The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Droppin' In With The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (2 CD)

Album: Droppin' In With The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Size: 134,0 + 162,9 MB
Time: 58:01 + 70:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, inside, tray

CD 1:
1. Blues With A Feeling (4:12)
2. (Look Over) Yonders Wall (2:07)
3. Born In Chicago (3:59)
4. Shake Your Money Maker (2:36)
5. The Sky Is Crying (5:21)
6. Oh, Pretty Woman (5:24)
7. Help Me (4:38)
8. Never Say No (6:05)
9. So Fine (3:21)
10. East West (16:20)
11. Mellow Down Easy (3:52)

CD 2:
1. Come On In (1:57)
2. Born In Chicago (3:06)
3. I Say (3:09)
4. Poor Boy (3:16)
5. Last Night (3:58)
6. Hot Pepper Jam (2:22)
7. 1000 Miles From Nowhere (4:11)
8. I'm Going Home (3:02)
9. Dropping Out (2:10)
10. Baby, Please Don't Go (3:45)
11. Our Love Is Drifting (5:27)
12. Born In Chicago (4:37)
13. Willow Tree (6:30)
14. My Babe (4:55)
15. Kansas City (4:19)
16. Work Song (13:34)

Lengthy double-CD package of live and unreleased material recorded by the prime edition of the band in 1965-1966, all with Mike Bloomfield on board. Four songs are from their show at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965 (the same day they backed Bob Dylan's electric set, possibly the most controversial performance in the history of rock music). Eight tunes, according to the credits, were cut at Southerland Hotel in Chicago in the spring of 1966, but these sound like demos, outtakes, or a radio broadcast; there's certainly no audience present.

The rest was recorded at appearances at the Fillmore West in September and October of 1966. The fidelity is pretty good throughout, though not quite up to official release standards. It's an opportunity to hear quite a few numbers that the Bloomfield lineup did not release on Elektra studio recordings, including "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Come on In," "I'm Going Home," "Dropping Out," "Baby, Please Don't Go," "My Babe," "Kansas City," and "So Fine." The performances are certainly best and tightest on those spring 1966 Southerland Hotel tracks, and least interesting when they go into rock-oriented covers like "Kansas City" and "So Fine."

Of greatest interest, though, are lengthy live versions of their two finest moments, the instrumentals "East West" and "Work Song." "East West" is quite good, though unfortunately the performance seems to cut off at the very end, while "Work Song" is much longer (13 minutes) than its studio counterpart. /Richie Unterberger, AllMusic

(For personnel and recording details, see artwork included.)

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Golden Butter: The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (2 CD)

Album: Golden Butter: The Best Of
Size: 92,3 + 96,0 MB
Time: 39:48 + 41:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1972
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: LP front & back

CD 1:
1. Born In Chicago (3:10)
2. Shake Your Money-Maker (2:28)
3. Mellow Down Easy (2:50)
4. Our Love Is Drifting (3:36)
5. Mystery Train (2:36)
6. Look Over Yonders Wall (2:28)
7. East-West (13:11)
8. Walkin' Blues (3:19)
9. Get Out Of My Life, Woman (3:15)
10. Mary, Mary (2:53)

CD 2:
1. Spoonful (2:58)
2. One More Mile (3:31)
3. One More Heartache (3:37)
4. Last Hope's Gone (4:52)
5. In My Own Dream (5:48)
6. Love March (2:57)
7. Driftin' And Driftin' (13:48)
8. Blind Leading The Blind (4:02)

Though their luster had faded by 1972, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band had already earned their measure of immortality by first popularizing and then pushing the boundaries of the blues. This influential outfit recorded two acknowledged classics, their eponymous debut and the subsequent East-West, which account for the first two sides of Golden Butter. Here you'll find the straight-ahead Chicago blues of their debut ("Born in Chicago," "Mellow Down Easy," "Look Over Yonders Wall") and the prescient psychedelic blues-rock of their second effort ("East-West," "Mary, Mary").

The last two sides of this compilation draw from the Elektra anthology What's Shakin' ("Spoonful," "One More Mile"), a pair of tracks each from their third and fourth albums, and a song from each of their last three albums. Delivered in chronological order, Golden Butter offers an accurate miniature of the band's unraveling from blues ambassadors to innovators to increasingly irrelevant icons. Yet if the band's fire burned briefly, it burned brightly, casting a shadow that remained visible throughout the decade in the music of Cream, Steve Miller Band, and many others.

And even toward the end of their career, the band had an authentic understanding of the blues that few could match (a point underscored here with a live version of "Driftin' and Driftin'"). Golden Butter has yet to be released on CD, Elektra electing instead to release a new double-disc retrospective, An Anthology - The Elektra Years. Both compilations are good enough to plant the seeds of hero worship in listeners' heads and spur them on to dig deeper into Butterfield. /Dave Connolly, AllMusic

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Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Bearsville Anthology

Album: Bearsville Anthology
Size: 143,8 MB
Time: 62:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Highway 28 (3:12)
2. Buried Alive In The Blues (3:43)
3. New Walking Blues (4:52)
4. Baby Please Don't Go (3:33)
5. Too Many Drivers (3:21)
6. Win Or Lose (4:38)
7. Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It (3:44)
8. It All Comes Back (6:12)
9. Ain't That A Lot Of Love (4:05)
10. The Breadline (3:06)
11. Here I Go Again (3:52)
12. Bread & Butterfield (4:25)
13. Baby Blue (5:09)
14. Slow Down (4:38)
15. Done A Lot Of Wrong Things (3:51)

Paul Butterfield was a legend long before he ever set foot in Woodstock. Perhaps the first authentic white voice in the blues, his legendary '60s aggregations showed how the blues could progress long after it had ceased to be nourished from the black neighbourhoods. In Butterfield's hands, the blues could be heavy with rock 'n' roll attitude or fleet with jazz. His bands were loud, ballsy, and aware of tradition without being overawed by it. Butterfield was a musical eclectic. His roots were in jazz, blues, R&B, and rock 'n' roll, and he saw nothing wrong with combining them all. That eclecticism could sometimes be his undoing, but at his considerable best Paul Butterfield was a towering giant of American music.

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Walter Horton & Paul Butterfield - An Offer You Can't Refuse

Album: An Offer You Can't Refuse
Size: 173,9 MB
Time: 74:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1972/1997
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Full

1. Walter Horton - Easy (3:17)
2. Walter Horton - Have A Good Time (3:19)
3. Walter Horton - Mean Mistreater (3:04)
4. Walter Horton - In The Mood (3:08)
5. Walter Horton - West Side Blues (3:08)
6. Walter Horton - Louise (4:05)
7. Walter Horton - Tin Pan Alley (2:54)
8. Walter Horton - Walter's Boogie, This Is It (2:57)
9. Walter Horton - Jukin' With Walter (4:21)
10. Walter Horton - Going Back To Arkansas (5:33)
11. Walter Horton - Rockin' My Boogie (4:44)
12. Walter Horton - Blues With A Feeling (4:34)
13. Walter Horton - That Ain't It (3:33)
14. Walter Horton - Kentucky Fried (2:28)
15. Paul Butterfield - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (3:40)
16. Paul Butterfield - Poor Boy (3:53)
17. Paul Butterfield - Got My Mojo Working (3:09)
18. Paul Butterfield - Last Night (4:40)
19. Paul Butterfield - Loaded (2:55)
20. Paul Butterfield - One Room Country Shack (4:55)

An album released on the Red Lightnin' label in 1972 consisting of one side of Big Walter Horton and the other side with very early Paul Butterfield (1963). The Horton side consists of eight tracks of Horton with guitarist Robert Nighthawk (no bass or drums). Nighthawk is playing pure backup here, very little else. It is not clear when these were recorded. Perhaps not classic Walter, but any Big Walter is worth a listen. There are three instrumentals that make for good listening, including a version of "Easy" (not up to the original Walter recording). The instrumental "West Side Blues" has some interesting Walter harp licks that I have not heard elsewhere. The other five cuts are Walter singing. Of these, there is a great version of "Louise" and Walter singing "Tin Pan Alley" which never fails to raise the hair on the back of my neck. If you can find this album, it is good to have.

The Butterfield side contains six tracks with Butterfield, Smokey Smothers on guitar, Jerome Arnold on bass, and Sam Lay on drums. This was recorded at Big Johns, the North side Chicago club where the Butterfield Band first played in 1963 - some two years before the material on the first Paul Butterfield Blues Band album, which was released in 1965. The six tracks include two instrumentals, "Got My Mojo Working" and the Butterfield-authored tune "Loaded." Although this is very early Butterfield, the harp playing is excellent and already in his own unique style. The singing is a little rough and heavy sounding. Butterfield fans will want to find this rare vinyl for musical and historical reasons. /Michael Erlewine, AllMusic

Note: This CD reissue has six additional tracks by Walter Horton compared to the original LP release. Tracks 1-8 and 15-20 taken from the original LP "An Offer You Can't Refuse" (1972), tracks 9-14 taken from the CD "Live At The El Mocambo" (1991).

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VA - 80s Blues Rock Essentials

Size: 141,5 MB
Time: 60:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Rock, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01 The Blues Brothers - She Caught The Katy (4:09)
02 Richie Havens - Fire Down Below (4:12)
03 Dr. John - Black Night (4:12)
04 Blackfoot - On The Run (4:00)
05 Foghat - Choo Choo Ch'boogie (2:41)
06 Grand Funk Railroad - Rock And Roll American Style (4:29)
07 Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway (3:36)
08 Little Feat - Forty-Four Blues (3:17)
09 Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart (5:07)
10 Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson - Honky Tonk Blues (Live) (4:26)
11 Judy Clay - You Can't Run Away From Your Heart (2:53)
12 Ronnie Hawkins - Who Do You Love (2:15)
13 John Scofield - Heaven Hill (4:29)
14 The Boogie Kings - Sweet Home Chicago (2:47)
15 Jerry Jeff Walker - Bad News (2:53)
16 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Baby Blue (5:07)

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VA - Blues Rock Essentials

Size: 207,2 MB
Time: 88:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01 Graham Bond - Walkin' In The Park ( 3:06)
02 Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Win Or Lose ( 4:38)
03 Love Sculpture - Wang Dang Doodle ( 3:32)
04 The J. Geils Band - Southside Shuffle ( 3:41)
05 Blues Image - Parchman Farm ( 2:49)
06 Freddie King - Going Down (Live At Ann Arbor Blues And Jazz Festival) ( 4:22)
07 The Boogie Kings - Sweet Home Chicago ( 2:47)
08 Little Feat - Forty-Four Blues ( 3:17)
09 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - I Just Want To Make Love To You ( 3:01)
10 Foghat - It Hurts Me Too ( 5:33)
11 Cactus - You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover ( 6:32)
12 Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments - Security Blues ( 4:20)
13 The Edgar Broughton Band - Smokestack Lightning (Live) (10:43)
14 The Nashville Teens - Hoochie Coochie Man ( 3:38)
15 Hurriganes - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (Live) ( 3:24)
16 MC5 - Motor City Is Burning ( 6:04)
17 The Dream Syndicate - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean ( 4:02)
18 Canned Heat - Bagful Of Boogie ( 3:34)
19 Tages - Seventh Son ( 3:14)
20 Faces - Love In Vain (Live In New York, 1970) ( 6:22)

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The Butterfield Blues Band - Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'

Year: 1971
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:03
Size: 90,4 MB
Styles: Soul and blues mix
Scans: Full

1. Play On (3:34)
2. 1000 Ways (4:48)
3. Pretty Woman (3:48)
4. Little Piece Of Dying (3:30)
5. Song For Lee (3:46)
6. Trainman (5:47)
7. Night Child (4:26)
8. Drowned In My Own Tears (5:18)
9. Blind Leading The Blind (4:02)

The Butterfield Blues Band has been critically acclaimed as one the greatest electric blues bands ever! Lead by singer & harmonica player Paul Butterfield, their albums have stood the test of time as classics of the 60's & early 70's. Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin', was their fourth album, originally released in 1971. It features saxophonists David Sanborn and Gene Dinwiddie (later sax-vocalist for Full Moon). It was the last album the band recorded for Elektra Records. /Amazon

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Live At Winterland Ballroom

Size: 146.5 MB
Time: 63:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1973/2014
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Countryside ( 8:09)
02. Buried Alive In The Blues ( 3:47)
03. Small Town Talk ( 5:20)
04. New Walkin' Blues ( 6:17)
05. Broke My Baby's Heart ( 7:18)
06. Highway 28 ( 4:40)
07. Please Send Me Somebody To Love ( 5:21)
08. He's Got All The Whiskey (14:10)
09. Nobody's Fault But Mine ( 7:56)

The band Paul formed in '73 issued a number of excellent LP on the Bearsville label. One such album was this live recording, which originally was issued only in Japan. Here, at long last, is your chance to hear these rare in-concert performances: Buried Alive in the Blues; New Walkin' Blues; Highway 28; Countryside; Nobody's Fault but Mine; Small Town Talk , and more! Wounded Bird.

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Various Artists - What's Shakin'

Year: 1966/2005
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:38
Size: 89,8 MB
Styles: Electric blues, R&B
Scans: Full

1. The Lovin' Spoonful - Good Time Music (3:09)
2. The Lovin' Spoonful - Almost Grown (1:52)
3. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Spoonful (3:04)
4. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Off The Wall (2:07)
5. Al Kooper - Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (4:35)
6. Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse - I Want To Know (2:18)
7. Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse - Crossroads (2:18)
8. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Lovin' Cup (2:43)
9. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:24)
10. Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse - Steppin' Out (3:17)
11. Tom Rush - I'm In Love Again (2:07)
12. The Lovin' Spoonful - Don't Bank On It Baby (1:55)
13. The Lovin' Spoonful - Searchin' (3:15)
14. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - One More Mile (3:29)

When we launched our Elektra reissue program, we honestly didn't think we would land this legendary 1966 rarities compilation, because it boasted a couple of big-name artists, the Lovin' Spoonful and Eric Clapton, who were not known for their association with the label. But the lawyers checked, the label signed off, and here we are, with one of the decade's most notorious compilations!

The Lovin' Spoonful tracks stem from the band's almost having signed with the label; Jac Holzman states in the notes that it was John Sebastian's way of making amends, and these four tracks - "Good Time Music", "Almost Grown", "Don't Bank on It Baby", and "Searchin'" - were never recorded by the band, not even in different versions. The Clapton tracks, meanwhile, feature him with Powerhouse, a supergroup composed of Jack Bruce, Stevie Winwood and Manfred Mann lead singer Paul Jones; produced by Joe Boyd, the tracks are "I Want to Know", "Crossroads", and "Steppin' Out".

Five Paul Butterfield Blues Band tracks appear here from their ill-fated debut recording session for Elektra: "Lovin' Cup", "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Spoonful", and two that appear nowhere else,"Off the Wall" and "One More Mile". Tom Rush's "I'm in Love Again" is an outtake from his 1966 LP "Take a Little Walk with Me", and Al Kooper's "I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes" is something of a rehearsal for the later, fuller Blues Project version. A collector's dream - a Collectors' Choice Music exclusive!

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Strawberry Jam

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:44
Size: 112,6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Just To Be With You (3:48)
2. Mystery Train (3:56)
3. Tollin' Bells (3:26)
4. Cha Cha In Blues (4:27)
5. Rock Me (9:08)
6. One More Heartache (4:00)
7. Strawberry Jam (10:40)
8. Come On In This House (5:08)
9. Born In Chicago (4:08)

These nine cuts are from various live performances of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band during their heyday in the middle-to-late '60s. This album was put together by Mark Naftalin, who played keyboards on those first few incredible Butterfield albums. Don't look for the clearest sound (it's adequate) because these are live tunes recorded at clubs, often with minimal equipment. It is the music that is in focus here - a window into that incredible band at a time when they were hot.

Those of us who were on the scene at the time know that, although the original Butterfield albums are great, the band was a total knockout when heard live. Featuring Butterfield's harmonica, here are glimpses into that time and music. Most of the tunes have appeared elsewhere, but the extended instrumental "Strawberry Jam" (written by Naftalin) is unique to this album - worth hearing. It features great guitar by Elvin Bishop. /Michael Erlewine, AllMusic

(For personnel and sessions details, see artwork included.)

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Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Sweet Potatoes

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 40:59
Size: 96.2 MB
Released: 1972, CD in 2008
Styles: Roots, Folk
Art: Front

1. Blue Railroad Train (3:01)
2. Havana Moon (4:52)
3. Lazybones (4:49)
4. Cordelia (3:57)
5. Dardanella (4:31)
6. I'm Rich (5:10)
7. Sweet Potatoes (2:07)
8. Kneein' Me (3:23)
9. Lover Man (4:07)
10. Hard Time Killin' Floor (4:57)

While at Cambridge, MA, Maria Muldaur joined the Jim Kweskin Jug Band and began an affair with singer Geoff Muldaur; the couple eventually married and had a daughter, Jenni, who would later become a singer in her own right. When the Kweskin band broke up in 1968, the couple stayed Amo with their label (Reprise) and began recording together as Geoff & Maria Muldaur. They moved to Woodstock, NY, to take advantage of the burgeoning music scene there and issued two albums -- 1970's Pottery Pie and 1971's Sweet Potatoes -- before Geoff departed in 1972 to form Better Days with Paul Butterfield, a move that signaled not only the end of the couple's musical partnership, but their marriage as well.

Geoff Muldaur (Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Luzan, Organ, Horns);
Maria Muldaur (Vocals, Tambourine);
Amos Garrett (Electric Guitar, Trombone, Vocal on track 3);
Bill Keith (Pedal Steel);
Billy Mundi (Drums, Luzan, Percussions);
John Kahn (Bass);
GUESTS
Paul Butterfield (Harmonica);
Jeff Gutcheon (Piano);
Bobby Notkoff (Violin);
Trevor Lawrence (Bariton Sax);
Peter Ecklund (Trumpet);
Gene Dinwiddie (Tenor Sax);
Munc Blackburn (Alto Sax);
Junior Turlock (Bass);
Stu Brotman (Bowed Bass, Bass Trombone);
Billy Wolf (Bass on track 10);

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VA - Hoodoo Voodoo

Size: 232,7 MB
Time: 98:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, Rock, R&B
Art: Front

01 Lavern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo (1:48)
02 Dr. John - I Been Hoodood (3:12)
03 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - I Got My Mojo Working (3:32)
04 Tony Joe White - Conjure Woman (3:58)
05 The Coasters - Idol With The Golden Head (2:21)
06 Chris Connor - Witchcraft (3:06)
07 The Sleepstones - I Put A Spell On You (3:46)
08 Esther Phillips - Mojo Hannah (2:24)
09 Brook Benton - Born Under A Bad Sign (3:06)
10 Bobby Short - Witchcraft (2:20)
11 Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour (3:02)
12 David Newman - Congo Chant (4:23)
13 The Coasters - The Shadow Knows (2:15)
14 The Shadows Of Knight - Bad Little Woman (2:33)
15 The Nashville Teens - Hoochie Coochie Man (3:35)
16 Top Cats - Fortune Teller (2:43)
17 Dave Edmunds - Ju Ju Man (3:25)
18 The Blasters - Dark Night (3:48)
19 Champion Jack Dupree - Evil Woman (4:20)
20 Jackson Firebird - Voodoo (3:49)
21 Green On Red - Sixteen Ways (3:39)
22 Dr Feelgood - Lucky Seven (2:44)
23 Crazyhead - Fortune Teller (2:57)
24 Screaming Sirens - Voodoo (3:06)
25 Tony Joe White - Voodoo Village (3:06)
26 Dr. John - Zu Zu Mamou (7:59)
27 Mudhoney - Thirteenth Floor Opening (2:31)
28 Alice Cooper - Black Juju (9:07)

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - I Got My Mojo Working

Size: 308,2 MB
Time: 130:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front

01. I Got My Mojo Working ( 3:32)
02. Born In Chicago ( 3:13)
03. Mystery Train ( 2:34)
04. Everything Going To Be Alright (Live At The Troubadour, Los Angeles) (10:07)
05. East-West (13:11)
06. Screamin' ( 4:58)
07. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living ( 3:38)
08. One More Headache ( 4:22)
09. Blues With A Feeling ( 4:21)
10. Highway 28 ( 3:08)
11. Work Song ( 7:53)
12. Shake Your Money Maker ( 2:25)
13. Born Under A Bad Sign ( 4:08)
14. You Can Run But You Can't Hide ( 3:43)
15. Walkin' By Myself ( 4:29)
16. All These Blues ( 2:21)
17. Buddy's Advice ( 3:20)
18. Double Trouble ( 5:38)
19. Come On In ( 2:06)
20. Last Hope's Gone ( 4:49)
21. Baby Please Don't Go ( 3:24)
22. Louisiana Flood ( 3:42)
23. Drivin' Wheel ( 5:54)
24. Get Yourself Together ( 4:10)
25. Last Night ( 4:18)
26. Ain't No Need To Go No Further ( 2:43)
27. Lovin' Cup ( 2:43)
28. Thank You Mr. Poobah ( 4:06)
29. In My Own Dream ( 5:47)

With a style honed in the gritty blues bars of Chicago's south side, the Butterfield Blues Band was instrumental in bringing the sound of authentic Chicago blues to a young white audience in the mid-'60s, and although the band wasn't a particularly huge commercial success, its influence has been enduring and pervasive. The band was formed when singer and harmonica player Paul Butterfield met guitarist and fellow University of Chicago student Elvin Bishop in the early '60s. Bonding over a love of the blues, the pair managed to hijack Howlin' Wolf's rhythm section (bassist Jerome Arnold and drummer Sam Lay) and began gigging in the city's blues houses, where they were spotted in 1964 by producer Paul Rothchild, who quickly had them signed to Elektra Records. Guitar whiz Mike Bloomfield joined the band just before they entered the studio to record their debut album (and in time to be on-stage with the group when they backed up Bob Dylan at his infamous electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival). Organist and pianist Mark Naftalin also came on board during the sessions for the self-titled The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which was released by Elektra late in 1965. Lay became ill around this time, and his drum chair was taken by Billy Davenport, whose jazz and improvisational background came in handy during the recording of the band's second album, the Ravi Shankar-influenced East-West, released in 1966. Bloomfield departed to form Electric Flag in 1967, and Bishop handled all the lead guitar on the more R&B-oriented third album, The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw, which was released later that year and featured an entirely new rhythm section of Bugsy Maugh on bass and Phil Wilson on drums. Bishop and Naftalin left the band following the recording of 1968's In My Own Dream, and Butterfield drafted in 19-year-old guitarist Buzzy Feiten to help with the recording of 1969's Keep On Moving, which also featured the return of drummer Billy Davenport. After a live album in 1970 and the lackluster Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin', released in 1971, Butterfield put the band to rest. In retrospect, the Butterfield Blues Band had pretty much put their cards on the table in their first two albums, both of which are classics of the era, featuring a heady mixture of folk, rock, psychedelia, and even Indian classical music played over an embedded base of good old Chicago blues. ~by Steve Leggett

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Various - Blow'n The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:59
Size: 157.9 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues, Chicago blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Junior Wells - Help Me
[2:23] 2. Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid
[4:19] 3. Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues
[3:07] 4. Junior Wells - Checking On My Baby
[4:25] 5. Junior Wells - Early In The Morning
[2:18] 6. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
[4:03] 7. James Cotton - The Blues Keep Falling
[2:02] 8. James Cotton - Rocket 88
[2:47] 9. James Cotton - Honest I Do
[7:18] 10. James Cotton - Coast Blues
[2:21] 11. The Johnny Shines Blues Band - Hey, Hey
[3:29] 12. Big Walter Horton's Band - Rockin' My Boogie
[4:17] 13. Charlie Musselwhite - Chicken Shack
[2:15] 14. Charlie Musselwhite - Juke
[3:20] 15. Charlie Musselwhite - Christo Redemptor
[4:16] 16. Charlie Musselwhite - My Baby's Sweeter
[4:23] 17. Siegel-Schwall - Angel Food Cake
[3:46] 18. Siegel-Schwall - Tell Me
[3:56] 19. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling

There's something human about a well-played harmonica, filled with life's breath. Otis Spann, Muddy Waters's great bandleader, once called the harmonica the mother of all instruments. And this collection of modern harmonica players is a mother. (Although without either of the Sonny Boy Williamsons or Little Walter, this album is decidedly not definitive.) Eighteen of the nineteen tracks are from the 1960s, and we can hear the tone baton being passed from Big Walter Horton to Charlie Musselwhite, from Junior Wells to Paul Butterfield, though set against radically different backdrops. James Cotton's 1966 tracks are a highlight, filled with the excitement of stepping into a solo career after a decade with Muddy. He is backed by his former bandmates, constrained by nothing except his wind. --Robert Gordon

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VA - Harmonica Blues

Size: 231,3 MB
Time: 98:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01 Linkin' Louisiana Peps - I Got My Mojo Working (2:48)
02 John Hammond - Don't Start Me Talking (2:36)
03 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Off The Wall (2:07)
04 The J. Geils Band - Whammer Jammer (2:38)
05 Toots Thielemans - The Blacksmith Blues (2:16)
06 The Edgar Broughton Band - Bring It On Home (3:27)
07 Cactus - Big Mama Boogie, Pts. 1 & 2 (5:27)
08 Tom Rush - Milk Cow Blues (3:13)
09 Low Budget Blues Band - My Babe (2:30)
10 Dr Feelgood - Boom Boom (2:41)
11 Little Feat - Forty-Four Blues / How Many More Years (6:27)
12 Jerry Jeff Walker - Harmonica Talk (1:04)
13 The Youngbloods - Kind Hearted Woman (6:09)
14 Buddy Guy - Last Night (7:52)
15 The Incredible String Band - Blues For The Muse (2:45)
16 Maria Muldaur - I'm A Woman (4:05)
17 Brownsville Station - Crazy Legs (3:21)
18 John Sebastian - Blues For Dad And JB's Happy Harmonica (Live) (3:41)
19 The Blues Brothers - Flip, Flop & Fly (Live Version) (Joe Gastwirt Remix) (3:38)
20 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Mellow Down Easy (3:03)
21 Grateful Dead - Good Morning Little School Girl (5:50)
22 Jack Champion Dupree - Baby, Please Don't Go (2:26)
23 Jarkka Rissanen & Pepe Ahlqvist - Merzedes Benz (3:29)
24 Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues For Gamblers (6:59)
25 Scott Henderson - Smelly Ol' Dog Blues (7:56)

Harmonica Blues

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VA - Roadhouse Blues

Size: 213,1 MB
Time: 90:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Rock, Roadhouse Blues
Art: Front

01 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Drivin' Wheel (5:53)
02 Chicago - I Don't Want Your Money (5:23)
03 Robert Cray - 24-7 Man (3:22)
04 Foreigner - Hot Blooded (3:04)
05 Little Richard - Rockin' Rockin' Boogie (5:29)
06 Foghat - Three Wheel Cadillac (3:55)
07 John Lee Hooker - Don't Turn Me From Your Door (2:41)
08 The J. Geils Band - Serves You Right To Suffer (4:56)
09 Jerry Lee Lewis - Late Night Lovin' Man (2:57)
10 T-Bone Walker - Shufflin' The Blues (3:18)
11 Lonnie Mack - Farther On Up The Road (2:18)
12 MC5 - Tutti-Frutti (1:27)
13 Little Feat - Forty-Four Blues (3:16)
14 Terry Reid - Zodiac Blues (2:59)
15 Canned Heat - Highway 401 (3:53)
16 Adrian Belew - Member Of The Tribe (3:09)
17 Dave Edmunds - Cheap Talk, Patter And Jive (3:04)
18 C.C.S. - Boom Boom (3:35)
19 Cactus - Rockout, Whatever You Feel Like (3:57)
20 Brownsville Station - Lightnin' Bar Blues (2:55)
21 Blackfoot - Dream On (5:16)
22 NRBQ - Get Rhythm (3:05)
23 Faces - Rear Wheel Skid (Single Version) (4:43)
24 The Shadows Of Knight - Light Bulb Blues (2:35)
25 Eddie & The Hot Rods - Penetration Blues (3:21)

Roadhouse Blues

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James Cotton - Two Sides Of The Blues

Size: 66,3 MB
Time: 28:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1993
Styles: Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues
Art: Full

01. Good Time Charlie (2:31)
02. There Is Something On Your Mind (3:48)
03. Turn Your Lovelight (2:23)
04. Jelly, Jelly (5:41)
05. South Side Boogie (2:38)
06. So Glad I'm Living (3:09)
07. Diggin' My Potatoes (2:10)
08. V-8 Ford Blues (4:00)
09. Polly Put The Kettle On (1:49)

Acoustic Material:
James Cotton: Harmonica, Vocals
Elvin Bishop: Guitar
Paul Butterfield: Harmonica
Billy Boy Arnold: Harmonica

Recorded in Chicago 1963.

Electric Material:
James Cotton: Harmonica, Vocals
Luther Tucker: Guitar
Alberto Gianquinto: Piano
Robert Anderson: Bass
Sam Lay: Drums
Delbert L. Hill: Tenor Sax
McKinley Easton: Baritone Sax
Louis E. Satterfield: Trombone
John M. Watson: Trombone

Recorded in Chicago 1967

Two Sides Of The Blues

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Various - Bayou To Basin Street Rhythm & Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 96:26
Size: 220.8 MB
Styles: New Orleans blues, Cajun, Funk
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. The Meters - Fire On The Bayou
[3:12] 2. Dr. John - I Been Hoodood
[3:43] 3. Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Louisiana Flood
[5:13] 4. ¡cubanismo! - Junco Partner
[5:17] 5. Bobby Charles - All The Money
[2:32] 6. Allen Toussaint - River Boat
[3:54] 7. Doug Kershaw - Flip, Flop & Fly
[3:16] 8. The Boogie Kings - True Fine Mama
[3:05] 9. Totta Näslund - Down In The Flood
[3:00] 10. Marcus Hook Roll Band - Louisiana Lady
[2:15] 11. Rufus Thomas - Ya Ya
[4:08] 12. Beausoleil - Cajunization Blues
[4:53] 13. James Booker - Make A Better World
[3:08] 14. Champion Jack Dupree - Junker's Blues
[3:57] 15. Max Schultz - New Orleans
[2:54] 16. Low Budget Blues Band - Back To Bayou Teche
[3:46] 17. The Sleepstones - I Put A Spell On You
[8:08] 18. Dr. John - Mardi Gras Day
[3:30] 19. Mem Shannon - I Hear You Knockin'
[4:09] 20. The Meters - They All Ask'd For You
[4:06] 21. The Boots - Stuck In A Swamp
[4:31] 22. Chuck E. Weiss - Congo Square At Midnight
[3:11] 23. Junior Mance - St. James Infirmary
[6:22] 24. Wilbur De Paris - Basin Street Blues

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Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf - Muddy & The Wolf

Year: 1974/1983
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:00
Size: 99,3 MB
Styles: Blues, Chicago blues
Scans: Full

1. All Aboard (2:50)
2. Blow Wind Blow (3:36)
3. Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (3:04)
4. Walkin' Thru The Park (3:18)
5. I'm Ready (3:35)
6. Long Distance Call (6:22)
7. Rockin' Daddy (3:40)
8. What A Woman! (3:01)
9. Who's Been Talking? (3:05)
10. Red Rooster (Rehearsal) (1:28)
11. Red Rooster (3:51)
12. Highway 49 (2:47)
13. Do The Do (2:17)

Waters and Wolf do not perform together on this disc. The first half, recorded in Chicago, features Muddy backed by some of his regular '60s band members plus '60s U.S. blues-rockers Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield. Wolf occupies the second half, taken from the "London Howlin' Wolf Sessions" album. He's backed by British blues-influenced rockers including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and the Stones' rhythm section. Despite the booklet's photo of Muddy and Wolf together, the notoriously paranoid Wolf had always regarded Muddy as a rival.

Despite their personal differences, Waters and Wolf were linked by their undeniable status as the prime architects of Chicago blues. The thematic tie here is their interaction with the generation of players who they inspired. As Muddy retains most of his usual band, his cuts differ little from his other late-'60s recordings (which is to say that they are eminently soulful and cathartic). Wolf's cuts are marked by the rock supersession vibe, but the assembled rock royalty manage to keep their egos in check, ably providing their hero with the angular, biting attack that is his trademark sound. This isn't the place to start with either Muddy or Wolf, but it's a more-than-interesting sideline to their careers.

Personnel Muddy Waters tracks (1-6): (Muddy Waters): Muddy Waters (vocals, slide guitar); Michael Bloomfield (guitar); Paul Butterfield, Jeff Carp (harmonica); Otis Spann (piano); Donald "Duck" Dunn, Phil Upchurch (bass); Sam Lay (drums).

Personnel Howlin' Wolf tracks (7-13): Howlin' Wolf (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Eric Clapton, Hubert Sumlin (guitar); Jeffrey M. Carp (harmonica); Steve Winwood, Ian Stewart, Lafayette Leake, John Simon (piano, organ); Bill Wyman, Phil Upchurch (bass, shakers, cow bell); Charlie Watts (drums, conga, percussion).

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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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