Original Source [Box set, Import]

T-Bone Walker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2002)
• 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: B0000630XA
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,907 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Trinity River Blues

2. Wichita Falls Blues

3. T-Bone Blues

4. I Got a Break, Baby

5. Mean Old World

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I Know Your Wig Is Gone

2. T-Bone Jumps Again

3. Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)

4. She Had to Let Me Down

5. She's My Old Time Used to Be

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. T-Bone Shuffle

2. That Old Feeling Is Gone

3. The Time Seems So Long

4. Prison Blues

5. Home Town Blues

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Baby, You Broke My Heart

2. Evil Hearted Woman

3. I Walked Away

4. No Reason

5. Look Me in the Eye

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

UK budget-price box-set for one of the inventors of the new blues, that is the blues one hears today as played by BB, Albert & Freddy King, Gatemouth Brown, Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry & numerous blues-influenced rock groups. T.Bone Walker was the first bluesman to play the electric guitar, a renowned showman who electrified his audiences. He is the original source. 90 tracks are included in this set & the 44 page booklet tells the story of one of the great musical innovators of the 20th century. 4 standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything from 1951 back!!!, April 21, 2006

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Bangsmith (Cumberland, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Original Source (Audio CD)

Amazon's review calls this a budget release, which may be a bit misleading. This is the exact equivalent of any of the JSP blues boxes. The packaging is very cheap, but the music is major-label quality and remastered(just like JSP). This has everything T-Bone recorded from 1951 back. The major downside(if there is one) is that it ends abruptly in 1951 in the middle of his tenure with Imperial. He was with that label from 1950 through 1954, and this collection has the first half(or so) of that output. There is no real reason to end it here when this could have been a 5-CD set including all the Imperial material. His entire Imperial output is available on an excellent 2-CD set, but the first disk, and the first couple of songs on the second disk of that set overlap with the last disk and the end of the third disk of this set. If you don't buy both sets, you will have the blues when you hear what you're missing!!!!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU LIKE BEANO...CHECK OUT THE REAL DEAL!, February 6, 2009

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David E. Palmer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Original Source (Audio CD)

Anyone who thinks the 'modern blues sound' was created on Mayall & Clapton's Beano album (1966) or Butterfield & Bloomfield's (1965) for that matter...go check out the real deal...T-Bone Walker 'the inventor of the new blues'...that is the modern electric blues we are accustomed to today. I can't say enough good about this Properbox as it's just stunning (and also cheap). Sound is incredible...remember this stuff predates the above albums by a decade or two! The Penguin Guide to the Blues gives this collection their highest (4 star) rating. I would just recommend you listen to discs backwards as the collection is in chronological order and the fifties stuff will be easier for most to digest and appreciate first...then work your way back. T-Bones guitar tone will make most think this sounds just like modern blues albums...in actuality the reverse is true. P.S. Hendrix didn't invent guitar theatrics either...check out this showman. Do yourself a favor get this boxset.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Original Electric Blues Source, Indeed, August 26, 2009

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J. Grant "Reviews for the average Joe" (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Original Source (Audio CD)

I agree with the other 2 reviewers as to the importance and quality of all of T-Bone's recordings, especially those he made for Imperial The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 and Capitol/B&W Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings. Walker was the first "blues" musician to use the electric guitar in the mid-thirties (although, I believe Charlie Christian, the great jazz guitarist, started using one first). I do disagree with another reviewer who stated that the sound on the Proper boxes is the same as that on JSP (both made in the UK). Proper tends to use more noise reduction (sometimes too much, in my opinion), whereas JSP takes the more minimalist approach, leaving the upper range mostly intact, while removing only the most annoying noise. Hence, JSP tends to have a more natural sound, but with more tape hiss. Proper, however, does include nice, thick and informative booklets, while JSP gives you about 2 1/2 pages per CD (which I find quite adequate). I own several box sets from both companies, and am happy with all of them so far (knock on wood). Well, back to this T-Bone Box. If you look at some of the pictures, you will see where Elvis, Chuck Berry and others got some of their moves from. Walker was a complete performer, equally adept at playing his guitar as at singing and dancing. Often imitated but never duplicated, T-Bone Walker truly was "The Original Source". For those that want to try a single disc before buying the boxes I would recommend Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker.