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Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection / 2CDs For The Price Of 1! Over 145 minutes of Genuine Houserockin' Music, 5 previously unreleased tracks, plus an enhanced track with video / Alligator Records 2x Audio CD 2001 / ALCD 112/13
UPC 014551121329
Great collection of songs on 2-CDs for a great price! Disc one features studio material from from Alligator Record's best selling artists. Disc two features live recordings and a special CD-ROM track with only known video of Alligator's legendary first artist, Hound dog Tylor, performing at the 1973 Ann Arbor Blues Fest.
Three decades ago Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator Records, selling his hero Hound Dog Taylor's records out of his car trunk. Since then, Alligator has become America's best-known and most prolific blues label, and many of the reasons for its success appear on this budget-priced, two-disc 30th anniversary collection. Much of the material, including Marcia Ball's "Louella" and Shemekia Copeland's "Turn the Heat Up," comes from relatively recent recordings, since the label also released anthologies honoring its 20th and 25th anniversaries. Those two collections are unreservedly recommended, with the 20th providing the best historical overview of the label's evolution.
But the 30th holds its own, presenting guitar greats like Lonnie Mack ("Stop"), Johnny Winter ("My Time After Awhile"), and Lonnie Brooks ("Two-Headed Man"), as well as harmonica heroes James Cotton ("When It Rains It Pours"), Junior Wells ("Keep Your Hands Out of My Pockets"), and William Clarke ("Broke and Hungry"). Several outstanding duets, including a fine and funky tune by Henry Butler and Corey Harris and a classic from a Robert Cray and Albert Collins collaboration, provide variety.
The second disc contains 13 live cuts, featuring some of the most exciting live blues acts ever, such as Albert Collins, backed by the Icebreakers; Luther Allison, who rips through his signature "Soul Fixin' Man"; and Son Seals, who gets help from Elvin Bishop. Dynastic zydeco great C.J. Chenier serves up "Jambalaya," and Delbert McClinton dishes out blue-eyed soul with "Maybe Someday Baby" to further flavor the live action. And to top it off, there's a bonus video track featuring Hound Dog Taylor to make the celebration complete. --Michael Point
| Label: | Alligator Records – ALCD 112/13 |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Compilation
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
2001 |
| Genre: | Blues |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Shemekia Copeland– | Turn The Heat Up | |
| 2-1 | Michael Burks– | Got A Way With Women | |
| 3-1 | Marcia Ball– | Louella | |
| 4-1 | Junior Wells– | Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket | |
| 5-1 | Coco Montoya– | Enough Is Enough | |
| 6-1 | Robert Cray, Albert Collins– | She's Into Something | |
| 7-1 | Corey Harris, Henry Butler– | If You Let A Man Kick You Once | |
| 8-1 | William Clarke– | Broke And Hungry | |
| 9-1 | Koko Taylor– | Bring Me Some Water | |
| 10-1 | Carey Bell– | Hard Working Woman | |
| 11-1 | Rusty Zinn– | The Chill | |
| 12-1 | Corey Harris– | Basehead | |
| 13-1 | The Kinsey Report– | Time Is Running Out | |
| 14-1 | John Cephas & Phil Wiggins– | Mamie | |
| 15-1 | The Holmes Brothers– | Homeless Child | |
| 16-1 | Dave Hole– | Jenny Lee | |
| 17-1 | Johnny Winter– | My Time After Awhile | |
| 18-1 | Phillip Walker, Lonnie Brooks– | Boogie Rambler | |
| 1-2 | Lonnie Brooks– | Two Headed Man | |
| 2-2 | Luther Allison– | Soul Fixin' Man | |
| 3-2 | C.J. Chenier And The Red Hot Louisiana Band– |
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | |
| 4-2 | Albert Collins And The Icebreakers– | Dyin' Flu | |
| 5-2 | James Cotton– | When It Rains It Pours | |
| 6-2 | Elvin Bishop– | Slow Down | |
| 7-2 | Saffire -The Uppity Blues Women– | You Can Have My Husband | |
| 8-2 | Little Charlie And The Nightcats– | I'll Take You Back | |
| 9-2 | Delbert McClinton– | Maybe Someday Baby | |
| 10-2 | Lil' Ed And The Blues Imperials– | Chicken, Gravy And Biscuits | |
| 11-2 | Son Seals, Elvin Bishop– | Sadie | |
| 12-2 | Lonnie Mack– | Stop | |
| 13-2 | Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers– | It's Alright | |
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Bonus CDROM Video Track |
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| Video | Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers– | Taylor's Rock |
