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This year marks the 60th anniversary of Atlantic Records, one of the most influential independent music companies of all time. Founded by a pair of jazz and blues aficionados -- the late Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson -- Atlantic quickly became the country's preeminent R&B label (in fact, longtime Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler is widely credited with coining the term “Rhythm & Blues”). Rhino Handmade pays tribute to the label's lasting legacy with Atlantic Blues (1949-1970), a 4-CD box set highlighting the wide variety of blues that found a home at Atlantic.
Produced by Billy Vera, Atlantic Blues features 80 tracks culled from the label's ffirst four decades, featuring virtually every style of blues imaginable. From the down-home sounds of Blind Willie McTell to the urban jump of Joe Morris, from male and female shouters like Joe Turner and LaVern Baker, to sophisticated instrumental work from the likes of Jimmy Yancey and T-Bone Walker, it's all here. Among the other artists featured on Atlantic Blues are New Orleans piano great Professor Longhair, Leadbelly, Jimmy Witherspoon, Champion Jack Dupree, Esther Phillips, Freddie King, and Otis Rush. Soul legends Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin also weigh in with several sides that showcase their skills as blues singers.
The first of a trio of limited-edition boxed sets honoring genres championed by the label, ATLANTIC BLUES (1949-1970) is presented in a sepia-toned 12'' x 12'' box that includes a booklet filled with extensive liner notes and rare photos. Atlantic's very first hit -- Stick McGhee and His Buddies' “Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee” - was a blues record, and as this new Rhino Handmade collection convincingly demonstrates, both the music and the label built on it were made to last.
Atlantic Blues (1949-1970) is available in an individually numbered limited edition of 3,000 copies.
TRACK LISTING
WITH QUICKTIME AUDIO SAMPLES
JUST CLICK ON THE BEFORE EACH TITLE TO LISTEN
ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE
TRACK LISTING
DRINKIN' WINE SPO-DEE-O-DEE
DRANK UP ALL THE WINE LAST NIGHT
THE RAZOR BALL
LAST DIME BLUES
MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS
HEY NOW BABY
SHE WALKS RIGHT IN
TEE-NAH-NAH
LET'S DO IT
HOUSE WARMIN' BOOGIE
DALLAS BEBOP BLUES
IN THE ARMY SINCE 1941
GOODNIGHT IRENE
VICKSBURG BLUES '51
TALKIN' BOOGIE
YANCEY SPECIAL
SANTA FE BLUES
MONKEY WOMAN BLUES
WORRIED LIFE BLUES
ALL NIGHT LOVER BLUES
JUMP, EVERYBODY, JUMP
ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE
I'M SO GOOD TO YOU (PRETTY BABY)
ROCK ME DADDY
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!
CHAINS OF LOVE
BUMP MISS SUSIE
LET'S GET TOGETHER AND MAKE SOME LOVE
EVERY TIME
I'VE GOT THAT FEELIN'
SWEET SIXTEEN
ALARM CLOCK BOOGIE
MESSIN' UP
LOSING HAND
FEELIN' SAD
TV MAMA
OKE-SHE-MOKE-SHE-POP
LAST CALL FOR WHISKEY
TIPITINA
WHO'S BEEN FOOLING YOU
BIG FOOT MAY
IN THE EVENING
ROLL BABY ROLL
WAIT BABY
HOY HOY
CHICAGO BLUES
HEY BARTENDER
WHEN I GET LUCKY
FLOYD'S BLUES
PAPA AIN'T SALTY
PLAY ON LITTLE GIRL
T-BONE BLUES SPECIAL
ROLL 'EM PETE
PINEY BROWN BLUES
DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS
IT'S TOO LATE
AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS
HOW LONG BLUES
T-BONE BLUES
CALL IT STORMY MONDAY
AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW
EMPTY BED BLUES
NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
PREACHING THE BLUES
NASTY BOOGIE
JUNKER'S BLUES
ALONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT
MY TIME IS EXPENSIVE
TROUBLE IN MIND
ROMANCE IN THE DARK
TWO YEARS OF TORTURE
I'M GETTIN' 'LONG ALRIGHT
CONFESSIN' THE BLUES
CHERRY RED
GOING DOWN SLOW
TODAY I SING THE BLUES
RIVER'S INVITATION
PLAY IT COOL
I DON'T KNOW
MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL NEVER DIE
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Ball of confusion
That's what the world is today
Hey, Hey
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