VA - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1958 [8CD Box Set] (1996)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1958
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Charly Records [CDSUNBOX 7]
Genre: Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Country Blues, Blues Rock
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+log)
Total Time: 9:07:16
Total Size: 1.26 gb / 1.55 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1958
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Charly Records [CDSUNBOX 7]
Genre: Electric Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Country Blues, Blues Rock
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+log)
Total Time: 9:07:16
Total Size: 1.26 gb / 1.55 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
This multi-disc set has most of the major blues classics of the late 1940's and 1950's that went on to spawn the rock era; from Ike Turner and Rocket 88 to Howlin' Wolf's best sides. Sam Phillips and Sun Records got every major player south of Chicago to record there sooner or later--and even some who had done work in Chicago came back to do work in the landmark Memphis studio (which is a GREAT tourist destination!). The recordings are primitive by today's standards, even some crackles and pops--never mind the mix (!), but the performances are consistently superb! Awesome singers (including my personal favorite, Howlin' Wolf), awesome harp players, awesome guitarists (even young B.B. King) abound---this is a holy grail of American music classics that lay down the blueprint for the best of rock music's next half century, not to mention the music Elvis heard on the radio before his fateful 1954 visit to Sun studios. This multi-disc collection is the best way I've yet found to enjoy these blues.
:: TRACKLIST ::
CD1:
01. Lost John Hunter & the Blind Bats - Cool Down Mama
02. Lost John Hunter & the Blind Bats - Schoolboy
03. Charlie Burse - Shorty the Barber
04. Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go
05. Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park
06. Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental
07. Jackie Brenston & his Delta Cats - Rocket 88
08. Jackie Brenston - Independent Woman
09. Ike Turner - I'm Lonesome Baby
10. Lou Sargent - Ridin' The Boogie
11. Billy Love - Juiced
12. Jackie Brenston - My Real Gone Rocket
13. Jackie Brenston - Tuckered Out
14. Rosco Gordon - Booted
15. L.J. Thomas & his Louisiana Playboys - Sam's Drag
16. L.J. Thomas & his Louisiana Playboys - Baby Take A Chance With Me
17. Doctor Ross - Country Clown (take 1)
18. Doctor Ross - Dr. Ross Boogie
19. Doctor Ross - Little Soldier Boy (take 2)
20. Billy Love - Drop Top
21. Billy Love - You're Gonna Cry
22. Rosco Gordon - T-Model Boogie
23. L.B. Lawson & James Scott Jr. - Can't Love Me And My Money Too
24. L.B. Lawson & James Scott Jr. - Flypaper Boogie
25. L.B. Lawson & James Scott Jr. - Got My Call Card
26. L.B. Lawson & James Scott Jr. - Scott's Boogie
CD2:
01. Howlin' Wolf - Highway Man
02. Howlin' Wolf - My Troubles And Me
03. Howlin' Wolf - Getting Old And Grey
04. Howlin' Wolf - My Baby Walked Off
05. Rosco Gordon - Decorate The Counter
06. Rosco Gordon - I Wade Through Muddy Water (Dream On Baby)
07. Jackie Boy & Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey
08. Johnny London - Drivin' Slow
09. Johnny London - Flat Tyre
10. Joe Hill Louis - When I'm Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil)
11. Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae
12. Elven Parr's In The Groove Boys - Baby Child
13. Elven Parr's In The Groove Boys - I'm A Good Man
14. Elven Parr's In The Groove Boys - In The Groove Rhumba
15. Elven Parr's In The Groove Boys - Skin And Bones (slow version)
16. Howlin' Wolf - Everybody's In The Mood
17. Howlin' Wolf - Decoration Day Blues
18. Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird Blues
19. Howlin' Wolf - Well That's Alright
20. Rufus Thomas - Married Woman
21. Rufus Thomas - Decorate The Counter
22. Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues
23. Sleepy John Estes - Policy Man Blues (take 1)
24. Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen
25. Sleepy John Estes - Runnin' Around (take 1)
CD3:
01. Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain
02. Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues
03. Willie Nix - Riding In The Moonlight
04. Willie Nix - Let's Take A Little Walk
05. James Banister - Ain't Gonna Tell You No Lie (Sweet Little Woman)
06. Dennis Binder - Love You Love You Baby
07. Woodrow Adams - Last Time (Take 1)
08. Woodrow Adams - Train Is Comin'
09. Woodrow Adams - If You Don't Want Me
10. Woodrow Adams - Train Time
11. Walter Bradford - Reward For My Baby
12. Walter Bradford - Love For My Baby
13. L.C. Hubert - Lucy Done Moved
14. Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing
15. Walter Horton - In The Mood
16. Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie (Take 2)
17. Walter Horton - We All Gotta Go Sometime (Take 2)
18. Raymond Hill - Long Gone Raymond
19. Raymond Hill - My Baby Left Me
20. Raymond Hill - Somebody's Been Carryin' Your Rollin' On
21. Raymond Hill - I'm Back Pretty Baby
22. Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
23. Willie Nix - Bakershop Boogie
24. Walter 'Tang' Smith - Hi-Tone Mama
25. Walter 'Tang' Smith - Every Monday Morning
CD4:
01. Houston Stokes - You'll Be Sorry
02. Houston Stokes - Blue And Lonesome
03. Houston Stokes - Baby's Gone And Left Me
04. Houston Stokes - We're All Gonna Do Some Wrong
05. Joe Hill Louis - She Comes To See Me Sometime (take 1)
06. Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime
07. Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (Sweetest Girl In Town)
08. Joe Hill Louis - I'm A Poor Boy
09. Doctor Ross - Left Job Boogie
10. Doctor Ross - Shake 'Em On Down (take 1)
11. Henry Hill with Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right (take 1)
12. Doctor Ross - Down South Blues
13. Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (take 1)
14. Albert Williams - Rhumba Chillen
15. Albert Williams - Hoodoo Man (Memphis Al)
16. Handy Jackson - Got My Application Baby
17. Handy Jackson - Trouble Will Bring You Down
18. Jimmy & Walter - Easy
19. Jimmy & Walter - Before Long
20. Rufus Thomas Jr. - Bear Cat
21. Rufus Thomas Jr. - Walkin' In The Rain
22. Charlie Booker - Walked All Night (take 1)
23. Charlie Booker - Baby I'm Comin' Home (take 1)
24. Rosco Gordon - Juice Head
25. Rosco Gordon - V.O. Baby
CD5:
01. Big Memphis Ma Rainey - Call Me Anything But Call Me
02. Big Memphis Ma Rainey - Baby No No
03. D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues
04. D.A. Hunt - Lonesome Ol' Jail
05. Jimmy DeBerry - Party Line Blues
06. Jimmy DeBerry - Take A Little Chance
07. Jimmy DeBerry - Time Has Made A Change
08. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
09. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Fussin' And Fightin' Blues
10. Shy Guy Douglas - Work With Her Boy
11. Shy Guy Douglas - Detroit Arrow Blues
12. William Stewart - Country Farm Blues
13. William Stewart - They Call Me Talking Boy
14. William Stewart - Rattlesnake Mama
15. William Stewart - Forty Four Blues
16. Tot Randolph - Blues Train
17. Rufus Thomas Jr - Save That Money
18. Rufus Thomas Jr - Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
19. Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down
20. Earl Hooker - Move On Down The Line
21. Earl Hooker - Instrumental (The Drive)
22. Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck
23. Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar
24. Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie-Woogie
25. Walter Horton - Off The Wall
26. Walter Horton - Off The Wall (two incomplete takes)
CD6:
01. Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby
02. Little Milton - Somebody Told Me
03. Johnny O'Neal - Dead Letter Blues (take 1)
04. Johnny O'Neal - Johnny's Dream (take 2)
05. Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman (take 3)
06. Mose Vinson - Mistreating Boogie
07. Mose Vinson - Worry You Off My Mind
08. Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman
09. Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
10. Mose, Joe & Walter - Shine Boy
11. Mose Vinson - Reap What You Sow
12. Mose Vinson - 44 Blues
13. Mose Vinson - Come See Me (My Love Has Gone)
14. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train
15. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love My Baby
16. Doctor Ross - Tailor Mae (Terra Mae)
17. Doctor Ross - Come Back Baby
18. Doctor Ross - Texas Hop (take 1)
19. Doctor Ross - Chicago Breakdown (take 2)
20. Doctor Ross - Cat Squirrel
21. James Cotton - My Baby
22. James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
23. Houston Boines - Carry My Business On (take 1)
24. Houston Boines - Crying In The Courthouse (take 1)
CD7:
01. Billy Love - Hart's Bread Boogie
02. Coy 'Hot Shot' Love - Wolf Call Boogie (take 1)
03. Coy 'Hot Shot' Love - Harmonica Jam
04. Coy 'Hot Shot' Love - Wolf Call Boogie (take 2)
05. Coy 'Hot Shot' Love - Harpin' On It
06. Kenneth Banks - Blue Man (take 1)
07. Kenneth Banks - High (take 1)
08. Billy Love - Way After Midnight (take 1)
09. Billy Love - Hey Now (take 1)
10. Billy Love - Gee I Wish (take 3)
11. Billy Love - The News Is All Around Town (take 1)
12. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin'
13. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sittin' At The Bar
14. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sittin' At The Window
15. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Bad
16. Little Milton - Alone And Blue
17. Little Milton - She's My Queen
18. Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby
19. Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby
20. Little Milton - If You Love Me Baby
21. Little Milton - I Love My Baby (version 1)
22. Raymond Hill - The Snuggle
23. Raymond Hill - Bourbon Street Jump
24. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
25. James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms
CD8:
01. Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
02. Pat Hare - Bonus Pay
03. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When It Rains It Pours
04. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Move Baby Move
05. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Shim Sham Shimmy (alt take)
06. Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson Combo - Gonna Leave You Baby
07. Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson Combo - Feel So Worried (take 1)
08. Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson Combo - So Long Baby Goodbye
09. Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson Combo - Feel So Worried (take 3)
10. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot
11. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Satisfied
12. Eddie Snow - Bring Your Love Back Home To Me
13. Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right
14. Eddie Snow - Don't Dog Me Around
15. Eddie Snow - Mean Mean Woman (take 1)
16. Eddie Snow - Stay With Me Baby (take 1)
17. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Something For Nothing
18. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Little Fine Healthy Thing
19. Rosco Gordon - That's What You Do To Me
20. Rosco Gordon - I'm Gonna Shake It
21. Rosco Gordon - Let's Get High
22. Rosco Gordon - New Orleans La.
23. Ike Turner - Get It Over Babe
24. Ike Turner - How Long Will It Last
25. Ike Turner - I'm Gonna Forget About You (Matchbox)
26. Ike Turner - You Ain't The One For Me