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Elmore James The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box)

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What an incredible edition! His complete recorded output, from 1951 to '56. The set includes...more

Elmore James: The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box)

What an incredible edition! His complete recorded output, from 1951 to '56. The set includes many previously unknown and unreleased takes, plus a beautifully illustrated 40-page booklet.

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  • Interpret: Elmore James

  • Album titlle: The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box)

  • Genre Blues

  • Label Ace Records

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0029667000420

  • weight in Kg 0.216
James, Elmore - The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box) CD 1
01Dust My BroomElmore James
02Please Find My BabyElmore James
03Hawaiian BoogieElmore James
04Please Find My Baby (2. vers.)Elmore James
05Hand In HandElmore James
06Long Tall WomanElmore James
07Rock My Baby RightElmore James
08One More DrinkElmore James
09My Baby's GoneElmore James
10One More DrinkElmore James
11Lost Woman BluesElmore James
12I BelieveElmore James
13I Held My Baby Last NightElmore James
14Baby What's WrongElmore James
15Sinful WomanElmore James
16Round House BoogieElmore James
17Dumb Woman BluesElmore James
18Sax-Ony BoogieElmore James
19Kicking The Blues AroundElmore James
20I May Be WrongElmore James
21Sweet Little WomanElmore James
James, Elmore - The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box) CD 2
01Early In The MorningElmore James
02Can't Stop Lovin'Elmore James
03Hawaiian Boogie (2. vers.)Elmore James
04Make A Little LoveElmore James
05My Best FriendElmore James
06Make My Dream Come TrueElmore James
07Make My Dreams Come TrueElmore James
08Make My Dreams Come True (take 4)Elmore James
09Make My Dreams Come True (take 7)Elmore James
10Strange Kinda Feeling (take 1)Elmore James
11Strange Kinda Feeling (take 2)Elmore James
12Strange Kinda Feeling (take 3)Elmore James
13Strange Kinda Feeling (take 4)Elmore James
14Strange Kinda Feeling (take 5)Elmore James
15Strange Kinda Feeling (take 6)Elmore James
16Dark And Dreary (take 1)Elmore James
17Dark And Dreary (take 2)Elmore James
18Dark And Dreary (take 4)Elmore James
19Quarter Past NineElmore James
20Where Can My Baby Be (take 1)Elmore James
21Where Can My Baby Be (take 8)Elmore James
22Where Can My Baby Be (take 9)Elmore James
23Please Come Back To Me (Sho' Nuff I Do)Elmore James
24Sho' Nuff I Do (session talk & false start)Elmore James
25Sho' Nuff I Do (alt. take)Elmore James
26Sho' Nuff I DoElmore James
271839 BluesElmore James
28I Got A Strange Baby (false start & chat)Elmore James
29Canton Mississippi BreakdownElmore James
James, Elmore - The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box) CD 3
01Standing At The CrossroadsElmore James
02Late Hours At MidnightElmore James
03Happy HomeElmore James
04Sunny LandElmore James
05The Way You Treat MeElmore James
06No Love In My HeartElmore James
07Dust My BluesElmore James
08I Was A FoolElmore James
09Blues Before SunriseElmore James
10Goodbye (Baby)Elmore James
11So Mean To MeElmore James
12So Mean To Me (take 3)Elmore James
13So Mean To Me (take 4)Elmore James
14Wild About You Baby (chat & false start)Elmore James
15Wild About YouElmore James
16Wild About You (Baby)Elmore James
17Elmo's Shuffle (take 3) (instr.)Elmore James
18Elmo's Shuffle (take 4)Elmore James
19Elmo's Shuffle (take 5)Elmore James
20Long Tall WomanElmore James
21Long Tall WomanElmore James
Elmore James It didn't seem to much matter whether Fire Records boss Bobby Robinson... more
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Elmore James

It didn't seem to much matter whether Fire Records boss Bobby Robinson booked a studio to record slide guitar master Elmore James in Chicago, New York, or New Orleans. Elmore ripped into his own Shake Your Moneymaker at Cosimo Matassa's self-named studio in the Crescent City during the summer of 1961, the Harlem-based Robinson making the trip down to oversee the session.

After supervising Elmore's '59 comeback hit The Sky Is Crying in Chicago with the guitarist's own Broomdusters in sturdy support (see Disc Five), Robinson had helmed a couple of James dates at Beltone Studios in New York with the cream of the city's blues sessioneers behind him. But Elmore was now living mostly in Jackson, Mississippi (problems with the Chicago musicians union made it all but impossible for him to secure work there), so James met Bobby in the Crescent City to record with his Jackson-based band: Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker rattled the 88s, Sammy Lee Bully stroked the electric bass, and King Mose Taylor was on drums.

The non-union session was held under sweltering conditions that don't seem to have slowed the tough little combo down any; Moneymakerrides a fluid glide that's different from the grinding thrust that his platters traditionally had. This is no Dust My Broom retread, but fresh territory for James, whose vocal is all but unintelligible in spots yet thoroughly compelling from one end to the other. Of course, his savage slide work connects as solidly as ever.

Robinson had searched long and hard to locate Elmore prior to the date that spawned The Sky Is Crying, and the producer remained faithful to him to the end. That sad day arrived unexpectedly on May 24, 1963, when James succumbed to a heart attack at his bassist 'Homesick' James Williamson's house on Chicago's near North Side. He was only 45 and had long suffered from a bad ticker. With help from local deejay Big Bill Hill, Elmore had straightened out his longstanding dispute with the union and was primed to resume performing in the Windy City when he died, as well as planning his first European tour.

The electric blues idiom has seen its share of iconic slide guitarists over the decades. For a great many enthusiasts of the genre, there can be no better example of the crashing power of cold bottleneck or metal tube incisively applied to six amplified strings than the classic lick powering Elmore's Dust My Broom.

Bill Dahl
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Tracklist
James, Elmore - The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box) CD 1
01 Dust My Broom
02 Please Find My Baby
03 Hawaiian Boogie
04 Please Find My Baby (2. vers.)
05 Hand In Hand
06 Long Tall Woman
07 Rock My Baby Right
08 One More Drink
09 My Baby's Gone
10 One More Drink
11 Lost Woman Blues
12 I Believe
13 I Held My Baby Last Night
14 Baby What's Wrong
15 Sinful Woman
16 Round House Boogie
17 Dumb Woman Blues
18 Sax-Ony Boogie
19 Kicking The Blues Around
20 I May Be Wrong
21 Sweet Little Woman
James, Elmore - The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box) CD 2
01 Early In The Morning
02 Can't Stop Lovin'
03 Hawaiian Boogie (2. vers.)
04 Make A Little Love
05 My Best Friend
06 Make My Dream Come True
07 Make My Dreams Come True
08 Make My Dreams Come True (take 4)
09 Make My Dreams Come True (take 7)
10 Strange Kinda Feeling (take 1)
11 Strange Kinda Feeling (take 2)
12 Strange Kinda Feeling (take 3)
13 Strange Kinda Feeling (take 4)
14 Strange Kinda Feeling (take 5)
15 Strange Kinda Feeling (take 6)
16 Dark And Dreary (take 1)
17 Dark And Dreary (take 2)
18 Dark And Dreary (take 4)
19 Quarter Past Nine
20 Where Can My Baby Be (take 1)
21 Where Can My Baby Be (take 8)
22 Where Can My Baby Be (take 9)
23 Please Come Back To Me (Sho' Nuff I Do)
24 Sho' Nuff I Do (session talk & false start)
25 Sho' Nuff I Do (alt. take)
26 Sho' Nuff I Do
27 1839 Blues
28 I Got A Strange Baby (false start & chat)
29 Canton Mississippi Breakdown
James, Elmore - The Classic Early Recordings (3-CD Box) CD 3
01 Standing At The Crossroads
02 Late Hours At Midnight
03 Happy Home
04 Sunny Land
05 The Way You Treat Me
06 No Love In My Heart
07 Dust My Blues
08 I Was A Fool
09 Blues Before Sunrise
10 Goodbye (Baby)
11 So Mean To Me
12 So Mean To Me (take 3)
13 So Mean To Me (take 4)
14 Wild About You Baby (chat & false start)
15 Wild About You
16 Wild About You (Baby)
17 Elmo's Shuffle (take 3) (instr.)
18 Elmo's Shuffle (take 4)
19 Elmo's Shuffle (take 5)
20 Long Tall Woman
21 Long Tall Woman