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1	Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey (2003) more music like this by Original Soundtrack This five-disc, 116-track box set presents a sweeping history of the blues from its emergence in the early 1900s clear through to its various contemporary guises, and includes samples of country blues in all of its regional variations, as well as cuts from string bands, jug bands, jazz combos, gritty Chicago blues outfits, and a look at how rock ... see all copies from $59.39! new only from $59.39!
2	Complete Recordings: 1929-1934 (2002) more music like this by Charley Patton At the end of just the first disc on this five-CD set, the listener may feel like he/she was in the audio equivalent of a visual "white-out," so powerful are the sounds on that disc. From the opening bars of"Pony Blues," Charley Patton becomes a gigantic musical presence, who gets even bigger as his work goes on; with a guttural, stentorian voice ... see all copies from $29.64! new only from $29.64!
3	Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton (1991) more music like this by Various Artists As the most popular blues craftsman of the Mississippi Delta, Charley Patton had a resounding influence on many of the musicians that passed through the region during the '20s and '30s. Following his initial session for Paramount in 1929, he recommended both Son House and Willie Brown, as well as his mistress Louise Johnson and common-law wife ... see all copies from $10.57! new only from $15.61!
4	Greatest Hits (2005) more music like this by Bessie Smith see all copies from $11.85! new only from $11.85!
5	Revisited (2002) more music like this by Son House Revisited is a double-disc of live Son House recordings from the Mississippi delta blues legend's twilight years on the folk revival circuit. Disc one is a mid-'60s performance at Oberlin College; after a scholarly introduction by his then-manager Dick Waterman, House starts out in fine form, prefacing each song with long, discursive monologues ... see all copies from $10.50!
6	Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton (2001) more music like this by Charley Patton Perhaps the most sumptuous, nay incredible, box set package ever devised for a blues artist, this lavish production contains seven CDs that not only contain everything Patton recorded as a soloist, but a ton of peripheral tracks to which he contributed or was associated. Yes, this has all 54 known extant Patton performances (including four ... see all copies from $134.95!
7	Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (1958) more music like this by Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry One of the duo's best acoustic folk-blues collaborations, originally issued in 1958. They convincingly run through a very enjoyable series of collaborations marked by affectionate interplay, with drummer Gene Moore adding rhythmic power. Bill Dahl, All Music Guide see all copies from $9.65! new only from $14.78!
8	Delta Blues (2004) more music like this by Son House The Complete Blues on Snapper is another respectable reissue series coming on the heels of 2003's PBS special Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues. Son House' Delta Blues highlights 20 exemplary performances recorded between May 28, 1930, through July 17, 1942, including "Preachin' the Blues," "Levee Camp Blues," "My Black Mama," and "Dry Spell ... see all copies from $9.56! new only from $9.56!
9	The Road to Robert Johnson (2007) more music like this by Robert Johnson see all copies from $25.43! new only from $25.43!
10	Chattanooga Gal (2004) more music like this by Bessie Smith see all copies from $19.57! new only from $19.57!
11 view cover	1937-1940, Vol. 2 (2005) more music like this by Big Bill Broonzy The second volume in JSP's Big Bill Broonzy retrospective is four discs long, covering the bluesman's years in Chicago and New York. What is astonishing is that there are 100 tracks here. While it's true that there are many alternate takes for the sake of the historical record, nonetheless, when combined with volume one, this accounts for a ... see all copies from $26.68! new only from $26.68!
12 view cover	Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 [Frog] (2003) more music like this by Bessie Smith see all copies from $18.39! new only from $18.39!
13 view cover	A Proper Introduction to Son House: Delta Blues (2004) more music like this by Son House This single-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax in 1940 and 1941, and adds in House's complete Paramount recordings from 1930, which consist of three double-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," and "Dry Spell Blues"). Since House's rediscovery sides for Columbia in the 1960s catch him, quite ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95!
14 view cover	Over 60 Minutes with David Wilcox (1987) more music like this by David Wilcox see all copies from $10.95!
15 view cover	The Crap Shootin' Rev (2005) more music like this by Pigmeat Markham see all copies from $8.25! new only from $8.25!
16 view cover	A Simple Plan [Original Score] (1999) more music like this by Danny Elfman The score to A Simple Plan is an unusually spare one for Danny Elfman, who normally goes in for larger instrumentation and bigger effects. This time, he uses a variety of flutes and banjos as his most prominent instruments for music that is often as contemplative as it is ominous, and sometimes surprisingly delicate. There are occasional moments ... see all copies from $7.96!
17 view cover	Back to the Crossroads: The Roots of Robert Johnson (2004) more music like this by Various Artists In a day and time (post-2000) when tribute albums spring up before a singer has a chance to die, much less become an immortal, it's a relief to get an album that switches the formula. Back to the Crossroads traces the roots -- not the influence -- of Robert Johnson, perhaps the most eulogized singer in blues history. These roots are especially ... see all copies from $15.85! new only from $15.85!
18 view cover	Legends of Country Blues (2003) more music like this by Various Artists JSP's Legends of Country Blues compiles five CDs of performances by Son House, Skip James, Bukka White, Tommy Johnson, and Ishman Bracey. These historic prewar recordings have been remastered, and according to the packaging, feature "unprecedented listening quality." While that claim is a bit of a stretch, the majority of this material does sound ... see all copies from $25.71! new only from $25.71!
19 view cover	Rockin' the Boogie: The Best of Blues and Boogie (2003) more music like this by David K. Wilcox Blues-rock good-times guitarist and vocalist David K. Wilcox (thanks for the clarification David K. ) rips up 15 tracks of fun and goofy bar blues on Rockin' the Boogie: The Best of Blues and Boogie. A mix of his originals about booze, bars, and wimmin is augmented with a couple of Muddy Waters covers and a handful of traditional interpretations. ... see all copies from $14.64! new only from $14.64!
20 view cover	Legends of Country Blues, Vol. 1 (2007) more music like this by Son House/Mississippi John Hurt see all copies from $10.46! new only from $10.46!
21 view cover	Live at Gaslight Cafe, 1965 (2000) more music like this by Son House Son House's earliest recordings, three two-sided 78s ("My Black Mama," "Preachin' the Blues," "Dry Spell Blues") recorded in New York on May 28, 1930, proved to be a hard act to follow, and House never really equaled these fierce, driving performances again, although he came close. The field recordings he did for Alan Lomax in 1941 and 1942 are ... see all copies from $11.03! new only from $11.03!
22 view cover	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 8 (1938-1939) (1992) more music like this by Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy's popularity continued to rise during the five months covered by this CD (the eighth of 11) in Document's "complete" Broonzy series. In addition to 21 studio sides (five previously unissued) made in Chicago, Broonzy is heard performing "Done Got Wise" and "Louise, Louise" at John Hammond's "Spirituals to Swing" concert at Carnegie ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.35!
23 view cover	Woman's Trouble Blues (2000) more music like this by Bessie Smith This is a perfectly acceptable double disc compilation of the great Bessie Smith's work from her Okeh and Columbia sides. Given that it's on Snapper, it doesn't suffer form some of the terrible mastering that some other labels issued in the past. There are 40 cuts spread out here, including both parts of "Empty Bed Blues," back to back, which is a ... see all copies from $23.39! new only from $23.39!
24 view cover	The Blues as It Was (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $6.74! new only from $6.74!
25 view cover	Son House & the Kings of the Delta Blues (2008) more music like this by Various Artists The first disc of this double-disc set collects Son House's Library of Congress sessions for Alan Lomax from 1940 and 1941, and House's huge rasping voice and vibrant slide guitar style are everywhere on it, both on the solo selections and on a handful of African-American string band pieces that find friends Leroy Williams (harmonica), Fiddlin' ... see all copies from $5.91! new only from $5.91!

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