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The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971
:Album Description:The story of the great Memphis soul label, Stax/Volt. This 9-disc box concerns itself with the period between 1968 and 1971 and contains all 216 soul singles issued by Stax/Volt during that time- featured are some of the biggest and best-loved hits of the day, as well as a number of little-known gems by both major and less familiar artists. Artists include Shirley Walton, Booket T. & The MGs, The Soul Children, Sonny Stitt, Darrell Banks, Ollie & The Nightingales, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes , The Staple Singers and many more. The ...
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In Progress & in Motion: 1965-1998
: essential recording:Taj Mahal has become a blues ambassador, carrying the music to new audiences and melding it with other influences. It's altogether appropriate, then, that three of the early tracks on this three-CD set are unreleased from the Rolling Stones 1968 musical experiment, Rock and Roll Circus. This box emphasizes (but is not limited to) Taj's early career--the late-'60s through the mid-'70s--and whether he's playing solo acoustic instrumentals ('Buck Dancer's Choice'), revving up a rock band ('Statesboro Blues'), or weaving his National Steel guitar around tubas ('Sweet Mama Janisse'), the blues element ...
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Ain't Times Hard: Political and Social Comment In The Blues
: essential recording:Taj Mahal has become a blues ambassador, carrying the music to new audiences and melding it with other influences. It's altogether appropriate, then, that three of the early tracks on this three-CD set are unreleased from the Rolling Stones 1968 musical experiment, Rock and Roll Circus. This box emphasizes (but is not limited to) Taj's early career--the late-'60s through the mid-'70s--and whether he's playing solo acoustic instrumentals ('Buck Dancer's Choice'), revving up a rock band ('Statesboro Blues'), or weaving his National Steel guitar around tubas ('Sweet Mama Janisse'), the blues element ...
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The Big Horn: The History of the Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone
:Album Description:Subtitled - The History Of The Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone. Not for the faint hearted, this compilation of 106 tracks bursts at the seams with the sound of 50 hard blowing saxophonists who, between 1942-1952, formed the nucleus of what became known as the Honkers & Screamers. Artists include Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Wild Bill Moore, Paul Williams, Hal Singer, & many more. Includes 68-page illustrated booklet with biographies of the players & full discography details. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Proper. 2003.
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Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
: essential recording:If anyone deserves his own section in record stores, it's Ray Charles. Witness this Charles box set, a full five-disc career retrospective that follows smaller packages concentrating on his early R&B (The Birth of Soul) and Blues + Jazz work. In addition to those styles, we get Ray's stabs at Nat 'King' Cole/Charles Brown urban blues ('Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand'), handfuls of country songs ('I Can't Stop Loving You'), definitive readings of the American songbook ('Georgia on My Mind,' 'Come Rain or Come Shine'), and personal claims on the ...
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The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975
:Album Description:This 10-CD box set features all 213 soul singles released by Stax/Volt in this period (1972-1975) are contained in Volume 3, which like the previous compilations features a panoply of big hits as well as a surprising number of undeservedly obscure gems. Stax historian (and box co-producer) Rob Bowman tells the whole story in his 47,000-word essay. And the last word on the subject is The Memphis Sound lives. Artists include Eddie Floyd, Albert King, The MG's, The Emotions, Black Nasty, Major Lance, Katie Love, Inez Foxx, The Bar-Kays and many more. ...
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The Original Guitar Wizard
:Album Details:One of the Most Influential and Original Blues Musicians, Lonnie Johnson Virtually Created the Modern Blues Guitar Style on his Own, Sending the Music off in the Direction it Has Subsequently Taken. Combining Elements of Jazz Into his Technique Meant that He Blurred the Boundaries Between the Two Emerging Musics During the '30s, Later Slipping Out of Music Only to Return as an Elder Statesman in the 1960s. This Lavishly Presented Four CD Set Takes in all of the Recordings Made Between 1928 and 1952 that Created a Blues Legend and also ...
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Roots of Rock N Roll: 1946-1954
:Album Details:One of the Most Influential and Original Blues Musicians, Lonnie Johnson Virtually Created the Modern Blues Guitar Style on his Own, Sending the Music off in the Direction it Has Subsequently Taken. Combining Elements of Jazz Into his Technique Meant that He Blurred the Boundaries Between the Two Emerging Musics During the '30s, Later Slipping Out of Music Only to Return as an Elder Statesman in the 1960s. This Lavishly Presented Four CD Set Takes in all of the Recordings Made Between 1928 and 1952 that Created a Blues Legend and also ...
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Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton
: 's Best of 2001:Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton is the musical equivalent of a limited-edition, fine-press book, and it's easily one of the most beautiful collections of recorded music ever assembled. Exquisitely designed, this 78-album-inspired, seven-CD package contains a wealth of information and music, featuring not only the Delta blues pioneer's complete recorded works, but the music of peripheral players (including Son House, Howlin' Wolf, and Henry 'Son' Sims), a disc of fascinating audio interviews with Patton associates, and hours of reading material on the enigmatic songster. It's ...
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From Spirituals To Swing
: :In many ways, these 1938 and 1939 Carnegie Hall concerts ushered in an exciting period of black music for the American public. While great bandleaders like Benny Goodman had been blurring the color line for years, From Spirituals to Swing was the first prominent Carnegie Hall production to present African American performers to an integrated audience. Besides the racial and political implications of John Hammond's controversial shows, the producer was able to bring together some of the era's finest talent in jazz, blues, and gospel music. Recorded straight onto lacquer discs before the ...
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