604988313321

Hop On Down The Line: The (Almost) Complete Recordings

Ralph Willis

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: JASMCD3133

Release Date:  30 August 2019

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  604988313321

Genres:  Blues  Blues  

  • Description

    This CD set is unusually titled "The Almost Complete Recordings" that's because one of Ralph Willis' commercially released discs seems to have rarely if ever surfaced amongst collectors.

    The two sides have also never appeared on vinyl LP and CD or any other Ralph Willis collection even those entitled "Complete".

    This release is an essential purchase for any Ralph Willis fan as it is now the only place to find all of his known recordings
    He has a highly distinctive style and sound which makes it difficult to understand how he never had a hit
    This collection contains 47 tracks so he must have been a popular artist to generate that much repertoire without a hit
    His 1953 recording, "Gonna Hop on Down the Line" is probably Willis' best known recording. For several years now, it has been a huge disc at rock and roll and rockabilly dances across Europe and is a guaranteed floor filler.
    Ralph Willis is one of those unique Blues artists whose guitar style and vocal delivery on up tempo numbers seems to predict the coming of the rockabilly guitar styles.

    Includes fully detailed liner notes.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Worried Blues
      • 2. Comb Your Kitty Cat
      • 3. So Many Days
      • 4. That Gal’s No Good!
      • 5. New Goin’ Down Slow
      • 6. Goin’ To Chattanooga
      • 7. Steel Mill Blues
      • 8. I Will Never Love Again
      • 9. Goin’ To Virginia
      • 10. Boar Hog Blues
      • 11. Eloise
      • 12. I’ve Been A Fool
      • 13. Christmas Blues
      • 14. Amen Blues
      • 15. Neighbourhood Blues
      • 16. Mama Mama Blues
      • 17. Just A Note
      • 18. Church Bells
      • 19. Trouble Don’t Last
      • 20. Shake That Thing
      • 21. Tell Me Pretty Baby
      • 22. I’m Gonna Rock
      • 23. Cool That Thing
      • 24. Sportin’ Life
      • 25. Every Day I Weep And Moan
      • 26. Somebody’s Got To Go

      Disc 2

      • 1. Blues, Blues, Blues
      • 2. I Got A Letter
      • 3. Cold Chills
      • 4. Black And Tan
      • 5. Income Tax Blues
      • 6. Bed Tick Blues
      • 7. Too Late To Scream And Shout
      • 8. Hoodoo Man
      • 9. Tell Me Pretty Baby
      • 10. Church Bell Blues
      • 11. Goodbye Blues
      • 12. Lazy Woman Blues
      • 13. Old Home Blues
      • 14. Salty Dog
      • 15. Cold Chills
      • 16. Amen
      • 17. Gonna Hop On Down The Line
      • 18. Do Right
      • 19. Door Bell Blues
      • 20. Why’d You Do It
      • 21. Dream I Had On My Mind