Living the Blues [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Living the Blues [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Pony Blues
2. My Mistake
3. Sandy's Blues
4. Going Up the Country
5. Walking by Myself
6. Boogie Music
7. One Kind Favor
8. Parthenogenesis: Nebulosity/Rollin' and Tumblin'/Five Owls/Bear Wires/S
Disc: 2
1. Refried Boogie (Part 1)
2. Refried Boogie (Part 2)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
2003 reissue of the blues-rock act's third album, originally issued in 1968, features 10 tracks including the smash Top 40 hit 'Going Up The Country', the strange 19 minute 'Parthenogenesis' & a 41 minute live version of 'Refried Boogie' (Parts 1 & 2). Slipcase. BGO.

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Living the Blues [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Cost of Living
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Turn it UP!
  • His best album in years
  • cost of living
  • lone star star
  • What a shame...
Cost of Living
Delbert McClinton
Manufacturer: New West Records
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ASIN: B0009XEA3G
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

  1. One Of The Fortunate Few
  2. Right To Be Wrong
  3. The Part I Like Best
  4. I'll Change My Style
  5. Hammerhead Stew
  6. Your Memory, Me And The Blues
  7. Dead Wrong
  8. Down Into Mexico
  9. Kiss Her Once For Me
  10. I Had A Real Good Time
  11. Midnight Communion
  12. Two Step Too
  13. Alright By Me

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Like a rootsier Jimmy Buffett, Delbert McClinton is an established, hard-touring veteran whose audience doesn't expect from him too much out of the norm. Regardless, the Texan's quintessential mix of country, R&B, Tex-Mex, blues, honky-tonk, New Orleans bump, lounge jazz, and good-time rock and roll is durable enough to sustain a career, especially since nobody does it nearly as well as he does. In the spirit of "don't fix what isn't broken," this album of 13 McClinton originals preserves the established formula. But to his credit, the leathery-voiced singer, now in his mid-60s, never seems to be going through the motions. He delivers this good-natured Americana with gutsy enthusiasm and enough raw energy to power the ocean liner on one of his famous blues cruises. Just as comfortable tearing into the Stonesy rock of "Dead Wrong" as the soft, Spanish guitar-driven folk of "Down into Mexico"--a tale of a robbery/relationship gone bad that flawlessly mixes his tender and tough sides--McClinton revels in his element. Fiddles, sax, and pedal steel augment the arrangements, highlighting the country and blues at the heart of Cost of Living. All that's missing is the sweat, booze, and boisterous crowd that remain an integral aspect of McClinton's legendary shows. --Hal Horowitz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Turn it UP!.......2007-01-04

Especially for the first track, "One Of The Fortunate Few"! (Did you do like me and buy the CD "One Of The Fortunate Few", thinking the song of the same name would be on it???). I also like very much the track "Two Step Too", which purty much sums up my own taste in musica. "I like to listen to the rock 'n roll, but I like to two step too"!

5 out of 5 stars His best album in years.......2006-10-12

I've been a Delbert fan for more than 20 years, and this is his best release in a long time. There is no voice like Delbert's; man, can he sing. From the raucous "Hammerhead Stew" to some welcome country songs like "Midnight Communion" and "Two Step Too" this CD rocks. As for those reviewers who dislike the country element here, they aren't true Delbert fans, since real aficiandos know that some of Delbert's early works were
good ole country (listen to "Victim Of Life's Circumstances"). The two best cuts here are "Down Into Mexico" (what a story!) and about the saddest song I've ever heard, "Kiss Her Once For Me." When you first listen to the latter, it's easy to assume it's about a lost girlfriend. It's not--it's about a dad who's kind of lost his daughter to the girl's mother, and as a divorced dad, this song breaks my heart. Go, Delbert!

5 out of 5 stars cost of living.......2006-08-31

I can find nothing bad about this cd. It's like Springsteen lyrics, guitar strains of Marty Robbins and maybe a little touch of John Fogerty. I can recall sitting in a bar thirty years ago with some of my military buds and listening to this kind of music, wishing we were someplace else. What memories this cd evolked! All in all I can say that Delbert McClinton is becoming part of my blues collection and will continue to add more.

5 out of 5 stars lone star star.......2006-03-19

Texas music is more than music from Texas. It's an alchemy of apparently disparate essences - blues, soul, rock'n'roll - and Delbert McClinton is a master chemist. Like his fellow Lone Star Staters Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Doug Sahm, McClinton's defiance of definition may have denied him a wider audience, but those who know him can consider themselves, to quote one of his songs, "one of the fortunate few". McClinton wrote most of the 13 songs here and anything he doesn't write he makes his own (I'll Change My Style, associated with Jimmy Reed, becomes wonderfully greasy swamp R&B). For tragic, noirish adventure with a femme fatale, try Down into Mexico ("Sherrie was a dancer / she was a schemer / we came up with a foolproof plan"). Those who have lost love will share the ache of Kiss Her Once For Me ("and there's a part of her life I won't be there to see / when you're holding her tonight, kiss her once for me"). McClinton just turned 65 and shows no sign of decline. Start here and work back to such gems as Genuine Cowhide (1976) and The Jealous Kind (1980). (This review appeared in The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Australia.)

1 out of 5 stars What a shame..........2006-03-14

This cannot be the real Delbert McClinton, all throw-away songs save one. When Delbert leaves. . .Delbert's gone.
Living With the Law
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • .....masterpiece
  • The beginning of a great career
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  • LIVING WITH THE LAW
  • Brilliance Of Chris Whitley At His Best
Living With the Law
Chris Whitley
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0000027FZ
Release Date: 1991-07-02

Tracks:

  1. Excerpt
  2. Living With The Law
  3. Big Sky Country
  4. Kick The Stones
  5. Make The Dirt Stick
  6. Poison Girl
  7. Dust Radio
  8. Phone Call From Leavenworth
  9. I Forget You Every Day
  10. Long Way Around
  11. Look What Love Has Done
  12. Bordertown
  13. Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars .....masterpiece.......2007-02-28

is the one word summation.

Why write review when there are already 33 customer reviews here alone, and the album is over 15 years old?

Sometimes it takes time for status to be recognized.

I loved (and I don't use this word lightly) this album as soon as I heard and bought it when it first came out. It evoked so many images, with a lot of tradition but firmly in the present.

Why do I now call it a masterpiece (again not a word I'd flaunt at anything)?

Three counts -

1. the songs - I regard these as Chris Whitley's strongest compositions - he brought his A-game to the table for his first recording on a major label, after many years of performing. More evidence is his re-recording of a lot of these on "Live at Martyr's", and "Weed" his strip-down home recordings. For example the title track conjures up images of the rural poor south - with commentary on the modern times - "they got machines mamma I can't figure", and then runs into seduction "... spread your lover in the straw".

2. his performance - simply outstanding - a evocative and haunting performance both on vocals and guitar. Using the same title track the last verse "so fetch up your greasy apron, spread your lover...." where he glides into falsetto - so natural and emotional - takes you places ...... Fortunately for us there are at least two other recordings of this song available - live on at Martyr's, and stripped down on Weed - although he has no trouble hitting the notes - on neither does he glide so effortlessly into falsetto as here - so loses some of the evocative haunting quality.

3. the recording - many regard this album's recording production as a doubled edged sword for Chris Whitley - it gave him his success - but set a sound standard that he could never reproduce live. However despite that - the overall sound and production adds immensely to the atmophere and mood of this album - without this production this album would not be what it is a masterpiece. Although produced by Malcolm Burn - there is a lot of influence of Daniel Lanois whose studio this was recorded in - Lanois is the producer of U2's "Joshua Tree" - it may seem strange to reference this - but if one watches the Classic Albums video of Joshua - Lanois says Bono's vocals stretching into falsetto exposes the emotion.... and this is exactly the effect when Chris Whitley glides into falsetto on the last verse of the title track......

So why buy this CD? when one could download tracks or even get a copy?
The lyrics - they are in the CD liner -
and at Amazon MarketPlace prices it would be a shame not to own this masterpiece.

5 out of 5 stars The beginning of a great career.......2006-04-10

Chris Whitley released his debut album, Living With the Law, in 1991. Released at a time when the music scene was about to be dominated by hip/hop and grunge, Living With the Law was steeped in electric blues complemented by Whitley's impressive guitar work and very distinctive singing voice. With a dense production by Daniel Lanois, it would also prove to be his most radio friendly release. However, despite it having several tracks that would have been AOR hits if given the chance as well as much critical acclaim, Living With the Law didn't earn Chris Whitley the recognition he deserved. However, to a small but dedicated fan base, it would provide the blueprint for an impressive catalog of music.

Although nearly every song here is top notch, only the melancholy title track and "Big Sky Country" would garner decent airplay. Containing memorable melodies as well as Whitley's unmistakable voice which could go from a whisper to a high falsetto without warning, they are both among his best songs and performances. Chris' love of the blues was evident throughout his career and is well exhibited on the dark and brooding tracks "Make the Dirt Stick" and "Long Way Around." While these tunes are both very good, neither of them matches the power of "Phone Call from Leavenworth." One of the best blues songs ever recorded, Chris recalls the old bluesmen like Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker while still retaining his own identity, a pattern he would later return to on his War Crime Blues album. Tracks like "Poison Girl" and "Kick the Stones" are among his most direct and memorable tracks that would have been popular in another time where music mattered more than image. "Look What Has Love Done" and "I Forget You Everyday" are both great ballads although the production is a little dominant on the latter. "Bordertown" takes the darkness of "Make the Dirt Stick" and combines it with the fury of "Long Way Around." Finally, "Dust Radio" is another excellent track which builds from a slow blues to hard rock where the power chords sound downright majestic at its closing. All told, Living With the Law would be a great start to an excellent career that like more heralded artists like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Duane Allman, and Lowell George, would end too soon. Although this is not my favorite Chris Whitley album (that distinction would go to War Crime Blues), I would recommend that newcomers start here and then work their way to other great works such as Din of Ecstasy, Dirt Floor, War Crime Blues, and Soft Dangerous Shores. Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Can't Add Any More.......2006-03-16

I really can't add anything else to the praise that's already been heaped on this fine album and Chris Whitley as an artist. Something about him is very American, original, and timeless. I was fortunate enough to see him perform twice in Philly during these early years and I can say the standing-room-only audience was blown away by this thin, humble man with the haunting voice and shining national steel guitar. Even though he's not here any more you can imagine him walking those lost highways with his guitar and a new set of lyrics taking shape.

5 out of 5 stars LIVING WITH THE LAW.......2005-11-28

I was shocked to see that Chris Whitley had passed away last week from a bout with lung cancer. Whitley's career had long been an interesting journey that produced a wide range of rivetting music. LIVING WITH THE LAW was the stellar start to that journey.

I remember picking this record up some fouteen years ago and being blown away. This did not sound like a debut record. Whitley's tales of trials, tribulations and blues had a more authentic ring than your usual white bluesman. I think that the key to Whitley's success was that he did not merely try to copy the blues, but use it as a springboard to investigate his own ideas. Malcom Burns's ( a Daniel Lanois protoge) production sounds more like a windswept U2 outing than a Delta Blues recording. I think that was the genius of this record. It was of th past, the present and it loked into the future.

This was a record without a weak track. Even throwaway tracks like I FORGET YOU EVERYDAY or LOOK WHAT LOVE HAS DONE resonate after just couple of listens. Several songs are nothing less than immediate classics, including the title track, BIG SKY COUNTRY, POISON GIRL and PHONECALL FROM LEAVENWORTH.

After LWTL, Whitley set out on a career that jumped from genre to genre with mixed results. From DIN OF ECSTASY's metallic grunge to DIRT FLOOR's stark acoustic blues to ROCKET HOUSE's electronic treatments, Whitley was a restless artist who folowed his own muse. To someone who wants to explore his wrk I would recommend that they start with this release, then move on to his excellent compilation LONG WAY AROUND. From there if you like what you hear al of his work is worth exploring. It's an unfortunate cliche, but although the artist will be tragically missed, we are lucky to have his work to enjoy into the future.

5 out of 5 stars Brilliance Of Chris Whitley At His Best.......2005-11-26

This album showcases one of our time's most underappreciated musicians at his absolute best. For a long time it seemed Chris struggled to replicate the greatness he found on this first album. Throughout his career he managed to create some amazing albums, but this is easily the best. Every song is a musical triumph in itself. Without a doubt, this is a must-own. It's only sad that some of us are only beginning to realize what this man truly meant to the music world after he has gone. He will be missed...
Living in the Past
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!
  • Tull fan
  • Watch which Version You Are Getting
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  • 3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest
Living in the Past
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
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ASIN: B00002668Z
Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

  1. Song For Jeffrey
  2. Love Story
  3. Christmas Song
  4. Living In The Past
  5. Driving Song
  6. Sweet Dream
  7. Singing All Day
  8. Witches Promise
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  13. Wond'ring Again
  14. Locomotive Breath
  15. Life Is A Long Song
  16. Up The 'Pool
  17. Dr. Bogenbroom
  18. For Later
  19. Nursie

Album Description

1994 reissue of 19 track collection originally released in 1972, including 2 live tracks recorded at Carnegie Hall, 'By Kind Permission Of' & 'Dharma For One'. Chrysalis.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars From a True Tull Fan and Collector; Please Listen!!!.......2007-01-30

Yes, there are a few different versions of "Living in the Past" floating around, and I still have the original LP from which I can compare them all. I own the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 2-disc, Original Master Recording UltraDiscII GOLD CD and it is the ONLY COMPLETE VERSION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE! With a grand total of 23 tracks, not to mention a faithful reproduction of the 35 page booklet included in the original album, this version has sonic quality far superior to any "CD" version you will ever hear. This is as close as you'll get to listening to the orginal "LP" on the finest turntable system. It's obvious that great care was taken when this package was put together, from the remastering to the detail that went into the booklet and packaging. In fact, it is probably the best sounding MFSL CD that I own, and I have quite a few. So, from one "Tull Fan" to another, this is the definitive version. I realize that it's likely to set you back few bucks (I've seen some of the prices!), but if you can find it, BUY IT! It's a worthy investment.

4 out of 5 stars Tull fan.......2007-01-09

Great CD but does not have all the songs the original album had. "Bouree" is missing was replaced by "Inside" a song from the benefit album.

4 out of 5 stars Watch which Version You Are Getting.......2006-10-21

Before moving into the review, I must warn you that these reviews appear under three different versions of "Living in the Past." The first version is a gold CD that contains 23 tracks, including "Teacher," "Bouree," and "Locomotive Breath," that do not appear on the other two versions. The second version has 20 tracks, which does not include the three aforementioned tracks. The third version is an imported version with only 19 tracks. In addition to the three previously eliminated tracks, this CD also eliminated "Hymn 43." The prices of the three versions and their availability vary greatly, so I recommend you survey the versions available and choose the version that best fits your needs.

This album fills in holes in Jethro Tull's early music, including tracks not a part of their earlier albums and commercially adding more music at a time when Tull was riding high on the success of 1971's "Aqualung." While some reviewers advise that you need not buy Tull's earliest recordings if you have "Living in the Past," I have all those recordings as well and do not believe this CD replaces them.

This CD offers a range of music, from hard rockers to mellow folk and Tull's signature renaissance-flavored folk and rock. "Living in the Past" offers a jazz-like piece with Ian Anderson's flute prominently displaced. It was the range of music Tull played that has always made Tull hard to fit into a particular genre. While they are often classified as hard rock because of songs like "Teacher" and "Sweet Dreams," as well as most of "Aqualung" and "War Child," Tull more likely fits into a genre of their own as they play music of all types and they seem to do so in a pattern of their own.

Like the true artists that they are, Jethro Tull created music as they felt moved to create. The result is creative and interesting music, often satirical, nearly always at least good. It may be tempting to think in retrospect that some of the music on this CD indicated that Jethro Tull was moving in a harder rock direction. However, as music from CDs such as "Minstrel in the Gallery" and "Songs from the Wood" indicates, Tull's style has always been eclectic, with hard rock being only one of their numerous styles.

This collection is a great introduction to a group that refuses standard classification and has only been recognized as one of music's greats in the last few years. While this CD is sometimes hard to find, I recommend this CD highly if you can find it and if you have liked what you've heard of Jethro Tull's non-commercial music.

5 out of 5 stars Jam Sarnies? Say what?.......2006-06-27

If your just getting into Tull, try and get a copy with "Alive and well and Living in" which was on the original U.K. version and now CD remastered Benefit. Don't worry about getting:
1.Bouree
2.Teacher
3.locomotive breath(U.K. release)
4.Hymn 43(U.S. release)
They are all excellent songs but if you start to like Living In The Past you can get these songs on other great albums, which is really a much better way to hear them.
I first started listening to Jethro Tull in High School. Being part of the "band geek" community, my friends and I would spend any free time we had before or after school in the band room playing or listening to music.
I was particularly lucky enough to have a passionate music teacher who provided a kind of refuge for us in the big rehearsal room and connected offices. He would always try to inspire us by playing music that inspired him, and Jethro Tull music was some of that music. A friend and I would play their records on an old turntable I got in a relatives basement who had passed away.I also had an older friend who was really into them who would play them whenever I saw him.
This is one of the first albums I heard from them, along with "Songs from the Wood" and "Thick as a Brick"(besides Aqualung from classic rock radio).
This is the first music I ever heard with incredible ecclecticism in style and instrumentation, but not disparate sounding, from acoustic guitar and toy piano(Just trying to be),to heavy rock guitar and flute and tablas(Love Story).
From mandolin, whistle and strings(Christmas Story),
to a pop rock song with a clave and bass intro in 5/4(holy crap!).
From songs about the well told tale of touring woes(Driving Song), to discontent with holiday excess(Christmas Song).
From a simple thank you(Nursie), to cynical commentary on society(Wond'ring again).
From aimless lovelorn wandering (Singing all day),
to the beauty of realizing "that life is a long song, but the tune ends to soon for us all."
This album is filled with some of the best Tull songs from any of their various eras. These songs reflect Ian Anderson's songwriting before their extended song albums(Thick and Passion) changed their direction somewhat(not in a bad way!). These songs, excluding the two live cuts, are pop gems filled with exceptional musicianship, arrangements, idiosyncratic lyricism, weird isoteric british references(Up the 'pool), humor,touching sentiments, and total originality, each under four and a half minutes,some a minute and a half(Just trying to be, Nursie).
Ian's great singing and olde english, travelling minstrel acoustic guitar is all over them. And flute playing that ranges from little backround parts to huge in your face flurries, classical lines to Roland Kirk tinged blues licks, all the while infusing the flute into the band's sonic landscape so you never say to yourself "Oh there's that flute again".
This album really comes to life in the headphones, with great Beatles-esque stereo panning and intricate overdub layering. Once you start listening you're bound to find at least a handful of things sonically in each song that are amazing, like the far left and right panning of John Evans' piano and the acoustic guitar harmonizing in unison in "Witches Promise". Or the huge cavern reverb they throw on the very end of Martin Barre's guitar solo in "Sweet Dream". Just a couple of examples from a couple of songs!
If your already a fan, try listening to the album excluding the previously released tracks(at the time) and the live cuts. Then throw "Living in the Past" on top:

1.Living in the past
2.Love Story
3.Christmas Song
4.Driving Song
5.Sweet Dream
6.Singing all day
7.Witches Promise
8.Alive and well and living in
9.Just trying to be
10.Wond'ring again
11.Life is a long song
12.Up the 'pool
13.Dr. Bogenbroom
14.For later
15.Nursie

This is the only way I listen to these songs now. I find the other songs great but I've grown to love these songs as their own album, and the other songs become intrusive. I listen to "Locomotive Breath" and "Hymn 43" on Aqualung, "Teacher" with Benefit, "Bouree" on Stand Up, and the live tunes with the Live from Carnegie Hall '70 disc from the 25th Anniversary Set.
Amid the hysteria of the satisfying but radio-drained alpha male Aqualung riff which unfortunately went up the stairway to heaven and the Thick as a Brick "concept album" hype(albeit well deserved hype), this album proves what a great band and concept that Jethro Tull were based solely on the songwriting and execution of these relatively short pieces.
The thing about this set is it contains that intangible sense of place and time that great albums have. They have the ability to evoke images or feelings that belong specifically to an era I did'nt grow up in, or a place I've only seen second hand.
You'll never hear another album like this one. I still get goose-bumps when I put the headphones on!

3 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars- Get this if you're a completest.......2005-12-10

I'm not really sure why they had to add a handful of previously released songs to Living in the past. They could have just made it a single album on vinyl because those previously unreleased songs(I think there was about 12 or 13 of them, at least)would not take up any more than one album. What's the point of having a lot of songs that you already have on their first four albums? I guess they did it because some people who just like a little bit of Tull, would have some better songs to make them put up with the mediocre previously unreleased songs they had to offer on the album. So if you're a huge fan of Tull, why are you bitching about them leaving off "Bouree" and "Teacher", when you already have those songs on their first four albums. I thought about it, and I decided not to pay for the two disc sets by Toshiba and Mobile Fidelity Lab, and I purchased the out of print U.S. version for $20.00, which I'm really quite happy with. Even though I think this isn't remastered, quite a few of the songs had a nice crispness to them. The two live tracks sounded pretty darn good to me! They say they don't want to bother to reissue and remaster this, but I think in a few years from now they probably will anyway. I'm a huge Jethro Tull fan, and I'm a completest, so this is my last Tull purchase, but if you're just a casual fan and just want the song "Living in the past", you might just buy one of their single disc "Best of" compilations to aquire that excellent song. Also, if you don't really need the song "Alive and well and living in", which is on the U.S version, you might want to think about buying the U.K version because you can buy it used on Amazon for just over $6.00, as opposed to buying the out of print U.S version for over $20.00. This isn't anywhere near as good as several of their other discs, but it's still good to have if you're a tried and true Tull fan. ENJOY!!!
Boogie Woogie Man
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Smokin' Fingers!
  • memories of electronic free skill...
  • Boogie Woogie Man by Albert Ammons
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Boogie Woogie Man
Albert Ammons
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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Binding: Audio CD

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  4. Boogie Woogie Prayer-Part 2 - Albert Ammons/Mead Lux Lewis/Pete Johnson
  5. Shout For Joy - Albert Ammons
  6. Boogie Woogie Blues - Albert Ammons
  7. Woo Woo - Harry James & The Boogie Woogie Trio
  8. Mighty Blues - The Port Of Harlem Jazzmen
  9. St. Louis Blues - Albert Ammons
  10. Bass Goin' Crazy - Albert Ammons
  11. Boogie Woogie - Albert Ammons
  12. Chicago In Mind - Albert Ammons
  13. Cafe Society Rag - Albert Ammons/Pete & Their Three Pianos
  14. Boogie Woogie Man - Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson
  15. Barrelhouse Boogie - Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson
  16. Cuttin' The Boogie - Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson
  17. Sixth Avenue Express - Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson
  18. Blues In The Groove - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
  19. The Breaks - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
  20. Jammin' The Boogie - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
  21. Bottom Blues - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
  22. Bedroom Blues - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
  23. Swanee River Boogie - Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Smokin' Fingers! .......2007-02-15

Okay, I confess that as a Harry James fan, I orignally bought this CD to get the "Woo-Woo" cut with Harry and Mr. Ammons. But upon listening to the rest of the tracks....HOLY SMOKES, this guy can flat out PLAY!! These recordings are classic examples of boogie woogie piano playing. If I may paraphrase another Amazon reviewer: "If your foot doesn't start tapping to this, you need surgery." This is boogie woogie piano played by a master. Technically speaking, the older tracks from the 1930s are well recorded and sound great (as long as you allow for 1930s recording technology). But regardless of the fidelity, you will be captured by the sheer piano playing skill of Albert Ammons as well as (on several tracks) Pete Johnson. And for the piano player who is looking for an example of how to play boogie, I especially recommend the final cut, "Swanee River Boogie." Listen to how Mr. Ammons begins by setting the basic pattern with his left hand, then adds in a bouncy version of the melody with his right hand, then takes off with his right hand and swings it! I've played a little piano in my time and I can tell you, this guy is more than good, he's amazing! I'm glad I got the Harry James cut, but WOW, what a bonus to pick up all of this great boogie woogie!

4 out of 5 stars memories of electronic free skill..........2007-01-05

Ammons and his peers were pure, raw, high energy artists without the control issues of electronic music. They made a mistake and if it sounded good it was considered a gift and if not, a life lesson. Great music to get up and coffee with to prepare for a day you want accomplishment in.

5 out of 5 stars Boogie Woogie Man by Albert Ammons.......2005-04-03

Wow, Wow, Wow. This CD is incredible. If you love boogie woogie for piano then you are in for a real treat! Albert Ammons is the master of boogie woogie piano.

5 out of 5 stars The best Boogie-Wogie CD in my collection..........2000-08-29

Albert Ammons is the king of Boogie-Woogie, this CD has a great cross section of his greatest sessions, some with many other jazz legends, best of all you can dance to all of these tunes. Highly Recommended.
Living the Blues
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Great Canned heat CD
  • Fantastic album, sub-optimal recording
  • Boogie on!
  • blues..blues atravesando el caleidoscopio de una banda inigualable
  • Great album of a great band
Living the Blues
Canned Heat
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000A2XRN
Release Date: 2003-09-08

Tracks:

  1. Pony Blues
  2. My Mistake
  3. Sandy's Blues
  4. Going Up the Country
  5. Walking by Myself
  6. Boogie Music
  7. One Kind Favor
  8. Parthenogenesis: Nebulosity/Rollin' and Tumblin'/Five Owls/Bear Wires

Tracks:

  1. Refried Boogie, Pt. 1
  2. Refried Boogie, Pt. 2

Album Description

2003 reissue of the blues-rock act's third album, originally issued in 1968, features 10 tracks including the smash Top 40 hit 'Going Up The Country', the strange 19 minute 'Parthenogenesis' & a 41 minute live version of 'Refried Boogie' (Parts 1 & 2). Slipcase. BGO.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of their Third Album that Includes a 19 Minute Tour De Force, "Parthenogenesis", which Displays the Quintet at their Most Experimental. Also Featured is their Incarnation of Henry Thomas "Bulldozer Blues" Where Singer Wilson Retained the Tune of the Original Song, Rewrote the Lyric and Came Up with "Goin' Up the Country", Whose Simple Message Caught the Back to Nature Attitude of the Late 60's and Went to Number One in 25 Countries around the World.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Great Canned heat CD.......2007-04-26

If you are a Canned heat fan and have listened to Fried Hockey Boogie and wished that it lasted longer than 11 minutes then this is the CD for you. With Refried Boogie (parts 1 & 2) you have over 40 minutes of wonderful live Boogie music!

The first CD contains songs recorded in the studio, with my personal favorite being the Al Wilson song My Mistake..... mainly because this was the first time I have heard this song. All of the music is good and with the remastering this is a must have CD if you're a Heat fan.

4 out of 5 stars Fantastic album, sub-optimal recording.......2007-02-14

Avid Canned Heat fan for many years, though not a contemporary. Had the good fortune to see the rump band touring with Mandel on lead in 1992 when they came through Eugene and Henry's band opened for them before joining for jam late into the night. Drumstick signed by Henry, Fito, Larry, and Harvey.

Obviously this album is their magnum opus, towering over many other fine albums, including the under-appreciated Hallalulah. The problem is that like other BGO selections the sound quality while decent is not great, particularly on Going 'Up the Country'. The song is maybe the fifth best on this album, so it is not a crippling loss but being as how this is one of the top 10 albums by any band ever, the quality should match. Nice to get the full boogie, though; an improvement over the earlier CD releases.

5 out of 5 stars Boogie on!.......2007-01-13

It just don't get any better than this. A terrific CD and tribute to the great Canned Heat!

5 out of 5 stars blues..blues atravesando el caleidoscopio de una banda inigualable.......2006-10-27

CANNED HEAT representa una de esas bandas autenticas, creibles y humanas..derroche de talento, sentimiento, y esa particular forma de recrear el blues rural como nadie ha podido jamas...resguardar su mensaje sombrio y austero, pero vistiendolo de fiesta y arrogancia...la magia que despierta esta obra es insuperable....se encuentra blues crudo(SANDY, PONY), extrema y hermosa sencillez (GOIN'TO THE COUNTRY),exagerada locura (PARTHENOGENESIS),arriesgada busqueda y boogie candente....el oso, el buho, perduraran siempre que se escuche este disco, de exquisita belleza y sucia ternura. NO DEJES DE TENERLO!!!!

5 out of 5 stars Great album of a great band.......2005-12-15

This album reminds me on my youth, it was in the late sixties. I've got this album from a friend but the second part was missing.Fortunately I've got the complete album on cd now. Old times are living again. Canned Heat one of the greatest bluesbands ever on this planet. This is a must have album.
Living Out of Time: Live
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent
  • back to the good stuff, ... the really, really good stuff
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  • Living Out of Time
  • Absolutely Fantastic.........
Living Out of Time: Live
Robin Trower
Manufacturer: Ruf (Idn)
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ASIN: B000BQVG9C
Release Date: 2006-02-21

Tracks:

  1. Too Rolling Stoned
  2. Sweet Angel
  3. What's Your Name
  4. Rise Up Like The Sun
  5. Daydream
  6. Living Out Of Time
  7. Breathless
  8. Day Of The Eagle
  9. Ridge Of Sighs
  10. Close Every Door
  11. I Want You To Love Me
  12. Please Tell Me
  13. Little Bit Of Symphony

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent .......2007-04-07

enjoyed the Robin Trower Live DVD and the CD as well Excellent .

5 out of 5 stars back to the good stuff, ... the really, really good stuff.......2006-12-13

I've been listening to Trower for almost 40 years ...
he was once as good as any rock/blues guitarist going ...
this is THAT guy!!!!
this is neither sappy or layed back ... this is not merely a job ... this has that fire in the belly passion he was always known for.
You will not be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Trower Still Plays The Power.......2006-12-03

Robin Trower's Live Out Of Time harkens back to the hey day of the 70's when Trower would stroll on stage, throw his head back and rock the stadium. Age has taken nothing away from Trower and with Davey Pattison at the helm for the vocals he has found a blues singer that can deliver. The opening song begins a hot set of live performed music that every Trower fan mst see. If you are looking for a DVD of an excellent live performance, then this is a must have DVD of one of the world's greatest unsung heroes of rock/blues.

4 out of 5 stars Living Out of Time.......2006-08-20

I resally enjoy this album, mainly because it brings me back to a much earlier time of my life and the music was great then as it is now.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic................2006-08-07

I don't write many reviews. For this DVD, I thought I would. This is a tremendous showcase of one of the underrated guitar gods out there. He showcases about five new songs which are all fantastic. I've followed Trower's career since around 1976. These new songs are as good as rockers I have heard anytime. He starts with Too Rolling Stoned and finishes with the Little Bit of Sympathy. In between alot of great rock and electric blues. I never had the chance to see this guy live and I was blown away. It looks like only about 100 people or so are at this gig. Actually, the crowd is not very enthusiastic. They should have been. The sound quality is amazing and the focus is on Trower's playing mostly. His lead singer sounds eerily close to James Dewar. I thought the guy did a great job. I don't want to ramble but if you are a Trower fan, this is a must. I thought the new songs, again, were fantastic and enough classics like Bridges of Sighs and Day of the Eagle sprinkled in to keep it going. A must buy.......
Live and in Living Color
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • My favorite CD
  • List of best Tower of Power albums
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  • Simply put, THE GREATEST LIVE ALBUM EVER!!!!!
Live and in Living Color
Tower of Power
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ASIN: B000002KGC
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Down To The Nightclub (Bump City)
  2. You're Still A Young Man
  3. What Is Hip?
  4. Sparkling In The Sand
  5. Knock Yourself Out

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars My favorite CD.......2004-07-24

This CD is AWESOME! Tower of power is the best live band. I've seen them live, and they are awesome. Lenny Pickett's 10 minute solo is amazing! I think this is Tower of Power's best CD.

5 out of 5 stars List of best Tower of Power albums.......2004-06-21

1. Live and in Living Color- Great 10 min. sax solo in Knock Yourself Out by Lenny Pickett (the guy from Saturday Night Live)
2. Soul Vaccination:Live- Tower is one of the best live bands around.
3. Bump City- 2nd Album,You got to Funkifize,Down to the Nightclub.
4. Tower of Power- self titled 3rd album, What is Hip?
5. Back to Oakland- Squib Cakes, AWESOME INSTRUMENTAL!!!
6. Urban Renewal- Lenny Williams shows his soul with Willing to Learn
7. East Bay Grease- 1st Album, Knock Yourself Out is my favorite song
8. T.O.P.-Tower's comeback album, Soul with a Capitol S
9. In the Slot- Great instrumentals, Greg Adams shows his genius
10.Rhythm & Buisness- So I got to Groove, cool song
11.Souled Out- Listen to Diggin' on James Brown
12.Monster on a Leash
13.Oakland Zone
14.Direct
15.Power
16.Ain't nothin stoppin us now
17.We came to play
18.Back On the streets

5 out of 5 stars The Tower Does It Best On Stage.......2003-09-18

The first Tower Of Power recording this reveiwer ever
listened to is still the best! One of the tightest Soul bands
to ever hit the stage proved their virtuoso chops with a fan-
tastic concert.
TOP was always known for having the "best horn section in
the business (to quote Paul Shaffer of Letterman fame)", but
the rhythm section has to get its props, too.
Arranger/trumpeter Greg Adams has a great solo on "What Is
Hip?", using his microphone as a mute, and lead trumpeter Mic
Gillette shows off his steely trumpet sound on the intro to
"You're Still a Young Man". Guitarist Bruce Conte thrills con-
stantly and his vocal on "Sparkling in the Sand" makes one won-
der why he wasn't featured more often as a singer.
The 23-plus minute "Knock Yourself Out" features a very
long but very inventive Lenny Pickett tenor solo, plus shorter
solos by the rest of the horns, including guest trumpeter Bill
Lamb. Organist Chester Thompson essays a funky solo using his
Clavinet and the ARP string synthesizer, backed by Conte, bassist extraordinaire Francis Rocco Prestia and one of the
best funk drummers, David Garibaldi.
This CD is a fine introduction to the sound of Tower Of
Power.

5 out of 5 stars THE Best "Live" album........Period!.......2003-09-14

I first heard this album in 1977...lemme tell you, finding good funk and soul up in Maine at that time wasn't easy! But as soon as I heard the band tear into "Down to the Nightclub", my ears opened like a parachute. I then proceeded to wear that album out playing it for my friends, who then demanded multiple listenings. We were all music majors in college by the way. This recording stands only with 1 other "live" album...that being "Waiting For Colombus" by Little Feat (that features the TOP Horns BTW).....as THE best live album you will hear, and the best representation of TOP you can get. Almost all of their albums stand out on the frontline of funk and soul, but this is the one to get if'n you can get only one. Monster horns, a rhythm section that locks it up tight, and Hubert Tubbs cooks it all down to a bubbling pot of steaming funk-gumbo that if you aren't stomping your feet by the 3rd cut....you're six-by-six brother!! And this features THE definitive cut of "What Is Hip" BTW........

5 out of 5 stars Simply put, THE GREATEST LIVE ALBUM EVER!!!!!.......2003-08-21

When I first heard this cd in 1991, I was on a road trip with a bunch of my college friends. It quickly became a staple of my traveling cd collection for the car and continues to be there even today. I would tend to disagree with the gentleman from St. Louis that said this was the 2nd best TOP lineup ever, putting the lineup from "Tower Of Power" to "Urban Renewal" at the top. I would reverse those since this particular cd and "In the Slot" are my #1 and #2 favorite TOP discs (the Lenny Williams-led discs being 3, 4, and 5 respectively.) This reminds me a lot of Billy Joel's "Songs In The Attic" in that it is material that while sounding adequate in the studio(What Is Hip being the exception), just ABSOLUTELY BURNS live. From the opening sounds of "Down To The Nightclub" to the raw force of the AMAZING TOP horn section in their greatest lineup ever in "You're Still A Young Man." The version of "What Is Hip" is faster and every bit as fantastic as the studio version on the aforementioned "Tower of Power." While I do enjoy the version of "Sparkling In The Sand" with the fabulous trumpet work of Mic Gillete, I almost wish they would've put something different on this album, maybe "Soul Vaccination" or "On The Serious Side." I'm not complaining though. They definately save the best for last with the 23:07 version of "Knock Yourself Out." Lenny Pickett comes in with an amazing sax solo that makes you feel as if you've gone 15 rounds with the heavyweight champ of the world only to have the organ/bass pedal solo by Chester Thompson say "Uh uh, you got one more round to go." The key to the whole band are the anchors: Rocco Prestia on bass, and David Garibaldi on drums. Its great to see that these two are back in good health (Prestia) and in the band (Garibaldi) If you only buy one TOP cd....buy this one first and you'll be hooked forever.
Individually & Collectively/Living Together, Growing Together
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Individually & Collectively/Living Together, Growing Together
    The 5th Dimension
    Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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    ASIN: B000O78IOO
    Release Date: 2007-08-07

    Tracks:

    1. Leave a Little Room
    2. (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
    3. All Kinds Of People
    4. Sky & Sea
    5. Tomorrow Belongs To the Children
    6. Turn Around To Me
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    20. There Never Was a Day
    21. Let Me Be Lonely
    22. Woyaya
    Living with the Animals
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Music
    • Retiring my vinyl
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    • An Old Slice of Life, Started My love of Blues
    • Excellent cd
    Living with the Animals
    Mother Earth
    Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00061XA0U
    Release Date: 2004-10-12

    Tracks:

    1. Marvel Group
    2. Mother Earth
    3. I Did My Part
    4. Living With the Animals
    5. Down So Low
    6. Cry On
    7. It Won't Be Long
    8. My Love Will Never Die
    9. Goodnight Nelba Grebe, The Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off
    10. Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You)

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Music.......2007-07-24

    So glad i found this cd. I listened to this album when i was in school. Down so low is such a cool song. Love Tracy's voice. Thanks for getting it here fast. :)

    5 out of 5 stars Retiring my vinyl.......2005-12-17

    One of the best and most overlooked albums of it's era - my old LP copy is sitting here in front of me as i write this and it has traveled the country with me since i bought it new in 1970. By the way, whatever DID happen to R.P. St.John?

    5 out of 5 stars HAPPY DAYS ITS HERE AT LAST.......2005-09-13

    Without a doubt one of the BEST albums from the era. Long lost and now putting to shame anything currently out there. I love thus album.
    Its got it all

    5 out of 5 stars An Old Slice of Life, Started My love of Blues.......2005-08-23

    As some of you know from my other reviews I am a tool columnist and writer but I am a song writer also, plus I play Blues Guitar. Early in my teens I was listening to some pirate radio in the SF Bay area and heard this album the first time it played on air. I haunted every record shop for miles around and finally ordered it from a more that hip shop in Palo Alto CA. Those vocals of Tracy and that imaginative Marvel song that should be in every new Comic book remake movie were haunting. I lost the album to a thief in the late 1980's and I only had a very old tape I made of it that had been played too many times.

    What a Joy to have the Album again, I had tears of joy listening to Tracy belt out Mother Earth. Since that Album I have seen Tracy perform live many times and I bought her newer albums like I was addicted to her voice. More than any other blues performer, Tracy made me practice my blues guitar solos and sing. Now that album that started my love of blues is back in my arms. Sure I heard a lot of the Delta blues greats but Tracy made me fall in love with her voice and persona.. If I were given a choice of meeting Eric Clapton, B.B. King or Tracy Nelson I would choose Tracey Nelson hands down. Tracy has some very good other albums but this Album changed my life forever so as far as I am concerned it is my number one album.

    If you are looking for perfection then this Album may disappoint you but if you are looking for a model record that changed the way white America looked at the Blues art form then this stands as a testament to that change. I finally have my album back that I missed and mourned for, for years. After all these years I can play Blues and sing some of the classic blues songs but not without Tracy there by my side pushing me on. Thank you for releasing this on CD, I am a teenager again and more in love with the blues than ever.

    John Cupp

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent cd.......2005-08-21

    Quick delivery and the cd is all that I had hoped .... straight from the past
    Flamingo
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      Flamingo
      Earl Bostic
      Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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      ASIN: B000HOMT1M
      Release Date: 2007-01-30

      Tracks:

      1. Flamingo
      2. Man I Love [From Strike Up the Band]
      3. Major and the Minor
      4. That's the Groovy Thing
      5. Eight Forty-Five Stomp
      6. Temptation [From Going Hollywood]
      7. Earl Blows a Fuse
      8. Serenade (Sthen)
      9. Seven Steps
      10. Don't You Do It
      11. Sleep
      12. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
      13. Moon Is Low [From Montana Moon]
      14. Lover, Come Back to Me [From The New Moon]
      15. Moonglow [From Blackbirds of 1934]
      16. Ain't Mishbehavin' [From Connie's Hot Chocolates]
      17. Cherokee [From Indian Suite]
      18. Very Thought of You
      19. What, No Pearls?
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      24. Night and Day [From The Gay Divorcee]
      25. Cocktails for Two [From Murder at the Vanities]
      26. When Your Lover Has Gone [From Blonde Crazy]
      27. Remember?

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      The 27 Tracks of Earl Bostic Plays Flamingo Presents a Selection of the Best of his R&B and Then Rather More of the Best of his Versions of Standards., For which He is Most Famous the R&B Greats Include "Eight Forty-five Stomp", "That's the Groovy Thing","Don't You Do It", "The Major And\the Minor", "Earl Blows a Fuse" and his Big Hit Version of "SLEEP". Among the Many Standards Getting the Invigorating Bostic Treatment Is, of Course, his Other Major Chart Success, "Temptation", as Well as "Cherokee", "Moonglow", "Lover Come Back to Me", "The Man I Love" and Many More. Even Schubert's "Serenade" Emerges in a Bracing New Guise!

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