St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

ASIN: B00008FUP4

Track Listings

1. Hawaiian Wedding Song

2. Blue Hawaii

3. Beyond the Reef

4. Harbor Lights

5. How d'Ya Do

6. Beer Barrel Polka/Tennesee Polka

7. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

8. Sun Shadows

9. Cold, Cold Heart

10. St. Louis Blues

Tracks:

Candide (Overture)
New York, New York (America Medley)
Lonely Town (America Medley)
America (Ameriaca Medley)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
American Salute
America the Beautiful
This Land is Your Land
76 Trombones
St. Louis Blues March
Strike Up the Band
When the Saints go Marchin' In

Customer Reviews:

Salute to America.......2006-07-27

Very similar in quality and music to I Love A Parade and a very upbeat reminder of why we are a patriotic nation. The arrangements and quality of the songs are great.

A good choice but..........2005-06-29

It is not the best CD that I have bought but it is an honest one. The orchestration is good, the choice of tunes is excellent and the tunes are well played. As you know, it is always difficult to say : I like it or I hate it because hearing a CD is a question of personal point of view. In my case, I may not say that I like it or I hate it, I prefer some other orchestration but it us a good CD.

Ho-Hum.......2005-06-08

I wanted some rousing marching music. This album is half asleep. The sound quality is poor. Apparently Mr. Williams writes better music than he conducts.

"Boston Pops".. Alway's do the Job!.......2001-10-03

John Williams/Boston Pops.. Salute to America.

And they do! They salute America! This is a wonderful C.D
Battle Hymn of the Republic, is great..

New York, New York,will bring tears to your eyes!
12 renditions in all..

All these are performed wonderfully, and well worth the money!

I would recommend this to anyone who loves patriotic music, it will stir the heart and soul of Americans....

Full-Spirited.......2000-09-02

I'm a classical music/opera person for the most part. But I find this CD entralling. Even the organization of the CD is ideal-almost like a symphony--with the rousing Candide Overture and the musical medleys at the beginning, the patriotic songs as the B section, and the Dixieland and other music from American musicals to finish up. And I particularly like the orchestration of the medleys. A wonderful CD.

Average customer rating:

not to great
Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$
You get what you pay for.
Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ...

100 Favorite Patriotic Songs

Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Patriotic Country

ASIN: B0000A1HT8
Release Date: 2003-08-12

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
Ballad of the Green Berets
On Top of Old Smokey
Coyote Warrior
Semper Fidelis
Breeze from Alabama
Onward Christian Soldiers
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Patriot
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Marines' Hymn
America Is
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
Happy the Soldier
American Trilogy
Home Sweet Home
Washington Post March
Enraptured I Gaze
Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
Yellow Rose of Texas
Over There
Simple Gifts
Liberty Bell
Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

God Bless the USA
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Katy Cruel
I Vow to Thee My Country
King Cotton
Beautiful Dreamer
America
American Patrol
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
Mohican Dream
Red, White and Blue
Some Folks
Liberty Song
Pomp and Circumstance
Hail to the Chief
Bennington Rifles
Peace on the Battlefield
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Under the Double Eagle
Red River Valley
My Country 'Tis of Thee
Camptown Races
Wild Blue Yonder
Hands Across the Sea
Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

Stars and Stripes Forever
Living in America
Home on the Range
Old Colony Times
Clementine
Invincible Eagle
Ring Ring de Banjo
Yankee Doodle
Largo from "The New World"
To a Wild Rose
Hail Columbia
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gettysburg
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Capitan
Prairie Daughter
Little Brown Jug
Marching Through Georgia
Entertainer
Steamboat Around the Bend
Revolutionary Tea
Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Amazing Grace
Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

God Bless America
National Emblem
Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
Anchors Away
Oh, Susannah
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Toast
Dixie
St. Louis Blues
Appalachian Spring
Bonnie Blue Flag
Old Hundreth
Swanee River
Battle Cry of Freedom
U. S Field Artillery
Sidewalks of New York
Chester
Auld Lang Syne
Kingdom Come
My Old Kentucky Home
Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Shenandoah
Abraham's Daughter
This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.

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Blues 101!!!
A terriffic addition to your blues collection
This is it!
Box set arrives like nucular bum
Worth 10 Stars!

Chess Blues
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Chess
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ASIN: B000002OBW
Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
Dr. Ross' Boogie - Dr. Isaiah Ross
Joliet Blues - John Shines
Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
All Night Long (Alternate) - Muddy Waters
Mr. Commissioner (Alternate) - Arbee Stidham
Gettin' Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf

Tracks:

Walkin' The Boogie (Alternate) - John Lee Hooker
Juke - Little Walter
Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
Broken Heart (Alternate) - Memphis Minnie
Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
Fast Boogie - Little Walter
I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
Ice Cream Man - John Brim
Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
Remember - Alberta Adams
Untitled Instrumental - Henry Gray & Morris Pejoe
Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Forty Four - Howlin' Wolf
Got To Find My Baby (Alternate) - Little Walter
Evil - Howlin' Wolf
Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir

Tracks:

Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) - Muddy Waters
My Babe - Little Walter
You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson
Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
29 Ways - Willie Dixon
Right To Love You - Paul Gayten & Myrtle Jones
Ain't Noboby's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson
Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alternate) - Sonny Boy Williamson
Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
Your Funeral And My Trail - Sonny Boy Williamson
Key To The Highway - Little Walter
Double Trouble (Alternate) - Muddy Waters
Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
The Goat (Band Track) - Sonny Boy Williamson
So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush

Tracks:

First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
Too Poor - Detroit Jr.
Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
The Sun Is Shining (Alternate) - Elmore James
Calling On My Darling - Albert King
The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson
Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
Satisfied - Little Milton
Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
Good Moanin' Blues - Walter Horton
Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
Jinglin' Baby - Eddie Burns
That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Customer Reviews:

Blues 101!!!.......2003-11-03

All right, students, now pay attention! Put down that racing form and pay attention right now! This here Chess Blues box set contains exactly 101 tracks. How appropriate! That makes this collection a sort of unofficial college course entitled Blues 101, and Professors Wolf, Waters, James, and Jacobs (Little Walter), etc., etc., will be your blues instructors. You will learn the Fundamentals of Blues Harp, with Little Walter ("Juke") and Sonny Boy Williamson II ("Don't Start Me to Talkin'") as your master teachers. Over here, we have a course entitled Mellow Blues, with Willie Dixon ("Walkin' the Blues") and Jimmy Witherspoon ("Ain't Nobody's Business") showing you how it's done. Then, we have instruction in Blues and the Female Voice, with Koko Taylor ("What Kind of Man Is That," "Wang Dang Doodle") and Etta James ("Somethings Got A Hold Of Me," "I'd Rather Go Blind") as your teachers. Finally, what great university would be complete without Master Classes and the best professors in the business Muddy Waters ("Got My Mojo Workin'," "I Can't Be Satisfied," "My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble"), Howlin Wolf ("Killin' Floor," "Evil," "Going Down Slow"), and John Lee Hooker ("Walkin' the Boogie," "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer") holding court for your edification. No, there is no blues university, but if there was one, the above masters would surely be the instructors and Chess Blues would certainly be the required text. As I said, it's packed with an amazing 101 songs, many of the best blues tracks ever recorded. There are a few clunkers, but very few. You will spend many enjoyable hours listening to this collection. (Trust me, it takes a few hours to listen to 101 songs once!) Get it today, and enroll in the best blues education money can buy!

A terriffic addition to your blues collection.......2003-04-22

This handsome boxset, complete with a large booklet, is a superb addition to your blues collection, even if you already have the best of the major Chess artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

There are bound to be some tracks, especially by Waters and the Wolf, that overlap with what most blues lovers already own, but the "Chess Blues" compilers have done a very fine job assembling dozens of rarer tracks by artists like Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Memphis Minnie McCoy, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon, Elmore James, Jimmy Oden and many others. And these high quality tracks, which make up the vast majority of the 101 cuts, make "Chess Blues" a very welcome supplement to the many available compilations featuring Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter Jacobs.

This is it!.......2003-03-25

The Delta gave birth to the Delta Blues and Chicago gave birth to the Chicago Blues but it would not have happened without Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and, of course, the Chess Brothers. This is their legacy - no true blues fan would be without this set as part of their collection -enough said!

Box set arrives like nucular bum.......2001-08-12

Wow, this box set arrives in my discs with the force of a nuclear bomb...I bought it for [amt.] at a local record store; get the box set any way you can. You'll survive cataclysmic disaster for sure. The artists are badasses and geniuses all.

Worth 10 Stars!.......2000-05-16

Where would the music of today be without the music on this set? Every song is a classic. Phil and Leonard Chess had an ear for talent and it shows on this set. Not only do you get classics by Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf, there is also Etta James, Ko Ko Taylor, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sunnyland Slim, Robert Nighthawk, Willie Dixon (the MAN behind many of the Waters/Wolf classics) and many, many more. The booklet is fantastic and the sound quality is very good. Simply a set you can't do without.

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The first guitar hero!

The Original Guitar Wizard
Lonnie Johnson
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The New York Sessions 1926-1935
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The Paramount Masters

ASIN: B0006ZRX5O
Release Date: 2005-01-31

Tracks:

Mr. Johnson's Blues
Johnson's Trio Stomp
To Do This You Got to Know How
South Bound Water
I Done Told You
Steppin' On the Blues
Steady Grind
Four Hands Are Better Than Two
Woke Up With the Blues in My Fingers
Backwater Blues
Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
Roaming Ramble Blues
Stay Out of Walnut Street Alley
St. Louis Cyclone Blues
Bedbug Blues, Pt. 2
Garter Snake Blues
6/88 Glide
Life Saver Blues
I'm Not Rough - Louis Armstrong
Sweet Potato Blues
Hotter Than That
Savoy Blues
Playing With the Strings
Stompin' Em Along Now

Tracks:

Deep Blue Sea Blues
No More Women Blues
I'm So Tired of Living All Alone
Crowing Rooster Blues
Broken Levee Blues
Careless Love
Toothache Blues, Pts. 1-2
Misty Mornin' - Duke Ellington,
Two Tone Stomp - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
It Feels So Good, Pts. 1-2 - Lonnie Johnson, Spencer Williams
Jet Black Blues - Blind Willie Dunn
Guitar Blues - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
Blue Guitars - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
Bullfrog Moan - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
Sundown Blues
New Fallin' Rain Blues
You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now, Pts. 1-2 - Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey
Hot Fingers - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
Blue Room - Blind Willie Dunn, Lonnie Johnson
She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
Another Woman Booked Out and Bound to Go

Tracks:

I Got the Best Jelly Roll in Town, Pts. 1-2
Dirty Dozen - Lonnie Johnson, Spencer Williams
I Just Can't Stand These Blues
Deep Sea Blues
Long Black Train
I Have to Do My Time
No More Troubles Now
You're Getting Old On Your Job - Tommy Jordan, Clara Smith
Don't Wear It Out - Tommy Jordan, Clara Smith
Got the Blues for Murder Only
Let All Married Women Alone
Beautiful But Dumb
Sleepy Water Blues
Uncle Red, Don't Use Your Head
I'm Nuts About That Gal
Racketeers Blues
Swing Out Rhythm
Why Women Go Wrong
Jersey Belle Blues
Loveless Blues
I'm Just Dumb
Get Yourself Together
Crowing Rooster Blues

Tracks:

That's Love
Lazy Woman Blues
In Love Again
He's a Jelly Roll Baker
When You Feel Low Down
Victim of Love
Watch Shorty
Keep What You Got
Love Is the Answer
Tomorrow Night
What a Real Woman
Falling Rain Blues
Working Man's Blues
Playing Around
Trouble Ain't Nothing But the Blues
Blues Stay Away from Me
Little Rockin' Chair
Nothing But Trouble
Why Should I Cry
It Was All in Vain
You Only Want Me When You're Lonely
Me and My Crazy Self
I'm Guilty
Just Another Day
You Can't Buy Love
Can't Sleep Any More

Album Details

One of the Most Influential and Original Blues Musicians, Lonnie Johnson Virtually Created the Modern Blues Guitar Style on his Own, Sending the Music off in the Direction it Has Subsequently Taken. Combining Elements of Jazz Into his Technique Meant that He Blurred the Boundaries Between the Two Emerging Musics During the '30s, Later Slipping Out of Music Only to Return as an Elder Statesman in the 1960s. This Lavishly Presented Four CD Set Takes in all of the Recordings Made Between 1928 and 1952 that Created a Blues Legend and also Includes Comprehensive Liner Notes and a Full Discography.

Customer Reviews:

The first guitar hero!.......2007-01-03

B.B King, Albert King, Clapton, Vaughn, Green and Taylor were all guitar playing heroes of our youth. Naturally, they were really great pickers, no doubt about that! But the way I see it, this man, Lonnie Johnson, was the first and the greatest guitar hero ever! For five decades he entertained and pleased people with his mellow, emotionally charged voice and his unrivalled guitar playing. From country blues to jazz - he was equally at ease with a vast variety of music. His playing was always technically impressive (sometimes nearly insurmountable), touchingly melodic and with an inexhaustible well of ideas. Some of his solo instrumentals are not really possible to redo, and his duos with Eddie Lang surely belong to the highest class of American music. If I were to take only one single item with me to a deserted island (hopefully the area would have electricity), this CD box would be the one!

Pops Stoppers: Greatest Hits of the Boston Pops Orchestra

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Pops Stoppers

Pops Stoppers: Greatest Hits of the Boston Pops Orchestra

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Customer Reviews:

Pops Stoppers.......2007-05-06

Thank you for sending this--excellent recording. Great music, and enjoyed by all generations in our family...from 19 yrs.....to 90 yrs....We all have enjoyed it so much.....Thank you...

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Blues at it's finest
Killer Live Blues

American Folk Blues Festival, 1962-1965
Various Artists
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ASIN: B0000014QN
Release Date: 1995-11-30

Tracks:

Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
I Wanna See My Baby - T-Bone Walker
I'm In Love - T-Bone Walker
I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby - Sonny Terry
Stewball - Memphis Slim
Let's Make It - John Lee Hooker
Shake It Baby - John Lee Hooker
Night Time Is The Right Time - John Lee Hooker
Ah 'w Baby - Shakey Jake
Love My Baby - Shakey Jake
Crying At The Station - Brownie McGhee
Wee Baby Blues - Memphis Slim

Tracks:

The Blues Is Everywhere - Memphis Slim
John Henry - Memphis Slim
Wish Me Well - Memphis Slim
Memphis Boogie - Memphis Slim
My Captain - Muddy Waters
Catfish Blues - Muddy Waters
Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters
My Home Is In The Delta - Muddy Waters
Five Long Years - Muddy Waters
That's All I Want, Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson
Don't Misuse Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson
I'm Gettin' Tired - Sonny Boy Williamson
Goin' Down Slow - Otis Spann
Sunny Boy's Harmonica Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson

Tracks:

Goin' Down Slow-Alternate Take - Otis Spann
Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon
Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon
Grant Spivey - Victoria Spivey
T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey
Big Roll Blues - Big Joe Williams
Back In The Bottom Blues - Big Joe Williams
I Have No Friends - Big Joe Williams
Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
Careless Love - Lonnie Johnson
C.C. Rider - Lonnie Johnson
It's Too Late To Cry - Lonnie Johnson
Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
Bye Bye Blues - Memphis Slim

Tracks:

I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
Dissatisfied - Sonny Boy Williamson
Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim
Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins
Baby Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins
I'm A Tearing Little Daddy - Sleepy John Estes
I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton - John Henry Barbee
No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin
Slip-In Mules - Sugar Pie Desanto
Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf
I Got To Cut Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
Weak Brain And Narrow Mind - Willie Dixon
Big Legged Woman - Willie Dixon
Your Best Friend's Gone - Sleepy John Estes
Baby What You Want Me To Do - Sugar Pie Desanto

Tracks:

Highway 61 - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Slow Down Woman - J.B. Lenoir
Blues Harp Shuffle - Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton
Christine - Big Walter 'Shakey' Horton
Come On Back Home - Roosevelt Sykes
Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
The Big Question - Eddie Boyd
Rosa Lee - Jimmie Lee Robinson
King Of The World - John Lee Hooker
Della Mae - John Lee Hooker
First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
My Black Name Is Ringing - Doctor Ross
Della Mae-Alternate Take - John Lee Hooker
Hound Dog-Alternate Take - Big Mama Thornton
South Side Jump - Buddy Guy
If I Get Lucky - J.B. Lenoir
Got A Letter This Morning - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Sail On - Roosevelt Sykes
Farewell Baby - Doctor Ross

Amazon.com

The celebrated performers featured on this five-disc box--John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy (Rice Miller) Williamson among them--were seasoned veterans when these recordings were made between 1962 and 1965. They were, however, far from over the hill. Brought to Europe as part of an annual barnstorming tour designed to introduce the blues to the old country, the forefathers (and a few mothers) of various strains of the genre basked in their chance to show their skills to appreciative foreign audiences. They also clearly enjoyed each other's company. The nature of the American Folk Blues road shows made for some fascination collaborations: The 1962 set, for example, finds Hooker, then in his brooding prime, backed by guitar legend T-Bone Walker--on piano! Willie Dixon (the MVP here), Otis Spann, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Mississippi Fred McDowell are just a few of the other legends who turn up in this expansive document of the blues revival that topped all blues revivals. --Steven Stolder

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Blues at it's finest.......2005-01-19

This is one of the finest collections of the blues I have heard. Well worth the money. From Mississippi Delta to Chicago, it's all here.

Killer Live Blues.......1999-11-07

This is one of the best compilations of live blues available. Many of the modern and historic blues greats are represented here and are in fine voice. While some of the artists may be near the end of there career when these performances took place it dosen't matter as they give it their all. Wonderful stuff. Thanks Evidence. I am now ready for 1966 through 1971!

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Sometimes Less Is More
A magnificent box set
So, Arvella Gray,This IS Maxwell Street!!
No suprise this was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award
Maxwell Street Blues Box a Must

And This Is Maxwell Street
Robert Nighthawk , and Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rooster Blues
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Bricks in My Pillow
Hawk Squat
The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James
Live on Maxwell Street
Chicago/The Blues/Today!

ASIN: B00004YN9X
Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

Sun Is Shining - Johnny Young
Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Big John Wrencher
Juke Medley - Carey Bell
That's All Right - Robert Nighthawk
Red Top/Ornithology
Maxwell Street Jam - Carey Bell
Lucille - Big John Wrencher
Corrina, Corrina
Power to Live Right
Cheating and Lying Blues - Robert Nighthawk
Honky Tonk - Robert Nighthawk
Dust My Broom - Robert Nighthawk
Peter Gunn Jam - Robert Nighthawk
I Need Love So Bad - Robert Nighthawk
All I Want for My Breakfast - Johnny Young
Take It Easy Baby - Robert Nighthawk
Long Gone John

Tracks:

Mama Talk to Your Daughter - Robert "Mojo" Elem
I'm Ready - Carey Bell
Carey'n On - Carey Bell
When the Saints Go Marching In
Back off Jam - Robert Nighthawk
John Henry
Anna Lee/Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
Love You Tonight - Big John Wrencher
Time Have Come - Robert Nighthawk
Cruisin' in a Cadillac - Carey Bell
Honey Hush - Robert Nighthawk
I'll Fly Away
I Shall Overcome - Fannie Brewer

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On Sunday mornings at Chicago's famous Maxwell Street open-air market, busking bluesmen would battle with hawkers, preachers, and dancers for coveted space. In 1964 filmmaker Mike Shea chronicled this bubbling scene for his landmark documentary And This is Free; in the process, he preserved stunning examples of raw, informal, gritty, undeniably urban blues, the best of which is included on these two revelatory CDs. Amazingly, legendary figures like Robert Nighthawk and Carey Bell were as likely to show up as any number of local gospel singers and blues pickers. Nighthawk's tenacious saw-toothed guitar work and Bell's swooping harp are well documented here, as is the work of lesser-known Chicago players like Johnny Young and Big John Wrencher. However, in this setting, the songs of obscure players like Arvella Gray, who performed solo with a Dobro, and the James Brewer gospel singers seem nearly as important. Rooster Blues's superb package includes incredibly detailed annotation, which does an admirable job in trying to sort out the correct players and songwriters, and crisp remastering--two things that the unauthorized Rounder single-disc issue lacks--plus a bonus third disc featuring young Mike Bloomfield's interview with Nighthawk. Like field recordings are to country blues, these street recordings are much more than mere music--they are compelling historical documents. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Sometimes Less Is More.......2004-10-12

There is a lot of good stuff on this set and the booklet is great. That said, I knocked off one star because I was a little disappointed with this when compared to the Robert Nighthawk cuts that form his "Live On Maxwell St.-1964" CD. That one is an absolute masterpiece. This one is not nearly as consistant. Sometimes less IS more.

A magnificent box set.......2004-08-13

Even the most casual fans of classic Chicago blues need to own a copy of slide guitarist Robert Nighthawk's 1964 album "Live On Maxwell Street".
And those slightly more obsessed will want to check out this wonderful document, the soundtrack, if you will, to Mike Shea's 1964 documentary "And This Is Free". It features all of Nighthawk's recordings, plus another 18 cuts by artists like Johnny Young, Carey Bell and Big John Wrencher, and it is one of the most impressive live blues albums you'll ever come across.

The well-written and exceptionally thorough 62-page (!) booklet includes information about every recording, artist's biographies, interviews, pictures, and all available recording information, and the sound is surprisingly clear and full considering the unusual circumstances. You can sometimes hear a car driving by, a street preacher pops up for a few seconds, and the chatter of the crowd is audible in the background.

This two-hour collection is a rare treat indeed. You can just pop the discs in you CD player and turn it up. No need to program anything out...there is barely the slightest dip in quality along the way.
Disc one opens with singer/guitarist Johnny Young's excellent, gritty rendition of "The Sun Is Shining", all clattering drums and simple but effective boogie-styled rhythm guitar, and one-armed harpist Big John Wrencher's tough "Can't Hold Out Much Longer" is equally wonderful. You can also hear John Wrencher jamming with guitarists Robert Nighthawk and Little Arthur King on his own "Lucille", and inquiring about the drinking habits of his fellow musicians: Tea or coffee? Apparently Robert Nighthawk was a coffee-man ("coffee" meaning whiskey. "Tea" was wine).

Other highlights include "All I Want For My Breakfast" by Johnny Young, and pretty much everything by Robert Nighthawk, including the menacing "Cheating And Lying Blues", an up-tempo "Take It Easy, Baby", and a couple of songs not included on Nighthawk's "Live On Maxwell Street". One is a snippet of Robert Nighthawk doing "That's All Right" (the Jimmy Rogers tune, not the one by Arthur Crudup that Presley recorded); "Honky Tonk" is a swaggering instrumental boogie, and Nighthawk also lays down a thumping "Dust My Broom" which was mysteriosly omitted from previous issues of this material.

And disc two is equally great. A lively performance of J.B. Lenoir's infectious boogie "Mama Talk To Your Daughter" has previously been credited to its composer, the man with no first name, but nothing indicates that Lenoir was present when this music was recorded, and this repacked and expanded edition of the Maxwell Street tapes credits Robert "Big Mojo" Elam as the singer. He supposedly got his nickname because of his ability to pull off a rousing rendition of Lenoir's "Mojo Boogie".
Harpist Carey Bell, who later became a member of the Muddy Waters band (and is still playing), smoulders on the instrumental "Carey'n On", little-known singer/guitarist Arvella Gray does a thoroughly authentic sounding solo performance of "John Henry", and the listener is treated to a couple of gospel numbers:
The James Brewer Gospel Group do a wonderful swinging "When The Saints Go Marchin' In", and a rendition of "Fly Away" which is made all the more remarkable by a very enthusiastic harmony vocal by one of the male singers! Also, the (unfortunately truncated) "I Shall Overcome" by singer/guitarist Fannie Brewer is just beautiful.

But, again, the main attraction is Robert Nighthawk (or "Night Hawk" as the liner notes call him). Nighthawk's magnificent 8 1/2 minute medley of his two biggest hits and best-known songs, "Anna Lee" and "Sweet Black Angel", has been restored from the preciously issued version which edited out two minutes of instrumental bridge, and his single-string solo halfway through the supremely tough "The Time Have Come" is mind-boggling...Nighthawk was as accomplished a lead guitar player as he was a slide slinger, and his single-string picking is pure liquid fire.
The slow grind of "Love You Tonight" is another previously unreleased number by Big John Wrencher, and Robert Nighthawk's powerful rendition of Big Joe Turner's "Honey Hush" takes Turner's bouncy jump blues into new territory.

The dozen songs by Robert Lee "Nighthawk" McCullum do indeed form the centrepiece of this collection, but literally everything is worth a listen. This is one top-notch blues box set...great annotation, great music, nicely packaged. Five stars and no reservations at all.

So, Arvella Gray,This IS Maxwell Street!!.......2001-05-28

I am grateful that, in my lifetime, fate has given me the opportunity to discover the pure talent and outstanding blues recordings in AND THIS IS MAXWELL STREET. In researching my family's history, I am overwhelmed by Arvella Gray 's (my father's only male sibling) significant contribution to this genre.

No suprise this was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award.......2001-03-06

At last! What a pleasure it is finally to see the original recordings from Mike Shea's 1964 Maxwell Street documentary "And this Is Free" available in the North American market (also now in Europe on the Catfish label as KAT3D1) with its in-depth liner notes in English for the first time-more than 60 pages! (these recordings first appeared in 1999 in Japan as P-Vine PCD 5527/28). Both this set from Rooster and the Catfish release are identical to the P-Vine release with the exception of the language of the liner notes and the addition of a third bonus disc, which contains the entirety of the 44-minute interview of Robert Nighthawk conducted by guitarist Michael Bloomfield as part of the "And This Is Free" documentary project.

And what extraordinary music it is. This disc contains the first known recordings of Carey Bell (who was about 28 in 1964). It contains one of the very few glimpses we have of Robert Nighthawk on the street. Highlights include his growling guitar work on "Cheating and Lying Blues;" some of the most extraordinary electric blues guitar playing ever recorded on "I Need Love So Bad;" Nighthawk doing the two songs that brought him his first real fame--"Annie Lee" and "Sweet Black Angel;" and a lively rendition of "Take It Easy, Baby." Not to be overlooked is fine harp work by Carey Bell, and perhaps the most dynamic and moving performances by one-armed harpist Big John Wrencher that were ever recorded. Here we also get gospel performances by James Brewer, a fine "John Henry" from Arvella Gray (so much livelier than the stiff version on the Swedish Radio tapes also recently issued), and rousing, raw gospel shouting from Carrie Robinson and other performers. Another highlight is two fine songs from Johnny Young. In short, this music captures the excitement of raw, live blues on Chicago's Maxwell Street in its heyday.

Interspersed between the songs are snippets of street preachers, hawkers, hucksters, and the voices of the musicians between numbers. We also hear car horns, conversations, street noise, and the enthusiastic shouting and clapping of the audience on tracks such as "Dust my Broom" and two jams that are perhaps the wildest, most spirited live blues performances ever captured on tape. The producers have attempted (and succeeded, in my view) to recreate the experience of a Sunday on Maxwell Street in the 1960s. Revel in it.

(...) "And This Is Maxwell Street" is the real thing. Don't confuse it with the Rounder disc. My advice is to take your Rounder version to the used record store and replace it with this one.

While this raw, raucous, record of the blues in the streets of Chicago will not appeal to casual listeners who want to turn on some easy background music and relax, it should make any serious blues fan sit up straight and listen hard. This is a slice of what the blues was really about during this period. The interview disc is icing on a very fine cake.

Highly recommended. Nominated this year for a W.C. Handy Award and surely the right choice for best historical release.

Maxwell Street Blues Box a Must.......2000-10-23

While efforts continue (bluesman Jimmie Lee Robinson has been on a hunger strike) to preserve the remaining portions of the historic Maxwell Street market area, Rooster Blues has released a three disc compilation, And This is Maxwell Street that presents music that was recorded as part of the making of the film, And This is Free. Some of the music from here was issued on Rounder on lp and cd as Robert Nighthawk, Live on Maxwell Street, which has been repackaged and reconfigured with a some previously unissued selections and including tracks attributed to J.B. Lenoir, Carey Bell and Johnny Young, The Rooster Blues has a full two hours of music and includes also selections from Little Arthur (Red Top/Ornithology which is deleted from the latest version of the Rounder); Big John Wrencher; Arvella Gray, Carrie Robinson; and James and Fannie Brewer. Additionally, Mama Talk To Your Daughter, credited to JB Lenoir on the Rounder is credited to Big Mojo Elem here. And there are several Nighthawk performances here that are not on the Rounder including a Dust My Broom that includes Mike Bloomfield on guitar (possibly being Bloomfield's earliest recordings). The full range of music here is quite powerful and entertaining including such selections as Nighthawk's updating of Dr. Clayton's Cheatin' and Lyin' Blues, the fervent gospel singing of Carrie Robinson as well as James and Fannie Brewer, street singer Arvella Gray's vigorous renditions of Corinna, Corinna and John Henry, and one armed harp wizard Big John Wrencher's Lucille. Several tracks spotlight Carey Bell, with I'm Ready perhaps being his first recorded vocal. Portions of vendors' sales pitches and street preachers' sermons are heard here as well. Providing some context to the recording. The Rounder has a portion of Mike Bloomfield's interview with Robert Nighthawk which is heard in its entirety (nearly 50 minutes) on the third disc of the Rooster Blues. My advance copy of the Rooster Blues lacks the booklet that should be accompanying it so I cannot comment on this aspect of the package, but because of the more complete reissue of this historic material, clearly is preferable, and a contender for vintage reissue of the year.

Bernstein Century: Bernstein on Jazz - What is Jazz?

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Great Perspective and Insight!

Bernstein Century: Bernstein on Jazz - What is Jazz?
Leonard Bernstein , and Louis Armstrong
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009CYG
Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

Mr. Bernstein looks at Jazz; Part One: Types of Jazz - Jazz Elements
Mr. Bernstein looks at Jazz; Part Two: Popular Song - Improvisation
St. Louis Blues (Concerto Grosso)
Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra, I. Allegro
Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra, II. Andante - Ballad
Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra, III. Adagio - Ballad
Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra, IV. Allegro - Blues

Customer Reviews:

Great Perspective and Insight!.......2000-11-07

Bernstein provides a unique and wonderful look at America's original artform, jazz. In contrast to traditional, chronological approaches, Bernstein breaks down the musical components of jazz such as rhythm, melody, and harmony, and discusses the way they are used differently in comparison with Western European musics. Bernstein has a knack for discussing complex material and stating it in a way that all can understand, which is very evident here. Armstrong and Brubeck work wonderfully with the New York Phil. This is a must have for those just getting into jazz, jazz enthusiasts, and music educators.

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Blues at it's best
Best Boxed Set of its kind?
Awesome collection!!

Nothing But the Blues
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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ASIN: B00004S7HR
Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

22-20 Blues - Skip James
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
Life Saver Blues - Lonnie Johnson
When the Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
Red River Blues - Henry Thomas
Preachin' the Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
Milk Cow Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Roll and Tumble Blues Hambone
Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell
Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks
Lead Pencil Blues - Johnnie "Geechie" Temple
My Black Mama, Pt. 1 - Son House
Revenue Man Blues - Charley Patton
Go Ahead, Buddy - Casey Bill Weldon

Tracks:

Mean Old Bad Bug Blues - Lonnie Johnson
Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
Barbecue Blues - Barbecue Bob
Warehoose Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
Mean Mistreatin' Mama - Leroy Carr
Four Hands Are Better Than Two - Lonnie Johnson
My Brownskin Sugar Plum - Blind Boy Fuller
Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
You Can't Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red
Gamblin' Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller
Good Woman Blues - Leroy Carr
15 Cents a Day - Roosevelt Sykes
I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Blind Boy Fuller
Mr. Johnson's Swing - Lonnie Johnson

Tracks:

Pearl Harbour Blues - Doctor Clayton
Win the War Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
Give Me a 32-20 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
'41 Blues - Doctor Clayton
Army Blues - David Honeyboy Edwards
Atomic Bomb Blues - Homer Harris
Million Lonesome Women - Brownie McGhee
San Francisco Blues - Lowell Fulson
Don't Be So Evil - Lowell Fulson
River Blues, Pt. 1 - Lowell Fulson
Blues Is Killing Me - Lowell Fulson
After Hours Boogie - Pee Wee Crayton
Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
Texas Hop - Pee Wee Crayton
Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker

Tracks:

Grass Cutter Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Money Tree Man - Kokomo Arnold
Delmar Avenue - Kokomo Arnold
Shake That Thing - Kokomo Arnold
Try Some of That - Kokomo Arnold
My Gal's Been Foolin' Me - Kokomo Arnold
I'm Going Fishing Too - Kokomo Arnold
Mr. Charlie - Kokomo Arnold
Cabbage Greens, No. 1 - Champion Jack Dupree
Chaing Gang Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
Angola Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
Dupree Shake Dance - Champion Jack Dupree
Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson
Working Man's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
He's a Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson
Careless Love - Lonnie Johnson
Backwater Blues - Lonnie Johnson
Love Is the Answer - Lonnie Johnson
Keep What You Got - Lonnie Johnson

Tracks:

Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Blessed Be the Name - Mississippi John Hurt
Nobody's Dirty Business - Mississippi John Hurt
Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
Praying on the Old Camp Ground - Mississippi John Hurt
Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Avalon Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
Blue Harvest Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) - Mississippi John Hurt

Tracks:

Good Gin Blues - Bukka White
Shake 'Em on Down - Bukka White
When Can I Change My Clothes? - Bukka White
High Fever Blues - Bukka White
Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
District Attorney Blues - Bukka White
Strange Place Blues - Bukka White
Sleepy Man Blues - Bukka White
Pinebluff, Arkansas - Bukka White
Fixin' to Die Blues - Bukka White
Special Streamline - Bukka White
Black Train Blues - Bukka White
Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White
Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White

Tracks:

Backfence Picket Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Fool Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Long and Tall - Kokomo Arnold
Salty Dog - Kokomo Arnold
Cold Winter Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Sister Jane Cross the Hall - Kokomo Arnold
Wild Water Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Laugh and Grin Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Mean Old Twister - Kokomo Arnold
Red Beans and Rice - Kokomo Arnold
Set Down Gal - Kokomo Arnold
Big Ship Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Crying Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Grandpa Got Drunk - Kokomo Arnold
Black Mattie - Kokomo Arnold

Tracks:

Neck Bone Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Buddie Brown Blues (Rolling Time) - Kokomo Arnold
Rocky Road Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Head Cuttin' Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Broke Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Back on the Job - Kokomo Arnold
Shine On, Moon (Shine On, Shine On) - Kokomo Arnold
Your Ways and Actions - Kokomo Arnold
Tired of Runnin' from Door to Door - Kokomo Arnold
My Well Is Dry - Kokomo Arnold
Midnight Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Goin' Down in Galilee (Swing Along with Me) - Kokomo Arnold
Bad Luck Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Kid Man Blues - Kokomo Arnold
Something's Hot - Kokomo Arnold

Tracks:

Black Man Blues - John Lee Hooker
Helpless Blues - John Lee Hooker
Goin' Mad Blues - John Lee Hooker
Low Down-Midnite Boogie - John Lee Hooker
Landing Blues - John Lee Hooker
Stomp Boogie - John Lee Hooker
Sally Mae - John Lee Hooker
Henry's Swing Club - John Lee Hooker
Alberta - John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
War Is over (Goodbye California) - John Lee Hooker
Henry's Swing Club - John Lee Hooker

Tracks:

Meet Me Around the Corner - Big Joe Williams
Stepfather Blues - Big Joe Williams
Stack of Dollars - Big Joe Williams
I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More - Big Joe Williams
Highway 49 - Big Joe Williams
I'm Getting Wild About Her - Big Joe Williams
Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
Crawlin' King Snake - Big Joe Williams
His Spirit Lives On - Big Joe Williams
Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams
49 Highway Blues - Big Joe Williams
Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
I Know You Gonna Miss Me - Big Joe Williams
Vitamin A Blues - Big Joe Williams
Break 'Em on Down - Big Joe Williams
Providence Help the Poor People - Big Joe Williams
Wild Cow Blues - Big Joe Williams
Rootin' Ground Hog - Big Joe Williams
Brother James - Big Joe Williams
Peach Orchard Mama - Big Joe Williams
Someday Baby - Big Joe Williams
Somebody's Been Worryin' - Big Joe Williams

Tracks:

My Own Boogie - Blind John Davis
Every Day I Have the Blues - Blind John Davis
Texas Tony - Blind John Davis
Trouble in Mind - Blind John Davis
If I Had a Listen - Blind John Davis
St. Louis Blues - Blind John Davis
After Hours - Blind John Davis
How Long Blues - Blind John Davis
Everybody's Boogie - Blind John Davis
Memphis Blues - Blind John Davis
Rockin Chair Boogie - Blind John Davis
House of Blues Lights - Blind John Davis
C.C. Rider - Blind John Davis
Run Away Boogie - Blind John Davis
Pinetop Boogie - Blind John Davis

Tracks:

You'd Be Frantic Too - Hot Lips Page
Just Another Woman - Hot Lips Page
Uncle Sam Blues - Hot Lips Page
Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page
Pagin' Mr. Page - Hot Lips Page
My Fightin' Gal - Hot Lips Page
Rockin' at Ryans - Hot Lips Page
Blooey - Hot Lips Page
I Keep Rollin' On - Hot Lips Page
Double Trouble Blues - Hot Lips Page
Evil Man's Blues - Hot Lips Page
My Gal Is Gone - Hot Lips Page
Six, Seven, Eight or Nine - Hot Lips Page
Lady in Bed - Hot Lips Page
You Need Coachin' - Hot Lips Page
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Country Blues - Muddy Waters
I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
Burr Clover Farm Blues - Muddy Waters
Take a Walk with Me - Muddy Waters
Burr Clover Blues - Muddy Waters
I Be Bound to Write You - Muddy Waters
You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days - Muddy Waters
Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You? - Muddy Waters
Country Blues - Muddy Waters
You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
32-20 Blues - Muddy Waters

Tracks:

Walking Blues - Muddy Waters
I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters
Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
Little Geneva - Muddy Waters
Rollin' and Tumblin' - Muddy Waters
Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters
Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters

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Stormy Sea Blues - Ma Rainey
Night Time Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Explaining the Blues - Ma Rainey
Army Camp Harmony Blues - Ma Rainey
Countin' the Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Cell Bound Blues - Ma Rainey
Shave 'Em Dry Blues - Ma Rainey
Toad Frog Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Farewell, Daddy Blues - Ma Rainey
Jealous Hearted Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Jelly Bean Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Rough and Tumble Blues - Ma Rainey
Goodbye, Daddy Blues - Ma Rainey
Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues - Ma Rainey
See See Rider Blues - Ma Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
Booze and Blues - Ma Rainey

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Frisco Town - Memphis Minnie
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Moonshine - Memphis Minnie
My Baby Don't Want Me No More - Memphis Minnie
Boy Friend Blues - Memphis Minnie
Nothing in Rambling - Memphis Minnie
Me and My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie
In My Girlish Days - Memphis Minnie
I'm Not a Bad Gal - Memphis Minnie
Looking the World Over - Memphis Minnie

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Black Gal Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Bad Luck Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Stop Breaking Down - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
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Check up on My Baby Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Hoodoo Hoodoo - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Shake the Boogie - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Welfare Store Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Good Gravy - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Good Gal Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Love Me Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Black Panther Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
I Have Got to Go - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]

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Early in the Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Decoration Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Sugar Mama Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Susie-Q - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Right Kind of Life - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Collector Man Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Skinny Woman - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Down South - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Low Down Ways - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Bluebird Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Got the Bottle up and Gone - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Lord, Oh Lord Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Goodbye Red - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Honey Bee Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Thinking My Blues Away - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Tell Me, Baby - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]
Good Gravy - Sonny Boy Williamson [I]

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Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
Packin' Trunk Blues - Leadbelly
New York City - Leadbelly
My Baby Quit Me - Leadbelly
Roberta, Pt. 1 - Leadbelly
Fort Worth and Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
TB Woman Blues - Leadbelly
John Hardy - Leadbelly
Red Cross Store Blues - Leadbelly
Death Letter Blues, Pt. 1 - Leadbelly
I'm on My Last Go Round - Leadbelly
Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly
Easy Rider - Leadbelly
Four Day Worry Blues - Leadbelly
Ox Drivin' Blues - Leadbelly
I'm Sorry Mama - Leadbelly
Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly

Tracks:

Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
On a Monday - Leadbelly
C.C. Rider - Leadbelly
Alberta - Leadbelly
Eagle Rock Rag - Leadbelly
Whoa Back Buck - Leadbelly
Pick a Bale of Cotton - Leadbelly
Grey Goose - Leadbelly
Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly
Pigmeat - Leadbelly
Leaving Blues - Leadbelly
Shorty George - Leadbelly
Take This Hammer - Leadbelly
I Got a Pretty Flower - Leadbelly
Black Snake Moan - Leadbelly
Corn Bread Rough - Leadbelly
You Don't Know My Mind - Leadbelly
Alabama Bound - Leadbelly
Little Sally Walker - Leadbelly
Midnight Special - Leadbelly
Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly

Tracks:

Jimmy's Stuff - Jimmy Yancey
Fives - Jimmy Yancey
Salle Street Breakdown - Jimmy Yancey
Two O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
Janie's Joys - Jimmy Yancey
Lean Bacon - Jimmy Yancey
Big Bear Train - Jimmy Yancey
Lucille's Lament - Jimmy Yancey
Beezum Blues - Jimmy Yancey
Yancey Limited - Jimmy Yancey
Rolling the Stone - Jimmy Yancey
Steady Rock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
P.L.K. Special - Jimmy Yancey
South Side Stuff - Jimmy Yancey
Yancey's Getaway - Jimmy Yancey
How Long Blues - Jimmy Yancey
How Long Blues [No. 2] - Jimmy Yancey
Yancey Stomp - Jimmy Yancey
State Street Special - Jimmy Yancey
Tell 'Em About Me - Jimmy Yancey
Five O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey
Slow and Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey
Mellow Blues - Jimmy Yancey
White Sox Stomp - Jimmy Yancey

Tracks:

Sun Risin' Blues - Joe Turner
S.K. Blues, Pt. 1 - Joe Turner
Nobody in Mind - Joe Turner
Blues on Central Avenue - Joe Turner
Ice Man - Joe Turner
Cry Baby Blues - Joe Turner
Rebecca - Joe Turner
Blues in the Night - Joe Turner
It's the Same Old Story - Joe Turner
Chewed up Grass - Joe Turner
Somebody's Got to Go - Joe Turner
Rocks in My Bed - Joe Turner
Little Bitty Gal's Blues - Joe Turner
I Got a Gal (For Every Day of the Week) - Joe Turner
Johnson and Turner Blues - Joe Turner
Howlin' Winds - Joe Turner
S.K. Blues, Pt. 2 - Joe Turner
Goin' to Chicago Blues - Joe Turner
Watch That Jive - Joe Turner
I Got My Discharge Papers - Joe Turner
Doggin' the Blues (Low Down Blues) - Joe Turner

Tracks:

Train Whistle Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Shake Down Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Mistreater, You're Going to Be Sorry - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
New Love Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Sweet Woman - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
I Want Some of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
I'm Stranger Here - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Bye Bye Baby Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Stop Jivin' Me Mama - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Mean and No Good Woman - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Fox Chase - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
I Don't Care How Long - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Harmonica and Washboard Breakdown - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Pistol Slapper Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Blues and Worried Man - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Twelve Gates to the City - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Harmonica Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Lonesome Train - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Big House Bound - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Precious Lord - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
You Got to Have Your Dollar - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Somebody's Been Talkin' - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Bus Rider Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Harmonica Stomp - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry
Blowing the Blues - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry

Tracks:

Early Morning Blues - Sonny Terry
Riff and Harmonica Jump - Sonny Terry
Beer Garden Blues - Sonny Terry
Worried Man Blues - Sonny Terry
Airplaine Blues - Sonny Terry
Screamin' and Cryin' Blues - Sonny Terry
Custard Pie Blues - Sonny Terry
All Alone BLues - Sonny Terry
Whoopin' the Blues - Sonny Terry
Hot Headed Woman - Sonny Terry
Crow Jane Blues - Sonny Terry
Leavin' Blues - Sonny Terry
Harmonica Rag - Sonny Terry

Tracks:

Georgia Rag - Blind Willie McTell
Rough Alley Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Low Rider's Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Painful Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Experience Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Low Down Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Lonesome Day Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Mama, Let Me Scoop for You - Blind Willie McTell
Rollin' Mama Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Searching the Desert for the Blues - Blind Willie McTell
It's Your Time to Worry - Blind Willie McTell
Warm It up to Me - Blind Willie McTell
You Was Born to Die - Blind Willie McTell
Don't You See How This World Made a Change - Blind Willie McTell
It's a Good Little Thing - Blind Willie McTell
Savannah Mama - Blind Willie McTell
Lord Have Mercy If You Please - Blind Willie McTell
My Baby's Gone - Blind Willie McTell
Broke Down Engine - Blind Willie McTell
Broke Down Engine [No. 2] - Blind Willie McTell
Love-Makin' Mama - Blind Willie McTell
Death Room Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Death Cell Blues - Blind Willie McTell
Lord, Send Me an Angel - Blind Willie McTell

Tracks:

Jack and Jill Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Poor Man's Friend (T Model) - Sleepy John Estes
Hobo Jungle Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Airplane Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Floating Bridge - Sleepy John Estes
Need More Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin) - Sleepy John Estes
New Someday Baby - Sleepy John Estes
Liquor Store Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Brownsville Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Everybody Oughta Make a Change - Sleepy John Estes
Easin' Back to Tennessee - Sleepy John Estes
Clean up at Home - Sleepy John Estes
Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Sleepy John Estes
Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here) - Sleepy John Estes
Jailhouse Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Time Is Drawing Near - Sleepy John Estes
Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues) - Sleepy John Estes
Mailman Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Mary Come on Home - Sleepy John Estes
Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
Don't You Want to Know - Sleepy John Estes
Lawyer Clark Blues - Sleepy John Estes
You Shouldn't Do That - Sleepy John Estes
Little Laura Blues - Sleepy John Estes
When the Saints Go Marching In - Sleepy John Estes

Tracks:

Mississippi River Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
Worrying You Off My Mind, Pt. 1 - Big Bill Broonzy
Rising Sun Shine On - Big Bill Broonzy
Come Home Early - Big Bill Broonzy
Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down - Big Bill Broonzy
Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy
Bull Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
I Can't Be Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy
How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
Hattie Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Too Too Train Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Big Billy Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Horny Frog - Big Bill Broonzy
W.P.A. Rag - Big Bill Broonzy
It's Your Time Now - Big Bill Broonzy
Southern Flood Blues - Big Bill Broonzy

Tracks:

Mountain Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
Oh Babe (Don't Do Me That Way) - Big Bill Broonzy
Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
Get Back (Black, Brown and White) - Big Bill Broonzy
I Want to Go Home - Big Bill Broonzy
At the Break of Day - Big Bill Broonzy
Little Bug - Big Bill Broonzy
Sun Gonna Shine in My Door Someday - Big Bill Broonzy
Black Widow Spider - Big Bill Broonzy
Come up to My House - Big Bill Broonzy
Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
You Know I Got a Reason - Big Bill Broonzy
I Can't Make You Satisfied - Big Bill Broonzy
I'm Just a Bum - Big Bill Broonzy
You Do Me Any Old Way - Big Bill Broonzy

Tracks:

When You Got a Good Friend - Robert Johnson
Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
Come on in My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
Phonograph Blues - Robert Johnson
Little Queen of Spades - Robert Johnson
I'm a Steady Rollin' Man - Robert Johnson
Love in Vain - Robert Johnson
Dead Shrimp Blues - Robert Johnson
From Four Till Late - Robert Johnson
Malted Milk - Robert Johnson
Honeymoon Blues - Robert Johnson
Little Queen of Spades - Robert Johnson

Tracks:

Preaching Blues - Robert Johnson
Walking Blues - Robert Johnson
32-20 Blues - Robert Johnson
Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
Come on in My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Robert Johnson
Kindhearted Woman Blues - Robert Johnson
If I Had Possession over Judgement Day - Robert Johnson
When You Got a Good Friend - Robert Johnson

Album Description

40 CD box set. Artists include John Lee, 'Sonny Boy' Williamson, Leadbilly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams and many more. 725 tracks all digitally remastered to enhance the original recordings without manipulating the character of the music. Recorded between 1923 & 1948. 20 double slimline jewel cases housed together in a cardboard box. Measures 8 x 6 x 5 inches approx.

Album Details

40 CD Box Set "Nothing but the Blues", features 40 CDs of Digitally Remastered Historic Blues Recordings from a Veritable Who's who of the Genre.

Customer Reviews:

Blues at it's best.......2005-06-11

This compelation is one of the most complete early blues recordings from it's infancy ( 1923-1948 )that I have found in one buy.It's all original recordings in there true bluesy sound that brings out what blues is all about, true heartfelt,booze drinking,spouse cheating best.From Sonny Boy Williamson to Muddy Waters to Bukka White to John Lee Hooker to Memphis Minnie. It's all here. You think jeez 40 cd's ?? But there are doubled so it's only 20cd's ( case wise ) of the best blues..You can't go wrong..

Best Boxed Set of its kind?.......2002-03-14

10 STARS!!! It's like having a huge collection of vintage LPs from the early- to mid-20th century. 10 CDs with an average 17-18 songs per, with superb remastering. There are so many artists -- some big names and some not, but all choices on this set are notable. Lyrics go from the sublime to the hilarious: "I sent my woman a $20 bill ... If that don' bring her back, my shotgun prob'ly will" ... the masterful guitar, piano and voices are as remarkable today as they were then.

Awesome collection!!.......2001-11-24

Simply one of the best collections of early blues.

Average customer rating:

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This Is My Country

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ASIN: B000003FEX
Release Date: 1993-07-13

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Customer Reviews:

Average.......1999-05-03

This CD is only average as a whole. It's selection of music includes most of the great traditionally American anthems and songs, but totally ignores others. The music was mostly too loud to my ears also, and I did not like the modernist renditions of some of them. "America The Beautiful" in particular was far too heavy handed and operatic to be enjoyable. Also, just so you know -- there are a total of 18 songs on this CD; I don't know why Amazon only lists 5.

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