Magic Sam - Easy Baby

Album: Easy Baby
Size: 130,1 MB
Time: 55:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1985/1990
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

1. All Your Love (2:58)
2. Everything Gonna Be Alright (2:58)
3. Look Watcha Done (2:13)
4. Easy Baby (3:24)
5. All My Whole Life (2:16)
6. Love Me With A Feeling (2:09)
7. Every Night About This Time (2:08)
8. She Belongs To Me (2:33)
9. Out Of Bad Luck (2:24)
10. Roll Your Moneymaker (2:46)
11. Call Me If You Need Me (3:03)
12. Magic Rocker (2:30)
13. All Night Long (2:49)
14. 21 Days In Jail (2:43)
15. Love Me This Way (2:50)
16. My Love Is Your Love (2:41)
17. Mr. Charlie (2:36)
18. Blue Light Boogie (2:39)
19. You Don't Have To Work (2:41)
20. Square Dance Rock Pt. 1 (2:21)
21. Square Dance Rock Pt. 2 (2:50)

Here are all the issued recordings Magic Sam made between his debut on Cobra in 1957 all the way up to just before signing with Delmark and releasing the epochal West Side Soul album. In addition to Cobra masterpieces like "All Your Love" and the title track, it also includes "Magic Rocker" and "Love Me This Way" (both not originally issued as singles) from the same sessions. The set also includes both sides of the Shakey Jake single he contributed the lead guitar on, his four later singles for Chief, and his stray 1966 single for Crash. Although Sam tended to repeat certain themes again and again, here's a nice chunk of the records that helped make his legend. /Cub Koda, AllMusic

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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VA - Popcorn Blues Party Vol. 3 (KMCD30)

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

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

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

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

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

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Magic Sam - Live 1969: Raw Blues!

Size: 163,3 MB
Time: 69:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. San-Ho-Zay (3:14)
02. All Of Your Love (3:50)
03. You Don't Love Me (4:26)
04. You Were Wrong (5:08)
05. Mama, Talk To Your Daughter (3:16)
06. I Need You So Bad (5:15)
07. I Feel So Good (4:19)
08. Strange Things Happening (3:52)
09. Tremble (3:23)
10. That's All I Need (2:47)
11. I Don't Want No Woman (4:02)
12. I Got Papers On You, Baby (5:55)
13. Looking Good (4:33)
14. You Done Last Your Good Thing Now (5:51)
15. Just Pickin' (4:49)
16. Hide Away (2:48)
17. Sweet Home Chicago (2:15)

Recorded live in Berkeley, CA just five months before he passed away on December 1,1969

"Raw" is not an understatement. The audio on RockBeat's 2012 release Raw Blues: Magic Sam 1969 is muddy and ragged, sounding like a bootleg because that's essentially what it is: an audience tape from December 1, 1969, recorded just five short months before Magic Sam's death. It may be raw -- some may find it too murky to listen to over an extended period -- but Magic Sam is in fiery form and his guitar pierces through the gunk, sounding limber, alive, and electric. And considering that there are not so many official recordings left behind by Magic Sam, this warts-and-all live set is worthwhile for the devoted. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Live 1969: Raw Blues!

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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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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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Magic Sam - Live At The Avant Garde

Size: 158,6 MB
Time: 67:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. San-Ho-Zay (4:46)
02. Don't Want No Woman (3:46)
03. I Need You So Bad (4:29)
04. Feelin' Good (4:42)
05. It's All Your Fault Baby (4:42)
06. You Belong To Me (4:18)
07. Bad Luck Blues (3:22)
08. Come On In This House (3:56)
09. Hoochie Coochie Man (3:40)
10. Still A Fool (4:00)
11. That's All I Need (4:47)
12. All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (4:11)
13. That's All Right (3:29)
14. Lookin' Good (5:15)
15. Everynight Everyday (4:15)
16. Hully Gully Twist (4:04)

The Avant Garde was a coffeehouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that played host to a variety of rock, blues, and folk performers in the '60s, and Windy City guitar wizard Magic Sam (aka Sam Maghett) rolled in to play a few sets in June 1968. A local kid with an interest in recording named Jim Charne showed up with a reel-to-reel machine and a couple of microphones, and he captured Magic Sam's show on tape; 45 years later, those tapes have finally been made public on the album Live at the Avant Garde, and given the relatively small amount of material that's surfaced on the late blues legend (who succumbed to a heart attack when he was just 32), this set is a very welcome find. Live at the Avant Garde has a decidedly different feel than Magic Sam Live, which preserved radio broadcasts from 1963 and 1964 and a 1969 appearance at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival; while those recordings blazed with intensity, this captures Magic Sam and his band in more laid-back form, playing a small, booze-free venue rather than a rowdy bar or a festival audience in the thousands. Magic Sam may be in a more relaxed temper here, but his guitar work is absolutely on point; Sam's agile, incisive lead work, his dazzling string bends, and his fiery solos in which he fires off notes with the precision of a machine gun are all on display, confirming Sam's status as one of the most exciting and underrated players on the Chicago blues scene at the end of the '60s. Here, Sam is backed by Big Mojo Elem on bass and Bob Richey on drums, and if the rhythm section mostly stays out of the way, they give the tunes a rock-solid foundation and leave plenty of room for Sam to strut his stuff. Also, while the material on Magic Sam Live suffers from rather dodgy recording quality, for an amateur audience tape recorded in 1968, Live at the Avant Garde sounds remarkably good, with the instruments sounding clean and rich and Sam's voice suffering just a touch of distortion from the PA system. Magic Sam never broke through to real stardom, but he made a big impression during his short time in the spotlight, and Live at the Avant Garde shows he never dogged it, not even on a coffeehouse gig in Wisconsin, hardly a show where a blues legend would be expected to pull out all the stops. ~Mark Deming

Live At The Avant Garde

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Magic Sam - Chicago Blues 1957-1960

Size: 107,8 MB
Time: 45:51
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Love Me With A Feeling (Willie Dixon) (2:10)
02. 21 Days In Jail (Odie Payne & Willie Dixon) (2:46)
03. My Love Is Your Love (The Four Duchesses) (2:43)
04. Every Night About This Time (Boyd Atkins) (2:08)
05. Look Whatcha Done (Mack Thompson & Willie Dixon) (2:15)
06. Mr. Charlie (Ammons Sisters) (2:38)
07. Roll Your Money Maker (Syl Johnson & Willie Dixon) (2:48)
08. All Your Love (Billie Stepney & Willie Dixon) (2:57)
09. Call Me If You Need Me (3:04)
10. You Don't Have To Work (Odell Campbell) (2:42)
11. All My Whole Life (Harold Burrage) (2:17)
12. Blue Light Boogie (The Four Duchesses) (2:39)
13. Love Me This Way (2:51)
14. Everything Gonna Be Alright (Little Brother Montgomery & Mack Thompson, Willie Dixon) (2:58)
15. Magic Rocker (Willie Dixon) (2:32)
16. All Night Long (2:49)
17. Easy Baby (Harold Burrage & Willie Dixon) (3:25)

No blues guitarist better represented the adventurous modern sound of Chicago's West side more proudly than Sam Maghett. He died tragically young (at age 32 of a heart attack), just as he was on the brink of climbing the ladder to legitimate stardom, but Magic Sam left behind a thick legacy of bone-cutting blues that remains eminently influential around his old stomping grounds to this day.

Maghett (one of his childhood pals was towering guitarist Morris Holt, who received his Magic Slim handle from Sam) was born in the Mississippi Delta. In 1950, he arrived in Chicago, picking up a few blues guitar pointers from his new neighbor, Syl Johnson (whose brother, Mack Thompson, served as Sam's loyal bassist for much of his professional career). Harpist Shakey Jake Harris, sometimes referred to as the guitarist's uncle, encouraged Sam's blues progress and gigged with him later on, when both were Westside institutions.

Sam's tremolo-rich staccato fingerpicking was an entirely fresh phenomenon when he premiered it on Eli Toscano's Cobra label in 1957. Prior to his Cobra date, the guitarist had been gigging as Good Rocking Sam, but Toscano wanted to change his nickname to something old-timey like Sad Sam or Singing Sam. No dice, said the newly christened Magic Sam (apparently Mack Thompson's brainstorm). His Cobra debut single, "All Your Love," was an immediate local sensation; its unusual structure would be recycled time and again by Sam throughout his tragically truncated career. Sam's Cobra encores "Everything Gonna Be Alright" and "Easy Baby" borrowed much the same melody but were no less powerful; the emerging Westside sound was now officially committed to vinyl. Not everything Sam cut utilized the tune; "21 Days in Jail" was a pseudo-rockabilly smoker with hellacious lead guitar from Sam and thundering slap bass from the ubiquitous Willie Dixon. Sam also backed Shakey Jake Harris on his lone 45 for Cobra's Artistic subsidiary, "Call Me If You Need Me."

After Cobra folded, Sam didn't follow labelmates Otis Rush and Magic Slim over to Chess. Instead, after enduring an unpleasant Army experience that apparently landed him in jail for desertion, Sam opted to go with Mel London's Chief logo in 1960. His raw-boned Westside adaptation of Fats Domino's mournful "Every Night About This Time" was the unalloyed highlight of his stay at Chief; some other Chief offerings were less compelling.

Gigs on the Westside remained plentiful for the charismatic guitarist, but recording opportunities proved sparse until 1966, when Sam made a 45 for Crash Records. "Out of Bad Luck" brought back that trademark melody again, but it remained as shattering as ever. Another notable 1966 side, the plaintive "That's Why I'm Crying," wound up on Delmark's Sweet Home Chicago anthology, along with Sam's stunning clippity-clop boogie instrumental "Riding High" (aided by the muscular tenor sax of Eddie Shaw).

Delmark Records was the conduit for Magic Sam's two seminal albums, 1967's West Side Soul and the following year's Black Magic. Both LPs showcased the entire breadth of Sam's Westside attack: the first ranged from the soul-laced "That's All I Need" and a searing "I Feel So Good" to the blistering instrumental "Lookin' Good" and definitive remakes of "Mama Talk to Your Daughter" and "Sweet Home Chicago," while Black Magic benefitted from Shaw's jabbing, raspy sax as Sam blasted through the funky "You Belong to Me," an impassioned "What Have I Done Wrong," and a personalized treatment of Freddy King's "San-Ho-Zay."

Sam's reputation was growing exponentially. He wowed an overflow throng at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, and Stax was reportedly primed to sign him when his Delmark commitment was over. However, heart problems were fast taking their toll on Sam's health. On the first morning of December of 1969, he complained of heartburn, collapsed, and died.

Even now, more than a quarter-century after his passing, Magic Sam remains the king of Westside blues. That's unlikely to change as long as the subgenre is alive and kicking. ~ Bill Dahl

Chicago Blues 1957-1960

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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.

Confessin' The Blues

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Magic Sam - Rockin' Wild In Chicago

Size: 152,5 MB
Time: 64:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Tremble (3:39)
02. Call Me When You Need Me (3:21)
03. How Long Can This Go On (3:40)
04. Every Night, Every Day (4:38)
05. Why Are You So Mean To Me (2:30)
06. Dirty Work Going On (4:24)
07. Further On Up The Road (2:48)
08. It's All Your Fault Baby (4:43)
09. Looking Good (4:55)
10. Keep On Loving Me Baby (5:13)
11. I Found Me A New Love (4:10)
12. Got My Mojo Working (4:12)
13. I Don't Want No Woman (3:06)
14. Just A Little Bit (4:32)
15. Tore Down (4:19)
16. Rockin' Wild (4:27)

Back in the '60s and '70s -- before bootleggers had the generally higher standards that they have today -- it wasn't uncommon to hear a collector defending a bootleg LP despite its inferior sound quality. The argument was usually something along the lines of, "Yes, the sound is poor, but I still recommend this Led Zeppelin bootleg because Jimmy Page absolutely burns when they do 'Whole Lotta Love.'" Rockin' Wild in Chicago isn't a bootleg -- this Delmark release is totally legal -- but it merits the same sort of defense that vinyl collectors often gave '60s and '70s bootlegs back in the day. A collection of live performances that spans 1963-1968 but didn't come out until 2002, Rockin' Wild in Chicago was recorded at three different Windy City venues: the Copacabana, the Alex Club, and Mother Blues. This CD definitely won't impress audiophiles; the sound quality ranges from barely decent to genuinely bad (by '60s standards). But the performances themselves are generally excellent. Magic Sam was among the most exciting Chicago bluesmen of the '60s, and the singer/guitarist is downright explosive whether he turns his attention to "Got My Mojo Working," "Further on Up the Road," or Lowell Fulson's "It's All Your Fault, Baby." The less-than-stellar rating that this CD merits isn't due to the quality of Sam's performances; it is due to the sound quality. And because the sound is as disappointing as it is, Rockin' Wild in Chicago isn't recommended to casual listeners -- there are several excellent Magic Sam CDs on Delmark that aren't plagued by inferior sound. Rockin' Wild in Chicago is strictly for the late bluesman's more devoted fans, who will probably want a copy despite the inferior sound. ~by Alex Henderson

Thanks to MarcFr.
Rockin' Wild In Chicago MP3
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Magic Sam - The Magic Sam Legacy

Size: 106,7 MB
Time: 45:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. I Feel So Good (2:34)
02. Lookin' Good (3:03)
03. Walkin' By Myself (3:51)
04. Hoochie Coochie Man (2:48)
05. That Ain't It (2:51)
06. That's All I Need (3:33)
07. What Have I Done Wrong (3:24)
08. I Just Want A Little Bit (3:16)
09. Everything's Gonna Be All Right (4:08)
10. Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' (2:56)
11. Blues For Odie Payne (4:49)
12. Easy Baby (4:30)
13. Keep On Lovin' Me Baby (3:24)

The 13 tracks on Magic Sam Legacy (1997) are culled from material initially discarded from his two Delmark studio LPs West Side Soul (1967) and Black Magic (1968). The principal caveat being the John Lee Hooker inspired "I Feel So Good" -- liberally copping Hooker's "Boogie Chillun" -- and the spirited instrumental "Lookin' Good," both of which date back to 1966. The mid-tempo "Walkin' by Myself" and the indispensable "Hoochie Coochie Man" are among the best of the West Side Soul related numbers. Shakey Jake (harmonica) blows powerful harp, perfectly complementing Magic Sam's (guitar/vocals) nimble fretwork. The guitarist provides blistering yet purposeful interjections setting the standard in terms of emotive Westside Chicago blues. "That Ain't It" is an exceedingly soulful selection revealing Sam's R&B leanings and underrated vocal prowess. "I Just Want a Little Bit" swings just as solidly as the Black Magic version, with this rendering sporting a slightly looser reading. The ringing tremolo effect on "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" makes for one of the more interesting outtakes, sporting a few tasty runs from the legendary Lafayette Leake (piano). His style recalls earlier contributions as a staff musician for Chess Records, where he played a significant role on sessions from Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf among others. The free-form nature of "Blues for Odie Payne" -- the drummer on over half the material presented here -- gives not only Sam a perfect platform for his string-bending and fiery fretboard antics, but likewise allows Eddie Shaw (tenor sax) to interpolate some equally clever melodic support. As the recorded legacy of Magic Sam was tragically curtailed when he passed in 1969 at the age of 32, any and all titles featuring Sam as a leader could be considered essential. While recent converts might be best advised to start with either West Side Soul or Black Magic, Magic Sam Legacy (1997) is a perfect companion volume, serving artist and enthusiast exceptionally well. ~by Lindsay Planer

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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 - Mr. Dixon's Workshop

Size: 135,8 MB
Time: 57:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01 Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby ( 2:57)
02 Harold Burrage - I Don't Care Who Knows ( 2:26)
03 Charles Clark - Hidden Charms ( 2:37)
04 Jessie Fortune - Too Many Cooks ( 2:50)
05 George 'Wild Child' Butler - Axe And The Wind ( 2:29)
06 Willie Mabon - Just Got Some ( 2:36)
07 Magic Sam - Easy Baby ( 2:44)
08 Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond ( 2:39)
09 Junior Wells - Two-Headed Woman ( 2:38)
10 Walter 'Shakey' Horton - Have A Good Time ( 2:17)
11 Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) ( 3:00)
12 Betty Everett - My Love ( 2:17)
13 Buster Benton - Spider In My Stew ( 3:30)
14 Harold Burrage - Satisfied ( 2:56)
15 Mickey Gilley - My Babe ( 2:15)
16 Magic Sam - All Night Long ( 2:45)
17 Junior Wells - She's A Sweet One ( 3:01)
18 Otis Rush - My Love Will Never Die (Alternate Take) (11:51)

As a handy compilation of the prolific producer/songwriter/musician/A&R man's work for his non-Chess label clients, Mr. Dixon's Workshop is a captivating exploration into how productive Willie Dixon was on the '60s Chicago blues scene. While many of these tracks have appeared on other anthologies, specifically The Cobra Records Story box set, and some, like Otis Rush's "I Can't Quit You Baby," are ubiquitous, others are far more rare, making this a terrific collection of some relatively difficult to find music from one of post-war blues' most essential musicians. Charles Clark's pre-Howlin' Wolf version of "Hidden Charms," along with Jessie Fortune's "Too Many Cooks" ---the latter featuring young guitarist Buddy Guy and Big Walter Horton on harp -- popularized later by Robert Cray, are just two of the dusty gems found here. Guy also shows up on an early, earthy 1958 solo recording of "Sit and Cry the Blues." The fascinating final track, a previously unreleased studio session, is comprised of three alternate takes and shows the development of Otis Rush's "My Love Will Never Die" from a stark, solo piano-based ballad to the raging slow blues with horns it became, which puts the listener in an intriguing fly-on-the-wall position. Magic Sam, Junior Wells, and even a young Betty Everette are here, but it's the deep catalog items from obscure bluesmen like Harold Burrage, Lee Jackson, and Buster Benton (whose fiery "Spider in My Stew," featuring Carey Bell on eerie harp, is one of the album's highlights) that are the most welcome finds. Interestingly, a very Jerry Lee Lewis-sounding Mickey Gilley romps through a rockabilly version of "My Babe." Dixon's own rubbery standup basslines, along with his distinctive songwriting, are the constants that tie these rather diverse artists together. Liner notes from the knowledgeable Bill Dahl provide pertinent background information; however, clear notation of who plays on each song is sadly missing. You have to search through the five pages of text in the poorly designed booklet. Otherwise this is a wonderful single-disc compilation exhibiting just how multifaceted and talented Willie Dixon was, even beyond his groundbreaking and better-known work for Chess. ~Review by Hal Horowitz

Mr. Dixon's Workshop

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Various - Crash Records Complete

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 22:35
Size: 51.7 MB
Styles: Blues, R&B
Year: 1966
Art: Front

[2:22] 1. Magic Sam - Out Of Bad Luck
[2:37] 2. Magic Sam - She Belongs To Me
[3:08] 3. Jimmy Dobbins - Little Miss Perfect
[3:46] 4. Jimmy Dobbins - What Is Love (I Found Love)
[2:44] 5. The Steelers - The Flame Remains
[2:42] 6. The Steelers - Heaven's Gift
[2:32] 7. The Steelers - Just Beginning To Love You
[2:40] 8. The Steelers - Crying Bitter Tears

Crash Records was founded in January 1991 in Frankfurt, Germany by Lucius Launhardt. There is some really great, energetic blues and R&B here.

Crash Records Complete

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Magic Sam Blues Band - West Side Soul

Size: 107,8 MB
Time: 45:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. That's All I Need (3:18)
02. I Need You So Bad (4:56)
03. I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) (4:47)
04. All Of Your Love (3:52)
05. I Don't Want No Woman (3:38)
06. Sweet Home Chicago (4:16)
07. I Found A New Love (4:08)
08. Every Night And Every Day (3:10)
09. Lookin' Good (3:17)
10. My Love Will Never Die (4:11)
11. Mama, Mama -Talk To Your Daughter (2:46)
12. I Don't Want No Woman (Alt.) (3:30)

To call West Side Soul one of the great blues albums, one of the key albums (if not the key album) of modern electric blues is all true, but it tends to diminish and academicize Magic Sam's debut album. This is the inevitable side effect of time, when an album that is decades old enters the history books, but this isn't an album that should be preserved in amber, seen only as an important record. Because this is a record that is exploding with life, a record with so much energy, it doesn't sound old. Of course, part of the reason it sounds so modern is because this is the template for most modern blues, whether it comes from Chicago or elsewhere. Magic Sam may not have been the first to blend uptown soul and urban blues, but he was the first to capture not just the passion of soul, but also its subtle elegance, while retaining the firepower of an after-hours blues joint. Listen to how the album begins, with "That's All I Need," a swinging tune that has as much in common with Curtis Mayfield as it does Muddy Waters, but it doesn't sound like either -- it's a synthesis masterminded by Magic Sam, rolling along on the magnificent, delayed cadence of his guitar and powered by his impassioned vocals. West Side Soul would be remarkable if it only had this kind of soul-blues, but it also is filled with blistering, charged electric blues, fueled by wild playing by Magic Sam and Mighty Joe Young -- not just on the solos, either, but in the rhythm (witness how "I Feel So Good [I Wanna Boogie]" feels unhinged as it barrels along). Similarly, Magic Sam's vocals are sensitive or forceful, depending on what the song calls for. Some of these elements might have been heard before, but never in a setting so bristling with energy and inventiveness; it doesn't sound like it was recorded in a studio, it sounds like the best night in a packed club. But it's more than that, because there's a diversity in the sound here, an originality so fearless, he not only makes "Sweet Home Chicago" his own (no version before or since is as definitive as this), he creates the soul-injected, high-voltage modern blues sound that everybody has emulated and nobody has topped in the years since. And, again, that makes it sound like a history lesson, but it's not. This music is alive, vibrant, and vital -- nothing sounds as tortured as "I Need You So Bad," no boogie is as infectious as "Mama, Mama Talk to Your Daughter," no blues as haunting as "All of Your Love." No matter what year you listen to it, you'll never hear a better, more exciting record that year. ~by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

West Side Soul

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Buddy Guy & Magic Sam - The New Generation Of Chicago Blues: Singles As & Bs 1958-1962

Size: 185,6 MB
Time: 77:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry (The Blues) (2:59)
02. Buddy Guy - Try To Quit You Baby (2:34)
03. Buddy Guy - You Sure Can't Do (2:37)
04. Buddy Guy - This Is The End (2:55)
05. Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (2:16)
06. Buddy Guy - I Got My Eyes On You (2:17)
07. Buddy Guy - Slop Around (2:05)
08. Buddy Guy - Broken Hearted Blues (3:07)
09. Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby (2:50)
10. Buddy Guy - Ten Years Ago (2:37)
11. Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy (2:46)
12. Buddy Guy - Skippin' (3:22)
13. Buddy Guy - When My Left Eye Jumps (3:52)
14. Buddy Guy - The Treasure Untold (2:00)
15. Magic Sam - All Your Love (2:52)
16. Magic Sam - Love Me With A Feeling (2:05)
17. Magic Sam - Look Whatcha Done (2:05)
18. Magic Sam - Everything Gonna Be Alright (2:46)
19. Magic Sam - All My Whole Life (2:08)
20. Magic Sam - All Night Long (2:43)
21. Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail (1:55)
22. Magic Sam - Easy Baby (2:42)
23. Magic Sam - Mr. Charlie (2:37)
24. Magic Sam - My Love Is Your Love (2:50)
25. Magic Sam - Square Dance Rock, Pt. 1 (2:19)
26. Magic Sam - Square Dance Rock, Pt. 2 (2:42)
27. Magic Sam - Everynight About This Time (2:07)
28. Magic Sam - Do The Camel Walk (2:28)
29. Magic Sam - Blue Light Boogie (2:25)
30. Magic Sam - You Don't Have To Work (2:42)

This collection includes the A and B side of every single by these two blues giants, through to 1962 with Buddy Guy's hit "Stone Crazy" and the very different sound and feeling of Magic Sam's "All Your Love", this is excellent stuff. The blues in Chicago and indeed the blues on Chess Records, Chicago's top blues label, had by the late 1950s been dominated by just a handful of artists but by 1957 that would change as a new generation of blues men were getting a foothold on the scene. This superb CD concentrates on two of these young bloods, Buddy Guy and Magic Sam. These cuts set a new course for the blues at a time when the music was losing its core audience. Buddy Guy is today the elder statesman of the blues around the world and if it not for Magic Sam's tragic death at the very young age of 32 he would no doubt carry the same status.

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Otis Rush, Magic Sam - The Other Takes 1956-1958

Size: 125,1 MB
Time: 53:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1980/2011
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front

01. Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:09)
02. Otis Rush - Little Red Rooster (2:20)
03. Otis Rush - My Love Will Never Die (3:06)
04. Otis Rush - Violent Love (2:27)
05. Otis Rush - Groaning The Blues (3:06)
06. Otis Rush - Three Times A Fool (2:52)
07. Otis Rush - She's A Good 'un (2:49)
08. Otis Rush - Double Trouble (3:29)
09. Otis Rush - Keep On Loving Me Baby (2:21)
10. Otis Rush - Sit Down (1:52)
11. Magic Sam - All Your Love (2:54)
12. Magic Sam - Love Me With A Feeling (Part 1) (2:06)
13. Magic Sam - Love Me With A Feeling (Part 2) (2:07)
14. Magic Sam - Everything Gonna Be Alright (2:45)
15. Magic Sam - Easy Baby (Part 1) (1:23)
16. Magic Sam - Easy Baby (Part 2) (3:28)
17. Magic Sam - Easy Baby (Part 3) (1:01)
18. Magic Sam - Easy Baby (Part 4) (3:39)
19. Magic Sam - Easy Baby (Part 5) (3:22)
20. Magic Sam - 21 Days In Jail (2:41)

A pair of blues giants, each given ample room. While you can find better Rush and Sam, that's no slam on what's here. What you're getting are excellent songs that didn't make it onto the first reissue of Magic Sam/Shakey Jake material, plus powerhouse Rush that didn't make Groaning the Blues. In other words, this isn't exactly fodder. ~by Ron Wynn

The Other Takes 1956-1958

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Magic Sam - Magic Sam Live

Year: 1990
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:08
Size: 168,5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. Every Night About This Time (4:30)
2. Don't Believe You'd Let Me Down (4:29)
3. Mole's Blues (5:14)
4. I Just Got To Know (4:23)
5. Tore Down (3:23)
6. You Were Wrong (5:47)
7. Backstroke (4:41)
8. Come On In This House (5:50)
9. Riding High (1:41)
10. San-Ho-Say (3:16)
11. I Need You So Bad (4:37)
12. Strange Things Happening (4:16)
13. I Feel So Good (I Wanna Boogie) (5:08)
14. All Your Love (5:09)
15. Sweet Home Chicago (4:14)
16. Looking Good (3:48)
17. Looking Good (Encore) (2:33)

No blues guitarist better represented the adventurous modern sound of Chicago's West side more proudly than Sam Maghett. He died tragically young (at age 32 of a heart attack), just as he was on the brink of climbing the ladder to legitimate stardom, but Magic Sam left behind a thick legacy of bone-cutting blues that remains eminently influential around his old stomping grounds to this day.

While the sound quality leaves something to be desired, fans of electric Chicago blues should hear Magic Sam live. Recorded at two separate locations, the Alex Club in Chicago in 1963 and 1964 and the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in 1969, this disc captures the raw energy not only of the musicians, but the crowds' tremendous response to them. Sam is in his natural environment at the Alex Club with an interchanging quintet, including electric pianist Tyrone Carter and tenor saxophonists Eddie Shaw and A.C. Reed, playing in front of a rowdy audience, ready to party.

The Ann Arbor performance, on the other hand, finds him playing with a stripped down trio at an outdoor festival to a mainly white hippie crowd; performer and audience are somewhat unfamiliar with each other. This doesn't stop Sam's trio from blazing through their set and once again igniting the crowd. It should be noted that the energy level of the audience and band was exceptionally tense after Sam arrived late to the festival site without a drummer. Sam Lay was called upon at the last minute to fill the drum seat, as Charlie Musselwhite's band filled in for them while they set up.

Ignore the rotten sound quality, this is raw blues power and provides a priceless document of Sam Maghett's vital showmanship.

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Magic Sam & Shakey Jake - Live At Sylvio's

Year: 2013
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:57
Size: 134,2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Juke (3:08)
2. Reconsider Baby (3:46)
3. Just Like A Fish (2:54)
4. Dirty Work Going On (4:35)
5. Rock Me Baby (4:39)
6. I've Been Down So Long (2:38)
7. I Can't Please You (3:26)
8. Just Got To Know (3:40)
9. I'm Tore Down (3:18)
10. Baby Scratch My Back (4:03)
11. Sawed Off Shotgun (2:46)
12. Backstroke (2:33)
13. All Your Love (4:13)
14. She's Nineteen Years Old (5:23)
15. Magic Sam Interview (Recorded In Europe 1969) (0:46)
16. All Your Love (Recorded In Europe 1969) (2:39)
17. Magic Sam's Boogie (Recorded In Europe 1969) (2:23)

The king of West Side blues guitar was a young gent named Sam Maghett, known by his singular stage name, Magic Sam. He had a style all his own, laced with vibrato and rapid fire barrages of bent notes. His soul steeped vocal delivery was every bit as distinctive as his fretwork.

The precise date when this performance was captured at Silvio's has been in question over the years, though December of 1966 is cited by one reliable source. Mark Thompson remained Sam's right hand man on bass, Odie Payne, Elmore James long time drummer sat in and Sam's uncle, and Shakey Jake sat in to share the vocal load and blow some harmonica.

This is a re-release of the Black Top cd from 1993. A fiery live recording that captures the intensity of this West Side Chicago guitar master. This set is a textbook example of modern blues played right.

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Magic Sam's Blues Band - The Late Great Magic Sam

Year: 1980/1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:39
Size: 77,2 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. High-Heel Sneakers (2:44)
2. All Your Love (2:42)
3. Trying To Make It (2:56)
4. Call Me If You Need Me (2:10)
5. Look Out Sam (1:57)
6. Torturing My Soul (3:55)
7. Sometimes (3:33)
8. Back Door Friend (1:53)
9. Feeling Good (3:12)
10. All Your Fault (3:02)
11. Looking Good (2:06)
12. Easy Baby (3:22)

This album, first designated for West German consumers in 1980, positions ten tightly arranged recordings from 1963 to 1964 next to concert tracks recorded just before Sam's passing in late 1969. On the early work, songs fade prematurely and an unidentified organist tends to be obtrusive; no matter, Sam still triumphs, his power and exuberance imploding listeners' skulls without losing anything in nuance. /Amazon

Personnel tracks 1-10:
Magic Sam - guitar, vocals
Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker - organ
Mack Thompson - bass
Bob Richey - drums

Personnel tracks 11-12:
Magic Sam - guitar, vocals
Mack Thompson - bass
Robert St. Julien - drums

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Various - Chicago Boss Guitars

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:59
Size: 128.2 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[3:00] 1. Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry
[2:34] 2. Buddy Guy - Try To Quit You Baby
[2:39] 3. Buddy Guy - You Sure Can't Do
[2:58] 4. Buddy Guy - This Is The End
[2:35] 5. Otis Rush - You Sure Can't Do
[2:57] 6. Otis Rush - This Is The End
[1:36] 7. Otis Rush - Keep On Loving Me Baby
[2:56] 8. Otis Rush - All Your Love
[2:07] 9. Otis Rush - Love Me With A Feeling
[2:45] 10. Otis Rush - Everything Gonna Be Alright
[3:29] 11. Otis Rush - Easy Baby
[2:43] 12. Otis Rush - 21 Days In Jail
[3:38] 13. Magic Sam - I Can't Quit You Baby
[2:41] 14. Magic Sam - Groaning The Blues
[1:49] 15. Magic Sam - Sit Down
[3:32] 16. Magic Sam - Double Trouble
[2:28] 17. Magic Sam - Violent Love
[2:57] 18. Magic Sam - Three Times A Fool
[3:06] 19. Buddy Guy - My Love Will Never Die
[3:19] 20. Buddy Guy - She's A Good 'un

Otis Rush shares this compilation with Buddy Guy's early Artistic sides and five alternate takes from Magic Sam. The nine Cobra alternates by Rush are raw and even awkward in spots when compared to the issued versions, but chock full of emotional intensity. If you're a Cobra Records alternate take freak, here's the motherlode. ~Cub Koda

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