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Harry Manx: West Eats Meet

1 CD / Dog My Cat Records / 2012-11-13

Tracks: Help Me; Make Way For the Living; Shadow of the Whip; Great Unknown, The; Forgive & Remember; Sittin' On Top of the World; That Knowing Look of Fate; Stir a Little Breeze; Tough & Tender; Ways of Lov...
Artists: Harry Manx

Pinetop Perkins: How Long? [Digipak] *

2 CD / Rockbeat Records / 2012-07-17

Tracks: Come Back Baby; 5-10-15 Hours - (featuring Carolyn Wonderland); Back To the Chicken Shack; Miss Ida B; If You Love Me Like You Say - (featuring Gary Clark, Jr.); Ladies Call Me Pinetop; Got My Mojo W...
Artists: Pinetop Perkins

Personnel: Pinetop Perkins (piano); Gary Clark, Jr., Emily Gimble, Carolyn Wonderland (vocals); Jake Langley (guitar); Jon Blondel, John Mills, Scott MacIntosh, Rich Hearing (horns); Mike Flanigin (or...continue...

The Wandering: Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here: Mississippi Folk Music, Vol. 3 [Digipak] *

CD / Songs of the South Records / 2012-05-08

Tracks: Sittin' On Top of the World; Mr. Spaceman; Lovin' Him Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again; Sentimental Blues; Old Joe Clark; Love, Life and Money; Glory, Glory; Outlaw, The; If I Had Possessi...
Artists: The Wandering

Personnel: Krista Whoten (kazoo); Aubrey Turner (percussion); Chyna Sipp (background vocals); Amy LaVere, Valerie June, Shardé Thomas, Luther Dickinson, Shannon McNally.

Audio Mixer: Kevin...continue...

Ray Charles: In the Beginning 1949-1952

2 CD / Fabulous (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Confession Blues; I Love You I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go); How Long Blues; Blues Before Sunrise; Sentimental Blues, A; You'll Never Miss the Water; Can Anyone Ask for More; Alone in This City...
Artists: Ray Charles

Personnel: Gosady McKee, Mitchell "Tiny" Webb, Oscar Moore (guitar); Earl Singers Brown, Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Fleming Askew, Billy Brooks (tenor saxophone, trumpet); Maurice Simon, Jack Mc...continue...

Ray Charles: The Complete Early Recordings 1949-1952 [Box]

2 CD / JSP Records / 2011-10-25

Tracks: I Love You, I Love You; Confession Blues; Alone in the City; Can Anyone Ask for More; Rockin' Chair Blues; Here I Am; If I Give You My Love; Can't You See Darling; This Love of Mine; Blues Before Sun...
Artists: Ray Charles

Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.

Ray Charles was really closer to Nat King Cole than he was to being an innovative R&B and soul singer (and pianist) when he first began recording with his trio i...continue...

Eric Bibb: Blues, Ballads & Work Songs

CD / Opus 3 (Sweden) / 2011-10-18

Tracks: Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad; John Henry; Take This Hammer; Cocaine Blues; Candy Man; Goin' Down Slow; Sittin' on Top of the World; Come Back Baby; Frankie & Albert; Stagger Lee; Juke Dance; My Ho...
Artists: Eric Bibb

Personnel: Eric Bibb (vocals, guitar).

Audio Mixer: Jan-Eric Persson.

Liner Note Author: Eric Bibb.

Recording information: 06/2005-03/2011.

Photographers: Per Erik Adamsson...continue...

Ray Charles: Greatest Hits & More

2 CD / Cleopatra / 2011-08-16

Tracks: Confession Blues; This Love of Mine; Can't You See Darling (What You're Doing to Me); Sentimental Blues, A; Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket; Ain't That Fine; Sittin' on Top of the World; See ...
Artists: Ray Charles

Liner Note Author: Athan Maroulis.

Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (02/18/1959); New York, NY (02/18/1959); Seattle, WA (02/18/1959); Los Angeles, CA (02/1949); New York, NY (02/1949); S...continue...

The Carolina Chocolate Drops: Heritage [Digipak]

CD / Fat Possum / 2011-06-07

Tracks: Another Man Done Gone; Wayward Gal; Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind; Black Eye Blues; Georgie Buck; Earl King; Jack O'Diamonds; Short Life of Trouble; Po' Lazarus; Rickett's Hornpipe; Cornbread and Bu...
Artists: The Carolina Chocolate Drops

Liner Note Author: Sebastian Danchin.

Photographers: Bruno Boussard; Jimmy Williams ; Lissa Gotwals; Bruce DeBoer; John Maeder.

Heritage isn't exactly a proper album; it's more of a comp...continue...

Mississippi Fred McDowell: Downhome Blues 1959

2 CD / JSP Records / 2011-02-22

Tracks: When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines; Drop Down Mama; Shake 'Em on Down; Fred McDowell's Blues; Goin' Down to the River; You Gonna Be Sorry; You Done Tol' Everybody; Woke Up This Morning wi...
Artists: Mississippi Fred McDowell

Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven.

Recording information: Como, Miss. (09/21/1959-09/25/1959); Hughes, Ark. (09/21/1959-09/25/1959); Parchman Farm, Miss. (09/21/1959-09/25/1959); Como, Miss. (10/0...continue...

Various Artists: Covering Clapton: From Cream and Beyond [Digipak]

1 CD / Blues Bureau International / 2010-02-23

Tracks: Layla - Schenker Pattison Summit/Michael Schenker; Blues Before Sunrise - Leslie West; White Room; Blues Power; Badge - Michael Schenker; Politician - Leslie West; Sunshine of Your Love; All Your Lov...
Artists: Various Artists

Recording information: Field Of Dreams Studios, LV (12/1997-01/1998); Goldfinger Studios, Novato, CA (12/1997-01/1998); Kevinth Heaven Studios, LV (12/1997-01/1998); Prairie Sun Studios, Cotati, CA (1...continue...

Benton Flippen: The Evening at WFAQ 1984 [Digipak] *

1 CD / 5-String Productions / 2008-11-18

Tracks: Step Back Cindy; Rachel; Redbird; Sittin' on Top of the World; Sugar Tree Stomp; Pole Cat Blues; Go Home; Durham's Bull; June Apple; Cricket on the Hearth; Fiddler's Dream; Florida Blues; Katy Hill; ...
Artists: Benton Flippen

Personnel: Benton Flippen (fiddle); Frank Bode, Paul Sutphin (vocals, guitar); Paul Rayner-Brown, Paul Brown (banjo); Verlen Clifton, Verlen Clifton (mandolin); Don Mussell (background vocals).
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Chris Smither: One More Night with Chris Smither

1 DVD Video / Signature / 2008-02-05

Tracks: Train Home; Origin of Species; Devil's Real, The; Link of Chain; Happier Blue; Interview, Pt. 1; Drive You Home Again; Leave the Light On; Sittin' on Top of the World; Small Revelations; Love You Lik...
Artists: Chris Smither

Recording information: Lyme, CT (09/2006-07/2007); The Somerville Theatre, Boston, MA (09/2006-07/2007).

Arranger: Chris Smither....continue...

Sticks McGhee: New York Blues and R&B 1947-1955 [Remaster]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2007-03-13

Tracks: Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee; Baby Baby Blues; Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee; Tall Pretty Woman; Lonesome Road Blues; Blue Mixture; I'll Always Remember; Blue and Brokenhearted; My Baby's Comin' Back; D...
Artists: Sticks McGhee

Personnel: Sticks McGhee (vocals, guitar); Doc Bagby, Brownie McGhee (vocals, guitar); Sonny Terry (vocals, harmonica); Bob Gaddy (vocals, piano); Bob Harris (vocals); Bill Caples, Mickey Baker (guita...continue...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

1 CD / Reprise / 2007-01-23

Tracks: Prison Blues; Potato Patch; Honky Tonk; Thrill Is Gone, The; Tina Marie; Born in Louisiana; Chapel Hill Boogie; Tears Come Rollin' Down; Knoxville Rag; Big Daddy Boogie; U-Haul; Red Rooster; Sittin' ...
Artists: Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Kenny Wayne Shepherd's reverencefor his musical roots are centerstage on Ten Days Out...Blues From The Backroads, a CD+DVD package that features the guitarslinger and the...continue...
Personnel: Kenny Wayne Shepherd (vocals, guitar); Tommy Shannon (bass guitar); Chris Layton (drums); Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Cootie Stark, Etta Baker, George "Wild Child" Butler, Henry Gray, Henry...continue...

Ray Charles: Ray Charles [Dynamic]

1 CD / Dynamic (not USA) / 2005-10-04

Tracks: Baby Won't You Please Come Home; I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now; Sittin' on Top of the World; Confession Blues; Snow Is Falling; Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand; What Have I Done?; Hey Now; I'm Glad For ...
Artists: Ray Charles

2 CD set. Australian pressing features the 2 albums Blues Is My Middle Name & Blues Before Sunrise. 30 total tracks. Dynamic. 2005....continue...

Ana Popovic: Ana! Live in Amsterdam

1 CD / Ruf / 2005-07-26

Tracks: Intro; Don't Bear Down on Me; Sittin' on Top of the World; Love Me Again; Comfort to the Soul; Navajo Moon; Night by Night; Bigtown Playboy; Won't Let You Down; Jaco; Long Way Home; My Man; Long Lost...
Artists: Ana Popovic

Personnel: Dominique Vantomme (piano); Fabrice Ach (electric bass); Denis Palatin (drums).

Audio Mixer: Ronald Trijber.

Recording information: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (01/30/...continue...

Taj Mahal: Take a Giant Step: The Best of Taj Mahal

1 CD / Collectables / 2005-06-28

Tracks: Take a Giant Step; Down Home Girl; Let the Four Winds Blow; Cakewalk into Town; Sittin' on Top of the World; (You've Got To) Love Her With a Feeling; Lonely Avenue; Ooh Poo Pah Doo; Mocking Bird; Blu...
Artists: Taj Mahal

The subtitle of 2005's TAKE A GIANT STEP: THE BEST OF TAJ MAHAL is a bit misleading. This 10-track compilation features the finest of the revered blues guitarist/vocalist's early-to-mid-1990s output f...continue...

Ana Popovic: Ana! [DVD]

DVD Video / Ruf / 2005-05-31

Tracks: Don't Bear Down on Me (I'm Here to Steal the Show); Sittin' on Top of the World; Love Me Again; Comfort to the Soul; Hometown; Navajo Moon; Night by Night; Bigtown Playboy; Won't Let You Down; Jaco; ...
Artists: Ana Popovic

Recording information: Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (01/30/2005).

Photographer: Bob Burchess....continue...

Ray Charles: The Complete Swing Time & Down Beat Recordings 1949-1952

2 CD / Night Train / 2004-10-05

Tracks: I Love You I Love You; Confession Blues; Alone in This City; Can Anyone Ask For More?; Let's Have a Ball; Rockin' Chair Blues; If I Give You My Love; Can't You See Darling; This Love of Mine; How Lon...
Artists: Ray Charles

The light blues and jazz of Ray Charles' early recordings were heavily influenced by Nat King Cole, and Charles frequently recorded in a similar trio format. His sound changed dramatically soon after ...continue...

Original Soundtrack: Lightning in a Bottle

2 CD / Legacy / 2004-09-21

Tracks: Senie Zelie; See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; Gamblin' Man; Love in Vain; Sittin' on Top of the World; Jim Crow Blues; St. Louis Blues; Men Are Just Like Street Cars; I Can't Be Satisfied; Strange Fr...
Artists: Original Soundtrack

Lightning in a Bottle is the double-disc soundtrack to the documentary film of the same title directed by Antoine Fuqua and shot at a February 7, 2003, concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York Cit...continue...

Taj Mahal: Take a Giant Step: The Best of Taj Mahal

1 CD / BMG Special Products / 2004-06-24

Tracks: Take a Giant Step; Down Home Girl; Let the Four Winds Blow; Cakewalk into Town; Sittin' on Top of the World; (You've Got To) Love Her With a Feeling; Lonely Avenue; Ooh Poo Pah Doo; Mocking Bird; Blu...
Artists: Taj Mahal

The subtitle of 2005's TAKE A GIANT STEP: THE BEST OF TAJ MAHAL is a bit misleading. This 10-track compilation features the finest of the revered blues guitarist/vocalist's early-to-mid-1990s output f...continue...

Vini & the Demons: Vini and the Demons

1 CD / Vini and the Demons / 2004-02-24

Tracks: Possession Blues; I Don't Want You; You Go Your Way; Please Shake Your Ass For Me; I've Got to Be With You Tonight; Beautiful Poison; Sick Bed Blues; Sittin' on Top of the World; I Don't Want to Go t...
Artists: Vini & the Demons

Howlin' Wolf: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / MCA (USA) / 2003-03-04

Tracks: Rockin' Daddy; I Ain't Superstitious; Sittin' on Top of the World; Worried About My Baby; What a Woman!; Poor Boy; Built for Comfort; Who's Been Talking?; Red Rooster, The - (False start and dialogue...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Personnel: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Eric Clapton, Hubert Sumlin (guitar); Jeffrey M. Carp (harmonica); Joe Miller, Jordan Sandke, Dennis Lansing (horns); Steve Winwood (piano...continue...

Ray Charles: Confession Blues

3 CD / Goldies / 2001-05-10

Tracks: Confession Blues; I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go); Can Anyone Ask For More; Rockin' Chair Blues; See See Rider; Ego Song, Th'; Late in the Evening Blues; I'll Do Anything But Work; I...
Artists: Ray Charles

This three-disc compendium of Ray Charles' earliest sides is a portrait (and not a very good sounding one at that) of Charles as a blues singer and a Nat King Cole-like ballad singer (disc three in pa...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: The Collection

1 CD / Universal/Spectrum / 2000-10-25

Tracks: Wang Dang Doodle; Spoonful; Smokestack Lightnin'; Back Door Man; Little Red Rooster, The; Do the Do; I Ain't Superstitious; Tail Dragger; Built for Comfort; Evil; Sittin' on Top of the World; I Asked...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Though there are countless others, this is a pretty neat little compilation of Howlin' Wolf's best moments from various points in his career. Containing 18 tracks for a budget price, many of the true ...continue...

Willie Nelson: Milk Cow Blues

1 CD / Island (Label) / 2000-09-19

Tracks: Milk Cow Blues - (featuring Francine Reed); Outskirts of Town - (featuring Keb' Mo'); Black Night - (featuring Dr. John); Funny How Time Slips Away - (featuring Francine Reed); Rainy Day Blues - (fea...
Artists: Willie Nelson

Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Dr. John (vocals, piano); Johnny Lang, Susan Tedeschi, Francine Reed (vocals); Derek O'Brien, Jimmie Vaughn, Kenny Wayne Shepherd...continue...

Howard Armstrong: Louie Bluie

1 CD / Blue Suit / 1995-09-21

Tracks: Lady Be Good; St. Louis Blues; You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You; John Henry Intro - (spoken); John Henry; Sittin' on Top of the World; Howard's Rag; Louie Bluie - (spoken); Louie Bluie Blues; Th...
Artists: Howard Armstrong

Personnel: Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong (vocals, guitar, mandolin, violin); Ray Kamalay (guitar, background vocals); John Rockwood (harmonica); Ralphe Armstrong (bass).

Recorded at Scharren S...continue...

Howlin' Wolf: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions [Bonus Tracks]

1 CD / Geffen / 1989-08-01

Tracks: Rockin' Daddy; I Ain't Superstitious; Sittin' on Top of the World; Worried About My Baby; What a Woman!; Poor Boy; Built for Comfort; Who's Been Talking?; Red Rooster, The - (false start and dialogue...
Artists: Howlin' Wolf

Personnel: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Eric Clapton, Hubert Sumlin (guitar); Jeffrey M. Carp (harmonica); Joe Miller, Jordan Sandke, Dennis Lansing (horns); Steve Winwood (piano...continue...