Tracks Journeyman
- Anything For Your Love
- Pretending
- Before You Accuse Me
- Running On Faith
- Bad Love
- Hard Times
- Breaking Point
- No Alibis
- Old Love
- Lead Me On
- Hound Dog
- Run So Far
Release date: 1989-11-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.74
Review Journeyman / Eric Clapton:
Tracks Blues for Greeny: Remastered
- Long Grey Mare
- The Supernatural
- Merry Go Round
- I Loved Another Woman
- I Need Your Love So Bad
- If You Be My Baby
- Love That Burns
- Looking For Somebody
- The Same Way (Acoustic Version)
- Showbiz Blues
- Stop Messin' Around (Acoustic Version)
- Driftin'
- The World Keeps On Turnin' (Acoustic Version)
- The Same Way
Release date: 2003-05-12
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.46
Review Blues for Greeny: Remastered / Gary Moore:
Tracks Stupidity
- I'm A Hog For You Baby
- Back In The Night
- Talking About You
- Going Back Home
- Checkin' Up On My Baby
- She Does It Right
- Stupidity
- I'm A Man
- Walking The Dog
- Twenty Yards Behind
- I Don't Mind
- Riot In Cell Block #9
- Johnny B Goode
- Roxette
- All Through The City
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.50
Review Stupidity / Dr. Feelgood:
Tracks In Session
- Who Is Stevie?
- Call It Stormy Monday
- Blues At Sunrise
- Old Times
- Ask Me No Questions
- Overall Junction
- Don't Lie To Me
- Pride And Joy
- Turn It Over
- Pep Talk
- Match Box Blues
Release date: 2006-10-16
Run time: 63 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.46
Review In Session / Albert King:Recorded for a television programme of the same name back in 1983, In Session bills itself as the only known recording of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King, who was Vaughan's idol and mentor, playing together. That leads to some heavy expectations, which fortunately aren't disappointed, at least if you aren't expecting the customary over-the-top performances Vaughan was famous for. His playing here is much more laid-back and controlled, which is actually a recommendation-the stylistic similarities between teacher and student are that much more pronounced. The songs are mostly King concert staples, with the exception of "Pride and Joy"; highlights include the T-Bone Walker classic "Call It Stormy Monday" and one of King's own, "Overall Junction", which features some excellent guitar solo work. The snippets of recorded conversation between songs are interesting curiosities as well. -Genevieve Williams.
Tracks Live at the Greek
- Mellow down easy
- Shape Of Things To Come
- Shake your money maker
- Out on the tiles
- Hey hey what can I do
- Whole lotta love
- Your Time Is Gonna Come
- Sick Again
- What Is And Should Never Be
- Ten Years Gone
- Custard Pie
- Nobody's fault but mine
- Oh well
- Woke Up This Morning
- Celebration Day
- In My Time Of Dying
- You shook me
- Heartbreaker
- Lemon song
- Sloppy Drunk
Release date: 2000-07-10
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.85
Review Live at the Greek / Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes:Recorded in October 1999, this double-disc slab will certainly stick to your ribs, chock-full as it is of burly, brawny riffs and it is as flavourful as it is filling. Without question, the pairing of Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes sounds as strong on your player as it does on paper. Page's playing is more focused and incisive than it has been of late, the Crowes sound energized and inspired by the esteemed guest and Chris Robinson makes a fine Robert Plant. The Led Zeppelin covers, which account for 14 of the 20 tracks on Live At The Greek, stay close to the original arrangements-you can sing along most of the way based on your knowledge of the Zep studio albums. At first, this may seem disappointing, but it becomes clear very quickly that this method is preferable to any heavy-handed reworkings. And they smartly include a few lesser-known tracks as well ("Sick Again" and "Ten Years Gone" from Physical Graffiti and "Out On The Tiles" from III). The real payoff, however, comes with the half-dozen blues covers, which sound looser and more alive than the Zep tunes. This set isn't innovative, surprising or adventurous, but that's precisely where its charms lie. -Marc Greilsamer.
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Tracks Frivolous Lola [1998]
- Franco Interlenghi
- Serena Grandi
- Tinto Brass
- Andrea Occhipinti
Release date: 2001-06-25
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £3.99
Review Frivolous Lola [1998] / Arrow Films:Frivolous Lola is a spirited adult production that keeps very much to Italian director Tinto Brass' modus operandi of making light-hearted sex films with a European art house sensibility. The Lola of the title (played with gusto by Serena Grandi) is a flighty young woman, frustrated by her relationship with local baker's son Masetto. Her constant attempts to seduce him meet with little success, resulting in a passionate affair with her mother's lover, André. As with all of Brass' work, Frivolous Lola is an odd combination of European erotica and Carry On film-not helped by the clumsy English language dubbing and the somewhat bizarre appearance of Britain's own Patrick Mower. Aficionados of the director will also spot his primary fascination with a certain part of the female anatomy as Grandi's bottom dominates the shot at every possible opportunity. On the DVD: Frivolous Lola on disc is digitally remastered, and the picture shows off the lushness of the Italian countryside, even though that was probably the last thing on the director's mind. Extras include an erotic photogallery and an interview with Tinto Brass himself, which does nothing to divert from the image of this man as something of an enigma in his chosen field. -Phil Udell.
Tracks 24 Nights: Eric Clapton Live
- Sunshine Of Your Love
- Pretending
- Edge Of Darkness
- Old Love
- Hoodoo Man
- Bad Love
- Badge
- Hard Times
- Have You Ever Loved A Woman
- Running On Faith
- Bell Bottom Blues
- Watch Yourself
- White Room
- Wonderful Tonight
- Worried Life Blues
Release date: 1991-10-14
RRP: £23.99
Price: £4.79
Review 24 Nights: Eric Clapton Live / Eric Clapton:As revered elder rock statesman Clapton has edged towards the pop mainstream, his superlative guitar work has become increasingly less prominent on his albums. So, it's nice to have a solid showcase for his instrumental brilliance on the live 2-CD 24 Nights, which captures the highlights of an extended 1990-1991 run at London's Royal Albert Hall. The album finds Clapton performing Cream classics, solo hits, and blues standards in a variety of different band formats: with a stripped-down quartet, an expanded nine-piece, a stellar blues ensemble (including fellow axe heroes Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, and Jimmie Vaughan), and a full orchestra. The result is a fine showcase for the dazzling instrumental skills of one of rock's essential guitarists. -Scott Schinder.
Tracks Briefcase Full of Blues
- Rubber Biscuit
- I Can't Turn You Loose
- Hey Bartender
- Soul Man
- I Got Everything I Need
- Groove Me
- Flip Flop And Fly
- Messin' With The Kid
- B Movie
- Boxcar Blues
- Shotgun Blues
Release date: 1995-10-23
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.97
Review Briefcase Full of Blues / Blues Brothers:"The Blues Brothers" began as an affectionate joke-cum-tribute to R&B music, and taken in that spirit it retained its entertainment value, even after this live album topped the charts, sold two million copies, and produced hit singles in "Rubber Biscuit" and "Soul Man". The guardians of popular music have always been entirely too reverent and humourless, however, and it wasn't long before they were levelling charges of rip-off against the Brothers and complaining that John Belushi couldn't sing as well as Otis Redding. So what? No one seems to have noticed that Belushi was as obsessive about citing his sources as Frank Sinatra is about naming his arrangers - you'd have thought those critics would have appreciated the footnotes. The beneficiaries of Belushi's encomiums didn't mind the increased exposure or the renewed royalty checks ("I suggest you buy as many blues albums as you can", Belushi told the audience), and even today, what comes across in these performances is the sincerity of feeling - that and some tasty playing from a top-notch band. -William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide.
Tracks Hoodoo Man Blues
- Hound Dog
- Chitlin Cin Carne
- In The Wee Hours
- We're Ready
- Good Morning Schoolgirl
- Snatch It Back And Hold It
- Hey Lawdy Mama
- Ships On The Ocean
- Hoodoo Man Blues
- Early In The Morning
- You Don't Love Me Baby
- Hoodoo Man Blues
- Chitlin Con Carne
- Yonder Wall
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.03
Review Hoodoo Man Blues / Junior Wells:This 1965 album is where vocalist and harmonica player Junior Wells comes into his own. An early collaboration with Buddy Guy, the two of them sum up the 1960s funk-rock-blues that lay ahead. Hoodoo Man Blues inspired Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton and a host of other musician-fans. Wells and Guy don't shy from creating James Brown-funkified blues, or from putting a rock edge to their blues; but neither do they shy from traditional blues. Their version of "Good Morning Little School Girl" is a proper update-still menacing, with less of a country blues feel. Also not to be missed is the instrumental workout "Chitlin Con Carne". -Robert Gordon.
Tracks Hell to Pay
- I Can't Get My Hands On You
- How Much
- Hell To Pay
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Something To Hold On To
- Full Circle
- I Think I Love You Too Much
- Let It All Go
- How Long Can A Man Be Strong
- Highway Of Dreams
- Life Beyond The Sky
Release date: 1996-08-31
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.56
Review Hell to Pay / Jeff Healey:
Tracks Pearl: Remastered
- Move Over
- Buried Alive In The Blues
- Cry Baby
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Trust Me
- Get It While You Can
- Woman Left Lonely
- Tell Mama
- Mercedes Benz
- Cry Baby
- My Baby
- Little Girl Blue
- Half Moon
Release date: 1999-08-30
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.84
Review Pearl: Remastered / Janis Joplin:
Tracks Live in Europe
- Laundromat
- Pistol Slapper Blues
- Messin' With The Kid
- In Your Town
- I Could've Had Religion
- Going To My Home Town
- Bullfrog Blues
Release date: 1999-01-30
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.97
Review Live in Europe / Rory Gallagher:
Tracks Skyboat/Hymn to the Seeker
- STEPPIN' STONE
- TO OUR ANCESTORS
- GETTYSBURG
- SOMEONE WHISPERED
- APPALACHIAN FEVER
- IF I COULD I'D SET YOU FREE
- SWEET SERENITY
- MORNING GLORY
- DON'T LOOK BACK
- SOUTHWIND
- THE MINSTREL IS FREE AT LAST
- REJOICE THE DAWN
- STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND
- SUNFALL (Bonus track)
- HERE WE MEET AGAIN
- EVERLASTING LOVE
- WATERBOY
- FREEDOM DRUM
- IT'S ALL RIGHT
- DIAMOND MANDALA
- HYMN TO THE SEEKER
- LIFE IS JUST A PANTOMIME
- COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW
Release date: 2008-08-25
RRP: £18.99
Price: £11.48
Review Skyboat/Hymn to the Seeker / Mac Gayden:
Tracks Genius Loves Company
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Features Johnny Mathis
- Heaven Help Us All - Features Gladys Knight
- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Features Elton John
- Hey Girl - Features Michael McDonald
- You Don't Know Me - Features Diana Krall
- Sweet Potato Pie - Features James Taylor
- Here We Go Again - Features Norah Jones
- Sinner's Prayer - Features B.B. King
- Crazy Love - Features Van Morrison
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Features Bonnie Raitt
- It Was A Very Good Year - Features Willie Nelson
- Fever - Features Natalie Cole
Release date: 2004-08-30
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.36
Review Genius Loves Company / Ray Charles:
Tracks Gris-Gris
- Jump Sturdy
- Mama Roux
- Danse Kalinda Ba Doom
- Walk On Gilded Splinters
- Croker Courtbullion
- Danse Fambeaux
- Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
Release date: 1993-10-06
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.71
Review Gris-Gris / Dr. John:Covered in a variegated spray of New Orleans Mardi Gras feathers and shiny voodoo baubles, Mac Rebennack's highly personal mythology was finally made real on this 1968 album. This was his first appearance made under the new guise of Dr John Creaux, The Night Tripper. Before then, he'd been a pivotal figure on the Crescent City R&B circuit. Afterwards, he became one of its most significant blues ambassadors. This album is a classic of the admittedly specialist psychedelic swamp-gumbo genre, boasting at least four tracks that have become cult favourites. "Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya", "Mama Roux", "Jump Sturdy" and "I Walk On Guilded Splinters" each have their own delicate mixtures of catchy chorus and weird spatial sound effects, with radical stereo separation, intensely croaking, close-quarter vocals from the Doctor, pneumatic keyboard riffs, pinprick electric guitar and booming, thick-skinned Afro-Caribbean percussion. The album still stands at its original 33-minute length, with no bonus cuts unearthed, but its high density more than compensates for any brevity. -Martin Longley.
Tracks Cajun Classics: Kings of Cajun at Their Very Best
- Laccassine Special - Balfa Brothers
- Cher Cherie - Doc Guidry
- Grande Bosco - Iry Lejeune
- Les Veuves De La Coulee - Happy Fats
- Grand Mamou - Jimmy 'C' Newman
- J'ai Vu Le Soup - Beausoleil
- Cajun Stripper - Belton Richard & His Musical Aces
- Hippy Ti Yo - Joe Bonsall & The Pine Grove Boys
- Equand J'etais Petit - Dewey Balfa
- Pine Grove Blues - Nathan Abshire & The Pine Grove Boys
- Lafayette Tow Step - Aldus Roger & The Louisiana Playboys
- Jolie Fille - The Touchet Boys
- Jole Blon - Vin Bruce
- Sur Le Courtableau - Nathan Abshire & The Pine Grove Boys
- Le Tortillage Aka Cajun Twist - The Cajun Trio
- Lemonade Song - Nathan Abshire & The Pine Grove Boys
- Hee-Haw Breakdown - Nolan Cormier & The La Aces
- Saturday Night Special - Lesa Cormier & The Sundown Playboys
- La Valse De Reno - Lawrence Walker & His Wandering Aces
- Hold My False Teeth - Camay Doucet
- The Black Door - D L Menard With Badeaux & The Louisiana Aces
- La Valse De Jolly Rogers - D L Menard With Badeaux & The Louisiana Aces
- Flumes D'enfer - Austin Walker & The Evangeline Playboys
- Lache Pas Le Patate - Jimmy 'C' Newman
Release date: 2002-01-28
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.79
Review Cajun Classics: Kings of Cajun at Their Very Best / Various Artists:
Tracks The Very Best of Canned Heat
- Let's work Together
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Live)
- Same All Over
- Bullfrog Blues (Live)
- Whiskey and Wimmen' (with John Lee Hooker)
- Long Way From L.A.
- Poor Moon
- On The Road Again
- Low Down (and High Up)
- Amphetamine Annie
- Time Was
- Going Up The Country
- Rock & Roll Music
- Dust My Broom (Live)
- Future Blues
- Human Condition
- Rockin' With The King (with Little Richard)
- Fried Hockey Boogie
- Henry's Shuffle (Previously Unreleased)
Release date: 2005-05-23
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.35
Review The Very Best of Canned Heat / Canned Heat:
Tracks Just One Night
- Rambling On My Mind
- Worried Life Blues
- After Midnight
- Further On Up The Road
- Double Trouble
- Cocaine
- If I Don't Be There By Morning
- Setting Me Up
- Blues Power
- Early In The Morning
- Wonderful Tonight
- Lay Down Sally
- All Our Past Times
- Tulsa Time
Release date: 1996-09-09
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.52
Review Just One Night / Eric Clapton:
Tracks Rubber Factory
- Desperate Man
- All Hands Against His Own
- Act Nice And Gentle
- Aeroplane Blues
- Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
- 10 AM Automatic
- Till I Get My Way
- Lengths
- Grown So Ugly
- When The Lights Go Out
- Keep Me
- Stack Shot Billy
- Girl Is On My Mind
Release date: 2005-08-15
RRP: £13.99
Price: £12.48
Review Rubber Factory / Black Keys:
Tracks The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Masters
- Fan It
- Coffee Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Give Me Central 209 (Hello Central)
- Penitentiary Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes
- Mojo Hand
- Contrary Mary
- Mighty Crazy
- Automobile
- I'm Beggin' You
- Last Night Blues
- Katie Mae Blues
- Conversation Blues
- Shotgun Blues
Release date: 2001-01-29
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.88
Review The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Masters / Lightnin' Hopkins:Hopkins may have enjoyed unprecedented world-wide popularity as a blues and folk artist during the 1960s, but his best work was mostly recorded in the previous two decades. This Rhino selection, put together by James Austin, culls tracks recorded for labels such as Aladdin, Sittin' In With, Gold Star, Jax, Folkways and Bluesville, from 1946 to 1961. Specialists will want the complete Gold Star and Aladdin material in particular, but this is a fine sampling of Hopkins in a variety of settings most typical of his career. The 1946 "Katie May Blues" documents his early partnership with pianist Thunder Smith (hence the nickname "Lightnin'" for plain Sam Hopkins) and also shows why he felt the need to strike out on his own soon after. For most of his life Lightnin' preferred playing as a solo, and his uncanny, tersely moving guitar accompaniment for his stark, often cryptic vocals shows that this was a wise as well as economically ideal choice. The brooding "Automobile", from 1949, drives this point nicely home. In a well-balanced selection, two of the four 1961 tracks feature Sonny Terry. -Keith Shadwick.
| Models & Brands:
Journeyman, Blues for Greeny: Remastered, Stupidity, In Session, Live at the Greek, Frivolous Lola [1998], 24 Nights: Eric Clapton Live, Briefcase Full of Blues, Hoodoo Man Blues, Hell to Pay, Pearl: Remastered, Live in Europe, Skyboat/Hymn to the Seeker, Genius Loves Company, Gris-Gris, Cajun Classics: Kings of Cajun at Their Very Best, The Very Best of Canned Heat, Just One Night, Rubber Factory, The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins: Blues Masters |
