Friday, January 23, 2015

George 'Harmonica' Smith - 2 albums: Blowing The Blues / Harmonica Ace: The Modern Masters

Album: Blowing The Blues
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:01
Size: 162.6 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:16] 1. Blowing The Blues
[3:09] 2. West Helena Blues
[2:56] 3. I Don't Know
[2:11] 4. Miss O'malley's Rally
[2:26] 5. All Last Night
[2:32] 6. I Want A Woman
[2:45] 7. Until You Come Home
[2:09] 8. Hot Rolls
[2:00] 9. I Must Be Crazy
[2:14] 10. Yes Baby
[2:28] 11. Loose Screws
[1:54] 12. Rope That Twist
[3:00] 13. Sometimes You Win When You Lose
[2:49] 14. Good Things
[2:22] 15. You Can't Undo What's Been Done
[2:47] 16. Nobody Knows
[2:05] 17. Trap Meat
[2:35] 18. Tight Dress
[2:32] 19. Times Won't Be Hard Always
[2:21] 20. Come On Home
[2:42] 21. The Avalon Boogaloo
[2:46] 22. As Long As I Live
[2:39] 23. Brown Mule
[3:28] 24. Summertime
[4:43] 25. Teenage Girl
[4:59] 26. Teardrops Falling

George Smith has attained legendary status among harp afficianados as one of the best examples of tone and taste.The 26 tracks featured here are virtually all of his recordings for the Lapel, Carolyn, & Sotoplay labels from 1955-1965. Two bonus tracks from 1978 feature Smith with his best protege-William Clarke

Blowing The Blues mc
Blowing The Blues zippy

Album: Little George Smith - Harmonica Ace: The Modern Masters
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:46
Size: 116.3 MB
Styles: Harmonica blues
Year: 1991/2003
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Rocking
[3:04] 2. Telephone Blues
[2:59] 3. Blues in the Dark
[3:06] 4. Blues Stay Away
[1:51] 5. Have Myself a Ball
[2:13] 6. I Found My Baby
[2:21] 7. Oopin' Doopin' Doopin'
[2:59] 8. California Blues
[2:39] 9. Down in New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter)
[3:15] 10. Early One Monday Morning
[2:35] 11. Rocking
[2:51] 12. Love Life
[2:22] 13. Cross Eyed Suzie Lee
[2:26] 14. You Don't Love Me
[2:14] 15. I Found My Baby
[2:21] 16. Oopin' Doopin' Doopin'
[3:00] 17. California Blues
[2:32] 18. Down in New Orleans (aka Hey Mr. Porter)
[3:12] 19. Early One Monday Morning

Smith cut these sides for Joe Bihari of Modern Records shortly after he left the Muddy Waters Band in the early '50s. He is featured here with a rhythm section framed by horns arranged by the legendary and prolific Maxwell Davis. Smith's innate sense of drive and swing, coupled with his rich and diverse palette of texture and tone, truly place him in the very first rank of modern harp masters. This disc is aptly described by note-writer Ray Topping as "a lasting memorial to one of the last great harp players of the postwar blues scene." ~Larry Hoffman

Harmonica Ace: The Modern Masters mc
Harmonica Ace: The Modern Masters zippy

7 comments:

Marineband said...

The zippy Blowin' the blues link is saying (ERROR: Invalid domain for site key) and the MC links according to my McAfee are all infected D/Ls? Just a heads up.

mat.tiggas said...

hey Marineland, downloaded, extracted and played both albums, no problem; no bells and whistles from my av. try it again. let us know if any more probs.

kempen said...

very strange ; i can d/l Harmonica Ace zippy, but Blowing the Blues zippy gives no d/l tab (in firefox); but explorer asks a captcha confirmation (i'm not a robot) ; so it works , depending on your browser !!??

Marineband said...

Hey Mat, worked this time. great stuff thank you bro.

Flatbed Floyd said...

Wow! Those didn't stay up for long! Could you please repost this twofer. Thanks a bunch

Ramirez said...

new link for Harmonica Ace (320 from LL, full artwork)
http://www89.zippyshare.com/v/0mBbJmSv/file.html

Red Rooster said...

New links for Blowing The Blues can be found below.

George Harmonica Smith - Blowing The Blues (1998) [320]
MC: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/8YK22RJZ/GHS-BTB.rar_links
Zippy: http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/X24PDF15/file.html