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Muddy Waters - Electric Mud - Electric Mud is the fifth studio album by Muddy Waters, with members of Rotary Connection playing as his backing band Released in 1968, it imagines Muddy Waters as a psychedelic musician Producer Marshall Chess suggested that Muddy Waters recorded it in an attempt to appeal to a rock... -
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As The Black Keys have done their entire career, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their 2022 album, Dropout Boogie, in the studio The new album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements Highlights... -
As The Black Keys have done their entire career, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for their 2022 album, Dropout Boogie, in the studio The new album captures a number of first takes that hark back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days making music together in Akron, Ohio, basements Highlights...
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The second studio album from Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign was released in 1967 King's first album for Stax Records would change the face of American music with the modernization of the... -
Muddy Waters' Folk Singer remains rightly revered as the greatest-sounding blues album ever released—and, to date, one of the only bonafide audiophile records in the genre Originally issued in 1964 by Chess Records, the all-acoustic work has made the rounds as a demonstration disc and benefitted from myriad reissues, all of... -
Janis Joplin wouldn't be denied on Pearl The powerhouse vocalist had kicked her addictions, teamed with a stupendous band, and partnered with a producer who knew how to best showcase her voice on record She came to the sessions with an armload of astonishing songs, and a burst of creative energy that mirrored her rejuvenated... -
'Unlucky Boy' is the sixth studio album by the blues band Chicken Shack, released in 1973 'Unlucky Boy' finds guitarist/vocalist/songwriter and band founder Stan Webb in fine form Only drummer Paul Hancox remains from the uneven 'Imagination Lady,' and indeed the horn-oriented approach here is much different than the plodding Led... -
A new Son House album of previously unreleased recordings from the legendary “Father Of The Delta Blues” features the never before recorded track, “Forever On My Mind” The album comes from noted blues manager and historian Dick Waterman’s archives which were the first upon Son House’s 1964 re-discovery Restored to... -
Long awaited follow up to the "True Story of Abner Jay" LP Abner Jay was a man who had a grand sweeping vision of what folk music was In his lifetime his expression of what folk music could be encompassed some serious stylistic variations Sometimes he was a one man band traveling troubadour playing an electric banjo, harmonica,... -
Originally released on Argo Record in 1963 this was Etta James's fourth studio album Produced by Chicago master Leonard Chess, the man who first saw the potential for James to go into a more pop-oriented direction, this essential album release consisted of her ten top record hits in the past three years An incredible array of... -
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"Muddy Waters' Folk Singer wasn't the only blues LP recorded with the due care rarely shown to albums in the genre, prior to the revival Son House's rediscovery in the early 1960s reads like a Hollywood script, but all of the elements are there to make you realize that this John Hammond-produced LP, 50 years on, was one of the... -
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Follow along as writer/professor Wayne Goins explores the creation of Folk Singer, and leads a visual tour of the former Chess Records studios, here "The Quality Record Pressing is drop-dead quiet-as silent as the best Japanese pressings from the late 1970s-and the amount of inner detail released is simply astonishingthe sound... -
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"The Quality Record Pressing is drop-dead quiet-as silent as the best Japanese pressings from the late 1970s-and the amount of inner detail released is simply astonishingthe sound is sweet, liquid and free of harshness and edge The dynamics are mind-boggling When Muddy takes it up ten notches to emphasize a point it's positively...
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Exclusive liner notes by Dr John Published in 1970 on the small imprint Tiffany Records, the self-titled debut album by Brethren still deliver the goods half a century upon its original release Way long before the genre Americana was certified, even before the "blue eyed soul mania" arose, this talented combo pave the way for an... -
Repress! Featuring the talents of singer Steve Bailey, bassist Ron Bending, drummer Terry Sims and guitarist Bob Weston (later of Fleetwood Mac), Ashkan made their recording debut with this 1969 heavy progressive rock masterpiece Similar to Leafhound, Free, Human Beast, T2 and early Spooky Tooth Propelled by Bailey's hoarse growl... -
Reissue of Preserve Wildlife, the debut album for Lynn Carey's band, Mama Lion, originally released in 1972 The ten-song blues rock recording, which opens with a three-minute remake of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", showcases curvaceous Carey competently backed by bassist Neil Merryweather, guitarist Rick Gaxiola, and drummer... -
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Although recordings were made through independent mixes, a technique that did not ably translate the band's powerful live atmosphere, the music on this album does offer great example of progressive blues and rock The gatefold sleeve design was by Grimes' then husband, and noted psychedelic artist Larry Smart The LP was released in... -
IS offers a world of micro-trance subtleties as well as epic landscape raga journeys all brought to you on both six and twelve steel-string guitars With multiple releases all around the globe Steffen Basho-Junghans offers a very unique approach to the instrument Not simply trying to be just another John Fahey and while taking... -
“Abner Jay is the most unusual talent in the world A true Southerner from South GA He was raised layin on his belly, drinkin water from the ol Swaunee River Jay claims the secret for his good health and being the father of sixteen young’uns, and gonna git some more, layin on his belly drinkin water from that ol Swaunee Abner... -
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Blind Owl Wilson was a truly great guitarist and vocalist whose deep well of psychedelic blues songs were buried amongst the catalog of major label rockin’ blues band Canned Heat Blind Owl served as Canned Heat’s guitarist and would chip in a song here and there as a front man A couple of those songs became huge hits in the... -
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Raucous country music and blues, both traditional and original, with a gritty roadhouse sound and feel, recorded in 1962 at Threadgill’s, the famous Austin beer joint and music venue You’ll hear beer bottles hit the floor, doors slam, chatter by the band, including some choice expletives by Janis as she laughs and banters with... -
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The final instalment to the trio of masterpieces from the legendary British rock group, The Groundhogs’ gets a special reissue for first time since 1991 Treading more progressive realms Who Will Save The World sees Tony McPhee moving away from the blues territory of their earlier releases and towards a heavier more psychedelic... -
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On May 14, The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream, via Nonesuch Records The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R L Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among... -
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The Black Keys will release a special tenth anniversary edition of their landmark seventh studio album El Camino via Nonesuch Records El Camino (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) will be available in several formats including a Super Deluxe edition of five vinyl LPs or four CDs, featuring a remastered version of the original album,...
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BACK IN PRINT! Reissue on 180-gram vinyl A stunning vintage blues... -
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Bawdy and vaudeville-inspired light-hearted songs and routines make up the thrust of the fine performances found in this compilation Despite the tongue-in-cheek attitude of these selections, there is no sacrifice of musical quality This is one that will make you laugh, but you might want to keep your children away from... -
You could scarcely find two more contrasting bottleneck stylists among the most popular artists of the '30s than Casey Bill Weldon and Kokomo Arnold Weldon was billed as the 'Hawaiian Guitar Wizard', played upbeat, almost hokum tunes often in the ensemble, and seemed concerned with smooth tone Arnold usually played solo, with... -
180 gram repro of the 1978 album from North Carolina's Blind Boy Fuller Blues circa 1935-1939, including "Homesick and Lonesome Blues," "Truckin' My Blues Away," "I Crave My Pig Meat," "Walking My Troubles Away" and "Sweet Honey... -
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180 gram lp crumb-tastic! presenting one of the yazoo blues label vinyl... -
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More people were familiar with Mississippi bluesman Robert Wilkins than they realized, if they had heard the Rolling Stones' album Beggar's Banquet The 7th track off the album, ""Prodigal Son"" was a direct cover of Wilkin's track ""That's No Way To Get Along"", which only credited Jagger/Richards, with no credits to Wilkins... -
The most impassioned and influential of all early guitar evangelists, Johnson ranks far above his peers from an artistic standpoint As a bottleneck guitarist, he remains one of the greatest who ever lived; as a vocalist, his impassioned singing conveys an immediacy and fervor that admits few equals The Yazoo albums contain his... -
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Champion Jack Dupree was a New Orleans bred boogie-woogie piano player But boogie-woogie piano music has little or no collector value The same cannot be said for Dupree Lps, which have always fetched healthy good prices in record bin and on ebay While you can’t give away LPs from such accomplished boogie-woogie piano players... -
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During the sixties there was the British Blues boom, containing many blues bands, one of the fineat being Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac In January of 1969 Fleetwood Mac were at Chess Studios, Chicago, Jamming with the likes of Willie Dixson, SP Leary, Honeyboy Edwards, JT Brown and longtime Muddy Waters pianist Otist Spann The end... -
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Another absolute gem from Alan Bates’s Candid label this must be probably Otis Spann's finest piece of work on wax He may not have been the blues, but he was sure close to being the blues pianist Spann provided wonderful, imaginative, tasty piano solos and better-than-average vocals, and was arguably the best player whose style... -
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Lightnin’ Hopkins was one of the most over-recorded artists in the blues genre The recordings here were made at a pivotal moment in his career In 1960, at 48 years old, he was no longer a star in the black community, but was becoming a folk legend His deeply personal music not only reflected the experiences of his community but... -
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For the most part, this is a 1961 session wherein the blues raconteur and pianist Memphis Slim runs through a good chunk of his repertoire, the songs that came to mind that afternoon As such, it’s relaxed entertainment, rather than a fixed recording for a larger audience Which is not to say an audience can’t enjoy this music... -
Flugelhornist Art Farmer and guitarist Jim Hall had had a regular group for a time in the mid-'60s but (except for one occasion) had not played together since, until this 1978 LP This is an unusual effort for CTI in that it is a quintet set without added horns, strings or keyboards Farmer and Hall are joined by vibraphonist Mike... -
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Electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor had been sporadically recording solo albums for 20 years when Dirty Pool arrived — and was somehow just beginning to find fame Already a hit in Europe, it had taken a steady run of performing in Chicago’s famed blues clubs to slowly earn Taylor a well-deserved reputation as an equal... -
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Originally released on Warners Brothers to scant acclaim in 1978, this Jerry Wexler-produced masterpiece finds James in astounding voice with a batch of great material to apply her massive interpretive powers to The band, including the cream of the late-'70s Los Angeles session hot-shots (Cornell Dupree, Jeff Porcaro, Chuck... -
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Leadbelly's last recording sessions for a commercial record label, held in the early fall of 1944, yielded a dazzling 12 songs, embracing virtuoso guitar blues ("Grasshoppers In My Pillow"), pounding piano-driven scatting ("The Eagle Rocks", with Leadbelly himself at the ivories, a talent for which he wasn't usually recognized),... -
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THouse’s recording session ran over a few days and saw the studio set up like a small club with an invited audience I remember John (Hammond) running around crazed, as was Son’s manager, Dick Waterman (a man to whom Son owed everything) Al Wilson of Canned Heat was sat alongside Son, and once the recording started occasionally... -
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It's been a minute since Perfect Toy Records last hooked you up with a wild ride down that ol' psych-soul highway but the blacktop beckons once more with the sourcing of material for Down & Wired Vol 5 by veteran follower of the 'way of the dusty crate' - Chan The Man! This one begins, aptly enough, with an irresistible cover... -
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ANOTHER DOSE OF PSYCHEDELIC FUNK & BLUE-EYED SOUL !!! Es ist schon eine Minute her, dass Perfect Toy Records euch das letzte Mal mit einer wilden Fahrt auf dem alten Psych-Soul-Highway beglückt hat, aber jetzt erneut mit der Beschaffung von Material für Down & Wired Vol 6 durch den Veteranen des "Weges der staubigen... -
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No introduction needed for this fabulous release Arguably one of the greatest blues recordingslaid down in the last 40 years! Just checking out the track listing and personnel says it all Originally released on Mike Vernon's highly collectable and revered Blue Horizon label in1969, this pressing will become a must for all serious... -
Bonfire Records present a reissue of Siren's self-titled album, originally released on John Peel's Dandelion label in 1969 Siren was the debut album by Kevin Coyne with Siren, the band he founded with former Bonzo Dog Band bassist Dave Clague and pianist/guitarist Nick Cudworth An artist who would later inspire John Lydon, Sting,... -
2021 restock Charly Records present a reissue of John Lee Hooker's Burnin', originally released on Vee Jay Records in 1962 Burnin' is easily one of the best records, next to It Serves You Right To Suffer (1965) and I'm John Lee Hooker (1959), that the blues master has recorded with a backing band without sacrificing his... -
Compilation culled from Abners' self released LPs & 7"s featuring hits such as 'I'm So Depressed,' 'Cocaine', 'Vietnam,' & 'The Reason Young People Do Drugs' Abner Jay was a one-man band He plays the guitar or 6-string electric banjo, harmonica and bass drum and high hat with his feet A singer/songwriter deserving of a... -
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Fred McDowell’s Vol 2, originally released on Arhoolie in 1966 is one of the finest recorded examples of the Hill Country Blues style With a distinctive and hypnotic guitar style McDowell powers through 12 tunes here, almost all...
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