Tracks Big Mama Thornton With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
- Life Goes On
- Guide Me Home
- I Feel The Way I Feel
- I'm Feeling Alright
- Big Mama's Shuffle
- Looking The World Over
- Gimme A Penny
- Gimme A Penny
- Since I Fell For You
- I'm Feeling Alright
- Black Rat
- Everything Gonna Be Alright
- Big Mama's Blues (My Love)
- Wrapped Tight
- Black Rat
- Big Mama's Bumble Bee Blues
- Sometimes I Have A Heartache
Release date: 2004-07-27
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.60
Review Big Mama Thornton With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966 / Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton:
Tracks Greatest Hits: Remastered
- Get It While You Can
- Cry Baby
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Maybe
- Summertime
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Mercedes Benz
- Piece Of My Heart
- Bye Bye Baby
- Ball And Chain
- Move Over
- Down On Me
Release date: 1999-08-31
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.92
Review Greatest Hits: Remastered / Janis Joplin:
Tracks The Best Of
- Pushover
- Stop The Wedding
- I Worship The Ground You Walk On
- Losers Weepers
- If I Can't Have You - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- I Found A Love
- In The Basement Part One - Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSanto
- Only Time Will Tell
- Tell Mama
- I'm Gonna Take What He's Got
- Lovin' Arms
- All I Could Do Is Cry - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me
- Almost Persuaded
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- At Last
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- I'd Rather Go Blind
Release date: 2000-09-25
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.97
Review The Best Of / Etta James:
Tracks Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
- Get It While You Can
- Move Over
- Summertime
- Piece Of My Heart
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Bye, Bye Baby
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Cry Baby
- Down On Me
- Ball And Chain
Release date: 1994-10-20
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.66
Review Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits / Janis Joplin:
Tracks Tell Mama: the Complete Muscle Shoals Session
- I've Gone Too Far
- Steal Away
- You Got It
- My Mother In Law
- Security
- Don't Lose Your Good Thing
- Love Of My Man
- I Got You Babe
- Same Rope
- Tell Mama
- I Worship The Ground You Walk On
- Watch Dog
- Fire
- You Took It
- Do Right Woman Do Right Man
- Misty
- Just A Little Bit
- I'm Gonna Take What He's Got
- Almost Persuaded
- It Hurts Me So Much
- I'd Rather Go Blind
- Do Right Woman Do Right Man
Release date: 2001-04-24
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.41
Review Tell Mama: the Complete Muscle Shoals Session / Etta James:
Tracks The Very Best Of Etta James: The Chess Singles
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Bobby Is His Name
- I'd Rather Go Blind
- Loser's Weepers Part One
- Light My Fire
- My Dearest Darling - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
- 842-3089 (Call My Name)
- Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home) - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Pushover
- I Got You Babe
- Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing
- At Last
- Something's Got A Hold On Me
- I'm Gonna Take What He's Got
- Lovin' You More Every Day
- Stop The Wedding
- Out On The Street Again
- I Wish Someone Would Care
- Lovin' Arms
- Breaking Point
- In The Basement, Part One - Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSanto
- All The Way Down
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- In My Diary - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- A Sunday Kind Of Love
- Next Door To The Blues
- If I Can't Have You - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- Don't Cry Baby - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Tighten Up Your Own Thing
- I Prefer You
- Never My Love
- Would It Make Any Difference To You
- Almost Persuaded
- Payback
- Trust In Me - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- You Got It
- W.O.M.A.N.
- I Worship The Ground You Walk On
- I Found A Love
- Tell Mama
- It Must Be Your Love
- Two Sides (To Every Story)
- Baby What You Want Me To Do - Etta James, The Kinfolks
- All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Spoonful - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- Security
- Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time) - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Miss Pitiful
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Only Time Will Tell
- Fool That I Am - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Do I Make Myself Clear - Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSanto
Release date: 2005-05-30
Run time: 158 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.97
Review The Very Best Of Etta James: The Chess Singles / Etta James:
Tracks The Very Best of Janis Joplin
- Ball And Chain
- Piece Of My Heart
- Down On Me
- Get It While You Can
- Me And Bobby Mcgee
- Mary Jane
- Mercedes Benz
- Move Over
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Kozmic Blues
- Cry Baby
- Summertime
Release date: 2003-07-07
RRP: £9.49
Price: £2.91
Review The Very Best of Janis Joplin / Janis Joplin:
Tracks Rocks the House
- Woke Up This Morning
- Sweet Little Angel
- What'd I Say
- All I Could Do Is Cry
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Something's Got A Hold On Me
- Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
- Ooh Poo Pah Doo
- Seven Day Fool
- Money (That's What I Want)
Release date: 1999-12-23
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.36
Review Rocks the House / Etta James:
Tracks Cheap Thrills: Remastered
- Ball And Chain
- Flower In The Sun
- Piece Of My Heart
- Roadblock
- Turtle Blues
- Oh Sweet Mary
- I Need A Man To Love
- Combination Of The Two
- Summertime
- Magic Of Love
- Catch Me Daddy
Release date: 1999-08-30
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.98
Review Cheap Thrills: Remastered / Janis Joplin:
Tracks Pearl: Remastered
- Buried Alive In The Blues
- Get It While You Can
- Woman Left Lonely
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Trust Me
- Cry Baby
- Move Over
- Tell Mama
- Half Moon
- My Baby
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Little Girl Blue
- Cry Baby
- Mercedes Benz
Release date: 1999-08-30
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.71
Review Pearl: Remastered / Janis Joplin:
Tracks Stickin' To My Guns
- Your Good Thing
- Out Of The Rain
- Love To Burn
- Stolen Affection
- Beware
- The Blues Don't Care
- Get Funky - Def Jef, Etta James
- Whatever Gets You Through The Night
- A Fool In Love
- I've Got Dreams To Remember
Release date: 2002-02-01
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.58
Review Stickin' To My Guns / Etta James:
Tracks At Last!
- At Last - Etta James
- If I Can't Have You - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- All I Could Do Is Cry
- Stormy Weather
- Tough Mary
- A Sunday Kind Of Love - Etta James
- My Heart Cries - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- Trust In Me
- Spoonful - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- It's A Crying Shame - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- Girl Of My Dreams
- My Dearest Darling
- I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James
- Anything To Say You're Mine
Release date: 2000-04-24
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.14
Review At Last! / Etta James:This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 1960. It taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad "My Dearest Darling" and the elegantly symphonic "Sunday Kind of Love". Her classic, broken-hearted "All I Could Do Was Cry" follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper "I Just Want to Make Love to You". And there's a version of Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather", which Lena Horne made famous. James's fine way with such a wide embrace of material wouldn't again be this well displayed on a single album until she was united with producer Jerry Wexler for 1977's Deep in the Night. -Ted Drozdowski.
Tracks Hound Dog - The Essential Collection
- They Call Me Big Mama
- Just Like A Dog, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
- Cotton Picking Blues
- Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
- Yes, Baby - Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Ace
- Stop A-Hoppin' On Me
- Laugh, Laugh, Laugh
- You Don't Move Me Anymore
- The Big Change
- I Smell A Rat
- I've Searched The Whole World Over (with false start)
- Hard Times
- Walking Blues
- My Man Called Me
- The Fish
- Rock-A-Bye Baby
- I Just Can't Help Myself
- Willie Mae's Trouble
- How Come
- Let Your Tears Fall Baby
- Nightmare
- I Ain't No Fool Either
Release date: 1999-07-05
Run time: 49 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.94
Review Hound Dog - The Essential Collection / Big Mama Thornton:The classic "Hound Dog" is usually associated with Elvis Presley, but blues fans know: Presley's recording wasn't the first. That honor belongs to singer Big Mama Thornton, whose own recording of "Hound Dog" was eclipsed by Presley's. Her version is on this collection in all its glory, opening a CD of 18 killer tracks. Thornton's voice, by turns growling and richly melodic, was indeed unusual, and the spare accompaniment on Hound Dog makes it stand out all the more on songs such as "They Call Me Big Mama," "How Come," "The Big Change," "Hard Times," and "The Fish. " Thornton had talent and attitude to spare, and both come through loud and clear on this essential collection. -Genevieve Williams.
Tracks The Empress of the Blues: the Ultimate Collection
- Looking For My Man Blues
- After You've Gone
- Sweet Mistreater
- Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
- T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- Lock And Key
- Gin House Blues
- Hateful Blues
- You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (But You Done Broke Down)
- Thinking Blues
- Foolish Man Blues
- St. Louis Blues (featuring Louis Armstrong)
- Gulf Coast Blues
- Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- Homeless Blues
- Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try To Two-Time Me)
- Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
- Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
- Dyin' By The Hour
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Release date: 2003-04-28
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.10
Review The Empress of the Blues: the Ultimate Collection / Bessie Smith:
Tracks I Got What It Takes
- What's What I'm Crying
- Happy Home
- Find A Fool
- Mama
- Trying To Make A Living
- I Got What It Takes
- Blues Never Die
- Voodoo Woman
- Honky Tonk
- Be What You Want To Be
- Big Boss Man
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.43
Review I Got What It Takes / Koko Taylor:
Tracks Her Best
- All I Could Do Is Cry - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- I'd Rather Go Blind
- In The Basement Part One - Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSanto
- All The Way Down
- A Sunday Kind Of Love
- Next Door To The Blues
- Something's Got A Hold On Me
- Baby What You Want Me To Do - Etta James, The Kinfolks
- My Dearest Darling - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Stop The Wedding
- Trust In Me - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Pushover
- Losers Weepers
- Don't Cry Baby - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- If I Can't Have You - Etta James, Harvey Fuqua, Riley Hampton
- Tell Mama
- At Last
- Fool That I Am - Etta James, Riley Hampton
- Security
- Two Sides (To Every Story)
Release date: 1999-03-20
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £2.98
Review Her Best / Etta James:Whether she sings string-laden pop ballads, lively soul, or gritty electric blues, James's high-powered, enormously expressive voice displays a knack for passionate blues inflections. Emotionally charged ballads including "At Last" and "All I Could Do is Cry" find James blasting through the orchestra with unearthly wails and moans. "If I Can't Have You", a duet with Harvey Fuqua, drops the orchestra in favour of horn-driven R&B and "Something's Got a Hold On Me" is a gospel-flavoured romp reminiscent of Ray Charles. A live version of Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" shows her raunchiest Chicago-blues style, and "In the Basement", with Sugar Pie DeSanto, is a funky workout. Also here are three classics from her soul-drenched 1967 Muscle Shoals sessions. -Marc Greilsamer.
Tracks Live at Woodstock 1969
- Summertime
- As Good As You've Been To This World
- Work Me Lord
- Can Turn You Loose
- To Love Somebody
- Cozmic Blues
- Raise Your Hand
- Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
- Ball And Chain
- Piece Of My Heart
Release date: 2005-06-06
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.06
Review Live at Woodstock 1969 / Janis Joplin:
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Tracks Come a Little Closer [Us Import]
- You Give Me What I Want
- Out on the Street Again
- Lovin' Arms [*]
- Sookie, Sookie
- Feeling Uneasy
- Power Play
- Out on the Street Again [Single Edit][*]
- Let's Burn Down the Cornfield
- Come a Little Closer
- St. Louis Blues
- Gonna Have Some Fun Tonight
- Mama Told Me
Release date: 2004-09-01
RRP: £9.49
Price: £2.48
Review Come a Little Closer [Us Import] / Etta James:
Tracks Big Brother & the Holding Company: Remastered
- Caterpillar
- Coo Coo
- Call On Me
- All Is Lonliness
- Light Is Faster Than Sound
- Bye Bye Baby (2)
- Last Time
- Blindman
- Down On Me
- Easy Rider
- Intruder
- Women Is Losers
- Bye Bye Baby
- Call On Me (2)
Release date: 2003-07-14
RRP: £7.99
Price: £3.08
Review Big Brother & the Holding Company: Remastered / Janis Joplin:
Tracks The Essential Bessie Smith
- Aggravatin' Papa
- Boweavil Blues
- Dying Gambler's Blues
- Do Your Duty
- There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town
- St Louis Blues
- At The Christmas Ball
- Shipwreck Blues
- Black Mountain Blues
- Backwater Blues
- Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Down In The Dumps
- You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
- On Revival Day
- Graveyard Dream Blues
- Trombone Cholly
- Me And My Gin
- Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
- Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Jail-House Blues
- Moan, You Moaners
- Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
- After You've Gone
- A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
- Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
- Take Me For A Buggy Ride
- Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer
- I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- Weeping Willow Blues
- Kitchen Man
- Dyin' By The Hour
- Careless Love Blues
Release date: 1998-01-26
RRP: £14.49
Price: £6.80
Review The Essential Bessie Smith / Bessie Smith:Here is a well-chosen selection of 36 recordings from the total of 154 that Bessie Smith made which manages to enclose a selection that is both entertaining and significant. The majestic lady was the greatest of the blues singers by far and was separated from the rest by a chasm as wide as the one that removed Louis Armstrong for the rest of the trumpet players. It's appropriate that four of the exquisite titles Armstrong recorded with the singer, including "St. Louis Blues", are included here. But even on the tracks where Miss Smith's accompaniments weren't up to it, she soars away in an ecstasy that made their lack of presence irrelevant. On the other hand, there are fine jazz players like cornettist Joe Smith (often called "The Black Bix") and trombonist Charlie Green to be found here at their best on many tracks and expert and succulent accompanists like pianist James P. Johnson and guitarist Eddie Lang also have their say. The set concludes with the four titles from Smith's last session. These are quite wonderful and the backing was totally different to anything she'd experienced before, being by trumpeter Frankie Newton, tenor saxist Chu Berry and an on-form Jack Teagarden. -Steve Voce.
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