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Vincebus Eruptum
(1968)
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Blue Cheer
Had "Summertime Blues" not gone Top 15 in the spring of 1968, Blue Cheer might not have had the opportunity to unleash their expression over numerous albums through multiple personnel changes. Vincebus Eruptum sports a serious silver/off-purple cover wrapped around the punk-metal fury. Leigh Stephens is nowhere near Hendrix, Beck, Clapton, or ...
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Live at Monterey
(2007)
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience's breakthrough appearance at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 18, 1967, has been committed to disc, in whole or in part, before, starting with the split LP Monterey International Pop Festival, which featured four tracks by Hendrix on one side and performances by Otis Redding on the other. That album was ...
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Buried Alive: Live in Maryland
(2006)
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New Barbarians
A year after Some Girls, Keith Richard and Ron Wood set out on a brief, ramshackle tour as the New Barbarians, supported by Stanley Clark on bass, Ian McLaughlin and Bobby Keys. This was brief but legendary, since it could be romanticized as the Stones' Id unhinged -- the two hardest partiers in the band, out on their own, rampaging and pillaging, ...
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Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
(1966)
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Otis Redding
Otis Redding's third album, and his first fully realized album, presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear, and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the songs representing a reach that extended his musical grasp. More than a quarter of this album is given over to Redding's versions of songs by Sam Cooke, his idol, who had died the ...
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What's Love Got to Do with It
(1993)
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Tina Turner
This is the soundtrack for the Tina Turner film that got Angela Bassett and Lawrence Fishburne Oscar nominations. There's little here that you couldn't get elsewhere in better versions, but if you only want a hint of the music Tina Turner made in various contexts, with and without Ike, this would be a serviceable purchase. Otherwise, get the film ...
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The Ultimate Collection
(2005)
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B.B. King
In theory, the idea behind Geffen's 2005 compilation The Ultimate Collection seems sound: gather together 21 iconic tracks from the entirety of B.B. King's long career and present them on one handy disc. While there have been plenty of King comps throughout the years -- some great, some merely passable, but often all very good -- there has never ...
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience [MCA Box]
(2000)
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Jimi Hendrix
The Hendrix family continues its reissue campaign with the release of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, a lavish four-disc box set that should be a boon to Hendrix collectors everywhere. With a beautiful 80-page booklet, and purporting to have 46 unreleased tracks, further inspection actually reveals less than meets the eye, at least for collectors.The ...
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Original Greatest Hits
(2005)
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B.B. King
As part of the celebration of B.B. King's 80th birthday Virgin released the double-disc set Original Greatest Hits in September of 2005 -- the week B.B. turned 80. Since there have been so many comps of King's long career, all bearing titles similar to Original Greatest Hits, it's easy to assume that this collection is yet another recycling of the ...
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Roadrunners!
(1990)
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Eric Burdon & The Animals
A 19-track collection of otherwise unavailable live performances from 1966-1968, taken from shows in Melbourne, Stockholm, London, and the '67 Monterey Pop Festival, as well as radio and television broadcasts. Most of this dates from the psychedelic version of the band, which will disappoint those who are primarily interested in the group's rock/R ...
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From the Heart
(2003)
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Albert Cummings
New England's Albert Cummings is a fine blues-rock guitarist somewhat in the Stevie Ray Vaughan mold, displaying at times the same sort of tone, explosion and soul that made Vaughan so special. Although he had played the northeast blues circuit with his band Swamp Yankee, Cummings really didn't catch the attention of the blues world until he ...
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Bad News Is Coming
(1973)
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Luther Allison
The very thing that made Luther Allison noteworthy became an albatross around his neck. Years after his initial run of records in the '70s, he was known for the same thing he was at the time -- he was the only blues artist on Gordy, or any Motown affiliated label. This was true and novel, but many focused on the novelty, not the truth, ignoring ...
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Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar: Friday Night
(1997)
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Bryan Lee
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Dimensions
(1969)
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The Box Tops
There were mild signs of artistic progression and evolution on the Box Tops' final album. For the first time, Dan Penn was not involved in the record (as either producer or songwriter), and Alex Chilton was allowed no less than three original compositions. A couple of these clearly hinted at an original songwriting voice. "I Must Be the Devil" was ...
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Monterey International Pop Festival, June 16-17-18, 1967
(1997)
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Various Artists
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Bad Avenue
(1993)
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Buddy Scott
Not the perfect vehicle for the late Chicago blues guitarist -- it's a tad too slick, and some of the song choices fall into the realm of overworked cliche -- but Scott's major-label debut album was a credible swan song, his enthusiastic vocals and clean guitar work ringing through well. Bill Dahl, All Music Guide
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Blues Kingpins
(2003)
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B.B. King
There has been a plethora of B.B. King compilations since the beginning of the new millennium, most of them not worth the plastic they are made of, but there have been some fine ones, too, such as the Ace four-CD box called The Vintage Years or their complete Modern Recordings set. In the States, the pickings are somewhat slimmer, but this little ...
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The Best of the Early Years
(2007)
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B.B. King
There have been numerous compilations of the best of B.B. King's recordings for the Modern label in the 1950s and early '60s, and if you've already picked up one of them, there isn't an urgent reason to replace or upgrade it with this CD. If not, however, this certainly makes a good bid to be considered as the best single-disc anthology of this ...
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Too Hot to Hold [Charly]
(1992)
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Ike & Tina Turner
The Charly label's Ike & Tina Turner compilation Too Hot to Hold will ultimately disappoint fans expecting radio hits like "Nutbush City Limits," "Proud Mary," "River Deep Mountain High," or "Fool in Love." That said, this collection of mid- to late-'60s pre-breakthrough R&B is riveting from start to finish, featuring Tina and the Ikettes in top ...
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Lee Michaels Live
(1972)
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Lee Michaels
Recorded in concert accompanied by drummer Keith Knudsen, Lee Michaels goes through mostly extended versions of various songs from five of his first six albums, interspersed with numbers unique to his concerts, such as "My Lady." Oddly enough, Michaels doesn't perform his biggest hit, "Do You Know What I Mean," preferring numbers such as "Oak Fire ...
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Good Lovin' Blues
(1993)
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Johnny Otis
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Non-Stop
(1968)
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The Box Tops
The Box Tops -- or more precisely Alex Chilton and producer Dan Penn -- were treading water on the third album to be churned out under the group's name in less than a year. The usual blue-eyed soul dominates the program, without anything on the order of "Cry Like a Baby" or "The Letter," although with "I Met Her in Church," Penn and songwriting ...
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Teeny Weeny Bit
(2000)
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Roy Head
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Solid Senders
(1978)
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Wilko Johnson & Solid Senders
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Hollywood Rock 'n' Roll Record Hop
(2006)
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Various Artists
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The Best of Otis Redding
(1972)
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Otis Redding
This was another anthology that was definitive for many years, but lost a lot of value once Rhino began with its CD reissues. Atlantic hasn't bothered to reissue it as a CD, so it's only available on cassette. The original sound was decent and the range of selections good, and it still can be a nice introduction to Redding's greatness. There wasn ...
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