6525 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - Best Of British Blues, Volume 2 (2003)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''BEST OF BRITISH BLUES, VOLUME 2''
SEPTEMBER 16 2003
50:22

1 /Steppin' Out
James C. Bracken/John Mayall & theBluesbreakers/2:29
2 /Dust My Blues
Elmore James / Joe Josea/John Mayall & theBluesbreakers/2:48
3 /I Ain't Superstitious
Willie Dixon/Savoy Brown/3:31
4 /Man of Stone
Eddie Kirkland/John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers/2:26
5 /Help Me
Ralph Bass / Willie Dixon / Sonny Boy Williamson II/Ten Years After/9:52
6 /Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You
Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull/2:46
7 /Need Your Love So Bad
Little Willie John/Fleetwood Mac/6:16
8 /It's Only Love
Mick Abrahams/Blodwyn Pig/3:26
9 /I'd Rather Go Blind
Bill Foster / Ellington Jordan/Christine Perfect & Chicken Shack/3:16
10 /Leavin' Blues
Huddie Ledbetter / Johnny Winter/Taste/4:16
11 /I'll Be Creepin'
Andy Fraser / Paul Rodgers/Free/3:31
12 /Groundhog
Tony McPhee/Groundhogs/5:45

REVIEW
By Matt Collar
Best of British Blues, Vol. 2 compiles a solid cross-section of mid- to late-'60s British blues bands. The bands in this British blues boom combined the amped-up intensity of rock & roll with the forms and improvisational content inspired by the likes of such iconic black American artists as Muddy Waters and Otis Rush. Included here are cuts by Fleetwood Mac, Taste, and Blodwyn Pig. The album not only demonstrates how these bands popularized blues for the hippie generation, but also paved the way for what would become the classic rock of the 1970s. While collectors probably have most of the tracks here, this is sill a nice single-disc introduction to this influential music.

6524 - VARIOUS ARTISTS - Best Of British Blues, Volume 1 (2003)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
''BEST OF BRITISH BLUES, VOLUME 1''
2003
50:00

1 /Traintime
Jack Bruce/Graham Bond Organisation/2:27
2 /All Your Love
Willie Dixon / Otis Rush/John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers& Eric Clapton/3:35
3 /Rollin' and Tumblin'
Muddy Waters/Cream/4:44
4 /Double Trouble
Otis Rush/John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers/3:22
5 /I Want to Know/Ten Years After/2:11
6 /Oh, Pretty Woman
A.C. Williams/John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers/3:34
7 /Cat's Squirrel
Traditional/5:40
8 /Walk in My Shadow
Andy Fraser / Simon Kirke / Paul Kossoff / Paul Rodgers/Free/3:32
9 /Louisiana Blues
McKinley Morgan / Muddy Waters/Savoy Brown/8:55
10 /Don't Start Me Talking
Sonny Boy Williamson II/The Climax Chicago Blues Band/3:19
11 /Dear Jill
Mick Abrahams/Blodwyn Pig/5:12
12 /Rattlesnake Shake
Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac/3:29

REVIEW
By Matt Collar
Best of British Blues, Vol.1 compiles a solid cross section of mid- to late-'60s British blues bands. The bands in this British blues boom combined the amped-up intensity of rock & roll with the forms and improvisational content inspired by the likes of such iconic black American artists such as Muddy Waters and Otis Rush. Included here are cuts by Jethro Tull, Cream, and Blodwyn Pig. The album not only demonstrates how these bands popularized blues for the hippie generation, but also paved the way for what would become the classic rock of the 1970s. While collectors probably have most of the tracks here, this is still a nice single-disc introduction to this influential music.