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Let's Have A Blues Ball! - Various Artists

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CD 590

Another great collection of Arhoolie recordings compiled by Ace Records in England. Included are 20 hot tracks of Blues music from the vaults of Arhoolie Records. This is an excellent collection for those who want an overview of Blues music and styles.

Although all Arhoolie / Ace CDs are imported from England, they are priced the same as domestic Arhoolie CDs. We are the exclusive importer of these CDs and they are not available from ACE's other distributors.

1. I'm Having A Ball , Johnny Young
2. Dream , John Littlejohn
3. Swing It On Home , Big Mama Thornton
4. Anna Lee , Earl Hooker
5. Going Back To The Country , Juke Boy Bonner
6. It's Hard , Clifton Chenier
7. Come On Baby , Lightning Hopkins
8. Nine Below Zero , Sonny Boy Williamson
9. Gambling Blues , Lil Son Jackson
10. Pontiac Blues , Sonny Boy Williamson
11. I'm In The Big City , Juke Boy Bonner
12. Meet You At The Chicken Shack , Lightning Hopkins
13. Rag Aroung Your Head , John Delafose
14. The Blues (Won't Let Me Take My Rest) , Henry Gray
15. Shake Your Moneymaker , John Littlejohn
16. If Trouble Was Money , Charlie Musselwhite
17. Wild, Wild Woman , Johnny Young
18. Gimme A Penny , Big Mama Thornton
19. On The Road Again , Johnny Young
20. Mojo In My Hand , L.C. Robinson

REVIEW

"A couple things struck me while typing out the tracklisting: one, just how few of these artists are still with us, and two, just how many turned out some of their best...performances for Chris Strachwitz's Arhoolie label, the source of all the material here.  It's a cliche to speak of how Lightnin' and Clifton recorded some stupendous performances for him, but in my opinion so did Johnny Young and Littlejohn, Juke Boy Bonner, Big Mama, Charlie Musselwhite, and especially Earl Hooker. I have long rated the version of 'Anna Lee' included here as perhaps his best track bar none. Sonny Boy (that's Rice Miller)'s tracks on this set, which are from a collection of singles, have similar status, and rightly so. Forgive Big Mama's 'Swing It On Home' and note that Chenier's offering is swamp-blues, thus leaving the zydeco quota to John Delafose; then go out and get this, real Chicago blues, authentic Louisiana blues, genuine Texas blues, honest-to-goodness Mississippi blues CD."

-Norman Darwen, Blues Revue

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