Tracks Absolutely the Best
- John Hardy
- Gallis Pole
- How Long
- Bourgeois Blues
- De Kalb Blues
- Roberta
- Bottle up and Go
- Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Door Bells
- John Hardy [Version 2]
- When I Was a Cowboy
- Pretty Flower in Your Backyard
- Goodnight Irene
- Midnight Special
- In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
RRP: £13.99
Price: £3.96
Review Absolutely the Best / Leadbelly:
Tracks Walk Right in: Essential Memphis Blues
- Ticket Agent Blues - Lewis, Noah Jug Band
- Granpa And Grandma Blues - Memphis Minnie Jug Band
- Bedside Blues - Thompkins, Jim
- Rollin' Stone - Wilkins, Robert
- Hesitation Blues - Jackson, Jim
- Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Happy Blues - Dickson, Tom
- Walk Right In - Canon's Jug Stompers
- Mr Crump Don't Like It - Beale Street Sheiks
- That's No Way To Get Along - Wilkins, Robert
- Renewed Love Blues - Doyle, Little Buddy
- Twelve Pound Daddy - Dickson, Pearl
- My Money Never Runs Out - Cannon, Gus
- Highway No 61 Blues - Kelly, Jack & His South Memphis Jug Band
- Can I Do It For You - Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
- KC Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Lewis, Furry
- Need More Blues - Estes, 'Sleepy' John
- Judge Harsh Blues - Lewis, Furry
- Sugar Farm Blues - Rachell, Yank
- Travelling Mama Blues - Calicott, Joe
- Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Stokes, Frank
- Moanin' The Blues - Shaw, Allen
Release date: 1997-06-13
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.10
Review Walk Right in: Essential Memphis Blues / Various Artists:
Tracks Free and Equal Blues
- Outskirts Of Town
- When I Lay Down
- Free And Equal Blues
- Hold On
- Motherless Children
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- Jim Crow
- Fuhrer
- Freedom Road
- Careless Love
- Landlord
- Don't Lie Buddy
- Minute Man
- Take A Gal Like You
- T.B. Blues
- Betty And Dupree
- Beloved Comrade
- Number 12 Train
- Miss Otis Regrets
- No More Blues (No More Bread Lines)
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- House I Live In
- In My Time Of Dying
- Trouble
- One Meat Ball
- Jelly Jelly
Release date: 2004-07-26
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.71
Review Free and Equal Blues / Josh White:
Tracks When I Feel Froggie I'm Gonna Hop Vol.2
- Cowboy Song
- When The Old Cow Went Dry
- Looking For Tomorrow
- Longing For You
- When You Wore A Tulip
- Go And Leave Me If You Wish To
- When I Feel Froggie I'm Gonna Hop
- Shine On Harvest Moon
- Nobody Wants Me
- Flag That Train
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- Written Letter
- Desert Blues
- Box Car Yodel
- Where Southern Roses Climb
- Blue Dreams
- Little Dobie Shack
- My Little Sadie
- Shufflin' Gal
- Rustler's Fate
- Lonely
- Valley Of Peace
- Just A Song At Childhood
- Will You Meet Me Just Inside
- Roll On Blue Moon
- Sunshine And Daisies
- Your Saddle Is Empty Tonight
- Don't Marry The Wrong Woman
- Just A Lonely Hobo
- I'm Lonely And Blue
- Down In The Jailhouse On My Knees
- Wreck Of No 52
- When I'm Dead And Gone
- My Two Time Mama
- Birmingham Jail No 2
- Sweet As The Roses Of Spring
- Deep Sea Blues
- Hobo Jacks Last Ride
- Memories That Make Me Cry
- I Believe I'm Entitled To You
- On My Way To Lonesome Valley
- Little Bit Of Lovin' From You
- Ridin' The Blinds To he Call Of The Pines
- Hobo Jack's Last Ride
- Just A Lonely Hobo
- Sweet Nannie Lisle
- No Wedding Bells
- So Blue
- Going Back To Alabama
- Childhood Dreams
- Fussin' Mama
- Little White Rose
- Look Out I'm Shifting Gears
- Ridin' That Lonesome Train
- Gal I Left Behind
- Travelling Life Alone
- Hen Pecked Man
- Dollar's All I Crave
- Alone And Lonesome
- She's Waiting For Me
- T For Texas
- She Waits For Me There
- Virginia Blues
- Louisiana Blues
- On The Lone Prairie
- Casey County Jail
- Never No Mo' Blues
- End Of Memory Lane
- Georgia Moon
- Won't Somebody Pal With Me
- Flower Of The Valley
- Two Little Sweethearts
- My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing
- When The Cactus Is In Bloom
- You'll Never Know
- That Good Old Utah Trail
- Vacant Cabin Doors
- Poor Widow
- Just A Wayward Boy
- Bunch Of Cactus On The Wall
- Birmingham Jail
- There's A Lamp In The Window Tonight
- Ramshackled Shack On The Hill
- I'm Glad I'm A Hobo
- In A Box Car Around The Wall
- My Lonely Boyhood Days
- Jesus My All
- They Say It Is The End Of The Trail Old Paint
- Rocky Road
- Blue Yodel No 6
- Childhood Dreams
- Ramblin' Jack
- Alone And Lonesome
- Fatal Run
- Blue Eyes
- Plea Of A Mother
- Crazy Blues
Release date: 2006-10-16
RRP: £19.99
Price: £12.41
Review When I Feel Froggie I'm Gonna Hop Vol.2 / Cliff Carlisle:
Tracks That's My Story / The Folk Blues Of John Lee Hooker: 2 Albums On 1 CD
- How Long Blues
- Wobblin' Baby
- I'm Prison Bound
- Pea Vine Special
- Waterboy
- Church Bell Tone
- Bundle Up And Go
- Black Snake
- She's Long She's Tall She Weeps Like A Willow
- Behind The Plow
- I Rowed A Little Boat
- Tupelo Blues
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Release date: 1990-02-26
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.90
Review That's My Story / The Folk Blues Of John Lee Hooker: 2 Albums On 1 CD / John Lee Hooker:
Tracks Shotgun Blues
- Bring another half pint
- Sugar gal
- I'm tired trucking my blues away
- Mellow chick swing
- Good morning little schoolgirl
- I been dealing with the devil
- Blue Bird Blues
- You give an account
- Little low woman
- Good gravy
- Stop breakin' down
- Suzanna blues
- Got the bottle up and go
- My little machine
- Goodbye red
- Apple tree swing
- Decoration blues
- Shotgun blues
- Sugar mama
- New early in the morning
- Whiskey head blues
- Tell me baby
- You've been foolin' around town
- You're an old lady
Release date: 1999-05-04
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.16
Review Shotgun Blues / Sonny Boy Williamson:
Tracks Kings of the Blues
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Honeymoon Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Phonograph Blues
- Preachin' Blues
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Walkin' Blues
- If I Had Possession Over
- Dead Shrimp Blues
- Travelling Riverside Blues
- Ramblin' On My Mind
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Crossroad Blues
- Judgement Day
- Drunken Hearted Man
- They're Red Hot
- Love In Vain
- Hell Hound On My Trail
- When You Got A Good Friend
- From Four Until Late
- Stones In My Passway
- Little Queen Of Spades
- I'm A Ready Rollin' Man
- Malted Milk
- 32 20 Blues
Release date: 2004-03-22
RRP: £4.99
Price: £23.99
Review Kings of the Blues / Robert Johnson:
Tracks The Best of Leadbelly
- Boll Weevil
- Blue Tail Fly
- Pretty Flowers in My Backyard - Leadbelly, Josh White
- Yellow Gal
- Bring Me Li'l Water Silvy
- Bourgeois Blues
- On a Monday (I'm Almost Done)
- Goodnight Irene
- Whoa Back, Buck
- John Hardy
- Gallis Pole
- How Long Blues - Leadbelly, Sonny Terry
- In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
- Roberta
- Line 'Em
- Cow Cow Yicky Yea/Out on the Western Plain
- Noted Rider
- Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Doorbells
- Borrow Love and Go
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
- De Kalb Blues
- Big Fat Woman
- Julie Ann Johnson
- Poor Howard/Green Corn
- Pretty Flowers in My Backyard
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.54
Review The Best of Leadbelly / Leadbelly:
Tracks Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey Vol.2: Rude Dudes/Compiled By Bill Wyman
- Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red
- I Wonder Who's Boogin' My Woogie - Theard, Sam
- We Can Sell That Thing - Sykes, Roosevelt
- He's Just My Size - Kirkman, Lillie Mae
- Lollypop - Hunter & Jenkins
- My Man O'war - Miles, Lizzie
- Sweet Petuni - James, Jesse (4)
- Ain't That A Mess - Miller, Al
- Gas Man Blues - Glover, Mae & John Byrd
- Mashing That Thing - Carter, Bo
- Elevator Papa Switchboard Mama - Butterbeans & Susie
- Furniture Man Blues - Johnson, Lonnie & Victoria Spivey
- Hottest Stuff In Town - Howe, Bob & Frankie Griggs
- My Stove's In Good Condition - Johnson, Lil
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done - Lasky, Louie
- My Baby (Squeeze Me Again) - Johnson, Lil
- Best Jockey In Town - Johnson, Lonnie
- Boy In The Boat - Hannah, George
- Cigarette Blues - Carter, Bo
- Don't Tear My Clothes No.2 - Chicago Black Swans
- Take It Easy Greasy - Johnson, Lil
- What's That Smell Like Fish - Fuller, Blind Boy
- My Pencil Won't Write No More - Carter, Bo
- If You Don't Give Me What I Want - Johnson, Lil
- Kitchen Man - Smith, Bessie
- I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted - Washboard Sam
- Blue Bloomer Blues - Moore, 'Whistlin' Alex
- My Handy Man - Waters, Ethel
- You've Got To Give Me Some - Webster, Margaret
- Banana In Your Fruit Basket - Carter, Bo
- One Hour Mama - Spivey, Victoria
- She Showed It All - Fletcher, Napoleon
- Sissy Man - White, Josh
- Terrible Operation Blues - Georgia Tom & Jane Lucas
- Southern Can Mama - McTell, 'Blind' Willie
- Who's Gonna Do Do Your Sweet Jelly Rollin' - Whistling Rufus
- Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Tampa Red
- If It Don't Fit (Don't Force It) - Barrelhouse Annie
- Meat Cuttin' Blues - Hunter & Jenkins
- Electrician Blues - Miles, Lizzie
Release date: 2003-04-21
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.67
Review Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey Vol.2: Rude Dudes/Compiled By Bill Wyman / Bill Wyman:
Tracks Everybody's Blues
- Boogie Rambler
- Walkin' This Highway
- Strike Blues
- Find Me A Woman
- Odds Against Me (Aka Backbiters And Syndicators)
- No More Doggin'
- Three Long Years Today
- I Keep The Blues
- Four Women In My Life
- I Had A Good Girl
- Anybody's Blues (I Love You Baby)
- Locked Up In Jail (Prison Blues)
- Nothin' But Trouble (Don't Take Your Wife's Family In)
- I Been Done So Wrong
- Do My Baby Think Of Me
- Everybody's Blue
- I Need Lovin'
- Grinder Man
- I Need Love So Bad
- I'm Mad
Release date: 1993-06-28
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.40
Review Everybody's Blues / John Lee Hooker:
Tracks Mr. Lucky
- Father Was a Jockey
- Mr. Lucky
- Susie
- I Cover the Waterfront
- Crawlin' King Snake
- Back Stabbers
- I Want to Hug You
- Highway 13
- Stripped Me Naked
- This Is Hip
Release date: 1991-09-10
Price: £10.99
Review Mr. Lucky / John Lee Hooker:
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Tracks Midnight Special [European Import]
- Meet Me Down At The Bottom
- Sweet Lovin' Kind
- Sonny's Squall
- Tryin' to Win
- Blues All Around My Head
- Everything I Had Is Gone
- East Coast Blues
- Take This Hammer Whup
- Beggin' and Cryin'
- Midnight Special
- Blues of Happiness
- Muddy Water
- Understand Me
- Gone Gal
- My Plan
- Red River Blues
- Too Nicey Mama
- Jealous Man
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Trying to Destroy Me
Release date: 2006-11-14
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.54
Review Midnight Special [European Import] / Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee:
Tracks The Complete Recordings
- Lovin' Babe
- Cottonfield Blues
- Woodhouse Blues
- Texas Worried Blues
- Old Country Stomp
- Honey Won't You Allow Me One More Chance
- John Henry
- Fishing Blues
- Charmin' Betsy
- Don't Leave Me Here
- Don't Ease Me In
- When The Train Comes Along
- Railroadin' Some
- Fox And The Hounds
- Shanty Blues
- Red River Blues
- Jonah In The Wilderness
- Arkansas
- Run Mollie Run
- Little Red Caboose
- Bob McKinney
- Texas Easy Street
- Bull Doze Blues
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.11
Review The Complete Recordings / Henry Thomas:
Tracks Mountain Blues 1927-1938: Blues Ballads and String Bands
- 12th Street Blues - Dupree's County Boys
- I Don't Like the Blues No How - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Farm Girl Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Choking Blues - Kyle Wooten
- Hometown Blues - The Roane County Ramblers
- Black Snake Moan - Cobb, Underwood
- Kansas City Blues - Bill Cox, Cliff Hobbs
- Unexplained Blues - Lowe Stokes
- Georgia Wobble Blues - Carroll County Revellers
- Do Right Daddy Blues [#2] - Gene Autry
- Old Lonesome Blues - Bowman Sisters
- Leaving Here Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
- Jake Legs Blues - Byrd Moore
- Left All Alone Again Blues - Lowe Stokes
- Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
- Huckleberry Blues - Dykes Magic City Trio
- Arkansas Hard Luck Blues - Lonnie Glosson
- Tennessee River Bottom Blues - Mike Shaw's Alabama Entertainers
- Lost Boy Blues - Palmer McAbee
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues - The Carver Boys
- Barber's Blues - Frankie Marvin
- Leake County Blues - The Leake County Revelers
- Bankhead Blues - Nations Brothers
- Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- Tequila Hop Blues - Narmour,
- Bone Dry Blues - Lowe Stokes
- I'm Sad and Blue - Perry County Music Makers
- Stove Pipe Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
- Cumberland Blues - Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
- I Never Felt So Blue - Ashley's Melody Men
- V.B. Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Travellin' Blues - Freeny Harmonisers
- Triangle Blues - New Roanoke Jug Band
- New Talking Blues - Hershal Brown
- Long Chain Charlie Blues - Bill Cox
- Bread Line Blues - Slim Smith
- Mistreated Blues - Carolina Buddies
- Blowing Blues - Chuck Darling
- Rattle Snake Daddy - Homer "Bill" Callahan
- Brown Skin Blues - Dick Justice
- Jersey Bull Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men
- Moatsville Blues - Moatsville String Ticklers
- Bay Rum Blues - Clarence Ashley, Gwen Foster
- Cold Penitentiary Blues - George Edgin's Corn Dodgers
- Rip Van Winkle Blues - Bud Landress
- Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
- Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green
- Georgia Brown Blues - Bill Cox
- Franklin County Blues - The Dixie Ramblers
- Hesitation Blues - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Old Black Dog - Dick Justice
- Cross Tie Blues - Buster & Jack
- Cocaine - Dick Justice
- I'm Blue and Lonesome - Gene Autry, Frankie Marvin
- All Night Long Blues - Burnett & Rutherford, Rutherford
- Strawberry Blues - Reaves White County Ramblers
- Don't Let the Blues Get You Down - Buck Mountain Band
- Puckett Blues - Riley Puckett
- Tipple Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
- Crooked Creek Blues - Walter Davis, Gwen Foster
- Lonesome, Broke and Weary - Asa Martin & His Kentucky Hillbillies
- Dust Pan Blues - Frankie Marvin
- Kentucky Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
- Killin' Blues - Jess Johnson, Byrd Moore
- Way Down Yonder Blues - Lemuel Turner
- Brown's Ferry Blues #2 - The Callahan Brothers
- Match Box Blues - Larry Hensley
- Carroll County Blues - Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
- Oozlin' Daddy Blues - Bill Cox, Cliff Hobbs
- Railroad Blues - Nations Brothers
- I Get the Blues When It Rains - Riley Puckett
- Worried Man Blues - Nicholson, Rodgers
- Dark Holler Blues - Clarence Ashley
- Dry Town Blues - The Leake County Revelers
- Rheumatism Blues - Gene Autry
- Married Life Blues - Oscar Ford, Jr.
- Pouring Down Blues - Buster & Jack
- Black Bottom Blues - Gene Autry
- Yodeling Blues - Buck Mountain Band
- Patrick County Blues - Pearson, J.W. Spangler
- Wilkes County Blues - Gwen Foster
- Depot Blues - Crowder Brothers
- Deep Elem Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
- Poca River Blues - Jarvis, Dick Justice
- Bibb County Grind - South Georgia Highballers
- Got the Drunken Blues - Bill Cox
- Blue Grass Twist - South Georgia Highballers
- Worried Blues - Samantha Bumgarner
- Carroll County Blues - W.T. Narmour, S.W. Smith
- John Henry Blues - Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers
- Stockade Blues - The Georgia Crackers
- Go Easy Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
- Sisco Harmonica Blues - The Carver Boys
- East Virginia Blues - Clarence Ashley, Gwen Foster
- Ginseng Blues - Kentucky Ramblers
- Do Right Daddy Blues - Gene Autry
- Apron String Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
- NRA Blues - Bill Cox
- Haunted Road Blues - Clarence Ashley
Release date: 2004-11-22
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.16
Review Mountain Blues 1927-1938: Blues Ballads and String Bands / Various Artists:
Tracks I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More
- Clean Up At A Home
- Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
- Working Man Blues
- Down South Blues
- Poor John Blues
- Diving Duck Blues
- Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues
- Little Laura Blues
- Floating Bridge
- Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
- Drop Down Mama
- Everybody Oughta Make A Change
- Lawyer Clark Blues
- Street Car Blues
- Whatcha Doin'
- Fire Department Blues
- Black Mattie Blues
- Airplane Blues
- Someday Baby Blues
- Stop That Thing
- Broken-Hearted Ragged And Dirty Too
- I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More
- Milk Cow Blues
Release date: 1995-07-07
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.98
Review I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More / Sleepy' John Estes:
Tracks King of the 12-String Guitar
- Roberta, Pt. 1 [Alternate Take][#]
- Packin' Trunk Blues
- Fort Worth and Dallas Blues [Alternate Take][#]
- Death Letter Blues, Pt. 2 [Alternate Take][#]
- My Baby Left Me
- Kansas City Papa [Alternate Take][#]
- Becky Deam, She Was a Gamblin' Gal
- Ox Drivin' Blues [#]
- Shorty George [#]
- Death Letter Blues, Pt. 1 [Alternate Take][#]
- Yellow Jacket [#]
- Roberta, Pt. 2 [Alternate Take][#]
- T.B. Blues [#]
- Daddy I'm Coming Back to You [#]
- Four Day Worry Blues
- Honey, I'm All out and Down
- Pigmeat
- You Don't Know My Mind [#]
RRP: £12.99
Price: £10.95
Review King of the 12-String Guitar / Leadbelly:Leadbelly is a folk musician by association not art. He was a bluesman, pure and simple: a howler, an astonishingly prolific composer, and a murderously driving guitar slinger. His catalogue is immense, and though the complete Folkways Leadbelly Legacy series is probably the best way to get a picture of his importance, this single disc of early 1930s field recordings, made shortly after Leadbelly left prison, has some crucial tracks and rare, alternate takes like "Packin' Truck Blues," "Roberta 1 & 2," "You Don't Know My Mind," and "Pigmeat. " -Roy Francis Kasten.
Tracks Absolutely the Best
- Walk On
- Trouble in Mind
- Blowin' the Fuses
- Right on That Shore
- Drinkin' in the Blues
- Down by the Riverside
- I'm a Stranger Here
- Blues for the Lowlands
- In the Evening
- Blues for Gamblers
- Early Morning Blues
- What a Beautiful City
- Po' Boy
- Dirty Mistreater
Release date: 2000-08-07
RRP: £15.99
Price: £5.44
Review Absolutely the Best / Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee:
Tracks Like Never Before
- Take All The Time You Need
- Cake Walk Into Town
- Squat That Rabbit
- Love Up
- Don't Call Us
- Blues With A Feeling
- Every Wind (In The River)
- River Of Love
- Scattered
- Big Legged Mommas Are Back In Style
- Take A Giant Step
Release date: 1991-06-01
RRP: £14.99
Price: £25.99
Review Like Never Before / Taj Mahal:
Tracks King of the Delta Blues Singers
- Milkcow's Calf Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- Crossroads Blues
- Hellhound On My Trail
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- 32 20 Blues
- Stones In My Passway
- Travelling Riverside Blues
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Preachin' Blues
- When You Got A Good Friend
- Me And The Devil Blues
- Rambling On My Mind
Release date: 1994-11-01
RRP: £26.99
Price: £19.99
Review King of the Delta Blues Singers / Robert Johnson:
Tracks The Other Side of the Sky
- Pot Head Pixies
- Materialism
- Sprinkling Of Clouds
- And You Tried So Hard
- Flute Salad/Oily Way/Outer Temple/Inner Temple
- Squeezing Sponges Over Policeman's Heads/Fohat Digs Holes In Space
- Allez Ali Bab Black Sheep Have You Any Bullshit/Mama Ma Ya Mantra
- Isle Of Everywhere
- Opium For The People
- Radio Gnome Invisible/Flying Teapot
- Radio Gnome Predictiion/You Can't Kill Me
- Psychological Overture/Floating Teapot
- I Never Glid Before
- Other Side Of the Sky/Sold To The Highest Buddah/Castle In The Clouds
- Tropical Fish/Selene
- Thought For Nought/A PHP's Advice/Magick Mother Invocation/Master Builder
- Eat That Phone Book Coda
Release date: 1999-07-05
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.99
Review The Other Side of the Sky / Gong:Rescued from becoming a mere footnote in the history of alternative rock-jazz-influenced hippy band obsessed with dope imagery, made some interesting experiments with electronics-by the mainstream adoption of trance in the 1990s, Gong were always either ahead of their time or, more usually, out of it altogether. They were touting trippy light shows, ambient chill-out effects and mantra-like beats long before the concept of "New Age" had anything to do with music. And it's not only Ozric Tentacles who can trace their roots back to Gong: both the Orb and System 7 are direct descendants, thanks to their connection with ex-Gong guitarist Steve Hillage. Gong's legacy is handily captured in this lengthy, if chaotically organised two-disc collection dating from 1971-77: the swirling electronics, the hypnotic rhythms, the "space whisper" vocals of Gilli Smyth. Even the parade of Pothead Pixies on their flying teapots can still raise a chuckle (it was surely never meant to be taken seriously). Only the late Floating Anarchy session hits the occasional raw note, but whenever the band kicks in with one of those meditative grooves you know it's time to put the kettle on. -Mark Walker.
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Absolutely the Best, Walk Right in: Essential Memphis Blues, Free and Equal Blues, When I Feel Froggie I'm Gonna Hop Vol.2, That's My Story / The Folk Blues Of John Lee Hooker: 2 Albums On 1 CD, Shotgun Blues, Kings of the Blues, The Best of Leadbelly, Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey Vol.2: Rude Dudes/Compiled By Bill Wyman, Everybody's Blues, Mr. Lucky, Midnight Special [European Import], The Complete Recordings, Mountain Blues 1927-1938: Blues Ballads and String Bands, I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More, King of the 12-String Guitar, Absolutely the Best, Like Never Before, King of the Delta Blues Singers, The Other Side of the Sky |
