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The John Lee Hooker Collection: A Mess 'A Blues
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All the Classic Hits 1938-1952
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Singles Collection: The London Years
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Blind Willie Johnson and the Guitar Evangelists
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Hoochie Coochie Men: History of UK Blues and R&B, 1955-2001
:Album Description:UK compilation shows proof that white men really can play the blues. The flagship release in the relaunch of the Indigo label. 97 tracks, across four CDs, spanning the years 1955-2001. Bookset/digipak format, with lavishly illustrated 48-page booklet, featuring rare photo's/memorabilia/etc.. Artists include Lonnie Donegan, Yardbirds, Animals, Kinks, Spencer Davis Group, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton with Jimmy Page, All-Stars feat. Jeff Beck & many more. 2002.
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Demons and Angels: The Ultimate Collection
: :When folk revivalists all of a sudden became fascinated with country-blues performers of the early 20th century, no one had to go into the sticks to find Reverend Gary Davis. Though he'd stopped recording, Davis was an active street singer and preacher in Harlem throughout the 1940s. In the 1950s, folklorists, fans, and followers began to seek him out to hear him play, record him, and learn from him. Stefan Grossman, now a respected guitarist in his own right, was one of his longtime students, and he's compiled this wonderful three-disc ...
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Big Box of British Blues
: :When folk revivalists all of a sudden became fascinated with country-blues performers of the early 20th century, no one had to go into the sticks to find Reverend Gary Davis. Though he'd stopped recording, Davis was an active street singer and preacher in Harlem throughout the 1940s. In the 1950s, folklorists, fans, and followers began to seek him out to hear him play, record him, and learn from him. Stefan Grossman, now a respected guitarist in his own right, was one of his longtime students, and he's compiled this wonderful three-disc ...
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Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955
: :When folk revivalists all of a sudden became fascinated with country-blues performers of the early 20th century, no one had to go into the sticks to find Reverend Gary Davis. Though he'd stopped recording, Davis was an active street singer and preacher in Harlem throughout the 1940s. In the 1950s, folklorists, fans, and followers began to seek him out to hear him play, record him, and learn from him. Stefan Grossman, now a respected guitarist in his own right, was one of his longtime students, and he's compiled this wonderful three-disc ...
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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 Cobra Records Story
: :Cobra was the exception, a label that took its personality from its A&R chief rather than its owner. Eli Toscano, who owned a record shop in West Chicago, founded the label in 1956, but he left the artistic decisions to his in-house songwriter-producer-bassist Willie Dixon, who had just left Chess Records in a money dispute. Dixon was a great talent scout, and he snatched the three best performers of the Chicago blues' second generation--Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, and Magic Sam-- right out from under the Chess brothers' noses. He wrote them ...
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