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Led Zeppelin Remasters
: :One of the few truly bigger-than-life rock bands, Led Zeppelin continues to cast a giant shadow over contemporary rock two decades after the group's breakup. The slickly packaged set offers a solid introduction to the band's work, with two discs of remastered, sonically upgraded album tracks, plus a third disc of interviews with surviving bandmembers Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. Hearing all these Zep classics--'Stairway to Heaven,' 'Whole Lotta Love,' 'Dazed and Confused,' 'Rock and Roll,' 'Kashmir,' ...
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Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968
: :These three CDs document some of the greatest moments of culture shock in American music. Most of the bluesmen who first came to Newport had never played before audiences so attentive, large, or white. And those listening had never experienced anything like Skip James's blood-chilling whine, Reverend Gary Davis's furious testifying, or Mississippi John Hurt's twirling melodies. Most of the audience, in fact, assumed the bluesmen were dead. As a cinematic sweep of just what made those countercultural gatherings so ...
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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, ...
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Original Source
: :No Description AvailableTrack: 10: Mean Old World Blues - T-Bone Walker,,Track: 11: Evening - T-Bone Walker,,Track: 12: My Baby Left Me - T-Bone Walker,,Track: 13: Come Back to Me Baby Blues - T-Bone Walker,,Track: 14: She Is Going to Ruin Me - T-Bone Walker,,Track: 15: No Worry Blues,Track: 16: Don't Leave Me Baby,Track: 17: Bobby Sox Blues,Track: 18: I'm Gonna Find My Baby,Track: 19: I'm in an Awful Mood,Track: 1: Trinity River Blues,Track: 20: It's a Low Down Dirty ...
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The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: HOPKINS,LIGHTNIN'Title: COMPLETE PRESTIGE/BLUESVILLE RStreet Release Date: 10/17/1991DomesticGenre: BLUES TRADITIONAL essential recording:Lightnin' Hopkins, the seminal Texas bluesman, was rediscovered in the 1960s when the folk revival made folk and country-blues musicians hot news. This seven-CD set includes much of Hopkins's work during that period, though he recorded for so many different labels that getting everything is well-nigh impossible. This is a good start, though, including as it does some concert recordings ...
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Roots of Rock N Roll: 1946-1954
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: HOPKINS,LIGHTNIN'Title: COMPLETE PRESTIGE/BLUESVILLE RStreet Release Date: 10/17/1991DomesticGenre: BLUES TRADITIONAL essential recording:Lightnin' Hopkins, the seminal Texas bluesman, was rediscovered in the 1960s when the folk revival made folk and country-blues musicians hot news. This seven-CD set includes much of Hopkins's work during that period, though he recorded for so many different labels that getting everything is well-nigh impossible. This is a good start, though, including as it does some concert recordings ...
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The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music
: :Decades after its conception, Harry Belafonte's enormously ambitious project has come to a rewarding fruition with the release of this lovingly produced and beautifully packaged collection. Between 1961 and 1971, Belafonte sought to create a comprehensive document of what he calls 'African-matrixed music': 'African rooted, Africa as origin, evolved from an original African form.' The rough timeframe Belafonte follows begins with the arrival of blacks in America in the early 17th century and ends at the dawn of the recording ...
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Nothing But the Blues
:Album Description:40 CD box set. Artists include John Lee, 'Sonny Boy' Williamson, Leadbilly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams and many more. 725 tracks all digitally remastered to enhance the original recordings without manipulating the character of the music. Recorded between 1923 & 1948. 20 double slimline jewel cases housed together in a cardboard box. Measures 8 x 6 x 5 inches approx.
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Sun Records: Ultimate Blues Collection
:Album Description:40 CD box set. Artists include John Lee, 'Sonny Boy' Williamson, Leadbilly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams and many more. 725 tracks all digitally remastered to enhance the original recordings without manipulating the character of the music. Recorded between 1923 & 1948. 20 double slimline jewel cases housed together in a cardboard box. Measures 8 x 6 x 5 inches approx.
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The Complete Vanguard Recordings
:Album Description:40 CD box set. Artists include John Lee, 'Sonny Boy' Williamson, Leadbilly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams and many more. 725 tracks all digitally remastered to enhance the original recordings without manipulating the character of the music. Recorded between 1923 & 1948. 20 double slimline jewel cases housed together in a cardboard box. Measures 8 x 6 x 5 inches approx.
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