Various Artists - Antone's Anniversary Anthology Vol. 1&2

Album: Antone's Tenth Anniversary Anthology Vol. 1
Year: 1986
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:31
Size: 147,7 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Front, inside, tray

1. Snooky Pryor - How'd You Learn To Shake It Like That (8:16)
2. Eddie Taylor - If You Don't Want Me Baby (3:20)
3. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (5:11)
4. Sunnyland Slim - Built Up From The Ground (4:09)
5. Albert Collins - Cold Cold Feeling (5:58)
6. Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself (2:20)
7. James Cotton - Sad Letter Blues (6:13)
8. Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy (3:49)
9. Buddy Guy - Look On Yonders Wall (4:12)
10. Buddy Guy - Things I Used To Do (6:25)
11. Pinetop Perkins - Caldonia (5:23)
12. Otis Rush - Double Trouble (3:47)
13. Jimmy Rogers - You're Sweet (5:21)

Chicago blues living legends were recorded live at a popular Austin, TX, club in July 1985. Included is Buddy Guy, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, James Cotton, Snooky Pryor, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, and more. The CD has three bonus cuts. Good sound and very good performances. /Niles J. Frantz, AllMusic

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Album: Antone's Anniversary Anthology Vol. 2
Year: 1991
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:02
Size: 123,9 MB
Styles: Blues
Scans: Full

1. Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Bound (4:01)
2. Pinetop Perkins - Trouble Blues (5:23)
3. Calvin 'Fuzz' Jones - Shake For Me (5:44)
4. Buddy Guy - Everything Gonna Be Alright (4:37)
5. Otis Rush - Natural Ball (3:41)
6. Snooky Pryor - Sloppy Drunk (5:27)
7. James Cotton - Moanin' At Midnight (5:21)
8. James Cotton - Evan Shuffle (2:34)
9. Albert Collins - Black Cat Bone (7:03)
10. Lazy Lester - The Same Thing Could Happen To You (3:50)
11. Matt 'Guitar' Murphy - High Jack (6:16)

Cliff Antone's Austin, Texas nightclub is to blues what Gilley's is to country/western: a living showcase of some of the best musicians around. Along with the club, Antone also has a record label where he presents many of the legends of blues who have appeared at his venue, as well as some younger up-and-comers. This second volume of an anthology of music recorded at Antone's features some of the biggest names in blues history laying down strong performances. With artists like Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Albert Collins, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy and James Cotton, it would pretty hard to go wrong. When outright stars like these are surrounded by some of the best backing musicians in the business, the results should be – and here are – outstanding.

Not only does the record serve as a showcase for the above artists, but fans of those musicians may end up being even more excited because they sit in with each other for informal jams. Murphy, Cotton and former Muddy Waters guitarist Jimmy Rogers, for instance, help out Pinetop Perkins on "Trouble Blues," while Perkins sits in on piano later behind Guy. The highlight of this album is the two-song run with harpist Cotton and another former Muddy Waters guitarist, Hubert Sumlin, in a duet: Howlin' Wolf's "Moanin' at Midnight" and Waters' "Evan Shuffle." Unlike the case with most live albums, the sound quality here is stellar and the crowd knowledgeable enough to shut up while the musicians are playing. /Jim Trageser

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