Various Artists - Pure Blues

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

731455617627

Description:

Digitally remastered by Doug Schwartz (Audio Mechanics).
Recording information: Brookline &Watertown, MA (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Chiucago, IL (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Cincinnati, OH (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Detroit, MI (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); LA, CA (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Memphis, TN (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Miami, FL (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Minneapolis, MN (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Montreux, Switzerland (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Muscle Shoals, AL (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); Nashville, TN (08/12/1952-06/??/1997); New York, NY (08/12/1952-06/??/1997).
This across-the-board blues compilations attempts to be all things to all blues fans, and comes as close to succeeding as any single-disc collection possibly could. Part of the reason is a series of cross-licensing coups that bring together tracks from a disparate group of labels, but mostly it`s good old-fashioned taste. For the rock fans there`s the Eric Clapton/Duane Allman duet "Mean Old World" and Stevie Ray Vaughan`s "Flood Down in Texas." Those hungry for new, young blues heroes are offered the likes of Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Susan Tedeschi. The meat of the compilation, though, is taken up by classic Chicago blues cuts, including Muddy Waters` gloriously salacious "(I`m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," Jimmy Reed`s proletarian shuffle "Big Boss Man," and Howlin` Wolf`s vicious-but-wise take on the Willie Dixon-penned blues standard "Spoonful." As a broad introduction to the various strains of mainstream blues, PURE BLUES is an excellent primer.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Mean Old World - Duane Allman/Eric Clapton
2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Jonny Lang
3. Shame, Shame, Shame - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
4. Flood Down in Texas - Double Trouble/Stevie Ray Vaughan
5. Smoking Gun - Robert Cray
6. Just Won`t Burn - Susan Tedeschi
7. Little Red Rooster - Luther Allison
8. Let Me Love You Baby - Buddy Guy
9. Statesboro Blues - The Allman Brothers Band
10. Spoonful - Howlin` Wolf
11. (I`m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
12. Have You Ever Loved a Woman - Freddie King
13. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
14. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
15. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
16. Wang Dang Doddle - Koko Taylor
17. Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
18. Tell Mama - Etta James
19. Turn on Your Love Light - Bobby "Blue" Bland
20. Thrill Is Gone, The - B.B. King

Album Information

Release Date:

04/17/2001

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Chicago Blues

Label:

UTV

Producer:

Andy McKaie (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

556176

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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