Talkin Low: Rare Unissued Recordings 1966-88 [Original recording remastered, Import]

Jo-Ann Kelly | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Mooncrest Records UK
• ASIN: B00004I9V5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #516,338 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tell Me Papa (How You Want It Done)

2. Talkin' Low

3. Get Right Church (Take 1)

4. Get Right Church (Take 2)

5. I Can't Quit You Baby

6. No Love In My Heart

7. 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone

8. It's Too Late For That Now

9. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home

10. You Got To Move

11. Big Boss Man

12. Come See About Me

13. Rising Sun Shine On

14. Moon Going Down

15. Nothin' In Rambling

16. Death Have Mercy

17. Love Blind

18. Where Is My Good Man At

19. This Is Your Last Chance

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Queen of British Blues, June 13, 2010

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The British blues singer/guitarist Jo-Anne Kelly (1944-90) was a little-known treasure. She was a member of the same generation of musicians as the Rolling Stones, but she was more interested in reviving prewar country blues than in popularizing postwar electric blues. Jo-Anne sat in with the Yardbirds in early in their early Clapton days, had a long association with The Groundhogs, and in the 1970s did a stint in the blues-rock band Tramp. But mostly she played acoustic guitar and performed in folk music clubs. She was a regular support act for American blues musicians of an older generation touring England, such as Fred McDowell and Big Joe Williams.
Jo-Anne didn't record much, and her records were hard to find in the shops - certainly in my country(Australia). Those that that I did lay my hands on revealed a powerful voice and a driving, rhythmic guitar style. Her heroine was Memphis Minnie.
Now she is gone but, courtesy of Castle Records, we can get hold of more of her recordings than ever. "Black Rat Swing" is a superb 2-CD anthology spanning her whole career. On most of the tracks she performs solo, or is backed by piano and/or harmonica. Others show her at ease with electric blues, Chicago-style. The same company have issues three CDs of "Rare and Unissued" recordings, two of Jo-Anne solo and one from her sessions with Tramp. These are occasionally marred by recording glitches, and include alternative takes or arrangements of songs on "Black Rat Swing." But there is no real drop-off in the quality of her performance from the issued recordings to these outtakes. I strongly recommend all these records.
There are several other Jo-Anne Kelly CDs now available, which I haven't heard. Unfortunately these don't include my all-time favourite among her vinyl-issued recordings, the album she cut during a visit to the USA in the early 1970s, accompanied by Stefan Grossmann and Woody Mann on acoustic guitar and Alan Siedler on piano, and issued on the Yellow Bee label.