Down Home Blues: Chicago Volume 3: The Special Stuff (4-CD)
by Various Artists
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 4
- Released: November 10, 2023
- Originally Released: 2023
- Label: Mvd Visual
Description by OLDIES.com:
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 and including alternate takes of well-known recordings. All unissued and alternate take records are from the late Peter Moody's private collection, many of which 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; plus full track details, 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 immediately following the second world war - such as in never-before-issued Chess 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. These obscure blues gems mirror the preceding Chicago set - regarding which RNR Magazine were willing to bet that "no matter how vast your blues collection, much of this wonderful music will be unfamiliar to you", and "even if your knowledge of blues is encyclopedic you won't even have heard of several of the performers" - a testament to the depth of Peter Moody's own collection.
A 4CD set, packaged in a deluxe digipak with an outer slip case, featuring 108 tracks - all remastered and including alternate takes of well-known recordings. All unissued and alternate take records are from the late Peter Moody's private collection, many of which 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; plus full track details, 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 immediately following the second world war - such as in never-before-issued Chess 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. These obscure blues gems mirror the preceding Chicago set - regarding which RNR Magazine were willing to bet that "no matter how vast your blues collection, much of this wonderful music will be unfamiliar to you", and "even if your knowledge of blues is encyclopedic you won't even have heard of several of the performers" - a testament to the depth of Peter Moody's own collection.
Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Robert LockwoodBlack Spider Blues
- 2.Robert LockwoodI’m Gonna Train My Baby
- 3.Big MaceoCounty Jail Blues
- 4.Big MaceoTexas Blues
- 5.Robert LockwoodLittle Boy Blue
- 6.Robert LockwoodTake A Little Walk With Me
- 7.Ann SorterTell It To The O.P.A.
- 8.Ann SorterBad Stuff
- 9.Big MaceoDo You Remember
- 10.Big MaceoBig City Blues
- 11.Sunnyland SlimMiss Bessie Mae
- 12.Alfred Wallace (The Fat Man)You’ve Gotta Stop This Mess
- 13.Jazz GillumKeep On Sailing
- 14.Jazz GillumFast Woman Blues
- 15.Jazz GillumLong Razor Blues
- 16.Sonny Boy WilliamsonSouthern Dream
- 17.Sonny Boy WilliamsonBring Me Another Half Pint
- 18.Big Joe WilliamsP Vine Blues
- 19.Big Joe WilliamsI’m A Highway Man
- 20.Jazz GillumGonna Take My Rap
- 21.Sonny Boy WilliamsonI Love You For Myself
- 22.Sonny Boy WilliamsonAlcohol Blues
- 23.Big Joe WilliamsKing Biscuit Stomp
- 24.Big Joe WilliamsDon’t You Leave Me Here
- 25.Forest City JoeMemory of Sonny Boy
- 26.Forest City JoeA Woman On Every Street
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.St Louis JimmyBiscuit Roller
- 2.St Louis JimmyI’m Sorry Now
- 3.Forest City JoeSawdust Bottom (Previously Unissued)
- 4.St Louis JimmyAsh Street Boogie (Previously Unissued)
- 5.Willie MahonBoogie Man (Bogey Man)
- 6.Willie MahonIt Keeps Raining
- 7.Robert Lockwood JrDust My Broom
- 8.Robert Lockwood JrPearly B (Previously Unissued)
- 9.St Louis JimmyYour Evil Ways
- 10.St Louis JimmyWhiskey Drinkin’ Woman
- 11.Johnny TemplePretty Woman (Previously Unissued)
- 12.Johnny TempleJack and Jill (Previously Unissued)
- 13.St Louis JimmyDrinkin’ Woman
- 14.St Louis JimmyWhy Work
- 15.Matu RoyPete’s Shuffle Boogie (Part 1)
- 16.Matu RoyPete’s Shuffle Boogie (Part 2)
- 17.Robert LockwoodAw Aw Baby
- 18.Robert LockwoodSweet Woman From Maine
- 19.St Louis JimmyHard Work Boogie
- 20.St Louis JimmyGood Book Blues
- 21.Sunnyland SlimDown Home Child
- 22.Sunnyland SlimLeaving Your Town
- 23.Little Johnny JonesWait Baby (Previously Unissued)
- 24.Little Johnny JonesHoy Hoy
- 25.Big Joe TurnerTV Mama
- 26.Muddy WatersIodine In My Coffee (Previously Unissued)
- 27.Muddy WatersFlood (Previously Unissued)
Tracks on Disc 3:
- 1.Little BrotherIf It’s All Night Long
- 2.Little BrotherNew Vicksburg Blues
- 3.Muddy WatersShe’s Alright (Alternate Take)
- 4.Muddy WatersThis Pain (Previously Unissued)
- 5.Muddy WatersSad Sad Day (Previously Unissued)
- 6.Muddy WatersSmokestack Lightning (Previously Unissued)
- 7.Little Johnny JonesHoy Hoy (Alternate Take)
- 8.Little Johnny JonesChicago Blues (Previously Unissued)
- 9.Little Johnny JonesDoin’ The Best I Can
- 10.Little Johnny JonesCome Back Baby (Previously Unissued)
- 11.Little WalterMy Kind of Baby (Previously Unissued)
- 12.Little BrotherPinetop’s Boogie Blues
- 13.Little BrotherArkansas Blues
- 14.Little WalterAh’w Baby (Alternate Take)
- 15.JB HuttoMouth Harp Mambo (Previously Unissued)
- 16.JB HuttoThings Are So Slow (Alternate Take)
- 17.Floyd JonesSkinny Mama
- 18.Baby Face LeroyPet Rabbit
- 19.JB LenoirI Have Married (Previously Unissued)
- 20.Eddie TaylorRide ‘Em On Down (Previously Unissued)
- 21.Eddie TaylorStroll Out West (Previously Unissued)
- 22.Little HudsonDon’t Hang Around (Previously Unissued)
- 23.JT BrownLook Out
- 24.JB LenoirDo What I Say
- 25.Jody WilliamsI Feel So All Alone (Previously Unissued)
- 26.Bo DiddleyShe’s Fine, She’s Mine
Tracks on Disc 4:
- 1.Morris PejoeMaybe Blues
- 2.Morris PejoeScreaming And Crying
- 3.Chuck BerryDeep Feeling
- 4.Chuck BerryHow You’ve Changed
- 5.Chuck BerryBlue Feeling
- 6.Chuck BerryWorried Life Blues
- 7.Chuck BerrySweet Sixteen
- 8.Chuck BerryI Got To Find My Baby
- 9.Junior WellsI Could Cry
- 10.Junior WellsPrison Bars All Around Me
- 11.Bo DiddleyI’m Looking For A Woman
- 12.Bo DiddleyBefore You Accuse Me
- 13.Bo DiddleyPretty Thing
- 14.Bo DiddleyI Can Tell
- 15.Memphis SlimIt’s Been Too Long
- 16.Memphis SlimFour Walls
- 17.Memphis SlimCold Blooded Woman
- 18.Memphis SlimOne Man’s Mad
- 19.Willie CobbsYou Don’t Love Me
- 20.Willie CobbsSlow Down
- 21.Minnie ThomasDon’t Let It Happen To You
- 22.Lucky CarmichaelBlues With A Feeling
- 23.Grover PruittFool For You Baby
- 24.Every Day and Every Night (Previously Unissued)
- 25.Have You Seen My Mother (Previously Unissued)
- 26.A Hard Road (Previously Unissued)
- 27.Leaving This Morning (Previously Unissued)
- 28.Sweet Home Chicago (Previously Unissued)