Bob's Chat

I received notification from Pixeldrain that starting from 26 January 2026 the file expiry will be reduced to 60 days. As many of my compilations are hosted on Pixeldrain, and the links are mostly still active, I suggest all followers of this blog grab whatever you need over the next week as the links will soon expire for many of the older compilations.

I sometimes get asked about renewing expired links. Just before Xmas I was asked to renew links for 3 compilations. When I checked 2 were still active, I made a new link for the other one, and to this day it sits there with zero downloads. So I'm going to have to adopt the approach of other blogs and will not be renewing any expired links unless I know the person asking or they comment regularly on the blog.

Now to the subject of comments/feedback. With very few exceptions all of us who run these free music sharing blogs welcome comments/feedback. We provide you with the free music and you give us some small thanks in return. That's how it's supposed to work. Lately comments here have dropped off to none or just 1 or 2, and if I check the downloads I see figures like 55 or 86 downloads, even up around 100. When I do get comments it's always from the same small group of loyal followers, but the majority are just taking and remaining silent. 

So I'm informing you that I'd like to see an increase in comments/feedback, and if there is not then I will take steps to filter out the "lurkers" who just take and never find the time to say thanks. I can password lock the folders, I can go private again. I really do not want to do either as it means more work for me. But take this as a friendly reminder, or the day may come soon when you can no longer access the blog or open the folders.

Here today for your listening pleasure are two new compilations. Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Volume 227 with 21 tracks from 1957 to 2023. As usual an eclectic mix featuring Buddy Rich, Bobby Rush, Dinah Washington, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, and other noted artists.

Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Volume 101 today gives you Gospel Blues Volume 06 - Jesus Turned The Water Into Wine (1927-2024). Lots of rare tracks here from early recorded artists like Lonnie McIntorsh, Charley Patton, and The Utica Institute Jubilee Singers, through to contemporary performers like Sue Foley, Guy Davis, Chris Kramer, and Harold Stewart.

Anyway my friends enjoy today's music and don't forget to take a few seconds to say thanks, or give some feedback, not just to me but to everyone who shares free music on the various internet blogs and sites.

 Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 101 - Gospel Blues Vol 06

Jesus Turned The Water Into Wine (1927-2024)

01. Chris Kramer & Jens Filser - Jesus Turned The Water Into Wine (2023)

02. Babe Stovall - Precious Lord, Take My Hand (1966)

03. Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee & Coyal McMahan - In His Care (1952)

04. The Parchman Prison Choir - Jesus, Every Day Your Name Is The Same (2023)

05. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (1959)

06. Blind Willie Johnson - Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day (1930)

07. Blind Willie McTell - God Don't Like It (1931)

08. Blind Lemon Jefferson - He Arose From The Dead (1927)

09. Charley Patton - You're Gonna Need Somebody When You Die (1929)

10. The Utica Institute Jubilee Singers - Peter On The Sea (1929)

11. The Zion Travellers - If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (1954)

12. The Five Blind Boys - He's My Rock (1950)

13. The Lea Valley Skiffle Group - I’m Gonna Walk And Talk With Jesus (1957)

14. Lonnie McIntorsh - The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah (1928)

15. Simon Prager & Steve Rye - Say No To The Devil (1969)

16. Harold Stewart - John The Revelator (2018)

17. Rag Mama Rag - Let Your Light Shine On Me (2020)

18. The Swan Silvertones - Trouble In My Way (1953)

19. Guy Davis - Little David Play On Your Harp (2024)

20. Sue Foley - My Journey To The Sky (2024)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 227 (1957-2023)

01. Buddy Rich Band - Listen Here Goes Funky (1981)

02. Allen Toussaint - Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (1970)

03. Allen Toussaint - Working In The Coalmine (1970)

04. R.L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie (1967)

05. Solomon Burke - Got To Get You Off My Mind (1965)

06. Dee Dee Warwick - I Would Do Anything For You (1984)

07. Betty Smith - Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia (1957)

08. Dinah Washington - Soulville (1963)

09. Wilson Pickett - Funky Broadway (1967)

10. Wilson Pickett - Love Never Let Me Down (1987)

11. J.B. Hutto - Too Late (1968)

12. Joe Tex - I Want To Do Everything For You (1965)

13. Bobby Womack - Just My Imagination (1981)

14. J.J. Malone - Good Lookin' Woman (1999)

15. Lynn White - I Made A Mistake (1986)

16. Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band - Sweet Thang (1972)

17. Shanna Jackson & Charles Walker Band - Broken Child (2005)

18. Bobby Rush - I'm Free (2023)

19. The Barons - I've Got A Feelin' (1967)

20. The Barons - Love Power (1971)

21. Booker T & The MG's - Hip Hug-Her (1967)

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 Best Of Jazz Vol 113 - Mod, Rock & Funk Jazz Vol 04

Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (1958-2024)

01. Miles Davis - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (1970)

02. Monteiro, Young & Holt - Blues For The Saxophone Club (1990)

03. Herbie Mann - Incense (1967)

04. Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges - Con-Soul And Sax (1965)

05. Ramsey Lewis - John Henry (1958)

06. Quincy Jones - Summer In The City (1973)

07. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Celestial Terrestrial Commuters (1973)

08. Gene Russell - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (1973)

09. Clyde Dickerson & The Tear Drops - Cool Weekend (1965)

10. Lyle Mays - Ozark (1980)

11. Travis Reuter - Fast Louis (2023)

12. Maik Krahl - The Magic Of Consistency (2024)

13. McCoy Tyner - Carriba (1999)

14. The Montgomery Brothers - Montgomeryland Funk (1958)

15. Weather Report - Birdland (1977)

16. David Friesen - Time Through Light (2019)

17. Arild Andersen - Peace Universal (2020)

18. Luke Stewart Trio - Reminisce (2022)

19. Gary Potter Quartet - Friends (1996)

20. William Parker - Groove 77 (2020)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 226 (1950-2023)

01. Bobby Rush - Running In And Out (2023)

02. Henry Cain - Respect (1967)

03. Henry Cain - Lonely Avenue (1967)

04. Christian McBride - Pie Blues (2020)

05. The Barons & Eddie Bo - Got To Have More (1964)

06. The Barons - Making It Better (1971)

07. J.J. Malone - Sweet Thing (1999)

08. Charles Walker Blues Band - Hot Gritz (2005)

09. Shanna Jackson & Charles Walker Band - Trouble (2005)

10. Shanna Jackson & Charles Walker Band - What's The Matter (2005)

11. Don Wilkerson - Camp Meetin' (1962)

12. Don Wilkerson - Homesick Blues (1962)

13. Shirley Scott - Work Song (1958)

14. Professor Longhair - She Walks Right In (1950)

15. Professor Longhair - Cry To Me (1979)

16. Fiona Ross - The Don't Stop Just Breathe Ragtime (2023)

17. Jack Sheldon - Leroy's Blues (1955)

18. Michael J. Ross - Alright, Okay, You Win (2023)

19. The Silvertone Singers Of Cincinnati - Since Jesus Came Into My Heart (1952)

20. The Silvertone Singers Of Cincinnati - I Got A Home In That Rock (1953)

21. Duke Robillard - Body And Fender Man (2023)

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 Soul Party Vol 105 - Happy In Love Vol 04 - Get Closer Together (1960-2024)

01. Joe Tex - Get Closer Together (1964)

02. George Williams & The Tymes - So Much In Love (1963)

03. William Bell - Up Close And Personal (2006)

04. O.B. Buchana - She's Got The Best Lovin' That Ever Put On A Pair Of Drawers (2008)

05. Barbara Carr - The Right Kind Of Love (1997)

06. Syl Johnson - I've Got Love (1960)

07. Little Johnny Taylor - Since I Found A New Love (1963)

08. Marvin Gaye - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (1969)

09. Dorothy Williams - Closer To My Baby (1964)

10. Danny White - Keep My Woman Home (1967)

11. Peggy Scott Adams & Jo Jo Benson - Pure Love And Pleasure (1968)

12. Johnnie Mae Matthews - You Make Me Feel Good (1968)

13. Clarence Reid - Ten Tons Of Dynamite (1971)

14. The Flamingos - Nobody Loves Me Like You (1960)

15. Solomon Burke - You're Good For Me (1963)

16. Known Facts - He's Got It (1974)

17. The Four Tops - Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got (1972)

18. Lynn Williams - Kisses Kisses Kisses (1974)

19. Jaguar Wright & Bilal - I Can't Wait (2001)

20. The Soultown Revivalists - So In Love With You (2024)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 225 (1960-2023)

01. Willie J Laws Jr, Jerry Portnoy & The Paul Nelson Band - Sorry Charlie (2023)

02. Willie J Laws Jr. - You Don't Love Me, You Love What I Do (2023)

03. Ndidi Onukwulu - Things About Comin' My Way (2009)

04. Jon Hendricks - W.P.A Blues (1960)

05. Etta James & Riley Hampton - Seven Day Fool (1961)

06. Les McCann - Fish This Week But Next Sunday Chitlings (1960)

07. Rhiannon Giddens - You Louisiana Man (2023)

08. Rhiannon Giddens & Jason Isbell - Yet To Be (2023)

09. Bobby Blue Bland - Shoes (1967)

10. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone (1971)

11. Joe Tex - Show Me (1967)

12. Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor (1966)

13. J.J. Malone - Smoked Oysters (1999)

14. J.J. Malone - Mother Earth (1999)

15. Nancy Wilson - The End Of Our Love (1968)

16. Don Covay - It's Better To Have And Don't Need (1974)

17. Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart (1966)

18. Shirley Brown - Ain't No Way (1974)

19. Brand New Heavies - Dream Come True (1990)

20. Young Holt Unlimited - Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy (1967)

21. Mother Earth - Hope You're Feeling Better (1992)

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 Rockabilly & Early Rock & Roll Vol 114

Let's Go To The Hop Vol 02 - Woo Hoo (1955-1979)

01. The Rock-A-Teens - Woo Hoo (1956)

02. Charles Lee - Rock And Roll Jolie Blonde (1956)

03. Travis Wammack - I'm Gonna Rock (1958)

04. Fats Domino - The Fat Man's Hop (1956)

05. Gene Summers & His Rebels - School Of Rock 'n' Roll (1959)

06. Billy Jack Hale - Move Over Buddy (1959)

07. Danny Ross - Look At You Go (1957)

08. Cliff Johnson - Go Away Hound Dog (1957)

09. The Tornadoes - Bumble Bee Stomp (1962)

10. The Allegrettes - Queen Of The Hop (1959)

11. Eddie Bond & His Stompers - Slip, Slip, Slippin' In (1956)

12. Cliff Gallup & The Four C's - Be Bop A Lula (1967)

13. Chuck Dallis - Moon Twist (1962)

14. Eddie Gaines & The Rockin' Five - Be-Bop Battlin' Ball (1958)

15. The Polk Brothers - Going To The Hop (1959)

16. Doug Clayton - Saturday Night Twist (1963)

17. Wally Willette & His Globe Rockers - Eenie Meenie (1959)

18. Russ Russell - Baby Can You Rock And Roll (1979)

19. The J-Walkers - Israeli Twist (1958)

20. Marty Robbins - Tennessee Toddy (1955)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 224 (1938-2023)

01. Chuck Jackson - Cold Feet (1959)

02. Chuck Jackson - The Prophet (1962)

03. Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can Can (1970)

04. Ironing Board Sam - Man Of The Street (1970)

05. Billie Holiday - I'm Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key (1938)

06. Billie Holiday - Baby I Don't Cry Over You (1946)

07. Joe Tex - I Gotcha (1972)

08. Bobby Rush - I Got A Proposition For You (2023)

09. Bobby Rush - You're Gonna Need A Man Like Me (2023)

10. The Dayton Sidewinders - Funky Chicken Stew (1970)

11. Lee Johnson - Get Goin' (1961)

12. Lee Johnson - I'm Coming To Get Your Love (1969)

13. William D. Smith - I'll Be Rolling With The Punches (1976)

14. Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (1955)

15. Muddy Waters - Sugar Sweet (1955)

16. Loleatta Holloway - Just Be True To Me (1975)

17. Bobby Womack - A Change Is Gonna Come (1976)

18. Don Downing - Love Walked Out (1972)

19. Les McCann - Green, Green Rocky Road (1965)

20. Les McCann - Sad Little Girl (1966)

21. Les McCann - Compared To What (1967)

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 Hillbilly & Country Vol 151 - We Got You Covered Vol 06

When It's Springtime In Alaska (1940-2014)

01. Hank Snow - When It's Springtime In Alaska (1963)

02. John Fogerty - When Will I Be Loved (2009)

03. Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys - Tennessee Waltz (1949)

04. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Jackson (1967)

05. Bobbie Gentry - Son Of A Preacher Man (1969)

06. Jean Shepard - If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time (1963)

07. Texas Ruby - Frankie And Johnnie (1940)

08. Gene Watson - Long Black Veil (2014)

09. Jack Tucker - Delta Dawn (1975)

10. Lamar Morris - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (1965)

11. Delbert Barker - Nobody's Lonesome For Me (1953)

12. Billy Burnette - Ring Of Fire (2002)

13. Frankie Laine - Mule Train (1949)

14. Hank Thompson - Cocaine Blues (1959)

15. Jimmie Dale Gilmore & The Flatlanders - Jole Blon (1972)

16. Merle Haggard & The Strangers - The Son Of Hickory Holler´s Tramp (1968)

17. Jay Lee Webb - You're Sixteen You're Beautiful (1974)

18. David Frizzell - Mary In The Morning (1972)

19. Vaughn Monroe - Riders In The Sky (1965)

20. Billy Charles & Three Rivers - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (2002)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 223 (1946-2023)

01. Stanley Turrentine - Stanley's Blues (1964)

02. Sharrie Williams - Don't Let Me Down (2023)

03. Shayla Gray - Waiting For You (2023)

04. Roland Stone - My Baby’s Gone (1959)

05. Roland Stone - Preacher’s Daughter (1959)

06. Bettye LaVette - Hard To Be A Human (2023)

07. Benny Carter - Bye Bye Blues (1946)

08. John Lee's Groundhogs - Over You Baby (1965)

09. Albert King - Dyna Flow (1962)

10. The Coasters - Searchin' (1957)

11. Mose Allison - Creek Bank (1958)

12. Darrell Banks - The Love Of My Woman (1968)

13. Papa John Defrancesco - Cold Duck Time (2006)

14. Sylvia Howard - Slow Dancing With The Blues (2023)

15. Sylvia Howard - You've Changed (2023)

16. Alberta Hunter - A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1978)

17. Leslie Uggams - Don't You Even Care (1965)

18. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Blues For Toshiko (1957)

19. Arthur Conley - There's A Place For Us (1966)

20. Otis Clay - Tired Of Falling In And Out Of Love (1965)

21. The Drifters - Saturday Night At The Movies (1964)

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 Country, Pre-War & Acoustic Blues Vol 100

Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano Vol 04 - Blues At Midnight (1929-1963)

01. Memphis Slim - Blues At Midnight (1940)

02. Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp (1936)

03. Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons - Jumpin' The Boogie (1941)

04. Hadda Brooks - Swingin' The Boogie (1945)

05. Hadda Brooks - St Louis Blues Boogie (1948)

06. Nellie Lutcher - Lake Charles Boogie (1948)

07. Viola Watkins - Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night (1952)

08. The Three Blazers - Blazer's Boogie (1945)

09. Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg 44 (1961)

10. Little Brother Montgomery - London Shout (1961)

11. James P. Johnson - Jingles (1930)

12. Whistlin' Alex Moore - July Boogie (1960)

13. Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (1936)

14. Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen (1929)

15. Speckled Red - Blues Hurt My Tongue To Talk (1956)

16. Big Maceo Merriweather - Do You Remember (1949)

17. Sunnyland Slim - Depression Blues (1963)

18. Sugar Chile Robinson - Go Boy Go (1951)

19. Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues (1929)

20. Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time (1939)

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 Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 222 (1949-2023)

01. Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is (1972)

02. Esther Phillips - What A Difference A Day Makes (1975)

03. George Benson - White Rabbit (1972)

04. Sam Taylor & His Orchestra - Pyramid Boogie (1949)

05. Sam Taylor & His Orchestra - Hit The Road (1955)

06. Sam Taylor & His Orchestra - Sam's Blues (1956)

07. The Chess Project - Help Me (2023)

08. Tony & Tyrone - Please Operator (1975)

09. Olivia Van Goor & James Hughes - God Bless The Child (2023)

10. Elliott Sharp's Terraplane - Drift (2006)

11. Elliott Sharp's Terraplane & Hubert Sumlin - Oily Blues (2006)

12. David Maxwell, Liane Carroll & Ronnie Earl - Long Distance Driver (2003)

13. David Maxwell & Liane Carroll - What's The Use Of A Broken Heart (2003)

14. David Maxwell, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton & Ronnie Earl - Thanks For All The Women (2003)

15. Al Perkins - Nothing Is Impossible (1969)

16. Archie Bell & The Drells - Here I Go Again (1969)

17. Barbara Lynn - Take Your Love And Run (1967)

18. Bobby Wilson - Feels Good (1967)

19. New Orleans Shakers - I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (2023)

20. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Help Me (1966)

21. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (1966)

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 Best Of Jazz Vol 112 - Cool Cats Vol 05 - The Sax Players #1

The Blues And I (1945-2023)

01. Tina Brooks - The Blues And I (1960)

02. Gerry Mulligan - I’m Gonna Go Fishin' (1960)

03. Katharina Maschmeyer - Eight Eleven (2010)

04. Katharina Maschmeyer - Five No More (2010)

05. Lester Young & His Band - Jamming With Lester (1946)

06. Dexter Gordon - Dexter Rides Again (1946)

07. Cannonball Adderley - Dancing In The Dark (1958)

08. Cannonball Adderley - One For Daddy-O (1958)

09. Nathan Davis - But Beautiful (1987)

10. Fred Jackson - Easin' On Down (1962)

11. Houston Person - Trust In Me (1991)

12. Charlie Parker - No Noise (1949)

13. Zoot Sims & Jutta Hipp - Violets For Your Furs (1957)

14. Zoot Sims & Oscar Peterson - Summertime (1975)

15. Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars - Uptown Boogie (1945)

16. Ernie Watts - My Foolish Heart (1990)

17. Johnny Hodges - I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (1956)

18. Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Blues Up And Down (1961)

19. Gene Ammons - Fine And Mellow (1973)

20. Mark Shim - Interlude 1 (2023)

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Blues, R&B, Soul & Gospel Records Vol 221 (1949-1986)

01. Z.Z. Hill - Friday Is My Day (1984)

02. Z.Z. Hill - Get A Little, Give A Little (1986)

03. Betty Davis - I'm Ready, Willing & Able (1969)

04. Ike & Tina Turner - You've Got Too Many Ties That Bind (1969)

05. B.B. King - Good Man Gone Bad (1960)

06. James Spencer - Take This Woman Off The Corner (1969)

07. The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py (1970)

08. O.C. Tolbert - I'm Shooting High I Reach For The Sky (1969)

09. James Brown & Lyn Collins - How Long Can I Keep It Up (1973)

10. The Isley Brothers - I Turned You On (1969)

11. The Isley Brothers - Get Into Something (1970)

12. Milt Buckner  & Gene Redd - All Blues (1963)

13. Milt Buckner & Gene Redd - Kansas City (1963)

14. Garnett Mimms - It's You (1977)

15. Formula IV - Come And Get Yourself Some (1974)

16. Beverly Kenney - It Ain't Necessarily So (1959)

17. Big Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowin' (1952)

18. Big Walter Horton - We All Gotta Go Sometime (1952)

19. Little Esther & Johnny Otis Band - Lost Dream Blues (1950)

20. Eddie Williams & His Brown Buddies - Houston Jump (1949)

21. Doc Sausage - Rag Mop (1950)

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