BLUES
& GOSPEL
The Consolers -> Ida Cox
THE CONSOLERS |
Savoy 14751 |
Give God Thanks |
● CD $15.98 |
Fine earthy gospel from this husband and wife duo recorded
for Savoy in 1984. Mostly original songs by Sullivan Pugh who also plays
some bluesy guitar and is accompanied by piano, bass and drums. Includes
Give God Thanks/ Waiting For My Child To Come Home/ All The Saints Of
God/ The Almighty Power/ So That I Could Be Free and five more.
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SAM COOKE |
RCA 66760-2 |
The Rhythm And The Blues |
● CD $8.98 |
20 tracks, 59 min., recommended
While at RCA (1960-64),
Cooke cut 3 blues-based albums (and others), "My Kind Of Blues",
"Mr. Soul", and "Night Beat" -- the latter having been
reissued last year in its entirety. This set takes its time from those
"mature-sounding" collections. "Blues" and
"Soul", produced by Sammy Lowe and Horace Ott respectively,
offer lush strings, horns, and champagne glasses full of sophistication
compared to "Night Beat", which places Cooke in an intimate
setting of just a few musicians. Cuts like Don't Get Around Much Any
More/ Get Yourself Another Fool/ But Not For Me/ Fool's Paradise and
others create that after hours feel. Wonder what Howlin' Wolf thought of
Sam's take on Little Red Rooster? (JC)
SAM COOKE: Baby Won't You Please Come Home/ But Not For Me/ Chains Of
Love/ Cry Me A River/ Don't Get Around Much Anymore/ Driftin' Blues/
Fool's Paradise/ Get Yourself Another Fool/ I Lost Everything/ Little Girl
Blue/ Little Red Rooster/ Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out/
Nothing Can Change This Love/ One More Time/ Out In The Cold Again/ Please
Don't Drive Me Away/ Since I Met You Baby/ Smoke Rings/ Trouble Blues/
Trouble In Mind
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THELMA COOPER |
Collectables 5322 |
Daisy Mae & Her Hepcats |
● CD $11.98 |
THELMA COOPER: Cute Poppa/ Dasiy Mae: Fanny Duncan (alt. Take)/ Down By
The Woodshed/ Fanny Duncan/ Frosty's Groove/ Hop Scotch/ Let's Try Again/
Lonesome Playgirl/ Ooh Daddy/ Stuff You Got To Watch/ Talk To Me Daddy/
Want Me A Man/ Woman Trouble
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TRENTON COOPER |
Wolf 120.919 |
The Piano Styles Of Trenton Cooper |
● CD $15.98 |
15 tracks recorded informally in 1980 and 1990 featuring
Arkansas singer/ piano player Trenton Cooper. Trenton has an interesting and
pleasing style which draws on jazz influences as much as blues. His material
is a mixture of traditional blues songs (How Long Blues/ Ain't Nobody's
Business/ St. Louis Blues, etc) and originals - the latter mostly
instrumental improvisations.
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JOHNNY COPELAND |
AIM 1032 |
Further On Up The Road |
● CD $15.98 |
Australian import. Recorded live in Australia during
Johnny's tour there in 1990.
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JOHNNY COPELAND |
Bullseye Blues 9621 |
Honky Tonkin' |
● CD $11.98 |
Collection drawn from Johnny's six Rounder albums at a
mid-price.
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JOHNNY COPELAND |
Edsel 581 |
The Crazy Cajun Recordings |
● CD $17.98 |
21 tracks, good 21 tracks (including 6 alternate takes)
recorded by the great gravel voice bluesman for the legendary (infamous?)
Huey P. Meaux in Houston in the mid/late 60s. Most of this material was
never originally issued but turned up on various Crazy Cajun LPs in the
late 70s after Johnny had started recording his acclaimed albums for
Rounder. Most of these sides sound like demos and find Johnny performing
in a variety of styles including blues, soul, R&B and pop. Although
there are some fine moments, particularly an early version of his great Gonna
Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat most of these recordings do not find
Johnny at his best and don't do justice to his abilities. (FS)
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ELIZABETH COTTEN |
Arhoolie 477 |
Live! |
● CD $12.98 |
11 tracks, 50 mins, recommended
CD reissue of Arhoolie 1089.
This set of performances was recorded live in the late 70s when this fine
and influential blues and folk musician was in her 80s and reveal her as
still an astonishingly good musician. Her voice is creaky but her lovely
finger picked guitar is a joy to hear and proved an influence on many
musicians. Although almost all the songs and tunes here have been
previously recorded for Folkways (Freight Train/ Shake Sugaree/ Oh
Babe, It Ain't No Lie, etc) it's delightful to hear how Libba relates
to her audiences with some charming stories and jokes. (FS)
ELIZABETH COTTEN: 'Til We Meet Again/ Babe, It Ain't No Lie/ Elizabeth
Story, Et Al./ Freight Train/ Guitar Story/ Honey Babe, Your Papa Cares
For You/ Jumpin' Jack/ Spanish Flangdang/ Sugaree/ Sugaree/Banjo Story,
Rattler/ Vastopol/ Washington Blues
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ELIZABETH COTTEN |
Smithsonian Folkways 40009 |
Freight Train And Other N. Carolina Folk
Songs |
● CD $15.98 |
14 songs - a reissue of Folkways #3526.
ELIZABETH COTTEN: Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now/ Buck/ Freight Train/ Going
Down The Road Feeling Bad/ Graduation March/ Honey Babe Your Papa Cares
For YOu/ I Don't Love Nobody/ Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie/ Spanish Flang Dang/
Vastopol/ When I Get Home/ Wilson Rag/ a) Run...Run b) Mama Your Son Done
Gone/ a) Sweet Bye and Bye b) What A Friend We Have In Jesus/ a)Here Old
Rattler Here b) Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow c) George
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JAMES COTTON |
Alligator 4746 |
Live From Chicago - Mr Superharp Himself |
● CD $13.98 |
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JAMES COTTON |
Just A Memory JAM 9138 |
Seems Like Yesterday |
● CD $12.98 |
11 tracks, 53 mins, fans only
Mediocre set recorded live in
Montreal, Canada in 1967. Cotton and his band (Luther Tucker/gtr, Francis
Clay/dms, Albert Gianquinto/pno & Bobby Anderson/ bass) perform a mix
of soul, R&B & blues standards (I Got You (I Feel Good)/ Money
Honey/ Good Time Charlie/ Stormy Monday/ Knock On Wood, etc) with
little spirit. Sound quality is appalling and Cotton only plays harp on
three cuts. This really didn't need to be released. (FS)
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JAMES COTTON |
Vanguard VMD 79283 |
Cut You Loose! |
● CD $13.98 |
JAMES COTTON: Ain't Nobody's Business/ Coast Blues/ Cut You Loose/ Got To
Get You Off My Mind/ Honest I Do/ Negative 10-4/ Next Time You See Me/
River's Invitation/ Set A Date/ Slippin' And Slidin'
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SYLVESTER
COTTON/ ANDREW DUNHAM |
Ace CDCHD 869 |
Detroit Downhome Recordings, 1948-1949 |
● CD $18.98 |
25 tracks, 75 mins, highly recommended
Terrific collection
of down home blues recorded in Detroit in 1948 and 1949 for entrepreneur
Bernie Bessman who was responsible for recording John Lee Hooker's first
hits. Most of these tracks were not originally issued on 78 rpm - some were
subsequently issued on LPs on kent and Krazy Kat and a number are making
their first appearance ever. Both artists are biographical mysteries. Cotton
was a fine singer, a limited but effective guitarist playing a steel bodied
guitar and a truly brilliant lyricist. Cotton's songs were probably
improvised on the spot and seem to deal with his own personal experiences
culminating in the brilliant I Tried where he talks about his
feelings about making a recording. Other remarkable songs include Three
Cent Stamp Blues/ Ugly Woman Blues/ Big Chested Mama Blues/ Sak-Relation
Blues/ Waitin' Blues and more. The five tracks by Dunham are also pretty
remarkable - he was a fine singer and played some very anarchic and almost
dissonant sounding guitar - his bizarre one chord reworking of Kansas
City Blues called She Don't Walk could almost considered to be
"punk blues". More of Dunham's work will be appearing on a future Ace
release - something well worth waiting for! Sound quality is excellent and
booklet has informative notes by Chris Smith. (FS)
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COUSIN JOE |
Evidence 26046 |
Bad Luck Blues |
● CD $12.98 |
Reissue of Black & Blue album. An excellent set from
1971 with fine singing & playing by New Orleans singer/ piano player
Joe on a selection of mostly original songs. Splendid guitar by Clarence `Gatemouth'
Brown and accompaniment by Jimmy Dawkins, Mac Thompson & Ted Harvey
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IDA COX |
Black Swan 7 |
The Uncrowned Queen Of The Blues |
● CD $13.98 |
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IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5324 |
Complete Recorded Works, 1923-38 : Vol 3 -
1925-27 |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks, 70 min., recommended
Cox is at the height of her
popularity here and deservedly so. Most tracks feature accompaniment by Lovie Austin and Serenaders, but 3 cuts find Papa Charlie Jackson playing
his banjo behind her, including the remarkable How Long Daddy, How Long
of 1925, on which Jackson plays minimalist banjo and Cox defines classic
blues singing. Moving from mournful to vengeful, Ida declares I'm
getting evil with the world on the curiously titled How Can I Miss
You When I've Got Dead Aim (take 2). By '27 Paramount recorded Cox
with only piano backing, Jessie Crump being the pianist of choice. Best of
the 4 volume set. (JC)
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IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5325 |
Complete Recorded Works, 1923-38 : Vol 4 -
1927-38 |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks, 69 min., recommended
The final volume in the
series collects the last of her Paramount sides, beginning with 8 more
from 1927 with Jesse Crump's piano as her only accompaniment. By '28
Paramount reverted to recording Cox with small combos, but by '29 a
failing economy and waning popularity conspired to end Ida's career, at
least temporarily. This collection closes with Four Day Creep/ Low Down
Dirty Shame, recorded in '38 at Carnegie Hall as part of the second
"Spirituals To Swing" concert. (JC)
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IDA COX |
Document DOCD 5651 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol 5 : 1939-40 |
● CD $15.98 |
19 tracks from two sessions in 1939 and 1940 - several songs
are featured in two or more takes. The earlier session includes such
sidemen as J.C. Higginbotham, Edmond Hall, Charlie Christian, Lionel
Hampton and others. The second one also has Higginbotham and Hall as well
as Henry "Red" Allen, Cliff Jackson and others.
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