Tracks The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
- Couldn't Stand The Weather
- Lenny
- Tightrope
- Life By The Drop
- The Sky Is Crying (Live)
- Rude Mood/Hide Away (Live)
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Live)
- Leave My Girl Alone (Live)
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
- Long Way From Home
- Look At Little Sister
- Give Me Back My Wig
- Life Without You
- Come On Part III
- Love Struck Baby
- Pride And Joy
- Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town)
- Riviera Paradise
- Superstition (Live)
- The Things (That) I Used To Do
- Willie The Wimp (Live)
- Wall Of Denial
- Cold Shot
- Crossfire
- Texas Flood
- Change It
- Scuttle Buttin'
- Empty Arms
- The House Is Rockin'
- Telephone Song
- Say What!
- Little Wing
- Shake For Me (Live)
Release date: 2003-02-10
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.63
Review The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble / Stevie Ray Vaughan:
Tracks The Big Come Up
- She Said She Said
- Yearnin'
- Them Eyes
- Brooklyn Bound
- Breaks
- Countdown
- Leavin' Trunk
- Run Me Down
- Busted
- I'll Be Your Man
- Do The Rump
- 240 Years Before Your Time
- Heavy Soul
Release date: 2006-09-11
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.33
Review The Big Come Up / Black Keys:
Tracks The Very Best of Canned Heat
- Fried Hockey Boogie
- I'm Her Man
- Going Up The Country
- Bullfrog Blues
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- World In A Jug
- Parthenogenesis
- Sugar Bee
- Let's Work Together
- Amphetamine Annie
- My Crime
- Time Was
- On The Road Again
- Dust By Broom
- Whiskey Headed Woman
Release date: 2000-05-15
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.68
Review The Very Best of Canned Heat / Canned Heat:
Tracks The Complete Recordings
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Drunken Hearted Man
- 32-20 Blues
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- From Four Till Late
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- They're Red Hot
- Travelling Riverside Blues
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Love In Vain
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Rambling On My Mind
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Honeymoon Blues
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Love In Vain
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Stones In My Passway
- Cross Road Blues
- I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
- Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
- Come On In My Kitchen
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Drunken Hearted Man
- Phonograph Blues
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Cross Road Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Malted Milk
- Little Queen Of Spades
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Walking Blues
- Rambling On My Mind
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Phonograph Blues
Release date: 2008-04-14
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.95
Review The Complete Recordings / Robert Johnson:
Tracks I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left (Die Cut Limited Edition)
- St Louis Slim
- Letter
- Fly By Night
- Started Out With Nothing
- Walking Man
- Happy Man
- Chiggers
- Thunderbird
- Rolling And Tumbling Blues
- Stories
- My Youth
- Laughing To Keep From Crying
- Levy Lamp Blues
- Just Like A King
- Prospect Lane
- One True
- Heart Attack
Release date: 2008-09-29
RRP: £23.99
Price: £15.98
Review I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left (Die Cut Limited Edition) / Seasick Steve:
Tracks Strong Persuader
- Nothin' But A Woman
- I Guess I Showed Her
- Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
- I Wonder
- New Blood
- Smoking Gun
- Foul Play
- Fantasized
- More Than I Can Stand
- Still Around
Release date: 1991-01-22
Run time: 39 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.39
Review Strong Persuader / The Robert Cray Band:Stinging urban blues by way of Texas and Memphis distinguish Robert Cray's major-label debut, which followed three strong independent releases. Here he fleshes out his sound with bursts of brassy Southern soul courtesy of the Memphis Horns, but keeps his pungent, steely guitar solos out front in an engaging dialogue with his plaintive vocals. Released in 1986, Strong Persuader signaled that Cray, as a writer-like his contemporary Stevie Ray Vaughan-had something to say about his interior life beyond the usual bluesman's laments, an approach that pays homage to the music's rich traditions while suggesting new areas of inquiry. -David McGee.
Tracks Essential Collection
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Close To You
- Can't Get No Grindin'
- She Moves Me
- Got My Mojo Working
- Long Distance Call
- I Want You To Love Me
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Young Fashioned Ways
- Mannish Boy
- I'm Ready
- I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
- I Want To Be Loved
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- She's Alright
- Louisiana Blues
- Garbage Man
- Rollin' Stone
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
Release date: 2000-08-07
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review Essential Collection / Muddy Waters:
Tracks Okie
- The Old Man And Me
- Rock And Roll Records
- I Got The Same Old Blues
- I'd Like To Love You Baby
- Anyway The Wind Blows
- Okie
- Crying
- Everlovin' Woman
- I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
- Starbound
- Precious Memories
- Cajun Moon
Release date: 1990-05-02
Run time: 29 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.83
Review Okie / J.J. Cale:
Tracks Bare Wires
- Start Walkin'
- No Reply
- Hartley Quits
- I'm A Stranger
- Hide And Seek - John Mayall
- Picture On The Wall
- Jenny
- Killing Time
- Knockers Step Forward - John Mayall
- Sandy
- She's Too Young
- Intro - Look At The Girl
- Bare Wires - Suite
Release date: 2007-09-03
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review Bare Wires / John Mayall's Bluesbreakers:
Tracks The Best Of
- Bluebird
- Think Twice Before You Go
- This Land Is Nobody's Land
- I Put My Trust In You
- Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive - John Lee Hooker, Van Morrison
- I'm Bad Like Jesse James
- I'm In The Mood
- Stella Mae
- Tantalizing With The Blues
- Peace Lovin' Man
- Bang Bang Bang Bang
- I Can't Quit You Baby
- Shake It Baby
- The Waterfront
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
- It Serve You Right To Suffer
- Mr. Lucky
- Apologize
- Mad Man Blues
Release date: 2001-02-01
Run time: 79 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review The Best Of / John Lee Hooker:
Tracks Troubadour
- Cherry
- Let Me Do It To You
- Hey Baby
- Hold On
- You Got Me On So Bad
- You Got Something
- Travelin' Light
- Ride Me High
- I'm A Gypsy Man
- The Woman That Got Away
- Cocaine
- Super Blue
Release date: 1987-03-16
Run time: 36 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review Troubadour / J.J. Cale:
Tracks A Hundred Thousand Angels
- Hundred Thousand Angels
- Sunrise
- Grace
- Shiv Shakti
- Come Into The Light
- This Love
- Naked
- One Wish
- Say Goodbye
- I'll Be Waiting
- Om Shanti
- Farewell To Music
Release date: 2004-04-05
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.40
Review A Hundred Thousand Angels / Bliss:
Tracks Talking Timbuktu
- Banga
- Blonde
- Keito
- Lasidan
- Gomni
- Amandrai
- Ai Du
- Diarabi
- Sega
- Soukora
Release date: 1994-03-28
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.95
Review Talking Timbuktu / Ali Farka Toure:Talking Timbuktu is a groundbreaking record that vividly illustrates the Africa-Blues connection in real time. Ali Farka Toure, one of Mali's leading singer-guitarists, has a trance-like, bluesy style that, although deeply rooted in Malian tradition, bears astonishing similarity to that of John Lee Hooker or even Canned Heat. It's a mono-chordal vamp, with repetitive song lines cut with shards of blistering solo runs that shimmer like a desert mirage. Toure may be conversant with some blues artists, but it is unlikely that artists like Hooker or Robert Pete Williams ever heard these Malian roots, which makes the connection so uncanny. Ry Cooder, well versed in domestic and world guitar styles, is the perfect counterpoint in these extended songs/jams, his sinewy slide guitar intertwining with his partner's in a super world summit without barriers or borders. -Derek Rath.
Tracks Slowhand
- Mean Old Frisco
- The Core
- Next Time You See Her
- Wonderful Tonight
- Cocaine
- Peaches And Diesel
- Lay Down Sally
- May You Never
- We're All The Way
Release date: 1997-03-17
Run time: 39 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review Slowhand / Eric Clapton:Clapton had already established himself as a guitar legend by the time he released Slowhand. His heroin habit long behind him, Clapton's songwriting mastery was fully evident on the album, particularly in the stunning ballad "Wonderful Tonight". It fully actualised all of the potential hinted at in his earlier "Promises", and Clapton trusted himself enough to slow things down. Some of his most expressive guitar work can be found throughout this album, not just within "Wonderful". Ironically enough, Slowhand is probably best known for the hit "Cocaine"-built upon a simple repeated riff, the song had Clapton's trademark smooth voice with its wear around the edges, and yet another stellar guitar solo. Flashy runs and licks were never the most integral part of Clapton's catalogue, his blues background being the primary source for his sound. Slowhand, with its phrasings, both guitar and vocal, established Clapton as the possessor of one of the most extensive vocabularies in rock. -Steve Gdula.
Tracks Eric Clapton Unplugged
- Walkin' Blues
- Hey Hey (Baby)
- Running On Faith
- Malted Milk
- Signe
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Tears In Heaven
- Layla
- Alberta Alberta
- Lonely Stranger
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Before You Accuse Me
- Old Love
Release date: 1992-08-31
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.77
Review Eric Clapton Unplugged / Eric Clapton:Clapton caught the "unplugged" trend just at the right time, when the public was hungry to hear how well rock stars and their material could hold up when stripped of elaborate production values. Clapton himself seemed baffled by the phenomenon, especially when picking up the armload of Grammys Unplugged earned him, including Record and Song of the Year for "Tears in Heaven", the heart-rending elegy to his young son, Conor. That song and a reworked version of "Layla" got most of the attention, but the rest of the album has fine versions of acoustic blues numbers such as "Malted Milk", "Rollin' & Tumblin' and "Before You Accuse Me" that make it worth investigating further. -Daniel Durchholz.
Tracks Buddy's Blues
- Got To Use Your Head
- Worried Mind
- Keep It To Myself
- My Time After Awhile
- My Love Is Real
- Let Me Love You Baby
- Ten Years Ago
- I Cry And Sing The Blues
- Pretty Baby
- When My Left Eye Jumps
- First Time I Met The Blues
- I Found A True Love
- Stone Crazy
- She Suits Me To A Tee
- Leave My Girl Alone
Release date: 2003-02-20
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.93
Review Buddy's Blues / Buddy Guy:
Tracks The Definitive Ray Charles
- Sticks and stones
- Imagine
- I believe to my soul
- I don't need no doctor
- I can make it thru' the days
- Born to lose
- You don't know me
- Hit the road Jack
- What I say (parts 1 & 2)
- Baby it's cold outside
- Cincinnati kid
- I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town
- Lonely avenue
- One mint julep
- Georgia on my mind
- Take these chains from my heart
- At the club
- I'll be good to you
- It should've been me
- Don't let the sun catch you crying
- I'm movin' on
- Jealous kind
- Crying time
- Unchain my heart
- I can't stop loving you
- That lucky old sun
- Ruby
- Rainy night in Georgia
- Come rain or come shine
- Leave my woman alone you
- You are my sunshine
- Hallelujah I love her so
- Let's go get stoned
- Your cheatin' heart
- Busted
- Seven Spanish girls
- Drown in my own tears
- In the heat of the night
- Fool for
- I've got a woman
- Yesterday
- Mess around
- Shake your tailfeather - Charles, Ray & The Blues Brothers
- Night time is the right time
- This little girl of mine
- Eleanor Rigby
Release date: 2005-09-26
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.13
Review The Definitive Ray Charles / Ray Charles:All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray Charles, because it's the first time a compiler has been able to combine the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years into one package. This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's "Mess Around" right through his golden R&B Atlantic era ("I've Got a Woman", "Drown in My Own Tears", "Hallelujah I Love Her So", "I Believe To My Soul", "What'd I Say" and so on) alongside tracks that were not only massive worldwide hits but helped redefine popular music. "Georgia on My Mind", "Hit The Road Jack", "Unchain My Heart", "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "You Don't Know Me" not only combined superior standards and country songs with Charles's patented soul-gospel vocal style, but they were couched in an orchestral or big band setting that had simply never been utilised in this way prior to Charles's arrival. Those who know of his thorough musical background will not be surprised by this development, one that kept him high in the charts until the mid-60s. This compilation thins out after the classic "In The Heat of the Night", as well it should, his latter-day duets with the Blues Brothers and Willie Nelson tidying thing up nicely. Genius plus compilation good taste: an unbeatable combination. -Keith Shadwick.
Tracks Get Onboard
- Deep In My Soul
- Promised Land
- River Blues
- Step By Step
- Stayed On Freedom
- Spirit I Am
- Get Onboard
- Pockets
- If Our Hearts Ain't In It - Bibb, Eric & Bonnie Raitt
- Conversation - Bibb, Eric & Ruthie Foster
- New Beale Street Blues
- God's Kingdom
Release date: 2008-04-21
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.13
Review Get Onboard / Eric Bibb:
Tracks It's All Good
- Jungle
- Last Po' Man
- It's All Good
- Thunderbird
Release date: 2007-06-18
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.64
Review It's All Good / Seasick Steve:
Tracks Singles - the Ua Years
- Baby Jane
- Put Him Out Of Your Mind
- Going Back Home
- Crazy About Girls
- Riot In Cell Block #9
- Milk And Alcohol (New Recipe)
- Trying To Live My Life Without You
- Hong Kong Money
- Madman Blues
- Violent Love
- She Does It Right
- Back In The Night
- Monkey
- Milk And Alcohol
- Jumping From Love To Love
- See You Later Alligator
- Don't Wait Up
- Roxette
- Down At The Doctors
- No Mo Do Yakamo
- Hunting Shooting Fishing
- Sneakin' Suspicion
- She's A Wind Up
- As Long As The Price Is Right
- My Way
- Waiting For Saturday Night
Release date: 1989-05-15
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.38
Review Singles - the Ua Years / Dr. Feelgood:
| Models & Brands:
The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Big Come Up, The Very Best of Canned Heat, The Complete Recordings, I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left (Die Cut Limited Edition), Strong Persuader, Essential Collection, Okie, Bare Wires, The Best Of, Troubadour, A Hundred Thousand Angels, Talking Timbuktu, Slowhand, Eric Clapton Unplugged, Buddy's Blues, The Definitive Ray Charles, Get Onboard, It's All Good, Singles - the Ua Years |
