Jimmy Reed - Mr. Luck: The Complete Vee-Jay Singles (3 CD)

Album: Mr. Luck: The Complete Vee-Jay Singles
Size: 182,9 + 167,9 + 172,2 MB
Time: 76:51 + 70:23 + 72:34
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

CD 1:
1. High And Lonesome (Introduction) (0:18)
2. High And Lonesome (2:47)
3. Roll & Rhumba (2:46)
4. Jimmy's Boogie (2:45)
5. Found My Baby Gone (2:48)
6. You Don't Have To Go (Introduction) (0:16)
7. You Don't Have To Go (3:07)
8. Boogie In The Dark (2:36)
9. I'm Gonna Ruin You (2:33)
10. Pretty Thing (2:45)
11. She Don't Want Me No More (2:36)
12. I Don't Go For That (2:46)
13. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Introduction) (2:37)
14. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (2:21)
15. Baby, Don't Say That No More (2:34)
16. Can't Stand To See You Go (2:50)
17. Rockin' With Reed (2:32)
18. My First Plea (2:50)
19. I Love You Baby (2:45)
20. You Got Me Dizzy (Introduction) (0:48)
21. You Got Me Dizzy (2:54)
22. Honey Don't Let Me Go (2:40)
23. Little Rain (2:42)
24. Honey Where You Going (3:12)
25. The Sun Is Shining (2:49)
26. Baby What's On Your Mind (3:10)
27. Honest I Do (Introduction) (1:07)
28. Honest I Do (2:39)
29. Signals Of Love (2:28)
30. You're Something Else (2:34)
31. A String To Your Heart (3:04)

CD 2:
1. Go On To School (2:52)
2. You Got Me Crying (2:39)
3. I Know It's A Sin (2:30)
4. Down In Virginia (2:29)
5. I'm Gonna Get My Baby (2:38)
6. Odds And Ends (2:29)
7. I Told You Baby (2:18)
8. Ends And Odds (2:24)
9. Take Out Some Insurance (2:25)
10. You Know I Love You (2:32)
11. Going To New York (Introduction) (0:51)
12. Going To New York (2:22)
13. I Wanna Be Loved (2:16)
14. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Introduction) (0:34)
15. Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:27)
16. Caress Me Baby (2:53)
17. Found Love (2:16)
18. Where Can You Be (2:41)
19. Hush Hush (2:34)
20. Going By The River (2:04)
21. Close Together (2:39)
22. Laughing At The Blues (2:01)
23. Big Boss Man (Introduction) (1:08)
24. Big Boss Man (2:50)
25. I'm A Love You (2:04)
26. Bright Lights, Big City (Introduction) (1:16)
27. Bright Lights, Big City (2:49)
28. I'm Mr. Luck (3:28)
29. Aw Shucks Hush Your Mouth (2:29)
30. Baby, What's Wrong (3:10)

CD 3:
1. Good Lover (2:32)
2. Tell Me That You Love Me (2:42)
3. I'll Change My Style (2:38)
4. Too Much (2:24)
5. Let's Get Together (2:55)
6. Oh John (2:53)
7. Shame Shame Shame (Introduction) (0:48)
8. Shame Shame Shame (2:50)
9. There'll Be A Day (3:26)
10. Mary, Mary (3:01)
11. I'm Gonna Help You (3:06)
12. Outskirts Of Town (3:23)
13. St. Louis Blues (2:27)
14. See See Rider (2:46)
15. Wee Wee Baby (2:21)
16. Help Yourself (3:01)
17. Heading For A Fall (Things Ain't What They Used To Be) (3:05)
18. Down In Mississippi (3:52)
19. I'm Going Upside Your Head (Introduction) (0:21)
20. I'm Going Upside Your Head (2:56)
21. The Devil's Shoestring (2:41)
22. I Wanna Be Loved (2:23)
23. A New Leaf (2:41)
24. Left Handed Woman (2:26)
25. I'm The Man Down There (2:59)
26. When Girls Do It (2:08)
27. Don't You Think I'm Through (3:38)

Jimmy Reed signed with Chicago's Vee-Jay Records in 1953 and he stayed with the label for nearly a dozen years, during a decade where blues had its last great run as a hit singles medium. Reed was partially responsible for the golden age of blues hits on the R&B charts in the '50s, racking up nine Billboard R&B Top 10 singles between 1955 and 1961. All the hits, along with their flipsides - and, sometimes, the spoken introduction not released on a 45 - are here on this magnificent triple-disc set from Craft Recordings.

Reed may have had a limited palette - it was all shuffles, boogies, and laconic 12-bar jams, almost all in the same couple of keys - but the music sounds infinite, largely due to how Reed clicked with guitarist Eddie Taylor. Together, the two locked into a raw, funky groove that proved enduring and malleable. Within it, the pair could get the house rocking or they could lay back in a smoky groove, and their interplay is one of those recordings that retains their visceral kick all these years later; even the instrumental B-sides seem alive. The bigger revelation of Mr. Luck is how deep Reed's songbook is.

Many of his biggest hits are 20th century standards covered by bluesmen, rockers, and country singers - "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," "Baby What You Want Me to Do," "Big Boss Man," and "Bright Lights Big City," along with "Take Out Some Insurance," which is the only one of these songs not to chart - but Mr. Luck shows that he had strong songs tucked away in deeper recesses of his catalog, and that's why this is such an essential set. Other comps and albums get the essence of Jimmy Reed, but this shows how rich his music is. /Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

Originally posted by Bluestender on August 9, 2017. Updated to CD rip with complete artwork.

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Jimmy Reed - You're Gonna Need My Help 1953-1962

Size: 257 MB
Time: 71:52
File: Flac
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Shoot My Baby (2:04)
2. You Upset My Mind (2:51)
3. I Ain’t Got You (2:21)
4. Come On Baby (2:37)
5. When You Left Me (2:34)
6. Untitled Instrumental (2:43)
7. It’s You Baby (2:26)
8. Do The Thing (2:43)
9. State Street Boogie (2:14)
10. My Bitter Seed (2:14)
11. The Moon Is Rising (2:26)
12. I Wanna Be Loved (2:15)
13. You’n That Sack (2:19)
14. I’m Nervous (2:39)
15. Going By The River, Pt. 1 (2:05)
16. Blue, Blue Water (2:36)
17. Please Don’t (2:34)
18. You’re Gonna Need My Help (2:35)
19. Hold Me Close (2:32)
20. Come Love (2:32)
21. Meet Me (2:53)
22. I’ve Got The Blues (2:47)
23. Sugar, Sugar (2:38)
24. Got Me Chasing You (2:28)
25. I Was So Wrong (3:15)
26. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (2:25)
27. Down In Mississippi (3:51)
28. Jimmy’s Rock (2:00)

The success of Jimmy Reed is one of the most fascinating in American roots music. At first listen, his lazy vocals and squeaky harmonica solos might not seem like a sound particularly suited to mainstream taste. Yet, for the better part of a decade, in the 50s and early 60s, Reed’s songs, such as “Honest I Do” and “Baby What You Want Me to Do,” made regular appearances on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts, even cracking the Top 40 on a few occasions. The songs have been covered innumerable times, by artists as diverse as Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Etta James, Neil Young, and The Righteous Brothers. BMI lists over 30 covers of “Baby What You Want Me to Do” alone, while Elvis Presley chose to sing “Big Boss Man” (one of the few Reed hits that was not from his own pen) on his 1968 television comeback special.

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Jimmy Reed - Sings The Best Of The Blues

Size: 197 MB
Time: 31:05
File: Flac
Released: 2007
Styles: Chicago blues
Art: Full

1. St. Louis Blues (2:27)
2. Trouble in Mind (2:36)
3. Wee Wee Baby (2:22)
4. How Long Blues (2:59)
5. C.C. Rider (2:45)
6. Roll 'Em Pete (2:49)
7. Outskirts of Town (3:23)
8. The Come Back (3:08)
9. Cherry Red (2:50)
10. Worried Life Blues (2:19)
11. Five Long Years (3:22)

The most popular blues singer of the '50s, with simple lazy shuffles and a laconic drawl that made him the most influential as well. There's simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of Jimmy Reed. His best-known songs -- "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Honest I Do," "You Don't Have to Go," "Going to New York," "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," and "Big Boss Man" -- have become such an integral part of the standard blues repertoire, it's almost as if they have existed forever.

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Jimmy Reed - Take Out Some Insurance

Album: Take Out Some Insurance
Size: 123,7 MB
Time: 53:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. I Found My Baby (2:49)
2. Boogie In The Dark (2:34)
3. I'm Gonna Ruin You (2:35)
4. She Don't Want Me No More (2:37)
5. Do The Thing (2:47)
6. Odds And Ends (2:28)
7. My Bitter Seed (2:15)
8. The Moon Is Rising (2:27)
9. I Wanna Be Loved (2:18)
10. Take Out Some Insurance (2:21)
11. Come Love (2:33)
12. Tell Me You Love Me (2:44)
13. Baby What's Wrong (3:13)
14. Too Much (2:23)
15. I'll Change My Style (2:53)
16. Let's Get Together (2:53)
17. Mary, Mary (3:00)
18. When You're Doing Alright (2:45)
19. I'm Going Upside Your Head (2:56)
20. I'm The Man Down There (2:59)

Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries. His lazy, slack-jawed singing, piercing harmonica and hypnotic guitar patterns were one of the blues' most easily identifiable sounds in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Jimmy Reed - The New Jimmy Reed Album / Soulin'

Size: 142,7 MB
Time: 59:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Big Boss Man (2:50)
02. I Wanna Know (2:52)
03. Got Nowhere To Go (2:37)
04. Two Ways To Skin A Cat (2:41)
05. Heartaches & Trouble (2:23)
06. Tell Me What You Want Me To Do (2:24)
07. Honey, I'll Make Two (2:20)
08. You Don't Have To Go (3:17)
09. Don't Play Me Cheap (2:22)
10. Two Sides To Every Story (2:37)
11. I'm Just Trying To Cop A Plea (2:33)
12. Two Heads Are Better Than One (3:17)
13. Buy Me A Hound Dog (2:34)
14. Feel Like I Want To Ramble (3:18)
15. I Wake Up Daybreak (2:16)
16. Peepin' & Hidin' (2:37)
17. Don't Press Your Luck Woman (2:24)
18. I'm Not Going To Let You Down (2:41)
19. I'm Knockin' At Your Door (2:40)
20. Crazy 'bout Oklahoma (2:37)
21. Cousin Peaches (2:04)
22. Ain't No Time For Fussin' (2:29)
23. Dedication To Sonny (1:56)

Personnel:
Jimmy Reed (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
William "Lefty" Bates
Eddie Taylor (guitar)
Phil Upchurch (electric bass)
Al Duncan (drums)

Originally released on Bluesway in 1967.

These two albums are the first ones Jimmy recorded for the Bluesway label near the end of his career and shouldn't be dismissed. This album and the superior "Big Boss Man/Down In Virginia" two-fer are the best produced Jimmy albums. All of Jimmy's trademarks are here and the band with Eddie Taylor, Phil Upchurch and Lefty Bates work their usual magic. As always, Jimmy rerecorded earlier material for each new album but don't think these are inferior to the "originals". This is all good stuff; so, if you have a sizeable helping of his Vee-Jay material and are still hankering for more of what made Jimmy great, get the Boss Man/Virginia album and if you like that, then get this one and relive that mis-spent youth trying to work out how he made such seemingly simple music so complex. ~Anthony S. Prowse

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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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Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Loving You Baby: Singles As & Bs 1953-1961

Size: 157.9+155,2 MB
Time: 66:39+65:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. High & Lonesome (Remastered) (2:50)
02. Roll & Rhumba (Remastered) (2:47)
03. I Found My Baby (Remastered) (2:48)
04. Jimmy's Boogie (Remastered) (2:46)
05. You Don't Have To Go (Remastered) (3:06)
06. Boogie In The Dark (Remastered) (2:35)
07. Pretty Thing (Remastered) (2:45)
08. I'm Gonna Ruin You (Remastered) (2:34)
09. I Don't Go For That (Remastered) (2:47)
10. She Don't Want Me No More (Remastered) (2:37)
11. Ain't That Loving You Baby (Remastered) (2:15)
12. Baby Don't Say That No More (Remastered) (2:35)
13. Rockin' With Reed (Remastered) (2:33)
14. Can't Stand To See You Go (Remastered) (2:51)
15. My First Plea (Remastered) (2:47)
16. I Love You Baby (Remastered) (2:45)
17. Honey Don't Let Me Go (Remastered) (2:38)
18. You've Got Me Dizzy (Remastered) (2:52)
19. Little Rain (Remastered) (3:10)
20. Honey Where Are You Going (Remastered) (3:14)
21. The Sun Is Shining (Remastered) (2:51)
22. Baby, What's On Your Mind (Remastered) (3:09)
23. Honest I Do (Remastered) (2:42)
24. Signals Of Love (Remastered) (2:31)

CD 2:
01. You're Something Else (Rematered) (2:35)
02. A String To Your Heart (Rematered) (2:43)
03. You Got Me Crying (Rematered) (2:36)
04. Go On To School (Rematered) (2:47)
05. I Know It's A Sin (Rematered) (2:26)
06. Down In Virginia (Rematered) (2:24)
07. I'm Gonna Get My Baby (Rematered) (2:40)
08. Odds And Ends (Rematered) (2:28)
09. Ends And Odds (Rematered) (2:12)
10. I Told You Baby (Rematered) (2:19)
11. Take Out Some Insurance (Rematered) (2:22)
12. You Know I Love You (Rematered) (2:30)
13. Going To New York (Rematered) (2:19)
14. I Wanna Be Loved (Rematered) (2:24)
15. Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do (Rematered) (2:25)
16. Caress Me Baby (Rematered) (2:50)
17. Where Can You Be (Rematered) (2:36)
18. Found Love (Rematered) (2:20)
19. Hush, Hush (Rematered) (2:33)
20. Going By The River (Rematered) (2:07)
21. Laughing At The Blues (Rematered) (2:00)
22. Close Together (Rematered) (2:34)
23. Big Boss Man (Rematered) (2:49)
24. I'm A Love You (Rematered) (2:01)
25. Bright Lights, Big City (Rematered) (2:41)
26. I'm Mr. Luck (Rematered) (3:24)

With his midtempo three-chord blues shuffle rhythms, crude-rack harmonica runs, and lazy, slurred vocals that barely navigated his limited four- or five-note melodies, Jimmy Reed seems to possess all the qualities of an amateur player destined to serve out his career in his own basement playing to no one in particular. That all of these musical limitations turned out ultimately to be assets is a lesson for all of us, because Reed's unerring simplicity produced blues and rock classics like "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" and "Baby What You Want Me to Do," and countless other songs, all built from the same crude template, and they've stood the test of time. This two-disc set collects both sides of the singles he released for Vee-Jay Records between 1953 and 1961, including the above songs and other genre standards like "I Ain't Got You," "Bright Lights Big City," and "Big Boss Man." This might be a bit too much Reed for the casual listener, since what he did seldom varied very much, but it’s a nice archival release for the die-hard Jimmy Reed fan. ~Steve Leggett

Ain't That Loving You Baby

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Jimmy Reed - Now Appearing

Year: 1960/2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:45
Size: 68,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Close Together (2:37)
2. Got Me Chasing You (2:27)
3. Wanta Be With You (3:05)
4. Jimmy's Rock (2:03)
5. Tell The World I Do (4:03)
6. You Know You're Looking Good (2:21)
7. I've Got The Blues (2:46)
8. Laughing At The Blues (1:59)
9. Down The Road (2:34)
10. Ain't Gonna Cry No More (3:39)
11. You're My Baby (2:06)

Now Appearing was originally released in 1960 on Vee Jay Records and reissued by Collectables in 2000. This short 11-track set doesn't include any of Reed's most beloved hits but does highlight material that could have been. Reed's patented swamp blues guitar and harmonica lines mixed with his uniquely lazy vocal style are in the forefront of tunes like "Got Me Chasing You," "You Know You're Looking Good," "In the Morning," and "Tell the World I Do." Any of the Jimmy Reed Vee Jay reissues are recommended. /Al Campbell, AllMusic

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VA - Confessin' The Blues

Size: 151,5+168,8 MB
Time: 63:52+71:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:10)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster (5:05)
03 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen (3:07)
04 Little Walter - I Hate To See You Go (2:15)
05 Chuck Berry - Little Queenie (2:43)
06 Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover (3:08)
07 Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down (2:55)
08 Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (3:03)
09 Magic Sam - All Your Love (3:52)
10 Sonny Boy Williamson - Dust My Broom (2:44)
11 Little Walter - Just Your Fool (2:22)
12 Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (2:21)
13 Big Bill Broonzy - Key To The Highway (3:03)
14 Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Blues (2:31)
15 Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move (3:21)
16 Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City (2:41)
17 Big Maceo Merriweather - Worried Life Blues (2:53)
18 Little Johnny Taylor - Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Pt. 1) (3:17)
19 Howlin' Wolf - Commit A Crime (1991 Chess Box Version) (3:04)
20 Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:07)
21 Jay McShann - Confessin' The Blues (With Walter Brown) (2:58)

CD 2:
01 Howlin' Wolf - Just Like I Treat You ( 2:57)
02 Little Walter - I Got To Go ( 2:42)
03 Chuck Berry - Carol ( 2:51)
04 Bo Diddley - Mona ( 2:23)
05 Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You ( 2:51)
06 Elmore James & The Broom Dusters - Blues Before Sunrise ( 2:45)
07 Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy ( 3:00)
08 Boy Blue - Boogie Children ( 2:56)
09 Jimmy Reed - Little Rain ( 3:09)
10 Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues ( 2:17)
11 Reverend Robert Wilkins - The Prodigal Son (10:01)
12 Lightnin' Slim - Hoodoo Blues ( 4:05)
13 Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night ( 3:08)
14 Bo Diddley - Crawdad ( 2:24)
15 Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q ( 2:13)
16 Amos Milburn - Down The Road Apiece ( 2:58)
17 Howlin' Wolf - Little Baby ( 2:46)
18 Little Walter - Blue And Lonesome ( 2:54)
19 B.B. King - Rock Me Baby ( 3:02)
20 Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got The Blues ( 4:31)
21 Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy ( 5:21)

The Rolling Stones have curated a new compilation, Confessin’ the Blues, that will feature songs from blues legends like Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.

Confessin’ the Blues fittingly opens with Waters’ “Rollin’ Stone” and features other classics like Berry’s “Little Queenie,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Litle Red Rooster” and Bo Diddley’s “You Can’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover.” The collection will also boast tracks from Elmore James, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, B.B. King and Buddy Guy.

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Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City

There's simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of Jimmy Reed. His best-known songs - "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Honest I Do," "You Don't Have to Go," "Going to New York," "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," and "Big Boss Man" - have become such an integral part of the standard blues repertoire, it's almost as if they have existed forever. Because his style was simple and easily imitated, his songs were accessible to just about everyone from high-school garage bands having a go at it, to Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Lou Rawls, Hank Williams, Jr., and the Rolling Stones, making him - in the long run - perhaps the most influential bluesman of all.

His bottom-string boogie rhythm guitar patterns (all furnished by boyhood friend and longtime musical partner Eddie Taylor), simple two-string turnarounds, country-ish harmonica solos (all played in a neck-rack attachment hung around his neck), and mush-mouthed vocals were probably the first exposure most white folks had to the blues. And his music - lazy, loping, and insistent and constantly built and reconstructed single after single on the same sturdy frame - was a formula that proved to be enormously successful and influential, both with middle-aged blacks and young white audiences for a good dozen years.

Jimmy Reed records hit the R&B charts with amazing frequency and crossed over onto the pop charts on many occasions, a rare feat for an unreconstructed bluesman. This is all the more amazing simply because Reed's music was nothing special on the surface; he possessed absolutely no technical expertise on either of his chosen instruments and his vocals certainly lacked the fierce declamatory intensity of a Howlin' Wolf or a Muddy Waters.

But it was exactly that lack of in-your-face musical confrontation that made Jimmy Reed a welcome addition to everybody's record collection back in the '50s and '60s. And for those aspiring musicians who wanted to give the blues a try, either vocally or instrumentally (no matter what skin color you were born with), perhaps Billy Vera said it best in his liner notes to a Reed greatest-hits anthology: "Yes, anybody with a range of more than six notes could sing Jimmy's tunes and play them the first day Mom and Dad brought home that first guitar from Sears & Roebuck. I guess Jimmy could be termed the '50s punk bluesman." (Excerpt from artist biography by Cub Koda, AllMusic)

Album: Bright Lights, Big City
Year: 1990
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:06
Size: 164,9 MB
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. High And Lonesome (2:47)
2. Jimmie's Boogie (2:43)
3. You Don't Have To Go (3:03)
4. Boogie In The Dark (2:37)
5. You Upset My Mind (2:51)
6. She Don't Want Me No More (2:36)
7. I Don't Go For That (2:47)
8. Ain't That Loving You Baby (2:13)
9. You Got Me So Dizzy (2:49)
10. Honest I Do (2:41)
11. The Sun Is Shining (2:52)
12. End And Odds (2:24)
13. My Bitter Seed (2:21)
14. Going To New York (2:18)
15. Take Out Some Insurance (2:19)
16. Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:21)
17. Hush-Hush (2:29)
18. Found Love (2:17)
19. You Gonna Need My Help (2:32)
20. Found Joy (3:30)
21. Kind Of Lonesome (2:39)
22. Blue Carnegie (2:42)
23. Big Boss Man (2:47)
24. Sugar Sugar (2:39)
25. Jimmy's Rock (2:01)
26. Bright Lights, Big City (2:36)
27. I'm Going Upside Your Head (2:57)

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Jimmy Reed - Found Love

Year: 1960/2000
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:05
Size: 97,5 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Baby What You Want Me To Do (2:27)
2. Found Love (2:25)
3. Meet Me (2:54)
4. I Was So Wrong (3:18)
5. Going By The River, Part 2 (2:08)
6. Big Boss Man (2:49)
7. Hush-Hush (2:34)
8. Where Can You Be (2:38)
9. I'm Nervous (2:40)
10. Going By The River, Part 1 (2:06)
11. I Ain't Got You (2:24)
12. Come Love (2:33)
13. I'm Gonna Ruin You (First Version) (Bonus) (2:49)
14. The Sun Is Shining (Bonus) (2:51)
15. I'm Gonna Get My Baby (Bonus) (2:46)
16. Please Don't (Bonus) (2:35)

There isn't a bad track on Found Love. Not only are some of Jimmy Reed's biggest hits included - "Baby What You Want Me to Do," "Big Boss Man," and "Hush Hush" - but the title track is particularly notable, as it contains a one-note harp wail that proves to be vibrant, heartfelt, and timeless.

As with most of Reed's albums of this period - and most blues albums of this era - the album contains material from across over a year's worth of sessions, from the spring of 1959 through the summer of 1960, with one track ("I Ain't Got You") pulled from a 1955 session. Eddie Taylor is playing a lot of the lead guitar, but Lefty Bates is also heard on many of the cuts, and Willie Dixon, no less, is playing bass on "Meet Me," "Big Boss Man," and "Come Love." Earl Phillips is responsible for all of the drumming, and Mary Lee "Mama" Reed is heard on the backing vocals of "Baby What You Want Me to Do."

Reed's catalog has seen numerous reissues of varying quality across the decades, but the Collectables label did an admirable job in 2000, reissuing both Reed's library and that of John Lee Hooker from the same label with great sound quality and original packaging at a budget price. (Koch re-released Found Love in 2000 and added four bonus tracks.) /Al Campbell, AllMusic

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Various Artists - The Original Blue & Lonesome

Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:32
Size: 165,8 MB
Styles: Blues/R&B
Scans: Full

1. Little Walter - Just Your Fool (2:23)
2. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:07)
3. Little Walter - Blue And Lonesome (2:55)
4. Magic Sam - All Of Your Love (2:54)
5. Little Walter - I Gotta Go (2:41)
6. Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (3:08)
7. Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down (2:57)
8. Little Walter - Hate To See You Go (3:05)
9. Lightnin' Slim - Hoo Doo Blues (2:20)
10. Howlin' Wolf - Just Like I Treat You (2:58)
11. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q (Bonus) (2:14)
12. Chuck Berry - Around And Around (Bonus) (2:39)
13. Arthur Alexander - You Better Move On (Bonus) (2:44)
14. Muddy Waters - Look What You've Done (Bonus) (2:23)
15. Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster (Bonus) (2:26)
16. Benny Spellman - Fortune Teller (Bonus) (2:14)
17. Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (Bonus) (3:01)
18. Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try (Bonus) (2:08)
19. Chuck Berry - Carol (Bonus) (2:48)
20. Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle (Bonus) (2:48)
21. Larry Williams - She Said Yeah (Bonus) (1:50)
22. Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Bonus) (2:50)
23. Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Not Fade Away (Bonus) (2:20)
24. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (Bonus) (2:56)
25. Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do (Bonus) (2:45)
26. Bo Diddley - Mona (Bonus) (2:22)
27. Robert Johnson - Love In Vain Blues (Bonus) (2:22)

When the Rolling Stones' first new release in 11 years turned out to be an all vintage blues album some fans were a bit dismayed, but it was a natural, almost inevitable, move.

After all, the Stones began life as a blues band and they have supported its originators - sharing stages with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Etta James - and up held the blues as a key inspiration throughout their career.

With Blue & Lonesome, they celebrated the genre by taking on some key post-war blues classics and here we have compiled the original recordings by the artists who introduced the songs. /Excerpt from the liner notes by Jonny Whiteside

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Willie Dixon & Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Men

Year: 2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:53
Size: 147,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (4:33)
2. Spoonful (4:49)
3. I Just Want To Make Love To You (5:57)
4. Chicago Here I Come (2:36)
5. Tore Down (3:53)
6. Roach Stew (5:39)
7. Big Boss Man (12:59)
8. Stop Light (7:02)
9. You Don't Have To Go (Down The Road I Go) (9:35)
10. Bright Lights, Big City (6:45)

The six live 1971 tracks by Dixon on this disc comprise only about half of the CD; the remainder consists of live 1972 material by Jimmy Reed, recorded at the same venue (Liberty Hall in Houston). Although Dixon offers strong vocal performances (as well as playing bass) on these cuts, the sound quality isn't so hot, and adequate at best. The band's okay, the name sideman being Walter Horton on harmonica. In addition to the familiar classics "Spoonful" and "I Just Want to Make Love to You," there's also the much lesser-known emotional, minor-key slow burner "Sitting and Crying the Blues," with uncredited piano, and the instrumental "Chicago Here I Come."

On the final two songs, it might be hard to even consider Dixon as the featured artist, since Johnny Winter (credited as "John Winter") takes the vocal and guitar on "Tore Down," and then lead guitar on an instrumental, the Winter composition "Roach Stew." If this was longer and in decent fidelity, it would be a good record, but its shortcomings limit its attraction to severely dedicated Chicago blues fans. And, unfortunately, the four Jimmy Reed tracks drag the album's worth to a lower level, with sluggish performances (featuring Winter on guitar throughout) and sadly past-his-peak vocalizing by Reed. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

Tracks 1-6 credited to Willie Dixon
Tracks 7-10 credited to Jimmy Reed

(For details on featured musicians, see booklet information.)

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Jimmy Reed - Boss Man (2 CD)

Jimmy Reed followed a limited formula, but it worked time and time again, and his songs, because of their inherent structural simplicity, are among the most versatile in the blues canon, and have been covered by countless blues and pop artists. With his laid-back, slurred singing style stretched over a lazy, easy boogie rhythm, and punctuated by short runs on his racked harmonica, Reed brought a kind of hushed, unhurried urgency to everything he recorded. The lyrics to his songs were actually written by his wife, Mary Lee Reed, and although she remains in the background on his records, they were very much a songwriting team, turning out such enduring classics as "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," "Big Boss Man," "Bright Lights, Big City," and "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," all of which are included on this collection.

Everything Reed recorded is cut from the same cloth, so casual listeners may find this anthology to be a disc too long, while serious listeners will undoubtedly want a set that goes into even more depth. For those in between, this set will be a perfect fit. /Steve Leggett, AllMusic

Album: Boss Man - CD 1
Year: 1999
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:57
Size: 110,7 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. You Don't Have To Go (3:07)
2. High And Lonesome (2:49)
3. Boogie In The Dark (2:35)
4. You Upset My Mind (2:52)
5. I Ain't Got You (2:20)
6. Come On Baby (2:38)
7. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (2:15)
8. My First Plea (2:47)
9. You Got Me Dizzy (2:51)
10. Little Rain (3:10)
11. The Sun Is Shining (2:52)
12. Honest I Do (2:43)
13. Ends And Odds (2:28)
14. You're Something Else (2:34)
15. Down In Virginia (2:26)
16. I'm Gonna Get My Baby (2:40)
17. Going To New York (2:20)
18. Take Out Some Insurance (2:21)

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Album: Boss Man - CD 2
Year: 1999
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:44
Size: 110,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Baby, What You Want Me To Do (2:26)
2. Hush Hush (2:34)
3. Found Love (2:21)
4. Big Boss Man (2:49)
5. Close Together (2:35)
6. I'm A Love You (2:02)
7. Bright Lights, Big City (2:42)
8. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (2:25)
9. Down In Mississippi (3:52)
10. Let's Get Together (2:54)
11. Oh John (2:25)
12. Ain't No Big Deal (2:29)
13. Help Yourself (3:02)
14. Left Handed Woman (2:26)
15. I'm Going Upside Your Head (2:44)
16. The Devil's Shoestring, Pt. 2 (2:42)
17. I'm The Man Down There (3:01)
18. When Girls Do It (2:08)

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Jimmy Reed - Rockin' With Reed: Original Vee Jay Recordings

Year: 1987
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:04
Size: 139,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. I Found My Baby (2:50)
2. Shoot My Baby (2:04)
3. Roll & Rhumba (2:46)
4. You Upset My Mind (2:53)
5. Pretty Thing (2:44)
6. Rockin' With Reed (2:35)
7. She Don't Want Me No More (2:37)
8. Come On Baby (2:37)
9. I Don't Go For That (2:45)
10. When You Left Me (2:35)
11. Do The Thing (2:46)
12. Little Rain (3:11)
13. Signals Of Love (2:32)
14. The Sun Is Shining (2:51)
15. Caress Me Baby (2:50)
16. Laughing At The Blues (2:02)
17. Baby, What's Wrong? (3:12)
18. Let's Get Together (2:55)
19. Help Yourself (3:04)
20. Left Handed Woman (2:26)
21. A New Leaf (2:43)
22. I'm Going Upside Your Head (2:55)

There's simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and as easy to play and sing as the music of Jimmy Reed. His best-known songs - "Baby, What You Want Me to Do," "Bright Lights, Big City," "Honest I Do," "You Don't Have to Go," "Going to New York," "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," and "Big Boss Man" - have become such an integral part of the standard blues repertoire, it's almost as if they have existed forever. Because his style was simple and easily imitated, his songs were accessible to just about everyone from high-school garage bands having a go at it, to Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Lou Rawls, Hank Williams, Jr., and the Rolling Stones, making him - in the long run - perhaps the most influential bluesman of all.

His bottom-string boogie rhythm guitar patterns (all furnished by boyhood friend and longtime musical partner Eddie Taylor), simple two-string turnarounds, country-ish harmonica solos (all played in a neck-rack attachment hung around his neck), and mush-mouthed vocals were probably the first exposure most white folks had to the blues. And his music - lazy, loping, and insistent and constantly built and reconstructed single after single on the same sturdy frame - was a formula that proved to be enormously successful and influential, both with middle-aged blacks and young white audiences for a good dozen years.

Jimmy Reed records hit the R&B charts with amazing frequency and crossed over onto the pop charts on many occasions, a rare feat for an unreconstructed bluesman. This is all the more amazing simply because Reed's music was nothing special on the surface; he possessed absolutely no technical expertise on either of his chosen instruments and his vocals certainly lacked the fierce declamatory intensity of a Howlin' Wolf or a Muddy Waters.

But it was exactly that lack of in-your-face musical confrontation that made Jimmy Reed a welcome addition to everybody's record collection back in the '50s and '60s. And for those aspiring musicians who wanted to give the blues a try, either vocally or instrumentally (no matter what skin color you were born with), perhaps Billy Vera said it best in his liner notes to a Reed greatest-hits anthology: "Yes, anybody with a range of more than six notes could sing Jimmy's tunes and play them the first day Mom and Dad brought home that first guitar from Sears & Roebuck. I guess Jimmy could be termed the '50s punk bluesman." (Excerpt from artist biography by Cub Koda, AllMusic)

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Various Artists - Lonesome & Blue: The Original Versions

Year: 2017
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:53
Size: 100,0 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Little Walter - Just Your Fool (2:24)
2. Memphis Slim - Blue And Lonesome (2:56)
3. Magic Sam - All Your Love (aka All Of Your Love) (2:55)
4. Little Walter - I Got To Go (2:42)
5. Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down (2:55)
6. Little Walter - Hate To See You Go (2:18)
7. Lightnin' Slim - Hoo Doo Blues (2:21)
8. Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (3:10)
9. Howlin' Wolf - Just Like I Treat You (2:57)
10. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:05)
11. Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You (Bonus) (2:50)
12. Chuck Berry - Come On (Bonus) (1:49)
13. Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee (Bonus) (3:02)
14. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q (Bonus) (2:20)
15. Marvin Gaye - Hitch Hike (Bonus) (2:35)
16. Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster (Bonus) (2:25)

The original versions of songs that inspired the Rolling Stones on their latest album, Blue & Lonesome, along with six bonus tracks: originals covered by the band earlier in their catalog. The Stones' versions of Muddy Waters' "I Just Want To Make Love To You" and Slim Harpo's "I'm A King Bee" appeared on England's Newest Hit Makers, Chuck Berry's "Come On" on their debut single, Dale Hawkins' "Susie Q" on 12 X 5, Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike" on Out of Our Heads, and Howlin' Wolf's "Little Red Rooster" on their second no. 1 single.

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Various Artists - Born With The Blues Vol. 1

Year: 1994
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:30
Size: 161,3 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. King Biscuit Boy & The Ronnie Hawkins Band - Neighbour Neighbour (3:06)
2. Louisiana Red - Sometimes I Wonder (5:33)
3. Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water (3:16)
4. Tommy Tucker - Alimony (4:33)
5. Earl Hooker - The Foxtrot (1:57)
6. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - She Put The Wammee On Me (3:00)
7. Buster Benton & Carey Bell - Born With The Blues (4:48)
8. Lightnin' Hopkins - Got Me A Louisiana Woman (3:04)
9. Albert Collins - The Things I Used To Do (3:43)
10. The Paul deLay Band - Rode Myself Crazy (2:38)
11. Muddy Waters - Honey Bee (4:00)
12. Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet Miss Bea (4:23)
13. Jimmy Reed - Down At The Corner Grocery Store (3:22)
14. Matt 'Guitar' Murphy - Taking Off (3:49)
15. The Mighty Houserockers - Play The Blues For You (5:39)
16. Paul Butterfield - Loaded (2:51)
17. The Clovers - He Sure Could Hypnotize (3:06)
18. Eddy Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way (6:35)

Haven't been able to find any specific info for this compilation, but I think the featured artists will give you an idea of what this is all about. This is a good un folks!

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Jimmy Reed - I'm Jimmy Reed

Year: 1958
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:04
Size: 77,2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Scans: Front, back

1. Honest I Do (2:40)
2. Go On To School (2:48)
3. My First Plea (2:45)
4. Boogie In The Dark (2:35)
5. You Got Me Crying (2:35)
6. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (2:14)
7. You Got Me Dizzy (2:52)
8. Little Rain (3:10)
9. Can't Stand To See You Go (2:51)
10. Roll & Rhumba (2:47)
11. You're Something Else (2:36)
12. You Don't Have To Go (3:05)

In deciding where to start listening to Jimmy Reed, the man and his record label made it easy - at the beginning. His debut LP release, I'm Jimmy Reed, was about as strong a first album as was heard in Chicago blues, but also no stronger (relatively speaking) than the first long-players issued of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and co. As was the case with most bluesmen of his generation, Reed's debut LP was really a collection of single sides than an actual album of new material (though some of it did hail from its year of release), consisting of tracks he'd recorded from June 1953 ("Roll & Rhumba") through March 1958 ("You Got Me Crying" etc.).

So it's no surprise that it rivals The Best of Muddy Waters or any of the other 12" platters that were showing up from Reed's rivals at the end of the 1950s - most of the blues labels put together their LPs the same way at first. But that also turns I'm Jimmy Reed into a treasure-trove of prime material from his repertory, including the songs on which he'd built his reputation over the previous five years, key among them "Honest I Do", "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby", "You Got Me Dizzy", and "You Don't Have to Go", plus their highly relevant B-sides, which help give this album more depth and breadth than a formal hits collection would have had.

And in addition to Reed's singing and harp work, the album is also a superb showcase for guitarists Eddie Taylor and John Brim (the latter on the earliest material here), and drummer Earl Palmer. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

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Jimmy Reed - Just Jimmy Reed

Year: 1962
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 27:50
Size: 64,6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. I'll Change That Too (2:51)
2. Let's Get Together (2:53)
3. Good Lover (2:25)
4. Take It Slow (2:56)
5. Too Much (2:23)
6. In The Morning (2:16)
7. Oh John (2:24)
8. Back Home At Noon (3:17)
9. Kansas City Baby (3:29)
10. You Can't Hide (2:50)

Just Jimmy Reed was originally released in 1962 on Vee-Jay Records and reissued by Collectables in 2000. This short ten-track set doesn't include any of Reed's most beloved hits ("Oh John" being the closest), but it does highlight material that could have been. Reed's patented swamp blues guitar and harmonica lines mixed with his uniquely lazy vocal style are in the forefront of tunes like "Let's Get Together", "Kansas City Baby", "In the Morning", and "Good Lover".

There are some unusual touches - the album opens up with the strangely offbeat, organ-dominated and trumpet- and sax-ornamented "I'll Change That Too"; and Mama Reed shows up on backing vocals on "Take It Slow", adding some variety to the singing. Jimmy Reed, Jr., who was increasingly being featured at the elder Reed's shows, is present on guitar on two tracks and on bass elsewhere.

And instead of Eddie Taylor, who played on most of Reed's classic sides, much of the guitar here is played by Lefty Bates. But despite this difference, the best of the material on Just Jimmy Reed - which is most of the contents - could easily have qualified for placement on Reed's indispensable first two albums. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

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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.

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