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Various Artists: Soul Blues Sampler, Vol. 2

CD / CDS Records / 2013-06-18

Tracks: Jody Got It All [SJB Remix] - Jim Bennett (remix, previously unreleased); Can U Still Drop It? - Gregg A. Smith (previously unreleased); Jumbalalya Dance - Jesse Graham (previously unreleased); Stepp...
Artists: Various Artists

Albert King: Roadhouse Blues

CD / Concord / 2013-06-04

Tracks: I'll Play the Blues for You [Edit]; I Can't Hear Nothing But the Blues; Answer to the Laundromat Blues; That's What the Blues Is All About; Roadhouse Blues [Live] - (live); Killing Floor; Bay Area Bl...
Artists: Albert King

Personnel: Albert King (vocals, guitar).

Recording information: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley (01/1984); Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (01/1984); Montreux Jazz Festival (01/1984); Stax Studios, Mem...continue...

Sandi Thom: Merchants & Thieves

CD / Guardian Angels / 2013-06-04

Tracks: Maggie McCall; Runaway Train; Gold Dust; Let It Stay; Merchants and Thieves; Show No Concern; This Ol' World - (featuring Joe Bonamassa); Sadness, The; Heart of Stone; Ghost Town; Belly of the Blues;...
Artists: Sandi Thom

Personnel: Sandi Thom (guitars); Randall Breneman (guitars, background vocals); Marcus Bonfanti (guitars); Jake Field (harmonica, keyboards); Craig Connet (drums, percussion); Lindsay Cleary (backgrou...continue...

Etta James: S.O.U.L.

CD / BMG (distributor) / 2013-06-04

Artists: Etta James

Ray Charles: Ray

CD / United Audio Entertainment / 2013-05-28

Tracks: Mess Around; Hallelujah, I Love Her So; What'd I Say; Georgia On My Mind; Hit the Road Jack; Let the Good Times Roll; Sitting On Top of the World (Now She's Gone); Going Down Slow; Ain't That Fine; C...
Artists: Ray Charles

Chick Willis: Hit & Run Blues

1 CD / Benevolent Blues / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Houdini Lover; Love to See You Smile; Stoop Down Low; Soul of a Man; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Shots of Whiskey; Millionaire; Country Lovin' Man; Looking for My Baby; Recess in Heaven; Today I Started Loving You...
Artists: Chick Willis

Personnel: Chick Willis (vocals, guitar); Nathan Noland (trumpet); Bobby Felder (trombone, keyboards); Steve Walker & the Bold, Andy Hamburger (drums); Chantelle (background vocals).

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Various Artists: Best of Blues: Original Versions

CD / LM / 2013-05-21

Artists: Various Artists

Chick Willis: Mr. Blues: The Best of...So Far

CD / Benevolent Blues / 2013-05-21

Tracks: Stoop Down Baby Let Your Daddy See; Do The Hucklebuck [Remix] - (remix, previously unreleased); Ribshack Blues Cafe; I Won't Give Up; Mr. Blues; 1,2,3,4,5 Shots Of Whiskey; Hattie; I Found the Kinda ...
Artists: Chick Willis

Little Walter: The Best of Little Walter

CD / Hallmark Recordings (UK) / 2013-04-23

Tracks: My Babe; Sad Hours; You're So Fine; Last Night; Blues With a Feeling; Can't Hold Out Much Longer; Juke; Mean Old World; Off the Wall; You Better Watch Yourself; Blue Lights; Tell Me Mamma
Artists: Little Walter

Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign [Stax Remasters]

1 CD / Stax (USA) / 2013-04-02

Tracks: Born Under a Bad Sign; Crosscut Saw; Kansas City; Oh, Pretty Woman; Down Don't Bother Me; Hunter, The; I Almost Lost My Mind; Personal Manager; Laundromat Blues; As the Years Go Passing By; Very Thou...
Artists: Albert King

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I do like the audio mix better. The "Crosscut Saw" alternate also sounds a bit brighter, especially the horns. Yet another alternate, "The Hunter" is...continue...
Personnel includes: Albert King (vocals, guitar); Joe Arnold (horns); Isaac Hayes (piano).

Booker T. & The MG's: Booker T. Jones (piano); Steve Cropper (guitar); Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass); Al J...continue...

Various Artists: Big Boss Men: A Chicago Blues Collection

1 CD / Fuel 2000 / 2013-03-26

Tracks: Double Trouble - Otis Bush/Otis Rush; Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir/L.B. Lenoir; Sit and Cry (The Blues) - Homesick James Williamson/Buddy Guy; My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James Williamson/Jimmy Reed; Big...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.

Postwar Chicago had Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Chess Records, so it was indisputably the epicenter of electric blues, but there was a whole lot more to the ci...continue...

Various Artists: The Blues Is Alright for Hurtin'

CD / Malaco / 2013-03-26

Tracks: You've Got To Hurt Before You Heal - Bobby "Blue" Bland; All Night Blue - Dorothy Moore; We Don't Make Love Anymore - Latimore; Makes You Wanna Cry - Stan Mosley; I Was Tryin Not To Break Down - Litt...
Artists: Various Artists

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Various Artists: Blues Mix, Vol. 10: Super Soul Music

CD / Ecko Records / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Can't Get You Off My Mind - Sir Charles Jones/O.B. Buchana (previously unreleased); Just Like Dat [Remix] - Mr. Sam (remix, previously unreleased); I've Done All I Can Do [Remix] - Sheba Potts-Wright...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Banjo in the Mountains

CD / Country Roads / 2013-03-19

Tracks: Hard Hearted - Jim & Jesse; Gonna Paint the Town - The Stanley Brothers; Life's Evening Sun - Carl Story; Road Walked by Fools - Jim Eanes; Old Kentucky Hills - The Kentucky Travelers; Banjo Breakdow...
Artists: Various Artists

This brief ten-song set collects traditional bluegrass numbers, including a pair from the legendary Stanley Brothers, "Gonna Paint the Town" and "Banjo in the Hills." ~ Steve Leggett...continue...

Jimmy Reed: The Best of Jimmy Reed [Vee-Jay]

CD / Hallmark / 2013-03-05

Artists: Jimmy Reed

Another tough-to-beat old album full of Reed's finest and most influential work. ~ Bill Dahl...continue...

Odetta: Odetta and the Blues

CD / Hallmark Music & Entertainment / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Hard, Oh Lord; Believe I'll Go; Oh, Papa; How Long Blues; Hogan's Alley; Leavin' This Morning; Oh, My Babe; Younder Comes the Blues; Make Me a Pallet On the Floor; Weeping Willow Blues; Go Down, Suns...
Artists: Odetta

Personnel: Odetta (vocals); Herb Hall (clarinet); Buck Clayton (trumpet); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Dick Wellstood (piano); Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass); "Shep" Shepherd (drums).

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The Howlin' Brothers: Howl [Digipak]

CD / Readymade / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Big Time; Hermitage Hotstep; Julia Belle Swain; Gone; Delta Queen; Tennessee Blues; My Dog Can't Bark; Tell Me That You Love Me; Just Like You; Take This Hammer; Boatman Dance; Mama Don't You Tell Me
Artists: The Howlin' Brothers

Personnel: Ian Craft (mandolin, fiddle, pennywhistle, drums); Ben Plasse (fiddle, piano, harmonium, Wurlitzer organ).

Audio Mixer: Brendan Benson.

Recording information: Welcome To 1979,...continue...

Prince Ronnie Love: Back 2 Love [Digipak]

CD / Ocean Beach Records / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Daylight With a Flashlight; Turn That Thang Around; I Want To Love You; Strange Love; My Love Bone; Your Troubling Mind; Everytime I Turn Around; Next Time [Duet With Roy Roberts], The; Wait For Me; ...
Artists: Prince Ronnie Love

Personnel: Roy Roberts (guitar, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Scott Adair, Eddie Blair (saxophone); Rusty Smith (trumpet, trombone); Eric Callands (piano, organ); Chuck Cotton (drums)....continue...

Anders Osborne: Three Free Amigos *

CD / Alligator Records / 2013-02-12

Tracks: Three Free Amigos; Marmalade; Jealous Love; It's Gonna Be OK; Never Is a Real Long Time; We Move On
Artists: Anders Osborne

Three Free Amigos is the most curious record in Anders Osborne's catalog. Released less than a year after his scorching Black Eye Galaxy, this EP contains six songs recorded in NOLA, co-produced by th...continue...

Golden Gate Quartet: The Gospel Train

CD / ZYX Music / 2013-02-05

Artists: Golden Gate Quartet

Golden Gate Quartet: Sound of the Golden Gate Quartet

CD / ZYX Music / 2013-02-05

Artists: Golden Gate Quartet

Golden Gate Quartet: The Golden Gate Quartet Collection

CD / Music & Melody / 2013-01-29

Tracks: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho; Hush; Shadrack; Sun Didn't Shine, The; Didn't It Rain?; He Never Said a Mumblin' World; Every Time That I Feel the Spirit; Ol' Man Mose; If I Had My Way; Stormy Weat...
Artists: Golden Gate Quartet

Beauties: The Beauties [Digipak]

CD / Six Shooter Records / 2013-01-15

Tracks: Fashion Blues; Without You; Devil Do; Heart of Stone; Tired Fired Blues; You Wish Better for Me; Hearts are Down; Heaviest of the World; Die Die Die; You and Me
Artists: Beauties

Personnel: Jud Ruhl, Darin McConnell, Shawn Creamer (vocals, guitar); Derek Downham (vocals, drums); Paul Pfisterer (vocals); Michael Boguski (keyboards).

Audio Mixer: Martin Davis Kinack.
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Various Artists: Blues Bar

CD / Mix Series / 2013-01-08

Artists: Various Artists