Tracks Black Widow Spider
- My Favorite Things
- Seven Years of Torture
- Blue Monday
- Knowing That We Found Love
- Burn Baby Burn
- Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
- Fillmore & Haight
- Let's Get It On
- Schematic of a Woman #2
- All Along the Watchtower
- Greenbacks
- Smack Dab in the Middle
- Fingers of Fire
- You're a Fool
Release date: 2000-01-01
Price: £10.99
Review Black Widow Spider / Omar Shariff:
Tracks Texas Blues 1927-1937
- John Henry - Henry Thomas
- Katy Blues - Blind Norris
- Match Box Blues - Black Ivory King
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Cottonfield Blues - Henry Thomas
- Blue Boomner Blues
- Flying Crow - Black Ivory King
- Mama, You Don't Mean Me No Good - Gene Campbell
- Don't Leave Me Blue Blues - Gene Campbell
- Bending Knee Blues - Gene Campbell
- I Wish I Could Die - Gene Campbell
- Arkansas - Henry Thomas
- Doggone Mean Blues - Gene Campbell
- Wandering Blues - Gene Campbell
- Lazy Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- Sundown Blues - Blind Norris
- Bull Cow Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Red River Blues - Henry Thomas
- Levee Camp Man Blues - Gene Campbell
- Fox and the Hounds - Henry Thomas
- Western Plain Blues - Gene Campbell
- Crooked Woman Blues - Gene Campbell
- It Wouldn't Be So Hard - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Come Back Baby - Bobby Moore
- Robbin' and Stealin' Blues - Gene Campbell
- Overalls Papa Blues - Gene Campbell
RRP: £18.99
Price: £5.17
Review Texas Blues 1927-1937 / Various:
Tracks California Mudslide (And Earthquake)
- Rosie Mae
- Los Angeles Blues
- Los Angeles Boogie
- New Santa Fe
- Easy on Your Heels
- Jesus, Will You Come by Here
- No Education
- California Mudslide
- Change My Way of Living
- Antoinette's Blues
- Call on My Baby
Release date: 2003-02-19
Price: £7.08
Review California Mudslide (And Earthquake) / Lightnin' Hopkins:
Tracks For Pete's Sake
- Next Time You See Me
- I Like Your Style
- Just Like A Fish
- Mother-In-Law Blues
- Piney Brown Blues
- Can't You See What You're Doing To Me
- You Don't Understand
- Alimony Blues
- You're Still My Baby
- Pony Tail
- House Party
- Movin' Out
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.29
Review For Pete's Sake / Pete Mayes:
Tracks Diggin' Texas Swing 1946-1955
- You Waited Too Long Blues - Dyson, Dick
- Miller's Boogie - Millers Brothers Orchestra
- Adam's Apple - Prine, Richard
- Rag Mop - James, Jesse (3)
- Texas Swing - Davis, 'Papa' Link
- West Wind - Whitley, Smiley
- Live And Let Live - Prince, Jimmy
- Seperate Ration Blues - Freeman, Bill
- Cowboy Boogie - Woodward, Red
- XIT Songs - Briggs, Billy
- Right Key - Thomason, Jimmy
- Operation Blues - Clemons, Homer
- Truck Stop Lucy - Crabb, Gene
- Diggin' - Jones, Dickie
- Prairie Dog Ramble - Schroder, Andy
- 12th Street Rag - Texas Tophands
- Shanty Town - Millers Brothers Orchestra
- Big Beaver - Roberts, Buck
- Quit Rockin' The Boat - Texas Tophands
- Steel Guitar Bounce - Lonestar Playboys
- How Long Must I Wait - Thompson, Cotton
- Sweet Lucy - Johnston, Wayne
- I Don't Get No Lovin' - McBride, Dickie
- Texas Blues - Coats, Ray
- Whistlin' Blues - Dyson, Dick
- Don't Check Out On Me - Thomason, Jimmy
- Texas Cowboy Rag - Christian, Ben
Release date: 2003-05-26
RRP: £10.99
Price: £9.99
Review Diggin' Texas Swing 1946-1955 / Various Artists:
Tracks Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol.3 1928
- Christmas Eve Blues
- Maltese Cat Blues
- Happy New Year Blues
- Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues
- Sad News Blues
- How Long How Long
- Hangman's Blues
- Lock Step Blues
- D.B. Blues
- Mean Jumper Blues
- Balky Mule Blues
- Prison Cell Blues
- Long Lastin' Lovin'
- Lemon's Cannon Ball Moan
- Piney Wood's Money Mama
- Low Down Mojo Blues
- Lemon's Worried Blues
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Change My Luck Blues
- 'Lectric Chair Blues
- Competition Bed Blues
Release date: 2000-03-01
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.26
Review Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol.3 1928 / Blind Lemon Jefferson:Due to the rough sound transfer of the original Paramount acetates and 78s, this third in a five-CD series is strictly for completists and historians. That being said, Blind Lemon Jefferson was at the height of his powers in 1928 and the songs here represent some of his darkest themes and most striking visual imagery. "'Lectric Chair Blues" describes a sentenced man "sittin' in the electrocutin' chair and cryin'," while on "Lock Step Blues" Jefferson bemoans the "big rats" in his prison cell. But there are happier moments like "Christmas Eve Blues" and the celebratory "Happy New Year Blues. " Jefferson's intricate fingerpicking can be distinguished on these tracks, but it's his powerful two-octave voice that really penetrates the mists of time. Truly revelatory stuff if you have the patience. -Ken Hohman.
Tracks Strikes Again
- World's in a Tangle
- Man Like Me Is Hard to Find
- Mojo Hand
- Old Man
- I Wonder Where She Can Be Tonight
- Moving on Out Boogie
- Born in the Bottoms
- I Went to Louisiana
- Cryin' for Bread
- Go Ahead
- Feel Like Balling the Jack
Release date: 1994-08-30
RRP: £8.99
Price: £80.45
Review Strikes Again / Lightnin' Hopkins:
Tracks Frostbite
- Give Me My Blues
- Snowed In
- If You Love Me Like You Say
- Brick
- I Got a Problem
- Blue Monday Hangover
- Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate
- Highway Is Like a Woman
Release date: 2007-07-06
Price: £25.99
Review Frostbite / Albert Collins:
Tracks The Essential Blues
- Blues in the Basement - Rufus Thomas
- Let's Straighten It Out - Latimore
- Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Stop Watching Your Enemies - Koko Taylor
- Dimples - John Lee Hooker
- Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
- I'll Play the Blues for You - Albert King
- When You Walk Out the Door - Albert King
- Don't Start Me to Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Too Much Sugar for a Dime - Katie Webster
- Otis in the Dark - Otis Spann
- Mother Nature - Koko Taylor
- Driving Wheel - Junior Parker
- You Upset Me Baby - B.B. King
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- Master Charge - Albert Collins
- Messin' With the Kid - Junior Wells
- Rainin' in My Heart - Slim Harpo
- Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King
- Getaway - Fenton Robinson
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Must Have Been the Devil - Otis Spann
- Walking the Back Streets and Crying - Little Milton
- Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker
- Prisoner of Love - James Brown
- I'll Take Care of You - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Dust My Blues - Elmore James
- Little Bluebird - Little Milton
- Give Me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor
- Better off With the Blues - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Release date: 1995-07-25
RRP: £16.99
Price: £17.99
Review The Essential Blues / Various Artists:
Tracks Deep in the Heart
- My Texas Home
- Soul Kind Of Loving
- You Left The Water Running
- Tip Of My Tongue
- Stronger Than You Need To Be
- Promises
- Cold Blooded Lover
- If You Think About
- Twist Of The Knife
- I Didn't Know The Meaning Of Pain
- Okie Dokee Stomp
- Ain't Lost Nothin'
- I Want To Do Everything For You
- Jaded Lady
Release date: 2004-07-05
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.79
Review Deep in the Heart / W.C. Clark:
Tracks Classics 1947 - 1948 [French Import]
- McKie's Jam for Boppers
- Come Back to Sorrento
- Drinkin' Blues
- Slumber [Blues at Twilight]
- Cryin' by My Window
- Battle
- Jam for Boppers
- Cabbage Head, Pt. 1
- Mean and Evil Baby
- Macomba Jump
- If I Feel Like This Tomorrow
- Hey Tom Archia
- Jam for Sam
- Cabbage Head, Pt. 2
- Ice Man Blues
- Fishin' Pole
- Downfall Blues (Whiskey Blues)
- Cherry
- Swinging for Christmas (Boppin' for Santa)
- Talk of the Town
- Love Me
- Bronzeville Swing
Release date: 2005-07-04
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.52
Review Classics 1947 - 1948 [French Import] / Tom Archia:
Tracks The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon and the Jay Mcshann Orchestra
- Good Rockin' Tonight
- Cane River
- Mean Old Frisco
- Kansas City
- No Rollin' Blues
- Drinking Beer
- I Wonder
- Baby, Baby, Baby
- What Time Is That
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- Around the Clock
- Bad Bad Whiskey
Release date: 2002-01-21
Price: £5.99
Review The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon and the Jay Mcshann Orchestra / Jimmy Witherspoon:
Tracks Trouble in Mind
- Good as I Am to You
- Nobody Cares for Me
- Shine on Harvest Moon
- Mama Don't Allow
- So Different Blues
- Night Time Is the Right Time
- Long Way to Tipperary
- Get Away Blues
- Shorty George Cut Down
- Corrina, Corrina
- Trouble in Mind
- Late Hours Blues
- Ella Speed
- Get Away Blues
- Going Down Slow [Track 3]
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Rock Me Mama
- See You Mama Every Night
RRP: £30.99
Price: £14.28
Review Trouble in Mind / Mance Lipscomb:
Publisher: Sequel
Review Things Ain't Right / Juke Boy Bonner:
Tracks The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll Vol.4
- Red Hot Blues B-7063 - Fowler, T.J.
- Two Can Play Your Game - Milton, Roy
- Cotton Picker's Special - Howard, Paul
- Mercury Boogie - Douglas, K.C.
- I Can't Understand - McCracklin, Jimmy
- Lightnin' Boogie - Hopkins, Lightnin'
- Twister - Williams, Paul (2)
- Bounce Pee Wee - Crayton, Pee Wee
- High Tempered Mama - Buchanan Brothers
- Dirty Deal Boogie - Smith, Willie 'Long Time'
- Boogie Chillen - Hooker, John Lee
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Gunn, Art
- I Want My Fanny Brown - Harris, Wynonie
- Blues Come Around - Williams, Hank
- Midnight Jump - Memphis Slim
- Guitar Boogie Woogie - Texas Tyler
- California Hop D-Sav. - McNeely, 'Big' Jay
- Dog House Boogie - Hawkins, Hawkshaw
- Humble Road Boogie - Rash, Curley
- Drop Dead - Williams, Tex
- HopSkip And Jump - King, Pee Wee
- Peach Street Boogie - Delmore Brothers
- Mississippi Boogie - Liggins, Jimmy
- Steel Guitar Boogie - Sargent, Tommy
- Louisiana Boogie - Choates, Harry
- Georgia Boogie - Williams, Curley
- Beef Stew - Singer, Hal
- Papa's Boogie - Burns, Eddie
- Muddy Jumps One - Waters, Muddy
- Here's A Little Girl - Barker, 'Blue' Lu
- Bull Fiddle Boogie - Tyler, Johnny
- Chittlin' Ball - Porter, King
- Hole In The Wall Tonight - Jones, Albinia
- Mine All Mine - Wakely, Jimmy
- Big Chief Boogie - Various Artists
- Down In The Groovy - Lyons, Lonnie
Release date: 2000-01-17
RRP: £19.99
Price: £10.58
Review The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll Vol.4 / Various Artists:
Tracks Texas Guitar Blues
- Ain't Gonna Worry No More - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Boogie on Down - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Your Move - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Meet Me in the Morning - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Guitar Blues - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Introduction - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Sweet Home Chicago - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Have You Ever Loved a Woman [*] - Freddie King
- Hideaway - Bugs Henderson Band, Freddie King
- Look Over Yonder Wall [*] - Freddie King
- Hey Baby [*] - Freddie King
- Mojo Boogie [*] - Freddie King
- Woman Across the River [*] - Freddie King
Release date: 2006-10-09
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.89
Review Texas Guitar Blues / Freddie King:
Tracks Gangster of Love
- No I Can't
- Sweet Lovin' Mama
- Half Pint Of Whiskey
- Broke And Lonely
- What You Do To Me
- Gangster Of Love
- Cuttin' In
- Motorhead Baby
- I Got Eyes
- Sad Fool
- Those Lonely Lonely Nights
- Highway 60
- Gettin' Drunk
- I Just Wants Me Some Love
- Walking To My Baby
- Thinking
- You Can't Take It With You
- Space Guitar
Release date: 1991-02-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £63.27
Review Gangster of Love / Johnny 'Guitar' Watson:
Tracks Just One More Step
- Sunday Morning Love
- Ain't No Love for Sale
- Let's Part as Friends
- I've Got a Twenty Room House
- Angel
- Midnight Run
- I Can Take You to Heaven Tonight
- I've Got Years of Tears to Go
- Two Steps from the Blues
- Second Hand Heart
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.79
Review Just One More Step / Bobby Blue Bland:
Tracks Spoon [Us Import]
- Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
- Music, Maestro, Please
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- We'll Be Together Again
- I'll Always Be in Love with You
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- I'm Beginning to See the Light
- It Only Happens Once
- Just One More Chance
- Blues Serenade
- Lover Come Back to Me
Release date: 2006-03-28
Price: £16.99
Review Spoon [Us Import] / Jimmy Witherspoon:
Price: £3.90
Review Hound Dog: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.
| Models & Brands:
Black Widow Spider, Texas Blues 1927-1937, California Mudslide (And Earthquake), For Pete's Sake, Diggin' Texas Swing 1946-1955, Blind Lemon Jefferson Vol.3 1928, Strikes Again, Frostbite, The Essential Blues, Deep in the Heart, Classics 1947 - 1948 [French Import], The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon and the Jay Mcshann Orchestra, Trouble in Mind, Things Ain't Right, The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll Vol.4, Texas Guitar Blues, Gangster of Love, Just One More Step, Spoon [Us Import], Hound Dog |
