Release Date: 04 July 2025
Label: Blues Joint
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563186417
Genres: Blues
Description
The Cobra, Chief & Crash sides - limited edition pressing on180g premium vinyl. Samuel Gene Maghett, known as Magic Sam, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter.
Credited as the King of Chicago's West Side Blues, Magic Sam was a brilliant guitarist and a soaring and energetic singer. Dead from heart failure at the untimely age of 32 in 1969, he was a pivotal figure whose memorable originals such as 'All Your Love', expanded the parameters of the electric blues with fresh melodic lines and rich, modern sounding chord voicings. This collection, made up from sides recorded for labels Cobra, Chief and Crash (1957 to 1966), gives ample proof of how Magic Sam earned his reputation.
"If you're looking for the best available collection of this seminal material, turn here. It's the latest, best-sounding repackaging of these recordings." - ***** Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic
Tracklisting
Blind Gary Davis
John Lee Hooker
Snooks Eaglin
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Magic Sam
Freddy King
Junior Wells
Sonny Boy Williamson
Various Artists
Magic Sam
