Best of the Blues Band

The Blues Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00000K1GV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,661 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Diddy Wah Diddy

2. Death Letter

3. Lonely Avenue

4. Find Yourself Another Fool

5. Hey, Hey, Little Girl

6. Maggie's Farm

7. I Can't Be Satisfied

8. I Want To Be Loved

9. Bad Penny Blues

10. Victim Of Love

11. Blue Collar

12. Bad Boy

13. Leaving

14. Fat City

15. Country Blues No. 48

16. Down To The River

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation from some British blues legends!, August 26, 1999

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Christopher L. Dolmetsch (Hurricane, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of the Blues Band (Audio CD)

Since their founding in 1979, the Blues Band has remained one of Britain's best kept secrets in so far as America is concerned. Formed by 60s legends Paul Jones, Tom McGuinness (both ex-Manfred Mann), Dave Kelly, and with changing rhythm and bass members (ex-Bluesbreaker Hughie Flint, Ian Stewart and Rob Townsend among others), this group has provided blues enthusiasts with many often hard-to-find albums of both standards and self-penned winners. Finally here is an American compilation featuring tracks drawn off most of their previous albums, many of them now considered Blues Band standards. Unfortunately a double disc set would have been more welcome, given the extent of their back catalogue and their variety of musical styles. Still, this is an excellent introduction to a group which certainly should be much better known and available to blues afficianados on these shores.