Blues

We are told ….. One of the most revered figures in late 20th Century American blues and roots music, by 1974 Taj Mahal had devised a unique style drawing on a huge variety of sources. This superb set typifies his eclectic approach and mastery of the guitar, and comes complete with background notes and images. […]

  Ten outstanding performances from the legendary Blues man, known as ‘The Texas Cannonball’. ‘Texas In My blues’ is a high energy performance recorded from some live shows in Texas and Oklahoma, and features cracking versions of Storming Monday and Boogie Chillun. Now re-packaged complete with a bonus disc of instrumental songs, previously known as […]

    I’ll Remember, an archival box set featuring the music of Taste, the Irish rock/blues band formed in the mid sixties that featured Rory Gallagher on guitar and vocals. The four disc set will feature both studio albums (1969′s Taste and the 1970 follow-up On The Boards) expanded with many alternate versions of album tracks. The third CD is full of live audio from 1970 culled […]

We are told …. 01 – An Eye For An Eye 02 – Band introduction 03 – Rock It In The Pocket 04 – Oh, Pretty Woman 05 – Have You Heard 06 – You Never Can Be Trusted 07 – Lookin’ For Willie 08 – The Stumble 09 – Howlin’ Moon 10 – My […]

    We are told: RICK DANKO was and will forever be known as one of the three singingmembers of THE BAND as well as their bassist.Their principle lead singer on their classic first album and was the second of the members to join the group, THEHAWKS back in the day backing RONNIE HAWKINS and […]

We are told: “I didn’t know a Strat could sound like that until I heard Buddy Guy” proclaimed Jeff Beck whose gestures were not alone. Countless accolades from across the music spectrum queue up in honour of the original blues innovator. The likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Wyman, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton […]

Eleven Complete Mose Allison Albums Over Five Discs Born just outside Tippo, Mississippi on his grandfather’s farm (known as The Island because Tippo Bayou encircles it , Mose Allison was already taking piano lessons by the age of five. He picked cotton at home, played piano in grammar school and trumpet in high school, and […]

This two disc set features Rory along with longtime bassist Gerry McAvoy and drummer Ted McKenna and is culled from dates in September 1979.   Rory is listed in both Gibson Guitars and Rolling Stones Top 100 guitarists of all time. Disc 1 1 Shin Kicker Rory Gallagher 2 Last of the Independents Rory Gallagher […]

SURFING IN SAN JOSE – JOE SATRIANI LIVE BROADCAST FROM THE CABARET CLUB, SAN JOSE,1988 This superb 1988 live recording catches guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Joe Satriani at the outset of an astonishing career that has seen him sell more than 10 million albums worldwide.• Although born in New York in 1956, it was in Berkeley, […]

California’s own celebrated blues troubadour rolled into Mediasound Studios on a cold December night for a radio interview with host Vin Scelsa, accompanied only by Elektra records’ rep Ralph Ebler. What transpired was an intimate session boasting material from Waits’ already burgeoning repertoire. Waits’ noteworthy recordings made at Mediasound on the 14th December 1976 were […]

  We are told: In a Rolling Stone interview Dylan remembered Bloomfield as “the guy that I always miss….. he had so much soul. And he knew all the styles”.Al Kooper, that “he had 90% talent, 10% ambition”and in 1966 Clapton called him “music on two legs”Combining stinging treble-tone, articulate and fluid phrasing and headlong […]

From the archives BB King-The Life Of Riley is powerful, insightful and heart-warming feature documentary about legendary Blues man, BB King. Narrated by Morgan Freeman and featuring contributions by, amongst others, Eric Clapton, Bono, Ringo Starr, Carlos Santana, Slash, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Bruce Willis. In order to create as […]

Telepathically Executed Double Album Among Five-Best Live Records Ever Made Ranked 49 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List Peerless Sonics: Mobile Fidelity Edition Provides Fifth-Row Seat to Historic March 1971 Concerts The Allman Brothers Band’s The Allman Brothers Band, Eat A Peach, and Brothers and SistersAlso Available on Mobile Fidelity Hybrid SACD Fillmore East is […]

‘The telepathic interplay between Jorma and Jack is always fascinating and Papa John Creach’s violin and Sammy Piazza’s tasteful drumming adds a distinct new flavor to the proceedings… Everything here compares favorably to the released versions, and many surpass them in both length and intensity’ – www.concertvault.com Disc 1 1.       That’ll Never Happen No More […]