V.A. - 2007 - A Richer Tradition - Country Blues & String Band Music - 1923-42 [320]

This is a real box of delights.100 rare songs from 78rpm records recorded between 1923 and 1942. These tracks were recorded when production was fairly minimal and the band stood around one mic. Just the names of the artists give an idea of whats instore,Daddy Stovepipe,Papa Charlie Jackson,Hambone willie newbern,Dixieland Jug Blowers,etc etc. The people who made these tracks have long gone,but because of collectors allowing JSP to remaster and release them in this box set everybody can own a little piece of American musical history.

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Various Artists - 2005 - Funeral Songs - Dead Man Blues [192]

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 105-107

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Various Artists - 1992 - Dig These Blues [192]

Johnny Otis produced these hot R&B sides for his Dig label during the mid '50s.

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 102-104

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V.A. - 2004 - Detroit Blues - Blues From The Motor City (1938-1954) (4 CD'S) [320]

Though Detroit may never have had the instant blues recognition of a city like Chicago, it too experienced, housed, and influenced its fair share of important musicians, not the least of whom was Robert Johnson associate Calvin Frazier and, of course, John Lee Hooker. But Detroit Blues: Blues from the Motor City 1938-1954 does its best to show that the scene consisted of more than these two stars. Though the first two discs (of four!) are dedicated to Frazier and Sampson Pittman and then Hooker, respectively, the second two, and especially the last, explore the work of musicians like the prolific Baby Boy Warren, who never found much recognition beyond Hastings Street, Playboy Fuller (aka Louisiana Red), Big Maceo Merriweather, Sam Kelly, Eddie Burns, and even Joe Van Battle, a local entrepreneur and label owner, and a man who recorded a lot of the artists included here.

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V. A. - 2010 - Blues Bureau's Rowdy Roadhouse Blues [320]

Blues Bureau's Rowdy Roadhouse Blues is a rambunctious collection of barroom blues rockers that would be the ideal film soundtrack for one of those scenes in an out of the way roadside joint where chairs are broken and asses are kicked. Featured artists include Chris Duarte, Leslie West, Eric Gales, Rick Derringer, Pat Travers and more. A BIG THANX TO JEFF FOR THIS!!!

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V. A. - Down Home Blues 1948-1953 - Chicago & Detroit - High & Lonesome

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V. A. - Down Home Blues 1946-1953 - Texas - Throw A Little Boogie

Searching for a blues collection that covers a lot of ground? You might want to opt for Down Home Blues Classics, a 100-track post-WWII anthology released in 2004 by Boulevard Vintage. Given the high percentage of urban blues in this collection, the phrase "down home" could be misleading, unless you take into account the musicians' home turf, and the producers seem to have done exactly that by starting out in Texas, moving the focus up to the Great Lakes region (Chicago and Detroit), then downriver toward the Mississippi Delta. The lineup is wonderfully diverse because each selection is performed by a different artist, and only about 25-percent of these people are really well-known to casual blues followers. Examples of individuals from this set who deserve wider recognition are Thunder Smith (an early colleague of Lightnin' Hopkins); Dr. Hepcat, also known as Albert Lavada Hurst, who was the first African American DJ in Texas; Rattlesnake Cooper, Big Charlie Bradix, Rocky Fuller, Morris Pejoe, Little Hudson & His Red Devil Trio, Silver Cooks & the Gondoliers; Stick Horse Hammond, Lost John Hunter & His Blind Bats; Seth Richard, who recorded as Skoodle-Dum-Doo; Doug Quattlebaum, Square Walton, and Lazy Slim Jim.

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 99-101

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 95-98

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 93-94

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 89-92

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 85-88

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 81-84

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 77-80

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Various Artists - 2001 - Yonder Come The Blues [VBR]

The CD covers three areas covered by Paul Oliver’s book Yonder Come The Blues; Savannah Syncopators; With African musical retentions in the United States, the meeting of White and Black traditions, and the development of sound recording, we witness the evolution of a genre. No-one would argue that the spirituals, gospel songs, work songs, jazz and blues which have flourished during the past century are American music forms, and most authorities would contend that they owe their existence to the presence of the black population. All these types of music have been influenced to some extent by white traditions of European origin but it seem generally accepted that the descendants of the slaves who were imported from Africa combined them with elements of musical traditions that they had brought with them.

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Various Artists - 2005 - Our New Orleans - A Benefit Album For The Gulf Coast [224]

Nonesuch Records is releasing a benefit album of newly recorded songs featuring artists from the New Orleans music community – across a wide variety of styles – to document the depth, richness and profound musicality of that unique city. Funds from the sale of the record, titled Our New Orleans, will be donated to Habitat For Humanity to aid those affected by the recent Hurricane Katrina disaster. A number of New Orleans’ best known musicians have been asked to record songs that are integral to their lives and that express their feelings about the city and the recent events there. Sessions began in New York on September 20, with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Wild Magnolias recording at Clinton Studios. Later the same day and on September 21, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band recorded at New York’s Avatar Studios. Further sessions in October included Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Randy Newman, among others. (Track 12 is missing, sorry)

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 73-76

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Various Artists - Blues Train Songs 69-72

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