King of the Slide Guitar [Box set, Import]

Elmore James | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 3
• 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: Snapper UK
• ASIN: B00008IUX8
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,251 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dust My Broom (I Believe My Time Ain't Long)

2. The Twelve Year Old Boy

3. Coming Home

4. It Hurts Me Too

5. Knocking At Your Door

6. Elmore's Contribution To Jazz

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Something Inside Me

2. Stranger Blues

3. Anna Lee

4. Standing At The Crossroads

5. (My) Bleeding Heart

6. My Kind Of Woman

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. My Baby's Gone

2. Find My Kinda Woman

3. Look On Yonder Wall (Look Up On The Wall)

4. Dust My Broom

5. It Hurts Me Too

6. Pickin' The Blues (Manhattan Slide)

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

The complete Trumpet, Chief & Fire Sessions, 64 remastered tracks. Includes a 24-page illustrated booklet. 3 papersleeves packaged in a cardboard flip-top box. 'Elmore James was a major, maybe even the main reason, why the Stones came about.' - Bill Wyman

Customer Reviews

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic box set, June 7, 2003

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of the Slide Guitar (Audio CD)

This reissue of the original 50-track "King Of The Slide Guitar" box set, with an additional 14 tracks, is magnificent. It presents every song Elmore James recorded for the Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels in the early 60s, with great sound and a few interesting rarities and alternate takes.

You'll need to hear Elmore's earlier recordings as well, of course (available on the fine "The Classic Early Recordings" box set, ASIN: B000000W62), but the fact that a few of his best early songs weren't re-recorded for Bobby Robinson's labels, and thus are missing from this collection, doesn't really detract anything from its greatness.
There are still so many blues classics here it's unbelievable - "Dust My Broom", "It Hurts Me Too", "The Sky Is Crying", "Shake Your Moneymaker" and "The Twelve Year Old Boy" are the best-known, obviously, but the rest of this material is not sub-par in any way...every song is good, most are great, and a lot of them are just magnificent, some of the most powerful electric blues you'll ever hear.

The brand of fiery electric blues that Elmore James played more than forty years ago packed an incredible punch. It is supremely gritty (in spite of the urbane arrangements featuring piano and saxophone), and Elmore had one of the greatest, most intense and expressive voices you'll ever hear. His slashing slide guitar playing has made him more influential than any other single guitarist.

"King Of The Slide Guitar" also includes several terrific instrumentals, like the smouldering "Up Jumped Elmore" and the dance-friendly boogie "Bobby's Rock". And even though most of the approximately fifty different songs aren't well known outside the circle of fanatical Elmore James-fan, there is an incredible number of high-quality cuts here.
The tough raver "Rollin' & Tumblin'" easily matches anything Cream or the Yardbirds ever did, "Done Somebody Wrong" is virtually hard rock, and the slide leads and saxophone fills on the funky "Can't Stop Loving My Baby" all blend together to create the kind of blues song you normally only dream about.

This wonderful collection of music can easily match any of the great Chess box sets, and that is saying something! Elmore James and the Broomdusters rock incredibly hard on their definitive reading of Robert Johnson's "Dust My Broom", and they smoulder on the ultimate slow blues, James' own "The Sky Is Crying".
There are so many excellent songs here that rarely or never show up on various Elmore James-compilations: "Got To Move", "Person To Person", "Strange Angels", "You Know You're Wrong", "Hand In Hand", "I've Got A Right To Love My Baby", "She's Got To Go"...well, just get it, allright?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incendiary!, June 24, 2007

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Adam Fuller "rochskier" (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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What can I say but WOW! "King of the Slide Guitar" is an apt title for James who was taken from us before his time.

The man could flat out play and belt out a tune from the bottom of his heart.

If you love the blues, heck if you love music I highly recommend picking up this set!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The King of the Blues!, June 8, 2007

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Michael D Shelfer (Gold Coast, Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews

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Look, this guy was magic and this 3 CD set is just great! You must add this to your collection!!