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The Blues – Explore the Heart of a Genre
Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl – perfect for new listeners and lifelong fans alike.
From the roots to the city streets
Travel through time and style – from acoustic Delta to electric Chicago blues, from unsung heroes to timeless legends.
Essential listening for every collection
All releases include rich liner notes and restored sound – only at Bear Family Records, your home for historic blues preservation.
The Blues – Explore the Heart of a Genre
Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl –...
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Want the big picture of blues music? Our The Blues category offers expertly curated compilations, rare reissues, and themed series on CD and vinyl – perfect for new listeners and lifelong fans alike.
From the roots to the city streets
Travel through time and style – from acoustic Delta to electric Chicago blues, from unsung heroes to timeless legends.
Essential listening for every collection
All releases include rich liner notes and restored sound – only at Bear Family Records, your home for historic blues preservation.
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Like almost no other he's a holdout from a time when Howlin' Wolf and Magic Sam were still playing the westside Chicago clubs. His music brings back memories of long gone days. But in his own songs (this CD contains 11 originals) he's...
(2005 'Blind Pig') (52:29/11) Die CD-Fassung der in Chico, Kalifornien aufgenommen Live-DVD mit leicht abgewandeltem Programm. Details: siehe DVD-Beschreibung / Audio CD version of his first live DVD, recorded in California with a...
(2004 'Bad Daddy') (46:47/12) Wiederum von Rusty Zinn produziertes zweites Album. Auch wenn Horton keinen persönlichen, leicht zu erkennenden Stil besitzt; seine Blues sind stark. Er hat fast alle Songs geschrieben, interpretiert sie mit...
(1951-57 'RPM/Modern') (58:10/20) Die achte CD in der 'Crown'-Serie von Ace. Dies war B.B. Kings erste LP, wahrlich eine Zusammenstellung seiner größten Erfolge der 50er Jahre, hier ergänzt um acht, größtenteils zuvor unveröffentlichte...
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(1950-2004 'Delmark') (60:47/16) = zuvor unveröffentlicht / previously unissued - Unveröffentlichte, alternative und bereits bekannte Harmonica-Blues aus dem Delmark-Katalog / Previously unissued recordings, alternate takes and tracks...
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(Soul Jam Records) 22 tracks, digipack This release presents Red's fabulous debut “The Lowdown Back Porch Blues”, Red's most popular album from his impressive discography. It's also an ideal introduction to one of the blues' most...
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This set is especially of interest because the late great Floyd McDaniel is participating. Floyd, who died in 1995 on his 80th birthday, was one of the most fascinating humans I have ever met. He started working as a professional...
Eight cuts were recorded for 'Delmar', as 'Delmark' was originally named - in St. Louis. Later recordings were made in 1961 in Chicago. Great stuff from one of the most unique and original of all bluesmen. BIG JOE WILLIAMS - gtr/voc,...
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(Rarity Records) 13 tracks Blues band The MarbleTones is a rocking musical phenomenon from the Netherlands, playing authentic 1950s and 60s style rhythm and blues, hard-hitting rock & roll and solid funk grooves. A soulful lead singer, a...
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(1952 'United') (70:03/25) United's most popular gospel artists included Robert Anderson (Working The Road - The Golden Age of Chicago Gospel, Delmark 702), Staple Singers and The Caravans but recorded many other lesser-known, talented...
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(2002 'NorthernBlues') (62:03/14) Nach seinem Überraschungs-Debüt (CCD 11067) liefert uns der blutjunge kanadische Gitarrist (*1980) ein erstaunlich reifes Album ab. Lebte die erste CD von der Unbekümmertheit der Musiker, so belegt...
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In the year 2000, the readers of 'Living Blues Magazin' voted Roy Gaines 'Most Outstanding Guitarist'. The year before he won a prestigous 'W.C. Handy Award'. Today, Roy Gaines must be regarded one of the greatest living blues...
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Born in 1884, Campbell was the only Joplin disciple with a recording output. Includes many rare takes. Original ragtime style piano. Brun Campbell was born in Washington, KS in 1884 and was an accomplished pianist by the age of 14. While...
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'Handyman', the predecessor album, was highly praised by critics, and fans alike. Regarded one of the best blues releases of 1999, it opened many doors for the band. With their new CrossCut production Mississippi Heat will win many, many...
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Freund, musicalwise raised in Chicago, now resident on the west coast, returns to Chicago on a regular basis to record. His second one for Delmark, also produced by Dave Specter, is an album with two sides. One shows Freund the skilled...
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(2001/Indigo) 16 Tracks (43:33) - Excellent '50s style Blues and R&B album from the UK's most prolific big band. Big Joe Louis filled the gap left by pianist Mike Sanchez who left in 1999. Excellent! BIG JOE LOUIS - voc/gtr, DAVE WILSON...
(2000 'Delmark') (68:48/14) Gutes neues Album der starken Sängerin, die sich diesmal neben klassischen Bluesthemen z.B. auch 'Nutbush City Limits', bekannt von Tina Turner, vorgenommen hat / fine new effort from this powerful singer....
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Vocalist Al Thomas was born in Chicago's south side, in the Maxwell street area. It wasn't until the mid-80s that he started to work on a regular basis, with the Crazy House Band. Little known outside his hometown until the release of...
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(1951-53 'United') (57:08/20) He was a very influential piano player, one of the first 'modern' players. This great set includes a lot of tracks that have been unavailable since their 78 issue, and a few songs heard for the first time....
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(1949-53 'Regal/United') (71:35/25) Hervorragender früher R&B / Excellent early recordings. * = previously unissued, + = unavailable since the original 78 rpm release. With Dave Bartholomew, Ernie K-Doe, Larry Darnell, Annie Laurie,...
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The first release in our series of high-profile live recordings from the renowned anual 'Lucerne Blues Festival' in Switzerland. In November 1999 a band fronted by guitarist/singer Johnny Jones, and soul vocalist Charles Walker played...
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(1999 'Delmark') (72:47/14) So langsam entwickelt sich der ehemalige Gitarrist von Mississippi Heat zu einem kompetenten Bandleader und Musiker, der unter eigenem Namen ein zwar unspektakuläres doch schönes zweites Album für Delmark...
(1999 'Delmark') (65:03/14) This is a great record from a virtually unknown. Duncan's 65 years old, lived on the Westside most of his life, and plays harp in the styles of Jimmy Reed and Slim Harpo. Mostly originals, excellent support....