 | 20 to Life: Prison Blues -- Songs From the Angola State Penitentiary
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by Varese Records
Audio CD
(13 November, 2001)
Editorial Review: An entry in the blues-as-cultural-documentation archive, this recording, made in 1960, has been dusted off by Fuel 2000, although with little explanation. The CD booklet retains the original liner notes by Dr. |
 | A Chicago Blues Tour
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by Big Chicago Records
Audio CD
(01 March, 1998)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: An excellent souvenir of the current Chicago blues scene.: If you've had a chance to visit Chicago and the blues clubs, you'll appreciate this cd as a souvenir of the experience. |
 | A Salute to the Chicago Blues Masters
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by Telarc
Audio CD
(28 November, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Simply the best of Chicago Blues in a Box Set!!: Chicago is a city that gave the opportunity to the blues to be recognized at all of the rest of the world as a kind of music that changed one entire generation,a |
 | Absolutely the Best of the Blues, Vol. 1
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by Varese Records
Audio CD
(27 July, 1999)
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 | Afro-American Spirituals, Work Songs, And Ballads
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by Rounder Select
Audio CD
(15 December, 1998)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Living music: In the 1930's, father and son John and Alan Lomax travelled through the South, collecting field recordings for the Library of Congress, |
 | Ain't Times Hard [4-CD SET]
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by Charly UK
Audio CD
(14 February, 1995)
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 | Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection
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by Alligator Records
Audio CD
(21 August, 2001)
(3 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Three decades ago Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator Records, selling his hero Hound Dog Taylor's records out of his car trunk. Since then, Alligator has become America's best-known and most prolific blues label, |
 | American Folk Blues Festival, 1962-1965
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by Evidence
Audio CD
(30 November, 1995)
(1 reviews)
Editorial Review: The celebrated performers featured on this five-disc box--John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy (Rice Miller) Williamson among them--were seasoned veterans when these recordings were made between 1962 and 1965. |
 | American Primitive, Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
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by Revenant Records
Audio CD
(21 October, 1997)
(6 reviews)
Editorial Review: Ignore the low fidelity of this 26-track compendium, and you have one of the most interesting gospel compilations ever released. Most of these songs were recorded among a variety of "race" labels between 1926 and 1936, |
 | And This Is Maxwell Street
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by Rooster Blues
Audio CD
(24 October, 2000)
(3 reviews)
Editorial Review: On Sunday mornings at Chicago's famous Maxwell Street open-air market, busking bluesmen would battle with hawkers, preachers, and dancers for coveted space. In 1964 filmmaker Mike Shea chronicled this bubbling scene for his landmark documentary And This is Free; |
 | Angola Prison Worksongs
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by Arhoolie Records
Audio CD
(21 October, 1997)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Mournful, soulful classic blues: Where better to find real blues music than inside a prison? Although myriad earlier folklorists had already mined a various prisonyards for their blues material, |
 | Angola Prisoners' Blues
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by Arhoolie Records
Audio CD
(16 July, 1996)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Amazing music: This is my new favorite CD. Such emotion flows. Robert Pete Williams is the most amazing musician. It's worth it just to hear "Prisoner's Talking Blues". |
 | Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz 1960-200
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by Arhoolie Records
Audio CD
(26 September, 2000)
(5 reviews)
Editorial Review: Superbly packaged and lovingly annotated, the five-discArhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection distills four decades of musical passion into six hours of highlights. The passion is that of Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz, |
 | Atlantic Blues: Piano
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by Atlantic
Audio CD
(12 March, 1990)
(1 reviews) 
Customer Review: Atlantic Piano Blues Collection Has Its Highlights, But....: In his liner notes to this Atlantic Records piano blues anthology, "Living Blues" magazine editor Jim O'Neal writes that "The Atlantic team knew what they liked; |
 | Austin Rhythm & Blues Christmas
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Audio CD
(26 June, 2001)
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 | Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt
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by Vanguard Records
Audio CD
(12 June, 2001)
(16 reviews)
Editorial Review: No musician ever applied a gentler touch to songs of murder, sex, andsalvation than MississippiJohn Hurt. The country bluesman enjoyed a career revival through the folkfestival boom of the early 1960s, and his influence continues to ripple, as thisvaried and vital tribute attests. |
 | Bad Bad Whiskey
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by Specialty
Audio CD
(14 January, 1994)
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 | Balkan Blues
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by World Network
Audio CD
(16 November, 1999)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Thrilling Musical Tour of the Balkans on 2 CDs: This thrilling 2 CD set of Balkan music spans the entire region: Greece, Serbia, |
 | Beatles Blues
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by Indigo
Audio CD
(24 April, 2001)
(4 reviews) 
Customer Review: Very good, could be great, but who's counting...: I've been a Beatle fan since the Beatles were still together. I have listened to a lot of re-makes of their songs, |
 | Before The Blues: The Early American Black Music Scene, Vol. 1
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by Yazoo
Audio CD
(19 March, 1996)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: Before the blues? If you take Webster's first definition--"Low spirits: melancholy"--well, then we're not talking pre-W.C. Handy. We're going back to Eve and the Apple. But, for Yazoo's three-disc Before the Blues series, |
 | Before The Blues: The Early American Black Music Scene, Vol. 3
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by Yazoo
Audio CD
(19 March, 1996)
Editorial Review: Given that use of the term the blues dates back to around 1910, these songs weren't recorded before the birth of the genre. Rather, they reflect the powerful influence of preblues strains of music, including rags, |
 | Between the Rails: America's Train Songs
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by Gnp Crescendo
Audio CD
(15 February, 1996)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: A fine collection of train songs: This compilation relies heavily on country music but is not limited to that genre, as the inclusion of Howlin' Wolf (Smokestack lightning), |
 | Big Blues Extravaganza : The Best Of Austin City Limits
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Audio CD
(05 May, 1998)
(4 reviews)
Editorial Review: Here's a bountiful blues buffet from deep in the heart of Texas, courtesy of the long-running Austin City Limits television series. Texas talents--including Lightnin' Hopkins, represented by a suitably idiosyncratic "Rock Me Baby"; |
 | Big Blues: Blues Music for Kids
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by Music Little People
Audio CD
(03 September, 1996)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: If B.B. approves, so do I!: This is a GREAT cd. My 2 year old has never liked being in the car so I've been listening to elmo, bear & |
 | Black Appalachia: String Bands, Songsters And Hoedowns
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by Rounder Select
Audio CD
(09 March, 1999)
(2 reviews) 
Editorial Review: Well into the 1930s, music crossed racial barriers casually through much of the rural South. This Deep River of Song set from the Alan Lomax Collection captures black country musicians recorded in the field by Lomax, |
 | Blind Pig Records' 25th Anniversary Collection
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by Blind Pig
Audio CD
(23 October, 2001)
(3 reviews)
Editorial Review: Edward Chmelewski just couldn't wait to sling the good blues slop around, so he's kicked off the quarter-century celebration of his label's founding a few months early with this blockbuster label overview: two audio discs and an all-video CD-ROM. |
 | Blind Pig Records: 20th Anniversary Collection
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by Blind Pig
Audio CD
(06 May, 1997)
(3 reviews)
Editorial Review: One would expect a label's two-CD collection, no matter how assiduouslypicked, to have some low points. It's inevitable, one might think; even the most selectiverecord labels have produced some duds. But on the 20th Anniversary Collectionfrom Blind Pig Records, |
 | Blue Ivory
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by Blind Pig
Audio CD
(29 September, 1992)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Blue Ivory: I found this album in a used CD shop. Very enjoyable, but I wish the recordings had been made in the artists' prime. |
 | Blues & Soul Christmas
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by Mca Special Products
Audio CD
(25 August, 1998)
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 | Blues 88's: Boogie Woogie Instrumentals
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by Easydisc
Audio CD
(07 April, 1998)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Big Fun: The CD is 10 tracks culled from various Rounder Records artists CDs. I bought this to make my $25 minimum shipping but didn't expect much from a cheapie. |
 | Blues After Hours: All Instrumental
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by Easydisc
Audio CD
(08 July, 1997)
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 | Blues at Newport-Newport Folk
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by Vanguard Records
Audio CD
(16 September, 1991)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: A must-have for Stonesphiles...: A very nice collection of songs from late 50's to early 60's at the NFF...most of these are on the 3-cd set that was recently released. |
 | Blues Classics [MCA]
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Audio CD
(30 July, 1996)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: A Shining Addition to Any Collection: The consolidation of record companies is generally bad, but this 3-CD box set was only possible because MCA acquired the rights to some outstanding early "race" record labels (Vocalion, |
 | Blues Collection [Madacy Box]
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by Madacy Records
Audio CD
(03 June, 1997)
(3 reviews)
Customer Review: Good, and I'd buy it again, but...: I like Blues, and I like Billie Holiday, but I don't think that Billie sang the blues. They put 7 of her songs on the 3 cd set, |
 | Blues Harp Greats
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by Easydisc
Audio CD
(14 January, 1997)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Good but not awesome: This sampler is as good an entry into amplified blues harp as any, but it lacks a certain something in the choice of tracks that ultimately makes it "not as good as it could have been". |
 | Blues Hits-100
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by Madacy Records
Audio CD
(14 July, 1995)
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 | Blues Is Alright, Vol. 2
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by Malaco Records
Audio CD
(25 February, 1993)
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 | Blues Masters, Vol. 10: Blues Roots
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(16 February, 1993)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Blues to the Very Core: We're all pretty sure we knew where the blues came from - the delta, right? The streets of Chicago? But the songs here prove that the blues is the people's music, |
 | Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(17 August, 1993)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Black Pearls: A perfect introduction to now-forgotten period of music,when women were the first blues stars,this CD is also great company for a book "Black Pearls:Blues Queens of the 1920's" by Daphne Duvall Harrison.W |
 | Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(17 August, 1993)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Another good sampler: This is a really good CD...it's just a little hard to figure out who its audience is supposed to be. It certainly isn't the definitive word on slide guitar blues, |
 | Blues Masters, Vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(14 July, 1998)
(2 reviews)
Editorial Review: The harmonica's not exactly an imposing instrument; who would guess that a pocket- sized hunk of metal could be capable of so much expression? Volume 16 of Rhino's BluesMasters series shows just how much; |
 | Blues Masters, Vol. 4: Harmonica Classics
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD
(10 November, 1992)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Good sampler: The trouble with the Blues Masters collection is that CDs like this one, which is compiled to showcase some great blues harmonica playing, |
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