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Hoodoo Man Bluesby: Junior Wells October 01, 1999 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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With respect to my fellow reviewer, this album is not really fifties blues. It was recorded in the mid-sixties and was, as other reviews describe, a fine contemporary work. And, had it been recorded this year, it would still sound current. It has a vitality and presence which passes the test of time with honours. And so, it is blues - very good blues - which does not need to be slotted into a specific era.
What a band! Four brilliant musicians at the top of their game. Has there ever been a finer drummer in blues than Fred Below? Jack Myers was a very influential bassist with a fresh approach to a classic form; Buddy Guy was in excellent form on these sessions; and Junior Wells leads them to many peaks throughout the album. He is ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Collectionby: Howlin' Wolf September 25, 2000 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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A welcome budget price collection by one of the most charismatic and influential blues artists of all time. Many of Wolf's best known numbers are here, commencing with 'How Many More Years' from his first session in 1951 in Sam Phillips' Memphis studio, and continuing through the 1954 to 1965 period with Chess Records. The material is licensed from MCA, and therefore in excellent sound quality, with stereo mixes being used on some of the later dates. Just reading the titles reveals that most of the essential tracks are present, including the ones that were to feature strongly in the white blues boom of the 1960s: 'The Little Red Rooster', 'Spoonful', 'Killing Floor', and the inevitable 'Smokestack Lightnin''.
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The Howlin Wolf London Sessionby: Howlin' Wolf March 17, 2003 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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This is a wonderful album and has a lot to recommend it. It's a builder, and the more you hear it, the more you realise is there. I would just suggest you get a copy, you won't be disappointed. Great stuff.
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His Bestby: Little Walter December 01, 2002 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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This CD is the best place to start when looking to buy a Little Walter CD as it features 20 of the very best tracks that he recorded during his golden period with Chess in the 1950's when he chalked up hit after hit on the US r&b charts and the 20 tracks here are proof that Little Walter was (and still is) the finest blues harmonica player the world has ever seen.
From his first big hit `Juke' in 1952, the CD includes most of his big r&b hits including `Sad Hours', `Off The Wall', `My Babe' etc and some of the musicians that backed Walter here include legendary guitarist Jimmy Rogers, the excellent Otis Spann on piano, the great man Muddy Waters who plays slide guitar on one of Walter's most famous hits: `Key To The Highway' which is included ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Howlin' Wolf / Moanin' In The Moonlightby: Howlin' Wolf December 23, 1999 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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This is the most essential single Howlin' Wolf CD there could possibly be and would make an excellent first purchase for a Howlin' Wolf novice. It comprises The Wolf's first two long-player releases, both what we would now regard as compilations, and was put out by Chess/MCA in 1986. Moanin' In The Moonlight came out in America in 1959 and was made up of 12 selected A-sides and B-sides from the many 78's he released between 1951 and 1958, all monaural, including such classics as Smokestack Lightnin' and I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline). The LP kicks off with Moanin' At Midnight and How Many More Years, comprising both sides of his first Chess single, recorded in Memphis by Sam Phillips at what would become the Sun studios, long before Howlin' Wolf moved to Chicago. ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Big Boss Man: the Best of Jimmy Reedby: Jimmy Reed July 26, 1999 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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This is the most essential single Howlin' Wolf CD there could possibly be and would make an excellent first purchase for a Howlin' Wolf novice. It comprises The Wolf's first two long-player releases, both what we would now regard as compilations, and was put out by Chess/MCA in 1986. Moanin' In The Moonlight came out in America in 1959 and was made up of 12 selected A-sides and B-sides from the many 78's he released between 1951 and 1958, all monaural, including such classics as Smokestack Lightnin' and I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline). The LP kicks off with Moanin' At Midnight and How Many More Years, comprising both sides of his first Chess single, recorded in Memphis by Sam Phillips at what would become the Sun studios, long before Howlin' Wolf moved to Chicago. ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Chess Boxby: Howlin' Wolf December 01, 2002 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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The problem for anyone who recently 'gets into' this music (Chicago Blues) is that there is no shortage of compilations for the Greats (Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley etc.), presumably because they initially didn't record for albums. The decision to choose which set best represents the artist is made harder by the different recording labels with whom they recorded. And to make matters worse the copyright expiry on older recordings can lead to extremely careless analogue to digital transfers, with little thought about the compilation focus (greatest hits? representative?)
No problems with this box set. Granted, it's very expensive. But the sound quality is so very good. The instruments, especially Hubert Sumlin's guitar work, are not dampened or muted. Best of all, you get some of the ... Read More: >>More Details |
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His Bestby: Howlin' Wolf March 20, 1999 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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This has to be one of my favourite blues albums, this really is good. Once you've heard killing floor you will be sold, and once you hear wolf's voice you will never forget it.
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The Best of Slim Harpoby: Slim Harpo July 27, 1992 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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Not only does Slim Harpo have a pretty cool name but the music's not bad either. The laid back vocals compliment the chilled melodies to create some of the best blues records of the era. After buzzin' your way through 'Baby Scratch My Back', 'I'm a King Bee' and 'Shake Your Hips' you'll soon relaise why Slim was such an influene of people like the Stones and Clapton.
But why only four stars? Well there are no terrible tracks here but as we get towards the end of the record there are a few dissappointments such as 'Rainin' In My Heart'. However, don't let that put you off, this is still well worth a look. >>More Details |
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The Paul Butterfield Blues Bandby: Paul Butterfield October 27, 1994 Best Selling > Music > Harmonica |
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The Butterfield Band's debut album from 1965 was traditional Muddy Waters-style Chicago blues but played with real power and authenticity that was miles ahead of any British band. It's hard to imagine now the impact it made at the time but I remember my jaw literally dropping when I heard the tough, forceful sound of "Born in Chicago" for the first time. Butterfield's harp is very much to the fore in many of the tracks and he gets a great thick, dirty wedge of sound that again no British player could get anywhere near. It's very much an ensemble record, played in an uncompromising traditional style and featuring wonderful songs by Elmore James, Little Walter and Junior Parker.
Although Butterfield didn't mean a great deal in Britain, in the States he was Alexis Korner and John Mayall ... Read More: >>More Details |
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