Delta Masters

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Sixteen strange and diverse bands reinterpret -- or in some cases deconstruct -- classic Delta blues tunes.

Tracks:

Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Piano Concerto In A Major, K 488: Adagio - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Flute Concerto In D Major, K 314: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Symphony No. 40 in G minor: Molto allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Clarinet Concerto KV 622: Adagio - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Serenade, K 375: Menuetto - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Turkish March - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Violin Concerto, K 216: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Divertimento, K 334: Menuetto - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Horn Concerto, K 447: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Cassation, K 99: Allegro - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Tracks:

Overture No. 4 In Major: Rejouissance - J.S.Bach
Overture No. 3 In D Major: Air - J.S.Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major: I. Allegro - J.S.Bach
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - J.S.Bach
Overture No. 2 In B Minor: Menuet & Badinerie - J.S.Bach
Prelude In C Major - J.S.Bach
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor - J.S.Bach
Prelude In C Minor - J.S.Bach
Overture No. 1 In C Major: Passepied - J.S.Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F Major: II. Adagio - J.S.Bach
Kommst du nun, Jesu vom Himmel herunter, Chorale - J.S.Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: II. Allegro - J.S.Bach
Violin Concerto In E Major: I. Adagio - J.S.Bach
St. Matthew Passion: Finale Chorus: 'Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder' - J.S.Bach

Tracks:

Symphony No. 5: Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Fur Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Violin Romance No. 2 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
'Moonlight' Sonata: Adagio sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Minuet - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 In F Major: Allegretto scherzando - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Coriolan: Overture - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2: Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor: Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Egmont: Overture - Ludwig Van Beethoven

Tracks:

Die Fledermaus: Die Fledermaus (Excerpts) - Johann Strauss
Wine, Woman And Song - Johann Strauss
Tritsch Tratsch Polka - Johann Strauss
The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss
The Gypsy Baron: Introduction - Johann Strauss
Annen Polka - Johann Strauss
Vienna Blood - Johann Strauss
The Gypsy Baron: Einzugsmarsch - Johann Strauss

Tracks:

Tannhauser: Overture - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Dance Of The Prentices - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Prelude Act 3 - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Aufzug der Meistersinger - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Der fliegende Hollander: Overture - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Lohengrin: Prelude - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude And Liebestod - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
Tannhauser: Arrival Of The Guests At Wartburg - MASTERS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No. 1: Allegro non troppo - Peter Tchaikovsky
String Serenade: Waltz - Peter Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto: Andante - Peter Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Introduction - Peter Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Pas d'action - Adagio - Peter Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz - Peter Tchaikovsky
Capriccio italien Op. 45 - Peter Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Ballet Suite: Scene No. 10 - Peter Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Ballet Suite: Waltz - Peter Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise - Peter Tchaikovsky

Tracks:

The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 1 In E Major: Spring - VIVALDI, Antonio
Siciliano - VIVALDI, Antonio
Concerto In D Minor:: (Allegro Assai) Cologne Concerto - VIVALDI, Antonio
The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: Summer - VIVALDI, Antonio
Oboe Sonata In B Flat Major, RV 34: Adagio - Allegro - Largo - Allegro - VIVALDI, Antonio
The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 3 In F Major: Autumn - VIVALDI, Antonio
Oboe Concerto: Allegro non tasto - Largo - Allegro non molto - VIVALDI, Antonio
Concerto In D Minor: (Largo e spiccato) Cologne Concerto - VIVALDI, Antonio
The 4 Seasons: Concerto No. 4 In F Minor: Winter - VIVALDI, Antonio

Tracks:

Scherzo No 1 In B Minor, Op. 20 - Frederic Chopin_
Three Nocturnes, Op. 9: No 3 In B Major - Frederic Chopin_
Twelve Etudes, Op. 10: No 5 In G Flat Major - Frederic Chopin_
Twelve Etudes, Op. 25: No 10 In B Minor - Frederic Chopin_
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 In F Sharp Major - Frederic Chopin_
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 In E Flat Minor - Frederic Chopin_
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 In D Flat Major 'Raindrops' - Frederic Chopin_
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 In B Flat Minor - Frederic Chopin_
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 In A Flat Major - Frederic Chopin_
24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 In F Minor - Frederic Chopin_
Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31 - Frederic Chopin_
Waltz In E Flat Major, Op. 18 - Frederic Chopin_
Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. - Frederic Chopin_
Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 3 In A Flat Major - Frederic Chopin_
Four Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 4 In B Flat Minor - Frederic Chopin_

Tracks:

Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Impromptu In E Flat Major - Franz Schubert
Standchen - Franz Schubert
Trout Quintet: Tema con variazioni - Franz Schubert
'Rosamunde': Entr'acte No. 1 - Franz Schubert
Moment Musical In A Flat Major - Franz Schubert
'Rosamunde': Entr'acte No. 2 - Franz Schubert
Moment Musical No. 3 In F Minor - Franz Schubert
'Rosamunde': Ballet Music No.2 - Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 In B Minor 'Unfinished': Allegro moderato - Franz Schubert

Tracks:

Nabucco: Overture - Verdi, Giuseppe
Nabucco: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate - Verdi, Giuseppe
Aida: Prelude - Verdi, Giuseppe
II Trovatore: Verdi! le fosche notturne (Gypsies' Chorus) - Verdi, Giuseppe
II Trovatore: Or co' daddi, ma fra poco (Soldiers' Chorus) - Verdi, Giuseppe
Aroldo: Overture - Verdi, Giuseppe
La Traviata: Prelude - Verdi, Giuseppe
La Traviata: Noi siamo zingarelle - Verdi, Giuseppe
La Traviata:: Libiamo ne' lieti calici - Verdi, Giuseppe
La Traviata: Di Madride noi siam mattadori - Verdi, Giuseppe
La forza del destino: Overture - Verdi, Giuseppe

Customer Reviews:

masters of classical music.......2007-03-26

A nice collection for the classical listener. Great variety of composers and the music quality of the cds are very good.

A good basic collection.......2006-11-10

With selections from numerous composers, it is an easy way to familiarize oneself with some of the most popular classical works and excerpts. A pleasant listen for the initiated too.

An excellent introduction to classical music.......2006-10-18

This is an excellent introduction to classical music. Well performed and presented.

Very Beautiful!!!!!1.......2006-10-05

If you are a fan of classical music then you better get this set. Not only is it very cheap, 10 Discs for about 2$ per disk. Now where are you gonna find a deal like this. I actually found mine chaper, $20.00 even and the music is outstanding. If you had a very bad day and very stressed out, just put in one of these cds, lay down, dim down the lights and just relax. It really helped me out.

Still Stuck on Beethoven.......2006-08-22

I just recently started listening to classical music so I'm certainly not one to compare or critique the quality of this set. However, I do have a few comments...

My interest started in this genre of music because I'm researching my ancestry in Prussia and this is the music of those times. Never mind my ancestors were poor peasants who probably never got the chance to hear such wonderful music... when listening to these CDs, I'm taken back in time... to a royal court in Europe... to another place in time. The music is inspiring, relaxing, invigorating.

I have yet to listen to all the CD's in the set. I'm stuck on Beethoven! Wasn't he AWESOME!?!

I think this set is a wonderful introduction to classical music!!!!!

Passion - Most Famous Orchestral Spectaculars [20 CD Set]

Average customer rating:

A good gift for novice

Passion - Most Famous Orchestral Spectaculars [20 CD Set]

Manufacturer: Delta
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ASIN: B00012QLTQ
Release Date: 2003-12-09

Album Description

Music can be both calming and relaxing, or invigorating and passionate...this phenomenal 20-CD set is definitely the latter. This amazing collection brings together for the first time the most passionate music of all time, from Ravel's Bolero, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Wagner's Magic Fire Music to Ravel's La Valse, Orff 's Carmina Burana and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. This is a must have collection for every passionate music lover.

Customer Reviews:

A good gift for novice.......2007-05-12

This was a good gift for somebody learning about Classical music in Japan.

Average customer rating:

One Mother of a Collection
Disappointing
Much More than I Expected
5 stars - and a nobel prize

The Paramount Masters
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Jsp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
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ASIN: B0001LGVYW
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
Red River Blues - Lottie Beaman
Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weevil Jackson
Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
No. 29 - Wesley Wallace
Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
Old Country Rock - William Moore
Keep A-Knockin' - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
Touch Me Light Mama - George 'Bullet' Williams
Jack Of All Trades - Moanin' Bernice Edwards
Come On In (Ain't Nobody Here But Me) - Harum Scarums
All Birds Look Like Chickens To Me - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
Cotton Field Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey
Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand
Gay Cattin' - Papa Charlie Jackson
Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
Eagles On A Half - Geechie Wiley
Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Washboard Walter
Freakish Man Blues - George Hannah
Rough Rugged Road Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
Try Me One More Time - Marshall Owens
Barrel House Flat Blues - Mary Johnson

Tracks:

I Shall Not Be Moved Alt. Tk - Charley Patton
Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
Guitar Boogie - Blind Roosevelt Graves
Black And Evil Blues - Alice Moore
The New Dirty Dozen - Ben Curry
Low-Down Mississippi Bottom Man - Freddie Spruell
Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
Jack Of Diamons Georgia Rub - Henry Townsend
Billy Goat Blues - John Byrd
Bunker Hill Blues - Side Wheel Sally Duffie
Nuber Three Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
Eastern Chimes Blues - Henry Brown
Fetch Your Water - Charlie Spand
Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - J.D. Short
Water Bound Blues - Alice Pearson
Broke Down Engine - Lonnie Clark
Dying Pickpocket Blues - Barrel House Welch
Seven Sister Blues - Edward Thompson
Old Timbrook Blues - John Byrd
The Preacher Must Get Some Sometime - Bob Robinson
Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
The Ducks Yas Yas - Jack O'Diamonds
Boodle De Bum Bum - Ben Curry
Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins

Tracks:

Some Scream High Yellow - Bo Weevil Jackson
Jab Blues - Jabo Williams
Raised In The Alley Blues - Freddie Brown
Frisco Leaving Birmingham - George 'Bullet' Williams
Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
Conjur Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
Honey Blues - Lottie Beaman
Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant
Fat Greasy Baby - Robert Peeples
No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montogomery
New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves
Doctor, Oh Doctor - Henry Townsend
I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop - Bogus Ben Covington
Red Letter Blues - Ruby Paul
Piano Kid Special - Piano Kid Edwards
Where Did You Stay Last Night - Famous Hokum Boys
The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace
Narrow Face Blues - Washboard Walter
Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geechie Wiley
The Boy In The Boat - George Hannah
Texas Blues - Marshall Owens
Evil Woman Blues - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
Three, Six And Nine - Roosevelt Sykes

Tracks:

Tom Cat Blues - Freddie Spruell
Smiling Blues - Jack O'Diamonds
Mama, Don't You Think I Know - Papa Charlie Jackson
Back To The Woods Blues - Charlie Spand
Prison Blues - Alice Moore
Deep Morgan Blues - Henry Brown
My Laona Blues - Teddy Darby
Pistol Blues - Bo Weevil Jackson
Pratt City Blues - Jabo Williams
Telephone Arguin' Blues - J.D.Short
Over To My House - Elvie Thomas
Hambone Blues - Ed Bell
Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark
Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
Fire Detective Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
Up On The Hill Blues - Edward Thompson
Key To The Mountain Blues - Mary Johnson
Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
Red River Blues - Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
Give Us Another Jug - Piano Kid Edwards
Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
Last Farewell Blues - Ruby Paul
Larceny Woman Blues - Barrelhouse Welch
Wicked Devil's Blues - Robert Peeples
Raggin' The Blues - William Moore

Customer Reviews:

One Mother of a Collection.......2006-12-31

This is the Motherlode of pre-war blues reissues. It is likely JSP's finest release to date. Paramount started business in Wisconsin as a furniture manufacturer in the late 1800's but figured that the demand for record playing machines ensconced in wood cabinets would create a new market for shellac and vinyl records as well. In spite of their hamfisted business practices (Paramount was bankrupt by the 1930's), they managed to get a whole lot of fabulous Afro-American talent to record for their label (thanks to talent scout J. Mayo Williams), the likes of Charley Patton, Meade Lux Lewis, Bo Weevil Jackson, Bumble Bee Slim, Moanin' Bernice Edwards, Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, Charlie Spand, Papa Charlie Jackson, and of course, the peerless Geeshie (Geechie) Wiley. If you've never heard her "Eagles on a Half", you deserve to listen to it now. This set has 100 titles of some of the rarest blues ever recorded for just $25. Some of the 78's from which this collection was dubbed, sell on the collector's market for hundreds, even thousands of dollars a shot. In spite of the poor quality shellac that Paramount pressed their music on, the virtuosity of this music still comes through some 80 years later. Get it. You won't regret it. Similar material worthy of this set is contained on Yazoo Records "The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of", and Revenant Records "American Primitive, Vols 1 and 2".

Disappointing.......2006-07-21

After reading the other reviews, I was really looking forward to this collection. I am very disappointed. The sound quality is terrible. These are very old recordings and have not been treated well. Even with the restoration mastery of JSP, at least 50% of the tracks on this collection are painful to listen to.

Much More than I Expected.......2005-01-15

Of all these JSP box-sets I own, none has been a bigger surprise to me than this one. I bought this one as a curiosity but it is much more. Going by the tracklist there were a handful of people I knew, but most were new to me. If this exact same box had been released by another label and was more along the lines of $40 to $60 I would have never purchased it. Knowing JSPs reputation for quality transfers and low prices I just decided to go for it, hoping along the way that there would at least be 2 discs worth of stuff I enjoyed. "At least" certainly came true!

This may be the singlemost entertaining JSP box I own (given what they have released so far)! The sheer number and diversity of artists and styles presented here makes it possible to sit down and listen to this whole box in one sitting and all the way feel like you don't know what's coming next.

From songs you've never heard of (and may never hear elsewhere again), to songs with familiar themes, to a handful of tunes that are straight-up rip-offs of tunes by famous musicians, it's all here. King Solomon Hill's "Whoopee Blues" is probably my favorite rip-off tune here. It being Lonnie Johnson's "She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight". I say rip-off because I have to assume that Lonnie didn't see a penny worth of royalties from this cover of his tune.

That will be my only mention of specific tunes/musicians. The magic of this box is that it is about no one and everyone. There are a couple relative stars here (in the eyes of history), but for the most part these are musicians whose voices and work have been forgotten by time. You listen to this box-set and you'll be wondering why. More than being about any one person or any one style, this box is a tribute to an era and a culture. An era where music was like the work of that era itself... you made it your own self and you did it with your own two hands. A culture that made the most out of a horrendous situation that should have never existed in the first place.

As for the technical sonic quality, it is everything that is Paramount. Most of the sides contained here are in that "average to very good" range. A couple of them are cleaner than any other Paramount sides I have ever heard, and there are only a couple that could be considered in that "Wow even bad by Paramount standards!" range. If you already own a substantial amount of Paramount sides you have absolutely heard alot of things that sound alot worse than the majority of what is here. JSP has done another wonderful job with the transfers. I hope every single person at that label is proud of this box! Another thing that must be said is that if you like some pre-war stomp-down blues piano, this box is definitely for you.

If you've been eyeing this one and "Should I or shouldn't I??"... you should. You really should. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, to say the least.

5 stars - and a nobel prize.......2004-06-27

Wow! JSP certainly deserves some sort of award for making this historic collection available. If you're reading this, I assume you already know about the Paramount label, which recorded some of the greatest "race" (as they were called at the time) records ever. Superstars on Paramount included Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charlie Patton, and Blind Blake. The set collects many of the lesser known artists who recorded sides for the label. Someone more expert than me would have to verify this, but I imagine that some of these sides are being issued on CD for the first time ever. What's amazing is the consistency of quality and the originality and charisma of even the most obscure artists here. The variety makes this one of the most entertaining box sets I own. This is old-time blues of every kind: barrelhouse, delta, hokum, jazzy, gutbucket, you name it. I know it's saying a lot, but this belongs on your shelf not far from the immortal "Anthology of American Folk Muisc," and unlike that set you won't have to take out a loan to make the purchase. I have a very minor complaint that the notes jump from factoid to factoid and are somewhat confusedly written: a more well-written, thorough, and sequential history of the label and some of these artists would have been appreciated. But JSP did a great job with the music, and that's what counts. Superb!

Blues Masters, Vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics

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Another fine sampler
thrash punk at its worst
A Must for hamonicists and harmonophiles

Blues Masters, Vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics
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ASIN: B000007RQB
Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

Off The Wall - Little Walter & His Jukes
Odds And Ends - Jimmy Reed
Cotton Crop Blues - Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet
Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson
(Help Me) A Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson - Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band
Born In Chicago - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
I Hear You Knockin' - Lazy Lester
Jump The Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross
Pawnshop Bound - William Clarke
Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo
The Briar Patch - Gary Primich
All Night Boogie - Howlin' Wolf
Shake The Boogie - Sonny Boy Williamson
Whammer Jammer - J. Geils Band
Hootin' Blues No. 2 - Sonny Terry

Amazon.com

The harmonica's not exactly an imposing instrument; who would guess that a pocket- sized hunk of metal could be capable of so much expression? Volume 16 of Rhino's Blues Masters series shows just how much; the harp can trade leads with the vocals (Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, "Cotton Crop Blues," Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band, "Help Me"), lay down a raw edge (Papa Lightfoot, "Jump the Boogie"), or play smooth as you please (William Clarke, "Pawnshop Bound"). As even a cursory examination of the above performers will indicate, the harmonica is well represented in all styles of blues; Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, J. Geils, and Howlin' Wolf appear here as well. As capable as a horn or guitar of carrying the lead, and infinitely more portable, the harmonica may well be one of the most expressive and versatile instruments out there, and More Harmonica Classics offers several excellent examples. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Another fine sampler.......2004-08-05

You've heard that saying about a hundred monkeys clattering away at a hundred typewiters for a hundred years...I don't know excactly how it goes in English. Anyway, it seems that an ape called Jo Jo ended up writing a review rather than the collected works of William Shakespeare.
I mean, honestly...what do you think an album titled "Blues Masters vol. 16 - More Harmonica Classics" is?!

Well, never mind.
This is a very nice companion volume to Blues Masters vol. 4 ("Harmonica Classics"). Most longtime blues fans will own much or even all of this material already, of course, but beginners or "mid-level" blues fans should delight in the wealth of excellent material on this disc - aggressive up-tempo freight train harmonica and slow, smouldering fills and solos.

Most of the really big guns are here, like James Cotton, Slim Harpo, Little Walter Jacobs, Sonny Terry, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, white boy Paul Butterfield, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, and Aleck "Rice" Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II).
And most of the more obscure stuff is very interesting as well: William Clarke's "Pawnshop Bound", Lazy Lester's rendition of "I Hear You Knockin'", a great, swaggering "The Briar Patch" by Gary Primich, Papa George Lightfoot's thumping "Jump The Boogie", a raw early electric blues with a gritty sandpaper vocal, and Doctor Isiah Ross' tough, energetic "Come Back Baby".

This is far from everything you need to know about blues harmonica, of course, and a couple of tunes were chosen for the harp playing rather than their overall musical quality, I guess.
But there is a lot of quality stuff here, making "More Blues Harmonica" a really good buy for all but the most hardcore blues fans (they'll own 9/10 of this stuff already).

thrash punk at its worst.......2004-02-07

I thought sublime was good, but this cd proved me wrong. Instead if hard core reggae rock, i was disapointed to hear stupid, painful, harmonicas. I mean it REALLY SUCKED. I mean by the time it was over, i had put at least 5 pairs of ear plugs on.

A Must for hamonicists and harmonophiles.......2002-01-17

This power-packed CD is a must for both players and lovers of the harmonica, particularly of the blues-harp variety.

Most all of the tunes here are listenable, but some mighty powerful stuff abounds. On Howlin' Wolf's number, he sounds as if he's playing 2 harps at once. Junior Wells, in his rendition of Sonny Boy Williamson II's "Help Me," does a moving tribute to Sonny II both vocally and harmonically (as Sonny II died shortly before this was recorded). Sonny I is well represented here with "Shake Your Boogie" (although his harmonica is drowned out by the other instruments in parts of this song).

The king of Country blues harmonica, Sonny Terry, does an amazing turn with "Hootin' Blues Pt. 2" which defies written description. Wisely, Magic Dick Seltzer's classing "Whammer Jammer" is also included, as it sounds as if this tune may have been inspired by the above-mentioned Sonny Terry tune (listen and compare).

So for anyone who likes good harmonica music, listen and enjoy. For aspiring harmonicists, you may have think you've got it down pat, but listen to this to see how far you still need to go.

Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1935
Average customer rating:

Another Yazoo masterpiece!

Excellent collection of lesser-known Mississippi bluesfolk

Indispensable

A Great Collection of Lesser-Known Bluesmen (and Women)

Excellent overlooked early blues

Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-1935
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Yazoo
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Tracks:

Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
Kansas City Blues - William Harris
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Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
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Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
The Moaning Blues - John D. Fox
Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geeshie Wiley/Elvie Thomas
Outside Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers
Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
Hot Time Blues - William Harris
Skinny Legs Blues - Geeshie Wiley
Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
Worried Man Blues - John D. Fox
Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas

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Another Yazoo masterpiece!.......2006-07-17

This is not your usual blues cd. These aren't the typical blues artists you have heard about in books or television. Some of the guys only did 1 or 2 records, but they are KILLER! If you want a great introduction to the lesser known blues masters this is it!!

Excellent collection of lesser-known Mississippi bluesfolk.......2004-06-11

If you feel like you've exhausted all the Delta and Mississippi blues from Patton to B.B., listen to this. This disc contains many of the only recordings by obscure, but no less talented, artists of early country acoustic blues. You may have heard Geechie Wiley's "Last Kind Word Blues" on the film *Crumb.* If you saw the film, the song has probably haunted you ever since. Worth buying for that track alone.

Indispensable.......2001-09-30

Compared to the giants of delta like Charley Patton and Robert Johnson, the artists on this album are relatively obscure, but it is due more than anything of the random aspect of the destiny. With have Garfield Akers recorded as many sides as Chambre of wire (which did not record many commercial discs of pre-war period, but which appreciated a modicum fame during the rebirth the blue ones of years ' 60), it would have the respect which it deserves (I think it is better a guitarist than the Room). The same ones can be known as of any of the artists on here (not to mention many artists for the past several thousand years, but to think of that inserts too much). The inclusion of 6 ways above here by women cannot seem substantial, but it rather quickly becomes clear that the women were of importance equal for the men in the respect to blue of Mississippi (and, heu, of you know, the life and the basic rights and very which), and they more amply had been recorded, they would be regarded just as powerful of a musical force. Why the hell didn't record the value of hours of the airs of Geechie Wiley when they had the chance? How could they take it for granted? It is tragic, if you find this kind of tragic thing. If Wiley had just recorded a LP' S-value of material, it would be considered more significant than the evil of John, as single as the jump James, perhaps even while significant like Charley Patton. Ouais, I said it. I do not exaggerate. Unfortunately, it left only one handle on sides (the most included here) for the posterity, if the posterity exists in its case. The guitar playing and singing here is brilliant through and through, and the noise of these 78s is excellent (except, unfortunately, blue head of work "without mother of Elvie Thomas of child," which has the heavy external noise). The notes of covering are excellent, certain better notes of covering for an album of Yazoo. If you stumbled in this page for any reason, and clearly you have, you must buy this CD that you will not regret it. But if you regret it, do not carry not felt sorry for to me about it.

A Great Collection of Lesser-Known Bluesmen (and Women).......2001-02-10

I LOVE this CD! After you've been through all the Skip James, Son House, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson, this is a great place to go. I was pleased to find the haunting Geeshie Wiley song "Last Kind Words" that was used in the documentary "Crumb". Also here is "Outside Woman Blues" covered by Eric Clapton in his Cream days. A great collection with great notes, Yazoo does it again!

Excellent overlooked early blues.......1999-03-31

This wonderful collection contains many relatively obscure but quite good examples of pre-war delta blues. Particularly noteworthy, in my opinion, are both tracks by Blind Joe Reynolds and the uniquely paced "Bullfrog Blues" by William Harris.

Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2: 1952-1958

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Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2: 1952-1958
Muddy Waters
Manufacturer: Hip-O Select
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ASIN: B000AO9CUK
Release Date: 2006-09-26

Tracks:

Standing Around Crying
Gone to Main Street
Iodine in My Coffee
Flood
My Life Is Ruined
She's All Right
She's All Right
Sad, Sad Day
Turn Your Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go)
Baby Please Don't Go
Loving Man
Blow Wind Blow
Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me)
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Alternate Take]
(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
She's So Pretty
I Just Want to Make Love to You
Oh Yeh (Oh Yeah)
I'm Ready
Smokestack Lightning
I Don't Know Why
I'm a Natural Born Lover
Ooh Wee
This Pain
Young Fashioned Ways

Tracks:

I Want to Be Loved
My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble)
Mannish Boy
I Got to Find My Baby
Sugar Sweet
Trouble No More
Clouds in My Heart
Forty Days and Forty Nights
All Aboard
Just to Be With You
Don't Go No Farther
Diamonds at Your Feet
I Love the Life I Live (I Live the Life I Love)
Rock Me
Look What You've Done
Got My Mojo Working
Good News
Evil
Come Home Baby, I Wish You Would
Let Me Hang Around
I Won't Go On
She's Got It
Born Lover
She's Nineteen Years Old
Close to You
She's Got It [Alternate Take][#]

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Its hard to overestimate the impact of McKinley Morganfield on the Chicago post-war blues scene, and by extension on rocknroll itself. Having come from the heart of the Mississippi Delta (Rolling Fork), he spent the first 28 years of his life close to his birthplace, leaving for the Windy City in 1943. With this set of recordings, which covers the years 1952-1958, we continue the survey of the complete recorded works of Muddy Waters in chronological order. The first fifty tracks of his Aristocrat/Chess career appear on Muddy Waters, Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection (MCA/Chess 2301-2); the present set continues to follow his musical development, and showcases the second fifty sides, picking up where the previous collection ended and spanning an important seven year period in his career. Packaged in a bound booklet, replete with rare photographs and extensive liner notes, this set captures Muddy Waters at the height of his commercial success, and includes literally dozens of songs that influenced rock and blues performers right up to the present day.

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Live and in Demand
Mannish Boys
Manufacturer: Delta Groove Prod
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BDH5UE
Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

Kid's Jump
I'm Ready (Tribute to Lester Butler)
She Wants To Sell My Monkey
Mannish Boy
You're Sweet
Howling Wolf
Goin' Crazy Over T.U.
Mystery Train
It's Too Bad
Strangest Blues
As The Years Go Passing By
Walkin' And Walkin'

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The Mannish Boys are one of the most universally praised new blues bands, both live and on record, since the heyday of the blues genre a half century ago, receiving virtually unanimous rave reviews from both the blues specialty press and general entertainment reviewers. The current edition of The Mannish Boys features a veritable one-band blues festival of talent; most of the members either lead or are integral members of other successful touring and recording bands. They've honed their blues to a brilliant edge through appearances before sold-out crowds and on festival stages in the U.S., Canada, and in Europe. Their new live recording, "Live & In Demand", captures The Mannish Boys at the top of their game at the 2005 Winthrop Blues Festival, rolling out their dynamic, non-stop, old-style 'blues revue' featuring acclaimed veteran bluesmen Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, Kid Ramos, Franck Goldwasser, Leon Blue, Randy Chortkoff, Richard Innes and Tom Leavey.

Blues Masters, Vol. 8: Mississippi Delta Blues

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****1/2 - one of the best in the series
Good Compilation, Two by Tommy Johnson
Weird and Wonderful

Blues Masters, Vol. 8: Mississippi Delta Blues
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
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ASIN: B0000032XH
Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
Rattlesnake Blues - Charley Patton
Future Blues - Willie Brown
On The Wall - Louise Johnson
Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
Preachin' The Blues, Pts I & II - Son House
Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Water
Dark Road - Floyd Jones
Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson
Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
Goin' Down To Eli's - Robert Nighthawk
I Believe - Elmore James
Something Inside Me - Elmore James
Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
Crosscut Saw - Albert King

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****1/2 - one of the best in the series.......2004-08-06

Not five straight stars, though...partly because the authentic Mississippi Delta stuff is interspersed with much more urban sounds from B.B. King and Albert King. And (very) electric Chicago-sides by Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, and Robert Nighthawk do much to blur the distinctiveness of this package.

But there's nothing wrong with the music itself. Delta legends Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Son House are here, doing "Rattlesnake Blues", the eerie "Crossroads Blues" and the harsh "Preachin' The Blues" respectively. Muddy Waters' late-40s single "I Feel Like Going Home" is one of his finest early songs. And the awesome (and sadly underrated) Tommy Johnson is represented by two of his best and most impressive songs, "Big Road Blues" and "Cool Drink Of Water Blues" (the basis for Howlin' Wolf's "I Asked For Water").

The fidelity on the oldest recordings, particularly by House and Patton, is below par, obviously, but that's the case with every reissue of this material, not just this one.
The annotation is very good, as always with this series, and there are a few relatively obscure songs here which should please blues lovers (although seasoned blues listeners probably have most of this material already): "On The Wall", an energetic piano blues by Charley Patton-associate Louise Johnson, the acoustic "Catfish Blues" by Robert Petway, Rube Lacey's moody "Mississippi Jail House Groan", and Willie Brown's sandpapery rendition of the raw, Son House-like "Future Blues".

The newer material includes slide guitar master Robert Nighthawk's gritty "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby", and great songs by Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. And the inclusion of the underrated and underrecorded Floyd Jones' "Dark Road" (another reworking of Johnson's "Big Road Blues") is an additional treat.

A great collection of music. Not the definitive word on Delta blues, obviously, and some of these songs, excellent as they are, have no business being on a compilation of "Mississippi Delta Blues". But still...great music.

Good Compilation, Two by Tommy Johnson.......2001-09-29

Still one of the best intro CDs to the blues. I'm knocked out by Tommy Johnson; he's the first two selections here. Charley Patton, but hey - what about that pivotal Willie Brown doing "Future Blues"? The liner notes are not circumspect in describing Louise Johnson's "performance" on "On the Wall". Another treat is two by Elmore James - 'specially "Something Inside Me" which floats along like Jimi Hendrix.
I never tire of this compilation.

Weird and Wonderful.......1998-08-12

Any Mississippi Delta Blues fan would have an awful time picking just 15 representative entries. This album does a great job, falling just short by including too much new material - by new, I mean after 1940. Still, you can't argue with Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues" or even Robert Nighthawk's superlative "Going Down to Eli's." This captures the individuality, roughness, and anti-spritiuality of Delta Blues really well and a couple of non-obvious inclusions like Robert Petway's Catfish Blues make it a good catch. Of the Blues Master Series, this is one of my favorites.

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"The original and best"
Nice Variety Blues Beats, Some Familiar Songs
Hear the Classics!

Blues Masters, Vol. 6: Blues Originals
Various Artists
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ASIN: B0000032XB
Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
You Need Love - Muddy Waters
Texas Flood - Larry Davis & His Band
Got My Mojo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You) - Ann Cole, With The Suburbans & Orch
I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
Love In Vain - Robert Johnson
I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
Madison Blues - Elmore James
Someone To Love Me - Snooky Pryor
I Ain't Got You - Jimmy Reed
That's All Right - Arthue 'Big Boy' Crudup
I'm A Man - Bo Diddley
Boom, Boom Out Goes The Lights - Little Walter
Pack Fair And Square - Big Walter & His Thunderbirds
I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo
It's A Man Down There - G.L. Crockett
Back Door Man - Howlin Wolf