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Singles Collection: The London Years
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Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story 1945-1955
: :Blues 'n' Rhythm Story devotes two discs to four regions--the Midwest, Southwest, West Coast, and East Coast. Featured artists range from the acclaimed (Professor Longhair, Lightnin' Hopkins, Jay McShann, 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Dinah Washington) to the wayward. Nevertheless, the overall quality is remarkably high. The 88-page booklet helps put the music in perspective. This isn't a modest investment for a collector, but it's certainly among the elite of the R&B collections yet assembled. --Steven Stolder
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Big, Bad & Blue : The Big Joe Turner Anthology
: :Joe Turner had one of the great 50-year careers. Beginning as a blues shouter in the '30s with his partner, pianist Pete Johnson, in Kansas City bars, he recorded often in a variety of contexts: as a duo with Johnson, with honking jump-blues bands, in front of small combos in the rock & roll era, with jazz and blues groups until close to his death in 1985. Capable of handling a huge range of material from 12-bar hollers to pop ballads, Turner easily fills this three-CD set with his vast depth and humor. ...
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Little Games Sessions & More
: :Joe Turner had one of the great 50-year careers. Beginning as a blues shouter in the '30s with his partner, pianist Pete Johnson, in Kansas City bars, he recorded often in a variety of contexts: as a duo with Johnson, with honking jump-blues bands, in front of small combos in the rock & roll era, with jazz and blues groups until close to his death in 1985. Capable of handling a huge range of material from 12-bar hollers to pop ballads, Turner easily fills this three-CD set with his vast depth and humor. ...
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Home Tonight
: :Joe Turner had one of the great 50-year careers. Beginning as a blues shouter in the '30s with his partner, pianist Pete Johnson, in Kansas City bars, he recorded often in a variety of contexts: as a duo with Johnson, with honking jump-blues bands, in front of small combos in the rock & roll era, with jazz and blues groups until close to his death in 1985. Capable of handling a huge range of material from 12-bar hollers to pop ballads, Turner easily fills this three-CD set with his vast depth and humor. ...
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Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm
: :Joe Turner had one of the great 50-year careers. Beginning as a blues shouter in the '30s with his partner, pianist Pete Johnson, in Kansas City bars, he recorded often in a variety of contexts: as a duo with Johnson, with honking jump-blues bands, in front of small combos in the rock & roll era, with jazz and blues groups until close to his death in 1985. Capable of handling a huge range of material from 12-bar hollers to pop ballads, Turner easily fills this three-CD set with his vast depth and humor. ...
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Classic Recordings
: :Jimmy Reed gets three discs to show his stuff, which is probably more than plenty for most but not enough for some. Reed wasn't the larger-than-life sort that many of his contemporaries were, which kind of adds to his modest appeal. Stylistically, he didn't range far and wide, but his stuff accommodated rudimentary reinterpretation, so everyone from Elvis Presley to the Grateful Dead stuck a little Jimmy Reed in now and then. It swung, it made sense, and it felt good. Exceptional liner notes by the late Pete Welding. --Steven Stolder
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Blues After Hours
: :Jimmy Reed gets three discs to show his stuff, which is probably more than plenty for most but not enough for some. Reed wasn't the larger-than-life sort that many of his contemporaries were, which kind of adds to his modest appeal. Stylistically, he didn't range far and wide, but his stuff accommodated rudimentary reinterpretation, so everyone from Elvis Presley to the Grateful Dead stuck a little Jimmy Reed in now and then. It swung, it made sense, and it felt good. Exceptional liner notes by the late Pete Welding. --Steven Stolder
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The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968
: :Jimmy Reed gets three discs to show his stuff, which is probably more than plenty for most but not enough for some. Reed wasn't the larger-than-life sort that many of his contemporaries were, which kind of adds to his modest appeal. Stylistically, he didn't range far and wide, but his stuff accommodated rudimentary reinterpretation, so everyone from Elvis Presley to the Grateful Dead stuck a little Jimmy Reed in now and then. It swung, it made sense, and it felt good. Exceptional liner notes by the late Pete Welding. --Steven Stolder
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Let The Good Times Roll 1938-1954
: :Jimmy Reed gets three discs to show his stuff, which is probably more than plenty for most but not enough for some. Reed wasn't the larger-than-life sort that many of his contemporaries were, which kind of adds to his modest appeal. Stylistically, he didn't range far and wide, but his stuff accommodated rudimentary reinterpretation, so everyone from Elvis Presley to the Grateful Dead stuck a little Jimmy Reed in now and then. It swung, it made sense, and it felt good. Exceptional liner notes by the late Pete Welding. --Steven Stolder
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