Vocalion Records, originally founded in 1916, was one of the most important labels recording blues in the 1920s and 30s. This 50 track collection is a tiny fraction of the label's considerable output but provides a nice introduction to the wealth of talent the label recorded. The most well known artist today that the label recorded was Robert Johnson (featured here with Ramblin' On My Mine and Stones In My Passway) but the label's most popular artist was Leroy Carr who is featured here with his "theme" song How LOng, How Long Blues - a title which has become a blues standard. Other great artists the label recorded and featured here include Blind Boy Fuller, Big Bill Broonzy, Henry Thomas, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, Furry Lewis, Charley Patton, Big Joe Turner and more. There are also lesser known, but superb, artists featured including St. Louis Bessie, Charlie Segar, Edmonia Henderson, George Noble (fantastic piano player), Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe, Son Becky, Hattie Hart, Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) and more. (Roots & Rhythm)
trax disc 1:
1. Ramblin' On My Mind - Robert Johnson 2. Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller 3. Broke Down Engine Blues - Blind Willie McTell 4. Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown - Sonny Terry 5. How You Want It Done - Big Bill Broonzy 6. Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks 7. Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey 8. Police Station Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw 9. Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas 10. Trouble In Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill 11. W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon 12. Sugar Man Blues Pt.1 & Pt.2 - St. Louis Bessie 13. Key To The Highway - Charlie Segar 14. Chicago Policemen Blues - Rosa Henderson 15. Dead Man Blues - Edmonia Henderson 16. New B & O Blues - Bumble Bee Slim 17. Keep It Clean - Charley Jordan 18. Dozing Blues - George Noble 19. You Rascal You - Tampa Red 20. Butcher Shop Blues - Bernice Edwards 21. Burleskin' Blues - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah 22. Lost Lover Blues - Lulu Jackson 23. Send Me An Angel Down - Monkey Joe, Roosevelt Scott 24. How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell 25. Easy Rider Blues - Texas Alexander & Willie Reed
trax disc 2:
1. Special Steam Line - Bukka White 2. New Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie 3. Kokomo Blues - Scrapper Blackwell 4. Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson 5. Hang It On The Wall - Charley Patton 6. Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis 7. Panama Limited Blues - Ada Brown 8. Mamie - Blind Boy Fuller 9. Four Day Creep - Ida Cox & Her Allstar Band 10. Stones In My Passageway - Robert Johnson 11. Ram Rod Daddy - Bo Carter 12. Cow Cow Blues (Take A) - Cow Cow Davenport 13. I Let My Daddy Do That - Hattie Hart 14. Midnight Trouble Blues - Son Becky 15. Sail On Little Girl No. 3 - Black Boy Shine 16. Roll 'Em Pete - Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 17. Reefer Hound Blues - Curtis Jones 18. A.B.C. Blues - Little Son Joe (Ernest Lawlars) Feat. Memphis Minnie 19. Sorrow Valley Blues - Irene Scruggs 20. Your Enemy Cannot Harm You - Rev. Edward W. Clayborn 21. My Monday Blues - Jim Jackson 22. Song From A Cotton Field - Bessie Brown 23. Snake Doctor Blues - Bert Mays 24. Michigan River Blues - Bert Mays 25. The Storm Is Passing Over - Blind Joe Taggart
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"BLUES FROM THE VOCALION VAULTS"
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Neal Casal
The Sun Rises Here
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Dolly Rocker Movement
Our Days Mind The Tyme
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David Gilgour
End Times Undone
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Felice Brothers
Yonder Is The Clock
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Buffalo Tom (last one)
Let Me Come Over
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Sleepy Eyed
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Eleventh Dreamday (last one)
Ursa Major
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Bailter Space (last one)
Vortura
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Jean Paul Satre Experience
I think I got at least some from RYP but I forgot which, so you get all 3 I have, this week.
Love Songs
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Matt Piucci & Tim Lee
Gone Fishin
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Mephis Train Union
The Bluebird Sessions
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The Complete Muddy Waters 1947-1967 (9-CD)
Fantastico Documento del Blues , Long Live Blues , Long Live Muddy.
This 9 cd, 205 track box set compiles all the tracks released by Muddy Waters on the Chess label between 1947 and 1967. It does not contain the "Super Blues" album or "The London Sessions." The set, released by Charly Records in Europe is questionable as to whether it is legitimate or bootleg, with Charly always straddling the fence. The set is assembled chronologically, with the first 8 discs containing Muddy's songs in their most familiar mastering version, while disc 9 contains alternative takes. The sound quality is pretty good all things considered.
Tracks
http://46.20.114.48/Muddy%20Waters-id1671/The%20Complete%20Muddy%20Waters%201947-1967-id665333/
MP3/320kb
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Expiry date 13 april 2015
Via torrent
Link Wray - Early Recordings
Link Wray's early recordings never get old. This collection has a "very" early version of "Rumble" included, great-old-funky-stuff !
Turn the volume way - up !!!
1. Batman Theme
2. Ace Of Spades
3. Cross Ties
4. Jack The Ripper
5. Hidden Charms
6. I?m Branded
7. The Shadow Knows
8. Fat Back
9. Run Chicken Run
10. Black Widow
11. Scatter
12. Turnpike Usa
13. Mr Guitar
14. Rumble
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FLAC
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BONUS 1 OF 7
CHARLEY PATTON - Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (2001) @320
This is not 7 CDs of just Charley Patton. This is a really good introduction to pre-Robert Johnson Delta blues. You get all the Paramount recordings of Son House, Willie Brown and Louise Johnson, two of whom were seminal figures, and the last of whom was just fun. You get a CD of some pretty essential stuff by various artists, including Tommy Johnson. You get the Delta Big Four, Son Sims and some others.
A 7-CD primer on Mississippi Delta blues with Charley Patton as the central, generative figure, this set features 5 CDs with all issued and unissued recordings by Patton and sessionmates Son House, Willie Brown, Louise Johnson, Henry ‘Son’ Sims, Bertha Lee, Delta Big Four, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Edith North Johnson, and even talent scout HC Speir; a 6th CD of artists in Charley’s “orbit” like Ma Rainey, Howlin’ Wolf, Poor Boy Lofton, Kid Bailey, Walter Rhodes, Rube Lacy, Blind Joe Reynolds (newly discovered track!), Tommy Johnson and Pops Staples; and a 7th CD of interviews with Patton associates Staples, Wolf, Speir and Patton protégé Booker Miller. All tracks are fully remastered and pitch-corrected from the best possible sources, resulting in the definitive versions of this material. (Revenant Records)
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton is the musical equivalent of a limited-edition, fine-press book, and it's easily one of the most beautiful collections of recorded music ever assembled. Exquisitely designed, this 78-album-inspired, seven-CD package contains a wealth of information and music, featuring not only the Delta blues pioneer's complete recorded works, but the music of peripheral players (including Son House, Howlin' Wolf, and Henry "Son" Sims), a disc of fascinating audio interviews with Patton associates, and hours of reading material on the enigmatic songster.
It's hard not to romanticize the music contained within this set as you open its retro-looking slipcase, but Patton (1887-1934) doesn't let you down. Under the haze of 78 rpm record hiss, his 50-odd preserved recordings spellbind with great guitar playing and moving lyrics about love, loss, and catastrophes. Who cares if his life lacked the mystique of Robert Johnson, or his low, growling voice wasn't the creepy falsetto of Skip James? Patton's repertoire was unparalleled; his guitar playing--punctuated by striking syncopated, percussive beats--is always in tune and precise; and his slide playing is full subtle whines and flourishes. These remastered tracks sound better than ever, but there's still plenty of hiss (for some tunes, just one abused and poorly pressed record has survived). Copious, scholarly (and, at times, a little arcane) liner notes debate and survey Patton's mysterious life and tunes; the complete lyrics to his songs are included, too--no small feat. But it's the music--utterly raw, striking, and influential blues--that steals the show here.
Revenant Records has outdone itself--this is a poignant dream project that label cofounder/guitar great John Fahey didn't live long enough to see completed--and it's well worth every penny. Only a handful of musical artists deserve this lavish a treatment; as evidenced here, Patton--the first great Delta blues musician on record--is certainly one of them. --Jason Verlinde, Blues World
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INFO
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http://www.amazon.com/Screamin-Hollerin-Blues-Worlds-Charley/dp/B00005QD75
BONUS 2 OF 7
THE BYRDS - Farther Along 1971 (Blu Spec '14) @320
arther Along was one of the last albums from the group who soared to worldwide fame in 1965 on the wings of "Mr. Tambourine Man." Although overshadowed on its initial release in 1972 by the frenzy of anticipation surrounding a forthcoming reunion album featuring the original quintet, Farther Along proved to be the better album. On it are indications of just what made the Byrds' marriage of space-rock, country music, and pop such a special hybrid. Clarence White's title track and the poignant "Bugler" display the band's strengths admirably. This lavishly expanded reissue is augmented by three previously unreleased tracks--"Driving Wheel," "Born to Rock and Roll," "Bag Full of Money"--that bridge the gap between the end of the Byrds and the beginning of Roger McGuinn's solo career. --Patrick Humphries
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INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Farther-Along-Byrds/dp/B00004OCE8
BONUS 3 OF 7
Philadelphia Pop - Rockin' and Croonin' on Bandstand - 1957-1959 @320
Jasmine’s Philadelphia Pop: Rockin' and Croonin' on Bandstand (1957-1959) collects 44 original hits of the era by artists including Danny & the Juniors ("At the Hop"), Frankie Avalon ("Venus"), Fabian ("Turn Me Loose"), Freddy Cannon ("Tallahassee Lassie"), and Bobby Rydell ("I Dig Girls"). Tracks by the Applejacks, Dicky Doo & the Don’ts, Charlie Gracie, and Chubby Checker are also included on this two-disc compilation. (Allmusic)
After the initial rise of rock and roll, and with thanks to the power of TV the city of Philadelphia briefly became the centre for a new kind of teenage pop music with acts like Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell who dominated the charts in the late '50s.
Featuring recordings made between 1957 and 1959 including such classics as 'At the Hop', 'Venus', 'Butterfly' and 'Tallahassee Lassie'.
Virtually every one of the 44 tracks on this great set was a chart record either in America or the UK, often both!
Fully detailed liner notes chart the rise of Philadelphia's influence thanks to the popularity of the TV show 'American Bandstand'.
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INFO
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BONUS 4 OF 7
CARLA THOMAS - The Queen Alone '67 @320
Carla Thomas was more than deserving of her title "The Queen of Memphis Soul," but she was hardly oblivious to the sleeker, more pop-influenced sweet soul and uptown soul coming out of Detroit, Philadelphia and Chicago. One of her strongest albums, The Queen Alone isn't the work of someone who took a Memphis-only approach, but of someone who was well aware of what Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Martha Reeves and others were up to. What's surprising is the fact that this album (reissued on CD in 1992) contains only two hits: the playful "Something Good (Is Going to Happen to You)," which made it to number 29 on Billboard's soul singles chart, and the idealistic, gospel-influenced ballad and number 11 R&B single "I'll Always Have Faith in You." Songs ranging from the sweet and vulnerable "I Want to Be Your Baby" to the remorseful "All I See Is You" and the pessimistic "Any Day Now" (a song co-written by Burt Bacharach) weren't singles, but it wasn't for a lack of heartfelt singing. Drawing on both Southern and Northern soul, Queen Alone is a pleasant reminder that they were equally attractive options. (Allmusic)
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-queen-alone-mw0000612682
BONUS 5 OF 7
WILLIE DIXON -What Happened To My Blues '76 @320
Fine Chicago blues album with a veteran band (Lafayette Leak, Carrie Bell, Buster Benton, Dennis Miller, Freddie Dixon)
A1
Moon Cat
A2
What Happened To My Blues
A3
Pretty Baby
A4
Got To Love You Baby
A5
Shakin' The Shack
B1
Hold Me Baby
B2
It's So Easy To Love You
B3
Oh Hugh Baby
B4
Put It All In There
B5
Hey Hey Pretty Mama
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/what-happened-to-my-blues-mw0000928909
http://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Blues-Willie-Dixon/dp/B00000JK33
BONUS 6 OF 7
THE UGLY DUCKLINGS - Somewhere Outside ’67 @320
The Ugly Ducklings were probably the best-known Canadian garage rock group of the mid-'60s. Formed in Toronto's famed Yorkville area in 1965, the band flourished in the many coffeehouses around the Yorkville district as a Rolling Stones cover band before becoming The Ugly Ducklings and attracting the attention of the local independent Yorktown Records label. The band recorded a single, "Nothin'," which became a Canadian hit, and opened for the Rolling Stones in 1966 when the Stones played Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. The bandmembers were quickly becoming local heroes, and in 1967 the album Somewhere Outside was released on Yorktown. The album contained nine original compositions as well as two cover songs. The band drew heavily from the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Pretty Things style with a raunchy R&B/rock sound. The album sold well in the Toronto area, but due to a lack of national distribution the band failed to break out across the rest of the country. It wasn't until many years later, after the band broke up, that the album became a collector's item, and original pressings of Somewhere Outside on the Yorktown label fetched hundreds of dollars among collectors. The popularity of the album has led to it being bootlegged in many European countries over the years. (Allmusic)
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INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/somewhere-outside-mw0000474564
http://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Outside-Ugly-Ducklings/dp/B000059O6L
BONUS 7 OF 7
LOU REED - Coney Island Baby (1976, Remastered 2015) @320
From 1972's Transformer onward, Lou Reed spent most of the '70s playing the druggy decadence card for all it was worth, with increasingly mixed results. But on 1976's Coney Island Baby, Reed's songwriting began to move into warmer, more compassionate territory, and the result was his most approachable album since Loaded. On most of the tracks, Reed stripped his band back down to guitar, bass, and drums, and the results were both leaner and a lot more comfortable than the leaden over-production of Sally Can't Dance or Berlin. "Crazy Feeling," "She's My Best Friend," and "Coney Island Baby" found Reed actually writing recognizable love songs for a change, and while Reed pursued his traditional interest in the underside of the hipster's life on "Charlie's Girl" and "Nobody's Business," he did so with a breezy, freewheeling air that was truly a relief after the lethargic tone of Sally Can't Dance. "Kicks" used an audio-tape collage to generate atmospheric tension that gave its tale of drugs and death a chilling quality that was far more effective than his usual blasé take on the subject, and "Coney Island Baby" was the polar opposite, a song about love and regret that was as sincere and heart-tugging as anything the man has ever recorded. Coney Island Baby sounds casual on the surface, but emotionally it's as compelling as anything Lou Reed released in the 1970s, and proved he could write about real people with recognizable emotions as well as anyone in rock music -- something you might not have guessed from most of the solo albums that preceded it. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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INFO
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http://www.amazon.com/Coney-Island-Baby-Lou-Reed/dp/B000GG4XHO
Thank you for Vocalion Blues.
The Charlie Patton set is a treasure, thanks so much TWILIGHTZONE! You guys have the best taste.
Jillem ... thanks for Link Wray, hugely appreciated.
Moe
Thanks for the Ugly Ducklings!
If there is one Muddy Waters you have to own, it's this one shared by Jillem. The same goes for Charlie Patton. This is classic stuff and belongs in every music collection.
Thanks Jillem for the Muddy comp
Doug
Thanks Gyro for the Screamin and Hollerin set. Have seen it around and lusted after it - many thanks
Doug
Thanks
What a great set of blues items on this day. The 100th anniversary of Billie Holiday's birth.
Thanks Jillem
Thanks Jillem for this beautiful box set of Muddy Waters. I don't know when I' ll hear it, but it sure that I'll hear it more than 1 time.
Thanks Gyro for the Byrds and for Philadelphia pop and I' happy to find an album of Carla Thomas that I've never heard. Thanks again.
LittleJack
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