Paul Jones - The Blues

Album: The Blues
Size: 166,1 MB
Time: 72:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2022
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues, R&B
Art: Front, back

1. Manfred Mann - Without You (2:21)
2. Paul Jones - Sonny Boy Williamson (2:53)
3. The Blues Band - The Blues Band (3:47)
4. Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1 (1:59)
5. Paul Jones - The Dog Presides (2:48)
6. The Blues Band - Noah Lewis Blues (4:06)
7. Manfred Mann - You've Got To Take It (1:57)
8. Paul Jones - The Pod That Came Back (4:16)
9. The Blues Band - Sure Feels Good (3:42)
10. Manfred Mann - I'm Your Kingpin (2:50)
11. Guido Toffoletti's Blues Society w. Paul Jones - Livin' For The Day (3:44)
12. The Blues Band - Not Me (2:29)
13. Manfred Mann - Can't Believe It (3:20)
14. Mick Pini w. Paul Jones - Like Mother Like Daughter (4:33)
15. The Blues Band - It's Got To Be The Blues (4:56)
16. Manfred Mann - I Need You (2:26)
17. Paul Jones - Choose Or Cop Out (4:05)
18. The Blues Band - Down To The River (5:48)
19. Manfred Mann - It Took A Little While (2:17)
20. Paul Jones - Suddenly I Like It (4:16)
21. The Blues Band - I'll Be Home Again Tonight (3:26)

Paul Jones, award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, performer, actor, radio and TV presenter of over sixty years standing is celebrated by way of a twenty-one track compilation simply entitled "The Blues", released on the Umbrella Music Label. "The Blues" is the first collection of Paul Jones’ recordings that encompasses his earliest days with Manfred Mann, taking in stellar performances with The Blues Band, Mick Pini, Guido Toffoletti’s Blues Society, as well as solo recordings to the present day. The twenty-one tracks are all Paul Jones compositions or co-writes, and display the breadth and depth of this unique performer’s talents.

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Guido Toffoletti's Blues Society w. Paul Jones - Live At The City Hall Café

Album: Live At The City Hall Café
Size: 109,9 MB
Time: 47:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1986
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front

1. Wang Dang Doodle (4:46)
2. Living For The Day (3:47)
3. Not Very Funny (3:03)
4. I'm Your Kingpin (2:57)
5. Judgement (3:24)
6. Not Me (2:44)
7. The City Hall Boogie (3:02)
8. Messin' With The Kid (3:26)
9. When The Saints Go Marching In (3:25)
10. Talk To Me Baby (5:07)
11. Hold Me Again (5:24)
12. Help Me (6:23)

Guido Toffoletti (Venice, 20 June 1951 - Cavarzere, 22 August 1999) was an Italian musician. One of the most important and long-lived exponents of blues music in Italy, with his Blues Society has contributed significantly to spreading the music of the Devil. Born in Venice, but immediately proves impatient to normal life. He lived the first school years in a boarding school in Asolo, but then he sailed the school to be able to play in a beat complex. His passion for music exploded at a very young age and in particular for the king of Rock & roll, Elvis Presley, of whom he became an avid collector.

Fourteen year old boy runs away from home and goes to work as roadie for the various beat groups of the period. In spite of being in the middle of music, he adapts himself to transporting instruments to musicians, particularly to the Renegades. With a first rudimentary guitar he learns the first notes of the blues. But in Italy there is no space for this kind of music. He then decided to try his luck and went to London, with little money and without a destination. He works in the premises, adapting to all the works, just to stay close to the music. He himself told of having married a dancer by proxy, just to stay in London.

One night he meets Alexis Korner, the father of the British Blues on the street. Alexis is his teacher and patron, but he is above all a great fraternal friend who introduces him to the English music scene, presenting him as "the Venetian who knows us more than ourselves". Guido exploded his passion for the blues and in 1976 he returned to Italy, founded his own group, the Blues Society, and released his first album Born in London in january 1976, a recording product for a small label and limited edition. In his discography, Guido starts by offering personal versions of the classics of blues, songs by Muddy Waters ("I Can't Be Satisfied") or Willie Dixon or Jimmy Reed, but then the compositions become for the most part in his name.

In April 1995 Guido and his Blues Society also participated, the only Italian, to the 'Alexis Korner Memorial Concert' along with the biggest names in English blues. Become friends with Mick Taylor and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a guest in the Paris studios where they were recording the record Steel Wheels and James Cotton. James Cotton, Louisiana Red, Mick Taylor and Ian Stewart, Tolo Marton (guitarist, formerly Le Orme), Herbie Goins (former voice of Alexis Korner's band) and Paul Jones (ex Manfred Mann) play among his records as well as Zoot Money (formerly Animals), Jorma Kaukonen and Dick Heckstall-Smith (formerly Colosseum). /Excerpt from biography, translated from Italian by Google

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Manfred Mann - The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann

Year: 1964/1997/2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:57
Size: 181,4 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Full

1. Smokestack Lightning (3:32)
2. Don't Ask Me What I Say (2:59)
3. Sack O' Woe (2:08)
4. What You Gonna Do? (2:37)
5. Hoochie Coochie (3:18)
6. I'm Your Kingpin (2:47)
7. Down The Road Apiece (2:26)
8. I've Got My Mojo Working (3:11)
9. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (2:35)
10. Mr. Anello (2:08)
11. Untie Me (3:37)
12. Bring It To Jerome (3:26)
13. Without You (2:21)
14. You've Got To Take It (2:19)
15. Smokestack Lightning (3:33)
16. Don't Ask Me What I Say (3:01)
17. Sack O' Woe (2:09)
18. What You Gonna Do? (2:37)
19. Hoochie Coochie (3:18)
20. I'm Your Kingpin (2:47)
21. Down The Road Apiece (2:26)
22. I've Got My Mojo Working (3:11)
23. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (2:35)
24. Mr. Anello (2:16)
25. Untie Me (3:41)
26. Bring It To Jerome (3:30)
27. Without You (2:22)
28. You've Got To Take It (1:54)

The debut album by Manfred Mann holds up even better 40 years on than it did in 1964. It's also one of the longest LPs of its era, clocking in at 39 minutes, and there's not a wasted note or a song extended too far among its 14 tracks. The Manfreds never had the reputation that the Rolling Stones enjoyed, which is a shame, because The Five Faces of Manfred Mann is one of the great blues-based British invasion albums; it's a hot, rocking record that benefits from some virtuoso playing as well, and some of the best singing of its era, courtesy of Paul Jones, who blew most of his rivals out of the competition with his magnificently impassioned, soulful performance on "Untie Me," and his simmering, lusty renditions of "Smokestack Lightning" and "Bring It to Jerome."

The stereo mix of the album, which never surfaced officially in England until the 1997 EMI anniversary reissue (remastered in 24-bit digital sound), holds up very nicely, with sharp separation between the channels yet - apart from a few moments on "Untie Me" - few moments of artificiality. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

Tracks 1-14 mono mix, tracks 15-28 stereo mix.

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The Blues Band - Few Short Lines

Year: 2011
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:49
Size: 134,1 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Few Short Lines (4:41)
2. My Brother Was A Sailor (w. Mike Sanchez) (4:03)
3. Sway With Me (w. Linda Lewis & Mike Sanchez) (4:36)
4. You Are True (w. Southside Johnny) (3:39)
5. Living With The Blues (w. Al Kooper) (3:55)
6. I Believe I'm In Love With You (w. Maggie Bell & Pete Wingfield) (4:06)
7. Pay It No Mind (w. Al Kooper) (3:17)
8. Statesboro Blues (w. Mike Sanchez) (4:57)
9. Suddenly I Like It (5:13)
10. My Toot Toot (3:28)
11. That's My Way (3:19)
12. Road (w. Al Kooper) (5:26)
13. It Take Love (3:19)
14. You Can Dance To The Blues (w. Southside Johnny) (3:43)

Hallelujah! Yes, it's a brand new album from one of the UK's best loved and most popular bands. We could say it stars the incomparable singer and harmonic player supreme Paul Jones. We could add it also stars Tom McGuinness on lead guitar. But The Blues Band is really a co-operative with a team of superb musicians on board. And, this time, they are augmented by welcome guest artists adding extra blues power. Among those joining the regulars are singers Linda Lewis and Maggie Bell, the legendary Al Kooper on keyboards, Mike Sanchez and Pete Wingfield on piano, and Southside Johnny on raunchy vocals.

Together they tear through a barnstorming selection of mainly originals numbers, many written by bass man Gary Fletcher and slide guitarist Dave Kelly. There are 14 tracks to enjoy, ranging from Paul Jones "Suddenly I Like It" to Tom's thoughtful "My Brother Was A Sailor" - all about the perils of life at sea. Few Short Lines makes a fine addition to the legacy of a band, whose career now spans more than 30 years. Good to know they are still out on the road, playing the music they love. /Amazon

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Dave Kelly - Family & Friends: We Had It All

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:08
Size: 156.0 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:30] 1. New Stockyard Blues (feat: Pete Emery, Marcus Cliffe, Sam Kelly)
[4:50] 2. Needed Time (feat: Eric Bibb)
[7:19] 3. Dust My Blues (feat: Howlin Wolf)
[2:39] 4. Good Riddance (feat: Homer Kelly - Tarrant, Christine Collister, Peter Filleul)
[3:57] 5. The River (feat: Chuck Leavell, Frank Collins, Paddie McHugh & Dyan Birch, Pick Withers
[3:34] 6. Ramblin Gal (feat: Jo - Anne Kelly)
[4:09] 7. Passing Through (feat: Keith Nelson, Cedric Thorose, Iain 'Thump' Thomson, Pete Miles)
[2:50] 8. Wasting Time (feat: Lily Kelly - Tarrant)
[4:22] 9. Love Is A Compromise (feat: Lou Stonebridge, Steve Donnelly, Gary Fletcher, Rob Townsend)
[3:13] 10. Gulf Coast Highway (feat: Maggie Bell, Keith Nelson, Julian Dawson, Homer Kelly - Tarrant)
[2:46] 11. Sugar Babe (feat: Keith Nelson)
[3:11] 12. Way Down In The Hole (feat: Christine Collister, Homer Kelly - Tarrant)
[3:59] 13. Mr Estes Said (feat: Chris Barber)
[4:02] 14. D-Day Blues (feat: Jona Lewie)
[3:06] 15. Too Young To Know (feat: Paul Jones)
[3:59] 16. Take This Hammer (feat: Long John Baldry)
[3:06] 17. Slide Guitar Rag (feat: Sonny Black)
[3:29] 18. We Had It All (feat: Julian Dawson, Keith Nelson, Homer Kelly - Tarrant)

If there is such a thing as a British 'blues pedigree', then Dave Kelly's sets the standard. Kelly is a blues craftsman - a journeyman who has served his time with the best.

In New York he jammed with Muddy Waters. He became a friend to Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker, who both felt the benefit of Dave's playing in their touring bands. It was Dave's big sister, the late Jo-Ann Kelly, who first opened his ears to the blues, although his passion for rock and roll - and especially the work of Buddy Holly - remains intact. In 1967 he joined The John Dummer Blues Band. After three albums and a solo project he continued to polish his style and technique throughout an adventurous career with some of Britain's finest players. When The Blues Band was formed in 1979, the post of slide guitarist and joint vocalist was a foregone conclusion - and bringing his friend, the bassist Gary Fletcher, along to that first rehearsal, was a bonus. Dave Kelly's guitar and vocals form the very backbone of The Blues Band's distinctive sound. The Blues Band is still one of Britain´s best Blues Band and set up high standards. Today, after 35 years 'treading the boards' with the band, with his solo albums, duo tours with Paul Jones, and soundtrack work (for commercials and such projects as BBC TV's 'King of the Ghetto' and the Comic Strip's 'Strike!') Dave Kelly is firmly established as Europe's premier blues performer.

DAVE KELLY Family & Friends "We Had It All" are 18 unreleased tracks from his musical journey covers over 35 years in the business and feat. Names like ERIC BIBB, CHRIS BARBER, MAGGIE BELL, LONG JOHN BALDRY, CHRISTINE COLLISTER and many more.

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Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers - Put A Record On

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:30
Size: 113.3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:54] 1. I Want To Know
[3:15] 2. Don't Want You Woman
[3:51] 3. Put A Record On
[3:51] 4. The Hills Of Afghanistan
[3:56] 5. Keep On Singing The Blues
[4:09] 6. It's Too Late
[5:02] 7. I Don't Play Boogie
[4:25] 8. Bad Feeling Blues
[3:38] 9. It Don't Mean A Thing To You
[3:20] 10. A Fool Like Me
[3:17] 11. Passing On Blues
[3:54] 12. Rock Your Mama
[3:50] 13. I Can't Get My Ass In Gear

Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers explosive blend of early Ten Years After swing and shuffle favourites and original material is stirring fond memories among TYA fans, blues fans and many new friends among the younger generation. The album features appearances by special guest artists, Paul Jones (The Manfreds & The Blues Band) on harmonica, Virgil McMahon (Virgil and The Accelerators) Guitar, Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown) Guitar, Son Henry (Son Henry Band) Steel Guitar and Steve Beighton (Paul Carrack) Brass.

Ric Lee, drummer with Ten Years After and pianist Bob Hall, a founder member of Savoy Brown, together with Danny Handley (Vocals & Guitar) and Scott Whitley (Bass & Vocals) are recreating the halcyon days of the British Blues Invasion with a new band, Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers.

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Manfred Mann - Groovin' With The Manfreds: The Manfred Mann R&B Album

Year: 1996
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:50
Size: 179,4 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Full

1. Groovin' (3:41)
2. Can't Believe It (3:18)
3. What You Gonna Do? (2:35)
4. Don't Ask Me What I Say (2:56)
5. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (3:15)
6. Smokestack Lightning (3:29)
7. I'm Your Kingpin (2:43)
8. Bring It To Jerome (3:23)
9. Without You (2:18)
10. Let's Go Get Stoned (3:49)
11. Watermelon Man (3:14)
12. I Put A Spell On You (3:35)
13. Driva Man (2:29)
14. Call It Stormy Monday (3:39)
15. What Did I Do Wrong (3:49)
16. I've Got My Mojo Working (3:10)
17. Down The Road Apiece (2:23)
18. Watch Your Step (2:12)
19. LSD (3:48)
20. One In The Middle (2:39)
21. Did You Have To Do That (3:30)
22. Sticks And Stones (2:21)
23. Cock-A-Hoop (2:02)
24. The Way You Do The Things You Do (2:40)
25. You've Got To Take It (2:16)
26. Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble) (2:24)

The 26 songs here represent a slightly better investment than the See For Miles Records R&B collection by the Manfreds, as well as newer remasterings (by 14 years) of the same material. The notes by Paul Jones also provide an inside perspective, as well as a funny account of his entry into the band (and offer an incidental defense of Bo Diddley's underrated complexity as a writer and influence on the Manfreds).

Songs include "Smokestack Lightning," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Got My Mojo Working," "Groovin'," "Watermelon Man," "I Put a Spell on You," and a bunch of other standards and originals. The only frustration is the presence of a shot of the band playing at the Marquee, which makes one wish all the more that somebody had recorded one of their shows at the time. The group's command of R&B and blues improved as they went on -- it was always little strange hearing an outfit as non-guitar-dominated as the Manfreds do some of this stuff, with lots of vibraphone and organ, not to mention sax -- all of which, along with their jazz roots, separated them from the Stones, Yardbirds, et al. But by the time of "Down the Road Apiece," they were making it work close to 100 percent of the time. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

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Paul Jones & Dave Kelly - Live In London

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 62:15
Size: 142.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:46] 1. Drop Down Mama
[4:04] 2. Come On In My Kitchen
[3:18] 3. Room And Board
[4:52] 4. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
[4:22] 5. Key To The Highway
[4:10] 6. I Can't Be Satisfied
[4:21] 7. When The Leevee Breaks
[3:43] 8. Noah Lewis Blues
[4:04] 9. Come Back Baby
[3:47] 10. Sonny Boy Williamson
[5:10] 11. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
[3:06] 12. Workin'
[3:53] 13. I Feel So Good
[4:11] 14. Resting On Jesus
[4:21] 15. You Got Me Running

Both Paul Jones and Dave Kelly are notable British Blues musicians. Both can be found as part of the Blues Band. In 2007 Paul and Dave recorded two live CDs as a duet. They played mainly standard Blues with Dave on Guitar and Paul on Harmonica, with both artists taking on vocals.

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