Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Gospel Truth

Size: 84,8 MB
Time: 36:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s vinyl
Released: 1962
Styles: Gospel & Religious
Art: Front, back

1. On My Way (4:00)
2. This Is A Mean Old World To Live In (3:05)
3. This Train (3:40)
4. I Heard My Mother Call My Name (5:25)
5. That's All (1:53)
6. Stretch Out (3:42)
7. Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares (4:37)
8. I Look Down The Road And I Wonder (5:41)
9. Ring Those Golden Bells (4:39)

This Gospel Truth would allow the guitarist to experience an excellent second half of her career. A few months after the release of the disc, Sister Rosetta took part in her first visit to our continent. An excellent Gospel album in public with a repertoire fragrant with Rag, Holly Blues and a touch of Rock'n'Roll. Note the excellent collaboration with the Sally Jenkins Singers, a vocal ensemble that recorded a few pieces for Sharp, a subsidiary of Savoy. Be careful not to confuse it with the vinyl of the same name published by Verve. Has been reissued in CD format with bonus features. We'll stick with the original in which Sister Rosetta sometimes feels like she's holding the audience in the palm of her hand.

The Gospel Truth MP3

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VA - The Essential Gospel Archive 1945-1958

Size: 173.4+175,4+170,8+174,7 MB
Time: 75:06+76:00+74:03+75:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Gospel
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Robert H. Harris & The Five Soul Stirrers - Walk Around (2:51)
02 The Deep River Boys - I'm Tramping (2:27)
03 Frank Sinatra & The Charioteers - I've Got A Home In That Rock (3:12)
04 Hazel Chatman & The Golden Harmonizers - He Knows How Much You Can Bear (2:27)
05 Golden Melodeers - He Knows My Heart (3:16)
06 Sister Ethel Davenport & Brownee McGhee - The World Can't Do Me No Harm (2:24)
07 Thomas Johnson & The Harmonizing Four - How Far I Am From Canaan (3:06)
08 Sister Emily Bram - Each Day (2:22)
09 Joe Van Loan & The Canaanites - Lead Me To That Rock (2:29)
10 Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mt. Vernon Men's Choir - Angels, Angels, Angels (2:37)
11 The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Mother's Song (3:01)
12 Willie Mae Ford Smith - Jesus Is The Name (3:07)
13 The Golden Gate Quartet - Same Train (2:26)
14 Sonny Til & The Orioles - The Lord's Prayer (2:18)
15 Rev. C.L. Franklin - Wings Of Faith (2:40)
16 Angelic Gospel Singers & The Dixie Hummingbirds - One Day (2:17)
17 Shirley Caesar - I'd Rather Serve Jesus (2:01)
18 Flowers Of Joy (Mighty Clouds Of Joy) - At The Cross (2:16)
19 Mary Deloach - The Lord's Gospel Train (3:01)
20 Royal Sons Quintet (5 Royales) - Bedside Of A Neighbor (2:26)
21 Sister Wynona Carr - There Is Rest For The Weary (3:04)
22 Rev. Elder 'Gatemouth' Moore & The Bessemer Big Four - They Buried Sin (Part 1 - Ends Abruptly) (2:30)
23 Rosa Shaw - On The Highway (2:39)
24 Morgan Babb & The Radio Four - Sending Up This Prayer (2:37)
25 Cecil Shaw & The Union Spiritual Harmonizers - Jesus Be My Keeper (2:40)
26 Sylvester 'Sly Stone' Stewart - Walking In Jesus Name (2:40)
27 Sister Lucille Barbee - Where Could I Go (3:06)
28 Chuck Carbo & The Delta Southernaires (Spiders) - Bye And Bye (Part 1) (2:52)

CD 2:
01 Bessie Griffin & The Caravans - Let Us Run (2:34)
02 Fairfield Four - Come Over Here (2:37)
03 Ann Cole & The Colmanaires - Out On The Ocean Sailing (2:49)
04 Phil Phillips & The Gateway Quartet - Four & Twenty Elders (2:44)
05 Mahalia Jackson & The Belleville Choir - No Matter How You Pray (1:53)
06 Jones Brothers Quartet - Amazing Grace (3:25)
07 Mayflower Singers - Ship Of Zion (3:11)
08 Keys Of Heaven - Jesus Bears The Cross (2:19)
09 Prisonaires - My God Is Real (2:31)
10 Tony Harris & The Traveling Four - All On The Altar (2:46)
11 Violinaires - Another Soldier Gone (2:34)
12 Sister Marie Knight & The Sam Price Trio - Trouble In Mind (2:33)
13 Afro Quintette - Toll The Bells (3:34)
14 Detroit Harmonettes - I Need Thee (3:08)
15 Bells Of Joy - There'll Be No More Sorrow (2:48)
16 Ever Ready Gospel Singers - One Day When I Was Walking (I'm In His Care) (2:21)
17 Gene Allison & Israelite Travelers - Send My Child Home To Me (2:46)
18 Pilgrim Jubilees - Angel (2:32)
19 Skylight Singers - Lord Have Mercy (2:45)
20 Brother Bill Louis (Reverend Utah Smith) - Two Wings Flying Home (Parts 1 & 2) (5:43)
21 Little Johnny Taylor & The Stars Of Bethel - There Is A Fountain (2:35)
22 Swanee Quintet - Cry Sometime (2:54)
23 Madame Ernestine Washington & The Milleraires - Holding On (Part 2) (1:50)
24 Zion Travelers - Where Is My Wandering Child (2:29)
25 Reverend Ballenger & Willie Dixon - This Train (2:57)
26 Reverend James Cleveland & The Caravans - Old Time Religion (2:40)
27 Rebert H. Harris & Christland Singers - Nothing Will Move Me (From The Love Of God) (2:51)

CD 3:
01 Reverend H B Crum & The Golden Keys - So Glad I'm Here (2:39)
02 Dixieland Singers - Our Prayer (3:23)
03 Little Joe Cook & The Evening Star Quartet - Jesus, I'll Never Forget (2:45)
04 James Phelps & The Gospel Song Birds - God's Creation (2:50)
05 Kelly Brothers - Prayer For Tomorrow (2:41)
06 Royal Travelers - Yes It's Me Lord, That Came To Thee (2:30)
07 Nappy Brown & Selah Jubilee Singers - Who So Ever Will (3:09)
08 Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Pilgrim Of Sorrow (3:10)
09 Southern Travelers - I Can See Everybody's Mother (3:03)
10 Argo Gospel Singers - He's Alright With Me (3:09)
11 Johnnie Taylor & The Highway QC's - I Was So Happy (3:00)
12 Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio - Jesus Is Listening (2:55)
13 Mitchell Aires Quintet - Lord, Will I Meet Them Again (2:44)
14 Original Gospel Stars - I Want To Go To Heaven (2:42)
15 Julius 'June' Cheeks & The Sensational Nightingales - Burying Ground (2:36)
16 Roscoe Robinson/Huey Bown & The Silver Quintette - Sinner's Crossroads (3:10)
17 Joe Hinton & The Spirit Of Memphis - I Need Thee (3:13)
18 Mavis Staples & The Staples Singers - Uncloudy Day (3:00)
19 Claude Jeter & The Swan Silvertones - Jesus Remembers (2:50)
20 Judy Clay & The Drinkard Singers - That's Enough (6:29)
21 Morgan Babb & The Philco Singers - Wonder How Long (2:39)
22 Bessie Griffin & The Gospel Consolators - Every Now And Then (2:58)
23 Archie Brownlee & The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi - Let's Have Church (3:48)
24 Various Artists - Come Home (2:28)

CD 4:
01 Cleophus Robinson & Sister Josephine Jones - I Can See So Much (2:24)
02 O.V. Wright & The Sunset Travelers - Sit Down And Rest Awhile (3:43)
03 Evelyn Freeman & The Exciting Voices Chorus - Didn't It Rain (2:17)
04 Inez Andrews & The Caravans - I'm Not Tired Yet (2:44)
05 Hardie Clifton & The Brooklyn All Star Singers - Careless Soul (2:59)
06 Consolers - Glad To Be In That Number (2:41)
07 Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers - Walk With Me (2:22)
08 Jackie Verdell & The Davis Sisters - I've Been Changed (3:08)
09 Ira Tucker & The Dixie Humming Birds - Let's Go Out To The Programs (Part 2) (2:31)
10 Ollie Nightingale & The Dixie Nightingales - I've Been Lifted (2:31)
11 Dorothy Love Coates & The Gospel Harmonettes - Love Lifted Me (3:01)
12 Leon Lumpkins & The Gospel Clefs - Open Our Eyes (3:48)
13 Rosie Wallace & The Imperial Gospel Singers - My Father's House (2:34)
14 Gospel Tones - Roll, Jordan Roll (2:39)
15 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain (2:05)
16 Roberta Martin & The Roberta Martin Singers - Rock My Soul (3:00)
17 Paul Arnold & The Gospelaires - It's A Pity (2:16)
18 Little Sugar' & The Hightower Brothers - Come By Here (2:27)
19 Della Reece & The Meditations - Hard To Get Along (5:20)
20 Brother Joe May - Mother Bowed (2:28)
21 Willie Joe Ligon & The Mighty Mighty Clouds Of Joy - Jesus Is Real (2:49)
22 Johnnie Taylor & The Soul Stirrers - The Love Of God (Take 1) (2:15)
23 Marion Williams & The Stars Of Faith - When I Lay This Body Down (2:20)
24 Howard 'Slim' Hunt & The Supreme Angels - Jesus Let Me Sleep (2:34)
25 Victory Five - I Never Knew (2:44)
26 Clara Ward Singers & Sam Whinham - Didn't It Rain (5:48)

The Essential Gospel Archive 1945-1958

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train In Concert

Size: 126,1 MB
Time: 53:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Gospel
Art: Front

01. Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air (Live) (3:56)
02. Down By The Riverside (Live) (2:49)
03. That's All (Live) (2:10)
04. Travelin' Shoes (Live) (1:43)
05. Jesus Is Everywhere (Live) (2:42)
06. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (Live) (3:55)
07. Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread (Live) (3:11)
08. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (Live) (3:40)
09. Jonah In The Whale (Live) (3:45)
10. Precious Memories (Live) (2:58)
11. When Jesus Was Born (Live) (2:34)
12. Is Everyone Happy (Live) (3:21)
13. Can't Sit Down (Live) (1:46)
14. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen (Live) (4:50)
15. Mansions In The Sky (Live) (4:57)
16. Precious Lord (Live) (4:59)

Alongside Willie Mae Ford Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is widely acclaimed among the greatest Sanctified gospel singers of her generation; a flamboyant performer whose music often flirted with the blues and swing, she was also one of the most controversial talents of her day, shocking purists with her leap into the secular market -- by playing nightclubs and theaters, she not only pushed spiritual music into the mainstream, but in the process also helped pioneer the rise of pop-gospel. Tharpe was born March 20, 1915 in Cotton Plant, AR; the daughter of Katie Bell Nubin, a traveling missionary and shouter in the classic gospel tradition known throughout the circuit as "Mother Bell," she was a prodigy, mastering the guitar by the age of six. At the same time, she attended Holiness conventions alongside her mother, performing renditions of songs including "The Day Is Past and Gone" and "I Looked Down the Line."

In time, the family relocated to Chicago, where Tharpe began honing her unique style; blessed with a resonant vibrato, both her vocal phrasing and guitar style drew heavy inspiration from the blues, and she further aligned herself with the secular world with a sense of showmanship and glamour unique among the gospel performers of her era. Signing to Decca in 1938, Tharpe became a virtual overnight sensation; her first records, among them Thomas A. Dorsey's "Rock Me" and "This Train," were smash hits, and quickly she was performing in the company of mainstream superstars including Cab Calloway and Benny Goodman. She led an almost schizophrenic existence, remaining in the good graces of her core audience by recording material like "Precious Lord," "Beams of Heaven," and "End of My Journey" while also appealing to her growing white audience by performing rearranged, uptempo spirituals including "Didn't It Rain" and "Down by the Riverside."

During World War II, Tharpe was so popular that she was one of only two black gospel acts -- the Golden Gate Quartet being the other -- to record V-Discs for American soldiers overseas; she also toured the nation in the company of the Dixie Hummingbirds, among others. In 1944, she began recording with boogie-woogie pianist Sammy Price; their first collaboration, "Strange Things Happening Every Day," even cracked Billboard's race records Top Ten, a rare feat for a gospel act, and one which she repeated several more times during the course of her career. In 1946, she teamed with the Newark-based Sanctified shouter Madame Marie Knight, whose simple, unaffected vocals made her the perfect counterpoint for Tharpe's theatrics; the duo's first single, "Up Above My Head," was a huge hit, and over the next few years they played to tremendous crowds across the church circuit.

However, in the early '50s Tharpe and Knight cut a handful of straight blues sides; their fans were outraged, and although Knight soon made a permanent leap into secular music -- to little success -- Tharpe remained first and foremost a gospel artist, although her credibility and popularity were seriously damaged. Not only did her record sales drop off and her live engagements become fewer and farther between, but many purists took Tharpe's foray into the mainstream as a personal affront; the situation did not improve, and she spent over a year touring clubs in Europe, waiting for the controversy to die down. Tharpe's comeback was slow but steady, and by 1960 she had returned far enough into the audience's good graces to appear at the Apollo Theatre alongside the Caravans and James Cleveland. While not a household name like before, she continued touring even after suffering a major stroke in 1970, dying in Philadelphia on October 9, 1973. ~ by Jason Ankeny

This Train In Concert

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VA - Christmas Blues

Size: 115,0 MB
Time: 49:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Xmas
Art: Front

01. B.B. King - Back Door Santa (3:24)
02. Charles Brown - Merry Christmas, Baby (2:54)
03. Canned Heat - Christmas Blues (2:32)
04. John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas (Single Version) (3:21)
05. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - O Little Town Of Bethlehem (2:23)
06. Chuck Berry - Christmas (3:24)
07. B.B. King - I'll Be Home For Christmas (3:45)
08. Jimmy Rushing - Good Morning Blues (3:14)
09. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby (2:53)
10. B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (3:38)
11. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Santa Claus (2:42)
12. B.B. King - Merry Christmas, Baby (3:54)
13. Chuck Berry - Spending Christmas (2:09)
14. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - You Are My Christmas (Single Version) (4:30)
15. B.B. King - Christmas Comes But Once A Year (4:13)

Christmas Blues

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The One And Only Queen Of Hot Gospel

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:31
Size: 163.7 MB
Styles: Gospel blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Rock Me
[2:52] 2. I Looked Down The Line (And I Wondered)
[2:46] 3. God Don't Like It
[3:05] 4. The End Of My Journey
[2:18] 5. Sit Down
[2:45] 6. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
[2:32] 7. Trouble In Mind
[2:52] 8. Rock Daniel
[2:29] 9. Four Or Five Times
[2:37] 10. That's All
[2:37] 11. Didn't It Rain
[2:40] 12. Beams Of Heaven
[2:34] 13. Up Above My Head
[2:51] 14. Precious Memories
[2:51] 15. Strange Things Happened Everyday
[2:55] 16. How Far From God
[2:54] 17. When I Move To The Sky
[2:49] 18. Jesus Is Here Today
[2:51] 19. This Train
[2:39] 20. Family Prayer
[2:53] 21. Use Me Lord
[3:14] 22. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
[2:21] 23. Bells Of St. Mary's
[8:21] 24. The Wedding

Elvis listened to her. So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Johnny Cash. And yet, somehow, Sister Rosetta Tharpe — “the original soul sister,” as people used to call her — is more or less a complete unknown today. It’s hard to believe when you hear her sing or play heavy on the electric guitar. Have yourself a listen to Sister Rosetta on The One and Only Queen of Hot Gospel. ~Tom McNamara

Alongside Willie Mae Ford Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is widely acclaimed among the greatest Sanctified gospel singers of her generation; a flamboyant performer whose music often flirted with the blues and swing, she was also one of the most controversial talents of her day, shocking purists with her leap into the secular market -- by playing nightclubs and theaters, she not only pushed spiritual music into the mainstream, but in the process also helped pioneer the rise of pop-gospel. Tharpe was born March 20, 1915 in Cotton Plant, AR; the daughter of Katie Bell Nubin, a traveling missionary and shouter in the classic gospel tradition known throughout the circuit as "Mother Bell," she was a prodigy, mastering the guitar by the age of six. At the same time, she attended Holiness conventions alongside her mother, performing renditions of songs including "The Day Is Past and Gone" and "I Looked Down the Line." In time, the family relocated to Chicago, where Tharpe began honing her unique style; blessed with a resonant vibrato, both her vocal phrasing and guitar style drew heavy inspiration from the blues, and she further aligned herself with the secular world with a sense of showmanship and glamour unique among the gospel performers of her era. Signing to Decca in 1938, Tharpe became a virtual overnight sensation; her first records, among them Thomas A. Dorsey's "Rock Me" and "This Train," were smash hits, and quickly she was performing in the company of mainstream superstars including Cab Calloway and Benny Goodman. She led an almost schizophrenic existence, remaining in the good graces of her core audience by recording material like "Precious Lord," "Beams of Heaven," and "End of My Journey" while also appealing to her growing white audience by performing rearranged, uptempo spirituals including "Didn't It Rain" and "Down by the Riverside." During World War II, Tharpe was so popular that she was one of only two black gospel acts -- the Golden Gate Quartet being the other -- to record V-Discs for American soldiers overseas; she also toured the nation in the company of the Dixie Hummingbirds, among others. In 1944, she began recording with boogie-woogie pianist Sammy Price; their first collaboration, "Strange Things Happening Every Day," even cracked Billboard's race records Top Ten, a rare feat for a gospel act, and one which she repeated several more times during the course of her career. In 1946, she teamed with the Newark-based Sanctified shouter Madame Marie Knight, whose simple, unaffected vocals made her the perfect counterpoint for Tharpe's theatrics; the duo's first single, "Up Above My Head," was a huge hit, and over the next few years they played to tremendous crowds across the church circuit. However, in the early '50s Tharpe and Knight cut a handful of straight blues sides; their fans were outraged, and although Knight soon made a permanent leap into secular music -- to little success -- Tharpe remained first and foremost a gospel artist, although her credibility and popularity were seriously damaged. Not only did her record sales drop off and her live engagements become fewer and farther between, but many purists took Tharpe's foray into the mainstream as a personal affront; the situation did not improve, and she spent over a year touring clubs in Europe, waiting for the controversy to die down. Tharpe's comeback was slow but steady, and by 1960 she had returned far enough into the audience's good graces to appear at the Apollo Theatre alongside the Caravans and James Cleveland. While not a household name like before, she continued touring even after suffering a major stroke in 1970, dying in Philadelphia on October 9, 1973. ~ bio by Jason Ankeny

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VA - The History Of Rhythm & Blues

Size: 168,0+171,8+172,6+172,1 MB
Time: 71:02+72:34+72:50+72:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Austin Coleman - My Soul Is A Witness (3:13)
02 Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine (3:15)
03 Jessie May Hill - The Crucifixion Of Christ (3:02)
04 Papa Charlie Jackson - Shake That Thing (3:05)
05 Blind Joe Reynolds - Outside Woman Blues (2:59)
06 Frank Stokes & The Beale Street Sheiks - It's A Good Thing (3:00)
07 Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues (3:44)
08 Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues (3:04)
09 Blind Blake - Diddie Wah Diddie (3:01)
10 Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues (3:03)
11 Barbecue Bob - Ease It To Me Blues (3:01)
12 Curley Weaver - No No Blues (3:12)
13 Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey - Appaloosa Blues.mp3 (0:00)
14 Pearl Dickson - Little Rock Blues (3:03)
15 Jim Jackson - Kansas City Blues (3:17)
16 Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues (3:01)
17 Memphis Minnie - Goin' Back To Texas (3:05)
18 Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (3:04)
19 Skip James - If You Haven't Any (2:58)
20 Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues (3:06)
21 Georgia Tom - It's Tight Like That (3:04)
22 Bryant's Jubilee Quartet - Didn't It Rain (2:34)
23 Jed Davenport - Beale Street Breakdown (3:00)
24 Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues (3:06)

CD 2:
01 Bennie Moten & The Kansas City Orchestra - Get Low-Down Blues (3:03)
02 Lonnie Johnson - Mr Johnson's Blues (2:41)
03 Bessie Smith - Backwater Blues (3:18)
04 Louis Armstrong - Knockin' A Jug (3:15)
05 Muggsy Spanier - Bullfrog Blues (2:57)
06 Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (3:22)
07 Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (3:07)
08 Blind Roosevelt Graves & Uaroy Graves - Guitar Boogie (2:55)
09 Leroy Carr - How Long, How Long Blues (3:05)
10 Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen (3:14)
11 Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues (2:58)
12 Rufus & Ben Quillian - Sweet Miss Stella Blues (2:56)
13 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Minnie The Moocher (3:13)
14 The Mills Brothers - St. Louis Blues (2:20)
15 The Three Keys - Somebody Stole Gabriel's Horn (3:00)
16 Leroy Carr - Midnight Hour Blues (3:08)
17 Bennie Moten & The Kansas City Orchestra - Lafayette (2:49)
18 Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Flaming Reeds And Screaming Brass (2:59)
19 Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing (2:58)
20 Roosevelt Sykes - Dirty Mother For You (2:59)
21 Harlem Hamfats - Weed Smoker's Dream (3:20)
22 Lil Johnson - Press My Button (3:20)
23 Roosevelt Sykes - Night Time Is The Right Time (2:51)
24 Georgia White - The Blues Ain't Nothing But (2:40)

CD 3:
01 Louie Lasky - Teasin' Brown Blues (2:48)
02 Leroy Carr - Barrelhouse Woman (2:55)
03 Johnnie 'Geechie' Temple - Lead Pencil Blues (3:07)
04 Bumble Bee Slim - Policy Dream Blues (2:50)
05 Bill Gaither - Naptown Stomp (2:38)
06 Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again (3:07)
07 Jazz Gillum - Jockey Blues (2:51)
08 Elder Otis Jones - Holy Mountain (3:10)
09 The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbour (2:51)
10 Johnnie Tempbe - Louise Louise Blues (3:03)
11 Big Bill Broonzy - Barrelhouse When It Rains (2:53)
12 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (3:02)
13 Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues (2:55)
14 Jimmie Gordon - Number Runner's Blues (2:54)
15 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Tell Me Baby (2:55)
16 Big Bill Broonzy - Rockin' Chair Blues (2:51)
17 Washboard Sam - Diggin' My Potatoes (2:58)
18 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train (2:42)
19 Tampa Red - Don't You Lie To Me (2:57)
20 Sonny Boy Williamson I - Jivin' The Blues (2:57)
21 Big Bill Broonzy - I Feel So Good (2:50)
22 Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:56)
23 Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues (2:46)
24 Doctor Clayton - Ain't No Business We Can Do (3:11)
25 Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Mean Ol' Frisco (2:36)

CD 4:
01 Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings - Boogie Woogie Stomp (3:03)
02 Count Basie - Boogie-Woogie (3:15)
03 Count Basie Orchestra - One O'clock Jump (3:02)
04 Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing (4:16)
05 Louis Jordan - Keep A-Knockin' (2:30)
06 Jimmie Lunceford - T'aint What You Do (3:03)
07 Cab Calloway - Jumpin' Jive (2:46)
08 Nat King Cole - I Like To Riff (2:50)
09 Three Sharps & A Flat - That's The Rhythm (2:39)
10 The Cats & The Fiddle - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (2:47)
11 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra - After Hours (3:22)
12 Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy - Floyd's Guitar Blues (3:09)
13 Peetie Wheatstraw - Gangster's Blues (2:46)
14 Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - Roll'em Pete (2:52)
15 Will Bradley - Down The Road A Piece (3:10)
16 Lionel Hampton - Central Avenue Breakdown (3:06)
17 Lewis Bronzeville Five - Natchez Mississippi Blues (3:00)
18 Pete Johnson - Death Ray Boogie (2:36)
19 Jay McShann - Confessin' The Blues (2:51)
20 Louis Jordan - What's The Use Of Getting Sober (2:56)
21 Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy - Take It And Git (3:16)
22 Ella Mae Morse - Cow Cow Boogie (3:14)
23 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Flying Home (3:15)
24 T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World (2:51)

Wow, what a wondrous thing this is!! 'The History Of Rhythm And Blues Part 1, 1925 to 1942' is a voyage of discovery, an enchanting and learned compilation stretching over four discs. Call it history, call it roots - it matters not! What's important is that what you hear within these four stunning discs helped to shape and model today's music. And hey, this is only part one - there's obviously more to come - what a work, what a commitment, and what a blast!! This superb anthology is split into four discreet and seamless sections as follows ; Disc 1 - Country Blues And Spirituals, Jug Bands And Hokum, Disc 2 - Piano Boogie-Woogie, Ragtime And Jazz, Disc 3 - Urban Blues And Gospel and lastly, Disc 4 - After Hours Swing And Jive. The compilers have been careful not to simply make this a 'blues' work; they've been realistic and honest in their work which finds blues, folk, gospel and other urban styles melding into more syncopated forms such as jazz, swing, jive and so on. Thus, you start to get the bigger picture as you work your way through this epically proportioned anthology - you see gaps being filled and ideas and forms being stretched over time. There are famous names and not so famous names, there are songs that you'll recognise and there are songs that you'll hear for the first time - but, all played their part in shaping the big rock and roll explosion of the 50's and all influenced what you listen to today under multi-genre headings, individual styles and nuances and so on. 'The History Of Rhythm And Blues' is as important as it is educational - this is quite possibly the best put together assemblage of 'roots' music - ever. Lovingly compiled by Nick Duckett and Consultant Stewart Tippett and beautifully presented with an enclosed booklet which 'tells the story', this is like an 'everyman's guide to the development and growth of modern, popular music'. Musical purists and scholars will love this work simply for its facts - music lovers from all age groups will find this work fascinating and rewarding and anyone who has the slightest interest in musical history should find this a joy to behold. Scratchy and naive maybe but that's how it was and that how it has to be. Listen to the lyrics and realise that what these innovators sang about doesn't differ very much from today's outpourings. Pick out nuances, syncopations, riffs and melodies that occur and re-occur through the ages. See where we learned, feel what influenced us and just enjoy the truth of it all!! Marvel at the creativity of these artists and take into consideration what they had available to them back then - be amazed at the content, the gritty believability, the passion and the dedication to a cause. Compare what's on offer here to where we are today - listen and learn, feel and be touched! Educational and fulfilling, it's as rewarding as it is fascinating - a piece of musical history that'll sit well in anyone's collection - glory in it's depth, revel in its creation and just enjoy all ninety-seven tracks for exactly what they are - an important musical history lesson, moments in musical time that shaped what we listen to today. 'The History Of Rhythm And Blues Part 1, 1925 to 1942' is a genuine beauty!! ~Peter J Brown aka toxic pete

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The History Of Rhythm & Blues CD 1
The History Of Rhythm & Blues CD 2
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Various - All Aboard The Blues Train

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 58:33
Size: 134.1 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. Michael Messer - Locomotive Skin
[2:48] 2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train
[2:46] 3. Muddy Waters - Train Fare Home Blues
[3:24] 4. Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues
[3:26] 5. Lights Out By Nine - Mean Ol' Frisco
[7:59] 6. John Lee Hooker - Hobo Blues
[4:42] 7. Ricardo Werther - Folsom Prison Blues
[2:43] 8. John Hammond - So Many Roads So Many Tra
[3:43] 9. Felipe Cazaux - Moving On
[3:42] 10. Jump & Guy - Night-Train
[3:07] 11. Big Gilson - Silver Train
[5:00] 12. Álamo Leal - Two Trains
[2:38] 13. Junior Wells - Mystery Train
[4:27] 14. Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues
[3:31] 15. Mark Selby - Down By The Tracks

All Aboard The Blues Train

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