STAR BLUES on 13th September 2015 at 22:00 celebrating 40 years of the Ace label + B.B.King birth 90 years ago

What better way than taking tracks from the Modern/Crown reissue series Ace started ten years ago. We are happy to include some alternate takes and unissued songs (as well as a few of the better known ones).

Needless to say everything on the show started life in a vinyl format, and still sounds as fresh today as it did then. The dozen or so B B King items are a case in point, all came from the period in his career when he was contracted to the Bihari brothers who hit upon the idea of a budget price imprint to get more mileage out of stuff King had already had out on various singles. I think they were aiming at supermarkets not record stores and each vinyl album had a front cover photo with the rear given over to advertising more in the Crown series (so no liner notes or details on tracks). The remastering done by Ace brings out the caustic edge in B's guitar sound; many sessions were directed by Maxwell Davis with Orchestra, Lucille's tone cuts deep into the arrangements.

Elsewhere the Modern catalogue was a fascinating source for several other artists last night, including Hadda Brooks, Jimmy Witherspoon and Howlin"g" Wolf. Other licencing deals throughout the 40 years have given them rights to the most creative of the independent labels like Stax, Specialty, Duke and King. Our survey could barely do it all justice inside two hours. We plan to go to the various artist themed collections in our next STAR BLUES - showing the flavours down by the bayou or in gospel and so on. You can expect more from Ace (Ms.), Excello, Goldband and more.

If you're interested in finding out our "socks-challenge" for the next seven days, find me on Facebook. Until we can get together again round your place, take care of yourselves and take care of those that take care of you

track.title	track.artistsort	index	album.title	album.artistsort	label	duration	writercredit
Mean And Evil	Elmore James	14	Lets Cut It	Elmore James	ACE	[ 2 mins 13 secs ]	Elmore James
One Room Country Shack	Buddy Guy	4	Complete Vanguard Recordings	Buddy Guy	VANGUARD	[ 5 mins 38 secs ]	Buddy Guy
Hustler's Game	Lowell Fulson	23	Black Nights	Lowell Fulson	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Lowell Fulson
Black Night	Arthur Alexander	21	The Greatest	Arthur Alexander	ACE	[ 2 mins 11 secs ]	Arthur Alexander
Why Do Everything Happen To Me	B. B. King	1	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 10 : The Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Mr Pawnbroker	B. B. King	2	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 1 : My Kind Of Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
I Wonder Why	B. B. King	18	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 7 : More B. B.. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Take Out Some Insurance	Etta James	2	Who's Blue? Rare Chess Recordings From The 60S And 70S	Etta James	Kent	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	Etta James
have mercy someone	z. z. hill	3	downhome soul	z. z. hill	Kent	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	hill
Talk To Me, Talk To Me	Little Willie John	25	The King Sessions 1958-1960	Little Willie John	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Little Willie John
Sad Life Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon	11	Sings The Blues Sessions	Jimmy Witherspoon	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Jimmy Witherspoon
You're Real Gone	Hadda Brooks	13	That's Where I Came In	Hadda Brooks	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Hadda Brooks
You Never Miss A Good Woman Till She's Gone	Little Willie Littlefield	3	Kat On The Keys	Little Willie Littlefield	ACE	[ 2 mins 36 secs ]	Little Willie Littlefield
Miss Ann	Little Richard	3	Specialty Sessions	Little Richard	ACE	[ 2 mins 19 secs ]	Little Richard
Beer Drinkin' Woman	Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters	3	The Modern Recordings 1948-1950	Jimmy McCracklin	ACE	[ 3 mins 2 secs ]	Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters
I Think I'm Drowning On Dry Land	Albert King	7	Years Gone By - Plus!	Albert King	STAX	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	Albert King
Woke Up Screaming	Bobby 'Blue' BlandClarence Hollimon	9	The 3B Blues Boy. The Blues Years : 1952-1958	Bobby 'Blue' Bland	ACE	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	Bobby 'Blue' BlandClarence Hollimon
Downhearted	B. B. King	9	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 5 : Blues In My Heart	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Trouble In Mind	B. B. King	13	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 9 : The Great B. B. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 3 mins 19 secs ]	B. B. King
Shoutin' The Blues	B. B. King	9	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 6 : Easy Listening Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 0 mins 0 secs ]	B. B. King
Jesus Gave Me Water	B. B. King	6	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 11: Sings Spirituals	B. B. King	ACE	[ 3 mins 4 secs ]	B. B. King
long walk to dc	staple singers	4	best of	staple singers	stax
Cool Little Car	John Lee Hooker	14	Original Folk Blues ... Plus	John Lee Hooker	ACE	[ 3 mins 14 secs ]	John Lee Hooker
Riding In The Moonlight	Howlin' Wolf	1	Howling Wolf Sings The Blues	Howlin' Wolf	ACE	[ 3 mins 6 secs ]	Howlin' Wolf
Double Crossing Blues	Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins & Little Esther	4	The Johnny Otis Story Volume 1 Volume 1: 1945-57 Midnight At The Barrelhouse V A	Johnny Otis & His Orchestra	ACE	[ 2 mins 48 secs ]	Johnny Otis Quintette, The Robins & Little Esther
Cuttin' In	Johnny 'Guitar' Watson	14	Untouchable! The Classic 1959-1966 Recordings	Johnny 'Guitar' Watson	ACE	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]	Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
Eyesight To The Blind	B. B. King	12	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 4 : B. B. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 2 mins 32 secs ]	B. B. King
blue and lonesome (prev. unissued)	B. B. King	13	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 4 : B. B. King	B. B. King	ACE	[ 2 mins 32 secs ]	B. B. King
Good Man Gone Bad	B. B. King	6	B. B. King The Crown Recordings: Disc 3 : King Of The Blues	B. B. King	ACE	[ 2 mins 47 secs ]	B. B. King
New Deal Blues	Tampa Red	1	Dynamite! The Unsung King Of The Blues	Tampa Red	ACE	[ 3 mins 15 secs ]	Tampa Red

Created: 14/09/2015 00:02:20