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Music : Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James
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Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James by: Elmore James Price: $49.98 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0077778625728 Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: June 29, 1992 Studio: Virgin Records Us Sales Rank: 196881 Disc 1:
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 Rating: - Elmore Slides OnWhen one thinks of the classic blues tune "Dust My Broom" one tends to think of the legendary Robert Johnson who along with his "Sweet Home, Chicago" created two of the signature blues songs of the pre-World War II period. However, my first hearing of "Dust My Broom" was on a hot LP (the old days, right?) version covered and made his own by the artist under review, Elmore James. I have heard many cover versions since then, including from the likes of George Thorogood and Chris Smithers, and they all reflect on the influence of Elmore's amazing slide guitar virtuosity to provide the "heat" necessary to do the song justice. Moreover, this is only the tip of the iceberg as such blues masters and aficionados as B.B. King and The Rolling Stones have ... Read More: Rating: - Great early ElmoreAce Records' 28-track "The Best Of Elmore James - The Early Years" is more comprehensive than this collection, and the true fan will of course want the lavish three-disc box set "The Early Recordings 1951-1956". But this is a really fine sampler, opening with Elmore's shameless re-recording of "Dust My Broom", titled "Dust My Blues", and ending with the sizzling slow blues "Goodbye Baby". Elmore James is often considered a one-riff boogie king, but that is actually very unfair, as this collection shows. Yes, he (or more likely his producers) wanted to recapture the "Broom" magic by utilizing the same riff on subsequent singles, but James had many more tricks up his sleeve, and "Let's Cut It" is filled with some of the rawest, most ... Read More: Rating: - A Good Offering of Early Elmore Sides... this CD affords a good compromise. On it you'll hear some of Elmore's seminal early work, produced by Joe Bihari (the same guy who produced all the early B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf sides), and originally issued on the great Modern label, and its subsidiaries Flair and Meteor. Not every selection is a gem, but who can argue with an album that includes the screaming slide-guitar instrumental "Hawaiian Boogie," "Dark & Dreary," "Goodbye Baby" and one of my favorite jump blues of all time, "My Best Friend" (other -- and better -- takes of "My Best Friend" have been issued under the title "Make My Dreams Come True"). All in all, a lot of important early recordings; good to have if you're into the Blues and you like this truly original guitar ... Read More: |
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