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When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll [BOX SET] [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

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Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
Original Release Date: 2002
Number of Discs: 4
Format: Box set, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
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: RCA
ASIN: B00006YXE7

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #195,647 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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This is item 10 in The When the Sun Goes Down - The Secret History of Rock & Roll Series.

Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
2. Baby, Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
3. Ham an' Eggs - Leadbelly
4. Mississippi River Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
5. Just A Good Woman Through With The Blues - Trixie Butler
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Disc: 2
1. Telephoning the Blues - Victoria Spivey
2. Viola Lee Blues - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
3. Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man - Genevieve Davis
4. Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
5. When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone - Jim Jackson
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Disc: 3
1. That's Chicago's South Side - Sam Theard
2. Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw
3. Devil's Island Gin Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
4. Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard? - Joe Pullum
5. I Lost My Baby - Lil Johnson
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Disc: 4
1. Pearl Harbor Blues - Doctor Clayton
2. My Buddy Blues - The Five Breezes
3. Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo
4. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Cats & A Fiddle
5. Grinder Man Blues - Memphis Slim
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Superb sound quality and sheer entertainment value make this a series by which other musical retrospectives should be measured. Over four discs (available individually as well as in this limited-edition set), the expansive selection of blues-based music from the RCA-Bluebird vaults celebrates artistry that still sounds vital 50 years after it was recorded. Among the highlights are such seminal recordings as "Catfish Blues" by Robert Petway (which Muddy Waters would transform into "Rolling Stone"), "Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson, "Sweet Little Angel" by Tampa Red (later a signature tune for B.B. King), and "That's All Right" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (which ignited a rock & roll revolution in Elvis Presley's hands). Every cut seems to have been chosen with care, and some of the more obscure rank with the greatest delights: "Memphis" Minnie McCoy's "Selling My Pork Chops" and Washboard Sam's "Soap and Water Blues." As a blues anthology that surveys the roots of rock & roll, the set omits many of the biggest names (who recorded for other labels) and goes lightly on the 12-bar, guitar-driven style that flourished in Chicago after World War II. Yet the variety and vigor of the offerings should strike a responsive chord with casual fan and blues aficionado alike. --Don McLeese

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5.0 out of 5 stars Some People Are Stupid - REALLY STUPID, June 14, 2004

By	D. KNIGHT "knightd68" (Radlett - Herts UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is a direct response to the person who has given it a solitary star. Well I fit into the category of people who "dont know better"

This is the best sounding remastering I have EVER heard. The only things that I can think of that compare are Old Hat CDs (how they got some of the sounds on the Basement CD I dont know), JSPs Carter Family & Jimmmie Rodgers box sets, or many many items that Bear Family have been responsible for. I would like to hear Ace have a go remastering stuff from the dawn of recordings - but mostly their releases pick up (date-wise) just about where this stuff stops.

As for Document - well, I rate them VERY highly and buy their stuff and enjoy it - BUT THEY DONT SOUND BETTER THAN THESE. It just isnt the case.

I was astonished when I first heard the quality of the remastering on this set. Add to that the incredible sound they have got on the Sonny Boy Williamson's and Leadbelly's "Secret Histort" discs. I havent yet heard the Blind Willie McTell one.

How anyone can say that this isnt the way this stuff is supposed to sound is beyond me. And its all been done without taking away ANYTHING from the integrity of the recordings.

Have a listen and make your own mind up.

The bloke who reviewed this and gave it only 1 star should go back to his medium wave radio.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview of the Blues!, December 30, 2002

By	deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

The Secret History of Rock and Roll is 100 pioneering blue classics on four compact discs available either separately or as a set. Disc 1 contains some early roots music and is made up of country jug bands, some gospel, a little bluegrass and some vaudeville. Disc 1 features some rare recordings from Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, the Hall Johnson Choir and Julius Daniels to name but three of the 25 represented here. Disc 2 features the earliest known recordings of the best known blues songs such as Noah Lewis' jug standard "Viola Lee Blues" later performed by the Grateful Dead and Sleepy John Estes' "The Girl I Love" which is familiar to all Led Zeppelin fans. Disc 3 brings into focus some material performed by the first generation of blue's stars including, Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachell, Pinetop Perkins and Roosevelt Sykes. Disc 4 represents the sound of the blues post World War II with more of an electric, uptempo, beat. Overall, the recordings are excellently remastered and the set represents a really good overview of the historical development of the blues. Mainly for those interested in the history of the blues.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fine retrospective for the devoted blues fan, November 16, 2003

By	Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

"The Secret History Of Rock And Roll" brings together a hundred original blues classics on four discs.
This series is designed to shine a light on the roots of rock & roll music, and the remastering of these many 70-year-old tracks sounds surprisingly good.

Among the instantly recognizable tunes, many of which were covered in one form or another by rock bands of the '60s and '70s are Big Joe Williams' "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Walk Right In" by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Huddie Ledbetter's "The Midnight Special", "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell, "Good Morning School Girl" by Sonny Boy Williamson, "Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson, and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right" and "My Baby Left Me".
All the discs in this series are available individually, and the last two volumes are the most immediately accessible for casual or "mid-level" fans, who might want to stick with just those two.

This well annotated collecion isn't supposed to be listened to in one long sitting...even this fine and influential music is not quite varied enough for that. But if you are seriously interested in early acoustic blues, and its influence on 50s and 60s rock n' roll, "When The Sun Goes Down" ranks among the best compilations of its kind.
4 1/2 stars. Definitely recommended.

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Can't help but compare this compilation with Martin Scorceses presents the blues box set. It's a great introduction to the blues and gives you the who's who of that time period... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can you believe the music is over 70 years old?!?!
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