Stormy Monday: Complete 1949 Black & White Session [Import]

T-Bone Walker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Birdland Italy
• ASIN: B0001XLY06
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #700,642 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Long Lost Lover Blues

2. Go Back To The One You Love

3. She Had To Let Me Down

4. Lonesome Woman Blues

5. T-Bone Jumps Again

6. T-Bone Shuffle

7. Misfortune Blues

8. Call It Stormy Monday But Tuesday Is Just As Bad

9. Don't Give Me The Runaround

10. Plain Old Down Home Blues

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. West Side Baby

2. Hypin' Side Baby

3. You're My Best Poker Hand

4. Description Blues

5. Don't Leave Me Baby

6. She's My Old Time Used To Be

7. I'm Waiting For Your Call

8. Bobby Sox Baby

9. First Love Blues

10. It's A Lowdown Dirty Deal

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Fine Collection of Walker's B&W Recordings, June 28, 2011

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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: Stormy Monday: Complete 1949 Black & White Session (Audio CD)

This collection contains all but a few of the recordings issued on the much more expensive Capitol set Complete Capitol Black & White Recordings, minus the alternate takes. To my ears, the sound is very good. Comet/Birdland was very wise in their limited use of noise reduction. You hear all of the highs, lows and midrange very clearly with little to no surface noise at all, and no fake reverb. These sides were recorded before the LP, but the songs flow with the cohesion of an "album". The quality of the actual material goes without saying. T-Bone was one of, if not the most influential blues player of the post WWII era. His Capitol/B&W, Imperial and Rhumboogie (early 40's) recordings are all indispensable. What else can be said about the original electric blues guitarist. His natural knack for showmanship didn't hurt his appeal to live audiences either. A truly special artist.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Electric Blues, June 13, 2008

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D. B Pepper "neonx83" (Plainview, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stormy Monday: Complete 1949 Black & White Session (Audio CD)

The reason I'm not giving this double cd a five star rating is because of the repetitive undercurrent throughout the disc. T-Bone Walker is a fantastic guitar player, though, in my opinion, not as good as Lonnie Johnson. Walker's vocals are solid and his lyrics are often very creative. This cd is very expensively priced, so you are probably better off trying to buy it used or obtain the tracks in some other way.