Tracks The Fat Man
- I Want to Walk You Home
- Ain't That a Shame
- Red Sails in the Sunset
- Blueberry Hill
- What a Price
- Fat Man
- Be My Guest
- I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
- I'm in Love Again
- Blue Monday
Release date: 2005-10-11
Price: £5.99
Review The Fat Man / Fats Domino:
Tracks Superharps
- You're So Fine
- TD's Boogie Woogie
- I'm Gonna Steal Your Baby
- Hucklebuck
- Harp To Harp
- If I Should Have Bad Luck
- I Put My Baby Out
- Blue Why Do You Worry Me
- Life Will Be Better
- Route 66
- Mean Little Mama
Release date: 2001-04-04
RRP: £8.99
Price: £5.48
Review Superharps / James Cotton:
Tracks Slowhand
- Core
- Wonderful Tonight
- We're All The Way
- Peaches And Diesel
- May You Never
- Next Time You See Her
- Lay Down Sally
- Mean Ol' Frisco
- Cocaine
Release date: 1983-08-01
RRP: £3.73
Price: £4.27
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 Down on the Bayou
- Down On The Bayou
- Pick And Shovel
- Waiting For A Train
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Battersea Raindance/Crocker's Eleven
- Dedication
- Black Widow
- Big Bass Drum (On A Mardi Gras Day)
- Baby O'mine
- Whose Blues
- Oh Didn't He Ramble
- Music From The Land Of Dreams
- Beg Steal Of Borrow
- They Took My Monkey
- Corrinne Across The Sea
- Going Up The River
- New York Town
- Skippin' And Jumpin'
Release date: 1999-10-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £10.79
Review Down on the Bayou / Chris Barber:To guest with Chris Barber, the Crescent City's own Dr. John ended up in the Village Recorders studio in Dagenham. At least the veteran UK trombonist can lay claim to many prior New Orleans visits, stretching right back to his first gigging trip in 1959, when the city was largely the same as it had been in the 1930s. The Doc (real name Mac Rebennack) introduces the album with one of his old style raps, then sings on "They Took My Money", "Corrinne Across The Sea" and "Skippin' & Jumpin'", applying his characteristically nonchalant drawl, sticking around to contribute some extra piano parts. Nearly half of the tracks were recorded at the end of 1985, with Roger Hill on guitar rather than John Slaughter. These are shuffled together with the other sessions, all concentrating on the song side of the Barber band repertoire, taking the New Orleans drag-footing slow blues from funeral street marches down to sweaty basement dens. -Martin Longley.
Tracks Nothin' But the Blues: Louisana Fog
- Directly from My Heart
- Fell on My Knees
- Fat City
- Just a Little Bit
- Takin' Care of Business
- Louisiana Fog
- Riffin'
- Big Leg Woman (With a Short Short Mini Skirt)
- Leavin'
Release date: 1995-10-24
Price: £4.99
Review Nothin' But the Blues: Louisana Fog / Charlie Musselwhite:
Tracks Live and on the Move
- Goodbye My Lady
- Flip Flop And Fly
- Boogie Thing
- Oh Baby You Don't Have To Go
- One More Mile
- Caldonia
- Teeny Weeny Bit
- All Walks Of Life
- Help Me
- How Long Can A Fool Go Wrong
- I Don't Know
- Blow Wind Blow
- Rocket 88
- Fannie Mae
- Cotton Boogie
- Hot And Cold
- Born In Missouri
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- Mojo
Release date: 2008-04-28
RRP: £15.99
Price: £12.39
Review Live and on the Move / James Cotton:
Tracks Sing
- Dark Road
- Boogie Baby
- Old Jabo
- Heart in Sorrow
- John Henry
- Best of Friends
- Better Day
- Guitar Highway
- If You Lose Your Money
- Preachin' the Blues
- Can't Help Myself
- Make a Little Money
- Confusion
Release date: 1994-10-01
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.85
Review Sing / Brownie Mcghee and Sonny Terry:
Tracks Boogie People
- Six Days on the Road
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)
- Long Distance Lover
- Oklahoma Sweetheart
- No Place to Go
- Mad Man Blues
- Born in Chicago
- Hello Little Girl
- Boogie People
Release date: 1991-02-01
Price: £13.99
Review Boogie People / George Thorogood & The Destroy:
Tracks The Dirty Dozens
- Just Blues
- Speckled Red Speaks
- Highway 61 Blues
- Right String Baby But The Wrong Yo Yo
- Dirtier Dozens
- Feels So Good
- Going Down Slow
- Cryin' In My Sleep
- Cow Cow Blues
- Dirtiest Dozens
- If You've Ever Been Down
- Love Is Like A Faucet
- Wilkins Street Stomp
- Dirty Dozens
- Delmar Blues
- Red's Boogie Woogie
- Early In The Morning
- After Dinner Blues
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.03
Review The Dirty Dozens / Speckled Red:
Tracks King of the New Orleans Keyboard
- Harlem In Hamburg
- One Hell Of A Nerve
- Tipitina Loberta
- How Do You Feel
- Black Night
- Drown In The River
- Classified
- Blues Rhapsody
- Lonely Avenue
- Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Rockin' Pneumonia
- Ray Charles Medley
- Junco Partner
- Something You Got
- All By Myself
- Ain't Nobody's Business
- Stormy Monday
- Put Out The Light
Release date: 2005-09-19
RRP: £9.99
Price: £11.91
Review King of the New Orleans Keyboard / James Booker:
Publisher: Laserlight
Release date: 2001-11-01
RRP: £4.99
Price: £9.99
Review Eric Clapton (With the Yardbirds and Jimmy Page) / Eric Clapton:
Tracks Ray Charles Celebrates a Gospel Christmas
- America the Beautiful
- All Night, All Day
- Christmas Song [*][Multimedia Track]
- Oh, Happy Day [*][Multimedia Track]
- Christmas Song
- Silent Night
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Harold Dudley
- Oh, Happy Day
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Stefanie Minatee
- Little Drummer Boy
- What Kind of Man Is This?
Release date: 2004-09-28
RRP: £7.99
Price: £10.43
Review Ray Charles Celebrates a Gospel Christmas / Ray Charles:
Tracks Ain't I a Woman
- Never Call Your Name
- Walk In Jerusalem
- Rolling Log
- Maggie Campbell
- Faithless World
- Never Call Your Name (2)
- Road To Mexico
- Silver Wings
- Ain't I A Woman
- Sisters
- Cool Drink Of Water
- Come On In My Kitchen
Release date: 1992-11-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.64
Review Ain't I a Woman / Rory Block:
Tracks Lonesome Bedroom Blues
- Highway 51
- Gutbucket Blues
- Black Magic Blues
- Love Fake Blues
- Evil Curse Blues
- Stack O Lee
- Tin Pan Alley
- Curtis Jones' Boogie Woogie
- Rolling The Blues
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
- Tour Blues (2)
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues (2)
- Tour Blues
Release date: 1999-12-13
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.46
Review Lonesome Bedroom Blues / Curtis Jones:
Tracks Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog
- Stay Here 'til My Baby Comes Back
- Mama's Baby
- Hold Your Money
- California Blues (2)
- Gettin' Late
- Long Green Stuff
- Pop It To Me
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- Worried All The Time
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
- Joy To My Soul
- My Baby Told Me
- You Can't Put Me Out
- Gettin' Late
- Nature
- Poor Boy
- More Howlin' Wolf Talks
- Big House
- Come To Me Baby
- Dorothy Mae
- I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More
- My Life
- Mama's Baby
- Big House
- My Baby Told Me
- I Had A Dream
- Poor Wind That Never Change
- Decoration Day
- Wolf In The Mood
- Wolf In The Mood
- I'm Not Joking
- You Ought To Know
- Tail Dragger
- Midnight Blues
- Walk To Camp Hall
- More Howlin' Wolf Talks
- Woke Up This Morning
- Sweet Woman (I Got A Woman)
- Look A Here Baby
- Bluebird
- So Glad
- California Blues (1)
- Midnight Blues
- My People's Gone
- Everybody's In The Mood
- Poor Wind That Never Change
- Joy To My Soul
- Highway My Friend
- Tail Dragger
- My People's Gone
- Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
- Woke Up This Morning
- You Can't Put Me Out
- Tired Of Crying
- I Had A Dream
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- Oh Red
- Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
- Tired Of Crying
- Colour And Kind
- Pop It To Me
- Long Green Stuff
Release date: 1997-03-31
RRP: £11.99
Price: £54.95
Review Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog / Howlin' Wolf:
Tracks Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again
- Really got a hold on me
- Ensemble
- Thanks for bringing love around again
- New Orleans
- I love you more than I ever have
- What I'd say
- Mother
- Can you love me like that
- Mr. Creole
- Save your lovin' just for me
- How did you feel the morning after
- I just can't get enough of you
Release date: 2007-08-20
RRP: £10.99
Price: £0.01
Review Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again / Ray Charles:Ray Charles still has a marvellous voice, equal parts sweat and moonbeams. Nonetheless, it seems the legendary genius of soul didn't apply all his brainpower to Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again. It may, in part, be a matter of taste. The sampled horns and strings in tunes like "Can You Love Me Like That" and "How Did You Feel the Morning After" pale next to the terrific arrangements for organic instruments that have long been a cornerstone of his reputation. And too many of these numbers, from the blithe "I Love You More Than I Ever Have" to the ballad "Ensemble," depend so much on female supporting vocalists that Charles sometimes seems like a guest on his own album. Worse, his new songs are often unrealised-mere fragmentary notions of lyrics over grooves. For much of this CD he has adopted the programmed beats and clichéd electronic keyboard lines that are common to the Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys' world of contemporary pop. It's one thing for a classic artist to attempt to reinvent himself, another to dilute his art for the charts, which he hardly has a prayer of reaching, given the state of today's music biz and its negative attitude toward the pioneers of virtually any longstanding musical style. That said, not everything here is disappointing. The title ballad uses Charles' relaxed vocal delivery to full advantage, and the funkier "New Orleans" shows off his barroom piano chops. [+]The other winners are the monologue-jam "Mr Creole," a checklist of New Orleans' human virtues, and "Mother," an ode to maternal love that brings Charles' pure soul singing to the fore. -Ted Drozdowski.
Tracks Completely Well/Live in Cook County Jail
- So Excited
- Thrill Is Gone
- Medley: 3 O'Clock Blues/Darlin' You Know I Love You
- You're Losin' Me
- Introductions
- What Happened
- Please Accept My Love
- Crying Won't Help You Now
- Key to My Kingdom
- Confessin' the Blues
- Sweet Sixteen
- No Good
- Every Day I Have the Blues
- You're Mean
- Thrill Is Gone
- Worry, Worry, Worry
- How Blue Can You Get?
Release date: 2003-12-15
RRP: £13.99
Price: £9.29
Review Completely Well/Live in Cook County Jail / B.B. King:
Tracks Steppin' on the Blues
- 6/88 Glide [#]
- Toothache Blues, Pt. 2
- I'm Nuts About That Gal
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- Got the Blues for Murder Only
- Steppin' on the Blues [#]
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Guitar Blues
- Playing with the Strings
- No More Women Blues
- Have to Change Keys (To Play These Blues)
- Mr. Johnson's Blues
- Racketeer's Blues
- I Done Told You [#]
- She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
- Toothache Blues, Pt. 1
- Sweet Potato Blues
- No More Troubles Now
Release date: 1990-08-20
Price: £12.99
Review Steppin' on the Blues / Lonnie Johnson:Not only did Johnson pioneer single-string, blues-guitar improvisation, he still ranks as one of its greatest practitioners. His playing was remarkably fluent, sophisticated, and melodic, yet he never sacrificed emotion or bite. He was the first bluesman to make his mark as a virtuoso instrumentalist, despite his formidable vocals. These 19 early performances (1925-1932) include low-down blues, buoyant ragtime, and catchy hokum, plus examples of sheer instrumental wizardry. Victoria Spivey joins Johnson for the risque vocal duet "Toothache Blues" and Texas Alexander sings lead on a pair of songs, but the instrumentals inevitably remain the highlights. His two guitar duets with jazz great Eddie Lang plus his solo workout on "Playing With the Strings" are astonishing displays of technique. -Marc Greilsamer.
Tracks Friends
- When Everything Else Is Gone
- I Got Them Blues
- My Song
- Philadelphia
- Friends
- Baby I'm Yours
Release date: 1993-12-31
RRP: £11.99
Price: £7.67
Review Friends / B.B. King:
Tracks Blues Before Sunrise
- My Woman's Gone Wrong
- Midnight Hour Blues
- Hustler's Blues
- Barrelhouse Woman
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Southbound Blues
- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Take a Walk Around the Corner
- Bobo Stomp
- It's Too Short
- Shining Pistol
- I Believe I'll Make a Change
- Shady Lane Blues
- Corn Likker Blues
- Big Four Blues
- Hurry Down Sunshine
Release date: 2008-01-13
RRP: £25.99
Price: £10.79
Review Blues Before Sunrise / Leroy Carr:
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