Release Date: 27 October 2023
Label: Wienerworld
Packaging Type: Box Set
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 5018755512117
Genres: Blues
Description
Down Home Blues: The Special Stuff is the third volume of Chicago Blues post-war down home blues music from Wienerworld: 108 tracks of rare, unissued or alternate takes of blues recorded in Chicago from 1941 through to 1961.
A 4CD set, packaged in a deluxe digipak with an outer slip case, featuring 108 tracks - all remastered, including both previously unissued and alternate takes of well-known recordings. These records are from the late Peter Moody's private collection, and many of them are otherwise unavailable.
Includes an outstanding 15,000 word, 88-page book, by renowned blues historian Chris Bentley on the post-war Chicago scene; many rare period photographs illustrate the essay throughout; as well as full sessionography detailing the where, when and who of the recordings, expertly compiled by blues expert Mike Rowe.
While CD1 sets the scene with the established pre-war bluesmen such as Robert Lockwood Jr and Sonny Boy Williamson, CD2 charts the rise of the amplified electric blues bands following the second world war - such as in never-before-issued recordings of Johnny Temple. CD3 continues the Muddy Waters sequence started on CD2 - and introduces Little Hudson, JB Lenoir and Eddie Taylor.
While beginning with a celebration of Chicago's flagship rock 'n' rollers with a range of tracks from each of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley - CD4 is rounded off by some largely unknown and unheralded artists including Grover Pruitt, Lucky Carmichael, Minnie Thomas.
Tracklisting
Mark Farner
The Flamin Groovies
The Blasters
Great White
Todd Rundgren
Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo
999
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
