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Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead [Warner Bros.]
(1974)
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Skeletons from the Closet has been long-lived as a Grateful Dead primer, though it was superseded by The Very Best of the Grateful Dead in 2003. Fans of the band's live show have noted that Skeletons only contains two live tracks from a band whose live shows are its strongest suit. Still, Skeletons remains a good introduction to the band's early - ...
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Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead [Rhino]
(2004)
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Skeletons from the Closet has been long-lived as a Grateful Dead primer, though it was superseded by The Very Best of the Grateful Dead in 2003. Fans of the band's live show have noted that Skeletons only contains two live tracks from a band whose live shows are its strongest suit. Still, Skeletons remains a good introduction to the band's early - ...
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Fillmore East: April 1971
(2000)
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Grateful Dead
1971 was a good year to catch a live Grateful Dead show, and the Fillmore East was a good venue to catch them at. Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead presents some four and a half hours of Grateful Dead garnered from their final five-day run at the Fillmore East in 1971 before it closed down for good. Compared to larger arenas, the 2400 seat ...
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Hundred Year Hall: 4-26-72
(1995)
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Grateful Dead
For many Deadheads, the release of Hundred Year Hall: 4-26-72 (1995) in September 1995 is inextricably linked with the passing of Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) a few weeks earlier. This double-CD features just under two-and-a-half hours of highlights from the Grateful Dead on April 26, 1972 at Jahrhundert Halle in Frankfurt, Germany. The band was ...
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The Best of the Blues [MCA Special Products]
(1990)
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Various Artists
Certainly, a single-disc budget-line collection such as MCA Special Products' Best of the Blues can't live up to its title, but those expecting such a disc to be a definitive introduction to such a rich idiom as the blues are simply deluding themselves. Think of the compilation as an affordable sampler of one label's vaults, and you'll be on the ...
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Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
(2002)
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Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead's first extended tour outside the United States took them to Europe in the early spring of 1972. The tour has been well documented on several other multi-disc packages -- most notably Europe '72 (1972) and Hundred Year Hall (1995). While both have obvious merit to the rabid enthusiast as well as the casual listener, they likewise ...
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Live/Dead [Bonus Tracks]
(2003)
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The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead's fourth title was likewise their first extended concert recording. Spread over two LPs, Live/Dead (1969) finally was able to relay the intrinsic sonic magnificence of a Dead show in real time. Additionally, it unleashed several key entries into their repertoire, including the side-long epic and Deadhead anthem "Dark Star" as ...
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Pure Blues
(2001)
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Various Artists
The "pure" in the Pure series initially suggested the unadulterated, soothing dulcet tones of new age in the Pure Moods discs, but as the series took off, Universal Music realized they had a real marketable brand name here, so they decided to use it for different genres. The one thing that all the collections shared was that they were exceptional ...
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Definitive Collection
(2007)
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
Bobby "Blue" Bland is closing in on sixty years as a professional singer (he cut his first single way back in 1951), and while his technical singing range has shrunk with age, he has more than compensated for it with his elegant sense of phrasing and his intelligent use of appropriate melisma, a trait that any number of contemporary would-be R&B ...
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Two from the Vault
(1992)
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Grateful Dead
As the title implies, this was the second complete show to be issued from the Grateful Dead's tape vaults. In contradiction of the "technical information" liner notes essay, this release was derived entirely from the second night of a two-night run (August 23 and 24, 1968) at the Shrine Theater in Los Angeles. These performances were documented ...
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...Believe What I Say [Hepcat]
(2006)
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James Hunter
Shortly after James Hunter's 2006 album People Gonna Talk made a moderate but noteworthy splash in the States, the indie Hep Cat label reissued Hunter's first album for American consumption. Thankfully, this is no dredging up of a musty, best left forgotten release, as the singer/songwriter/guitarist's 1996 debut is almost as enticing as People ...
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The Anthology
(2001)
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
As the quintessential chitlin' circuit R&B/blues star, Memphis-based singer Bobby "Blue" Bland's career has been relatively well-documented on CD. Still, until this 2001 double set, all 25 of his Top Ten R&B hits have not been available in one package. The Anthology is still not a complete career overview though, as it ends in 1982 before his ...
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Memphis Wham!
(1999)
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Lonnie Mack
At first glance, this might seem like nothing more than a retread of the classic The Wham of That Memphis Man, as the disc includes all 14 songs from that album. This is a quality upgrade/supplement to that record, though, adding 11 more tracks of 1963-1967 vintage from both rare singles and previously unreleased outtakes. This is hardly filler ...
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Look out for the Cheater
(1966)
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Bob Kuban & the In-Men
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Best of the Verve Years
(1995)
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James Cotton
Taken from the high-energy harpist's first three albums for Verve following his split from Muddy Waters (including the entirety of his fine eponymous 1967 debut), this 20-track anthology is a fine spot to begin any serious Cotton collection. In those days, Cotton was into soul as well as blues -- witness his raucous versions of "Knock on Wood" and ...
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Duke Recordings
(1998)
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Bobby Blue Bland
This single-disc compilation cherry-picks through MCA's three two-disc anthology sets and puts together 16 tracks of essential Bland, starting with 1957's "Farther up the Road" and ending up with his 1969 reading of Big Joe Turner's "Chains of Love." It gathers up all the biggies: "Turn on Your Lovelight," "I Pity the Fool," "Stormy Monday Blues," ...
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Dick's Picks, Vol. 22
(2001)
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Grateful Dead
There are many reasons the Grateful Dead are cultural icons; primary among them is their uncanny ability to stretch the boundaries and test the limits concerning any preconceptions or expectations from their music. Dick's Picks, Vol. 22 examines a band wrought with experimentation fuelled by the vigor of youth. This double-disc release compiles ...
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bobby "Blue" Bland
(2000)
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bobby "Blue" Bland collects a dozen of his definitive performances, including "I Pity the Fool," "Stormy Monday Blues," and "Who Will the Next Fool Be?" Within a dozen songs, the collection spans Bland's most aching, plaintive moments, such as "I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)," as ...
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3 Harp Boogie
(1994)
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James Cotton
The music featured here is actually all right, but the set suffers due to its odd patchwork assembly. Five of the tracks come from a 1963 acoustic session recorded at an apartment on the South Side, featuring Elvin Bishop on guitar, Cotton on vocals and harmonica, Paul Butterfield on harmonica, and Billy Boy Arnold on harmonica (hence the title 3 ...
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Live from Austin, TX
(2006)
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Delbert McClinton
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Blues Gold [Hip O]
(2006)
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Various Artists
None of the cuts on this two-disc, 38-track collection is particularly obscure or hard to find elsewhere, but what makes it a useful set is having them all in one package, and the end result is a nice introduction to modern electric blues. Included are such classic blues performances as Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog," T-Bone Walker's "Call It ...
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Live in Las Vegas
(1969)
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Tom Jones
Tom Jones' greatest strength is as a showman, making Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas one of his strongest records. As he tears through his well-constructed show, the vocalist works the reserved crowd into a near-frenzy, which makes him sing stronger and more dramatically. However, Tom Jones is at his best when he is at his most melodramatic, so this ...
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The Killer Rocks On
(1972)
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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Blind Pig Sampler: Prime Chops, Vol. 3
(1995)
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Billboard Top R&B Hits: 1961
(1989)
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The roots of soul? The Miracles top the list; Ben E. King, Lee Dorsey, and the Jive Five round it out. Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide
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