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The Sun Records Collection
: :Sun Records and Elvis Presley will always be linked in the minds of music lovers, but Sam Phillips's storied label had a rich history before the arrival of the hillbilly cat (it all started July 5, 1954, with 'That's All Right') and it continued to flourish after Phillips sold Presley's contract to RCA in late '55. Rhino's three-disc label anthology naturally hinges on Presley's recordings, swinging back to the gutbucket blues Phillips loved and forward to the rockabilly and country that became the foundation of the Sun sound in the late ...
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American Folk Blues Festival, 1962-1965
: :The celebrated performers featured on this five-disc box--John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy (Rice Miller) Williamson among them--were seasoned veterans when these recordings were made between 1962 and 1965. They were, however, far from over the hill. Brought to Europe as part of an annual barnstorming tour designed to introduce the blues to the old country, the forefathers (and a few mothers) of various strains of the genre basked in their chance to show their skills to appreciative foreign audiences. They also clearly enjoyed ...
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Rounder Records 25th Anniversary
: :The celebrated performers featured on this five-disc box--John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy (Rice Miller) Williamson among them--were seasoned veterans when these recordings were made between 1962 and 1965. They were, however, far from over the hill. Brought to Europe as part of an annual barnstorming tour designed to introduce the blues to the old country, the forefathers (and a few mothers) of various strains of the genre basked in their chance to show their skills to appreciative foreign audiences. They also clearly enjoyed ...
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The Live at the Boston Tea Party, Pt. 1-3 Box
:Album Description:Limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies) in an embossed gold box featuring live material from Boston in February, 1970. Though a live album from the four shows these recordings are taken from did emerge in the mid '80s, the sound quality was disappointing. This release features 30 tracks, all remixed & remastered from the original master tapes, including six previously unreleased performances, 'Jumping At Shadows' (Version 2), 'If You Let Me Love You', 'Coming Your Way', 'The Sun Is Shining', 'Tiger' and 'On We Jam'. The box is a sturdy, ...
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Alternative Boogie: Early Studio Recordings 1948-1952
:Album Description:Limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies) in an embossed gold box featuring live material from Boston in February, 1970. Though a live album from the four shows these recordings are taken from did emerge in the mid '80s, the sound quality was disappointing. This release features 30 tracks, all remixed & remastered from the original master tapes, including six previously unreleased performances, 'Jumping At Shadows' (Version 2), 'If You Let Me Love You', 'Coming Your Way', 'The Sun Is Shining', 'Tiger' and 'On We Jam'. The box is a sturdy, ...
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Blues Classics
:Album Description:Limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies) in an embossed gold box featuring live material from Boston in February, 1970. Though a live album from the four shows these recordings are taken from did emerge in the mid '80s, the sound quality was disappointing. This release features 30 tracks, all remixed & remastered from the original master tapes, including six previously unreleased performances, 'Jumping At Shadows' (Version 2), 'If You Let Me Love You', 'Coming Your Way', 'The Sun Is Shining', 'Tiger' and 'On We Jam'. The box is a sturdy, ...
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Shout, Rattle and Roll
:Album Description:Limited edition release (10,000 numbered copies) in an embossed gold box featuring live material from Boston in February, 1970. Though a live album from the four shows these recordings are taken from did emerge in the mid '80s, the sound quality was disappointing. This release features 30 tracks, all remixed & remastered from the original master tapes, including six previously unreleased performances, 'Jumping At Shadows' (Version 2), 'If You Let Me Love You', 'Coming Your Way', 'The Sun Is Shining', 'Tiger' and 'On We Jam'. The box is a sturdy, ...
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Fleetwood Mac/Mr. Wonderful/Pious Bird of Good Omen
:Album Description:Aussie box-set includes, 'Fleetwood Mac', 'Mr. Wonderful' (both originally released in 1968 & out-of-print domestically) & 'Pious Bird Of Good Omen' (1969). Each disc is packaged in a standard jewel case with individual artwork & housed together in a slipcase.
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The Last Soul Company: Malaco, A Thirty Year Retrospective
: :Jackson, Mississippi's Malaco Records has been the very model of an indie concern sticking to its roots--in this case, Southern soul and blues--while staying current enough to occasionally break its discs into the mainstream. In the '70s, this strategy made for smashes as diverse as King Floyd's 'Groove Me,' Jean Knight's 'Mr. Big Stuff,' Dorothy Moore's 'Misty Blue,' and Anita Ward's 'Ring My Bell.' By the mid-'80s, Malaco had scored big with Z.Z. Hill's barely updated cheating ballads and had revitalized the career of Bobby 'Blue' Bland with the classic Members ...
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The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac: 1968 to 1970
: :Jackson, Mississippi's Malaco Records has been the very model of an indie concern sticking to its roots--in this case, Southern soul and blues--while staying current enough to occasionally break its discs into the mainstream. In the '70s, this strategy made for smashes as diverse as King Floyd's 'Groove Me,' Jean Knight's 'Mr. Big Stuff,' Dorothy Moore's 'Misty Blue,' and Anita Ward's 'Ring My Bell.' By the mid-'80s, Malaco had scored big with Z.Z. Hill's barely updated cheating ballads and had revitalized the career of Bobby 'Blue' Bland with the classic Members ...
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