Showing posts with label Joe Hill Louis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Hill Louis. Show all posts

Saturday, May 2, 2020

VA - Dr. Boogie Presents Shim Sham Shimmy

Size: 179,5 MB
Time: 76:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues
Art: Front & Back

01 Champion Jack Dupree - Shim Sham Shimmy (2:43)
02 Charles Sheffield - Isabella (2:47)
03 Joe Hill Louis - She's Taking All My Money (2:40)
04 Ramblin' Hi Harris - I Haven't Got A Home (3:02)
05 Doctor Ross - Texas Hop (2:46)
06 Bobo Jenkins - Nothing But Love (2:22)
07 Clarence Lockley - Crowley Blues (1:39)
08 B. Brown & Mc Vouts - Good Woman Blues (2:34)
09 Wright Holmes - Good Road Blues (2:35)
10 Cecil Gant - We're Gonna Rock (2:14)
11 Albert Collins & His Rhythm Rockers - Freeze (2:18)
12 Moses Williams - Which Way Did My Baby Go (3:15)
13 Haskell Sadler - Do Right Mind (2:52)
14 Larry Dale - You Better Heed My Warning (2:04)
15 Baby Boy Warren - Santa Fee (2:48)
16 Eddie Snow - I'm Off That Stuff (3:02)
17 Slim Green - Shake Em Up (2:39)
18 Slim Gaillard - Fuck Off (2:10)
19 Blue Charlie Morris - I'm Gonna Kill That Hen (2:49)
20 Sam Myers - Rhythm With Me (1:47)
21 Willie Egan - Can't Understand It (1:48)
22 W. Harris - Low Down Dirty Shame (3:36)
23 Jake Jackson - Life Get's Hard (2:32)
24 Morris Pejoe - Screamin 'n' Cryin (2:45)
25 Homesick James - Dirty Rat (2:18)
26 Papa Lightfoot - P.I. Blues (2:23)
27 Pat Hare - Bonus Pay (2:08)
28 Big John & The Dallas Playboys - Sent For You Yesterday (3:00)
29 Lonnie Johnson - Can't Sleep Anymore (1:41)
30 Bob Kelly & The Bob Kats - Malinda (2:37)

This is the third volume in Sub Rosa's collection devoted to rare and lost recordings from the '20s to the '60s, following Dr. Boogie Presents Rarities from the Bob Hite Vaults and Oh, Run Into Me, But Don't Hurt Me! Female Blues Singers -- Rarities 1923-1930. Shim Sham Shimmy has been assembled by Belgian radio personality, musicologist, and Canned Heat devotee, Walter De Paduwa aka Dr. Boogie. Is it really possible to imagine what modern music would sound like if a few pioneering geniuses had not had the idea of electrifying their instruments, especially guitar and harmonica, between 1945 and 1950? Some purists pan this evolution, but, in the '50s, the new sound was heard and embraced at all the studios and night clubs in the United States; it would become a staple on the radio, and in pop culture in general, radically transforming the blues, boogie and country into acts of rebellion. This collection pays tribute to about thirty artists, some of whom later became known, like "Master of the Telecaster" Albert Collins, boogie-woogie and blues pianist Champion Jack Dupree, slide guitar innovator Homesick James, harmonica and blues singer, Sammy Myers, "The Boogie Disease" author Doctor Ross, and one-man band wild-man, Joe Hill Louis. However, the real treat is having an opportunity to hear fabulous unknowns who all, one day, had the chance to be recorded, either in a studio, on the street, or on a back porch, before returning to anonymity shortly after. Almost all of the artists presented here hailed from the Southern states; some of them stayed there their whole life, others emigrated up North, moving up the Mississippi, or toward the West to settle in California. The music included here is part of the foundations of all the modern music that would take the world by storm up to our present time. Other artists include: Charles Sheffield, Ramblin Hi Harris, Bobo Jenkins, Clarence Lockley, B. Brown & McVouts, Wright Holmes, Gunter Lee Carr (aka Cecil Gant), Moses Williams, Haskel Sadler, Larry Dale, Baby Boy Warren, Eddie Snow, Guitar Slim Green, Slim Gaillard, Blue Charlie Morris, Willie Egan, W. Harris, Jake Jackson, Morris Pejoe, Papa George Lightfoot, Pat Hare, Big John & The Dallas Playboys, Lonnie Johnson, and Bob Kelly.

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Shim Sham Shimmy MP3
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Joe Hill Louis & His One-Man Band - A' Jumpin' & A' Shufflin': The Blues 1950-1954

Size: 182,2 MB
Time: 77:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Memphis Blues
Art: Front

01. A' Jumpin' And A' Shufflin' (2:36)
02. Boogie In The Park (2:47)
03. Broke And Hungry (Blue In The Morning) (2:35)
04. I Feel Like A Million (2:31)
05. Come Back Baby (3:02)
06. Cold Chills (2:37)
07. Street Walkin' Woman (3:20)
08. Gotta Go Baby (2:31)
09. Joe Hill Boogie (2:28)
10. Eyesight To The Blind (2:38)
11. Chocolate Blonde (3:00)
12. When I'm Gone (3:45)
13. Dorothy Mae (2:06)
14. She May Be Yours (2:55)
15. I'm A Poor Boy (3:00)
16. We All Gotta Go Sometime (2:37)
17. Jack Pot (Chicago Sunny Boy) (2:29)
18. Western Union Man (Chicago Sunny Boy) (3:09)
19. Keep Away From My Baby (2:38)
20. Tiger Man (3:12)
21. She's Taking All My Money (Johnny Lewis) (2:43)
22. Jealous Blues (Jealous Man) (2:31)
23. 4Th And Beale (2:09)
24. Ruthie Mae (1:50)
25. Bad Woman Blues (3:18)
26. Hydramatic Woman (2:41)
27. Goin' Away Baby (Joe Hill Louis & His Boys) (3:01)
28. Just Plain Tired (Joe Hill Louis & His Boys) (2:48)

Joe Hill Louis is a highly regarded Memphis blues artist whose career never really took off nationally. Despite this he was very famous around Memphis and recorded a considerable body of work. Essentially a one-man-band. He sang, played guitar, blew harmonica all with added percussion making one of the most exciting and danceable sounds of 50s R&B. He was a pioneer of distorted and over amplified guitar which can be heard on one of his most famous and influential recordings, "Boogie In The Park". And Boogie is what you'll do when you listen to this fantastic collection. Also featured are some rare recordings from labels like Checker, Meteor, Rockin' and Big Town.

A' Jumpin' & A' Shufflin'

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

VA - Sun Blues Archives & Rarities 1950-1958

Size: 404,7 MB
Time: 171:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01. Albert Williams - Hoo Doo Man (Memphis Al) (2:48)
02. Albert Williams - Rumble Chillen (2:29)
03. Albert Williams - Shine Boy (2:27)
04. Bonnie Turner - Love Is A Gamble (2:07)
05. Bonnie Turner - Old Brother Jack (2:48)
06. Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down (3:07)
07. David Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (2:55)
08. Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar (2:47)
09. Earl Hooker - Move On Down The Line (2:15)
10. Earl Hooker - Steel Guitar Rag (2:53)
11. Earl Hooker - The Drive (2:19)
12. Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck (3:04)
13. Hot Shot Love - Harpin' On It (2:27)
14. Houston Strokes - Carry My Business On (2:34)
15. Houston Strokes - Standing In The Courthouse Crying (3:00)
16. Houston Strokes - Baby's Gone And Left Me (2:11)
17. Houston Strokes - Blue And Lonesome (2:03)
18. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (2:57)
19. James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms (2:48)
20. James Cotton - My Baby (2:25)
21. James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby (2:18)
22. Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae (2:06)
23. Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman (2:32)
24. Joe Hill Louis - I'm A Poor Boy (2:57)
25. Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me (2:58)
26. Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (Sweetest Gal In Town) (2:52)
27. Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man (3:13)
28. Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil) (3:45)
29. Johnny O'Neal - Dead Letter Blues (3:30)
30. Johnny O'Neal - Johnny's Dream (2:54)
31. Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman (Peg Leg Baby) (2:22)
32. Kenneth Banks - Blue Man (3:20)
33. Kenneth Banks - High (2:25)
34. L.C. Hubert - Lucy Done Moved (2:28)
35. Little Junior - Feelin' Bad (2:41)
36. Little Milton - Alone And Blue (3:11)
37. Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby (2:27)
38. Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby (2:49)
39. Little Milton - I Love My Baby (2:58)
40. Little Milton - If You Love Me (2:34)
41. Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby (2:52)
42. Little Milton - Re-Beep (2:35)
43. Little Milton - Rode That Train (Lookin' For My Baby) (2:47)
44. Little Milton - She's My Queen (2:32)
45. Little Milton - Somebody Told Me (2:57)
46. Mose Vinson - 44 Blues (2:31)
47. Mose Vinson - Come See Me (Aka My Love Has Gone) (2:09)
48. Mose Vinson - Mistreatin' Boogie (2:34)
49. Mose Vinson - Reap What You Sow (2:44)
50. Mose Vinson - Worry You Off My Mind (3:09)
51. Pat Hare - Bonus Pay (2:07)
52. Pat Hare - Cheating And Lying Blues (Aka I'm Gonna Murder My Baby) (2:57)
53. Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (2:47)
54. Raymond Hill - I'm Back Pretty Baby (2:39)
55. Raymond Hill - Long Gone Raymond (2:38)
56. Raymond Hill - My Baby Left Me (2:25)
57. Raymond Hill - Somebody's Been Carryin' Your Rollin' On (2:57)
58. Tot Randolph - Blues Train (2:34)
59. Walter Bradford - Love For My Baby (2:18)
60. Walter Bradford - Reward For My Baby (3:01)
61. Walter Bradford - Too Blue To Cry (2:45)
62. Willie Johnson & Sammy Lewis - Gonna Leave You Baby (2:21)
63. Willie Johnson & Sammy Lewis - I Feel So Worried (2:06)
64. Willie Johnson & Sammy Lewis - So Long Baby Goodbye (2:07)

Sun Blues Archives & Rarities 1950-1958

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Various - Gaz's Rockin' Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:34
Size: 147.8 MB
Styles: R&B/Blues
Year: 1981/2012
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Etta James - Good Rockin' Daddy
[2:58] 2. Young Jessie & The Cadets - Mary Lou
[3:00] 3. Richard Berry - Oh! Oh! Get Out Of The Car
[2:12] 4. Richard Berry - Yama Yama Pretty Mama
[2:08] 5. Etta James - Tough Lover
[2:29] 6. Long Tall Marvin - Have Mercy Miss Percy
[2:36] 7. Jimmy Witherspoon - Who's Been Jivin' You
[2:27] 8. B.B. King - She's Dynamite
[2:22] 9. Preacher Stevens - Whoopin' And Hollerin'
[2:32] 10. Elmore James - Strange Kinda Feeling
[3:03] 11. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop
[2:47] 12. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - I May Be Wrong (Boogie Woogie)
[2:59] 13. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs - Sweet Little Woman
[2:13] 14. Van Robinson - Come On Let's Dance
[2:34] 15. Robbin Ray - Love My Baby
[2:38] 16. Chuck Higgins Orchestra - The Blacksmith Blues
[2:51] 17. Goree Carter - Bad Feeling
[2:54] 18. Wild Bill Moore With Scatman - Rock And Roll
[2:42] 19. Joe Papoose Fritz - Wrong Doing Woman
[3:07] 20. B.B. King - Whole Lotta' Love
[2:55] 21. Freddie Simmons Quintette - Hollywood Bound
[2:54] 22. Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Don't Talk Me To Death
[2:26] 23. Joe Hill Louis - Nappy Head Woman
[3:14] 24. Jeanne Demetz With Johnny Alston Orchestra - Calypso Daddy

Gaz's Rockin' Blues is London's longest running one-nighter club. It was founded on the 3rd of July 1980 and was held at Gossip's on Dean Street until november 1995 when it moved to its current venue St Moritz in Wardour Street. The club promotes live bands each week.

Compiled by Gaz Mayall, eldest son of blues legend John Mayall, and owner of the legendary London club Gaz's Rockin' Blues, this CD updates the original LP released in 1981. Gaz's Rockin' Blues celebrates it's 25th anniversary this year. London's hippest club is known worldwide and is especially popular with Japanese visitors. The first 14 tracks replicate the 1981 release, and ten tracks are new to CD. Gaz tells the club's story in his entertaining and lavishly illustrated sleeve notes.

Gaz's Rockin' Blues mc
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Joe Hill Louis - Boogie in the Park

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Time: 78:02
Size: 180,6 MB
Art: Full (16 page booklet)

(3:03) 1. Heartache Baby
(2:31) 2. I Feel Like a Million
(2:37) 3. Cold Chills
(2:48) 4. Boogie in the Park
(2:42) 5. Walkin' Talkin' Blues
(3:02) 6. Come Back Baby (Great Big House)
(3:09) 7. Mistreat Me Woman
(2:37) 8. Big Legged Woman
(2:41) 9. Going Down Slow
(2:46) 10. Train Ticket (Key to the Highway)
(2:36) 11. Broke and Hungry (Blue in the Morning)
(2:29) 12. Highway 99
(2:31) 13. Gotta Go Baby
(3:20) 14. Street Walkin' Woman
(2:40) 15. Early in the Morning (Near About the Break of Day)
(2:28) 16. Joe Hill Boogie (Boogie Woogie All Night)
(2:50) 17. The Way You Treat Me
(2:38) 18. Eyesight to the Blind
(2:47) 19. Peace of Mind
(2:51) 20. Chocolate Blonde
(3:09) 21. Twisting and Turning (On the Floor)
(3:09) 22. Western Union Man
(2:38) 23. I Love My Baby
(2:38) 24. Keep Away from My Baby
(2:08) 25. At the Woodchopper's Ball (Jack Pot)
(3:17) 26. She Broke Up My Life (She Got Me Walkin')
(2:41) 27. Good Morning Little Angel
(3:00) 28. Backslide Boogie

This 28 track compilation includes singles, scattered cuts that would first show up on numerous anthologies on different labels years after they were recorded, and a previously unissued alternate take of "At the Woodchopper's Ball (Jack Pot)." Virtually all of Louis' Sam Phillips-produced sides are here, and there's even an extensive interview with Phillips in the liner notes. Most of the Phillips material is one-man blues, stuff that in its way reflects the transition from country blues to electric blues and rock & roll. Perhaps it's heretical to say so, but some of this might have been better served by a full band. Louis was a sturdy, engagingly good-natured singer and decent electric guitarist and harmonica player, capable of dishing out some good instrumental boogies once in a while as well. But the rhythm, supplied by hi-hat and bass drum, is perfunctory in both its texture and power. In fact, one of the Phillips-overseen songs (Sonny Boy Williamson's "Eyesight to the Blind") does add piano and drums, and some of the 1953 Meteor tracks got bass and drum overdubs. At any rate, it's decent early electric Memphis blues and the one-man multi-instrumentalist approach does set it off from the pack a bit, although the songs are more limited in musical range and adventurousness than those of the best Memphis bluesmen who followed in the next few years. -- Allmusic.

Boogie in the Park
Boogie in the Park artwork

Friday, July 8, 2016

Joe Hill Louis with Walter Horton & Mose Vinson - The Be-Bop Boy

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1992
Styles: Blues
Time: 74:08
Size: 171,3 MB
Art: Full (24 page booklet)

(3:48) 1. Joe Hill Louis - She Treats Me Mean and Evil
(2:07) 2. Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae
(2:58) 3. Joe Hill Louis - Sweetest Gal in Town
(3:03) 4. Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me
(3:04) 5. Joe Hill Louis - Got Me a New Woman
(3:04) 6. Joe Hill Louis - I'm a Poor Boy
(3:04) 7. Big Walter Horton - In the Mood
(3:06) 8. Big Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing
(2:39) 9. Big Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie
(2:45) 10. Big Walter Horton - We All Got to Go (Sometime)
(2:41) 11. Joe Hill Louis - We All Got to Go (Sometime)
(2:34) 12. Big Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie
(2:56) 13. Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man
(2:48) 14. Mose Vinson - 44 Blues
(2:21) 15. Mose Vinson - My Love Has Gone
(2:35) 16. Mose Vinson - Mistreatin' Boogie
(2:45) 17. Mose Vinson - My Love Has Gone
(2:36) 18. Mose Vinson - Worry You Off My Mind
(2:49) 19. Mose Vinson - Reap What You Sow
(2:57) 20. Big Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental
(2:34) 21. Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman
(3:15) 22. Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man
(3:14) 23. Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me
(3:04) 24. Joe Hill Louis - She Comes to See Me Sometime
(2:43) 25. Joe Hill Louis - We All Got to Go (Sometime)
(2:25) 26. Joe Hill Louis - Shine Boy

Joe Hill Louis was a raw, chaotic, one-man band blues of the highest order. Almost all of his recordings he made for Sam Phillips in Memphis in the early '50s. Also included are Sun recordings with Walter Horton and Mose Vinson that feature Joe Louis Hill. In early 1950 Hill had come to the attention of sound-engineer Sam Phillips. Phillips was attempting to start his own record label and he had partnered up with Memphis radio DJ Dewey Phillips. They recorded at least 16 sessions between 1950 and 1953, leasing the best tracks to the Bihari brothers in Los Angeles. In 1952 Phillips also send masters to Chess in Chicago. These were all fine, rocking tracks full of disorted guitar, blazing harmonica and clattering drums in a unique style. Early 1953 Sam Phillips got his Sun label up & running and he issued a Joe Hill Louis 45. Despite recording a wealth of fine material with Louis including a fantastic final session in November of '52 that saw Louis backed by Big Walter Horton on harmonica and Mose Vinson on piano, he would see no more releases on Sun Records. Lots of great performances stayed in the vaults until the 1980's when Charley released them in the Sun Blues Box.

The Be-Bop Boy
The Be-Bop Boy booklet

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

VA - Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Blues And R&B

Size: 129,6 MB
Time: 54:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

01 Elmore James - Hand In Hand (2:49)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Dog Me Around Aka How Many More Years (2:41)
03 John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie (2:58)
04 Drifting Slim - You're An Old Lady (3:00)
05 Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park 3 (2:45)
06 Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Too Tired (2:38)
07 B.B. King - Mean Old Frisco (2:29)
08 Pee Wee Crayton - Poppa Stoppa (2:37)
09 Three Bits Of Rhythm - Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle (3:09)
10 Saunders King - Going Mad (2:31)
11 Big Duke Henderson & His Orchestra - Hey Dr Kinsey (2:43)
12 The Great Gates - Central Rocks (2:34)
13 Little Willie Littlefield - Love Me Tonight (3:07)
14 Rosco Gordon - Booted (3:05)
15 Lil Greenwood - Boogie All Night Long (2:19)
16 Young Jessie - Don't Happen No More (2:24)
17 Helen Humes - Real Fine Daddy (2:13)
18 Ike Turner - Twistin' The Strings (2:40)
19 Richard Berry With Jennell Hawkins & The Lockettes - The Mess Around (2:34)
20 Little Johnny Taylor - Stop Fooling Around (3:16)

The blues/R&B set opens with the three of the kings of the Blues Elmore, the Wolf and John Lee, though the current indisputable King of the blues B.B. makes a wonderfully low-key appearance later. By the way, the version of House Rent Boogie here has never been released on CD before. We go down home for a couple of cuts from Drifting Slim and Joe Hill Louis, before heading back up town, going way out west with some cool LA sounds from John Watson and Pee Wee Crayton just two of the great guitarists to be found here. Check the lyric on Big Duke's Hey Dr Kinsey never has an academic report on sexual proclivities been put to music with such deep-felt passion. Young Jessie continues the discussion on Don't Happen No More while Lil Greenwood and Helen Humes are one either side of him with clear opinions on the matter also. Of all people Ike Turner cools things out with a fine rockin' instrumental. The set closes with a beautiful soulful performance from Little Johnny Taylor that we have never issued before.

Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Blues And R&B

Monday, November 23, 2015

Joe Hill Louis - King Of The One Man Bands: Key Postwar Cuts 1949-1954

Size: 177,8+183,3 MB
Time: 75:08+77:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Memphis Blues
Art: Front

CD A: 1949-1952
01. Don't Trust Your Best Friend (2:46)
02. Railroad Blues (2:41)
03. A' Jumpin' And A' Shufflin' (2:32)
04. Joe's Jump (2:51)
05. Gotta Let You Go (2:42)
06. Boogie In The Park (2:44)
07. Nappy Head Woman (2:26)
08. I Feel Like A Million (2:22)
09. Heartache Baby (2:55)
10. Train Ticket (2:42)
11. Come Back Baby (2:52)
12. Boogie In The Park (2:49)
13. Cold Chills (2:32)
14. Mistreat Me Woman (3:07)
15. Street Walkin' Woman (2:40)
16. Going Down Slow (2:36)
17. Blue In The Morning (2:30)
18. Highway 99 (2:29)
19. Gotta Go Baby (2:29)
20. Big Legged Woman (2:33)
21. Joe Hill Boogie (2:24)
22. Eyesight To The Blind (2:38)
23. Walkin' Talkin' Blues (2:37)
24. The Way You Treat Me (2:47)
25. Early In The Morning (2:38)
26. Peace Of Mind (2:42)
27. Cold Chills Alt (3:28)
28. Gotta Go Baby Alt (2:22)

CD B: 1952-1954
01. Chocolate Bonde (2:47)
02. She Comes To See Me Sometime (2:38)
03. We All Gotta Go Sometime (2:34)
04. She May Be Yours (Sweetest Girl In Town) (2:52)
05. Keep Your Arms Around Me Mama (3:06)
06. Got Me A New Woman (2:57)
07. Sweetest Gal In Town (2:57)
08. I'm A Poor Boy (2:57)
09. Jack Pot (2:27)
10. I Love My Baby (2:36)
11. Western Union Man (3:06)
12. On The Floor (2:56)
13. She Got Me Walkin' (3:16)
14. Keep Away From My Baby (2:36)
15. Good Morning Little Angel (2:38)
16. Tiger Man (3:09)
17. Hydramatic Woman (2:29)
18. Ridin' Home (2:17)
19. Don't Do It Again (2:26)
20. She's Taking All My Money (2:40)
21. Jealous Man (2:28)
22. 4Th And Beale (2:05)
23. Ruthie Mae (1:51)
24. Joe Hill Boogie (2:12)
25. Going Down To Louisiana (2:31)
26. Get Up Off It (2:30)
27. Sweetest Woman I Ever Seen (2:28)
28. Goin' Away Blues (2:58)
29. Just Plain Tired (2:46)

The first definitive and complete set by one of the rawest Memphis 1950s bluesmen Joe Hill Louis made some of the rawest, most rocking 1950's blues records, often for the legendary Sam Phillips. This set collects them all in session order.

Joe Hill Louis created quite a racket as a popular one-man blues band around Memphis during the 1950s. If not for his tragic premature demise, his name would surely be more widely revered. Lester (or Leslie) Hill ran away from home at age 14, living instead with a well-heeled Memphis family. A fight with another youth that was won by young Hill earned him the "Joe Louis" appellation. Harp came first for the multi-instrumentalist; by the late '40s, his one-man musical attack was a popular attraction in Handy Park and on WDIA, the groundbreaking Memphis radio station where he hosted a 15-minute program billed as The Pepticon Boy. Also known as the Be-Bop Boy, Louis made his recording debut in 1949 for Columbia, but the remainder of his output was issued on R&B indies large and small -- Phillips (Sam Phillips's first extremely short-lived logo), Modern, Sun, Checker, Meteor, Big Town (where he cut the blistering "Hydramatic Woman," a tune he'd cut previously for Sun in 1953 with Walter Horton on harp, but Phillips never released it), and House of Sound. Louis was only 35 when he died of tetanus, contracted when a deep gash on his thumb became infected. ~Bill Dahl

King Of The One Man Bands CD A
King Of The One Man Bands CD B

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

VA - Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts Pt. 1 & Pt. 2

Album: Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts
Size: 112,3 MB
Time: 48:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (2:48)
02 Howlin' Wolf - Wolf Is At Your Door (2:56)
03 Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train (2:28)
04 Rosco Gordon - Do The Chicken Dance With You (2:49)
05 Rosco Gordon - Cheese And Crackers (2:47)
06 Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man (2:51)
07 Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right (2:38)
08 Little Milton - Beggin My Baby (2:23)
09 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Move Baby Move (2:43)
10 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot (2:24)
11 Dr. Ross - Juke Box Boogie (2:31)
12 Earl Hooker - Movin On Down The Line Aka Down The Line (2:15)
13 James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms (2:48)
14 James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby (2:19)
15 Joe Hill Louis - We All Got To Go Sometime (2:57)
16 Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby (3:11)
17 Willie Johnson - I Feel So Worried (2:34)
18 Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King (2:29)

Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts

Album: Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts Pt. 2
Size: 110,0 MB
Time: 46:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Howlin' Wolf - Oh Red (2:42)
02 Little Jr. Parker - Feelin Good (2:58)
03 Little Jr. Parker - Love My Baby (2:35)
04 Rosco Gordon - Shoobie Oobie (2:55)
05 Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat (2:50)
06 The Prisonaires - Just Walking In The Rain (2:42)
07 Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie (2:45)
08 Albert Williams - Rhumba Chillen (2:30)
09 Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When It Rains It Pours (3:08)
10 Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie (2:35)
11 James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues (3:02)
12 James Cotton - My Baby (2:21)
13 Kenneth Banks - High But High (2:38)
14 Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie (2:56)
15 Big Walter Horton - In The Mood (3:00)
16 Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman (2:29)
17 Little Milton - Lookin For My Baby (2:36)

Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts Pt. 2

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Various - Sun Record Company: Essential Blues Anthems

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:40
Size: 104.6 MB
Styles: Memphis blues, Chicago blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[3:22] 1. Howlin' Wolf - I Got A Woman
[3:10] 2. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
[2:57] 3. Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
[2:30] 4. Little Milton - Next Time I See You
[2:57] 5. Walter Horton - Grandma Told Grandpa
[2:24] 6. Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train
[2:30] 7. Albert Williams - Rhumba Chillen
[2:58] 8. Big Memphis Ma Rainey - Call Me Anything But Call Me
[2:57] 9. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
[1:56] 10. Frank Frost - Crawl Back
[2:34] 11. Coy Love - Harmonica Jam
[2:41] 12. Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Go Baby (Gotta Let You Go)
[2:29] 13. Roscoe Gordon - T-Model Boogie
[2:44] 14. Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar
[2:10] 15. Billy The Kid Emerson - If Lovin Is Believin
[2:44] 16. Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
[2:31] 17. Houston Boines - Carry My Business On

A nice blues compilation by Sun Records.

The Sun Sound began when Sam Phillips launched his record company in February of 1952. He named it Sun Records as a sign of his perpetual optimism: a new day and a new beginning. Sam rented a small space at 706 Union Avenue for his own all-purpose studio. The label was launched amid a growing number of independent labels. In a short while Sun gained the reputation throughout Memphis as a label that treated local artists with respect and honesty. Sam provided a non-critical, spontaneous environment that invited creativity and vision.

As a businessman, Phillips was patient and willing to listen to almost anyone who came in off the street to record. Memphis was a happy home to a diverse musical scene: gospel, blues, hillbilly, country, boogie, and western swing. Taking advantage of this range of talent, there were no style limitations at the label. In one form or another Sun recorded them all.

Sun Record Company: Essential Blues Anthems mc
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Various - Turn It Up! Raw Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 32:59
Size: 75.5 MB
Styles: R&B
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:11] 1. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Satisfied
[2:24] 2. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot
[2:36] 3. Charlie Booker - Baby I'm Coming Home
[2:55] 4. Howlin' Wolf - My Last Affair
[2:56] 5. Howlin' Wolf - Wolf Is At Your Door
[2:48] 6. James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms
[2:59] 7. Jimmy And Walter - Easy
[3:01] 8. Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (But She Comes To See Me Sometimes)
[3:02] 9. Johnny London - Drivin Slow (Aka Drivin Slowly)
[2:23] 10. Little Milton - Beggin My Baby
[2:28] 11. Mose Vinson - Forty Four Blues
[3:10] 12. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby

In 1952, frustrated by his business relationships with his leasees, Sam Phillips started a label, calling it Sun Records. Sun got its first national R&B hit in 1953 with Rufus Thomas' great "Bear Cat," though the triumph turned a bit sour when Phillips was successfully sued for royalties due to its extreme resemblance to the Leiber & Stoller classic "Hound Dog." For the next couple of years, Sun continued to make excellent, occasionally commercially successful electric blues records, particularly on early sides by James Cotton, Little Milton, and Junior Parker, who recorded the original version of "Mystery Train" for Sun. Phillips' role in these records was important -- he had a good eye for top-notch regional talent, and he was good at funneling their unpolished talents into solid studio performances. He was also willing to record instruments, particularly electric guitars and harmonica, at high levels which gave them enormous presence. And he was willing to record guitars with fuzzy and distorted textures that most other labels would have ruled out of the picture.

Turn It Up! Raw Blues mc
Turn It Up! Raw Blues zippy