Soul Shots, Vol. 4: Urban Blues

Soul Shots (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00000348J
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Drivin' Wheel - Little Junior Parker

2. Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby 'Blue' Bland

3. Feel So Bad - Little Milton

4. Hi-heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker

5. Sweet Sixteen (Pt. One) - B.B. King

6. Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells

7. The Tramp - Lowell Fulson

8. Don't Answer The Door - B.B. King

9. Homework - Otis Rush

10. I Pity The Fool - Bobby 'Blue' Bland

11. The First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy

12. Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) - Little Milton

13. Trash Talkin' - Albert Collins

14. I Need Someone To Love Me - Z.Z. Hill

15. Just A Little Bit - Roscoe Gordon

16. I Don't Know What You've Got, But It's Got Me - Little Richard

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Near perfect compilation, January 26, 2005

By 

Greg Brady "columbusboy" (Capital City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Shots, Vol. 4: Urban Blues (Audio CD)

Compilations are tricky affairs..to do one right, you've got to be willing to do the legal footwork to get the best material you can, instead of settling for what's "here in the vault". Rhino does its customary excellent job here, delivering great sound and good economy, with 16 worthy titles for your dollars.

Picking out highlights is tough because there really isn't any filler here: every one of these songs is above average. But especially prime cuts are Junior Wells' "Messin' with the Kid" (it appears they weren't able to find a master..static at the end indicates it was mastered from a vinyl source), Tommy Tucker's "Hi-Heel Sneakers", Lowell Fulson's "Tramp", Little Milton's "Grits Ain't Groceries", Z.Z. Hill's "I Need Someone", Rosco Gordon's "Just a Little Bit" and a fine blues from Little Richard on "I Don't Know What You Got (But it's Got Me)".

Probably the weakest cut on here is Albert Hill's "Trash Talkin'"..a mostly spoken number over a bluesy backing track that's a musical cousin to Tony Joe White's "Polk Salad Annie". But to call it "weakest" points out the overall quality because it's by no means "bad".

This is a fine introduction for someone just beginning to dip their toe into the pool of 60s R&B and blues, although true adherents will probably have many of these already.