Broke, Black and Blue [Box set, Import]

Various Artists - Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 8, 1999)
• Original Release Date: December 14, 1999
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Proper Box UK
• ASIN: B00002ZZZY
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Barrel House Blues - Andrews, Ed

2. Georgia Stockade Blues - Delaney, Tom

3. Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band

4. Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland

5. Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake

See all 100 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Ham Hound Crave

2. No More Women Blues

3. How Long, How Long Blues

4. Unknown Blues

5. Chicken Wilson Blues

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Married Man Blues

2. Dupree Blues

3. 22-20 Blues

4. Lonesome Road Blues

5. Midnight Hour Blues

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Disc: 4

1. East St. Louis Blues

2. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing

3. Can't You Read

4. Life Is Like That

5. Memory of Sonny Boy

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Editorial Reviews

"An Anthology of Blues classics and rarities from Barrel house to Boogie, from Vaudeville to the Delta. Discs are comprised of 100 tracks depicting the first 20 years of recorded blues history."

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it With Confidence, July 5, 2005

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Peter Gordon (Canberra, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broke, Black and Blue (Audio CD)

This boxed set provides an excellent opportunity to add breadth to any blues collection. It's also an oustanding bargain at the price.

For the most part the compiler offers just one track per performer or group, with the tracks arranged in chronological order. The first two discs range from 1925 to late in 1930, the third covers the 1930's. The final disc changes the pattern. After five blues by different artists from the early 1940's we settle into multiple jump blues from Les Brown, Jimmie Gordon and Johnny Temple.

Until this final disc, however, the range is enormous, with a sprinkling of famous titles amid a wonderful array of undeserved obscurities. For the most part the sound is highly acceptable given the age and occasional rarity of the originals.

There's a substantial and useful booklet of about 40 pages, with full commentary and exhaustive discographic detail, as one should expect.

Even at the risk of a certain amount of duplication this is an excellent compilation, either for people new to this wonderful genre, or to those with greater experience. Unless you're remarkably expert, it's certain to widen horizons and introduce you to unfamiliar treasures. Buy it with confidence.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best thing about thANKSGIVING, December 28, 2010

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Still Bluesing - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Broke, Black and Blue (Audio CD)

OUR ANNUAL "FAMILY DINNER", OF 82 THIS TIME, SORTA REGRETTING BEING THERE, NO AIR, LOTTA CHATTER, WHEN I HEARD THIS ALBUM AND WAS REVIVED, REDEEMED AND REJOICING. SO GLAD I FOUND MY VERY OWN SET THRU YOU. THANKS.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Broke, Black, and Blue, May 28, 2009

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Teach (St. Augustine, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broke, Black and Blue (Audio CD)

Outstanding collection of old blues sides, a great addition to anyone's collection. Even better, I bought it several years ago, new & unopened, from edwardrhamilton.com a discount bookseller sometimes offering great deals on music CD's and worth checking out. This is fine music covering a wide range of artists & styles.