lankchan - Black Nights (5:24)
07. Hip Lankchan - Somebody Loan Me A Dime (4:43)
08. Hip Lankchan - Same Old Blues (3:27)
09. Hip Lankchan - Why I Sing The Blues (5:50)
10. Eddie Clearwater - Everyday I Have The Blues (4:25)
11. Eddie Clearwater - You Don't Have To Go (4:57)
12. Eddie Clearwater - Poison Ivy (3:39)
13. Eddie Clearwater - My Babe (6:47)

CD 3:
01. Jimmy Dawkins - Way She Walks (4:27)
02. Jimmy Dawkins - Rock Me Baby (5:08)
03. Jimmy Dawkins - I Wonder Why (4:46)
04. Jimmy Dawkins - Cold Sweet Blues (7:14)
05. Jimmy Dawkins - Driving Wheel (5:39)
06. Jimmy Dawkins - Will My Baby Home Tonight (5:44)
07. Jimmy Dawkins - Big Duke's (4:40)
08. Jimmy Dawkins - Hard Road To Travel (6:54)
09. Jimmy Dawkins - J.D's Jam (3:31)
10. Jimmy Dawkins - Nature Ball (5:41)
11. Jimmy Dawkins - Pretty Woman (4:42)
12. Jimmy Dawkins - Ode To Billy Joe (7:44)

CD 4:
01. Jimmy Johnson - Long About Midnight (7:06)
02. Jimmy Johnson - Strange Thing Happening (5:29)
03. Jimmy Johnson - Look On Yonder Wall (3:34)
04. Jimmy Johnson - I'm Crazy About You Baby (4:28)
05. Jimmy Johnson - Breaking Up Somebody's Home (5:01)
06. Jimmy Johnson - Sweet Little Angel (5:22)
07. Jimmy Johnson - Three Times Chicago (4:42)
08. Jimmy Johnson - Midnight Hour (4:08)
09. Jimmy Johnson - My Own Fault (5:26)
10. Jimmy Johnson - Get Ready Here I Come (3:51)
11. Jimmy Johnson - Same Old Blues (4:09)
12. Jimmy Johnson - So Many Roads (6:45)
13. Jimmy Johnson - As The Years Go Passing By (7:02)

CD 5:
01. John Littlejohn - Dust My Broom (4:31)
02. John Littlejohn - Rob And Steal (3:39)
03. John Littlejohn - Five Long Years (3:21)
04. John Littlejohn - Kiddeo (2:44)
05. John Littlejohn - That's All Right (7:17)
06. John Littlejohn - I Can't Stay Here (5:10)
07. John Littlejohn - Bobby's Rock (3:43)
08. John Littlejohn - Twenty Nine Ways (6:13)
09. John Littlejohn - So Glad You're Mine (4:13)
10. John Littlejohn - All I Want (2:48)
11. John Littlejohn - Dream, Pt. 2 (6:39)
12. John Littlejohn - All Your Love (6:26)
13. John Littlejohn - Sunny Road (7:46)

CD 6:
01. Magic Slim - Buddy Buddy Friend (4:25)
02. Magic Slim - You Upset Me Baby (3:45)
03. Magic Slim - Born Down The Bridge (6:30)
04. Magic Slim - Rock Me Baby (5:02)
05. Magic Slim - Tell Me Baby (2:52)
06. Magic Slim - Jumpin' At Ma Bea's (4:56)
07. Magic Slim - I Don't Got Over (5:22)
08. Magic Slim - Tramp (6:04)
09. Magic Slim - Josephine's (4:49)
10. Magic Slim - As The Years Go Passing By (6:04)
11. Magic Slim - Everything Gonna Be Alright (5:02)
12. Magic Slim - Mary Lou (5:31)

CD 7:
01. The Aces - Rock Me Baby (4:25)
02. The Aces - You're The One (3:08)
03. The Aces - Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:04)
04. The Aces - Someday Baby (3:41)
05. The Aces - Off The Wall (4:24)
06. The Aces - Bobby's Rock (4:16)
07. The Aces - Kansas City (4:51)
08. The Aces - Honky Tonk (4:50)
09. The Aces - Don't Throw Your Love On Me (3:45)
10. The Aces - C.C. Rider (4:07)
11. The Aces - Sweet Home Chicago (2:49)
12. The Aces - Hide Away (5:05)
13. The Aces - Tribute To Little Walter (1:54)
14. The Aces - The Ace's Shuffle (3:09)
15. The Aces - Blues With A Feeling (3:42)
16. The Aces - Honky Tonk, Pt. 2 (5:01)

CD 8:
01. Willie Kent - I'm Not The Same Person (5:42)
02. Willie Kent - Ghetto (7:43)
03. Willie Kent - Dust My Broom (3:55)
04. Willie Kent - Chili Con Carne (3:08)
05. Willie Kent - Blue Guitar (5:26)
06. Willie Kent - Bobby's Rock (4:06)
07. Willie Kent - Sweet Home Chicago (2:54)
08. Willie Kent - Tell Him He Got To Go (4:17)
09. Willie Kent - Chicken Shack (4:10)
10. Willie Kent - 19 Years Old, Pt. 2 (3:44)
11. Willie Kent - I Love The Woman (4:44)
12. Willie Kent - You Know I Love You (5:13)

After the popularity of Storyville’s first best-selling boxed set of Chicago blues recordings, we’re delighted to present another outstanding 8 CD collection from the vaults of MCM Records. As in the first boxed set, the live atmosphere of these unedited performances shines through, revealing the true ambiance of the Chicago Blues club scene in the mid-1970s, as well as the individuals whose talents MCM Records would preserve. They captured an authenticity that rarely surfaced on the major label recordings that some of these artists made.

MCM was a labour of love by a young French woman, Marcelle Chailleux, and her future husband Jacques Morgantini. In the 1950's Jacques had brought the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker to Europe to appear at his French hometown event - a dedicated Chicago blues festival - but it was recent blues convert Marcelle who travelled to Chicago in the mid-1970s to record a unique collection of live performances.

Some of the performances presented here were by men who would become giants of the blues; others were by talented artists who never found wider fame and whose MCM recordings remain the only surviving evidence of their talent.

In this superb collection, you will find rare tracks by Eddie Taylor, Big Mojo Elem, Andrew “Blueblood” McMahon, Big Voice Odom, Hip Lankchan, Eddie Clearwater, Jimmy Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Magic Slim, John Littlejohn, Bobby King and The Aces. The recordings stem from famous Chicago blues venues Ma Bea’s, the Golden Slipper and Big Duke’s. Marcelle was only just in time to capture the genuine feel and sound of those old-time clubs before they disappeared. Jimmy Dawkins, bluesman par excellence, was her guide to the 1975 Chicago blues scene, and has said: “It was natural and ‘for real’ without over-preparation. You get the feeling of the room, the music, the audience, and the blues. It was the real thing. Places like Ma Bea’s and the old Golden Slipper are all gone now.” Jacques Morgantini writes in the liner notes: “These records capture the music that was played in the clubs at that time, the real Chicago blues sound! And that was exactly what Marcelle wanted: to give those musicians a chance to get themselves better known”.

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

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Various - Bea And Baby Records Presents The Best Of Chicago Blues Vol. 3

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:16
Size: 131.1 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[3:37] 1. Cadillac baby - Story Tellin
[3:12] 2. Willie Williams - Ruthie Baby
[2:58] 3. Willie Williams - Wine Headed Woman
[3:33] 4. Little Mac Simmons - Sky Is Crying
[3:40] 5. Little Mac Simmons - Hoochie Coochie Man
[2:30] 6. Little Mac Simmons - Key To The Highway
[2:25] 7. Little Mac Simmons - Inflation Blues
[2:33] 8. Eddie Boyd - Commin´home
[2:38] 9. Eddie Boyd - Reap What You So
[3:08] 10. John Littlejohn - What In The World
[2:23] 11. John Littlejohn - Can´t Be Still
[3:03] 12. Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby
[2:49] 13. Sunnyland Slim - Drinking And Clowning
[2:32] 14. Singin Sam - Calvins
[2:33] 15. Singin Sam - My Story
[2:46] 16. Menard Rogers - Coming Home Baby
[2:58] 17. Menard Rogers - Just A Little Smile
[2:29] 18. Willie Hudson - Hudson´s Jump
[2:45] 19. Willie Hudson - It´s You I´m Going To Miss
[2:33] 20. Tall Paul Hankins - Red Lips

This is the last of the Bea & Baby Records series! There are recordings from 1959-1964 with artists like John Little John, Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Boyd and Willie Williams! Enjoy these great Chicago Blues recordings!

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John Littlejohn - 2 albums: Funky From Chicago / Slidin' Home

Album: Funky From Chicago
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:18
Size: 74.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1973/2011
Art: Front

[3:15] 1. Lost In The Jungle
[3:14] 2. I Met A Stranger
[3:25] 3. Chips Flying Everywhere
[3:17] 4. Guitar King
[3:40] 5. Keep On Runnin'
[2:55] 6. Need More Baby
[2:58] 7. 29 Ways
[3:22] 8. Came Home This Mornin'
[3:21] 9. How Long Blues
[2:45] 10. Worried Head

John Littlejohn's stunning mastery of the slide guitar somehow never launched him into the major leagues of bluesdom. Only on a handful of occasions was the Chicago veteran's vicious bottleneck attack captured effectively on wax, but anyone who experienced one of his late-night sessions as a special musical guest on the Windy City circuit will never forget the crashing passion in his delivery.

Delta-bred John Funchess first heard the blues just before he reached his teens at a fish fry where a friend of his father's named Henry Martin was playing guitar. He left home in 1946, pausing in Jackson, Mississippi; Arkansas; and Rochester, New York before winding up in Gary, Indiana. In 1951, he began inching his way into the Gary blues scene, his Elmore James-influenced slide style making him a favorite around Chicago's south suburbs in addition to steel mill-fired Gary.

Littlejohn waited an unconscionably long time to wax his debut singles for Margaret (his trademark treatment of Brook Benton's "Kiddio"), T-D-S, and Weis in 1968. But before the year was out, Littlejohn had also cut his debut album, Chicago Blues Stars, for Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie logo. It was a magnificent debut, the guitarist blasting out a savage Chicago/Delta hybrid rooted in the early '50s rather than its actual timeframe. Unfortunately, a four-song 1969 Chess date remained in the can. After that, another long dry spell preceded Littlejohn's 1985 album So-Called Friends for Rooster Blues, an ambitious but not altogether convincing collaboration between the guitarist and a humongous horn section that sometimes grew to eight pieces. The guitarist had been in poor health for some time prior to his 1994 passing.

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Album: Slidin' Home
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:16
Size: 110.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[4:07] 1. What In The World You Goin' To Do
[3:26] 2. Treat Me Wrong
[3:37] 3. Catfish Blues
[3:47] 4. Kiddeo
[4:19] 5. Slidin' Home
[4:48] 6. Dream
[2:28] 7. Reelin' And Rockin'
[5:22] 8. Been Around The World
[3:55] 9. How Much More Long
[4:19] 10. Shake Your Money Maker
[4:19] 11. I'm Tired
[3:43] 12. Nowhere To Lay My Head

One of the most ignored giants of Chicago style blues, Littlejohn was one of the last slide guitar players out of Mississippi. A fascinating album with some of the weirdest horn arrangements ever recorded. JOHN LITTLEJOHN - gtr/vco, MONROE JONES JR. - gtr, ALVIN NICHOLS - bass, BOOKER SIDGRAVE - drums.

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J.B. Hutto - Bluesmaster: The Lost Tapes

Size: 100,1 MB
Time: 41:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Look On Yonders Wall (3:42)
02. Two Headed Woman (5:01)
03. You Sure Hurt Me Bad (5:20)
04. Hip Shakin' (3:46)
05. Screamin' And Crying (5:18)
06. Shake, Rattle & Roll (3:42)
07. Howling Wolf Blues (6:47)
08. What In The World (John Littlejohn) (3:10)
09. Can't Be Still (John Littlejohn) (2:25)
10. Bloody Tears (John Littlejohn) (2:39)

I worked with JB Hutto twice. Two sets of gigs at London's 100 Club. This would have been the very late 1970's into the very early 1980's when great Americans like him were coming in regularly. JB was a lovely man and a great performer who should have been a major legend.

When I had the chance to acquire the rights to this session I did it with enthusiasm. Who had the tapes? Max Jones. You may recall Max as the Melody Maker's resident blues and jazz writer. He knew everyone and, it seemed, everything.

Of course, I then approached JB's widow, Lulabell Hutto, to make sure all was fine with her and double- check the legalities. She was pleased to see this set released.

The origins of the session are slightly obscure but the music gives us no mysteries - just good, rock solid JB Hutto Chicago Blues. Added to the six tracks on the album tape was a live track from the 100 Club, a really tough slow blues.

As a bonus there are three tracks by another Chicago slide great, Johnny Littlejohn. Later, he recorded a great Soto Studio album for me.

All this material is on CD for the first time. I doubt if the original releases went to pressings of much more than a thousand or so, two thousand maximum, so the originals are not common. ~John Stedman

Bluesmaster

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Andrew 'Blueblood' MacMahon - Go Get My Baby

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:41
Size: 141.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1976/1996
Art: Front

[4:44] 1. Go Get Me Baby
[4:12] 2. I Wonder Why
[4:48] 3. Change My Way Of Living
[4:33] 4. You Got To Help Yourself
[2:50] 5. Give Up And Let Me Go
[4:06] 6. What Would We Do Later On
[5:36] 7. You Don't Have To Go
[5:37] 8. It Hurts Me Too
[4:17] 9. Got My Mojo Working
[3:40] 10. Little Red Rooster
[4:14] 11. So Glad
[5:04] 12. Stranger In Your Land
[3:56] 13. Red Light
[3:58] 14. Mojo Hand

Andrew Blueblood MacMahon (vocals); John Littlejohn (guitar); Jimmy Dawkins (guitar); Larry Burton (guitar); Aaron Burton (bass); Candy Utah (drums); Richard Kirch (guitar); Sylvester Boines (bass); Tyrone Centuray (drums).

Little is known about Andrew "Blueblood" MacMahon who was bassist in Howlin' Wolf's band until stepping as a front man with Blueblood released in local Dharma label. This one, recorded live in Chicago is similar to Blueblood in approach. You can't here neither great vocals nor fiery guitar solos. Actually, vocals is not strongest side of MacMahon. This is rather band work, where main emphasis should be made on Jimmy Dawkins' and John Littlejohn's fine giutar work. Set consists of 14 numbers most of which are associated with such luminaries like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Elmore James and Jimmy Reed. Very good Chicago blues. ~Dimitri

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VA - The Chicago Blues Box: The MCM Records Story

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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John Littlejohn - John Littlejohn's Blues Party

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:54
Size: 84.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1991/2000
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. 29 Ways
[5:34] 2. My Head Is Bald
[3:29] 3. Bloody Tears
[4:59] 4. Dream
[4:43] 5. One More Mile
[3:37] 6. I'm Your Fool
[4:04] 7. It's Too Much
[3:55] 8. Came Home This Morning
[3:38] 9. Keep On Running

Not all the selections on this cd feature John Littlejohn since several have Willie Kent as the main vocalist . Nonetheless, this cd has a couple of dynamite tracks from John that is well worth the listen. If you like slide guitar this cd has some fine moments. ~John Walsh

John Wesley Funchess (April 16, 1931 – February 1, 1994) known professionally as John (or Johnny) Littlejohn, was an American blues slide guitarist. He was active on the Chicago blues circuit from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Born in Lake, Mississippi, Littlejohn first learned to play the blues from Henry Martin, a friend of his father. In 1946 he left home and traveled widely, spending time in Jackson, Mississippi, Arkansas, Rochester, New York, and Gary, Indiana. He settled in the last of these in 1951, playing whenever possible in the Chicago area. Through his connections on the Gary, IN music scene he was acquainted with Joe Jackson, patriarch of the musical Jackson family, and Littlejohn and his band reputedly served as an occasional rehearsal band for the Jackson 5 in the mid to late ’60s.

Littlejohn played regularly in Chicago clubs (he was filmed by drummer Sam Lay playing with Howlin’ Wolf’s band c. 1961) but did not make any studio recordings until 1968, when he cut singles for several record labels. Later that year he recorded an album with Arhoolie Records and four songs for Chess Records, though the Chess tracks were not issued at the time. Although he recorded a few singles for small local labels, Littlejohn did not record another album until 1985, when Rooster Blues issued So-Called Friends. Soon after, he fell into ill health, and died of renal failure in Chicago 1994, at the age of 62.

John Littlejohn's Blues Party mc
John Littlejohn's Blues Party zippy

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John Littlejohn - So-Called Friends

Size: 98,4 MB
Time: 41:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1986/1992
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. Bloody Tears (2:37)
02. Lottery Blues (3:50)
03. So-Called Friends (4:05)
04. Chips Flying Everywhere (I Can't Stay Here) (4:11)
05. Two-Way Street (2:27)
06. Just A Little Love (4:28)
07. I Felt So Good (4:06)
08. Seven Day Blues (3:13)
09. Lost In The Jungle (3:41)
10. Take One (3:56)
11. She's Too Much (5:01)

Surrounding Littlejohn with a huge horn section probably wasn't the greatest idea in retrospect; the booming brass detracts at times from his pungent slide work, rather than enhancing it. But hearty renditions of his signature "Chips Flying Everywhere," and a sturdy "She's Too Much," and several songs written by bassist Aron Burton. ~Review by Bill Dahl

So-Called Friends

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John Littlejohn - When Your Best Friends Turn Their Back On You

Size: 100,9 MB
Time: 41:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. The Sun Is Shining (3:54)
02. If You Don't Want Me (4:15)
03. 29 Ways (2:31)
04. Drifting (6:01)
05. Slidin' Home (3:32)
06. Feel Like Choppin' (3:43)
07. What In The World (5:14)
08. I Didn't Know Baby (3:54)
09. Johnny's Jive (3:47)
10. Keep On Running (4:46)

John Littlejohn's stunning mastery of the slide guitar somehow never launched him into the major leagues of bluesdom. Only on a handful of occasions was the Chicago veteran's vicious bottleneck attack captured effectively on wax, but anyone who experienced one of his late-night sessions as a special musical guest on the Windy City circuit will never forget the crashing passion in his delivery. Delta-bred John Funchess first heard the blues just before he reached his teens at a fish fry where a friend of his father's named Henry Martin was playing guitar. He left home in 1946, pausing in Jackson, Mississippi; Arkansas; and Rochester, New York before winding up in Gary, Indiana. In 1951, he began inching his way into the Gary blues scene, his Elmore James-influenced slide style making him a favorite around Chicago's south suburbs in addition to steel mill-fired Gary.

Littlejohn waited an unconscionably long time to wax his debut singles for Margaret (his trademark treatment of Brook Benton's "Kiddio"), T-D-S, and Weis in 1968. But before the year was out, Littlejohn had also cut his debut album, Chicago Blues Stars, for Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie logo. It was a magnificent debut, the guitarist blasting out a savage Chicago/Delta hybrid rooted in the early '50s rather than its actual timeframe. Unfortunately, a four-song 1969 Chess date remained in the can. After that, another long dry spell preceded Littlejohn's 1985 album So-Called Friends for Rooster Blues, an ambitious but not altogether convincing collaboration between the guitarist and a humongous horn section that sometimes grew to eight pieces. The guitarist had been in poor health for some time prior to his 1994 passing. ~Biography by Bill Dahl

Thanks to Marc.
When Your Best Friends Turn Their Back On You

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Lafayette LEAKE - Easy Blues

Styles: Electric Chicago Blues, Piano Blues, Boogie-Woogie Blues
Recorded: 1978
Released: 2000
File: mp3 @ 320 k/s
Size: 108.50 MB
Time: 46:16
Art: Full

1. Feel So Blue - 5:21
2. Train Boogie - 5:00
3. Short Dressed Woman - 4:12
4. Fine Little Angel-take 2 - 4:15
5. Fast Boogie, No. 2 - 4:23
6. I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town - 5:38
7. Trouble In Mind - 3:38
8. Easy Blues - 2:45
9. Fast Boogie, No. 1 - 7:18
10. Fine Little Angel-take 1 - 3:39

Personnel: Lafayette LEAKE - Piano, Vocal
John Littlejohn - Guitar
Nick Holt - Bass;
Fred Below - Drums

Notes: Born in Winona, Mississippi, Leake was a desperately shy man, and much of his life remains mysterious. He seems to have had formal training at some point; he was proud of his ability to play Chopin, and would notate his friend Little Brother Montgomery's playing by ear. In the early '50s, Leake replaced Leonard Caston in the Big Three Trio, and although he never recorded with that group, his enduring friendship with Willie Dixon, his reliability and his good taste made him a session mainstay, who recorded with all the major stars of Chicago blues.

This album was cut during a European tour in Black & Blue's customary one day, but it has no feeling of haste or perfunctoriness, and is very well recorded. It's obvious that the other musicians found Leake a pleasure to accompany: Below's drumming has its habitual, crispy perfect bounce, Holt is unobtrusive but unceasingly propulsive, turning his instrument down to sound like an upright bass, and Littlejohn's echoing solos add a welcome tinge of aggression and emotion. Lake's own playing is unfailingly tasteful and inteligent, not outstaying its welcome even during the more than seven minutes of 'Fast Boogie No.1'. As a singer, he is dry but not unemotional, working within a narrow range but always securely on pitch. Lake's own compositions, 'Feel So Blue' has a well-crafted lyric of some bleakness. It's a pity that he was not recorded as a featured artist more often. But...still his music is enjoyable and pleasant. Check this one!

                                                                     Easy Blues
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