Elmore James - 2 albums: Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions / The Final Sessions

Album: Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:55
Size: 105.1 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[2:32] 1. Shake Your Moneymaker
[2:25] 2. Look On Yonder Wall
[2:45] 3. The Sky Is Crying
[2:31] 4. Rollin' And Tumblin'
[2:50] 5. Help My Baby Last Night
[2:45] 6. I'm Worried
[2:18] 7. Done Somebody Wrong
[2:32] 8. Fine Little Mama
[2:58] 9. Anna Lee
[3:13] 10. Stranger Blues
[5:01] 11. Something Inside Of Me
[2:46] 12. Early One Morning
[2:19] 13. Sunnyland Train
[2:58] 14. Standing At The Crossroads
[3:02] 15. My Bleeding Heart
[2:53] 16. Dust My Broom

An intensely powerful singer and guitarist, Elmore James did not start his recording career until he was 33, and he only lived to be 45, but he made a very strong impact during his dozen years on records. Some of his finest work was cut for the Fire label during 1959-1961, roughly half of which is included on this single CD. Other than a final outburst of selections during February 1963, these were James' last studio sessions, and he is heard at the peak of his powers throughout. Among the best-known performances are the hit "Shake Your Moneymaker," "The Sky Is Crying," and a remake of his famous "Dust My Broom," but all 16 selections are full of passion and fire. This is an essential acquisition for blues collectors, at least until a more complete James on Fire reissue comes out. ~Scott Yanow

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Album: The Final Sessions
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:41
Size: 145.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Look On Yonder Wall
[3:04] 2. Find My Kind Of Woman
[2:47] 3. Find My Kind Of Woman (Vers 2)
[2:48] 4. Dust My Broom
[3:04] 5. My Baby's Gone
[2:40] 6. You Do It If You Want To
[2:48] 7. Woke Up Screamin' & Cryin'
[3:01] 8. Hand In Hand
[2:38] 9. I Have A Right To Love My Baby
[3:19] 10. Every Day I Have The Blues
[2:45] 11. Dust My Broom
[3:20] 12. It Hurts Me Too
[2:50] 13. Talk To Me Baby
[2:14] 14. Can't Stop Lovin' My Baby
[3:57] 15. She's Got To Go
[2:52] 16. Pickin' The Blues
[3:33] 17. Twelve Year Old Boy
[3:06] 18. Up Jumped Elmore
[3:24] 19. I Believe
[3:38] 20. I Gotta Go Now
[2:47] 21. Make My Dreams Come True

This is the complete final recording session made by blues titan, Elmore James. Original recordings released on the Enjoy Records label owned by producer Bobby Robbinson. Recorded in 1963. 21 re-mastered tracks all officially on CD together for the first time. A celebration of one of the great blues statesmen. No one could have foreseen that when slide guitar wizard Elmore James journeyed to New York in February of 63 for two sessions produced by Harlem label boss Bobby Robinson, it would mark the blues legend's final studio dates. He was prolific, revisiting his past classics as Dust My Broom and It Hurts Me Too (which became a posthumous hit for him on Bobby's Enjoy label) as well as cutting a few titles he hadn't committed to tape before. This disc contains the great majority of the sides Elmore waxed at his historic farewell sessions, and they represent quite a final musical statement. Three months later, he was gone. ~from liner notes by Bill Dahl

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