Various - Pye Blues Legends In London (3-disc set)
In many respects, England was a more hospitable home for the blues in the mid-/late-1950's than America was -- where even labels such as Chicago's Chess usually limited their blues LPs to collections of singles. In England it was possible for artists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee to record entire LPs while touring. Pye/Nixa Records reissued these sides many times, but it wasn't until 2003 that the current owner of their library, Castle Communications, did a state-of-the-art digital remastering of their three classic U.K. albums, Broonzy's Tribute to Big Bill (1955), White's Blues and . . . (1956), and Terry and McGhee's Sonny, Brownie & Chris (1958), with full annotation. The music is a mix of virtuoso acoustic blues with some small jazz-style group accompaniment, from some top players, including Chris Barber and Phil Seamen, all of which is worth hearing and a lot of which is filled with surprises for all of us. ~Bruce Eder
Album: Josh White - Pye Blues Legends In London (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 37:40
Size: 86.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2003
[3:03] 1. How Long Blues
[5:40] 2. Careless Love
[2:58] 3. Oh Lula
[4:23] 4. St. Louis Blues
[3:41] 5. Kansas City Blues
[2:46] 6. I Had To Stoop To Conquer You
[2:57] 7. I Know How To Do It
[4:41] 8. Dink's Blues
[3:01] 9. Mint Julep
[4:24] 10. Good Morning Blues
Album: Big Bill Broonzy - Pye Blues Legends In London (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:12
Size: 89.8 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2003
[2:40] 1. It Feels So Good
[3:13] 2. Southbound Train
[8:08] 3. Southern Saga/Joe Turner Blues
[7:27] 4. In The Evening Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
[3:24] 5. Saturday Evening Blues
[2:38] 6. The Glory Of Love
[2:41] 7. St. Louis Blues
[2:57] 8. Mindin' My Own Business
[3:17] 9. When Do I Get To Be Called A Man
[2:42] 10. Partnership Woman
Pye Blues Legends In London (Disc 2)
Album: Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Pye Blues Legends In London (Disc 3)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 74:56
Size: 171.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front
[5:23] 1. Brownie Blues
[3:18] 2. Sonny's Blues
[3:40] 3. Auto Mechanic Blues
[2:27] 4. Wholesale & Retail
[2:45] 5. Black Horse Blues
[1:59] 6. I Love You Baby
[4:41] 7. Just A Dream
[2:24] 8. Hooray Hooray (These Women Is Killing Me)
[3:22] 9. Change The Lock On My Door
[2:08] 10. You'd Better Mind
[2:29] 11. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses
[3:00] 12. Climbing On Top Of The Hill
[3:25] 13. I've Been Treated Wrong
[2:09] 14. Fox Chase
[2:19] 15. Woman's Lover Blues
[2:42] 16. Southern Train
[3:51] 17. The Way I Feel
[2:29] 18. Gone But Not Forgotten
[5:13] 19. Betty And Dupree
[3:41] 20. No Worries On My Mind
[2:38] 21. This Little Light Of Mine
[2:17] 22. Glory
[2:09] 23. Custard Pie
[2:12] 24. Key To The Highway
[2:06] 25. If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again