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srijeda, 02.04.2014.

Brownie McGhee - Not Guilty Blues

Styles: Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues
Label: Magnum America
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 115,2 MB
Time: 50:20
Art: front + back

1. Picking My Tomatoes - 2:49
2. Born For Bad Luck - 2:55
3. I'm Callin' Daisy - 2:41
4. My Barkin' Bulldog Blues - 2:38
5. Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Baby - 2:44
6. Be Good To Me - 2:51
7. Step It Up And Go - 2:48
8. Not Guilty Blues - 2:40
9. Money Spending Woman - 2:55
10. Death Of Blind Boy Fuller - 2:44
11. Barbecue Any Old Time - 2:50
12. Million Lonesome Women - 2:37
13. Workingman's Blues - 2:50
14. Dealing With The Devil - 2:38
15. Key To My Door - 2:51
16. I'm A Black Woman's Man #2 - 2:53
17. Try Me One More Time - 3:05
18. Swing Soldier Swing #2 - 2:43

Notes: Here's an 18-track collection of McGhee's earliest recordings, all of it emanating from sessions held in 1940 and the following year. Brownie's recordings as Blind Boy Fuller #2 are here, as well as the first recordings pairing him with longtime future partner Sonny Terry. His work with washboard player Oh Red and the mysterious Jordan Webb playing harmonica is every bit as effective, though, and tracks like "Picking My Tomatoes" and "Born For Bad Luck" get this set off to a wonderful start; the musical quotient stays high all, the way to the end. Everything is pulled off of old, beat-up 78s, and the quality is up and down on every track, but this as fine an early Brownie McGhee set as you'll come across.

Not Guilty Blues



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subota, 22.02.2014.

Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell 1927-1933: The Early Years

Styles: Prewar Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, East Coast Blues
Label: Yazoo
Released: 1989
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 99,0 MB
Time: 43:14
Art: full

1. Broke Down Engine Blues - 3:09
2. Mamma, Tain't Long Fo' Day - 3:01
3. Georgia Rag - 3:05
4. Love Changing Blues - 3:08
5. Statesboro Blues - 2:33
6. Stomp Down Rider - 3:08
7. Savannah Mama - 3:18
8. Travelin' Blues - 3:15
9. Drive Away Blues - 3:13
10. Warm It Up To Me - 2:57
11. Three Women Blues - 2:43
12. Writing Paper Blues - 3:12
13. Southern Can Is Mine - 3:15
14. Talkin' To Myself - 3:12

Personnel:
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Willie McTell
Artwork By, Mastered By – Nick Perls
Mastered By – Robert Vosgien
Liner Notes – David Evans

Notes: This album is here because I wanted to fill out a collection of the first ten issues of Yazoo Records that are posted by mark(fr) in the garret.
These issues are among those which explains how did we get here, 21st century Blues scene.
Unfortunately this is not a vinyl rip but Cd, edition of 1989.
More about this album you can read here

Blind Willie McTell 1927-1933: The Early Years (Yazoo L-1005)



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nedjelja, 16.02.2014.

Various - Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927 - 1930

Styles: Pre-War Blues, East Coast Blues, Rag, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
Label: Document
Released: 1991
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 166,4 MB
Time: 72:41
Art: front + back

1. Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle - 2:43
2. William (Bill) Moore - One Way Gal - 3:17
3. William (Bill) Moore - Ragtime Crazy - 3:03
4. William (Bill) Moore - Midnight Blues - 2:45
5. William (Bill) Moore - Ragtime Millionaire - 3:10
6. William (Bill) Moore - Tillie Lee - 3:03
7. William (Bill) Moore - Barbershop Rag - 2:58
8. William (Bill) Moore - Old Country Rock - 3:03
9. William (Bill) Moore - Raggin' The Blues - 3:01
10. Tarter and Gay - Brownie Blues - 3:00
11. Tarter and Gay - Unkown Blues - 3:05
12. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Myrtle Avenue Stomp - 2:57
13. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - D.C. Rag - 3:19
14. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Chicken Wilson Blues - 3:08
15. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - House Snake Blues - 3:06
16. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Frog Eye Stomp - 2:34
17. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Station House Rag - 2:35
18. Bayless Rose - Jamestown Exhibition - 2:49
19. Bayless Rose - Black Dog Blues - 3:09
20. Bayless Rose - Original Blues - 2:47
21. Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues - 3:09
22. Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - 3:30
23. Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag (Take 1) - 3:11
24. Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag (Take 2) - 3:08

Personnel:
Blind Blake - Guitar & Percussion (1)
William Moore - Guitar & Vocals (2-9)
Stephen Tarter - Guitar & Vocals (10-11)
Harry Gay - Guitar (10-11)
George 'Chicken' Wilson - Guitar (12-17), Kazoo (13,16,17)
Jimmy 'Skeeter' Hinton - Harmonica (14-17), Washboard (12,13,16,17)
Bayless Rose - Guitar (18-21), Vocals (19,20)
Willie Walker - Guitar & Vocals (22-24)
Sam Brooks - Guitar (22-24), Vocals (22)

Notes: This disc contains some of the classic recordings in the ragtime blues tradition.
The eight tracks by William Moore, his only issued recordings, have long been favourites with collectors of this genre. Moore (1894 - 1948) was a barber in Tappahannock, Virginia, and performed ragtime songs and gentle blues to his own beautiful guitar accompaniments. Tarter and Gay provide two sophisticated ragtime duets from 1930, while Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton offer more rural entertainment with some lively ragtime numbers for guitar, harmonica & washboard from 1928. Bayless Rose performs three ragtime - influenced blues in the East Coast tradition & one classic rag, "Jamestown Exhibition".
The final performers are better known. The great Blind Blake is represented with a typically virtuoso rendition of "Dry Bone Shuffle", with appropriate percussion. The final three tracks are the only issued recordings by the legendary South Carolina guitar genius Willie Walker. His breathtaking guitar playing, which Josh White likened to Art Tatum's piano style, still impresses today.
This is a wonderful compilation, and showns clearly how ragtime influenced the East Coast guitar blues tradition. Anyone who buys this is guaranteed hours of enjoyment. ~ B.D. Tutt
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Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927 - 1930



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Oznake: Various, Prewar Blues, East Coast Blues, Rag, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
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srijeda, 01.01.2014.

Brownie McGhee - Brownie's Blues

Styles: Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues
Label: Bluesville
Released: 1960
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 89,7 MB
Time: 39:12
Art: full

Digital Remastering, 1990 Kirk Felton
Fantasy Studios, Berkley

1. Jump, Little Children - 4:36
2. Lonesome Day - 5:25
3. One Thing For Sure - 3:20
4. The Killin' Floor - 3:41
5. Little Black Engine - 3:44
6. I Don't Know The Reason - 4:03
7. Trouble In Mind - 4:55
8. Everyday I Have The Blues - 5:15
9. Door To Success - 4:09


Notes: Brownie's Blues was originally released by Bluesville Records in 1962. Supported by his longtime accompanist Sonny Terry, as well as second guitarist Benny Foster, Brownie turns in a nicely understated record that's distinguished by surprisingly harmonically complex and jazzy guitar work. AMG

An interesting album in a number of ways. First of all, it's one of the few albums that have both Brownie and Sonny Terry on it in which only Brownie sings - not even a "whooop" from Sonny. One wonders why. You have to go back to a Savoy date from 1955 to see that happening again, and all the way back to 1952 date for Jackson to find Sonny singing and Brownie only accompanying on guitar. (Wonder how this made Sonny feel.)
It also marks the only time I know of when a second guitar was added when Sonny and Brownie were working alone together. Bennie Foster's guitar bolsters Brownie's work, but since such an addition was never used before or afterwards, it makes you wonder what made them try it here.
Anyway, some great tracks went down on this date. ONE THING FOR SURE reworks the "Gonna reap what you sow" idea in an 8-bar format. Memphis Slim's TROUBLE IN MIND is taken just a tad too slow and begins to drag a bit, but LITTLE BLACK ENGINE, a 24-bar blues taken in cut time, is a train song that is captivating and even swings nicely. A fine addition to the Brownie McGhee repertory. ~ Bomojaz

Brownie's Blues



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ponedjeljak, 18.11.2013.

Blind Willie McTell - Searching The Desert For The Blues

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Blues, Songster
Label: Pristone Audio
Released: 2009
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 182,3 MB
Time: 79:36
Art: front

1. Stole Rider Blues - 3:12
2. Mama, Tain't Long Fo' Day - 3:06
3. Mr. McTell Got The Blues (take 2) - 2:18
4. Three Women Blues - 2:49
5. Dark Night Blues - 2:53
6. Statesboro Blues - 2:39
7. Loving Talking Blues - 2:41
8. Come On Around To My House Mama - 3:07
9. Kind Mama - 2:59
10. Drive Away Blues - 3:21
11. Talkin' To Myself - 3:12
12. Southern Can Is Mine - 3:16
13. Broke Down Engine Blues - 3:10
14. Painful Blues - 3:01
15. Scarey Day Blues - 3:08
16. Low Rider's Blues - 3:18
17. Georgia Rag - 3:06
18. Rollin' Mama Blues - 3:04
19. Lonesome Day Blues - 3:12
20. Mama Let Me Scoop For You - 3:17
21. Searching The Desert For The Blues - 3:11
22. Warm It Up To Me - 2:54
23. Savannah Mama - 3:21
24. Love-Makin' Mama - 2:59
25. Lord, Send Me An Angel - 2:50
26. Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - 3:19


Notes: The king of 12-string acoustic blues - 26 of the very best.
In astonishing newly XR-remastered sound quality - surely the best ever!

Like many pre-war Blues artists, Blind Willie McTell recorded for a number of record companies, often at the same time, under a variety of pseudonyms. Fortunately for the lover of vintage blues, none of these was the notorious Paramount record company, and as a result we have a body of work which not only stands up musically, but in terms of recording and pressing quality as well - unlike the recordings of the likes of Charley Patton, Blind Blake and Blind Lemon Jefferson, for example.
In some respects this ought to make the audio restorer's job easier, you might think. Alas, life is rarely that simple - with higher quality originals to begin with, one inevitably aims higher and is less able to settle for anything less than excellence.
In compiling this CD, I initially worked on some 40 tracks by Blind Willie McTell, in many cases from two or three different sources. Each was taken a considerable way along the road of restoration and remastering in order that a judgment could be made (a) between different copies of the same recording, and then (b) between the complete set to narrow it down to a full CD (and I apologise here both for having to leave some excellent material out, and for leaving some rather small gaps between tracks in order to squeeze as much on as possible).
Then comes the painstaking job of "finishing" - a near-forensic examination of each track, looking for individual clicks, surface swishes and other extraneous noises, and attempting to remove or reduce them, one by one, as well as varrying out further final noise and hiss reduction. For a set such as this, which had already taken several weeks to assemble, this finishing work took a further three full days of intensive effort to complete.
What do I hope to achieve with all this effort? The finest-sounding a most representative collection of pre-war recordings by McTell ever assembled. No doubt some will dispute the track selections - especially some are here on musical merit., others on sonic merit - but put together as a whole I do feel this considerably improves on all previous issues of this material that it's been my pleasure to listen to over the years. I hope you'll feel similarly!

Searching The Desert For The Blues

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Oznake: Blind Willie McTell, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues, Prewar Blues, Songster
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subota, 16.11.2013.

Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee - Hometown Blues

Styles: Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Folk-Blues, Piedmont Blues
Label: Mainstream/Legacy
Released: 1993
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 112,4 MB
Time: 49:04
Art: front

1. Mean Old Frisco - 2:44
2. Man Ain't Nothin' But A Fool - 3:06
3. The Woman Is Killing Me - 2:44
4. Meet You In The Morning - 2:35
5. Stranger Blues - 2:24
6. Feel So Good - 2:33
7. Forgive Me - 2:20
8. Sittin' On Top Of The World - 2:47
9. Crying The Blues - 3:05
10. Key To The Highway - 2:17
11. Ease My Worried Mind - 2:49
12. Bulldog Blues - 2:31
13. C.C. Rider - Where Did She Go - 2:14
14. Going Down Slow - 3:18
15. Bad Blood - 3:20
16. Lightnin's Blues - 3:04
17. Dissatisfied Woman - 2:27
18. Pawn Shop Blues - 2:37


Notes: Harmonica player Sonny Terry and guitarist Brownie McGhee formed one of the most enduring partnerships in the blues, lasting from before the second world war into the 1970's. Although their partnership had some ups and downs, they were certainly on an upswing when they recorded these sides for the Sittin' In With label during the years 1948-1952. Later re-released on the Mainstream label on compact disc and mp3 this compilation finds the duo playing a nice mix of electric R&B and acoustic duo tracks. They draw on traditional blues standards for the bulk of the material on this album, but with Terry's swooping harp and distinctive yodel and McGhee's deftly plucked guitar, they add a new spin on tracks like “Mean Old Frisco" and “Sittin' On Top of the World." After years of just knowing this partnership as an acoustic duo, it is fascinating to hear them play in an electric blues context with with addition of bass, drums and occasionally piano. It turns them into a rollicking little combo that could have held their own at any juke joint in post-war Chicago. This is a great introductory album for those who are interested in the duo as it presents them in a couple of different contexts and allows the listener to enjoy the full range of their talents. Definitely one to keep an eye out for. ~ allaboutjazz.com
Plenty of delightful interplay between McGhee and Terry recommends these 18 1948-1951 sides for producer Bobby Shad for his Sittin' in With label, but they predate the duo's later folk period by a longshot. Back then, they were still aiming their output solely at the R&B crowd -- meaning "Man Ain't Nothin' But a Fool," "Bad Blood," "The Woman Is Killing Me," and "Dissatisfied Woman" are straightahead, uncompromising New York-style blues. ~ AMG

This album has so many issues
Mainstream Records – S/6049 (1965) (first one)
Ace Of Hearts - AHT 182 (1969)
Festival Records - L 35074 (1974)
Decca - ND 472 (1974)
BGO Records - BGOLP 75 (1989)
Mainstream Records - JK 53625 (1993)

Hometown Blues



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nedjelja, 03.11.2013.

Larry Johnson - Presenting The Country Blues

Styles: Delta Blues, East Coast Blues, Acoustic Blues
Recorded: 1964
Released: 1969
Label: Blue Horizont
File: mp3 @320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 73.5 MB
Time: 32:13
Art: front + back

1. Catfish Blues - 2:32
2. Southern Train - 2:39
3. Lonesome Town Blues - 2:29
4. Southern Carolina Boogie - 2:08
5. Sail On Baby - 2:29
6. When I Go Home - 2:26
7. Trouble In MInd - 2:21
8. So Sweet - 2:10
9. Cherry Red - 2:34
10. Step It Up And Go - 1:44
11. When Things Go Wrong - 2:01
12. Troubles Just Begun - 2:39
13. Lovin' Machine - 1:58
14. Say What You Mean - 1:56

rec. in New York City, 1964 [cover says 1966]; prod. by Bobby Robinson

Personnel:
Larry Johnson - Guitar, Vocals

Notes: Among the postwar generation of blues artists, Larry Johnson -- from Riceville, GA -- is one of the most devoted to the pure Delta and Texas styles of the '20s. He was born on May 5, 1938, in Fulton County, GA. His father was a preacher and his son would often travel with him from town to town. In this environment, Johnson was exposed to early blues records and he especially loved those of Blind Boy Fuller. It was Fuller's records that made Johnson pick up a guitar. After a stint in the Navy from 1955 to 1959, Johnson moved to New York and befriended Brownie and Sticks McGhee and began playing on records by Big Joe Williams, Harry Atkins, and Alec Seward (aka Guitar Slim). It was Seward who introduced Johnson to his future mentor, Rev. Gary Davis. He released his first single, "Catfish Blues"/"So Sweet," in 1962 and appeared on numerous live dates with Davis. By 1970, Johnson began releasing albums on small labels, including a date with John Hammond called Fast & Funky reissued on CD as Midnight Hour Blues. After years of living from gig to gig, Johnson retreated from the grind of the road. He still played ocassionally, but only on his own terms. He did, however, manage to release two albums, Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? in 1983 and Basin Free with Nat Riddles in 1984. By the '90s, Johnson began receiving better offers for live performances, especially in Europe. While abroad, he recorded Railroad Man released in 1990 on JSP and Blues for Harlem in 1999 on the Armadillo label. Two years later, Johnson collaborated with National slide guitar extrodonaire Brian Kramer and his band the Couch Lizards, resulting in the relaxed, yet mainly up-tempo, Two Gun Green on Armadillo. Johnson's excellent fingerpicking and acoustic blues have brought him to creating an approachment that remains timeless.

Presenting The Country Blues



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Oznake: Larry Johnson, Delta Blues, East Coast Blues, Acoustic Blues
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