Time: 77:45+75:34+76:40+71:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Texas Blues, Blues Soul, R&B
Art: Full
CD 1: Deep Blues With Lots Of Soul
01. Black Nights (3:34)
02. Little Angel (2:09)
03. Everytime It Rains (2:53)
04. Just One More Time (3:19)
05. My Heart Belongs To You (3:00)
06. Too Many Drivers (3:06)
07. Key To My Heart (2:58)
08. Strange Feeling (2:55)
09. What's Gonna Be (2:32)
10. No More Pt. 1 (2:24)
11. No More Pt. 2 (2:50)
12. Shattered Dreams (2:36)
13. Sittin' Here Thinkin' (3:06)
14. Talkin' Woman (2:31)
15. Blues Around Midnight (3:07)
16. Change Your Ways (2:52)
17. My Aching Back (2:58)
18. Trouble I'm In (3:14)
19. Ask At Any Door In Town (3:06)
20. Lonely Day (3:23)
21. Hustler's Game (3:25)
22. Get Your Game Up Tight (2:38)
23. Year Of 29 (3:50)
24. Two Way Wishing (2:46)
25. Back Door Key (3:28)
26. Confessin' The Blues (2:53)
CD 2: Ain't No Tramp Now! Some Funky Stuff
01. Tramp (3:06)
02. Make A Little Love (3:12)
03. I'm Sinkin' (3:09)
04. Goin' Home (3:06)
05. Pico (2:57)
06. No Hard Feeling (3:23)
07. Evertday I Have The Blues (3:00)
08. I Cried (3:03)
09. The Thing (2:35)
10. I'm A Drifter (2:50)
11. Hobo Meeting (2:31)
12. I Wanna Spend Christmas With You Pt. 1&2 (5:07)
13. Tomorrow (2:48)
14. Push Me (2:36)
15. Let's Go Get Stoned (2:29)
16. The Letter (2:32)
17. Blues Pain (3:42)
18. Mellow Together (2:46)
19. Funky Broadway (2:56)
20. Feel So Bad (2:49)
21. Going To Chicago (2:48)
22. What The Heck (3:11)
23. The Sweetest Thing (3:09)
24. Lovin' Touch (2:47)
25. Price For Love (2:50)
CD 3: Unrealeased Rare Tracks And Some Remixes
01. Blue Shadows (2:31)
02. New Worried Life Blues (3:31)
03. My Story (Lonely Lonely Man (Take 6&7) (5:46)
04. I Won't Care Anymore (2:38)
05. Don't Bother Me (2:48)
06. Lost Lover (2:58)
07. Little Girl (2:41)
08. Unknown Instrumental #2 (3:08)
09. Worried Life Blues (3:17)
10. Let's Talk It Over (3:14)
11. Everything That I Took Away (2:04)
12. Welcome Home (Take 13) (3:28)
13. Welcome Home (Take 14) (3:22)
14. The Drifter / Your Gonna Miss Me (3:22)
15. Blues Soul (2:32)
16. It Takes Money (2:43)
17. Chocolate Walk / Lonesome Train (The Thing Extended Version) (3:58)
18. I'm Sinking (Extended Version) (4:05)
19. What The Heck (Extended Version) (3:35)
20. Blues Pain (Extended Version) (5:19)
21. Price For Love (Extended Version) (4:14)
22. My Aching Back (Stereo Mix) (3:01)
23. Black Night (Edit. Version) (2:13)
CD 4: Alternate Takes And Some More
01. Radio Ad, WOKJ, Jackson, Mississippi (Too Many Drivers) (4:24)
02. Too Many Drivers (Take 5) (3:01)
03. My Heart Belongs To You (3:05)
04. What's Gonna Be (Take 15) (2:40)
05. Strange Feeling (In a Session) (1:52)
06. Strange Feeling (Take 8) (3:04)
07. Get Your Game Up Tight (Take 4) (2:42)
08. Blues Around Midnight (LP Version) (3:07)
09. Year Of 29 (4:24)
10. Talkin' Woman (Take 5) (2:36)
11. Talkin Woman (Take 17) (2:34)
12. Ask At Any Door In Town (Take 1) (3:31)
13. Tramp (Take 1) (4:16)
14. Let's Go Get Stoned (Take 4) (2:40)
15. Let's Go Get Stoned (2:44)
16. I Cried (Take 2) (3:42)
17. Feel So Bad (Take 2) (3:04)
18. Blues Pain (Take 3) (4:42)
19. What The Heck (Take 5) (3:38)
20. Funky Broadway (Take 1) (3:00)
21. The Sweetest Thing (Take 2) (3:07)
22. Everyday I Have The Blues (Take 4) (2:59)
Lowell Fulson recorded every shade of blues imaginable. Polished urban blues, rustic two-guitar duets with his younger brother Martin, funk-tinged grooves that pierced the mid-'60s charts, even an unwise cover of the Beatles' "Why Don't We Do It in the Road!" Clearly, the veteran guitarist, who was active for more than half-a-century, wasn't afraid to experiment. Perhaps that's why his last couple of discs for Rounder were so vital and satisfying -- and why he remained an innovator for so long.
Exposed to the Western swing of Bob Wills, as well as indigenous blues while growing up in Oklahoma, Fulson joined up with singer Texas Alexander for a few months in 1940, touring the Lone Star state with the veteran bluesman. Fulson was drafted in 1943. The Navy let him go in 1945; after a few months back in Oklahoma, he was off to Oakland, CA, where he made his first 78s for fledgling producer Bob Geddins. Soon enough, Fulson was fronting his own band and cutting a stack of platters for Big Town, Gilt Edge, Trilon, and Down Town (where he hit big in 1948 with "Three O'Clock Blues," later covered by B.B. King).
Swing Time records prexy Jack Lauderdale snapped up Fulson in 1948, and the hits really began to flow: the immortal "Every Day I Have the Blues" (an adaptation of Memphis Slim's "Nobody Loves Me"), "Blue Shadows," the two-sided holiday perennial "Lonesome Christmas," and a groovy midtempo instrumental "Low Society Blues" that really hammers home how tremendously important pianist Lloyd Glenn and alto saxist Earl Brown were to Fulson's maturing sound (all charted in 1950!).
Fulson toured extensively from then on, his band stocked for a time with dazzling pianist Ray Charles (who later covered Lowell's "Sinner's Prayer" for Atlantic) and saxist Stanley Turrentine. After a one-off session in New Orleans in 1953 for Aladdin, Fulson inked a longterm pact with Chess in 1954. His first single for the firm was the classic "Reconsider Baby," cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis' supervision with a sax section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.
The relentless midtempo blues proved a massive hit and perennial cover item -- even Elvis Presley cut it in 1960, right after he got out of the Army. But apart from "Loving You," the guitarist's subsequent Checker output failed to find widespread favor with the public. Baffling, since Fulson's crisp, concise guitar work and sturdy vocals were as effective as ever. Most of his Checker sessions were held in Chicago and L.A. (the latter his home from the turn of the '50s).
Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of labels worked wonders when he jumped over to Los Angeles-based Kent Records. 1965's driving "Black Nights" became his first smash in a decade, and "Tramp," a loping funk-injected workout co-written by Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom, gaining plenty of pop spins, and inspiring a playful Stax cover by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas only a few months later that outsold Fulson's original.
A couple of lesser follow-up hits for Kent ensued before the guitarist was reunited with Stan Lewis at Jewel Records. That's where he took a crack at that Beatles number, though most of his outings for the firm were considerably closer to the blues bone. Fulson was never been absent for long on disc; 1992's Hold On and its 1995 follow-up. Them Update Blues, both for Ron Levy's Bullseye Blues logo, were among his later efforts, both quite solid. Fulson continued to perform until 1997, when health problems forced the career bluesman into a reluctant retirement. His health continued to deteriorate and on March 6, 1999 -- just a few weeks shy of his 78th birthday -- Lowell Fulson passed away.
Few bluesmen managed to remain contemporary the way Lowell Fulson did for more than five decades. And fewer still will make such a massive contribution to the idiom. ~Biography by Bill Dahl
Exposed to the Western swing of Bob Wills, as well as indigenous blues while growing up in Oklahoma, Fulson joined up with singer Texas Alexander for a few months in 1940, touring the Lone Star state with the veteran bluesman. Fulson was drafted in 1943. The Navy let him go in 1945; after a few months back in Oklahoma, he was off to Oakland, CA, where he made his first 78s for fledgling producer Bob Geddins. Soon enough, Fulson was fronting his own band and cutting a stack of platters for Big Town, Gilt Edge, Trilon, and Down Town (where he hit big in 1948 with "Three O'Clock Blues," later covered by B.B. King).
Swing Time records prexy Jack Lauderdale snapped up Fulson in 1948, and the hits really began to flow: the immortal "Every Day I Have the Blues" (an adaptation of Memphis Slim's "Nobody Loves Me"), "Blue Shadows," the two-sided holiday perennial "Lonesome Christmas," and a groovy midtempo instrumental "Low Society Blues" that really hammers home how tremendously important pianist Lloyd Glenn and alto saxist Earl Brown were to Fulson's maturing sound (all charted in 1950!).
Fulson toured extensively from then on, his band stocked for a time with dazzling pianist Ray Charles (who later covered Lowell's "Sinner's Prayer" for Atlantic) and saxist Stanley Turrentine. After a one-off session in New Orleans in 1953 for Aladdin, Fulson inked a longterm pact with Chess in 1954. His first single for the firm was the classic "Reconsider Baby," cut in Dallas under Stan Lewis' supervision with a sax section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.
The relentless midtempo blues proved a massive hit and perennial cover item -- even Elvis Presley cut it in 1960, right after he got out of the Army. But apart from "Loving You," the guitarist's subsequent Checker output failed to find widespread favor with the public. Baffling, since Fulson's crisp, concise guitar work and sturdy vocals were as effective as ever. Most of his Checker sessions were held in Chicago and L.A. (the latter his home from the turn of the '50s).
Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of labels worked wonders when he jumped over to Los Angeles-based Kent Records. 1965's driving "Black Nights" became his first smash in a decade, and "Tramp," a loping funk-injected workout co-written by Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom, gaining plenty of pop spins, and inspiring a playful Stax cover by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas only a few months later that outsold Fulson's original.
A couple of lesser follow-up hits for Kent ensued before the guitarist was reunited with Stan Lewis at Jewel Records. That's where he took a crack at that Beatles number, though most of his outings for the firm were considerably closer to the blues bone. Fulson was never been absent for long on disc; 1992's Hold On and its 1995 follow-up. Them Update Blues, both for Ron Levy's Bullseye Blues logo, were among his later efforts, both quite solid. Fulson continued to perform until 1997, when health problems forced the career bluesman into a reluctant retirement. His health continued to deteriorate and on March 6, 1999 -- just a few weeks shy of his 78th birthday -- Lowell Fulson passed away.
Few bluesmen managed to remain contemporary the way Lowell Fulson did for more than five decades. And fewer still will make such a massive contribution to the idiom. ~Biography by Bill Dahl
CD 1 CD 2 CD 3 CD 4
9 comments:
Excellent post. A belated thank you. Very pleased to find at least one of these links was still live!
Please Please Please Repost !!!
BoogieBoyX, please download from Ziddu as Jackson did :)
Thanks Kamane !
Request for re-up please
New links for this post can be found below. All 4 cds in the same folder, rar file splitted into two parts.
Lowell Fulson - The Complete Kent Recordings (4 CD) (2001) [320]
MC Part 1: https://www.mirrored.to/files/07LIKZGV/LF-TCKR4CD.part1.rar_links
Zippy Part 1: https://www59.zippyshare.com/v/a4dPL8mq/file.html
MC Part 2: https://www.mirrored.to/files/0G4HIQ4R/LF-TCKR4CD.part2.rar_links
Zippy Part 2: https://www79.zippyshare.com/v/pmRWsZsp/file.html
Please repost this set, please. It looks great!
Thanks
@Daddy Cool New Links From Here!
Fulson, Lowell - 2001 The Complete Kent Recordings Part 1.7z
https://www55.zippyshare.com/v/nfijnZLf/file.html
Fulson, Lowell - 2001 The Complete Kent Recordings Part 2.7z
https://www32.zippyshare.com/v/mK4gvRYq/file.html
Thanks for the reup - session details in scans are particularly welcome. A few pleasant hours of listening enjoyment to come.
Impressed with speed of delivery too.
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