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The Chess Box :Muddy Waters
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: WATERS,MUDDYTitle: CHESS BOXStreet Release Date: 11/07/1989DomesticGenre: BLUES TRADITIONAL essential recording:For the completist, this three-CD, 72-song box remains the definitive collection of one of the leading lights of Chicago blues. The collection spans 25 years, beginning with rare early recordings with pianist Sunnyland Slim and moving through Waters's peak '50s period, which offered the legendary support of Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and Otis Spann. Luminaries including Pat Hare, James Cotton, Earl Hooker, Buddy Guy, and Pinetop Perkins all make valuable contributions to ...
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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 ...
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Verve Story 1944-1994
: '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 ...
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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 ...
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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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City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music
:Album Description:For nearly three decades, Rounder Records has been among the pre-eminent labels recording the music of New Orleans - second line brass bands, rhythm & blues singers, Mardi Gras Indians, piano players, jazz and funk. Here is a definitive overview of Rounder's New Orleans catalogue, featuring such iconic Crescent City names as Irma Thomas, Professor Longhair and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, as well as lesser-known but equally exciting artists such as Chuck Carbo and Eddie Bo. Here is music that looks into every corner of the New Orleans musical ...
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King of the Slide Guitar
:Album Description:The complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions, 64 remastered tracks. Includes a 24-page illustrated booklet. 3 papersleeves packaged in a cardboard flip-top box. 'Elmore James was a major, maybe even the main reason, why the Stones came about.' - Bill Wyman
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Singles 1963-1965
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: ROLLING STONESTitle: SINGLES 1963-65Street Release Date: 05/04/2004DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP :The first in a series of three box-set collections, 1963-1965 pulls together the US and UK singles and EPs from the onset of the legendary band's recording career. The 12 discs are individually packaged in sleeves that feature original artwork. However, that also means listeners are required to either do a little CD-player-programming or switch discs every few minutes; the longest of the discs here is the six-track, UK-only Got Live if You Want ...
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The George Mitchell Collection, Vols. 1-45
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: ROLLING STONESTitle: SINGLES 1963-65Street Release Date: 05/04/2004DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP :The first in a series of three box-set collections, 1963-1965 pulls together the US and UK singles and EPs from the onset of the legendary band's recording career. The 12 discs are individually packaged in sleeves that feature original artwork. However, that also means listeners are required to either do a little CD-player-programming or switch discs every few minutes; the longest of the discs here is the six-track, UK-only Got Live if You Want ...
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Chess Blues
: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: ROLLING STONESTitle: SINGLES 1963-65Street Release Date: 05/04/2004DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP :The first in a series of three box-set collections, 1963-1965 pulls together the US and UK singles and EPs from the onset of the legendary band's recording career. The 12 discs are individually packaged in sleeves that feature original artwork. However, that also means listeners are required to either do a little CD-player-programming or switch discs every few minutes; the longest of the discs here is the six-track, UK-only Got Live if You Want ...
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