The Devil's Music is the three-disc soundtrack to a BBC television documentary on American blues that aired originally in 1976 at the height of the punk explosion in Britain. What makes this an important set are the many old blues artists captured here doing new live versions of their signature songs; and since many of them have since passed on, The Devil's Music is a particular treasure. The collection opens with Sam Chatmon singing "Stop and Listen," a version of Tommy Johnson's "Big Road Blues." Big Joe Williams revisits his Depression-era classic "Providence Help the Poor People" and delivers a wonderful, charming "Watergate Blues." Bukka White chugs through "Aberdeen, Mississippi" and the incomparable Victoria Spivey sings a stylish "T.B. Blues." Alone at his piano, Little Brother Montgomery performs his trademark "Vicksburg Blues." Disc two features a six-song mini-concert from James De Shay and his band, while disc three captures brief live sets from Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Matt Murphy recorded at the 1963 European Blues Festival. The Devil's Music is a valuable document from a time when many of the old hands were still around to show how the blues was really done.
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Time: 70:58
Size: 164,5 MB
Covers: Full
(3:39) 1. Sam Chatmon - Stop and Listen
(2:21) 2. Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
(3:21) 3. Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink of Water
(1:36) 4. Sam Chatmon - Sam's Rag
(1:50) 5. Big Joe Williams - Watergate Blues
(3:57) 6. Sam Chatmon - Who Gonna Love You Tonight
(4:02) 7. Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi
(3:23) 8. Mose Vinson - When You Got Rid of My Mule
(4:34) 9. Sonny Blake - One Room Country Shack
(3:13) 10. Sonny Blake - Bring It on Home
(4:33) 11. Joe Willie Wilkins - Mr. Downchild
(3:27) 12. Houston Stackhouse - Mean Red Spider
(3:35) 13. Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
(2:27) 14. Laura Dukes - Crawdad
(2:45) 15. The Aces - Take A Little Walk With Me
(5:20) 16. Billy Boy Arnold - Somebody Help Me
(4:29) 17. Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
(3:08) 18. Good Rockin Charles - Don't Start Me Talkin'
(4:28) 19. Fenton Robinson - You Don't Know What Love Is
(4:42) 20. Joe Carter - It Hurts Me Too
The Devil's Music, Disc 1
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Time: 68:26
Size: 158,5 MB
Covers: Full
(4:04) 1. Billy Boy Arnold - She Fooled Me
(3:06) 2. The Aces - Blue Shadows
(3:53) 3. Good Rockin charles - Shake Your Boogie
(4:26) 4. Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
(3:03) 5. Edith Wilson - Yankee Doodle Blues
(3:30) 6. Little Brother Montgomery - I Ain't Got No Special Rider Now
(3:38) 7. James De Shay - Crossroads
(4:43) 8. James De Shay - Pony Blues
(7:08) 9. James De Shay - Mistake In Life
(3:44) 10. James De Shay - Evil Is Going On
(5:00) 11. James De Shay - Hold That Train, Conductor
(3:45) 12. James De Shay - Forty Four
(2:54) 13. Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People
(2:10) 14. Henry Townsend - Tears Came Rolling Down
(2:05) 15. Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk
(4:03) 16. Henry Townsend - Wave My Hands Bye Bye
(2:52) 17. Big Joe Williams - Meet Me At The Bottom
(4:15) 18. Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues
The Devil's Music, Disc 2
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues
Time: 41:11
Size: 95,3 MB
Covers: Full
(4:06) 1. Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well
(3:06) 2. Memphis Slim - I Wrote This Song
(3:06) 3. Memphis Slim - All By Myself
(3:39) 4. Sonny Boy Williamson - 99
(3:16) 5. Sonny Boy Williamson - Bye Bye Bird
(5:04) 6. Memphis Slim - In The Evening
(3:10) 7. Matt Murphy - Grooving On Bounce
(4:50) 8. Matt Murphy - Taking Off
(3:05) 9. Sonny Boy Williamson - All My Love In Vain
(3:15) 10. Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial
(4:29) 11. Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talking
The Devil's Music, Disc 3
The Devil's Music Box artwork & Booklet
Thanks to Marcfr for posting the original vinyls on his blog; it made me dig into my collection and do a search for the CD reissue.
5 comments:
Nice post. Thanks to you and to Marcfr too!
Thanks for this post , the third CD looks great too , was it ever on vinyl ? i believe i have some of this on a DVD (Blues Legends - Live in Europe (Hip-o Select)not sure , i must check it out ...
Will you please re-post this box ? Many thanks !!!!
New links for this post can be found below.
Various Artists - The Devil's Music (3 CD) (2003) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/0KX2FESF/VA-TDM3CD.rar_links
Zippy: https://www54.zippyshare.com/v/EH5cvqux/file.html
Thank you so much Red Rooster, great job again !!!
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