Here's the Man! contains recordings Bland cut for the Duke label in the early '60s. It has the same intensity and variety of his late-'50s breakthrough album, Two Steps From the Blues, and mimics that album's program of big band-blues swingers, straight blues, and ballads. Bland displays his vocal p..
After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1961 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry..
Harley Poe is a band full of changes. While the core idea remains the same, the lineup and instruments tend to be all over the place with each release. Harley Poe's last release, Wretched, Filthy, Ugly, found the band playing songs faster and louder than the folksy sound found on Poe's earlier relea..
When one talks about the career of Chicago blues legend Chester 'Howlin' Wolf' Burnett, a few distinct time periods come to mind. The traditional acoustic flair of his early formative years, his peak years from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, his brief and controversial foray into psychedelic music..
Album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins featuring tracks recorded between 1951 and 1953 that were originally released as 10-inch 78rpm records on Bob Shad's Sittin' in With label.The album was one of the earlier collections of Lightnin' Hopkins material to be released. TracklistA1 Hello Cent..
(Duke Records) 12 tracks - Re-issue of the original 1958 'Duke' LP album'That which I myself am cognizant That which I myself have seen, heard and the 'Experiences' . . . And I ain't an old man, veteran of the hardgoing Stupid with sleepless nights Dicing to pay life's hard accounts! And They, that ..
Record NotesKind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. It is regarded by many critics as jazz's greatest record, Davis's masterpiece, and one of the best albums of all time. Its influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical genres, has led writers to also deem i..
Great collection of his 50's sides (both 78's and 45's) capture the elemental blues, and raw slide guitar of Muddy Waters! Classic!TracklistA1 I Just Want To Make Love To YouA2 Long Distance CallA3 Louisiana BluesA4 Honey BeeA5 Rollin' StoneA6 I'm ReadyA7 Trouble No MoreB1 Hoochie CoochieB2 ..
This album works on so many different levels, that it's essential listening for at least three categories of buyer -- fans of Otis Redding and Stax Records (natch), and more general soul listeners, and also anyone serious about their devotion to the work of the Rolling Stones and any other British i..
Angels And Demons At Play was compiled from two different sessions, recorded four years apart (1956 and 1960), that reflect Sun Ra's evolution from hard Chicago bop towards exotic styles that transcended easy categorization. The album was released in 1965 with a distinctive sleeve design by Sun Ra, ..