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Rory Gallagher - Original Album Classics (2008) {5CD Box Set}

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Rory Gallagher - Original Album Classics (2008) {5CD Box Set}

Rory Gallagher - Original Album Classics (2008) {5CD Box Set}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,83 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 700 Mb
Full Scans | 04:15:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Electric Blues | Capo / Sony BMG Music #88697311862

The Original Album Classics series, courtesy of Sony/BMG, packages together five classic albums from one of the most popular artists on the label's roster, housing them in an attractive slipcase. This set from the Irish guitar legend features the albums Deuce (1971), Calling Card (1976), Top Priority (1979), Jinx (1982) and Fresh Evidence (1988). 56 tracks. For a career that was cut short by illness and a premature death, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Rory Gallagher sure accomplished a lot in the blues music world. Although Gallagher didn't tour the U.S. nearly enough, spending most of his time in Europe, he was known for his no-holds-barred, marathon live shows at clubs and theaters around the United States.

Otis Rush - Screamin' And Cryin' (1974) Reissue 1992

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Otis Rush - Screamin' And Cryin' (1974) Reissue 1992

Otis Rush - Screamin' And Cryin' (1974) Reissue 1992
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 295 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans included
Electric Chicago Blues | Label: Evidence | # ECD 26014-2 | Time: 00:51:00

Otis Rush's crunching guitar and vocals were never more emphatic than during the '70s when it seemed that he would actually find the pop attention and mass stardom he deserved. These mid-'70s tracks were originally cut for the Black and Blue label, with Rush playing grinding, relentless riffs and creating waves of sonic brilliance through creatively repeated motifs, jagged notes, and sustained lines and licks, while hollering, screaming, moaning, and wailing. Jimmy Dawkins, an outstanding lead artist in his own right, has also long been one of Chicago's great rhythm artists and shows it by adding plenty of tinkling, crackling figures and lines in the backgrounds. While not as consistently riveting as his live Evidence date, this one is also a valuable Rush document.

Robben Ford & The Blue Line - The Authorized Bootleg (1998)

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Robben Ford & The Blue Line - The Authorized Bootleg (1998)

Robben Ford & The Blue Line - The Authorized Bootleg (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 297 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 135 Mb | Scans included | 00:51:55
Blues, Jazz Blues, Crossover Jazz | Label: Blue Thumb | # BTR 70132, 057 013-2

This is a keeper from the word "go." Recorded live in 1995 (but not released until 1998) at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, Robben Ford is joined by long-time Blue Line trio members Roscoe Beck on bass and Tom Brechtlein on drums, as well as Bill Boublitz on a baby grand piano. Although nearly all of the songs can be found on other Ford albums (most are from Handful of Blues), one of the things that makes this jazzy recording so special is that Ford is playing only an acoustic guitar. The Ray Charles gem "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (which you WON'T find elsewhere) is simply beautiful, and on Paul Butterfield's "Lovin' Cup," it's just Ford and his guitar. The brilliance of his playing and the reason behind why so many guitar players put him at the top of their list can be found in Ford's performance on this release, alternating between lead and rhythm. The Authorized Bootleg also has great (albeit laid-back) versions of "When I Leave Here" and "Tired of Talkin'." Highly, highly recommended.

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Blues for the Lost Days (1997)

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John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Blues for the Lost Days (1997)

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Blues for the Lost Days (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 353 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 132 Mb | Scans included
Genre: British Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Silverstone | # CTCZ-30011 | Time: 00:51:10

John Mayall has been playing blues literally for my entire lifetime and at 64 years old proves that he's still among the best. On this CD, Mayall displays the many blues attitudes of which he is capable. Lately, many of his songs decry urban decay and violence. He continues here in that vein with the hard-driving Dead City and the old Eddie Harris R&B song, How Can You Live Like That. Stone Cold Deal is a shuffle driven by saxophone, organ and drums. Its infectuous rhythm will have you dancing and its incisive lyrics will have you thinking. My other favorites are the title cut on which Mayall's prowess on the piano is showcased, One In A Million which is a rocking paean to his beloved mother, and I Don't Mind, a song in the rollicking piano-driven Southern style for which Mayall is justly famous. There isn't anything I really dislike on the album though It Ain't Safe and Some Other Day seem out of place and Trenches, though lyrically gripping, is musically weak. If you are a blues fan, you are sure to like Blues For the Lost Days, another strong effort from master bluesman John Mayall.

Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (2005)

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Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (2005)

Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (2005)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 245 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 158 Mb | Scans ~ 69 Mb
Blues, Jazz-Blues, Jump Blues, Big Band | Label: Snapper | # SBLUECD034 | 01:08:50

25 classic post-war West Coast Blues tracks from one of the great voices of the era. With informative notes this set is part of the Complete Blues series, described by Uncut magazine as ' a dazzling, comprehensive story of the blues…the most user-friendly compendium on the market'.

Howlin' Wolf - Evil (2009) 2CD Set

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Howlin' Wolf - Evil (2009) 2CD Set

Howlin' Wolf - Evil (2009) 2CD Set
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 524 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 213 Mb | Scans ~ 40 Mb
Chicago Blues, Electric Blues | Label: Not Now Music | # NOT2CD300 | Time: 01:33:03

A comprehensive collection of Wolf's early years. The songs on this set dating from 1951-1958, sum up the first half of Wolf's recording career with Chess Records, a period when he sung mostly self-penned compositions. The lead track 'Smokestack Lightnin'' is probably the most covered, being recorded by the Animals and Yardbirds among others. All tracks have been digitally remastered for optimum sound quality.

Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King - Jammed Together (1969) Reissue 1991

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Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King - Jammed Together (1969) Reissue 1991

Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King - Jammed Together (1969) Reissue 1991
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 233 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 111 Mb | Scans included
Rhythm & Blues, Electric Blues, Soul | Label: Stax | # CDSXE 028 | Time: 00:40:46

While this is not nearly as essential as some other Stax wax, it has a loose, raffish appeal and never falls into the murk of a boring super-session chopsfest. These guys were simply havin' fun with some standard soul/R&B covers (e.g. "What'd I Say," "Baby What You Want Me To Do") and some wide-open originals, kickin' back with some serious riffin'. Cropper proffers his usual intense, simplistic soloing, while King swoops and dives in a stringbending fury. The added plus is the silky smooth near-falsetto of Pop Staples, whose vocal on "Tupelo" is suitably eerie…

John Mayall & Friends - Along For The Ride (2001) {2019, Reissue}

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John Mayall & Friends - Along For The Ride (2001) {2019, Reissue}

John Mayall & Friends - Along For The Ride (2001) {2019, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 506 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 204 Mb
Full Scans | 01:01:11 | RAR 5% Recovery
Electric Blues, Blues Rock | Ear Music Classics #0213049EMX

By the time this was released in 2001, John Mayall was more known for the people who played in his seminal British band, the Bluesbreakers rather than his own accomplishments. The success of 1999's Padlock on the Blues afforded Mayall the opportunity to fulfill his dreams and gather an all-star lineup of blues and rock luminaries. "A World of Hurt" and "That's Why I Love You So" both typify the good but not great groove that permeates Along for the Ride. Better tracks "Yo Yo Man" and "Early in the Morning" are easygoing blues that feature the great rhythm section of John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Fellow Fleetwood Mac and Bluesbreaker alum, the reclusive Peter Green plays acoustic slide guitar on "Yo-Yo Man."

Mitch Kashmar - Nickels & Dimes (2005)

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Mitch Kashmar - Nickels & Dimes (2005)

Mitch Kashmar - Nickels & Dimes (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 316 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 123 Mb | Scans ~ 39 Mb
Label: Delta Groove Music | # DGPCD 103 | Time: 00:54:02
Harmonica Blues, West Coast Blues

This is the debut album by a highly talented singer and harmonica master. Mitch Kashmar is one of the finest blues singers and harp players in the world today, and a gifted songwriter to boot. But despite unanimous rave reviews for his years of performances on the stages of clubs and festivals up and down the West Coast - and no fewer than fourteen foreign countries - the big breakthrough he's deserved has eluded him until now. "Nickels and Dimes" is not Mitch's first release, but it is certain to be his breakthrough into the mainstream of the blues world. He's got it all - powerfully soulful vocals, incendiary harp, and great original songwriting. One of the west coast blues scene's strongest performers.

Snooks Eaglin - Teasin' You (1992)

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Snooks Eaglin - Teasin' You (1992)

Snooks Eaglin - Teasin' You (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 269 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 112 Mb | Scans included
New Orleans Blues | Label: Black Top | # CD BT-1072 | Time: 00:47:59

The best of Eaglin's terrific series of Black Top efforts so far – song selection is absolutely unassailable (lots of savage New Orleans covers, from Lloyd Price and Professor Longhair to Willie Tee and Earl King), the band simmers and sizzles with spicy second-line fire (bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Herman Ernest III are a formidable pair indeed), and Eaglin's churchy, commanding vocals and blistering guitar work are nothing short of mind-boggling throughout the entire disc.

Howlin' Wolf - Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings, 1952 (1989)

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Howlin' Wolf - Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings, 1952 (1989)

Howlin' Wolf - Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings, 1952 (1989)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 204 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 83 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Electric Blues, Memphis Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rounder Records (CD SS-28)

These are the recordings that prompted Sun Records chief Sam Phillips's oft-repeated assertion: "This is where the soul of a man dies." Phillips oversaw sessions by the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and B.B. King, but the guttural electric blues of Howlin' Wolf captured his fancy like nothing else–and it's not hard to see why. The Wolf of these '52 sessions was just a few years off the farm, having begun to play West Memphis, Arkansas, juke joints, and cat houses following World War II. Working with a small but feral band highlighted by lead guitarist Willie Johnson (called by some the Jimi Hendrix of his day), the already middle-aged singer and harmonica player created a sound in the early '50s that bridged the Mississippi blues that were his roots with the amped Chicago blues that were his destiny…

David Gogo - Soul-Bender (2011)

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David Gogo - Soul-Bender (2011)

David Gogo - Soul-Bender (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 278 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 92 Mb | Scans ~ 32 Mb
Contemporary Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: DixieFrog | # DFGCD 8711 | 00:40:23

"I can't fit into my skinny black jeans anymore," laments veteran blues rocker David Gogo on the appropriately titled, hard-driving, Stones-inflected, and likely autobiographical "Getting Old." Only in his early forties at the time of its 2011 release, he's obviously not letting fears of his advancing years slow or dull his attack, as his sixth release in a decade shows. Gogo isn't a particularly distinctive guitarist, but as this disc's title implies (Soul-Bender is also the name of the Fulltone guitar pedal he uses); he infuses plenty of soul with his bluesy rock & roll. To that end, a crackling version of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel," played as a high-energy swamp rocker with female backing vocals and horns, seems like a Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes cover instead of a hit for the King of Pop. Gogo is in tough voice throughout, charging into the rugged "Slow It Down" and a slinky slide guitar-driven burner "Do You Know How It Feels?" with raw nerves exposed. As usual, he uncorks some terrific covers (in addition to Jackson's); stampeding his blues guitar leads on the Robin Trower/Procol Harum nugget "Whisky Train" and the Doors' underappreciated "The Changeling" with chops and imagination.

Al Basile - B's Hot House (2019)

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Al Basile - B's Hot House (2019)

Al Basile - B's Hot House (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 412 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | 00:58:26
Modern Electric Blues | Label: Sweetspot Records

"After last year's combination of spoken narrative and new songs on Me & the Originator, I decided to relax and go back to recording just new songs of mine, as I have on my other 15 CDs. I had new songs which were inspired by the grooves of Little Junior Parker, Jimmy McCracklin, Slim Harpo, Booker T and the MGs, and many others. I divided the songs between blues and other roots forms, and as always I wrote about real life issues, both at home and in public. If you listen carefully, you'll hear what I mean!"

Taj Mahal - Taj's Blues (1992)

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Taj Mahal - Taj's Blues (1992)

Taj Mahal - Taj's Blues (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 297 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb | Scans included
Label: Columbia / Legacy | # CCK 52465 | Time: 00:50:40
Contemporary Blues, Electric Country Blues, Folk-Blues

Taj's Blues is an entertainingly diverse record, featuring a variety of blues and roots-music styles, all fused together into a distinctive sound of its own. Half of the album is played on acoustic, the other with an electric band (which includes guitarists Ry Cooder and Jesse Davis on a handful of tracks), which gives a pretty good impression of the range of Mahal's talents. It's a good collection, featuring many of his best performances for Columbia, including "Statesboro Blues" and "Leaving Trunk," as well as the unreleased "East Bay Woman".

Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Live At Cotati Cabaret 1984 (2024)

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Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Live At Cotati Cabaret 1984 (2024)

Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Live At Cotati Cabaret 1984 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 817 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 313 Mb | 02:15:51
Modern Electric Blues, Chicago Blues | Label: Cleopatra Records

An explosive double live album from the original Blues Brothers tearing up the stage in a vintage 1984 performance This concert comes jam-packed with guitar and harmonica solos galore plus some of the duo’s best performances of “Just A Little Bit,””Got My Mojo Working,” “Messin With The Kid,” and more! Come for the killer performances and solid gold blues, stay for the hilarious banter offered up by magnetic showman, Junior Wells!