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King R&B Box Set
:Album Details:85 Superb Classic featuring Tiny Bradshaw, Wynonie Harris, Earl Bostic, Sonny Thompson, Roy Byrd, the Platters & Jack Dupree. :An 85-track sampling of the greatest R&B ever waxed from one of the legendary labels of that genre. Essential selections from Wynonie Harris, Tiny Bradshaw, Hank Ballard, and Freddie King dovetail seamlessly with magical tracks from the likes of the Swallows, the 5 Royales, and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. Songs that will change your life include Lula Reed's aching rendition of Ray Charles's 'Drown in My Tears,' Big Jay McNeely's frantic 'Nervous ...
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The Complete Jerome Kern Songbooks
:Album Details:85 Superb Classic featuring Tiny Bradshaw, Wynonie Harris, Earl Bostic, Sonny Thompson, Roy Byrd, the Platters & Jack Dupree. :An 85-track sampling of the greatest R&B ever waxed from one of the legendary labels of that genre. Essential selections from Wynonie Harris, Tiny Bradshaw, Hank Ballard, and Freddie King dovetail seamlessly with magical tracks from the likes of the Swallows, the 5 Royales, and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. Songs that will change your life include Lula Reed's aching rendition of Ray Charles's 'Drown in My Tears,' Big Jay McNeely's frantic 'Nervous ...
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American Roots Music
:Album Description:An impressive four-CD box-set primer that collects more than 100 years of music, from nineteenth-century gospel ensemble The Fisk Jubilee Singers to contemporary acts such as R&B guitarist Keb Mo'. Includes tracks from Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Flaco Jimenez, Mahalia Jackson, the Staple Singers, B.B. King, Gene Autry and Jimmy Rogers to name just a few. Contains more than 65 essential American recordings, a wealth of photographs and liner notes written by Robert Antelli, Holly George Warren and Charles Wolfe. Deluxe long digi-book with 56 page collector-quality booklet. Palm Records. ...
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The Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbooks
:Album Description:An impressive four-CD box-set primer that collects more than 100 years of music, from nineteenth-century gospel ensemble The Fisk Jubilee Singers to contemporary acts such as R&B guitarist Keb Mo'. Includes tracks from Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Flaco Jimenez, Mahalia Jackson, the Staple Singers, B.B. King, Gene Autry and Jimmy Rogers to name just a few. Contains more than 65 essential American recordings, a wealth of photographs and liner notes written by Robert Antelli, Holly George Warren and Charles Wolfe. Deluxe long digi-book with 56 page collector-quality booklet. Palm Records. ...
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Blues, Boogie, and Bop: The Best of the 1940's Mercury Sessions
:Album Description:An impressive four-CD box-set primer that collects more than 100 years of music, from nineteenth-century gospel ensemble The Fisk Jubilee Singers to contemporary acts such as R&B guitarist Keb Mo'. Includes tracks from Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan, Flaco Jimenez, Mahalia Jackson, the Staple Singers, B.B. King, Gene Autry and Jimmy Rogers to name just a few. Contains more than 65 essential American recordings, a wealth of photographs and liner notes written by Robert Antelli, Holly George Warren and Charles Wolfe. Deluxe long digi-book with 56 page collector-quality booklet. Palm Records. ...
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Queen of the Blues
:Album Description:The 93 tracks presented here, including more than 50 of her hits, are a testimony to the awesome versatility of the queen of the blues. Recorded between 1945 & 1962. Features 'What A Difference A Day Makes', 'Baby (You've Got What It Takes)' & 'September Rain'. Packaged in a slimline digibook with 48 page booklet.
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The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 4
:Album Description:The 93 tracks presented here, including more than 50 of her hits, are a testimony to the awesome versatility of the queen of the blues. Recorded between 1945 & 1962. Features 'What A Difference A Day Makes', 'Baby (You've Got What It Takes)' & 'September Rain'. Packaged in a slimline digibook with 48 page booklet.
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The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 2 (1950-1952)
:Album Description:The 93 tracks presented here, including more than 50 of her hits, are a testimony to the awesome versatility of the queen of the blues. Recorded between 1945 & 1962. Features 'What A Difference A Day Makes', 'Baby (You've Got What It Takes)' & 'September Rain'. Packaged in a slimline digibook with 48 page booklet.
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Charley Patton Legacy: Voice of the Delta
:Album Description:Superb 3-disc set featuring 76 tracks from the King Of Delta Blues - Charley Patton.
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Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter
: :The last two-CD set in this five-volume collection contains a lot of curiosities, and several pieces of required listening as well: 'Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl,' 'Do Your Duty,' and 'Gimme a Pigfoot' are all here. For curiosities, there's the St. Louis Blues soundtrack, from a film short that contains the only footage of Smith. The second CD consists entirely of interviews with Smith's niece, Ruby Smith, which, while of secondary interest to the music, make for fascinating listening. In a gradual, rambling way, Ruby constructs an image of ...
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