| 1. Rockin' in Rhythm |
| 2. Please Send Me Someone to Love |
| 3. Sister Sadie |
| 4. This Is Always |
| 5. Cherokee |
| 6. Giant Steps |
| 7. Bopstacle Course |
| 8. Jitterbug Waltz |
| 9. Stella by Starlight |
| 10. 52nd Street Theme |
Chicago Fire,Terry Gibbs with Buddy DeFranco,Contemporary,Bop,Jazz,Latin Jazz
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Shades of Blue
Kirk Fletcher Manufacturer: Delta Groove Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00030N49Q Release Date: 2004-09-05 |
Tracks:
- Blues For Boo Boo
- Bad Boy
- Welfare Blues
- Don't Go No Further
- Club Zanzibar
- That's Why I'm Cryin'
- Worried Man Blues
- Country Girl
- Down Home Woman
- Stranded in St. Louis
- Little By Little
- My Home Is A Prison
- The River's Invitation
- Hip Hug Her
- You Don't Know
- Club Zanzibar (alternate take)
- Don't Go No Further (acoustic)
Album Description
"Raw blues does not get any better than this"The essential album by dynamic guitarist Kirk Fletcher, "Shades of Blue" can only be described as classic electric Chicago, Delta, and West Coast blues played with passion and fire by one of the best blues guitarists in the business, with a little help from some high-profile friends.
This is the first time that "Shades of Blue" has been available in the US, newly re-mastered and with 3 previously unreleased tracks!
The album also features a powerhouse of blues talent including: Kim Wilson, Janiva Magness, Finis Tasby, Ronnie James Weber, and more!
With a total 17 tracks this album is a must have for music lovers worldwide.
Customer Reviews:
Great Things In Store For This Guitarist!.......2005-07-16
You can hear the influence of B.B. King in his playing and the liner notes confirm that B.B. was and is an inspiration. Make no mistake, this is no mere copycat. Kirk has learned from the masters - including Elmore James (check out "Worried Man Blues") - but he is definitely his own man.
The album is titled "Shades of Blue" and these shades range from songs written by Jimmy Dawkins, Jr. Wells and Magic Sam, to Percy Mayfield. However, These are not the usual covers. Someone certainly gave these choices some thought. There are also a couple of originals showing additional talent as a songwriter. On "Blues for Boo Boo" (his daughter - and I'd love to hear the story behind that nickname) we get a hint that he may also have some jazz in his repertoire. That hint shows up again in "Hip Hug Her".
The vocals are shared by Kim Wilson, along with his oh-so-fine harp, Janiva Magness and Finis Tasby and they give Kirk plenty of room to show his stuff. I particularly enjoyed the vocals of Finis Tasby whose voice and style seem to mesh especially well with Kirk's. I would have liked to have heard a couple more intrumentals. Maybe next time. Meanwhile, I highly recommend this CD and I hope there is more to come soon. Am I raving? Yes I am!
One last note to Riley: Your blues are in good hands!
The blues lives on.......2005-03-29
A real talent to watch .......2005-02-06
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The Great Chicago Fire: A Cold Day in Hell
Malik Yusef Manufacturer: Ark 21 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000CD5JY Release Date: 2003-09-30 |
Tracks:
- A Cold Day In Hell
- Get Ready Ready
- How Wild Are You
- Auto-Eroticism
- Conversations With God
- Woman Where Is Your Soul
- Mucho Amore
- Wouldn't You Like To...
- Banned From TV
- Revolutionary Words
- Just W-R-ight For You
- I Spit
- Lie
- The Game
- Struggle
- Get Ready (Remix)
Customer Reviews:
Revolutionary Words.......2003-12-25
Hottest album of the year!.......2003-12-21
A True Pioneer.......2003-10-09
A True Pioneer.......2003-10-09
Excellent.......2003-10-07
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The Fire & Fury Story
Various Artists Manufacturer: Snapper UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009HLBK2 Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- Bobby's Boogie - The Morris Lane Band
- Wiggles - Red Prysock
- How Could You - The Mello Moods
- Can't Do Sixty, No More - The Du-Droppers
- Go Back - The Du-Droppers
- Is It a Dream - The Vocaleers
- Angel Face - The Vocaleers
- Dear One - The Scarlets
- What Do You Do? - The Topps
- Mary Lee - The Rainbows
- Why Can't You Treat Me Right - The Sequins
- The Closer You Are - The Shannels
- The Gleam In Your Eye - The Shannels
- My Lovin' Baby - The Shannels
- Honey, Honey - Louis Lymon & the Teenchords
- Lydia - Louis Lymon & the Teenchords
- Cora Lee - Little Bobby Rivera & The Hemlocks
- Magic Mirror - The Whirlees
- Indian Fever - The Scarlets
- My Kind Of Woman - Allen Baum
- While Our Hearts Are Young - The Federals
- Little Girl, Little Boy - The Kodoks
- Oh Gosh, Oh Gee - The Kodoks
- You Gotta Love Me, Baby - The Federals
- Whispering Heart - The Empires
- Linda - The Empires
- Valerie - Jackie & The Starlights
- Baby, I Love You - The Du Mauriers
- All Night Long - The Du Mauriers
- Runaround Baby - The Kodoks
Tracks:
- Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Sugar Babe - Buster Brown
- There Is Something On Your Mind - Bobby Marchan
- Every Beat of My Heart - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
- Do Re Mi - Lee Dorsey
- Soul Twist - King Curtis & The Noble Knights
- Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- I Need Your Lovin' - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
- Don't You Worry - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
- Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper & The Soul Rockers
- Scratch and Twist - Wild Jimmy Spruill
- You're Going To Miss Me (When I'm Gone) - Chuck Bradford
- Look Out - Rockin' Bradley
- Twistin' With the King - King Curtis & The Noble Knights
- Number 9 Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City March - Wild Jimmy Spruill
- Much Too Late - Tarheel Slim
- Jookin' - Noble Watts
- Go Away, Mr. Blues - Noble Watts
- Jay Walking - The Upsetters
- Jack, That Cat Was Clean - Dr. Horse
- Salt Pork West Virginia - Dr. Horse
- Bow-Wow - Titus Turner
- Something For You, Baby - Mary B
- Wild As You Can Be - Mary Ann Fisher
- Let's Stick Together - Wilbert Harrison
- All In My Mind - Bobby Marchan
- Hoodlum Joe - Lee Dorsey
Tracks:
- That's All Right - Arthyr Crudup
- The Sky Is Crying - Elmore James
- Second Floor Rear - Tiny Grimes
- Why Baby - Mighty Joe Young
- Empty Arms - Mighty Joe Young
- You Don't Have To Go - Sammy Myers
- Sad, Sad Lonesome Day - Sammy Myers
- Stumbling Block Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Shim, Sham, Shimmy - Champion Jack Dupree
- Shake, Baby, Shake - Champion Jack Dupree
- I Go Into Orbit - Johnny Acey
- What Am I Going To Do - Johnny Acey
- Something Inside Me - Elmore James
- Sunnyland Train - Elmore James
- Rock Me Mama - Arthur Crudup
- Mean Ole Frisco - Arthur Crudup
- Is You Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) - Buster Brown
- Doctor Brown - Buster Brown
- It's Too Late - Tarheel Slim
- Lock Me In Your Heart - Tarheel Slim
- Wildcat Tamer - Tarheel Slim
- Juicy Fruit - Tiny Grimes
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Look On Yonder Wall - Elmore James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Harmonica Hop - Sonny Terry
- Don't Dog Your Woman - Brownie McGhee
- Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Doggin' My Heart Around - Sonny Terry
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The Complete Fire & Enjoy Recordings
Elmore James Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000096W Release Date: 1995-09-01 |
Tracks:
- Make My Dreams Come True
- Bobby's Rock
- The Sky Is Crying
- Held My Baby Last Night
- Dust My Broom
- Baby Please Set A Date
- Rollin' & Tumblin
- I'm Worried
- Done Somebody Wrong
- Fine Little Mama
- I Can't Stop Lovin' You
- Early One Morning
- I Need You Baby
- Strange Angels
- She Done Moved (Instr.)
- Something Inside Me
- You Don't Have To Go
- Stranger Blues
- Stranger Blues (Alt.Version)
- My Bleeding Heart
- Standing At The Crossroads
- On Way Out
Tracks:
- Got To Move
- Person To Person
- So Unkind
- My Kind Of Woman
- Woke Up Screamin' & Cryin'
- Do It If You Wanna
- Shake Your Money Maker
- Look On Yonder Wall
- Poor Little Angel Child
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (Take 1-Incomplete)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama (Take 2-Alternate)
- Mean Mistreatin' Mama
- Sunnyland Train
- You Know You're Wrong (Take 1-Incomplete)
- You Know You're Wrong (Take 2-Alternate)
- You Know You're Wrong (Take 3-Master)
- Going Back Home Again
- Look Up On The Wall
- Find My Kind Of Woman (Take 1)
- Find My Kind Of Woman (Take 3)
- Dust My Broom (Alt.Take)
- My Baby's Gone
Tracks:
- Hand In Hand (Take 1)
- Hand In Hand (Take 3)
- Hand In Hand (Take 4)
- I've Got A Right To Love My Baby
- Everyday I Have The Blues
- Dust My Broom (Alt.Take)
- It Hurts Me Too
- Talk To Me Baby
- Can't Stop Loving My Baby
- She's Got To Go
- Pickin' The Blues
- Twelve Year Old Boy
- Up Jumped Elmore (False Start)
- Up Jumped Elmore
- Up Jumped Elmore (Black Snake Slide)
- I Believe
- I Gotta Go Now
- Make My Dreams Come True (Alt. Take)
- Back In Mississippi (Studio Conversation)
Customer Reviews:
Great!.......2004-04-12
I just need to clarify a few things....yes, "Anna Lee" is missing, but that's the only one of Elmore James' Fire and Enjoy recordings not included. Everything else which is on the now reissued "King Of The Slide Guitar" box set and not on here is from the Chief sessions, not the Fire, Fury and Enjoy sessions.
Also, the four songs not sung by Elmore are not presented as Elmore-tunes, they merely feature him playing guitar and the fact that Elmore James is not the featured performer is clearly stated on the outside of the box.
The Charly box set "King Of The Slide Guitar" gets the nod over this one because it includes the Chief sides and has slightly better annotation, but to give this set one star is ridiculous.
For collectors. And just blues lovers in general!.......2003-01-03
"The Complete Fire & Enjoy Recordings" are actually the (more or less) complete Fire, Fury & Enjoy Recordings, three Louisiana based record labels owned by producer Bobby Robinson, the man whose name gave the instrumental "Bobby's Rock" its title.
These three CDs contain almost every important track Elmore James ever recorded, such as "The Sky Is Crying", "Dust My Broom" (in an unsurpassed fully electric version), "Shake Your Moneymaker", "It Hurts Me Too" and "Standing At The Crossroads".
This is hard-rockin' Chicago blues at its very finest, with Elmore James' screaming slide guitar and loud, intense voice at the forefront, and it doesn't get any better.
And this doesn't just showcase the best-known hits. There are great lesser-known tracks here, such as the instrumental slide guitar workout "Up Jumped Elmore", groovy mid-tempo blues numbers such as "She's Got To Go", "So' Nuff I Do", "Mean, Mistreatin' Mama" and "You Know You're Wrong", and funky rockers like "Rollin' & Tumblin'", like "Dust My Broom" an electric updating of a Robert Johnson number.
If you like Elmore James, and electric Chicago blues in general, or just have a thing for a really loud electric slide guitar, this is a must-own, in spite of occational oddities such as the four or five tracks with lead vocals by either drummer/harpist Sam Myers or an "unknown vocalist", and the three takes of "Hand In Hand" and "Find My Kind Of Woman".
(June 11 2003- I should probably add that the superb, five-star box set "King Of The Slide Guitar", which also covers Elmore's early 60s recordings is now back in print. Go get that one!)
Complete?.......2001-12-20
The Myth of Mr. James.......2000-08-31
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The Greatest Chicago Fire - Cold Day in Hell
Malik Yusef Manufacturer: Attack Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007PLKCU Release Date: 2005-03-22 |
Tracks:
- Cold Day in Hell - Malik Yusef
- Get Ready - Carl Thomas, Malik Yusef
- How Wild Are You - Malik Yusef
- Auto-Eroticism - Chantay Savage, Malik Yusef
- Conversations With God - Malik Yusef
- Woman Where Is Your Soul - Malik Yusef
- Mucho Amore - Kevin Coval, , Muhibb Dyer, , Malik Yusef
- Wouldn't You Like to Ride [From Coach Carter] - Common, Kanye West, Malik Yusef
- Banned from TV - Malik Yusef
- Revolutionary Words - Keanna Henson, Shadow, Malik Yusef
- Just W-R-Ighte - Malik Yusef
- I Spit - Malik Yusef
- Lie - Andre Riley, Malik Yusef
- Game - Jamiesha Trice, Malik Yusef
- Struggle - Sean Lett, , , Malik Yusef
- Get Ready [Remix] - Carl Thomas, Twista, Malik Yusef
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Blues on Fire
Various Artists Manufacturer: Easydisc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003OD7 Release Date: 1997-01-14 |
Tracks:
- A Man And The Blues - Lurrie Bell
- Blues At My Baby's House - Buddy Guy
- She Torture Me - Phillip Walker/Otis Grand
- Small Room - Charlie Sayles
- Down So Long - Louisiana Red
- Bad Luck & Trouble - U.P. Wilson
- Pursue Your Dreams - Butler Twins
- Why Don't You Let Me Be - Smokey Wilson
- Desert Island - Johnny Mars
- I Can't Live Happy - Victor Walker
- It's So Easy To Love - Carey Bell
- Play The Blues In Paris - Byther Smith
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Sergei Prokofiev, Enfant Terrible (1891-1953): A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000084H93 Release Date: 2003-04-08 |
Customer Reviews:
An eye-opening Prokofiev survey (try to buy it used).......2006-03-26
As I listened straight through, I was surprised at how unacquainted I actually was with the wide extent of Prokofiev's style. From the very early "Dreams," which could be mistaken for Glazunov through the unfamiliar operas (Betrothal in a Monastery Garden, Semyon Kotko) to the final, sadly diminished works like the Seventh Sym. and the cello concerto, the composer covered every major Russian style of the century. I didn't find any new masterful performances--not that a short excerpt is a good enough trial--but everything here is well performced. Any listener should find something unexpected and intriguing in this two-and-a-half-hour traversal.
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The Greatest Chicago Fire - Cold Day in Hell
Malik Yusef Manufacturer: Nice Tunes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0009JDBVC Release Date: 2006-04-07 |
Tracks:
- Cold Day in Hell - Malik Yusef
- Get Ready - Carl Thomas, Malik Yusef
- How Wild Are You - Malik Yusef
- Auto-Eroticism - Chantay Savage, Malik Yusef
- Conversations With God - Malik Yusef
- Woman Where Is Your Soul - Malik Yusef
- Mucho Amore - Kevin Coval, , Muhibb Dyer, , Malik Yusef
- Wouldn't You Like to Ride [From Coach Carter] - Common, Kanye West, Malik Yusef
- Banned from TV - Malik Yusef
- Revolutionary Words - Keanna Henson, Shadow, Malik Yusef
- Just W-R-Ighte - Malik Yusef
- I Spit - Malik Yusef
- Lie - Andre Riley, Malik Yusef
- Game - Jamiesha Trice, Malik Yusef
- Struggle - Sean Lett, , , Malik Yusef
- Get Ready [Remix] - Carl Thomas, Twista, Malik Yusef
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Come to My Party/Fan the Fire
The Impressions Manufacturer: Westside UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000K52O Release Date: 1999-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Come to My Party
- I Could Never Make You Stay
- This Can't Be Real
- Sorry
- Maybe I'm Mistaken
- All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You
- Whole Lot of Good, Good Lovin'
- Fan the Fire
- I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
- Love, Love, Love
- You're Mine
- I Surrender
- I Don't Mind
- Take Everything
- For Your Precious Love '81
Album Description
Both titles are Re-mastered from the original.
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Wagner's Greatest Hits
Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000AINLK Release Date: 2003-08-12 |
Jazz Music:
- Christmas Album
- Christmas Time Is Here
- Chromatic Palette
- Collectors' Items
- Double Image
- Dynamite
- Earth Step
- Elmo Hope Trio
- Facets
- Finesse