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Post by ChrisB on Aug 10, 2018 0:03:06 GMT
Best Blues Album Ever:
What do you reckon folks?
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Post by John on Aug 10, 2018 4:00:17 GMT
Gosh that a tough question. For me no absolute best albums. But here a few of mine
Muddy Waters Folk Singer
Buddy Guy DJ Play my Blues
BB King Live at the Regal
BB King and Bobby Bland Together and Together again
Howling Wolf London Sessions
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Post by Tim on Aug 10, 2018 4:55:51 GMT
That's a very tough question, I'd possibly say this one because of it's significance.
John's pick of B.B. King Live At The Regal is also right up there, as are his other picks!
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 10, 2018 8:07:40 GMT
The one that I play the most, would probably be this one.
Magic Sam - 'West Side Soul'
Most of the above would rank very high, though and I would also add the original Lomax recordings of Muddy Waters as being totally compelling listening.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 10, 2018 10:27:18 GMT
An extremely close second place in my list of most played blues would be Lead Me On' by Kelly Joe Phelps.
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Post by Slinger on Aug 10, 2018 12:18:05 GMT
I honestly couldn't pick just one. There are so many I could choose, for different reasons, by artists as diverse as Robert Johnson, Fleetwood Mac, Alexis Korner, Lightnin' Hopkins, Chicken Shack, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Stevie Ray, John Mayall, Little Walter... the list goes on and on and all are special in their own way and for their own reasons.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 10, 2018 12:45:20 GMT
OK, you seem like a guy with some time on his hands(!), gimme 5 from the above and show your workings in the margin!
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Post by Slinger on Aug 10, 2018 13:25:22 GMT
I'll start off with Stevie Ray. It's a compilation of sorts, although there are a couple of previously unreleased tracks. I think "Ain't Gone' N' Give Up On Love" is the best thing he ever recorded.   |
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 10, 2018 13:33:57 GMT
Nice. This is my favourite album with SRV on it. Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - 'In Session'  |
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Post by Slinger on Aug 10, 2018 13:38:13 GMT
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee – Whoopin' The Blues - Because the blues can be fun too.
Chicken Shack - 100 Ton Chicken - again it contains the best thing they ever recorded - "The Way It Is."
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings, and for pretty much the same reason as Tim gave.
Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins* – That's My Story The Blues Of Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins Volume 1 - #1 Because it's the first Lighnin' album I ever bought and #2 it has a trombone on it, and nobody ever believes that.
There you go, that's five, and it would be just as easy to pick another five.
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Post by Tim on Aug 10, 2018 15:43:33 GMT
The one that I play the most, would probably be this one. Now I might have to take that approach, as I probably play KJP and SRV a lot more than Robert Johnson. |
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 10, 2018 16:01:45 GMT
Yes, I think it is the only way to deal with a question that will inevitably have such nebulous replies.
Plus, it's easy for you, as you've the means to come up with the stats!
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Post by Tim on Aug 10, 2018 19:33:41 GMT
Plus, it's easy for you, as you've the means to come up with the stats! Top 5 most played Blues Albums
Well that was an interesting exercise and I was a tad surprised too. I can only check back from April 2012, but since then and way out in front as my most played blues album . . .
1. Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
.... followed by;
2. John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right to Suffer 3. Keb' Mo' - Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues 4. Etta James - Matriarch of the Blues 5. Tony Joe White - Lake Placid Blues
Funny that three of them actually have Blues in the title.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2018 10:30:48 GMT
Funny that Tim, my number one and two albums are the same.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 28, 2018 9:21:51 GMT
1. Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea
2. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
3. Eddy Louiss - Sang Mele
4. Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
5. BB King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 9:24:44 GMT
5. BB King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King Surprised by this one, I thought it was OK but nothing special. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 13:22:41 GMT
I would choose the following in no particular order:
- Hans Theessink - Call Me
- Johnnie Johnson - Johnnie B. Bad
- John Lee Hooker - The Healer
- Eric Clapton - Reptile
- Mighty Sam McClain - Give It Up To Love (Categorised by AllMusic as Soul, but I would strongly argue it is Blues)
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Post by MartinT on Aug 28, 2018 16:27:41 GMT
Yes, I could have easily chosen Reptile.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 17:48:28 GMT
Yes, I could have easily chosen Reptile. Superb album, did you know that he recorded it the week after he recording Riding with the King with B.B. King? Apparently it was because B.B. King bashed out the first album with him a lot faster than he expected, and he still had some available studio time. Amazing how good the album has turned out, considering. |
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Post by tarzan on Jul 2, 2019 11:13:51 GMT
Not a Blues expert at all, however do have a few Blues' recordings and love Fleetwood Mac's Debut LP. |
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