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King of the Blues
: essential recording:This four-CD box set remains the absolutely definitive B.B. King collection, with 77 recordings and a biographical book that contains the great singer-guitarist's own remembrances of his decades-long career. It samples every stage of his development, from his days struggling to craft his music in the shadow of influences like T-Bone Walker and Lonnie Johnson to his latter-day pairings with rockers like Bonnie Raitt and Gary Moore. The one constant is his open-hearted singing and the soulful, contemplative solos he squeezes from his beloved guitar Lucille. These discs, of ...
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Those Were the Days
:Album Description:Specially repackaged 2008 edition of this four CD box set consisting of 63 tracks that divide Cream's short but immensely influential career into two halves. The first two discs feature every studio track the group ever released, plus a handful of unreleased tracks, alternate takes and rarities. The other two discs are devoted to restored live material, which bring to life some of Cream's finest eclectic moments in concert such as Live At Winterland in San Francisco 1968. The power trio of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer ...
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Can You Follow
:Album Description:2008 six CD box, a career retrospective from the legendary Rock musician. One of Britain's greatest popular musicians, Jack has spent 50 years as a professional musician. Aside from his work with Cream, Jack has collaborated with numerous artists with a stubborn refusal to compromise his music, be it working in the worlds of Jazz, Blues, Rock or ethnic music. Compiled with the full involvement of Jack, Can You Follow is the most comprehensive celebration of Jack's musical achievements ever, drawing on his many fine solo albums and more. The ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Led Zeppelin Remasters
:Album Description:European only highlights collection compiled from the box-set originally released in 1992 but without the interview disc and at a much better price. 26 tracks on two CDs and featuring the original box-sets cover art. All the big hits are here, including 'Communication Breakdown', 'Heartbreaker', St airway To Heaven', 'Kashmir' and more. Slimline double jewel case.
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The Complete Aladdin Recordings
: essential recording:Forty-three tracks of the seminal bluesman's recordings for Aladdin in the 1940s, The Complete Aladdin Recordings is a must-hear. Performing alone with his guitar or with sparse accompaniment--usually pianist Wilson 'Thunder' Smith--Lightnin' dishes out the best of Texas country-blues. Starting off with 'Katie May,' Hopkins's first recording for Aladdin, the two-CD set winds its way through the guitarist's years with the label, showcasing what he was up to before his decline in popularity and eventual revival with the folk boom of the 1960s. Those expecting the almost-rock & roll ...
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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 ...
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Howlin Wolf: The Chess Box
: essential recording:This is probably the best Wolf compilation there is in terms of comprehensiveness and digestibility. The problem with collecting the works of prolific artists is that there's so much material; fortunately, Chess made some good selections. Chronicling Howlin' Wolf's career from Memphis, through Chicago, and on into his later years. There are snippets of interviews, as well as the classic tracks you'd expect: 'All Night Boogie', 'Howlin' For My Darling', 'Evil', 'Forty Four', 'Spoonful', and 'I'd Better Go Now.' This box set is a bit much to swallow if ...
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Ain't Times Hard: Political and Social Comment In The Blues
: essential recording:This is probably the best Wolf compilation there is in terms of comprehensiveness and digestibility. The problem with collecting the works of prolific artists is that there's so much material; fortunately, Chess made some good selections. Chronicling Howlin' Wolf's career from Memphis, through Chicago, and on into his later years. There are snippets of interviews, as well as the classic tracks you'd expect: 'All Night Boogie', 'Howlin' For My Darling', 'Evil', 'Forty Four', 'Spoonful', and 'I'd Better Go Now.' This box set is a bit much to swallow if ...
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