Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Recordings Vol 16
Welcome to my compilations of great Blues, R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Rockabilly, Early Rock & Roll, Hillbilly & Country music.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 08 (1939-2020)
Monday, January 30, 2023
Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 52
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 07 (1941-1977)
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Assorted Best Of Jazz Vol 13 - Alligator Bogaloo
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 06 (1945-2020)
Saturday, January 28, 2023
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Today's 'Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Volume 05' features 20 great tracks from 1949-2010 by LaVern Baker, John Brim, James Cotton, Mel Brown, Z.Z. Hill, K.C. Douglas, and several other fine blues/R&B/Soul artists.
And Volume 1 in a brand new series 'The Best Of Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues', which is an expanded version of the old 'Country Blues' series, which was a bit limited. This newer series allows for many more artists, both pre & post war, who were not country blues artists. Kicking Volume 1 off is Tommy Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Rev. Gary Davis, and many others.
I find this country/pre-war series the most difficult to compile as it's so much harder to find good sounding tracks. A great many country blues and pre-war recordings just sound dreadful, and I won't use them. Also many are LP rips, and they have problems too...hiss and clicks. So the best source are CD reissues that have been cleaned up, and that is what I've mainly been searching for to make up these compilations.
And today's photo is the great Son House, taken at some festival. An interesting photo as we see him holding an acoustic guitar and not the steel body National resonator guitar that we usually associate with Son House.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy today's compilations. As always, dig in, enjoy the music, and don't forget to leave a comment now and then to let me know who is around and who likes what.
The Best Of Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 01
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 05 (1949-2010)
Friday, January 27, 2023
Soul Party Vol 22 - Cry To Me
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 04 (1937-2020)
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Recordings Vol 15
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 03 (1955-2020)
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 51
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 02 (1956-2013)
Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings Vol 01 (1960-2009)
Assorted Best Of Jazz Vol 12 - Light My Fire
Monday, January 23, 2023
The Daily Chat
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Today we have reached Volume 101 in the series 'The Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel', which is the final volume in this current series. Finishing the series off are 20 tracks dating from 1946 to 2018, by Arthur Alexander, Jimmy McCracklin, Meredith Howard, Bobby Taylor, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Cousin Leroy, Otis Hinton, Irene Wiley, and a few other fine artists.
And 'Soul Party Volume 21 - Here Comes The Judge' serves up 22 great soul recordings from Larry & Tommy, Aaron Collins, Mary Love, Solomon Burke, Oliver Sain, Beatrice Lee, and many other not so well known soul performers.
Tomorrow we'll start the first in a new 30 Volume series titled 'The Very Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Recordings'. It will be much the same as the previous series with an assortment of the best in blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel recordings.
Also starting from tomorrow are new batches in the 'Assorted Best Of Jazz', 'Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings', 'Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Recordings', and the 'Soul Party' series. I've discontinued the 'Country Blues' series and started a completely new series titled 'The Best Of Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues', this is a more broader category that will allow for the inclusion of acoustic-style blues singers who didn't really belong in the 'Country Blues' series.
And today's photos is a promotional photo of B.B. King in the 1950s holding a double neck guitar/mandolin. Named “The ManVer”, it was originally built by Lyn Vernon and Sid Manker in Memphis and later sold to B.B.
The Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Vol 101 - VA (1946-2018)
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 50
The Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Vol 100 - VA (1949-1978)
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Soul Party Vol 20 - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
The Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Vol 99 - VA (1930-2021)
Friday, January 20, 2023
Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 49
The Best Of Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Vol 98 - VA (1948-2016)
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Soul Party Vol 19 - Somebody's Got To Pay