Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Loving You Baby: Singles As & Bs 1953-1961

Size: 157.9+155,2 MB
Time: 66:39+65:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Front & Back

CD 1:
01. High & Lonesome (Remastered) (2:50)
02. Roll & Rhumba (Remastered) (2:47)
03. I Found My Baby (Remastered) (2:48)
04. Jimmy's Boogie (Remastered) (2:46)
05. You Don't Have To Go (Remastered) (3:06)
06. Boogie In The Dark (Remastered) (2:35)
07. Pretty Thing (Remastered) (2:45)
08. I'm Gonna Ruin You (Remastered) (2:34)
09. I Don't Go For That (Remastered) (2:47)
10. She Don't Want Me No More (Remastered) (2:37)
11. Ain't That Loving You Baby (Remastered) (2:15)
12. Baby Don't Say That No More (Remastered) (2:35)
13. Rockin' With Reed (Remastered) (2:33)
14. Can't Stand To See You Go (Remastered) (2:51)
15. My First Plea (Remastered) (2:47)
16. I Love You Baby (Remastered) (2:45)
17. Honey Don't Let Me Go (Remastered) (2:38)
18. You've Got Me Dizzy (Remastered) (2:52)
19. Little Rain (Remastered) (3:10)
20. Honey Where Are You Going (Remastered) (3:14)
21. The Sun Is Shining (Remastered) (2:51)
22. Baby, What's On Your Mind (Remastered) (3:09)
23. Honest I Do (Remastered) (2:42)
24. Signals Of Love (Remastered) (2:31)

CD 2:
01. You're Something Else (Rematered) (2:35)
02. A String To Your Heart (Rematered) (2:43)
03. You Got Me Crying (Rematered) (2:36)
04. Go On To School (Rematered) (2:47)
05. I Know It's A Sin (Rematered) (2:26)
06. Down In Virginia (Rematered) (2:24)
07. I'm Gonna Get My Baby (Rematered) (2:40)
08. Odds And Ends (Rematered) (2:28)
09. Ends And Odds (Rematered) (2:12)
10. I Told You Baby (Rematered) (2:19)
11. Take Out Some Insurance (Rematered) (2:22)
12. You Know I Love You (Rematered) (2:30)
13. Going To New York (Rematered) (2:19)
14. I Wanna Be Loved (Rematered) (2:24)
15. Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do (Rematered) (2:25)
16. Caress Me Baby (Rematered) (2:50)
17. Where Can You Be (Rematered) (2:36)
18. Found Love (Rematered) (2:20)
19. Hush, Hush (Rematered) (2:33)
20. Going By The River (Rematered) (2:07)
21. Laughing At The Blues (Rematered) (2:00)
22. Close Together (Rematered) (2:34)
23. Big Boss Man (Rematered) (2:49)
24. I'm A Love You (Rematered) (2:01)
25. Bright Lights, Big City (Rematered) (2:41)
26. I'm Mr. Luck (Rematered) (3:24)

With his midtempo three-chord blues shuffle rhythms, crude-rack harmonica runs, and lazy, slurred vocals that barely navigated his limited four- or five-note melodies, Jimmy Reed seems to possess all the qualities of an amateur player destined to serve out his career in his own basement playing to no one in particular. That all of these musical limitations turned out ultimately to be assets is a lesson for all of us, because Reed's unerring simplicity produced blues and rock classics like "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" and "Baby What You Want Me to Do," and countless other songs, all built from the same crude template, and they've stood the test of time. This two-disc set collects both sides of the singles he released for Vee-Jay Records between 1953 and 1961, including the above songs and other genre standards like "I Ain't Got You," "Bright Lights Big City," and "Big Boss Man." This might be a bit too much Reed for the casual listener, since what he did seldom varied very much, but it’s a nice archival release for the die-hard Jimmy Reed fan. ~Steve Leggett

Ain't That Loving You Baby

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