VA - The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Volume 1 (1998)

BAND/ARTIST: VA

Title: The Blue Horizon Story 1965-1970 Volume 1
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Columbia
Genre: Electric Blues, Blues Rock, Country Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Total Time: 03:46:16
Total Size: 941 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

"While Blue Horizon gained its reputation as the home of great British blues (early Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, and others), its spiritual home was in America, and it released far more American artists than most people realize, beginning with its first disc -- 99 copies (for tax reasons) of a Hubert Sumlin single. And that largely set the tone for the first five years of the label admirably covered in this three-CD set. Label head Mike Vernon was a blues lover and he released the music he loved, often licensing a track and sometimes signing and developing artists, as he did with his British stable, most especially Fleetwood Mac, born after Green left employer John Mayall (who also released two cuts on Blue Horizon, both with another former blues-breaker, Eric Clapton, and both, thankfully, here). Mac hit the big time with "Albatross," which definitely wasn't a blues, but their Chicago-influenced grit is apparent elsewhere, especially on "Temperature Is Rising (98.8F)," recorded with the legendary Otis Spann in the Windy City. But the label could easily move from the raw Delta sound of Bukka White to the electrifying slide of Hound Dog Taylor without it seeming unreasonable, while bringing on British artists like Duster Bennett, Jo Ann Kelly, and T.S. McPhee (who'd go on to head the Groundhogs) along the way. At best this can only be a taster, but it makes for a magnificent smorgasbord, not only of the real blues, but also of its very gritty and always authentic (at least on this label) British counterpart."-- AMG Review by Chris Nickson

"Blue Horizon was the UK's most influential blues label. In a short time span, in excess of 70 singles and 60 albums were released. This compilation features benchmark releases from a range of artists - some household names, some who have disappeared into relative obscurity, and others still walking the blues highway."

Tracklist

Disc 1 - The Pre CBS Years

1. Hubert Sumlin – Across The Board (04:13)
2. Hubert Sumlin – Sumlin Boogie (03:36)
3. Woodrow Adams With Boogie Blues Blasters – Baby You Just Don't Know (02:56)
4. Woodrow Adams With Boogie Blues Blasters – Wine Head Woman (02:42)
5. Jimmy McCracklin – Christmas Time - Part 1 (02:17)
6. J.B. Lenore – Mojo Boogie (02:42)
7. J.B. Lenore – I Don't Care What Nobody Say (03:19)
8. Doctor Isaiah Ross – Mean Old World (02:30)
9. T.S. McPhee – Someone To Love Me (02:18)
10. Jo Ann Kelly – I Feel So Good (02:48)
11. Drifting Slim – Good Morning Baby (02:49)
12. Drifting Slim – My Sweet Woman (02:52)
13. John Mayall & Eric Clapton – Lonely Years (03:17)
14. John Mayall & Eric Clapton – Bernard Jenkins (03:47)
15. Houston Boines – Superintendent Blues (02:32)
16. Houston Boines – Monkey Motion (02:22)
17. Savoy Brown's Blues Band – Can't Quit You Baby (03:35)
18. Champion Jack Dupree & T.S. McPhee – Get Your Head Happy (02:17)
19. Champion Jack Dupree & T.S. McPhee – Talk All In My Sleep (03:24)
20. Stone's Masonry – Hot Rock (03:27)
21. Hound Dog Taylor – Christine (02:11)
22. 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys – Come Back (02:34)
23. 'Little' Mack Simmons & His Boys – My Walking Blues (03:11)
24. Eddie Boyd – It's So Miserable To Be Alone (03:39)
25. Eddie Boyd – Empty Arms (02:48)

Disc 2 - The CBS Years Part 1

1. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac – I Believe My Time Ain't Long (02:54)
2. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – Warning (03:22)
3. The Chicken Shack – When My Left Eye Jumps (feat. Stan Webb) (06:26)
4. Arthur K. Adams – She Drives Me Out Of My Mind (03:03)
5. Eddie Boyd – The Big Boat (02:36)
6. Fleetwood Mac – Black Magic Woman (02:46)
7. Roosevelt Holts – Prison Bound Blues (02:37)
8. Fleetwood Mac – Need Your Love So Bad (03:53)
9. Champion Jack Dupree & Stan Webb – How Am I Doing It (02:45)
10. Otis Spann – Can't Do Me No Good (02:18)
11. B.B. King – The Woman I Love (03:01)
12. Curtis Jones – You Don't Have To Go (03:38)
13. Fleetwood Mac – Albatross (03:10)
14. Guitar Crusher & Jimmy Spruill Orchestra – Since My Baby Hit The Numbers (02:16)
15. Garfield Love & Jimmy Spruill Orchestra – Next Time You See Me (02:32)
16. Johnny Shines – Solid Gold (03:10)
17. Sunnyland Slim – Layin' In My Cell, Sleepin' (03:10)
18. Bobby Parker – It's Hard But It's Fair (02:16)
19. Bobby Parker – I Couldn't Quit My Baby (04:52)
20. Champion Jack Dupree – Stumbling Block (02:24)
21. Chicken Shack – I'd Rather Go Blind (03:14)
22. Otis Spann & Fleetwood Mac – Temperature Is Rising (98.8°F) (05:11)
23. Otis Rush & His Band – All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (02:34)

Disc 3 - The CBS Years Part 2

1. Magic Sam – Everything Gonna Be Alright (02:50)
2. Chicken Shack – Hideaway (03:03)
3. David 'Honeyboy' Edwards – My Baby's Gone (04:02)
4. Coyne Clague – Mandy Lee (02:41)
5. Gordon Smith – Too Long (02:42)
6. Mississippi Joe Callicott – You Don't Know My Mind (05:12)
7. Furry Lewis – Judge Harsh Blues (04:36)
8. Bukka White – Drifting Blues (03:51)
9. Larry Johnson – Southern Train (02:45)
10. Chicken Shack – Tears In The Wind (02:40)
11. Duster Bennett – I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up Or I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You (02:54)
12. Harmonica Slim – She Wants To Rock 'N' Roll (03:45)
13. Johnny Young – Moaning And Groaning (03:08)
14. George Smith – Someday You're Gonna Learn (To Treat Me Right) (04:13)
15. Top Topham – Ridin' The Blinds (02:29)
16. Bacon Fat – Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights) (03:47)
17. Jellybread – Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (02:44)
18. Christine Perfect – Crazy 'Bout My Baby (03:01)
19. Key Largo – Voodoo Rhythm (02:59)
20. Duster Bennett – I Want You To Love Me (03:32)
21. Martha Velez – I'm Gonna Leave You (04:06)
22. Bacon Fat – Blues Feeling (03:59)

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