Blues

This 22 track compilation is volume three of an eight volume set of the work of vocalist Bessie Smith from 1924-25, and it includes never before released alternate takes. Features Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Charlie Green, Joe Smith,...

This 20th Century/Millennium Collection is B.B.'s very 1st midline Best Of, and though it contains his biggest hits, half of it's 10 tracks are not on the frontline Greatest Hits. This includes his #15 R&B hit theme for the Jon Landis film "Into the...

This 2015 entry in Ace's King/De Luxe Acetates series might be the most eagerly anticipated. During 1947 and 1948 the DeLuxe label held many pioneering sessions in New Orleans, long before most other independent labels got there. A significant number of...

This 20 track compilation presents some of the lesser-known female vocalists recorded for Paramount from 1926-29. Most of the artists were from the South, and some were active touring the vaudeville circuits - some only performed in local clubs in their...

This 2 CD box set is packed with some pretty rare blues sides, most from the 1950's era, with the rest from the 60's. This set focuses mainly on 45 RPM singles pressed on small labels because they're so powerful and exciting sounding, as opposed to a...

This 1997 recording was James Wheeler's debut as leader. James had played guitar in the bands of Otis Rush (for seven years), B.B. King, O.V. Wright, Billy Boy Arnold, Otis Clay, Mississippi Heat and Willie Kent. "The Chicago native and prolific...

This 1992 LP features Robert Cray, Albert Collins and Charlie Musselwhite; this reissue adds Dimples and Ain't No Love in This House to Boom Boom; Sugar Mama, and the rest of the original release.1. Boom Boom 2. I'm Bad Like Jesse James 3. Same Old Blues...

This 1988 outing is another seamless part of the thread that is this eclectic West Coast band, brimming with equal parts good humor and sensational playing. Charlie Baty tears into his guitar on the opener, "That's My Girl," and keeps the heat up...

This 1987 album is reckoned as one of Anson's finest, a piquant mixture of Delta and Texas blues, with some sharp originals and well-chosen covers. Includes "A Man Needs His Loving;" "I'll Be True;" "Don't Want No Leftovers;" "Walked All Night;" "My Kind...

This 1976 LP was a comeback album for Johnny, a funky-blues romp with his R&B hit Superman Lover - a great groove that's been sampled by Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and Redman. Two unissued bonus cuts are here, too, along with another R&B hit, I Need It, plus...

This 1970 session was Joe's first LP and is now available on CD for the first time. Guest artists include Jimmy Dawkins, "Big Moose" Walker, and others.1. I Walked All Night 2. Somebody Loan Me a Dime 3. Every Man Needs a Woman 4. Why, Baby? 5. Things I...

This 1968 recording was originally issued as Electric Sleep, the title a riff on the Muddy Waters LP title Electric Mud. But the similarities ended there; whereas Mud was psychedelic and musically quite a departure from a traditional blues sound,...