Pure Blues

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Utv Records
• ASIN: B00005B6AB
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,983 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #29 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > Texas Blues
  • #45 in Music > Blues > Chicago Blues
  • #66 in Music > Blues > Modern Blues

Track Listings

1. Mean Old World

2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

3. Shame, Shame, Shame

4. Flood Down in Texas

5. Smoking Gun

6. Just Won't Burn

7. Little Red Rooster

8. Let Me Love You Baby

9. Statesboro Blues

10. Spoonful

11. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man

12. Have You Ever Loved a Woman

13. Hound Dog

14. Big Boss Man

15. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer

16. Wang Dang Doddle

17. Born Under a Bad Sign

18. Tell Mama

19. Turn on Your Love Light

20. The Thrill Is Gone

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "all are here ~ legends of the blues ~ acoustic to electric", April 17, 2001

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Blues (Audio CD)

From the legends to the modern masters ~ the acoustic to the electric ~ featuring 20 essential recordings covering the last half-century of the blues by the greatest and the latest.

Spanning five decades ~ original as original can be ~ "Pure Blues", is just what the doctor ordered ~ the best medicine from the likes of ~ Luther Allison, The Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Albert King, B.B. King, Freddy King, Jonny Lang, Jimmy Reed, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Koko Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Big Mama Thornton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf ~ each artist with detailed liner-notes and a little history of their background and accomplishments.

Want to thank ~ Andy McKaie (compilation producer) ~ Jeff Moskow (associate producer) ~ Doug Schwartz/Audio Mechanics (digitally mastered) ~ Mike Fink (design) ~ Geary Chansley & Ryan Null (photo research) ~ and Universal Music for this one-of-a-kind album for us, the fans of the best music around...BLUES!

This CD is proof, once and for all ~ that the "BLUES" was then, is now and IS FOREVER ~ we've hit pay-dirt...and that folks, is the truth, plain and simple!

Total Time: 76:28 on 20 Tracks...UTV Records 314 556 176 2...(2001)

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You like blues? You'll like this!, June 1, 2008

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Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL)) - See all my reviews
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This starts off with Eric Clapton and Duane Allman singing "Mean Old World" and ends with B. B. King singing the classic "The Thrill Is Gone." In between, works of blues artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, The Allman Brothers Band, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Freddy King, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Etta James, and others. WOW! If you like blues, you'll like this eclectic CD.

Some examples:

"Mean Old World." Clapton and Allman do a nice job here. Spare guitar work and raw blues vocals. This is a Little Walter song, and Clapton and Allman do it justice.

"Shame, Shame, Shame." Kenny Wayne Shepherd takes this song on. There is some nice scorching blues guitar work and fine blues vocals. This is a neat cut! Blues fans will enjoy. . . .

"LIttle Red Rooster." Oh, yeah! One of Willie Dixon's best compositions. Mick Jagger and the Stones did a nicer turn on this. Here, Luther Allison is the artist. This is another fine rendering of this work. Great guitar work, fine vocals. Outstanding!

"Hoochie Coochie Man." This is the real deal. Muddy Waters himself takes on this Willie Dixon song--and as soon as I say it's Muddy Waters, I need say nothing further. This is another terrific cut. I get goose bumps listening to this one.

"Hound Dog." Elvis did a version of this that stood the United States ion its head. Before Elvis, Big Mama Thornton sang an earlier version. What a treat! Listen and compare her version with Elvis'. Hers is absolutely great blues and I find it compelling. This is 2:50 of raw blues. Wow!

The final cut on this CD--"The Thrill Is Gone." One of B. B. King's best! Forget its popularity and get back to the music itself. This is a great work. His spare guitar work is more effective than some rock guitarists who spew out zillions of notes--with not a scintilla of the effectiveness of King. Stunning!

There are many other fine works, too.

In short, if you are interested in blues, from all manner of singers, you will find this most satisfying. 5 stars without any question!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PURE BLUES....THA'S RIGHT!, December 26, 2008

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G. J. Cook (key west fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Blues (Audio CD)

PURE BLUES IS A GREAT MIX OF BLUES ARTISTS, FROM THE OLD TIME BIG MAMA THORNTON AND JIMMY REED, ALL THE WAY UP THE BLUES LADDER TO THE MORE CURRENT KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD AND JOHNNY LANG. AND THE LADDER DON'T MISS A RUNG EITHER. ALL THE GREATS ARE HERE. THERE ARE 20 SONGS ON THIS DISC, ALL DONE BY DIFFERENT ARTISTS. NOT LIKE SOME "VARIOUS ARTISTS" CDS WITH SOME ARTISTS PERFORMING 2 OR EVEN 3 SONGS. NOT MY CONCEPT OF "VARIOUS". LIKE BLUES? LIKE A REAL MIX? GET THIS CD. YOU'LL DIG IT. I GA-RONE-TEE. JERSEY SLIM