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Music : Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection
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Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection by: Various Artists |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014551121329 Format: Enhanced Label: Alligator Records Manufacturer: Alligator Records Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Alligator Records Release Date: August 21, 2001 Studio: Alligator Records Sales Rank: 114682 MPN: 511213 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Another stellar 2 CD set, but this time with a twist! The first disc contains studio material from the label’s archives, while the second disc features all live tracks — including some previously unreleased barn-burners from Albert Collins, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, C.J. Chenier and Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials. As an extra bonus, the second disc also features a CD-ROM section containing almost four minutes of the only known live footage of the great Hound Dog Taylor. All at the special 2-for-1 price!! Amazon.com: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - ExcellentAlligator does it again! Incredible compilation. If you are contemplating starting a blues collection get the Anniversary Collections by Alligator first. These CD sets introduce you to many talented artists without shelling out 100's of bucks. As an extra there is a video of Hounddog Taylor that you can play on your computer. Very nice! Rating:  - Smokin' Blues From the Alligator VaultsThe first thing I did when I got this CD was play the bonus CDROM video track of Hound Dog Tayor & The Houserockers' "Taylor's Rock" on my computer and cranked up the volume. My computer will never be the same! Taylor's slide playing is raw, powerful stuff on this nearly four-minute instrumental captured in black and white from the 1973 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Taylor also tears the roof off the house with a raucus version of "It's Alright." It's no surprise that Taylor closes out the live disc. Taylor's eponymously titled debut on Alligator was the first of his career and the first for the then fledgling blues label. The blues thrives in a live setting and even though I live in Nebraska, I've had the chance to see several ... Read More: Rating: - The five stars here,is just a few of the constelation !Yes,this five stars are just a few,just a few of many others,infinity others from the constelation of this truly great Blues Record! And i'm proud to be the first to review this album.I'm proud because i'm a really bluesfan...I'm proud because i'm really a Gator fan...proud to have in my own home a collection of almost 700 cds,95% blues cds...proud to take part in this special moment of Alligator Records.The history of the Gator Records is really fantastic,and specially in the person of this visionary man,Bruce Iglauer.Bruce worked with the great Bob Koester from Delmark Records,visited many universitary shows to choose some new talents to record.Then,he left Delmark to improve his own Record,where he could get new talents.The first album ... Read More: |
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