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Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up!: Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD)

3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 160-page booklet, 77 tracks. Total playing time approx. 218 mns.


Part one of the most comprehensive history EVER of electrified blues on 12 electrifying CDs! Every significant artist ... every significant recording from the 1930s to the present day, including T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, George Thorogood, and Freddie, B.B. and Albert King, Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Winter, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and literally hundreds more! In all, fifteen-and-a-half hours! Compiled and annotated by renowned blues expert, Bill Dahl. Every 3-CD set comes with a 160-page booklet including biographies, illustrations, original release info, and rare photos! Cross-licensed from every record company to be truly comprehensive!

Blues historian and musicologist, Bill Dahl from Chicago, has produced the most comprehensive history of electric blues ... ever! With nearly 300 tracks, Bear Family Records is telling the story from the beginning into the new millennium. In the 1930s, the invention of Gibson's ES-150 - the first electric guitar - changed popular music forever. The first generation of blues pioneers played acoustic instruments, but with the invention of amplification, guitar and harmonica players could be heard over the piano, drums and horns. Music was revolutionized!

The 12 generously full CDs are in four sets of three CDs in elegant digipaks. On more than 650 pages in four lavishly illustrated booklets, Bill Dahl writes authoritatively about the history of electric blues, and how it influenced rock music during the 1960s and beyond. Here's the complete story from jazz-inspired jump numbers in the late 1930s to hard-driving blues/rock from the States and Great Britain in the 1960s, '70s, and beyond. The journey closes with today's contemporary blues. This is it! Truly definitive! Done as only Bear Family can do it!

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Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) CD 1
01Floyd's Guitar BluesKirk, Andy and His Twelve Clou
02Mean Old WorldWalker, T-Bone
03Strange Things Happening Every DayTharpe, Sister Rosetta
04Drifting BluesJohnny Moore's Three Blazers
05Ain't That Just Like A WomanJordan, Louis and his Tympany
06That's All RightCrudup, Arthur 'Big Boy'
07Let Me Play With Your PoodleHopkins, Lightnin'
08Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just AsWalker, T-Bone
09Better Cut That OutWilliamson, Sonny Boy
10Ramblin' BillBig Bill (Broonzy) & His Rhyth
11I Can't Be SatisfiedMuddy Waters
12Boogie ChillenHooker, John Lee
13Blues After HoursCrayton, Pee Wee
14Mary Is FineBrown, Clarence 'Gatemouth' -
15Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-DeeMcGhee, Stick and His Buddies
16Hit The RoadLittle Willie Littlefield
17Who's Been Jivin' YouWitherspoon, Jimmy
18Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)Nighthawks, The (Robert Nighth
19My Special Friend BluesBaby Boy Warren
20Every Day I Have The Blues (Lonely Heart BlueFulson, Lowell
21Rock AwhileCarter, Goree and His Hepcats
22Bon Ton RoulaGarlow, Clarence
23Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1Baby Face Leroy Trio
24Slippin' And Slidin'Phillips, Gene with Jack McVea
25Rockin' All Day (aka Rockin' And Reelin')McCracklin, Jimmy and His Blue
26Love Don't Love NobodyBrown, Roy and His Mighty Migh
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) CD 2
01That's All RightRogers, Jimmy and His Trio
02Midnight BoogieTampa Red
03Black NightBrown, Charles and His Band
04Rock Little BabyGant, Cecil
05Why Should I Cry?Johnson, Lonnie
06Rocket '88'Brenston, Jackie and His Delta
07How Many More Years?Howlin' Wolf
08Boogie Woogie NighthawkBrown, James 'Wide Mouth'
09Baby Let's Go Down To The WoodsDixon, Floyd
10Kansas City BluesNighthawk, Robert and His Nigh
11Pontiac BluesWilliamson, Sonny Boy
12Dust My BroomJames, Elmore
13I'm In The MoodHooker, John Lee
14Cold Cold FeelingWalker, T-Bone
15Ramblin' On My MindGilmore, Boyd
16Please Send My Baby BackBlair, Sunny
17Trust In MeDomino, Fats
18JukeLittle Walter
19Me And My Chauffeur BluesMemphis Minnie with Little Joe
20Five Long YearsBoyd, Eddie
21Lonesome TrainVinson, Eddie 'Cleanhead'
22Hound DogThornton, Willie Mae 'Big Mama
23Chocolate Pork Chop ManLewis, Pete 'Guitar'
24Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone)King, B.B. and His Orchestra
25Evening SunShines, Johnny
26Cryin' ShamePryor, Snooky and His Trio
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) CD 3
01Messin' UpNorris, Chuck
02Please Love MeKing, B.B. and His Orchestra
03Forty Cups Of CoffeeOverbea, Danny
04Ice Cream ManBrim, John
05Losing HandCharles, Ray
06Hydramatic WomanLouis, Joe Hill
07Feelin' GoodLittle Junior's Blue Flames
08One Scotch, One Bourbon, One BeerMilburn, Amos and His Aladdin
09Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)Thomas Jr., Rufus
10Blues With A FeelingLittle Walter and His Jukes
11Piggly WigglyJackson, Lil' Son
12T.V. MamaTurner, Joe and His Blues King
13The Things That I Used To DoGuitar Slim and His Band
14Shim Sham ShimmyDupree, Champion Jack
15Dirty Work At The CrossroadBrown, Clarence 'Gatemouth' wi
16You Don't Have To GoReed, Jimmy and His Trio
17I'm Your Hoochie Coochie ManMuddy Waters
18Sloppy DrunkRogers, Jimmy and His Rocking
19Shake That ThingHarris, Wynonie
20Wine, Women, WhiskeyLightfoot, Papa
21I'm Gonna Murder My BabyHare, Pat
22Pet Cream ManHutto, J. B. and His Hawks
23Reconsider BabyFulson, Lowell
24Don't Have To Worry (Jumpin' In The Heart OfThomas, Lafayette
25The Boogie DiseaseRoss, Dr.
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Bear Family's "Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues wins the Historical Album category at the 2013 Blues Music Awards

Texas native T-Bone Walker was the primary catalyst for the electric blues guitar movement as we now know it. Beginning with his pioneering Mean Old World in 1942 (this set's second track), he wrote much of the vocabulary of postwar electric blues guitar. Sensing which way the wind was blowing, hallowed blues veterans Big Bill, Minnie, Tampa, and plenty more of the relative old-timers gamely made the switch; a new generation of younger electric blues guitarists sprang up in T-Bone's mighty wake in Texas, all over the South, in the Windy City, and on the West Coast. Most of those seminal guitar greats can be found on this collection.

Amplified harmonica was a later innovation. The humble mouth organ didn't even really emerge as a credible solo instrument until John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson surfaced with his Bluebird waxing of Good Morning, School Girl (Sonny Boy didn't have time to make the leap to amplifying his instrument prior to his 1948 murder, but he welcomed electric guitar into his band a few years before he was killed). Only in the late '40s and early '50s did a dazzling young coterie of harp wizards emerge to take it to the next level by pumping their thrilling solos through a mic and amp, led by unparalleled Chicagoan Little Walter. His forward-thinking peers included Snooky Pryor, Big Walter Horton, George 'Harmonica' Smith, Papa Lightfoot, and Junior Wells. 

Before this series of three-CD sets concludes, the listener will be guided through all the permutations of electric blues: swinging jump numbers, lowdown solo grinders, '50s rock 'n' rollers, the hard-charging British and American blues-rock of the '60s and beyond, soul-blues of the '70s, and right on up to the contemporary blues of today, where the electric guitar continues to reign as almighty king.

There's no way to include every deserving landmark of the genre on this series—that would require a virtual mountain of discs and an accompanying avalanche of words—but by the time you listen to the dozen jam-packed CDs that comprise this series, you'll have a pretty fair idea of how electric blues progressed, and who the important players were (not to mention a raft of unsung heroes).

Without the advent of amplification, blues as we know it in the 21st Century would never have existed. Here are the legends who invented electric blues.

Bear Family's "Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues 1939-2005" beat out four other nominees to win the Historical Album category at the 2013 Blues Music Awards, held May 9, 2013 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis.

Bill Dahl, reissue producer of the comprehensive 12-CD series for Bear Family, was in attendance to accept the coveted award at the gala ceremonies, attended by 1300 blues artists, musicians, various movers and shakers, and devoted fans of the genre.

The annual Blues Music Awards are regarded the most important and prestigeous blues music industry awards, worldwide!

 

Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939-54 (english) BCD 16921

3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 160-page booklet, 77 tracks. Total playing time approx. 218 mns.

Vol.2 Electric Blues 1954-67 (english) BCD 16922
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 172-page booklet, 79 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns.

Vol.3 Electric Blues 1960-69 (english) BCD 16923
3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 172-page booklet, 70 tracks. Total playing time approx. 221 mns

Vol.4 Electric Blues 1970-2005 (english) BCD 16924 3-CD Digipak (8-plated) with 156-page booklet, 65 tracks. Total playing time approx. 263 mns.

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Customer evaluation for "Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD)"
13 Mar 2014

It's a rare pleasure to be able to put a disc in the tray, press play, and know that every track will be enjoyable as well as significant.
Blues Music Magazine 1/13 Tom Hyslop

13 Mar 2014

Quibble with \definitive\", if you wish - but it does not get better than thus!
Blues in Britain 11/12 Norman Darwen"

13 Mar 2014

Eine bessere Veröffentlichung zum Thema dürfte schwerlich zu finden sein!
Blues News 10-12/2012 Dirk Föhrs

13 Mar 2014

Mit einer gigantischen Kollektion von vier 3 CD Boxen verfolgt Bear Family die Geschichte des elektrischen Blues von 1939-2005. Das ist eine historische Aufarbeitung wie sie sein soll.
Oldiemarkt 8/12 Martin Reichold

13 Mar 2014

Wer auf Label übergreifende Auswahl steht, wer qualitativ hochwertig sowie tief und umfassend alles über den elektrischen Blues erfahren möchte, für den gibt es kein Vorbeikommen an diesem Standardwerk!
Good Times 4/12 Ulrich Schwartz

13 Mar 2014

Für alle, die den Blues noch nicht so lange entdeckt haben, ist dies ein toller Einstieg!
Blues News 7-9/12 Dirk Föhrs

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Tracklist
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) CD 1
01 Floyd's Guitar Blues
02 Mean Old World
03 Strange Things Happening Every Day
04 Drifting Blues
05 Ain't That Just Like A Woman
06 That's All Right
07 Let Me Play With Your Poodle
08 Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As
09 Better Cut That Out
10 Ramblin' Bill
11 I Can't Be Satisfied
12 Boogie Chillen
13 Blues After Hours
14 Mary Is Fine
15 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
16 Hit The Road
17 Who's Been Jivin' You
18 Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
19 My Special Friend Blues
20 Every Day I Have The Blues (Lonely Heart Blue
21 Rock Awhile
22 Bon Ton Roula
23 Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1
24 Slippin' And Slidin'
25 Rockin' All Day (aka Rockin' And Reelin')
26 Love Don't Love Nobody
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) CD 2
01 That's All Right
02 Midnight Boogie
03 Black Night
04 Rock Little Baby
05 Why Should I Cry?
06 Rocket '88'
07 How Many More Years?
08 Boogie Woogie Nighthawk
09 Baby Let's Go Down To The Woods
10 Kansas City Blues
11 Pontiac Blues
12 Dust My Broom
13 I'm In The Mood
14 Cold Cold Feeling
15 Ramblin' On My Mind
16 Please Send My Baby Back
17 Trust In Me
18 Juke
19 Me And My Chauffeur Blues
20 Five Long Years
21 Lonesome Train
22 Hound Dog
23 Chocolate Pork Chop Man
24 Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone)
25 Evening Sun
26 Cryin' Shame
Various - Electric Blues - Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Vol.1 Electric Blues 1939 - 1954 (3-CD) CD 3
01 Messin' Up
02 Please Love Me
03 Forty Cups Of Coffee
04 Ice Cream Man
05 Losing Hand
06 Hydramatic Woman
07 Feelin' Good
08 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
09 Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
10 Blues With A Feeling
11 Piggly Wiggly
12 T.V. Mama
13 The Things That I Used To Do
14 Shim Sham Shimmy
15 Dirty Work At The Crossroad
16 You Don't Have To Go
17 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
18 Sloppy Drunk
19 Shake That Thing
20 Wine, Women, Whiskey
21 I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
22 Pet Cream Man
23 Reconsider Baby
24 Don't Have To Worry (Jumpin' In The Heart Of
25 The Boogie Disease