Wednesday, November 6, 2024

 Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Recordings Vol 84

Early R&R Cover Songs Vol 04 - Honky Tonk

01. Bill Haley & His Comets - Honky Tonk 
02. Johnny Seay - Blue Moon Of Kentucky 
03. Eddie Ouinteros - Lindy Lou 
04. Vernon Taylor - Mystery Train 
05. Elvis Presley - Good Rockin' Tonight 
06. Jerry Lee Lewis - Be Bop A Lula 
07. Jerry Lee Lewis - What'd I Say 
08. Scotty Moore - Milk Cow Blues 
09. N.A. Stephenson & The Four Kings - Boogie Woogie Country Girl 
10. Lawrence Shaul & The Aristocats - Tutti Frutti 
11. Bob Luman - Big River 
12. Carl Perkins - That's All Right 
13. Roy Hall - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 
14. Charlie Feathers - That's Alright 
15. Charlie Feathers - Folsom Prison Blues 
16. Mack Allen Smith - Old Man River 
17. Gene Vincent - Unchained Melody 
18. Bill Pinky - After The Hop 
19. Mark Devon - Running Bear 
20. Ricky Nelson - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 73 (1955-2022)

01. Charles Earland & Melvin Sparks - Blues For Sheila (1997) 
02. Melvin Sparks - Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself (1970) 
03. Mose Allison - Your Mind Is On Vacation (1976) 
04. James Hunter - Night Bus (1998) 
05. James Hunter - Lover's Prayer (1998) 
06. James Hunter - Because You're Mine (1998) 
07. Piano Red - Jump Man Jump (1955) 
08. B. Brown & His McVouts - Good Woman Blues (1955) 
09. Cal Valentine & The Texas Rockers - The Boogie Twist (1962) 
10. Little Milton - Hard Luck Blues (1966) 
11. Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins - Red Mama Blues (2007) 
12. Earl Gaines - I Believe In Your Love (1995) 
13. Earl Gaines - Drivin' Wheel (1995) 
14. Shemekia Copeland - Fried Catfish And Bibles (2022) 
15. Shemekia Copeland & Cedric Burnside - Done Come Too Far (2022) 
16. Shemekia Copeland & Sonny Landreth - Too Far To Be Gone (2022) 
17. Maria Muldaur & Tuba Skinny - Some Sweet Day (2021) 
18. Demetria Taylor & Billy Flynn - 83 Highway (2022) 
19. Demetria Taylor, Deitra Farr & Billy Flynn - Blues Early This Morning (2022) 
20. Lucky Peterson - Nana Jarnell (2014) 
21. Walter Trout - High Is Low (2022) 

Monday, November 4, 2024

 Albums That Deserve Another Listen

Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (Vanguard 1967)


Tracks: 

01. Flying High 
02. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine 
03. Death Sound 
04. Porpoise Mouth 
05. Section 43 
06. Super Bird 
07. Sad and Lonely Times 
08. Love 
09. Bass Strings 
10. The Masked Marauder 
11. Grace

Personnel:

Country Joe McDonald - lead vocals (tracks 1-4, 6, 9-11), rhythm guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7-9), tambourine (track 3), lead guitar (track 5), harmonica (track 5), backing vocals (track 7)
Barry Melton - lead guitar (tracks 1-5, 8-11), rhythm guitar (track 6), lead vocals (tracks 7, 8), bass (track 7)
David Cohen - rhythm guitar (track 1), organ (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8-10), lead guitar (tracks 3, 6, 7, 11)
Bruce Barthol - bass (all tracks except track 7), harmonica (tracks 7, 10)
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh - drums

Electric Music for the Mind and Body is Country Joe and the Fish's debut album. Released in May 1967 on the Vanguard label, it was one of the first psychedelic albums to come out of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Country Joe and the Fish were originally formed in 1965 by Country Joe McDonald and Barry Melton as an acoustic folk/jugband duo. This embryonic version of the group, supplemented by Carl Shrager, Bill Steele and Mike Beardslee, recorded an initial EP in September of that year which was released as a "talking issue" of Rag Baby magazine a month later. The EP featured early versions of "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-to-Die Rag" and "Superbird", both of which would be re-recorded for the first two albums, along with two Peter King tracks. By January 1966 the group had expanded into a semi-electric six-piece, with the transition to a fully electric rock band happening after several members attended a Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Jefferson Airplane show at UC Berkeley on April 16. On June 6, this version of the group cut a self-titled second EP at Berkeley's Sierra Sound Laboratories released that July, featuring three songs ("Section 43", "Thing Called Love", and "Bass Strings") which would all be re-recorded for the debut album. The EP was pressed four times and proved very popular, which resulted in record company attention; in early November of '66 the group were set to record a third EP when they were discovered and signed to Vanguard records by producer Samuel Charters.

In late November 1966 the group began trial recordings for the album at Sierra Sound Laboratories, but clashes between Joe and drummer John Francis Gunning led to the latter's abrupt firing. His replacement, Gary "Chicken" Hirsh, joined the group in time for an extended period of rehearsals at The Barn in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the weeks before Christmas 1966, where the new lineup gelled.

Recording sessions for the album proper took place on four-track machines during the first week of February 1967 at Sierra Sound, produced by Charters. The instrumental backings to the songs were largely played live in the studio, with Joe's later vocal overdubs recorded with the lights out due to his self-consciousness at having the others look at him while singing.

The first songs recorded on February 1 were "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine", chosen as the lead single that April, and "Bass Strings", which had originally appeared on the second EP. According to Joe, the subject of "Lorraine" was a compendium of several different women although he professed to not particularly like the song, and wondered how it became popular. The group were nervous to sing "Bass Strings" as the lyrics admitted they all smoked marijuana, which was a felony at the time; at the end of the track Joe can be heard whispering the letters "L-S-D". On February 2, "Porpoise Mouth" (known as "Happiness Is A Porpoise Mouth" on the stereo pressing) and "The Masked Marauder" were committed to tape; the former is about an erection and shifts time signatures from 3/4 to 6/8, while the latter is a multi-sectional instrumental which was the newest thing written for the album, developed during the December 1966 Barn rehearsals. The next day, "Death Sound" (known as "Death Sound Blues" on the stereo pressing), "Love" and "Grace" were tackled. "Death Sound" was one of the earliest songs penned, an acid-blues number with dark themes of death. "Love" had been another early song written by the whole band and recorded for the self-titled second EP as "Thing Called Love", although it appears here in a faster rearrangement with a soul backbeat and lead vocal by Melton. "Grace" was Joe's ode to Grace Slick, the lead singer of Jefferson Airplane. Joe had met her while she was in her earlier band, The Great Society, and wanted to give her better material to sing. The song was influenced by Japanese music and employed a number of sonic additions including bells, chimes, water sound effects, and increasing echo delay, getting slower as it progresses.

February 4 was given to re-takes and overdubs to "Lorraine", "Masked Marauder", "Bass Strings", and "Porpoise Mouth". On February 6 the group reconvened to cut the album opener "Flying High" and lengthy side one closer "Section 43". "Flying High" was based on a real-life incident where Joe was stuck hitchhiking in the rain in Los Angeles, ignored by all the "straight" cars until finally picked up by two fellow hippies. "Section 43" was another track that had appeared on the second EP, originally begun by Joe on an acoustic guitar and harmonica with more sections added in as it developed, with influences ranging from guitarist John Fahey to classical pieces like "In the Hall of the Mountain King". The final recording was edited together from three sections titled "A", "B", and "ragtime", with Charters fading each one out to complete silence. The last day of recording, on the 7th, saw "Superbird" and "Sad and Lonely Times" completed. "Superbird" was a protest number taking aim at President Johnson that had initially appeared on the first EP from October 1965, transformed from an acoustic jugband number to a soul-infused rocker with added lyrics that promised the commander-in-chief would be made to "eat flowers" and "drop acid". "Sad And Lonely Times" was an older song with Melton taking lead vocal, although members of the band have since identified it as their least favorite on the album due to its simple C&W arrangement.

Two other songs were considered for the album: "Thought Dream", recorded on February 2, was held over for the sophomore effort I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die, while the "I-Feel- Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" itself (another song that had appeared on the first Rag Baby EP) was considered too controversial to record by Charters and held over until after it was seen how the similar protest number "Superbird" fared with radio.

When the sessions were finished, Charters took the tapes to Vanguard Studios in New York to edit and mix the album. He tried several different running orders but eventually settled on having each side begin with the more "out" or commercial songs and then gradually going further "in" to the most spiritual, psychedelic material.

"Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" previewed the album that April and was the band's only entry on the singles chart, peaking at #95 on Billboard that August. The album was released on May 11, 1967, on the Vanguard label, with a release party thrown at the Fillmore on the same night. Sales were slow at first but picked up after the group's appearance at the Monterey International Pop Festival that June (where versions of both "Martha Lorraine" and "Section 43" were filmed, the latter appearing in the movie), eventually peaking at #39 in September.

Due to deterioration of the original master tapes, the album was remixed in 1982 and this remix was used for the original CD release in 1990. In 2013 a new two-disc deluxe version appeared which included both the original mono and stereo mixes. It is the first time producer Sam Charters’ original stereo mixdown had been issued on compact disc. Both stereo and mono versions of the album, with the mono housed in the original rejected sleeve design, were released on the Wave of Electrical Sound box set in 2018.

The album was received warmly on release with the Berkeley Gazette in glowing praise, stating that songs like "Bass Strings" and "Section 43" "employ echo chambers, distortion, and other electronic embellishments to augment the unique versatility of sound mixing the Fish compulsively indulge in...the mood is essentially psychedelic, with the texture of smoky colored glass."

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder felt that the album is "one of the most important and enduring documents of the psychedelic era". Country Joe later boasted "If you want to understand psychedelic music, and you haven't heard Electric Music for the Mind and Body, then you probably don't know what you're talking about."

The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.


 Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 121

Bars, Bottles & Drunks Vol 03 - Hangover Boogie

01. Bob Newman - Hangover Boogie 
02. Oscar Chandler - Mama's Gone To Heaven Papa's Gone To Drink 
03. Helen Carter - Kneeling Drunkard's Plea 
04. Hank Williams, Jr. - There's A Devil In The Bottle 
05. Rod Morris - Drunkard's Blues 
06. Rod Morris - Three Empty Bottles 
07. The Hi-Flyers - Beer Parlour Jive 
08. Virgil Fleming - Bottom Of The Fifth 
09. Jerry Hegarty - Whiskey On Sunday 
10. Keith Compton - Smilin' Mel The Beer Man 
11. Willie Nelson - Bubbles In My Beer 
12. Bobby Barnett - The Finished Product Of The Brewers Art 
13. Hugh X Lewis - Talking To A Bottle 
14. Leon Payne - Brothers Of A Bottle 
15. Connie Hall - The Bottle Or Me 
16. Sonny Wright - Hungover 
17. Waylon Jennings - Time Between Bottles Of Wine 
18. Tracy Lawrence - It Only Takes One Bar To Make A Prison 
19. Steve Laneer - One More Drink With A Fool 
20. John Edward Hartley - The Bottle 

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 72 (1940-1997)

01. Artie Christopher - Stoned Soul (1968) 
02. Artie Christopher - Hello L.A. Bye Bye Birmingham (1968) 
03. Lee Oskar - A Soulful Prayer (1997) 
04. Charles Earland - Honky Tonk (1997) 
05. Curtis Jones - Blues Memories (1940) 
06. Curtis Jones - Don't Leave Me Baby (1941) 
07. The Lloyd Singers - I Feel The Spirit Coming On (1965) 
08. TNT Tribble - Annie's Mambo (1953) 
09. TNT Tribble - The Man From Jamaica (1953) 
10. Camille Howard & Roy Milton's Solid Senders - Groovy Blues (1950) 
11. Daisy Mae & The Hepcats - Woman Trouble (1956) 
12. Johnny Copeland - Stealing (1964) 
13. Johnny Copeland - Dear Mother (1971) 
14. Johnny Copeland - Old Man Blues (1971) 
15. Tiny Grimes & His Rockin' Highlanders - St. Louis Blues (1952) 
16. Tiny Grimes & His Rockin' Highlanders - Why Did You Waste My Time (1953) 
17. Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie (1981) 
18. Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - Got To Move (1981) 
19. Frank Motley - Herbert's Jump (1951) 
20. Frank Motley - That's All Right (1951) 
21. Frank Motley - Dual Trumpet Blues (1951)

Saturday, November 2, 2024

 Assorted Best Of Jazz Vol 82 - A Handful Of Jazz Trombone Greats Vol 02

Pennies From Heaven (1958-2024)

01. Nick Finzer - Pennies From Heaven (2024) 
02. Nick Finzer - CC (2024) 
03. Tyree Glenn - Love For Sale (1960) 
04. Tyree Glenn - Like Someone In Love (1960) 
05. Maynard Ferguson - It's Only A Paper Moon (1958) 
06. Joe Temperley - John's Bunch (1978) 
07. Joe Temperley - Stella By Starlight (1978) 
08. Bennie Green - Bennie Plays The Blues (1960) 
09. Melba Liston - Insomnia (1958) 
10. Melba Liston - Zagred This (1958) 
11. Slide Hampton - On The Street Where You Live (1961) 
12. Wycliffe Gordon - Blue 'n' Boogie (2001) 
13. Wycliffe Gordon - In A Mellow Tone (2001) 
14. Jennifer Wharton - Mama's Alright (2023) 
15. Lis Wessberg - Twain Walking (2024) 
16. Lis Wessberg - Birds (2024) 
17. Isla Eckinger - Detroit Blues (1982) 
18. Samuel Blaser - Root Beer Rag (2023) 
19. Robert Edwards - Baubles, Bangles, And Beads (2023) 
20. Robert Edwards - My Way (2023) 

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 71 (1948-2022)

01. Bobby Parker - Steal Your Heart Away (1961) 
02. Chubby Jackson's Big Band - New York To Chicago (1958) 
03. James Wheeler - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (1997) 
04. South Side Slim - Kitchen Floor (2001) 
05. South Side Slim - I Wish I Was Blind (2001) 
06. South Side Slim - Dollar Bill (2009) 
07. Randy California & Spirit - Pick A Bale Of Cotton (1995) 
08. Lee Moses - Never In My Life (1968) 
09. Lee Moses - If Loving You Is A Crime I'll Always Be Guilty (1968) 
10. Don Covay - The Popeye Waddle (1963) 
11. Shelton Dunaway & The Cup Cakes - Mary Lou Doin' The Pop Eye (1962) 
12. Shelton Dunaway & The Cup Cakes - Just One Kiss (1962) 
13. Earl Bostic - Hot Sauce Boss (1948) 
14. Earl Bostic - Bostic's Boogie Blues (1948) 
15. The Texas Horns - Alligator Gumbo (2022) 
16. The Texas Horns - J.B.s Rock (2022) 
17. B.B. King - Think It Over (1967) 
18. Joe Carroll & Howard McGhee Quartet - Gambler's Blues (1970) 
19. The Original Gospel Harmonettes - One Morning Soon (1952) 
20. Big Boy Myles - She's So Fine (1962) 
21. Bobby Peterson - Irresistible You (1960) 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 69

The Lonesome Blues Vol 01 - My Baby Left Me

01. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby Left Me 
02. Hadda Brooks - I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town 
03. Lil Green - Lonely Woman 
04. Memphis Minnie - Lonesome Shack Blues 
05. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Lonesome House Blues 
06. Texas Alexander With The Mississippi Sheiks - Days Is Lonesome 
07. Robert Lockwood Jr. - Lonely Man 
08. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lonesome In Your Home 
09. Cootie Stark - I'm So Lonely 
10. Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues 
11. Blind Willie McTell - Lonesome Day Blues 
12. Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam - I'm A Lonely Man 
13. Buddy Moss - Some Lonesome Day 
14. Jim Jackson - When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone 
15. Danny Kalb - So Doggone Lonesome 
16. Carolina Slim - Worrying Blues 
17. Big Maceo - I Lost My Little Woman 
18. Louisiana Red - I'm A Roaming Stranger 
19. Buddy Moss - Misery Man Blues 
20. John Lee Hooker - She Left Me By Myself

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 70 (1947-2022)

01. Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Overall Junction (1983) 
02. Big Mama Thornton - Let's Go Get Stoned (1969) 
03. Linda Hopkins - I Can't (1956) 
04. Pearl Woods - Lonely Avenue (1962) 
05. Lowell Fulson - Crying Blues (1947) 
06. Lowell Fulson - Black Widow Spider Blues (1947) 
07. Lowell Fulson - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (1947) 
08. Big Joe Turner - B&O Blues (1949) 
09. Lois Booker - Thinking About My Baby (1948 ) 
10. The Nightingale Jubalaires - Rough And Rocky Road (1949) 
11. Barbara Lynn - Lonely Heartaches (1962) 
12. Barbara Lynn - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (1969) 
13. Charles Sugar Harp Burroughs - Sugar Is My Name (2022) 
14. Charles Sugar Harp Burroughs - I Don't Want A Soul Hangin' Round (2022) 
15. Joe Louis Walker - Too Drunk To Drive Drunk (2013) 
16. Model 'T' Slim - Shake Your Boogie (1966) 
17. Shemekia Copeland - Too Close (2002) 
18. Denise Lasalle - Your Husband Is Cheating On Us (1984) 
19. Delbert McClinton - A Mess Of Blues (1979) 
20. The Younghearts - Get On Down (1974) 
21. The Younghearts - We're All God's Children (1974) 

Sunday, October 27, 2024

 Soul Party Vol 74 - Funk Special Vol 02 - Goin' To See My Baby

01. The Fatback Band - Goin' To See My Baby 
02. Betty Davis - Funk 
03. Eumir Deodato - Funk Yourself 
04. The Bar-Kays - Shut The Funk Up 
05. The Unemployed - Funky Thing 
06. Charles Leonard - A Funky Driver On A Funky Bus 
07. Calibro 35 - You Filthy Bastards 
08. Martha High - Mama's Got A Bag Of Her Own 
09. Aaron Neville - Hercules 
10. Phat Phunktion - Chunky But Funky 
11. Diplomats Of Solid Sound - Smokey Places 
12. Ella Washington - I Don't Care About Your Past 
13. Parliament - Give Up The Funk 
14. Billy Paul - Am I Black Enough For You 
15. Bonnie & Sheila - You Keep Me Hanging On 
16. Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham - Lover And A Friend 
17. Joe Thomas - Every Brother Ain't A Brother 
18. Robert Lowe - Back To Funk 
19. The Backyard Heavies - Just Keep On Truckin' 
20. Darrow Fletcher - Now Is The Time For Love

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 69 (1949-1981)

01. Phillip Mitchell - I'll See You In Hell First (1975) 
02. Betty Everett - Bedroom Eyes (1975) 
03. Little Milton & Jackie Ross - Teach Me (1981) 
04. Brenton Wood - Trouble (1967) 
05. Jimmy Rushing - Berkeley Campus Blues (1967) 
06. Bill Black's Combo - Smokie Part 2 (1973) 
07. Bill Black's Combo - Ram-Bunk-Shush (1973) 
08. Bobby Hendricks - Molly Be Goode (1958) 
09. Bobby Hendricks - Busy Flirting (1960) 
10. Bobby Hendricks - I Want That (1960) 
11. The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack (1964) 
12. Aretha Franklin - Won't Be Long (1960) 
13. Patti LaBelle - Rocking Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu (1981) 
14. Lowell Fulson - Fulson's Blues (1949) 
15. Lowell Fulson - Fulson Boogie (1949) 
16. Lowell Fulson - Mean Woman Blues (1949) 
17. Carla Thomas - Every Ounce Of Strength (1965) 
18. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone (1967) 
19. The Chiffons - Now That You're My Baby (1970) 
20. Paul Butterfield - Too Many Drivers (1973) 
21. Paul Butterfield - Baby Please Don't Go (1973) 

Thursday, October 24, 2024

 Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Recordings Vol 83

Love & Heartaches Vol 02 - My Baby's Gone

01. Jimmy Bowen - My Baby's Gone 
02. Billy Harlan - This Lonely Man 
03. Harold Jenkins - Born To Sing The Blues 
04. Conway Twitty - What Am I Living For 
05. Conway Twitty - Back When Judy Loved Me 
06. Bobby Edwards - I Fell And Broke My Heart 
07. Charlie Feathers - We're Getting Closer To Being Apart 
08. Bobby Lord - So Doggone Lonesome 
09. Hal Goodson - Who's Gonna Be The Next One Honey 
10. Bobby Lile - Knockin' My Head Against A Cold Stone Wall 
11. Johnny Bond - All I Can Do Is Cry 
12. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 
13. Dwight Whitey Pullen - Don't Make Me Cry 
14. Charles Calhoun - My Pidgeon's Gone 
15. Floyd Robinson - Why Can't It Go On 
16. Eddie Stapleton - Well I'm Weak 
17. Johnny Tillotson - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 
18. Paul Seipp & The Rhythmaires - Little Gray Shack 
19. The Supremes - She Don't Want Me No More 
20. The Sprouts - Goodbye, She's Gone

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 68 (1950-2007)

01. Bobby Rush - It's Alright (1973) 
02. Big George Brock - Down South (2007) 
03. Booker T. & The MG's - Comin' Home Baby (1962) 
04. Booker T. & The MG's - A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (1967) 
05. Jimmy Smith - Walk On The Wild Side (1962) 
06. John Lee Hooker - No Shoes (1960) 
07. Piano Red - Rockin' With Red (1954) 
08. Piano Red & The Meter-Tones - Guitar Walk (1960) 
09. Joel Paterson - Honey Blues (2005) 
10. Joel Paterson - Guitar Highway (2005) 
11. Joel Paterson - Salty Dog Blues (2005) 
12. Otis Blackwell - Daddy Rollin' Stone (1953) 
13. O.V. Wright With The Keys - That's How Strong My Love Is (1964) 
14. Dave Bartholomew - Good Jax Boogie (1950) 
15. Dave Bartholomew - Tijim (1950) 
16. Louis Prima - Basin Street Blues (1957) 
17. Johnny Mars - Strikin' On You Baby (2003) 
18. Johnny Mars - Everyday I Have The Blues (2003) 
19. Johnny Mars - Please Send Me Someone To Love (2003) 
20. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' (1964) 
21. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me (1958) 
22. Ray Charles - Night Time Is The Right Time (1958) 

Monday, October 21, 2024

 Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 120

Cities & Places Vol 03 - Tennessee Boogie

01. Zeb Turner - Tennessee Boogie 
02. Crowe & McLaughlin - Going Back To Old Virginia 
03. Shug Fisher & His Ranchmens Trio - Ridin' Down To Santa Fe 
04. Spade Cooley - Oklahoma Stomp 
05. Homer & Jethro - When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee 
06. Sally Hamilton - Stuck In Georgia 
07. Elwin Cross & His Arizona Wranglers - Back In Dear Old Oklahoma 
08. Curly Fox - Mississippi Sawyer 
09. Merle Haggard - Take Me Back To Tulsa 
10. Merle Haggard - The Sidewalks Of Chicago 
11. John Wells - Amarillo USA 
12. Grandpa Jones - 8 More Miles To Louisville 
13. Hank Harman - Arizona Cowtown 
14. Webb Pierce - California Blues 
15. Rhonda Vincent - Kentucky Sweetheart 
16. Hank Snow - Music Makin' Mama From Memphis 
17. Eck Robertson - Arkansas Traveler 
18. Tabby West - Chat Chat Chattanooga 
19. Ted Russell Kamp - You Can Go To Hell, I'm Going To Texas 
20. Peggy Jo - If I Hear One More Song About Texas

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 67 (1949-1977)

01. Floyd Dixon With Eddie Williams & His Brown Buddies - I Saw Stars (1949) 
02. Goree Carter With Bill Hayes & His Band - If It's True What They Tell Me (1951) 
03. Goree Carter With Bill Hayes & His Band - I'm Just Another Fool (1951) 
04. The Echoes Of Zion - Lord I'm Coming Home (1950) 
05. The Staple Singers - Pray On (1960) 
06. The Staple Singers - Let's Go Home (1960) 
07. The Staple Singers - Come On Up In Glory (1960) 
08. Nelson Carson - Lost (1950) 
09. Nelson Carson - Waiting For Love (1950) 
10. Rocky Thompson - Bull Corn Blues (1950) 
11. Perry Cain With Bill Hayes & His Band - My Baby Loves Me So (1950) 
12. Brief Encounter - Smile (1977) 
13. Brief Encounter - Time Is Moving (1977) 
14. Tony Joe White - Soul Francisco (1968) 
15. Tony Joe White - Who's Making Love (1969) 
16. Tony Joe White - Boom Boom (1970) 
17. Hubert Robinson & His Yardbirds - Hard Lovin' Daddy (1950) 
18. Smokey Hogg - Comin' Out Blues (1951) 
19. Smokey Hogg - I Have Often Wondered (1951) 
20. Smokey Hogg - What In The World Am I Gonna Do (1951) 
21. Leroy Dallas - Your Sweet Man’s Blues (1949) 

Friday, October 18, 2024

 Assorted Best Of Jazz Vol 81 - A Handful Of Great Jazz Guitar Players Vol 06

Just Walkin' (1955-2018)

01. Wes Montgomery - Just Walkin' (1965) 
02. Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' On Sunset (1965) 
03. Wes Montgomery - Naptown Blues (1965) 
04. Nick Colionne - Whatta 'bout You (2014) 
05. Nick Colionne - Nite Train (2018) 
06. Dave Stryker - Time Of The Season (2016) 
07. Dave Stryker - Sunshine Of Your Love (2016) 
08. Jonathan Kreisberg - Minor Leaps (2003) 
09. Jonathan Kreisberg - Peru (2003) 
10. Lionel Loueke - Aziza (2016) 
11. Tal Farlow - Stompin' At The Savoy (1955) 
12. Tal Farlow - Tea For Two (1955) 
13. Jeff Ray - Streams (2003) 
14. Frank Vignola - 12th Street Rag (2009) 
15. Frank Vignola - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (2009) 
16. Lenny Breau - Our Delight (1977) 
17. Ken Karsh - Just Squeeze Me (2006) 
18. Ken Karsh - Ventana (2006) 
19. Dan Papaila - Rush Hour (1992) 
20. Dan Papaila - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (1992)

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 66 (1948-2022)

01. Muddy Waters - Mad Love (1953) 
02. Pee Wee Crayton - Central Avenue Blues (1948) 
03. Lula Reed - Ain't No Cotton Pickin' Chicken (1961) 
04. Lula Reed & Freddy King - You Can't Hide (1962) 
05. Lula Reed & Freddy King - Let Your Love Watch Over Me (1962) 
06. Memphis Slim & Matt Murphy - Lonesome (1961) 
07. Memphis Slim - Cold Blooded Woman (1961) 
08. Matthew Skoller Band - Grew Up On Vinyl (2000) 
09. Matthew Skoller Band - You Don't Even Know (2000) 
10. Ellis Hooks - The Idea Of You (2004) 
11. Jerry Portnoy & The Streamliners - She Makes Me (1995) 
12. Jerry Portnoy & The Streamliners - Home Run Hitter (1995) 
13. Chris Smither - Dust My Broom (1997) 
14. Chris Smither - Take Out Some Insurance (2011) 
15. DC Carnes - I Got To Find Me A Woman (2022) 
16. DC Carnes - Hideaway (2022) 
17. The Rolling Stones - Little Rain (2016) 
18. Screaming Jay Hawkins - $10,000 Lincoln Continental (1955) 
19. Jimmy Anderson - Going Through The Park (1963) 
20. Richard Groove Homes - Listen Here (1969) 
21. Maceo Parker - Up And Down East Street (1990) 

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

 The Best Of Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 68

I'm A Crawling King Snake

01. John Lee Hooker - I Rule My Den 
02. Sippie Wallace, Otis Spann, Jim Kweskin - Black Snake Blues 
03. Leadbelly - New Black Snake Moan 
04. Big Bill Broonzy - Black Widow Spider 
05. Memphis Minnie - Black Widow Stinger 
06. Memphis Minnie - Black Rat Swing 
07. Madelyn James - Stinging Snake Blues 
08. Victoria Spivey - New Black Snake Blues 
09. Big Joe Williams - Crawling King Snake 
10. Blind Boy Fuller - Blacksnakin' Jiver 
11. Brownie McGhee - Black Snake Moan 
12. Tony Hollins - Crawlin' King Snake 
13. Washboard Sam - Phantom Black Snake 
14. Robert Lockwood Jr. - Black Spider Blues 
15. Papa George Lightfoot - Snake Hipping Daddy 
16. Doctor Clayton - Black Snake Blues 
17. Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing 
18. Justin Johnson - Crawlin' King Snake 
19. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Black Pony Blues 
20. Blind Lemon Jefferson - That Black Snake Moan

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 65 (1954-2022)

01. Sonny Terry & His Buckshot Five - I Love You Baby (1954) 
02. Lightning Junior & The Empires - Ragged And Hungry (1955) 
03. Shirley Davis & The SilverBacks - So Much To Me (2022) 
04. John Runefelt - Getting Frisky (2022) 
05. Johnny Copeland - Working Man's Blues (1964) 
06. Bob Gaddy & His Keys - Blues Has Walked In My Room (1955) 
07. Bob Gaddy & His Keys - Slow Down Baby (1955) 
08. Ponderosa Twins Plus One - You Send Me (1971) 
09. Ponderosa Twins Plus One - Hey Girl (1971) 
10. Long John Baldry - You're Breaking My Heart (1964) 
11. Long John Baldry - Cry Me A River (1966) 
12. Long John Baldry - Sunshine Of Your Love (1969) 
13. Memphis Slim - Coco Boogie (1965) 
14. Memphis Slim - Lonely Nights (1968) 
15. Gloria Lynne - The Jazz In You (1993) 
16. Gloria Lynne - Here's That Rainy Day (1998) 
17. Toni Lynn Washington - Checkin' Up On My Baby (2015) 
18. Toni Lynn Washington - Mellow Down Easy (2015) 
19. Amos Garrett - Stranger In My Own Hometown (2008) 
20. Zora Young - Mystery Train (2009) 
21. Zora Young - Goin' Back To Memphis (2009)

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Soul Party Vol 73 - Without A Heart

01. Lee Fields - Without A Heart 
02. Tony Owens - The Letter That Broke My Heart 
03. The Martiniques - Broken Hearted Me 
04. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart 
05. Bill Withers - In My Heart 
06. Al Green - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 
07. Helene Smith - Pain In My Heart 
08. Sonny Munro - Open The Door To Your Heart 
09. The MVPs - Turning My Heartbeat Up 
10. The Debonairs - Headache In My Heart 
11. Barbara & The Browns - In My Heart 
12. Inez & Charlie Foxx - You Fixed My Heartache 
13. Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart 
14. The Toys - I Got My Heart Set On You 
15. Porgy & The Monarchs - My Heart Cries For You 
16. Eddie Floyd - A Deed To Your Heart 
17. Christine Cooper - Heartaches Away My Boy 
18. Louvain Demps - My Heart Won't Say No 
19. Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free 
20. Bobo Mr. Soul - Hitchhike To Heartbreak Road 

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 64 (1947-1972)

01. George Stone - Hole In The Wall (1965) 
02. George Stone - My Beat (1965) 
03. Danny Cobb & The Paul Williams Orchestra - I'm So Happy (1952) 
04. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (1954) 
05. Howling Wolf - Dog Me Around (1951) 
06. Bobby Womack - California Dreamin' (1969) 
07. Peggy Lee - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (1969) 
08. Professor Longhair - Look What You're Doin' To Me (1957) 
09. Roy Brown With Bob Ogden & His Orchestra - Good Rockin' Tonight (1947) 
10. Illinois Jacquet - Blues For Bunny (1965) 
11. Dinah Washington - It's A Mean Old Man's World (1962) 
12. Dinah Washington - Drown In My Own Tears (1963) 
13. Dinah Washington - The Key To The Highway (1963) 
14. Eddy Senay - Soul Preachin' (1972) 
15. Eddy Senay - Reverend Lowdown (1972) 
16. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Come On In (1966) 
17. Memphis Slim - Gambler's Blues (1967) 
18. Memphis Slim - Let's Get With It (1967) 
19. Memphis Slim - Long Time Gone (1967) 
20. Brownie McGhee & His Jook Block Busters - Bluebird, Bluebird (1954) 
21. Brownie McGhee & His Jook Block Busters - My Confession (1954) 

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Some scenes from Perth, Western Australia

 Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Recordings Vol 82

706 Union Avenue Vol 02 - I Feel Like Rockin'

01. Kenny Parchman - I Feel Like Rockin' 
02. Jerry Lee Lewis - Breakup 
03. Carl Mann - Take These Chains From My Heart 
04. Jimmy Haggett - Rock Me Baby 
05. Charlie Rich - My Baby Done Left Me 
06. Carl Perkins - Honky Tonk Babe 
07. Glenn Honeycutt - Rock All Night 
08. Malcolm Yelvington - Yakety Yak 
09. Ray Harris - Lonely Wolf 
10. Ken Cook - Problem Child Don't Be Runnin' Wild 
11. Charlie Feathers - Bottle To The Baby 
12. Billy Riley - I Want You Baby 
13. Jimmy Williams - Fire Engine Red 
14. Narvel Felts - Lonely River 
15. Roy Hall - I Lost My Baby 
16. Mack Self - Mad At You 
17. Dick Penner - Move Baby Move 
18. Andy Anderson - Tough Tough Tough 
19. Vernon Taylor - Your Lovin' Man 
20. Johnny Bernero Band - Cotton Pickin' Boogie

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 63 (1940-2022)

01. The Thrillers - 'Lizabeth (1954) 
02. Sammy Lawhorn - The Home Of The Blues (1960) 
03. T.V. Slim & The Soul Brothers - Juvenile Delinquent (1966) 
04. Bernard Allison - Satisfy Her Needs (2022) 
05. Diunna Greenleaf - Back Door Man (2022) 
06. Hot Lips Page - Thirsty Mama Blues (1940) 
07. Hot Lips Page - Race Horse Mama Blues (1945) 
08. Hot Lips Page - Buffalo Bill Blues (1946) 
09. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Don't Feel Well (1958) 
10. Tommy Ridgley - I've Heard That Story Before (1958) 
11. Memphis Gold - Melt Down Baby (2004) 
12. Memphis Gold - Preacher Blues (2004) 
13. Z.Z. Hill - Faithful And True (1971) 
14. The Desires - Cold Lonely Heart (1958) 
15. The Turbans - Bye And Bye (1957) 
16. Matthew Skoller - Love Her Don't Shove Her (1996) 
17. Matthew Skoller's Lost Trio - Mighty Long Time (2003) 
18. Bobby Womack - I'm Through Trying To Prove My Love To You (1973) 
19. Johnny Guitar Watson - Rat Now (1960) 
20. Johnny Guitar Watson - The Eagle Is Back (1961) 
21. Cindy Mann - You Can't Fool Me Baby (1958) 

Sunday, October 6, 2024

 Bob's Chat

A chatbox where we can post comments and have discussions on artists & songs. However, if you just want to say thank you for a particular post then please continue using the usual comment box located below each post.

Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Volume 62 today brings you 21 great tracks dating from 1956 to 1988. As usual a mixed bag of goodies: blues/R&B artists like Johnny Guitar Watson, Bobby Blue Bland, Roebuck Staples, Little Milton & Syl Johnson, to bluesy jazz from Jimmy Smith, Gene Harris & Freddie Hubbard, plus some soul & gospel to round it off.

And Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 119 presents the forth volume in "Train Track Shuffle" titled "Pan American Boogie". A fine mix of artists here, which includes The Carter Family, Grandpa Jones, Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash, The Monroe Brothers, Rhonda Vincent, James Luther Dickinson along with several other great performers.

It's interesting making up these compilations according to themes as there's so much similarity between the white Hillbilly/Country and the black Country/Pre-War/Acoustic Blues. Both deal frequently with riding trains, having broken hearts, sitting drinking because of broken hearts, feeling sad & lonesome, traveling around from town to town, having bad cases of the blues, singing about Jesus and heaven. Much of the early Hillbilly music was very bluesy, and certainly many of the early blues singers were influenced by the white Country/Hillbilly singers they heard on the radios, and saw singing in films at the local cinemas.

Also as I've mentioned before I make these compilations up in batches, usually batches of 10 or 12 volumes in each genre. When the next batch begins, in about a month, you'll notice a slight change in the titles, which have become rather lengthy, so I've cut them down a bit. For example "Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings" will become "Hillbilly & Country", likewise other genres will lose "Assorted" and "Recordings" from their titles.

I'm pleased to report that 'Bob's Cellar' has taken off nicely, most of the old team from 'The Buzzment' have dropped by to share a few things. So don't forget to regularly check it out and help yourselves to whatever takes your fancy. Also don't forget to thank the posters. It only take a few seconds to type "thank you..." and it means a lot to the person who has spent considerable time ripping an album and uploading it. And if you have any requests then fire away, whatever your want list, there's a good chance one of us will have it. Also remember that everyone is invited to share something. So if you have an album that you think others would like to hear then by all means post a link in "The Cellar".

As always my friends, dig in and dig the great music available here.

 Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 119

Train Track Shuffle Vol 04 - Pan American Boogie

01. Lonnie Glosson - Pan American Boogie 
02. Grandpa Jones - That Memphis Train 
03. The Tenneva Ramblers - The Longest Train I Ever Saw 
04. Snuffy Jenkins & Pappy Sherrill - C&NW Railroad Blues 
05. James Luther Dickinson - Casey Jones On The Road Again 
06. The Rouse Brothers - Orange Blossom Special 
07. J.P. Nester - Train On The Island 
08. Tex Morton - Waiting For A Train 
09. The Carter Family - Wabash Cannonball 
10. The Norfolk Southern Lawmen - Fireball Mail 
11. Rhonda Vincent - Passin' Of The Train 
12. Dick Unteed - Bye Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo 
13. Jim Mills - Bound To Ride 
14. Texas Old Timers - East Bound Train 
15. Sean Burns & Lost Country - Have You Seen That Train 
16. The New Grass Revival - All Night Train 
17. Roy Acuff - The Devil's Train 
18. The Monroe Brothers - New River Train 
19. Johnny Cash - Let The Train Blow The Whistle 
20. Tex Ritter - The Wreck Of Number Nine

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 62 (1956-1988)

01. Cordello De Milo & Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't Gonna Hush (1965) 
02. Cordello De Milo & Johnny Guitar Watson - Lonely Girl (1965) 
03. Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw - Calling Miss Khadija (1988) 
04. The Kelly Brothers - If It Wasn't For Your Love (1968) 
05. The Kelly Brothers - Haven't I Been Good To You (1968) 
06. Jimmy Smith With Thornel Schwartz - The Champ (1956) 
07. The Ad Libs - The Slime (1965) 
08. The Ad Libs - I'm Just A Down Home Girl (1965) 
09. Tina Britt - Sookie Sookie (1969) 
10. Bobby Blue Bland - I Wouldn't Treat A Dog The Way You Treated Me (1974) 
11. Syl Johnson - I'm Yours (1973) 
12. Syl Johnson - Take Me To The River (1975) 
13. Little Milton - You're No Good (1974) 
14. Clarence Carter - You're Love Lifted Me (1970) 
15. Nancy Wilson - Ode To Billie Joe (1968) 
16. Nancy Wilson - Willie & Laura Mae Jones (1969) 
17. Roebuck Staples - Black Boy (1970) 
18. Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone (1971) 
19. Johnnie Taylor - As Long As I Don't See You (1973) 
20. Lou Rawls - For What It's Worth (1968) 
21. Gene Harris & The Three Sounds - Hey Girl (1971) 

Thursday, October 3, 2024

 Assorted Best Of Jazz Vol 80 - Women In Jazz Vol 04

Blues On Mars (1958-2024)

01. Jane Ira Bloom - Blues On Mars (1988) 
02. Jane Ira Bloom - Drums Like Dancing (1988) 
03. Roberta Piket - Cannonball (2019) 
04. Mamiko Watanabe - The Scene Is Clean (2022) 
05. Mamiko Watanabe - The Music Game (2022) 
06. Mary Osborne - How High The Moon (1959) 
07. Melba Liston - Blues Melba (1958) 
08. Melba Liston - Pow (1958) 
09. Charlie Pyne - Gratitude (2024) 
10. Candy Dulfer - Donja (1991) 
11. Candy Dulfer - Get The Funk (1991) 
12. Lis Wessberg - Tapestry Of Life (2024) 
13. Lis Wessberg - Anthem (2024) 
14. Melissa Aldana - Never Let Me Go (2019) 
15. Melissa Aldana - Visions (2019) 
16. Amy Gadiaga - Full Sun (2024) 
17. Amy Gadiaga - Soar When I'm Alone (2024) 
18. Melissa Aldana - Echoes Of The Inner Prophet (2024) 
19. Nicole Glover - Strange Lands (2021) 
20. Nicole Glover - I Concentrate On You (2012)

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 61 (1954-2022)

01. Horace Parlan - Kucheza Blues (1963) 
02. Eartha Kitt - Beale Street Blues (1958) 
03. Eartha Kitt - The Memphis Blues (1958) 
04. T-Bone Walker - Woman You Must Be Crazy (1969) 
05. T-Bone Walker - Everyday I Have The Blues (1969) 
06. Albert Washington - Hold Me Baby (1969) 
07. Albert King - Kansas City (1969) 
08. Delbert McClinton - New York City (2018) 
09. Delbert McClinton - Connecticut Blues (2022) 
10. The Invincibles - Keep On Trying (1968) 
11. Wallace Coleman - Everybody Needs Somebody (2003) 
12. Wallace Coleman - Standing Still (2003) 
13. Wallace Coleman - Blue Mist (2003) 
14. John Lee Hooker - Want Ad Blues (1961) 
15. Lightnin' Hopkins - Early Mornin' Boogie (1954) 
16. The Meters - Fire On The Bayou (1975) 
17. The Meters - Middle Of The Road (1975) 
18. The Meters - Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans (1975) 
19. Cedric Burnside - Hard To Stay Cool (2018) 
20. Clarence Carter - Looking For Fox (1967) 
21. Clarence Carter - Look What I Got (1969) 

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

 The Best Of Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 67

He's In The Jailhouse Now

01. Memphis Jug Band - He's In The Jailhouse Now 
02. Big Maceo - County Jail Blues 
03. Sonny Boy Williamson I - New Jail House Blues 
04. Louisiana Red - Chain Gang Blues 
05. Bumble Bee Slim - Chain Gang Bound 
06. Leroy Carr - Christmas In Jail, Ain't That A Pain
07. Sweet Peas - Blood Drippin' Blues 
08. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I'm Prison Bound 
09. The Mississippi Sheiks - Jail Bird Love Song 
10. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues 
11. Walter Roland - Cold Blooded Murder 
12. Blind Washington - Paul And Silas In Jail 
13. Peetie Wheatstraw - Gangster's Blues 
14. Washboard Sam - Razor Cuttin' Man 
15. Rev. Robert Wilkins - Jail House Blues 
16. Al Cook - Magnum 45 Blues 
17. Terry 'Big T' Williams - Incarcerated Blues 
18. Tarheel Slim - 180 Days 
19. St. Louis Jimmy - Patrol Wagon Blues 
20. Leadbelly - On A Monday

 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 60 (1968-2020)

01. Merry Clayton & The Brothers & Sisters Of Los Angeles - Mr. Tambourine Man (1969) 
02. Merry Clayton & The Brothers & Sisters Of Los Angeles - The Mighty Quinn (1969) 
03. Randy McAllister - Your Hands On My Neck (1998) 
04. Big Walter Smith & The Groove Merchants - She's Mine (2001) 
05. Big Walter Smith & The Groove Merchants - Don't You Lie To Me (2001) 
06. Dave Alvin - East Texas Blues (1994) 
07. Dave Alvin - Johnny Ace Is Dead (2011) 
08. Earl Thomas - I Am The Cool (1994) 
09. Earl Thomas - Do You Remember (1994) 
10. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Don't You Feel My Leg (1990) 
11. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - That's How You Got Killed Before (1990) 
12. Big Jay McNeely - Country Boy (2011) 
13. Big Jay McNeely - All The Wine Is Gone (2011) 
14. Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors - Come Together (2020) 
15. Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors - Sanctified Blues (2020) 
16. Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors - Little Red Rooster (2020) 
17. Ike Noble & The Uptights - Foxy Mama (1968) 
18. Ike Noble & The Uptights - Look A Little Higher (1968) 
19. James Brown - In The Middle (1968) 
20. Eilen Jewell - Radio City (2011) 
21. Denny Freeman - Tangled Up In Blue (2012)