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Eddie Boyd - The Sonet Blues Story (1974) [Reissue 2005]

Posted By: gribovar
Eddie Boyd - The Sonet Blues Story (1974) [Reissue 2005]

Eddie Boyd - The Sonet Blues Story (1974) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 300 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 108 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (0602498692561)

Like several of the black jazz and blues players of his generation, pianist Eddie Boyd, tired of the racism in America and the general treatment afforded musicians, moved permanently to Europe in the mid-'60s, where labels like Sweden's Sonet Records were more than happy to record him. The session presented here took place in Stockholm in 1974, and features Boyd on piano and vocals performing original blues numbers backed by young Swedish players (and one American, Ed Thigpen, on drums), and while things don't have the powerful edge of a classic Chicago Chess Records session, it's close, and there is a charmingly loose and fluid feel working here, one that is perfect for the kind of easy, almost elegant blues that was Boyd's stock in trade…

Willie Dixon & VA - Giant of the Blues (2008) 2CDs

Posted By: Designol
Willie Dixon & VA - Giant of the Blues (2008) 2CDs

Willie Dixon & VA - Giant of the Blues (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 687 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 361 Mb | Scans ~ 63 Mb | 02:37:55
Chicago Blues, Rhythm & Blues | Label: Blues Boulevard/Music Avenue | # 250196

When Willie Dixon left his native Mississippi and traveled north to Chicago, he almost single-handedly dragged the blues with him into the modern era, giving the country blues a hard, new sheen with his deft songwriting, sturdy bass playing, and his considerable talents as a producer and arranger. This two-disc, 47-track set catches Dixon wearing all of his hats, with the first disc featuring him in the studio and in concert (including several live tracks with Johnny Winter) and the second spotlighting his bass playing and production work with the likes of Robert Nighthawk, Eddie Boyd, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Lowell Fulson, Bo Diddley, Willie Mabon, and Howlin' Wolf. What emerges is a well-rounded portrait and introduction to one of the major architects of the modern blues sound.

Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - 7936 South Rhodes (1968) Reissue 1993

Posted By: Designol
Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - 7936 South Rhodes (1968) Reissue 1993

Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - 7936 South Rhodes (1968) Reissue 1993
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 219 Mb | Scans ~ 110 Mb | Time: 00:43:49
Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Piano Blues | Label: BGO | # BGOCD195

Recorded in London in January 1968 with three members of the early lineup of Fleetwood Mac (the one that played blues, not pop/rock): Peter Green (guitar), John McVie (bass), and Mick Fleetwood (drums). It's an adequate setting for Boyd's straight Chicago piano blues, going heavier on the slow-to-mid-tempo numbers than the high-spirited ones, though Green is a far more sympathetic accompanist than the rhythm section.

Eddie Boyd - The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 10 (1974) [Reissue 1988]

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Eddie Boyd - The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 10 (1974) [Reissue 1988]

Eddie Boyd - The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 10 (1974) [Reissue 1988]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 242 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 91 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sonet Records (SNTCD 670)

A rather confusing budget release, Legacy of the Blues, Vol. 10 collects ten tracks from the singer, seemingly from the latter part of Boyd's career (the lack of decent liner notes is a problem), although the rather arbitrary song selection means that the overall release lacks any kind of cohesiveness. This release does contain classics such as "I'm a Fool" and "Dedication to My Baby," but it's certainly not a good introduction to the artist, nor a release that would attract Boyd's hardcore fans. Boyd's available back catalog is in dire need of an overhaul, but unfortunately releases such as this simply add to the confusion.

Eddie Boyd - Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band featuring Peter Green (1967) [Reissue 2004]

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Eddie Boyd - Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band featuring Peter Green (1967) [Reissue 2004]

Eddie Boyd - Eddie Boyd and His Blues Band featuring Peter Green (1967) [Reissue 2004]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 311 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 121 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Blues, Chicago Blues, Piano Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Gottdiscs Limited (GOTTCD008)

Eddie Boyd was a half-brother of Memphis Slim and a cousin of Muddy Waters. He spent his early years on Stovall’s Plantation but ran away after a dispute with an overseer. Self-taught on guitar and piano, he worked around the south during the 30s, as both ‘Little Eddie’ and ‘Ernie’ Boyd, from a base in Memphis, before settling in Chicago where he worked in a steel-mill. He was active in music, performing with Waters, Johnny Shines and John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson before he had his first big hit under his own name with ‘Five Long Years’, on the Job label in 1952. He recorded extensively for Chess Records, having successes with ‘24 Hours’ and ‘3rd Degree’. He journeyed to Europe during the ‘Blues Boom’ of the 60s and, considering himself too assertive to live comfortably in the USA, took up residence first in Paris and later in Finland…

Eddie Boyd - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2006)

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Eddie Boyd - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2006)

Eddie Boyd - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 339 Mb | Scans ~ 99 Mb | Time: 01:01:55
Chicago Blues, Piano Blues | Label: Blue Horizon/Columbia | # 82876769682

Chicago blues pianist Eddie Boyd only released one album for Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label (7936 South Rhodes), so in addition to those 12 tracks, this reissue scrapes together another four rarities from around the same period (1967-1968) and two from 1960 to expand the song listing to 18. The bulk of this recording was laid down in a single day, a situation that kept the energy flowing in the studio. This was producer Vernon's second session with Boyd – two leftover tunes from his 1967 Decca album open the disc – so he was acquainted with the bluesman's method of working. The project was originally credited to Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, and indeed three quarters of that band (Green, Fleetwood, and McVie) provide backing duties for the majority of these tracks. The Mac, which had started to experience their first shot of stardom in the U.K., are in typically fine form with Green's slashing, quicksilver leads a particular treat. There are also vocal similarities between Green (who doesn't sing here) and Boyd, showing that this session was a two-way street.

Eddie Boyd, Lafaette Leake, Willie Mabon, Otis Spann - Chess Blues Piano Greats [Recorded 1951-1972] (1997)

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Eddie Boyd, Lafaette Leake, Willie Mabon, Otis Spann - Chess Blues Piano Greats [Recorded 1951-1972] (1997)

Eddie Boyd, Lafaette Leake, Willie Mabon, Otis Spann - Chess Blues Piano Greats [Recorded 1951-1972] (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 691 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 332 MB | Covers - 81 MB
Genre: Blues, Piano Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Chess/MCA Records (CHD2-9385)

Back before the electric guitar became the primary focal instrument of the blues, two-fisted piano players dominated the genre, and record companies flocked to record them. Chess Records was no exception, and this two-disc, 45-track anthology shines the spotlight on four of the best who ever sat on the piano stool at the Chess studios. The first disc begins with 20 tracks from Eddie Boyd (eight of them previously unissued in the U.S.), full of introspective reflection and the darkest of moods. Kicking off with one of his big hits, "24 Hours," and the dourness of Boyd's work reaches epic proportions on tunes like "I Began to Sing the Blues," "Third Degree," and "Blues for Baby," the latter featuring stellar jazz guitar runs and chordal work from Robert Jr. Lockwood…