Alexis Korner - Kornerstoned - The Alexis Korner Anthology 1954-1983 (Selected Works) (2006)

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Artist: Alexis Korner, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated
Title: Kornerstoned - The Alexis Korner Anthology 1954-1983 (Selected Works)
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Castle Communications
Genre: Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3
Total Time: 2:24:08
Total Size: 672 / 333 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Disc 1
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1. Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group – Midnight Special (02:46)
2. Roundhouse Stomp (02:52)
3. Rotten Break (03:48)
4. Kid Man (02:21)
5. County Jail (03:09)
6. 3/4 A.D. (04:37)
7. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – She Fooled Me (02:18)
8. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – I Wanna Put a Tiger In Your Tank (02:51)
9. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound (02:48)
10. Blaydon Races (02:18)
11. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Up-Town (02:26)
12. See See Rider (02:16)
13. Blues a La King (02:49)
14. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Sappho (02:56)
15. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Taboo Man (02:06)
16. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Hoochie Coochie Man (05:32)
17. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Woke Up This Morning (02:41)
18. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Please Please Please (02:32)
19. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – I Need Your Loving (02:14)
20. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Big Road Blues (02:33)
21. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated – Louise (04:44)
22. Free At Last – Rosie (02:10)
23. Mary, Open the Door (Edit) (03:30)
24. Steal Away (04:42)
25. New Church – Might-Mighty Spade & Whitey (04:06)

Disc 2

1. Hellhound On My Trail (03:11)
2. Snape – Gospel Ship (03:32)
3. Snape – Oo-wee Baby (03:16)
4. Wild Women and Desperate Men (03:33)
5. Vicksburg Blues (03:23)
6. Get Off My Cloud (05:27)
7. Robert Johnson (04:07)
8. The Gambler (04:12)
9. The Love You Save (Stereo) (06:02)
10. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (03:22)
11. Hey Pretty Mama (04:20)
12. Lining Track (03:21)
13. Hammer and Nails (03:41)
14. Key to the Highway (04:48)
15. Blood On the Saddle (02:56)
16. Juvenile Delinquent (03:57)
17. Mean Fool (03:35)

Although his name may not be as instantly recognizable stateside as Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, or Led Zeppelin, Alexis Korner played an enormously large role in helping launch the British blues explosion of the '60s. After all, such soon-to-be household names as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ginger Baker, and Robert Plant either recorded with Korner, or credit the singer/guitarist as an early inspiration to follow their blues calling. The double-disc. 40-plus-track Kornerstoned: The Anthology 1954-1983 chronicles Korner's entire recording career, from Alexis Korner Skiffle Group in the early '50s, to fronting various bands later in the '50s and throughout the '60s (as Alex Korner's Blues Incorporated, Alex Korner's Blues All Stars, etc.), all of which are included here. Individual standouts include the recently unearthed "Steal Away," which features a 20-year-old Robert Plant (evidence that he had his whole "shrieking sex god" thing down -- even pre-Zeppelin), as well as a laid-back yet funky cover of Curtis Mayfield's "Mighty-Mighty Spade & Whitey" (credited to New Church), which features Free's then-lead singer Paul Rodgers on vocals. Also included is a mostly instrumental cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" (which long served as the theme music for the popular British TV show Top of the Pops), as well as another laid-back funk-rock cover, "The Gambler." Kornerstoned: The Anthology 1954-1983 is a fitting testament to one of rock's most oft-overlooked yet important figures. © Greg Prato

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