Oops, I can't let John Hiatt remain unmentioned! He enlisted Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner to help him record his breakout album Bring The Family. John's kind of a Blues singer, and BTF was recorded in excellent sound at Village Recording in L.A. The original A & M pressing sounds good, as does my UK Demon Records LP (which has a different, and great, cover), and the album was also done by Mobile Fidelity. |
Would that be vinyl pressings? The cd (streaming) transfer of Bring the Family is not very listenable IMO. However the last "blues" album by Hiatt "The Eclipse Recordings" is a gem. Both songs and SQ. He belongs to the (few) artists that still can make a full album. |
Taj Mahal first lp
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My MFSL "Bring the Family" lp sounds great! |
Yep @gosta, all the above are LP's. Mobile Fidelity also offers Bring The Family on SACD, but I haven't heard it. The Eclipse Recordings is on John's current label, the great New West Records. Also on that label are Buddy Miller, Richard Thompson, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, JD McPherson, and many more. New West masters their LP's purely analog, and puts this statement sticker on their covers: "Audio Mastered For Vinyl". |
Ooh yeah @slaw, everybody I knew bought Taj’s first album in ’68, as well as his second (Natch’l Blues). My band included "She Caught The Katy And Left Me A Mule To Ride" in our repertoire. The great Jesse Ed Davis plays guitar on both albums (Ry Cooder on the first), and NB has Earl Palmer (!) on drums and Al Kooper on piano. Not too shabby! |
Great, will look for them. Maybe not true blues but rediscovered Rod Stewart first three on vinyl (digitalised) yesterday. Sensational dynamic sound compared to streaming versions. Highly recommended. |
Guy Davies. Unfortunately not very well represented on Tidal at the moment. Have to buy "Sweetheart like you".
Joanne Shaw Taylor. There you have some electric guitar on fire. |
Walter Trout - Me, My Guitar and the Blues
Gary Moore - Still got the blues
Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) - The Bluest Blues
More guitars and feeling :-) |
Jimmy Witherspoon "Roots", featuring Ben Webster on Anolouge Productions 200 gram vinyl. Anyone that I have ever played this album for now owns it and the CD version sounds great as well.
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I like BB King's Blues Summit from 1993. |
Robert Cray. Nuthin but love. I have vinyl but all his recordings are good.
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@awboat, Blues Summit is a great pick and if you like it you will love Deuces Wild from 1997, available on 180 gram vinyl, very well recorded and some more great duets. I love me some BB. |
Thanks for the rec on early Taj. Great albums. Really fine "true" sound. Also from streaming. |
@gosta,
Based upon a few of your posts, I assume you're a fan of Ten Years After? If you don't already own it, check out Ten Years After "S/T" Sundazed/mono/2017. It's fantastic! |
Only one mentioned Buddy Guy/ Jr Wells, and for a different album: My all time favorite - Drinkin' TNT, Smokin' Dynamite
Koko Taylor - I Got What It Takes, or From the Heart of a Woman
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Sing if you can find it) or Midnight Special (I have the compilation)
James Cotton, Cotton Mouth Man (With Joe Bonamassa and Greg Allman)
Albert Collins - "Master of the Telecaster"; "The Iceman": Ice Pickin' or Cold Snap
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Buddy Guy, Bring Em In and Blues Singer ( both on cd ). Smokin Joe Kubek Show ME the Money on CD. |
Joe Bonamassa Blues Deluxe and Bloodline with Joe Bonamassa. |
Junior Wells’ “Hoodoo Man Blues”is one of the first real Blues albums and has very good if not reference SQ, but absolutely triumphs on music, which to me is important.
I also agree with the votes for “Chicago/ The Blues Today” set. Very natural ambiance live sound. Especially the volume with James Cotton and Otis Rush.
The studio tracks on Muddy Waters’ “Fathers And Sons” are fantastic musically and have crisp dynamic recorded sound. Check out “Can’t Lose What You Never Had”.
A more recent disc I love is Branford Marsalis’ 1992 set featuring B. B. King on a track called “B. B.’s Blues”. Unbelievable guitar and vocal by the master, beautifully recorded in modern fidelity with a stellar jazz combo. B. B. definitely upped his game that day.
Love the Blues!
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I was gifted an OP(stereo/pink cover/1A pressing) of Fleetwood Mac "S/T" a while back in very well used shape. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to whip it back into shape. I own the MOV version as well. My conclusion is if you love this lp enough, try to find a great OP copy. Check out "Long Grey Mare" perfection! |
@slaw thnx for tip on TYA. Unfortunately not their greatest fan. They make a great playlist though. But what is "S/T". See it often in vinyl threads.
Isn't Lyle Lovett "Music from the movies" rather blue? |
S/T = Self Titled.
Also soundtrack when referring to movies. |
I saw Coco Montoya a couple weeks ago in Denver for maybe the 4th time and since then have been listening to a lot of his music. While he wasn’t on my original list of 5, he should have been. All of his music is exceptional and his album ‘Can’t Look Back’ is really good and deserves a mention. Truly one of the better blues guitarist of our time.
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Love the Ghost World reference and that it went unnoticed. I appreciate that. |
