The Daily Chat
Here's the first of a new feature I'm bringing to the blog. A chatbox where you can post comments and hold discussions on artists & songs featured in that day's compilations. 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.
Todays 2 compilations bring "Hold On I'm Coming", Vol 3 in the Soul Party series. An all female collection of 23 classic tracks from the cream of the female soul singers such as: Erma Franklin, Etta James, Esther Phillips, Bettye Swann, Ann Peebles, Candi Staton and many more.
And another blues/R&B compilation, kicking off with classic Lazy Lester Excello recordings from the late 1950s, through to some fine Norma Jean Wallace tracks from 2020, and finishing with some great very early and rare Willie Mabon recordings from late 1940s/early 1950s.
If possible, kindly widen your offers. Not just Blues, Country, Jazz, but also music from Africa - like Juju, Benga, Highlife, Soukous, ... -, Arabian Music, etc. ... Also, Europe has a huge Country Music scene which has not been reflected yet in your compilations. Lastly, I prefer sampler with no more than 20 tracks and a playtime that fits onto a regular CD (approx. 74 minutes). All the best for now ...
ReplyDeleteInteresting comment Maren, and thanks for your suggestions. I haven't clearly defined what this blog is about, so now's a good opportunity. With perhaps a handful of occasional exceptions this blog is about American music, in particular Black blues/R&B/soul, and white hillbilly/country. Associated genres like folk, jazz and gospel will also be featured regularly. The focus here is on the originators in these fields, the American singers & musicians who made these styles popular and some who continue to do so today. So unfortunately African, Arabian, and European country singers are beyond the scope of this blog. Furthermore, I simply don't have anything in my vast collection to share, by performers in African or Arabian music. However, as you ask about these types of music I can direct you to 2 blogs that will interest you, both listed on My Blog List: Holland Tunnel Dive & Don't Ask Me ... I Don't Know. Check them out Maren and you'll find lots of interesting goodies. As for the number of tracks in each compilation, the average is 21, but ocassionally it goes over. I'm surprised anyone would still be burning to CD, I thought everyone would be using flash drives these days. However, if a compilation doesn't fit on a CD I guess one could always dump a couple of tracks.
DeleteCheers, Bob Mac.
Thanks Bob Mac for all your offers so far. The female sisters compilation is my preference. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteCheers Little Bill, I thought you'd like that one.
DeleteI'm not the chatty type but I do think a chat box is a welcome addition to the blog. Always enjoy the Blues, Soul and R&B comps posted.
ReplyDeleteThanks Xyros, as we roll along here I thought I'd from time to time give some background info/history/details and it could spark some discussion.
DeleteHi Bob,
ReplyDeleteI agree this chatbox is a good idea. I like the Ike & Tina picture, but I don't believe it could have been taken in 1960. My guess would be around 1968 - 1972.
Hi tsi&hrjs, yes good point, that date was incorrect and too early. I just did some checking and it looks like I&T's first UK/European tour was in 1966. Also Ike's hair and clothes indicate a much later date, more like 1968-1972 as you suggest. The photo came with that date embedded but I should have paid more attention and picked it up.
DeleteThis is one advantage of being old and a bit of a historian. lol
DeleteToo true. I should have picked it up at the time, it's glaringly obvious now that date was incorrect. I missed out seeing I&T show when they played Perth in the mid 1970s, I was a starving art student at the time and was playing in a band, a couple of guys in the band were big Rick Wakeman/Yes fans and Rick Wakeman had a concert a couple days before or after the I&T show, my band mates talked me into going to the Wakeman show and I just couldn't afford 2 concerts in one week, so passed on I&T. I was bored stiff at the Wakeman show and haven't stopped kicking myself nearly 50 years later for missing I&T.
DeleteI also missed out on seeing Ike Turner perform in 2005, when he was at the Koh Samui Blues Festival. I was working in Bangkok at the time but had already booked and paid for a flight to Perth when I heard that Ike would be playing at Koh Samui. Had I not made that flight booking I would have gone down to Samui and seen the festival and no doubt would have introduced myself to Ike and had a good chat with him.
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