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Broke, Black and Blue

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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.

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.

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.

Though Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton and a few others couldn't be included here, BB&B is an otherwise excellent sort of pre-war greatest hits package of the blues. The sound, considering the existing source material, is very good too and makes a strong argument for this box being a near essential part of anyone's blues collection. Especially for the price.

Un verdadero hallazgo ésta compilación que rescata grabaciones poco difundidas y algunos clásicos. Con un sonido excelente, teniendo en cuenta la época en la cual se registraron, y una serie de datos y apuntes de cada grabacion sumamente completa. La autenticidad del blues primitivo, fluyendo del alma de estos hombres que soportaron penurias, sometimientos, exclusiones, amores rotos, y se animaron a expresar todo su desesperación de una forma dolorosamente bella. La música en su estado más puro. Absolutamente recomendable.

This Box set is a treasure.Great collection of early recorded blues.Fantastic!