Various - Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie (5 CD Box Set) Discs 5 of 5 & Scans

Album: Down Home Blues Chicago Fine Boogie 5
Size: 182 MB
Time: 76:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Style: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

1. Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
2. Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
3. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
4. John Brim - Go Away (2:45)
5. John Brim - That Aint Right (2:51)
6. Birmingham Jr - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
7. Birmingham Junior - Youre Too Bad (2:31)
8. Howlin Wolf - Break Of Day (2:48)
9. Howlin Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
10. Howlin Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
11. Otis Spann - Im Leaving You (2:42)
12. Otis Spann - Im In Love With You Baby (2:40)
13. Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
14. Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
15. Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
16. Po Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
17. Po Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
18. Sonny Boy Williamson - Dont Lose Your Eye (3:04)
19. Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
20. Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
21. Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
22. Jimmy Reed - Its You Baby (2:27)
23. Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
24. Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
25. John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
26. John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
27. Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
28. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)

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Credits:
Bass –
Alfred Elkins (tracks: 5-9 to 5-10),
Charles Jones (8) (tracks: 5-6 to 5-7),
Willie Dixon (tracks: 5-8, 5-11 to 5-12, 5-18 to 5-20, 5-24 to 5-26),
Willie Jones (tracks: 5-27 to 5-28)

Compiled By, Liner Notes – Mike Rowe (3)
Coordinator, Liner Notes [Sessionography] – Peter Moody
Design – Jane Maguire

Drums –
Billy Davenport (tracks: 5-6 to 5-7),
Chick Evans (tracks: 5-27 to 5-28),
Earl Philips* (tracks: 5-8 to 5-10, 5-13 to 5-15, 5-21 to 5-23),
Fred Below (tracks: 5-11 to 5-12, 5-18 to 5-20, 5-24 to 5-26),
Grace Brim (tracks: 5-4 to 5-5),
Odie Payne (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3)

Engineer, Mastered By – Glenn Keiles

Guitar –
Eddie King Milton* (tracks: 5-27 to 5-28),
Eddie Taylor (2) (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3, 5-21 to 5-23),
Floyd Jones (2) (tracks: 5-13 to 5-15),
Johnny Young (3) (tracks: 5-13 to 5-15),
Luther Tucker (tracks: 5-18 to 5-20, 5-24),
Otis "Smokey" Smothers (tracks: 5-8 to 5-10),
Robert Lockwood Jr. (tracks: 5-11 to 5-12, 5-18 to 5-20, 5-24 to 5-26),
W.C. Dalton (tracks: 5-4 to 5-5),
Wayne Bennett (2) (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3)

Guitar, Alto Vocals – John Brim (tracks: 5-5)

Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals –
Jimmy Reed (tracks: 5-21 to 5-23)

Guitar, Vocals –
Elmore James (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3),
Freddy Robinson* (tracks: 5-6 to 5-7),
James Williamson (2) (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3),
John Brim (tracks: 5-4, 5-25 to 5-26)

Harmonica –
James Dalton (4) (tracks: 5-4 to 5-5),
Little Walter (tracks: 5-25 to 5-26),
Walter Horton (tracks: 5-11 to 5-12),
Willie Cobbs (tracks: 5-27)

Harmonica, Vocals –
Chester Burnett (tracks: 5-8 to 5-10),
Alex Rice Miller* (tracks: 5-18 to 5-20, 5-24),
Snooky Pryor (tracks: 5-13 to 5-15),
Wright Birmingham (tracks: 5-6 to 5-7)

Piano –
Johnny Jones* (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3),
Hosea Lee Kennard (tracks: 5-8 to 5-10),
Otis Spann (tracks: 5-18 to 5-20)

Piano, Vocals –
Eddie Boyd (tracks: 5-27 to 5-28),
Otis Spann (tracks: 5-11 to 5-12)

Tenor Saxophone –
Aldolph Duncan (tracks: 5-9, 5-10),
J.T. Brown (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3)

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Thanks to Marcfr

Down Home Blues Chicago Fine Boogie 5
Down Home Blues Chicago Fine Boogie Scans

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Various - Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie (5 CD Box Set) Discs 3&4 of 5

Album: Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 3
Size: 183 MB
Time: 76:47
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Style: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

1. Elmore James - She Just Wont Do Right (3:04)
2. Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
3. Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
4. Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin Me (3:04)
5. Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
6. Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
7. Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
8. Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
9. Jimmy Rogers - Whats The Matter' (3:17)
10. Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
11. Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
12. Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
13. Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
14. Jimmy Reed - You Dont Have To Go (3:06)
15. Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
16. Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
17. Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
18. Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
19. Billy Boy Arnold - I Aint Got No Money (2:31)
20. Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
21. J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
22. J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
23. Howlin Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
24. Big Boy Spires - Someday Little Darling (3:11)
25. Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
26. Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)

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Album: Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 4
Size: 186 MB
Time: 77:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Style: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

1. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Work With Me (2:56)
2. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - You Killing Me (3:24)
3. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Dont Start Me Talking (2:36)
4. John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
5. John Brim - Lifetime Baby (3:06)
6. Lazy Bill - My Babys Gone (2:45)
7. Lazy Bill - I Cant Sleep, I Cant Eat (2:50)
8. Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
9. Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
10. Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
11. Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
12. Henry Gray - I Declare That Aint Right (3:09)
13. Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
14. J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
15. Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
16. Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
17. Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
18. Little Walter - Ive Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
19. J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
20. Dusty Brown - Yes Shes Gone (2:41)
21. Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
22. Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
23. Jimmy Rogers - Youre The One (2:37)
24. Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
25. Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
26. Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
27. Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)

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Credits:
Bass –
Al Smith (tracks: 3-20),
Alfred Elkins (tracks: 3-10, 3-16 to 3-17),
Curtis Ferguson (tracks: 3-18 to 3-19),
James Bradford (2) (tracks: 4-24 to 4-25),
Joe Custom (tracks: 4-14),
Milton Rector (tracks: 4-27),
Ransom Knowling (tracks: 3-1 to 3-3),
Willie Dixon (tracks: 3-8 to 3-9, 3-15, 3-23, 4-1 to 4-3, 4-18)

Compiled By, Liner Notes – Mike Rowe (3)
Coordinator, Liner Notes [Sessionography] – Peter Moody
Design – Jane Maguire

Drums –
A.J. Gladney (tracks: 3-8 to 3-9),
Al Galvin (tracks: 4-19),
Albert King (tracks: 3-14),
Alfred Wallace (tracks: 3-4 to 3-5, 3-21 to 3-22, 4-10 to 4-11, 4-16 to 4-17),
Clifton James (tracks: 4-24 to 4-25),
Earl Philips* (tracks: 3-23, 4-27),
Earl "Stovepipe" Phillips* (tracks: 4-12 to 4-13),
Eddie Hines (2) (tracks: 4-14),
Elga Edmonds (tracks: 4-4 to 4-7),
Elgar Edmonds* (tracks: 3-15),
Fred Below (tracks: 3-11, 4-1 to 4-3, 4-18),
Ike Smith (2) (tracks: 3-6 to 3-7),
Johnny Sturdivant (tracks: 4-20 to 4-22),
Odie Payne (tracks: 3-1 to 3-3, 4-8 to 4-9),
Ray Scott (tracks: 4-26),
Ted Porter (3) (tracks: 3-12 to 3-13, 3-24 to 3-25)

Engineer, Mastered By – Glenn Keiles

Guitar –
Alfred Elkins (tracks: 4-8 to 4-9),
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires (tracks: 3-12 to 3-13),
Bo Diddley (tracks: 4-24 to 4-25),
Bob Woodfork (tracks: 3-8 to 3-9),
David Myers (tracks: 3-11, 4-18),
Eddie Taylor (2) (tracks: 3-14, 4-4 to 4-5, 4-10 to 4-11, 4-16 to 4-17, 4-26),
Floyd Jones (2) (tracks: 4-10 to 4-11, 4-16 to 4-17),
Morris Pejoe (tracks: 4-12 to 4-13),
Jody Williams (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3),
John Brim (tracks: 4-8 to 4-9),
John Littlejohn (tracks: 3-14),
Johnny Williams (5) (tracks: 3-24 to 3-25, 4-15),
Lee Cooper (2) (tracks: 3-23),
Louis Myers (tracks: 3-11, 4-6 to 4-7),
Luther Tucker (tracks: 5-18 to 5-20, 5-24),
Robert Lockwood Jr. (tracks: 3-4, 3-5, 4-18),
W.C. Dalton (tracks: 4-27)

Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals –
Jimmy Reed (tracks: 4-26)

Guitar, Vocals –
Albert King (tracks: 4-8 to 4-9),
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires (tracks: 3-24 to 3-25, 4-15),
Claud Smith* (tracks: 3-6 to 3-7),
Elmore James (tracks: 3-1 to 3-3),
Ernest Lawlers (tracks: 3-26),
J.B. Hutto (tracks: 4-14),
J.B. Lenoir (tracks: 3-21, 3-22, 4-19),
James Williamson (2) (tracks: 3-10, 3-16, 3-17),
Jimmy Reed (tracks: 3-14),
Jimmy Rogers (tracks: 3-8, 3-9, 3-15, 4-23),
John Brim (tracks: 4-4 to 4-5),
Johnny Shines (tracks: 3-16, 3-20),
Johnny Williams (5) (tracks: 3-12 to 3-13),
Leroy Foster (tracks: 3-4, 3-5),
Memphis Minnie (tracks: 3-26),
Muddy Waters (tracks: 3-15, 4-1 to 4-3),
William Arnold (tracks: 3-18 to 3-19)

Harmonica –
George Mayweather (tracks: 3-20),
Henry Strong (tracks: 4-12 to 4-13),
John Lee Henley (tracks: 4-15),
Little Walter (tracks: 4-4 to 4-5),
P.T. Hayes (tracks: 3-12 to 3-13, 3-24 to 3-25, 4-15),
Snooky Pryor (tracks: 3-17),
Walter Horton (tracks: 3-20)

Harmonica, Vocals –
Billy Boy Arnold (tracks: 4-24, 4-25),
Chester Burnett (tracks: 3-23),
Jimmy Reed (tracks: 4-27),
John Lee Henley (tracks: 3-24 to 3-25),
C.W. Triplett* (tracks: 4-20 to 4-22),
Alex Rice Miller* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3),
Snooky Pryor (tracks: 4-10, 4-11, 4-16, 4-17),
Walter Jacobs (tracks: 3-11)

Harmonica, Vocals, Speech –
Little Walter (tracks: 3-11, 3-15, 4-18, 4-23)

Maracas –
Jerome Green (tracks: 4-24 to 4-25)

Piano –
Henry Gray (tracks: 4-27),
Joe Montgomery (tracks: 4-19),
Johnny Jones (tracks: 4-8 to 4-9),
Johnny Jones* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-3, 3-8, 3-9, 4-14),
Henry Gray (tracks: 4-20 to 4-22),
Lazy Bill Lucas (tracks: 3-10, 3-16, 3-17),
Little Brother Montgomery (tracks: 3-26),
Malron Jett (tracks: 3-6 to 3-7),
Otis Spann (tracks: 3-23, 4-1 to 4-3, 4-18, 4-24 to 4-25)

Piano, Vocals –
Henry Gray (tracks: 4-12 to 4-13),
William 'Bill' Lucas* (tracks: 4-6 to 4-7)

Piano, Backing Vocals, Vocals –
Sunnyland Slim (tracks: 3-4, 3-5, 3-21, 3-22, 4-10, 4-11, 4-16, 4-17)

Tenor Saxophone –
J.T. Brown (tracks: 3-1 to 3-33-21, 3-22, 4-19)

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Thanks to Marcfr

Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 3
Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 4

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Various - Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie (5 CD Box Set) Discs 1&2 of 5

Album: Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 1
Size: 180 MB
Time: 75:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Style: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

1. James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby (3:32)
2. James McCain - Good Morning Mr Roosevelt (2:40)
3. Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
4. Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
5. Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
6. Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
7. Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
8. John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
9. Willie Long Time Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
10. Willie Long Time Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
11. Little Walter with Othum Brown vocals - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
12. Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
13. Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
14. Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
15. Johnny Temple - Olds "98" Blues (2:25)
16. Muddy Waters - I Cant Be Satisfied (2:43)
17. St Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
18. Delta Joe (Sunnyland Slim) - Train Time (3:19)
19. Delta Joe (Sunnyland Slim) - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
20. Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
21. Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
22. Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
23. Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
24. Robert Nighthawk - Down The Line (2:50)
25. The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Man (3:09)
26. Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
27. Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)

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Album: Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 2
Size: 181 MB
Time: 76:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Style: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

1. Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
2. Pete Frankin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
3. Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
4. Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
5. Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
6. Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need My Help (3:04)
7. Baby Face Leroy - My Head Cant Rest Anymore (3:16)
8. Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
9. Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
10. Gray Haired Bill - Im A Hard Working Man (2:59)
11. The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
12. Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
13. Muddy Waters - Rollin Stone (3:03)
14. Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
15. Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
16. Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
17. Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
18. Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
19. J B Lenoir - Lets Roll (2:52)
20. Howlin Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
21. Johnny Shines - Ramblin (2:32)
22. Johnny Shines - Aint Doing No Good (2:36)
23. Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
24. Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
25. Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
26. Little Walter - Cant Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)

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Credits:
Bass –
Alfred Elkins (tracks: 2-23),
Big Crawford* (tracks: 1-16, 2-6, 2-12, 2-13, 2-17, 2-18),
Ernest "Big" Crawford (tracks: 1-17),
Moody Jones (tracks: 2-21),
Ransom Knowling (tracks: 1-9 to 1-10, 1-26 to 1-27, 2-1 to 2-4),
Roger Jones (5) (tracks: 2-20),
Willie Dixon (tracks: 1-8, 1-24 to 1-25, 2-11)

Compiled By, Liner Notes – Mike Rowe (3)
Coordinator, Liner Notes [Sessionography] – Peter Moody
Design – Jane Maguire

Drums –
Charles Sanders* (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10),
Alfred Wallace (tracks: 2-19),
Elgar Edmonds* (tracks: 1-22, 1-23, 2-25, 2-26),
Odie Payne (tracks: 1-26 to 1-27),
Willie Coven (tracks: 2-15 to 2-16),
Willie Steele (2) (tracks: 2-20),

Engineer, Mastered By – Glenn Keiles

Guitar –
Alfred Elkins (tracks: 2-7 to 2-8),
Big Bill Broonzy (tracks: 1-4),
Ernest Lawlers (tracks: 2-24),
Jimmy Rogers (tracks: 1-11 to 1-12, 2-15 to 2-16),
Leonard Caston (2) (tracks: 1-8),
Leroy Foster (tracks: 1-18 to 1-19),
Moody Jones (tracks: 1-21, 2-22 to 2-23),
Muddy Waters (tracks: 1-17),
Othum Brown (tracks: 1-12),
Robert Lee McCollum* (tracks: 1-24),
Tampa Red (tracks: 1-26 to 1-27, 2-3 to 2-4),
Willie Johnson (4) (tracks: 2-20),
Willie Lacey (tracks: 1-9 to 1-10)

Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals –
Jimmy Reed (tracks: 5-21 to 5-23)

Guitar, Speech –
Johnny Williams (5) (tracks: 1-14)

Guitar, Vocals –
Bluesboy Bill (tracks: 1-3), Othum Brown (tracks: 1-11),
Floyd Jones (2) (tracks: 1-21 2-14 to 2-15),
J.B. Lenoir (tracks: 2-19),
Jimmy Rogers (tracks: 1-13, 2-5, 2-12, 2-18, 2-25, 2-26),
Johnny Shines (tracks: 1-4, 2-21, 2-22),
Johnny Temple (2) (tracks: 1-15),
Leroy Foster (tracks: 1-22, 1-23, 2-5, 2-7 to 2-8),
Pete Franklin (tracks: 2-1 to 2-2),
Robert Lee McCollum* (tracks: 1-25, 2-11),
Memphis Minnie (tracks: 2-24),
Moody Jones (tracks: 2-14),
Muddy Waters (tracks: 1-16, 1-23, 2-5, 2-6, 2-13, 2-17, 2-18, 2-25, 2-26),
Willie Evans (tracks: 2-9 to 2-10)

Guitar, Backing Vocals –
Floyd Jones (2) (tracks: 2-16)

Harmonica –
Little Walter (tracks: 1-11, 2-15 to 2-16, 2-24),
Snooky Pryor (tracks: 2-7 to 2-8)

Harmonica Speech – Snooky Pryor (tracks: 1-20 to 1-21)

Harmonica, Vocals –
Chester Burnett (tracks: 2-20),
James McCain (tracks: 2-2),
James "Jack Of All Trades" McCain* (tracks: 1-1),
Marion Walter Jacobs* (tracks: 1-12),
Snooky Pryor (tracks: 2-23)

Harmonica, Vocals, Speech –
Little Walter (tracks: 1-13, 1-22, 1-23, 2-12, 2-17, 2-18, 2-25, 2-26)

Mandolin, Vocals –
Johnny Young (3) (tracks: 1-14)

Piano –
Albert Williams (2) (tracks: 2-20),
Ernest Lane (tracks: 1-24 to 1-25, 2-11),
James Clark (2) (tracks: 1-8),
Johnny Jones* (tracks: 1-26 to 1-27, 2-5),
L.C. Hubert (tracks: 2-20),
Memphis Slim (tracks: 1-2),
Pete Franklin (tracks: 2-3 to 2-4),
Sunnyland Slim (tracks: 1-17, 2-14),
Tampa Red (tracks: 2-1 to 2-2)

Piano, Vocals –
Albert Laundrew* (tracks: 1-18 to 1-19),
Willie Smith* (tracks: 1-9 to 1-10)

Piano, Backing Vocals, Vocals –
Sunnyland Slim (tracks: 1-23, 2-19)

Tenor Saxophone –
Oliver Alcorn (tracks: 1-17)

Vocals –
Ethel Mae Brown (tracks: 1-24),
Jimmy Oden* (tracks: 1-17),
John Sellers* (tracks: 1-8),
Major Merriweather (tracks: 1-26 to 1-27),
Mildred White (tracks: 2-3 to 2-4)

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Down Home Blues Chicago is THE definitive collection of blues music from Chicago-based musicians from the late 1940s to the late 1950s.

Features 41 artists who were influential in developing the Chicago blues scene, including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers and many more.

Five CD set, packaged in a deluxe digipak with an outer slip case, featuring 134 rare tracks, all digitally remastered, some of which have never been previously available.

Also includes an 88 page book featuring an essay on the origins of Chicago music by renowned blues researcher and historian Mike Rowe, complete with rare photos, tracklisting and full sessionography.

The period from the end of World War II until the dawn of the 1960s, the blues scene in Chicago can rightfully be described as one of its golden ages.

Passionate, powerful and personal, blues is the spirit of black America. It was a direct result of the Great Migration, when thousands upon thousands of black people left the rural south to settle in the urban areas in the North. Many of these came from the Mississippi delta and chose Chicago as the natural destination. Chicago was a city of opportunities. For musicians with their roots from the South, here was a welcoming network of clubs, radio stations and record labels and – most importantly – a large and appreciative audience.

This 5CD set features a collection of 134 extraordinary performances from this golden era of down home blues. Some by most famous blues stars like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter and Jimmy Rogers - with several lesser known artistes. Many of these tracks were unissued at the time, others are alternate takes of issued songs, but are equally as fine. There are included some ultra-rare gems.

Included is an 88 page book written by Mike Rowe, blues historian and the author of Chicago Blues, first published as Chicago Breakdown, the definitive works on the history and the thriving times of its blues scene.

Fully illustrated including rare photographs, graphics and sessionography.

Thanks to Marcfr

Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 1
Down Home Blues: Chicago: Fine Boogie Disc 2

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